London Lifts in War: Night Bombs Fail to Halt Daily Life
A correspondent details London during a night of bombing as milk arrives, buses run on time, and bread bakes. Muffled trains move passengers toward shelter and back to work while signalmen guide a busy postal and freight flow. Factory workers, bakers, and drivers endure air raids with stoic resolve as city life presses on.
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Middleton
Ed Press
Ndon
Posina
London Bath
S- Station
Waterloo Station
London
Feller
Ted
Foreman
Waterloo Bridge
Piccadilly
Cheapside
Mayfield
the Strand
Five Point Home Demolition Club Meeting Notes
In Speake last Monday Mrs. Tommie Sapp and Mr. Sapp received a visit from Will Sandlin. Mrs. Robert Sandlin and daughter Erline are recovering from an incident at Five Point. The Christmas club met December 18 at George Gann’s home, elected new officers, and Miss Hereford of Moulton demonstrated Christmas decorations and making cards. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served by several members.
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Will Sandlin
Speake
Tommie Sapp
Sapp
Robert Sandlin
Erline
Five Point
George Gann
Miss Hereford
Moulton
Clyde
Oscar Brooks
Ernest Brooks
Hampton
Bertirs
John Pearce
Fred Foletie
Markets on Holiday Breaks End With Modest Gains
Wall Street rose modestly in brisk post holiday trading with small general gains led by defense-related issues. Major names such as U S Steel United Aircraft Boeing and Texas Corp posted fractional advances while many others fluctuated and some declined. Trading volume ran around 1.3 million shares as cotton and futures markets showed mixed results with erratic price moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Bath Iron
New York Shipbuilding
Timken Detroit
National Acme
Lima Locomotive and Electric Boat
U. S. Steel
U. S. Rubber
United Aircraft
Boeing
Johns Manville
U. S. Gypsum
Santa Fe
Consolidated Edison
Texas Corp
New York Stocks Rally and Mixed Trading End Year
New York shares rise in a broad year end rally while bonds show irregular activity. Cotton and wool improve with trade support, while wheat weakens on new crop contracts. Corn advances on small receipts. cattle and hogs mix amid limited inventory. Foreign exchange quiet with Canadian dollar ratios. Tungsten ore prices rise.
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New York
Deandr
Bombay
Commission House
Chicago
Cotton futures and spot prices hold steady in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 27, cotton futures closed steady with gains of 7 to 8 points. Open highs and lows hovered around 10.20 to 10.30 for May, with spot cotton also steady at 8.90 to 10.50 for various grades. Receipts reached 1,995 bales, stocks 536,977.
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Memphis
Tenn
N. C
New Orleans
Orleans
Cottonseed Market Closes Steady In New Orleans Trade
Cottonseed of New Orleans closes steady as Bleach trade activity remains muted. Market observers note limited buying interest and stable prices amid cautious trading conditions in the early week session.
Local Notables and Families Report Measles Illnesses
Mrs Tommie Sapp Miss Hereford and hostess Mrs George Gana hosted the January meeting at Mrs Pearces home in Anti och. Several local youths including James Kenneth Aldridge Allan Sapp and Billy Joe Tucker are listed among measles cases or recoveries. Wyman Ledlow and Grady Gillespie are also noted as ill with measles while Allan Sapp is stationed in Organ Camp and expected home soon. Buck Way and others traveled for business to Five Points and cert Sandlin of Enon Five Points were observed in town.
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Tommie Sapp
Hereford
George Gana
Pearce
Antioch
James Kenneth
Gilbert Aldridge
Allan Sapp
C. Co. C. Camp
Organ
Billy Joe
Jimmie Tucker
Howard Sapp
Poultry live receipts and prices in Chicago market
Chicago trading desk reports live poultry receipts with 59 unsettled trucks. Hens over 6 pounds listed at 18 to 5 pounds at 18. Springs 4 pounds up Plymouth Rock 21 1 2. Geese 12 pounds down 14. over 12 pounds 12 1 2. Capons 7 pounds up 24. under 7 pounds 22. Slips 20. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
Chicago dairy and egg prices firm on holiday report
Butter receipts 881,547 firmer with multiple creamery scores from 93 down to 88. Carrots priced at 32 1 4. Eggs receipts 6,557 firmer with fresh graded and refrigerator extras and standards listed. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Cash grain prices from Chicago market report
Wheat not quoted cash. corn values range No 2 yellow 67 1 4 cents, No 3 yellow 62 3 4, No 3 white 68 3 4, sample grade 55 1 0. Oats No 3 mixed 37 3 4, sample grade 27 30, No 2 white 39 1 2, sample grade 30 31, No 2 white heavy 40, No 3 38, No 1 red extra heavy 38 1 4. Soybeans No 3 yellow 93 93 3 4, sample grade 87.
