Italy Sees French Attitude as Pacification Obstacle
In Rome a surge of fascist attacks accuses France of blocking Italy’s natural aspirations. The press links Chamberlain’s visit to potential talks on Italian territorial demands and hints at a new four power conference. Giornale D Italia notes pacification hinges on addressing the Franco Italian dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
France
Italy
Ti Mensaggero
Chamberlain
Tl Messaggero
Munich
Germany
Ti Popolo di Roma
Giornale D'Italia
Scott's Scrap Book on Fish Varieties in 1908
An irregular snippet notes 160 commercial fish and shellfish varieties on the American market in 1908. Mentions a weekly Friday eating experiment and references King Features Spruense Worle resses. The legible bits hint at a periodical feature by R. J. Scott, with a playful tone about culinary variety.
Morgan County Social News From Basham Area
Herschel Martin suffers injuries from a hanar explosion. Local families and visitors share meals and Sunday visits with relatives in Basham. Born to Lewis Jones a daughter on December 26. Church activities include Sunday school and Epworth League at Basham.
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Herschel Martin
Manson Townsel
Leesdale
Ruth Townsel
Doc Jones
Sallie Jones
Gail Johnson
Epworth League
Basham
J. J. Herring
J. O. Martin
Tom Bates
Ishmel Martin
Walter Lane
Janie Jones Wilburn
Roy Roberts
Coy Puckett
Walter
Guhl Maddox
G. B. Jones
Local Christmas Visits and School Party In Morgan County
Miss Nina Crowe of Montgomery visits relatives in Austinvile as families return from Christmas. Mrs Dan Walden and children came back after Birmingham visit. Dennis Hendon from Howard College visits for holidays. Ruth Glenn stays home after months with the Higdon family. Mr and Mrs J N Manly visit children in Birmingham. O W Petty family from Pulaski Tenn spend Christmas with Engle family. L P Walden welcomes a December daughter Mabel Ann. Estelle Crow to visit daughter in Charlotte. Senior It Class holds Christmas party at E L Burt home with gifts and refreshments. Names include Mahlon Rich Garland Lee Batman Carey Cook Ernest Hutto Kenneth McWhorter Lawrence McRae Robert Ces Sara Mitchell Irene Bras.
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Nina Crowe
Montgomery
Dan Walden
Birmingham
Dennis Hendon
Howard College
Ruth Glenn
J. J. Higdon
J. N. Manly
O. W. Petty
Pulaski
Tenn
T. J. Engle
L. P. Walden
Mabel Ann
Estelle Crow
Raymond Nichols
Charlotte
N. C
E. L. Burt
Mahlon Rich
GarlandeLee Batman
Carey Cook
Ernest Hutto
Kenneth Mc‘Whorter
Lawrence McRae
Robert Ces
Sara Mitchell
Irene Bras
Market gains slow but select groups push higher
New York stock leaders cooled after a strong run on Thursday while rails amusements utilities and specialties advanced. Profit taking in steels motors and aircrafts and last minute cash tax selling kept many issues uneven as transfers reached about 1 400 007 shares.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Markets At A Glance In New York And Chicago
Market roundup shows irregular stocks as profit taking cools a rally. Bonds remain steady while rails extend an up turn. Curb trading mixed as aircraft react. Foreign exchange easy with sterling and francs. cotton higher on trade buying. Sugar quiet due to liquidation. coffee steady on trade buying. Chicago wheat down on warmer weather outlook. corn easy, cattle steady, hogs mixed from ten up to fifteen lower.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
Cotton futures close higher with mixed prices on Dec 30
New York cotton futures rose 3 to 7 points on December 30 with contracts for January March May July and December showing varied gains. Spot middling cotton quoted nominally at 8.88 cents per pound.
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Cotton
New York
Cotton futures close firmer with mixed March May and July bids
Cotton futures in New Orleans settle steady to higher with gains of 2 to 4 points. Trading details show March at 8.55 with bids and asks around 8.50 to 8.53, May near 8.37, July near 8.10, and October around 7.74 to 7.75 as quotes reflect varying open high low and close levels.
