Record Highs Across Industries In 1937 Despite Slump
1937 saw new production peaks in cotton textiles and agriculture with an 18 746 000 bale cotton harvest and 9 000 000 000 square yards of cloth. Electric utilities set kilowatt hours to 119 000 000 000 while air conditioning and refrigeration surged. Petroleum, aviation, tobacco, and silver and gold mining hit record levels, with treasury gold stocks and government debt rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Patton
Associated Press Statistician
New York
Department of Agriculture
National Electric Manufacturers Association
Goar Industries
Panay Attack Report Details Flags Marks and Sunk Gunboat
The Panay was sunk by Japanese planes on December 12 after flying flags 18 by 14 feet on its decks. Commander Hughes says 56 minutes of bombing followed, with two direct hits and wounded crewmen aboard. He notes two small boats carrying wounded were machine gunned.
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Washington
Panay
James J. Hughes
Yangtze
Tokyo
Mienallies
Guaranth Hughes
Hughes
Home for Holidays: Maddox Girls at Neal Community
Miss Mary Agnés Maddox a student at State Teachers College Florence and Jane Maddox a Danville high school teacher are at home with their parents Mr and Mrs A G Maddox in the Neal community Hartselle Rt 2 during the holidays.
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Mary Agnés Maddox
State Teachers’ College
Florence
Jane Maddox
Danville High School
A. G. Maddox
Neal
Hartselle
Rt. 2
Take Holiday The Daily Skips Christmas Publication
The Daily will not publish on Christmas Day Saturday so employees may enjoy the holiday. The note explains the holiday closure and office-wide observance.
State awards paving on Wheel er Dam road project
The state's highway department awarded paving contracts totaling 193 541 dollars to low bidders for projects in Lawrence Lauderdale and Colbert counties. Mitchell Brothers Construction Company of Birmingham received 67 231 dollars for paving the 10 726 mile stretch from Town Creek to Wheeler Dam and from Wheeler Dam to U S Highway 72. Hardaway Contracting Co of Columbus Ga took 90 384 dollars for grading and drainage between Florence and Athens including right of way removal. A Bravotte Inc Jasper and JA White of Jasper also shared listed work with 26 dollars or more in potential contracts.
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State Highway Department
Mitchell Brothers Construction Company
Wheeler Dam
Town Creek
Associated Press
Montgomery
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Colbert
Birmingham
Lauderdate
Florence
Athens
Hardaway Contracting Co
Columbus
JA. White
Jasper
Bravotte Inc
Touetine
Christmas Eve World Roundup From Vatican to Shanghai
Reporting from Rome to Moscow and beyond, Christmas Eve scenes span Vatican midnight mass plans, Soviet tree displays near the Kremlin, prisoner exchanges in Metz and Germany, and holiday adjustments in Shanghai. Amid tensions in Jerusalem, fighting with Trans Jordan forces prompts troop deployments.
Catholics to Have Christmas Masses at St Ann's
Parishioners of St Ann's Church will celebrate Christmas with a Midnight Mass on Friday followed by 8 and 9 oclock morning services. A crib depicting the Birth of Christ will be displayed and confessions offered Friday afternoon and evening. The altars and trees were prepared by named parishioners.
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St.Ann’s Parish
St. Ann's Church
Cave of Bethlehem
Charlie
Henry
Frank
Carl
Louis Millard Lenz
Joe
George Joseph
Japan Offers Amends For Panay Sinking
Tokyo acknowledges full responsibility for the Panay sinking by Japanese planes and states that commanders and others responsible have faced steps to prevent a recurrence. The note, delivered to U.S. Ambassador Grew, promises strict orders to avoid future incidents and respect for U.S. rights.
