Sion-Born Club Turns Losses Into Jobs Through Pooling
W Dean Stringer describes the Sion-Born Club as a success despite losing all members, a group of laid off executives pooling work to help each other. Members had to be out of work over 40, earning under 94,000 at one time, and were required to help others find jobs. One member now runs a Baltimore firm with substantial income. another, a former steel buyer, later sold a 72,000 insurance policy, illustrating the club’s aim to keep members employed by shared effort.
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W. Dean Stringer
Y. M
Man Now
Baltimore
Britain Ireland bases clash and looming war threat
The text discusses Irish independence within the Commonwealth, past rebellions, and a potential war between Ireland and Britain. It traces 1938 talks that would have Ireland control British bases at Bay Queenstown and Lough Swilly, then notes wartime submarine attacks and Britain’s difficulty in naval defense due to Ireland’s neutrality and refusal to allow use of Irish bases.
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Eames
British
Hire
England
Eire
Bay
Cobh
Queenstown
Lough Swilly
Britain
Year end rally boosts New York markets on busy Saturday
A creeping year end rally extended today in a two hour market with many gains around 2 points as investors bought on good business news and tax selling neared completion. Steel copper and defense related shares led gains while United Aircraft fell. Volume neared 800000 shares, the strongest Saturday since November.
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Victor Eubank
New York
United Aircraft
Roosevelt
Markets At A Glance On Year End Rally
New York markets report a firm year end rally with stocks extending gains while bonds improve and rails rise. Foreign exchange steady with the Canadian dollar higher, cotton narrow with trade and Bombay buying, sugar mixed with a 2 point drop on spot sales. Metals quiet, wool tops uneven amid liquidation and trade support. Chicago markets show wheat and corn up on demand and shipping sales, cattle steady, hogs strong to 10 higher with top at 7.25.
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New York
Bombay
Chicago
Spot Cotton News from New Orleans on December 28
Spot cotton closed steady with minor gains. Prices listed: middling at 10.04, good middling 10.54, receipts 1,363 and stocks 538,340, with sales 416. Regional market activity reported from New Orleans on December 28.
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New Orleans
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago
Butter prices steady at 681,176 with receipts of 6816 to 16?. eggs receipts 6,583, firm and unchanged. Market note indicates no change in prices for dairy and eggs in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Grain Prices in Chicago Markets on December 28
Cash wheat No 1 hard quotes at 92 cents per bushel with mixed corn figures for No 5 at 58 and No 2 yellow at 66 after sample 57 1 2. Oats show No 1 extra heavy at 29 with hwery 33, No 1 white at 41 1 4 and ple 32 1 2. Soybeans No 2 yellow at 97 97 1 2 with remaining sample values.
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Chicago
Ten outstanding women of America for 1940 named
A Babson Park committee led by Dean Helena B Watts named ten outstanding women of America for 1940. Honorees include Mildred H McAfee Helen Hayes De Boothe Marion Janet Hareron Marian Anderson Anne Lindbergh Helen Flanders Dunbar Veanna Durbin Carson McCullers and Alice Marble. No honoree born before 1900.
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Babson Park
Helena B. Watts
Webber College
Roger W. Babson
Financial School For
Mildred H. McAfee
Wellesley College
Helen Hayes
de Boothe
Marion Janet Harreon
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Marian Anderson
Anne Lindbergh
Helen Flanders Dunbar
Columbia University
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Veanna Durbin
Carson MecCullers
Alice Marble
Food Rationing Reflected In Wartime Menu Details
The wartime menu shows limited soups with pea soup freshly made while consomme is canned, and many fish dishes missing. Entrees include Vienna steak from yesterday’s roast and braised lamb chop toad in the hole, with sausages, soft roes on toast, and Welsh rarebit. Egg dishes have disappeared and multiple roasts are no longer offered.
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Ministry of Food
Market closes steady after week of gains and hedging
Ten futures moved in a steady course in moderately active trading. After the week's advance the market saw hedge and southern selling at times but late price fixing and covering by trade shorts amid a scarcity of offerings. Final were at the
Britain Limits Re-Exports to Ireland Citing Strategic Moves
Britain imposes licenses restricting re-export of cattle fodder and fertilizer to Ireland, aiming to curb aid to Treland. The measure threatens Ireland's beef export industry and could affect human food supplies. Critics question whether the action serves naval base leverage and seek Ulster and Southern Ireland union as a possible reply.
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Britain
Eire
England
Ulster
Ireland
Nazis to Let Il Duce Fall Plan In Balkans
Budapest dispatch reports 300000 German troops rolling eastward as Germany signals not aiding Italian forces in Albania if Britain avoids Greece. Sources say Hitler agreed to let Mussolini attack Greece to divert Italy from defeated France and to win Vichy friendship, with Italy less bold on French demands after Albania setback.