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N. C. Cotten
New Orleans
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures ended barely steady in Memphis with 3,500 sales. Prices on January 22 reached 22.90 for January and February, 23.00 for March, 23.05 for April, 23.10 for May, 20.20 for June, 23.45 for July, and 28.45 for August.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton Market Rises on Strong Textile Trade in New Orleans
New Orleans reports firm textile trading lifting cotton prices in midday activity. March contracts at 8.55, May 8.37, July 8.11, and Oct 7.76, up three to four points from yesterday's close amid pre-holiday liquidation.
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New Orleans
Butter Prices and Market Brief from Chicago
Butter markets in Chicago show 841 422 total with weak creamery specials at 93 score 261 41 2 and extras at 92. The brief notes supply conditions and price ranges for dairy product traders.
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Chicago
Livestock Prices in Nashville Market Report
U S Department of Agriculture notes cattle and calf prices steady in Nashville Tennessee with steers and yearlings mostly 8.00 to 9.00, heifers and other steers 7.50 down to 6.50, beef cows and bulls 6.00 down, vealers up to 11.00. Hogs 130 to 225 lb mostly 6.65 to 7.30, sows 5.90 down. Sheep and fat lambs to 8.50, fat ewes 3.00.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Chicago Wheat Futures Dip Amid Holiday Adjustments
Chicago wheat futures fell late today as pre holiday account adjustments and lack of fresh US government buying pressured prices. May wheat slipped to 68 1 2 5 8, July 68 1 4 3 8, corn May 52 3 4 7 8, July 53 4 5 8, oats steady to 3 8 off.
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Chicago
United States
Federal agents check yacht log in New York case
Federal agents seized the log and guest book of the yacht Carolita owned by F Ronald Coster Musica as part of an inquiry tied to Gregory F Noonan acting U S attorney. No names were released though officials say entertainers included men in financial and political circles. A SEC inquiry opens Jan 8 into Price WaterhouseCoopers and drug firm practices amid blackmail and protection payments. Police also arrested two Brooklyn men Joseph Parascandola and Michael Patrella for questioning.
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New York
F. Ronald Coster- Musica
Carolita
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Gregory F. Noonan
U. S
Noonan
Coster- Musica
Coster-Musica
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Price, Waterhouse and Co
Joseph Parascandola
Michael Patrella
Brooklyn
Ndola
Patrella
Shah Ends Iran France Ties Over Humorous Insults
The Shah of Iran cut diplomatic relations with France after French humor magazines mocked Iran. Tehran handed the notice to the French minister, marking a second such protest in two years. Previously a 1937 quip spurred an Iranian diplomatic row.
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Paris
Iran
France
Foreign Office
Teheran
Persia
Jenin
Europe Seeks Peace Amid Italian Territorial Tensions
The Vatican signals a hopeful peace stance while avoiding overt political mediation. France resists Cham berlain mediation and faces Fascist attacks over Italian aspirations. Paris seeks Syria concessions as a new 1936 mandate pact is debated. In Shanghai, Japan pressures Shansi but denies plans to push into new territory.
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Syria
France
Mediterranean
Shanghai
Shansi
China
Yellow River
Elks Lodge Cares For 82 Children In Christmas Aid
The Decatur Elks Lodge aided 82 children at Christmas as reported by the social welfare committee. Fifty came from the Lonely Child list and 32 were found by lodge members who provided gifts and presents.
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Elks Lodge
Decatur Elks Lodge
Social Welfare Committee
Lonely Child Committee
the Elks
Warning Issued Over Shooting Rifles in City Limits
Police Chief W P Moore reports multiple complaints about children firing air rifles and 22 caliber rifles within city limits. He notes reports of horses being struck by missiles and issues a citywide warning to stop these shootings immediately.
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W. P. Moore
World Cotton Surplus Report Challenges Prices
The Agriculture Department reports a record world cotton supply of 50.462 million bales for the current season, with American production at about 25.502 million bales and a potential 14.0 to 15.0 million bales remaining after harvest. Global acreage fell 17.9 million acres, but output may exceed consumption, driven partly by rayon growth in Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Ted
Agriculture Department
Department
United States
China
Europe
Orient
Germany
Italy
Japan
Liverpool
Crime funding and police tech push in Alabama debate
The discussion centers on increasing allowances for crime deterrence with sub stations and better equipment. A toxicologist calls for poison color testing and harsher controls amid accidental arsenic poisonings, arguing rapid scientific testing aids officers and protects the public.