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Chicago
Grain futures dip on improved wheat prospects in Chicago
In Chicago on December 27, continued precipitation across the winter wheat belt kept focus on new crop prospects and deferred futures. Prices slipped modestly with May wheat at 86 3 4 to 87 8, July at 80 1 8, corn up 1 2 to 5 8, May corn 61 3 4, July 61 1 2, oats mostly unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices and Slaughter Quotes
Nashville cattle market reports show 100 calves and 100 Salabie cattle with steady prices and strong demand. Top prices include 10.00 for good fed steers and yearlings, 8.25 to 9.00 for medium short fed cattle, 6.50 for top beef cows, and 12.50 for top vealers. hogs steady with good and choice 190 to 300 pounds at about 7.00. wool sheep and other categories priced accordingly.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
U. S
Detainer Filed as Montague Given Suspended Sentence
In Bayonne New Jersey Recorder James L. Sweeney gave Robert Montague a suspended sentence on a disorderly person charge and turned him over to Elizabeth police who said he was wanted for passing a worthless check Deputy A. B. Marshal John Kelly appeared in court with a detainer for Montague who, he said, had impersonated a federal officer.
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Bayonne
N. J
James L. Sweeney
Robert Montague
Elizabeth
John Kelly
Montague
Extradition Granted for Franklin Gray Alias Jesse Davis
Three Court of Appeals judges refused to interfere with extradition of Frank Gray alias Jesse Davis to Alabama where he is charged with escaping from the penitentiary ten years ago. Chief Justice Ratliff and Justices Thomas and Fulton denied the habeas corpus petition.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Frank Gray
Jesse Davis
Alabama
Alex L. Ratliff
Gus Thomas
Will H. Fulton
Crown Prince Odvid Refuses Opinion on US Food Aid
Crown Prince Olav of Norway says deciding whether the United States should send food to Europe is a frightful question and he will not opine before a European-wide plan. He notes Germans requisition large Norwegian food stocks for their occupation army and are taking meat, bacon, eggs, and hospital Christmas cakes.
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Washington
Olav
Norway
United States
Europe
Legation
Oslo
England in Wartime Holiday Reverie by the Hills
The narrator recalls prewar England life near Wales during a wartime stay. Parties and wardrobes, tea excursions, and festive evenings contrast with war’s shadows. They hike in autumn forests, meet hostesses sheltering London refugees, and sense a haunting nostalgia amid distant aircraft and gunfire.
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Patience
Wales
London
England
New Shipping to Help Britain Goal
Washington December 27. Administration action to bolster Britain's merchant fleet was reported imminent. An authoritative source predicted President Roosevelt would soon urge speedily building many merchant ships in an extensive program akin to wartime ship production. The informant said the plan fits the broader leasing and supply scheme discussed for Britain.
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Washington
Britain
Roosevelt
United States
British Ship Hit By German Bombs East of Thames Estuary
A British vessel of 8,000 to 10,000 tons was struck by two German bombs in a shipping area east of the Thames Estuary. The boiler room exploded according to DNB the official German news agency. The attack signaled a resumption of the air war with renewed violence.
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Berlin
Thames Estuary
DNB
Exemption Granted for Peanut Warehousing in Georgia
Washington December 27 the wage hour division granted a seasonal exemption from the 40 hour week provision of the wage hour law for warehousing of peanuts in establishments other than mill warehouses. The action was taken on the application of the Macon Peanut and Storage Company Macon Georgia and others.
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Washington
Macon Peanut and Storage Company
Macon
Dixon Opens Mansion for New Year Open House
Governor and Mrs Dixon invite Alabama state employees to attend an open house at the executive mansion on New Year’s Day from 2 to 6 p.m. A previous New Year’s Day event drew more than 500 state workers, their wives, and escorts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
British need imperative war funds for weapons and new bonds
London reports Sir Kingsley Wood stating Britain's war finance is imperative as he announces two new security issues. National war bonds of 2.5 percent go on sale January 2, 1941, at par with redemption in 1948, and three percent savings bonds for 1955-65 join the offering, with par redemption in 1965. He lauded a prior 1.269 billion pound raise and urged further funds for air power and modern warfare.
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London
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Hitler Prepares Balkan Hold to Block Britain Oil Route
Territorial moves in Romania and the Danube mouths test Berlin and Moscow aims. Hitler secures control of Romania while Russia occupies northern Danube mouths. A Bucharest conference failed amid clashes between Bolshevists and Fascists. Russia reportedly plans Danube mouth occupation after the new year. Hitler seeks dual goals: deter Britain, secure oil and grain, and base power in the Balkans for future moves toward the Dardanelles.
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Romania
Danube
Black Sea
Germany
Reich
Balkans
Russia
Hitler
Rumania
Danubian
Bucharest
iHtler
Britain
Balkan States
Dardanelles
Near East
Student Regoapition Service at First Methodist Decatur
The First Methodist church of Decatur plans a 5 p.m. Sunday Student Regoapition Service presided by Leroy McEntire Jr. Two main talks will be given by Billy Duncan and Anne Johnson with student representatives from the University of Alabama Charles Green University of Tennessee Betty McGehee Auburn Harold Smith Montevallo Betty Foster Pointer Athens Russell Smith Birmingham-Southern Marbrey Payne Huntingdon Kathleen Boswell The church shows continued support for education by honoring this year’s students.
