Army scrambles to recruit vast volunteers for air fliers training
Army officials announce a large volunteer pool for air corps training as pilots demand climbs. More than two thousand cadets begin January classes, with hundreds more aged 20 to 27 to report weekly. General Arnold notes possible use of enlisted men and young officers. schedules push pilot training toward 7,000 yearly with a 12,000 target next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngton
Rte
Department
Cestites
Henry H. Arnold
War Department
Ne Pal
Army
Shelters of London Dive Beneath The Blitz At Savoy
A fragmented eye witness describes Savoy shelter life during heavy bombing. Passages lead to four dormitory areas with beds side by side, silk walls, and silent corridors. Guards monitor snorers while dream of peace lingers amid war outside the brick walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
London
The
A Coiffure To Fit the Perky Hat
Mrs. Smarty notes the right hairdress shapes balance with hat style and face. Experts advise trying triple mirrors, choosing velour or velvet hats, and avoiding shiny fabrics. A fitness routine can slim arms and waist without equipment, plus a simple home exercise sequence.
Market Stalemate Persists as Stocks Gap Narrow
New York markets show an eighth straight day without progress as AP 60-stock average fails to gain. Mixed trading sees selective advances erased, with bonds and commodities flat and rails utilities narrow. wheat corn and cattle move modestly while spot cotton falls to lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Lngthy
Assoc
Reynolds Tobacco
McKesson & Robbins
N. Y
Chi-Caro
Shanghai
New Orleans Cotton Futures Close Steady on Holiday Trading
N O Cotton New Orleans reports a holiday mood as futures finish steady with prices from 2 points down to 1 point higher. Jan trading ranges from 10.04 to 10.16, May 10.18 to 10.10, July around 9.91 to 9.80, Oct near 9.87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Oo
New Orleans
Poultry Prices Reported In Chicago Market
Poultry market notes from Chicago December 23 show live poultry and various weight classes. Hens over five pounds quoted 15 1 2, leghorn hens 11, broilers 2 1 2, colored 17 1 2, white rock 18, springs 4 pounds up colored 18, under four pounds colored 17 1 2, white rock 18 1 2. Roosters and turkeys listed with several weight brackets and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Wheat Prices Rise Narrowly in Chicago Trade
Wheat prices closed modestly higher after an early decline, with May at 4 3-8 and July at 3-4, corn steady to up 1-8, May 60 1-4, July 60 1-8, oats unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cash grain prices in Chicago report mixed futures
Chicago cash grain prices for December 23 show No 1 red wheat at 85 cents, No 1 hard 8, corn prices varying across yellow and white grades with figures from 57 to 66 1/2 cents, oats at 37 1/2 to 39 3/4 cents, and sample grades listed for several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Five Year Effort Frees Lonnie Jenkins of Murder
Lonnie Jenkins walked free after nine years of a life sentence for the murder of his wife. His daughter Helen Drake, now 21, led a five year campaign revealing handwriting proof that the death note found with Mrs Jenkins was penned by her mother. Judge Christopher E Stein ordered Jenkins released in Detroit with the widow text and family relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lonnie Jenkins
Detroit Court Room
Helen Drake
Record
Christopher E. Stein
Jenkins
Drake
Federal Bureau of Investigation
First Presbyterian Church Weekend Christmas Programs
The Outpost Sunday School at Oakland Chapel hosted Santa Claus during a Christmas tree and program on Saturday, with E L Jones as outpost superintendent. Sunday afternoon the Woman's Auxiliary staged the pageant Abide With Us directed by Mrs. Earl Calvin before a large audience. Tonight at 7 30 the annual Sunday School Christmas program will feature gifts from a large tree by Santa Claus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Cadet James Caven Dish Dead in Training Plane Crash
A Fiji Cadet James Caven Dish, 22, of Huntington West Virginia was killed when his training plane crashed two miles from Maxwell Field during a Christmas trip. The region reported an army plane crash in Montgomery and several car wrecks in Birmingham, increasing the weekend toll to ten as the holiday season begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Montgomery
Birmingham
Fiji
James C. Cavendish
Huntington
W. Va
Maxwell Field
Georgia family among nine killed in Alabama weekend crashes
A Georgia family of seven traveling to Louisiana for Christmas died in a Flomaton overpass crash after their car plummeted 35 feet to railroad tracks. Six of seven occupants were killed, including C. P. and Mrs. Kitt and four family members. A Birmingham taxi driver and two other residents died in separate accidents, with victims named from Jasper and Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Flomaton
Birmingham
Jasper
Bessemer
C. P. Kitt
Kitt
Betty
Jackie
Walter C. Hornsby
Walter, Jr
Hornsby
Fla
E H. Salter
H. G. Lee
Oglethorpe
Clarence H. Honeycutt
William Thomas Allison
Manchester
Woodrow Harper
Grain and seed price listings with mixed heavy samples
A catalog of grain and seed prices lists white heavy rye soybeans and timothy seed with quantified class numbers and bid prices. Entry values include No 2 rye at 50 and No 2 yellow soybeans at 92 with timothy and clover seed priced from 3.50 to 8.00 per unit.