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Nixon
Alabama
Hartselle Man Charged in Main Street Throat Slashing
Arthur Gillespie of Hartselle is charged with assault to murder after allegedly slashing Emmet Martins throat on Main Street. He was arraigned in Morgan county court, bound over to the grand jury with a $500 bond. Martin received hospital treatment and was discharged days earlier.
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Arthur Gillespie
Hartselle
Morgan County
Emmet Martin
Main Street
Gillespie
Ed Eee
T B. Glasscock
Martin
Benevolent Society Hospital
Presiding Elder Lazenby to Visit Limestone Circuit
Dr. M. E. Lazenby presiding elder of the Decatur district will preach Sunday morning at Cairo on the Athens circuit with Rev. C. W. Patton as pastor. The conference will be held in the afternoon. In the evening he will be at Tanner with Rev. H. E. Wright as pastor and another conference to follow.
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M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
Cairo
Athens
C. W. Patton
Dr. Lazenby
Tanner
H. E. Wright
Farmer seeks return of borrowed implements in local ad
Manchester Tennessee December ad from W. T. May asks friends to return lespedeza pan cyclone seed sewers cider mill and apple tree sprayers. He offers to care for them through the winter and signs off with season's greetings.
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Manchester
Tenn
W. T. May
Alabama liquor stores close for New Year holiday
The Alabama beverage control board announced that 56 state liquor stores in 25 counties would close from 9 p.m. Saturday night until Tuesday morning in observance of the New Year holiday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Beverage Control Board
LeRoy McEntire
Decatur Diary Notes Local Residents Over Holidays
Decatur notes show Mr and Mrs R A Fite visiting Nashville. trips include H M Watkins en route to the Sugar Bowl. WPA operations pause for New Year. several church services and local visits, with many residents returning from holidays and resuming duties.
Two Brothers Die in Blazing Farm Home
In La Fayette Kentucky a fire 15 miles north of town killed Georgia Ray Schockley ten and Arnold Schockley six who were trapped on the second floor of their grandfather Joe Driver’s frame house. Aunt Lee Driver received severe burns trying to save them.
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LA Fayette
Tenn
Here
Allen County
Kentucky
Georgia Ray Schockley
Arnold Schockley
Joe Driver
Lee Driver
Sugar Like Granulated Sugar From Tropical Plant
Dr. Miriam G. Groner of Bucknell University reports at AAAS on a tropical plant known as Sultana that forms sugar granules on stems. The sugar is mainly sucrose and dextrose, with no immediate health risks, but production would be too small to compete with commercial sugar. Joseph Kaplan of the University of California notes meteors and aurora borealis emit phosphorescence from chemical activity in atoms.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Covery
American Association of the Advancement of Science
Miriam G. Groner
Bucknell University
Joseph Kaplan
University of California
Los Angeles
Local family visits and holiday greetings across Lawrence County
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Warren and children visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Hill of Aldridge Grove. Dee Johnson visited Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bayne. Curtis Puller visited his father Mr. Stewart. Several families, including the Nortons Fuller Sims and Baynes, spent Christmas with relatives. Friends of Jim Stewart are ill. The group also notes travels and holiday hospitality among the Sims, Standridge, Bowling, Sheats, and Gay households.
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Roy A. Warren
W. "Fe Hill
Aldridge Grove
Dee Johnson
L. M. Bayne
Curtis Puller
Mr. Stewart
Jim Stewart
W. A.norton
Bertha Fuller
Frank
Fannie Sims
Will Sims
Clarence Sims
J. M. Beams
Hubbard Couch
Well Bayne
Baby
Clifford Sims
W. T. Gay
Sheats Chapel
Curtis Fuller
Doyle and
Evelyn
Elmer Fuller
Sigma XI to Establish UA Chapter in Alabama
The Sigma XI Society approves charter establishment at the University of Alabama. The decision was granted at its national meeting in Richmond Virginia during the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences convention.
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BAMA
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sigma XI Society
University of Alabama
Richmond
American Association For the Advancement of Sciences
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