Alabama silkworm project seeks U S grown silk supply
Col. Persons heads a 8500 acre Alabama farm program testing white mulberry leaves for silkworms. After three years of experiments the team claims near success in reeling silk and envisioning Southern farms feeding cocoons for near home production. machinery shortages hinder progress and further patents may follow.
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U. S
Homegee
Persons
Alan
China
Japan
Nippon
Italy
England
United States
Oolome
Orient
Alabama
Southern
America
Decatur Invites Soldiers Home for Christmas Visits
Decatur residents fill phone lines as officers extend invitations to bring Alaska based soldiers to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Mothers express hopes a local family can host a soldier, hoping to brighten a son’s holiday far from home.
Stock Market Beclouded By Mixed Signals On Dec 23
A befuddled day on the New York market with scattered strong performers and weak spots. War news seen as slightly favorable but heavy tax selling persists. total turnover near 1,500,000 shares with declines in several groups and mixed close, while livestock markets show varied results with hogs and sheep steady to lower.
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New York
Nashville Market Report Cattle Prices Weak Trade
Nashville market notes say cattle sale too small for test with firm trade. Yearlings run medium to good quality sold 10.00 to 11.00, high quality up to 11.50, common stock in slaughter classes 7.50 to 9.50. Calves absent.
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Nashville
Tenn
Iaateral State Market News Service
Decatur Hosts Christmas for Army Regiment
Major Olmstead praises Decatur hospitality as soldiers from the regiment receive Christmas Eve gifts and a tree. A select group will be invited to Sunday dinners during their stay, with 25 men available each week by phoning the armory to arrange a host.
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Major Olmstead
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Olmstead
Ministerial Alliance
Degatur
Markets at a Glance Mixed Across Commodities and Stocks
New York December 23 4 Stocks irregular with selective gains bonds down some industrials improved. Foreign exchange quiet largely unchanged. Cotton firmer with mill price fixing offsetting liquidation. Sugar steady ending operations. Metals quiet with domestic lead rising. Wool tops mixed with spot buying and December liquidation. Chicago wheat steady holiday drift corn firmer with light offerings better cash demand hogs active 10 20 higher tops 11.15 cattle active about 25 cents higher moderate arrivals.
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New York
Chicago
Trading Quiet in Cotton Futures as Holidays Loom
New Orleans on December 23 reports quiet trading in cotton futures as holidays approach. Closing prices held steady with gains paused at five to seven points.
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New Orleans
Butter Prices and Receipts Reported in Chicago
Butter receipts total 794231 with steady market. Creamery 93 score and price quotes around 95 35 to 1 2. Other prices unchanged with unsettled bags receipts 10837. Fresh graded firsts local government graded extras white loose and carton prices listed.
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Chicago
Grain futures drift with small changes on Monday
Chicago grain prices closed narrowly mixed as investors eyed far eastern price control legislation and weak turnover. Wheat slid up to 1-8, corn rose in a late rally, oats and rye were mixed, and soybeans fell up to 1-4 as markets reflected cautious trading.
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Chicago
O&ts
Young Patriot’s 11 Year Old Saves for Stamps
In Atlanta on December 23 Mr and Mrs L J Allen learn their son James 11 saved half of his ten cent daily lunch allowance to buy a dollar worth of stamps and a defense album.
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Atlanta
L. J. Allen
James
Retail store sales rise 19 percent through October
Department of Commerce reports retail store sales for the first ten months ending October increased by 19 percent over the previous year, signaling stronger consumer demand and shopping activity.
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Department of Commerce
German Troops Move Through Western France Toward Spain
Reports from Bern Switzerland say German troops are moving through western occupied France toward the Spanish frontier as of December 23 with authorities reporting the movement.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Axis transports sunk by subs in the Mediterranean
The admiralty reported that six Axis transports were destroyed by British submarines in the Mediterranean. One large supply ship, already damaged by a torpedo, was beached and being salvaged when it was hit again and destroyed.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Axia Anilors
Knitters in Waiting Room Support Red Cross Effort
In Kansas City a downtown physician's waiting room features a sign inviting patients to knit for the Red Cross. A donation box holds eight knitting sets and yarn. 30 six inch squares have been completed so far and 54 total squares will form a comforter for a service man before launching a new batch.