Nashville Livestock Prices Report Dec 23
Salable cattle 500 calves 150. Hogs 600 head mostly 20 cents higher with good and choice 190-300 lb hogs 6.50. Sows 4.85. Sheep 50 head steady with lambs at 8.50 top fat ewes 2.50. Cattle values stronger. feeders 8.50-10.00. common and medium 6.00-8.00. top vealers 11.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S&s. Dept. Agri
Butter and Egg Prices and Grades Reported
Butter receipts total 489 604 with weak market signals and varied creamery scores. Egg receipts 3 779 show mixed grading from extra firsts to dirties with current receipts and refrigerator checks noted. Government graded eyes and extra white counts listed alongside carton pricing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Solons Face Heavy Duty in Early 1941 Agenda
Washington notes key looming expirations as Congress nears the 1941 session. Roosevelt monetary powers and stabilization funds end June 30 1941 unless renewed, soil conservation benefits lapse Jan 1 1942, and coal price schedules expire April 26. Reorganization powers, reapportionment, and Public Works Authority terms all face automatic sunsets without action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
Treasury
Congress
House of Representatives
Guffey
D+-Pa
Maritime Labor Board
Public Works Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
British RAF strikes widen war across Europe including Mannheim raid
Days after explosive bombardment, rescue crews probe debris for dead and survivors. British communique notes killed and wounded as RAF sorties hit Mannheim and Ludwigshafen in the upper Rhine, and target Dunkerque and Calais. Allied air clashes over Agrigastro and Greece report nine British fighters down eight enemy planes with two losses. Mussolini’s command touts limited Italian success with Venice and Fiume raids, while Italian troops face Greeks near the Adriatic.
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Germany
Mannheim
Rhineland
Saar Valley
Italy
RAF
Ludwigshafen
Dunkerque
Calais
Athens
Agrirocastro
Albania
Manchester
Liverpool
Britain
Mussolini
Venice
Fiume
Graziani
North Africa
Suez Canal
Repeleni- Klisura
Chimard
Adriatic
Fort Bravette
Rome
Zurich
London
Decatur’s Diary Holiday Housebound and Visits
Decatur residents and visitors are noted in a holiday round up. Students Joe Burleson and Walter Marvin Penney return home from medical and Georgia Tech studies. Several residents recover from operations at Baugh’s Infirmary while others plan Christmas visits to family in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Marvin Penney
Georgia Tech College
Atlanta, Ga
Lamar Penney
Oil Shortage Impedes German War Machine
The piece argues Germany faces a critical oil deficit hindering its war effort. It notes insufficient oil from Russia and Romania and the reliance on synthetic production, with air power limited not by pilots but by fuel constraints affecting strategic use of aircraft and overall military capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Rumania
Christmas Message at Central Methodist Church
Reverend R. Lambuth Archibald delivered the morning sermon on The Christmas Message at Central Methodist Church. He discussed the Jewish hope for deliverance through Christ and contrasted Jesus birth in Bethlehem with Messianic expectations, noting the peaceful yet profound nature of His coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Lambuth Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Christ
Rome
Jesus
Bethlehem
Clio Lovin
Dorothy Jacob
Edith Mae Schimmel
Christe
Christine—Dowdy
Athens
Henry van Dyke
Other Wise Man
Selma
Supreme Court Strikes 1937 North Carolina Tax on Displaying Samples
The Supreme Court ruled the 1937 North Carolina law unconstitutional. The provision imposed a 250 dollar annual privilege tax on firms other than regular retailers that display samples in hotels or rented houses to solicit orders for retail sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Gifts for Soldiers Leave Montgomery for Camp Blanding
Three army trucks loaded with presents departed Montgomery Alabama today en route to Camp Blanding Florida to bring Christmas cheer to more than 3000 Alabama citizen soldiers who have been called up for a year of active training.
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Montgomery
Ala
Camp Blanding
Fla
Alabama
Oil Shortage Could Cripple Nazi War Effort Says Expert
An oil specialist warns that limited gasoline and lubricating oil threaten Germany and Italy's industrial base. He notes Allied strikes on synthetic plants and refineries could force the Fuehrer into drastic measures and possibly end the war for Hitler.
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Anderson
Mary Roward
Helen Follett
Wall Street
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
the Princess Today
Paul Whiteman
Decatur’s
Joe Burleson
University of Alabama Medical School
Joe Anderson
South
Limestone County
Benevolent Society Hospital
Fifth Avenue, South
G. C. Henslee
Cullman
Baugh’s Infirmary
Atlee Henkel Hoff
Nashville, Tenn
Louis Hoff
Anniston, Ala
A. H. Hoff
Ed Wise
el Paso
Texas
Mrs. W. M. Wise
Flint
Glen Brown
Prospect Drive
Frank Martin
Danville
Bernice Gallant
Sylacauga
T. L. Gallant
Mrs. Pettus G. Birdwell
Glenn
Detroit, Mich
Mrs. Birdwell
Tanner
Mrs. Phillips
Austinville
W. E. Birdwell
A. D. LeCroix
O. P. Birdwell
G. W. Collier
Edward Pike
Laceys Spring
Decatur
Gil Draper
Pascagoula, Miss
Mrs
J. L. Draper
R. ©. Miller
Somerville
G. T. Carter
Banh’s Infirmary
R. B. Barret
Baugh’s. Infirmary
Mrs. H. L. Ogle
Hanceville
Morgan County
N Decatur
Hartselle
W. T. Willoughby
Il Art
Little Ann Pappenburg
Ernest Pappenburg
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Little Ann
R. T. Collins
Hart- Selle
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. L. Dobbs
B. H. Aldridge
Mamie Abercrombie
Atlanta
M. E. Norris
Augusta
Tom Chandler
Morristown, Tenn
Doris Cowan
Vernon
College
Freda Cowan
Edward Hudgins
Eva Route 1
Sue French
Sixth Avenue
Baugh’s
Nfirmary
J. W. Cary
Dalton
Royal Air Force
Fuehrer
America
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