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Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Greece
Bulgaria
Britain
Albania
Balkans
France
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Philippe Petain
Britain Boosts War Aid as US Plans Lend Lease
President proposed that the United States might take over all future orders for war supplies and lease or lend planes guns and other material to Britain. He urged eliminating the dollar sign from aid discussions and pursuing a satisfactory settlement after the war.
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Britain
United States
Capital Sees Great Parade in Montgomery
A festive Montgomery parade drew thousands as bands and floats showcased themes from colonial Southern history to wartime preparedness. Gen Julius Howell rode Dexter Avenue with a kindergarten band amid rain as floats carried pro-Union and pro-Confederate messages. Tuscaloosa, Sheffield, Huntsville bands earned top scores while a memorial float honored former mayor William A. Gunter.
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Montgomery
Ala
Old South
North Tn
Julius F. Howell
United Confederate Veterans
Dexter Avenue
Oby
Rebs
Selma
Edmund Pettus
Dexter
Tuskegee
Alexander City
Tuscaloosa
Sheffield
Huntsville
Howell
William W. Nixon
Grand Army of the Republic
William A. Gunter
Alabama
Uncle Sam
Uniontown
Air and Ground Assets Seized in Local Exchange
The report notes that air and other material along with horses and mules have been captured or transferred into our hands. Details remain sparse, but the parcel includes equipment and livestock, indicating a field handover or collection by authorities. Potential context suggests a military or transit seizure during a period of upheaval.
Two Border Bands Supposedly Wiped Out by Soviet Troops
Report from Comsomol and Pravo says border guard unit led by Semiom Sakal killed two bands of frontier trespassers in separate clashes. First clash occurred months ago in the mountains with hand to hand fighting. Second clash routed bandits from a volcano hideout using rifle fire and hand grenades. arms and smuggled goods captured.
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Moscow
Comsomol
Communist Youth Party
Pravo
Communist
Semiom
Aliens Register at Postoffice Here
A total of 40 aliens registered at the postoffice here since enrollment began August 27, Postmaster R. T. Sheppard reported. Registration closed December 26. six enrollees were non residents of Morgan county. Aliens could enroll at any post office under the rules.
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R. T. Sheppard
Deteriorating Lunch Menu Signals Austerity In 20th Century Eatery
The menu shows fewer grilled meats and shrinking vegetables with only potatoes and a green side. Desserts are halved and no cream, with limited cheese options and no tropical fruits. A bread roll and a tiny sugar cube accompany the meal as the average businessman's lunch lands near 80 cents.
Christmas Greetings Fill Decatur Plainly With News
Sergeant Henry Stacey spends Christmas furlough with relatives. Local clergy return from travels to preach New Year services at Southside Baptist Church. Community updates include illness recoveries births moves and multiple small town notices. Police court records note three cases including drunkenness and a traffic violation.
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Southside Baptist Church
J. A. Chambers
Stand Oil tanker Charles Pratt sinks off West Africa
Captain leaks that of 42 American sailors aboard the Standard Oil tanker Charles Pratt only two are lost. Survivors reported 20 earlier, with Arthur Duffy of Bayonne New Jersey and Patrick Dougherty of Philadelphia among those missing. Unclear whether weapon strike or accident caused the sinking.
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New York
Standard
Charles Pratt
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
London
Eric R. Blomquist
Arthur Duffy
Wiper
Patrick Dougherty
Duffy
Bayonne
N. J
Dougherty
Philadelphia
Standard Oil
Mrs Moore Dies At Home In Decatur Route 3
Mrs Kate Moore died at 4 30 Saturday morning at her home Decatur Route 3 She was 77 and had lived in the community 45 years Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Bald Knob church Lawrence county with Rev Goings officiating and Brown of Decatur in charge Pallbearers were Thomas Jim Ernest and Clarence Moore Monroe Miers and Greek Bynum She is survived by daughter Mrs Joe Rapier two sons L W Moore and J L Moore 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
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Kate Moore
Decatur
Bald Knob Church
Lawrence County
Goings
Brown
Thomas
Jim
Ernest
Clarence Moore
Monroe Miers
Bynum
London Raid Marks First Night of Three
A terse government statement said a number were killed and many dwellings damaged as London endured a raid. The RAF bombarded invasion ports in German held France while raids broadened to east Anglia and the south coast. A hospital housing 1700 patients was damaged with no injuries reported. one church seating 1000 was severely damaged.
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Trict
London
Royal Air Force
France
Bordeaux
Lorient
le Havre
Associated Press
East Anglia
Mother of Editor Called by Death
Mrs. Jessie Hubert Baughn, a longtime Harlem resident and Columbia County teacher, died after a long illness. Survivors include her son Hubert F. Baughn, a Birmingham newsman, daughter Marion A. Baughn, and two grandchildren.
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Harlem
Gua
Jessie Hubert Baughn
Boy Scout Court of Review Set for Tuesday Night
The Boy Scout court of review will be held at the courthouse on Tuesday night December 31 starting at 7 30. J L Hubbard will lead the review.
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Boy Scout Court of Review
J. L. Hubbard
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