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Kansas City
Red Cross
Local Outings and Notices Highlight Holiday Week
Braden Fleming Jr to arrive Christmas Eve from Pickwick Dam to spend the holidays with his parents and relatives. WPA official Elizabeth Latady and family traveling to Mobile. Z P Watkins returns after illness. Eleanor Walker joins Arsenal Huntsville. Red Cross rep Crane visits. Kirby to close Vine Street office for a mini break. Multiple court charges heard. John D. Hamilton moved to Austinville for care. Elizabeth Steele wedding attracts Kirby family. Jack Huie of Cullman involved. Birth announced at Baugh’s infirmary. A M Smith recovering from pleurisy at home. Corporal Hicks departs Fort McClellan after surgery. Tanner resident J R Andrew resting after hospital stay.
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Braden Fleming, Jr
Pickwick Dam
Mrs
J. B. Fleming
World War II Battle Fronts Report From Pacific and Europe
Reports from Tokyo claim Japanese forces occupy Davao and threaten Mindanao as battles rage near Lingayen Gulf and Manila. Unconfirmed sinkings and landings unfold amid Allied counterattacks while Churchill and Roosevelt coordinate efforts in Washington.
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Imperial Tokyo
Manila
Davao
Mindanao
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Damortis
Santo Tomas
Lingayen
Gulf
San Fabian
Agoo
White House
Washington
Churchill
Chungking
Far East
London
Kiementi Boroshilov
Leningrad
Russia
Japan
Siberia-Manchukuo
Siberian
Churchillonsultation signals wider allied strategy
The meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt, with Supply Minister Beaverbrook and an elite staff, signals potential joint command in the Mediterranean and discusses the Pacific leadership question with General MacArthur frequently named. Reports from Manila and Chungking indicate allied talks expand to Russia, China, the Netherlands, and British dominions as Roosevelt aims for unity to defeat Hitlerism.
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Roosevelt
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Mediterranean
North Africa
Britain
Pacific
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
South Pacific
U. S
Far East
Reuters
Chungking
White House
Russia
China
Netherlands
British
Keep the Face Free of Lines Fine Lines Warning
The passage discusses causes of facial lines including sleeplessness worry malnutrition and nervous strain. It urges breathing exercises sleep relaxation and outdoor activity, advises keeping a cheerful mood, using creams, gentle washing routines, and avoiding facial gestures to prevent lines from forming.
Unified Allied Strategy Amid Global War Pressures
The piece highlights precarious Allied bases including Singapore and the Philippines, the potential role of Russia against Japan, and the significance of the Washington conference on unified war control. It contemplates German retreat from Moscow and the impact of Hitler’s moves on Moscow, Tokyo, and global outcomes.
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Hongkong
Singapore
Philippines
Russia
Japan
Washington
America
Moscow
Nippon
Hitler
Fuehrer
Red Capital
Britain
Hitler’s hold on war fuels Nippon alliance and wider strategy
The text praises Hitler for maintaining a stubborn stance that drew Nippon into war and kept exhausted German troops fighting on nerve. It notes Japan advancing in the Pacific while Hitler plans further moves to salvage fortunes, with Russia as a key dilemma for the Allies and potential new strikes elsewhere.
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Manila
Russia
Britain
Far East
Malaya
China Coast
Hongkong
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Middle East
Spain
French Africa
Hitler
Nippon
Pacific
Allied Council
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Ivy
Jekyll
G. S. Olmstead
Tamas Dirtner
Alaska
People of
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Victor Eubank
Nashville Livestock
M.rrankin
N. C. Cotton
Young Patriot
Bulletin
Glcators
Elizabeth Latady
WPA
Eugenia and
Richard
Mobile
Pointas
Z. P. Watkins
Misa Eleanor Walker
The
Arsenal
Huntaville
Stone J. Crane
American Red Cross
F. H. Kirby
Vine St
John D. Hamilton
Austinville
Hamil
Howell
Albert Parker
Baugh's Infirmary
Harold T. Hicks
Fort McClellan
Anniston
Baugh’s Infirmary
Hicks
J. R. Andrew
Tanner
Robert Grant
A. M. Smith
Japs Claim Island
Gladys George
Barton MacLane
the Capitol
Ottawa
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie
Sault
Siberia
NBC
Rejast
Kiementi Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Kuibyshev
Far Eastern
Helen Follett
Thomas Furniture CO
Bank Street
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