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Japan
Tokyo
United States
Hirohito
Panay
Yangtze
Nanking
America
Foreign Office
Joseph C. Grew
Navy tightens Pacific guard after seizure of suspicious letters
On December 24 the navy bolstered Pacific Coast security after customs agents seized a sheaf of letters from a Japanese liner and a Japanese fishing boat. Destroyers patrolled San Diego and San Pedro while Mare Island and other bases increased guard. Federal officials confirmed the raid on the Tatsuta Maru and noted letters tied to Bremerton operations, but declined to reveal contents.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
U. S
San Diego
San Pedro
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Frank J. Hennessy
Bremerton Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Hennessy
Scag
Francisco
Chronicle
The
Nancy Hanks
Morgan County Democrats to meet January 5 at courthouse
The Morgan County Democratic Committee chaired by Rutledge Thomas will convene at noon January 5 at the courthouse. They will canvass the January 4 election results to choose Alabama's senatorial outcome and set candidate qualifications for the May 1938 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Democratic Committee
Court House
Rutledge
Thomas
Alabama
Unto You is Born a Saviour
The passage recounts the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem under Roman taxation. Mary and Joseph travel from Nazareth to be taxed, and Jesus is laid in a manger after no room is found in the inn. Shepherds hear angels sing and visit Bethlehem confirming the royal birth.
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Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judaea
Bethlehem
David
Mary
Christ the Lord
Luke
New Christmas Vision: From Bethlehem to a Just Society
A reflective essay urges renewing Christmas by stripping pagan excess and embracing the spirit of the Divine Child. It emphasizes humility, childlike faith, and four mission goals of Jesus: aid the poor, heal the afflicted, free the oppressed, and redeem sinners. It envisions a world without prisons or oppression built by redeemed lives.
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Lowell
Voetay
Prince of Peace
Earth
Jesus
Decatur Sees Largest Lonely Child Response This Year
At 10 30 this morning only four of an initial 640 Lonely Children remained unassisted in Decatur. The Rotary Club Elks and Community House with Miss Lacy Bell organized via The Decatur Daily to fund a Christmas for 640 local children and 60 from nearby towns. Cash donations totaled 40 50 to be given to a charity. The year marks the largest takedown since the program began.
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Decatur
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur Daily
Rotary Club
Elksub
Community House
Lacy Bell
Lonely Child Fund
Cotton gin record in Lawrence County climbs this year
By December 13 Lawrence County ginners had produced 41 865 bales, far above the 27 462 bales finished by the same date a year earlier. The higher yield signals a strong season for growers in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Four Killed in Own Home in Danvers Mass
In Danvers Massachusetts local police reported Albert Jalbert an employed laborer his wife and two children were found dead in their home. Jalbert reportedly killed his wife and children then killed himself by hanging. Dr Charles Deering discovered the bodies after diagnosing Jalbert with a nervous disorder. Clarina Jalbert 38 Lorain 6 and Roland 4 were named among the dead in the upstairs rooms.
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Danvers
Mass
Albert Jalbert
John T. McDowell
Jalbert
Charles Deering
Clarina Jalbert
Lorain
Roland
Officer and citizen wounded in Mill Village shooting
At least two people, Patrolman C. D. Lamon and Jasper Gann, were wounded when a shooter fired from a house window as officers answered a disturbance call in the mill village. Police pursued the suspect. a gun was later found in the house.
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Weilder
C. D. Lamon
Jasper Gann
Joe Weatherly
Lamon
Benevolent Hospital
Gann
Coon
Hood
Crewi
Pateima Lamon
Bill Moore
Ectty
Thornton
Hale
Williama
Fusch
Baines
Morris
Herman Sandlin
Kilgore
Blalock
Hub Thornton
Weatherly
Moore
Deanna Durbin Offered Box in Rose Bowl Game
Deanna Durbin faces a conflict after receiving a invitation to share a box with University of Alabama President Richard C. Foster as his team plays in the Rose Bowl on New Years Day. Durbin accepted the offer but is a California rooter.
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Hollywood
Dee
Deanna Durbin
Richard C. Foster
University of Alabama
California
Holiday Guests Visit Wimberry Household
Mrs Ida Taylor Missy Taylor and the Reid family with Norman Taylor visit Mr and Mrs M G Wimberly on Church street for the holidays. The Memphis and Union City families join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Taylor
Missy Taylor
Reid
Memphis, Tenn
Norman Taylor and
Union City
Tenn
M. G. Wimberly
Church Street
Weather summary from Tennessee and Alabama districts
The Tennessee river held at 162 feet with a 49 degree high and 36 degree low. Rain total reached 0.44 inches. Alabama sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with colder air in the north and light variable coastal winds. Tennessee reports occasional light rain and colder conditions in the west and central regions with a cold Saturday and a northeasterly pull in the northeast.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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