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First Methodist Church of
Decatur
Leroy McEntire, Jr
Billy Duncan
Anne Johnson
University of Alabama
Charles Green
University of Tennessee
Betty McGehee
Auburn
Harold Smith
Montevallo
Betty Foster Pointer
Athens
Russell Smith
Birmingham-Southern
Marbrey Payne
Huntingdon
Katherine Boswell
Mickey Rooney Tops 1940 Money Makers List at Film Daily
Hollywood reports Mickey Rooney is the top money maker for 1940 in The Motion Picture Herald poll. Spencer Tracy is second, with Clark Gable Gene Autry Tyrone Power James Cagney Bing Crosby and Wallace Beery following. Autry’s fourth place marks a notable cowboy entry since Will Rogers in 1934.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Motion Picture” Herald
Bette Davis
Judy Garland
Spencer Tracy
Rooney
Clark Gable
Gene Autry
Tyrone Power
James Cagney
Bing Crosby
Wallace Beery
Autry
Singing Cowboy
Will Rogers
Mrs Harrison Williams Tops Best Dressed American Women
Mrs Harrison Williams again heads the list of best dressed American women. She also won the honor last year. No motion picture stars were named.
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New York
Harrison Williams
Decatur News Highlights Local Guests and Obituaries
Decatur events include visits by Dr. D R Roan of San Antonio to family in Decatur, holiday sicknesses at several homes on Eighth Avenue West, and community notices. Local services feature Rev Archibald at Central Methodist and a New Year message. Blue Gray game attendance planned by several residents, with multiple family health updates and funeral notices for T F Marrow in Tarboro NC.
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Central Methodist Church
R. L. Archibald
Camp costs soar as new army camps exceed estimates
William F. Carey, defense commission expert on cantonment construction, said eastern camps would cost millions more than original estimates and construction times extended by a month or six weeks. He stressed no real delay or union stoppages, citing factors like rapid facility expansion and weather, and noted his survey covered Florida to Massachusetts.
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New York
William F. Carey
Defense Commission
Mississippi River
Carey
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennesse
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
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Lawrence County
Oakville
Bob Burns
Alisa the Deacon
Princess Theatre
N. Y. Cotton
Medh
Middlin
Mrrankin
Mickey
Decatur’s
D. R. Roan
San Antonio
Dr . M. Roan
D. A. Roan
Eva
Joe Toone
Joe Templeton
O. B. Lansbury
Gadsden
R. I. Lansbury
G. L. Woodruff
Eighth Avenue West
Thomas Woodruff
M. L. Brittain
W. F. Price
Memorial Drive
Lena
Harvey
Harvey Mathews
James Irwin
James Smith
the Moody
Opal Holland
Fifth Avenue
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
God
8. T. Rollo
Central Methodist Choir
Harold Jay Corwin
Morristown
Margaret Nell Liles
Florence State Teachers College
James G. Liles
Falkville
Benton, Ky
Mr. Armour
Board of Stewards
Walter H. Todd
Norma Todd
Thomas Todd
W. R. Alexander
Florence, D. C
John C. Cowell
Dr. Cowell
T. J. Cottingham
C. D. Cottingham
Tarboro
T. F. Marrow
Mr.Marrow
Carl Rains
Frank and
Freeda
Tom Ratliff
Thomas, Jackson
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Birmingham
Becatur
L. R. Stone
Centerville
Ness
Prof
Irwin J. Quinn
Mrs. Quinn
W. H. Thomas
Ashby
Mary Ethel Williams
Moody Bible Institute
G. W. Williams
Mrs
Carl Jones
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mrs. C. W. Knight
Daytona Beach, Fla
Charles McCutcheon
Lacey's Spring
W. N. Weaver
Fourth Avenue
West
Baugh's Infirmary
J. C. Henslee
Cullman
Louise Coleman
Coleman Falls
Mary Emens
Imogene Halbrooks
Hillman Hospital
W. E Halbrooks
Bobby Hobbs
Robert Hobbs
A. M. An
G. B Hanks
4Th Ave
Seamers of
Alabama Hosiery Mill
Grady Hanks
Santa Claus
J. T. Copeland and Son
Atlanta, Ga
Mrs. C. N. Ward
Fourteenth Avenue
East
Ida Hunter
Danville
Roy Loughry
William H. Jackson
J. E. Sloan
Raymond DeMasters
J. L. Ball
Lula Wakien
Route 1
E.h.mccaghren
Walter
Sonny
Todd
Fifth Avenue, West
W. FE. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Tennessee Valley Press
C. E
Lowery
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