Georgia Delegation Weighs Roosevelt Support and Self Rule
Georgia’s Democratic delegation backs Roosevelt for 1940 but reserves freedom to choose its own candidate if he withdraws. James Farley influences Georgia strategy, while Gov. Rivers retains control of the state delegation and committee, guiding delegate selections and instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Georgia
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Senaor George
Parley
Farley
Seer Garner
Hull
Wheeler
Montana
McNutt
Foster
Atlanta
North Carolina
Rivers
White House
George
Ees
Democratic Committee
Voice of the People from Decatur Daily 1939 year end
A reader letter from J. D. Cloud in Decatur Alabama reflects on the coming year 1940 urging everyone to pursue peace prosperity and happiness. The message emphasizes duty, effort, and the hope that civil civilization moves forward with renewed resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
the Daily
Civiworld
Trade union leader John L Lewis ally noted in report
A World view records the career of an Australian labor figure who began in home country unionism and gained prominence on the West Coast as a CIO ally. The report notes Bridges and shifts in Australian and U S labor organization politics since 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
CIO
Landis
Bridges
Australia
United States
Department
Wall Street Ends 1939 With Mixed Stock Activity
Narrow prize changes and selective gains dominated the final stock market session of 1939 in New York. About 600000 shares changed hands as taxesellers dampened rallies while blue chips cushioned losses. Du Pont Allied Chemical Sears Roebuck and General Electric posted modest advances. U S Steel and Bethlehem fell as the market closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Board Roads
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Sears Roebuck
United Aircraft
Chesapeake & Ohio
Sperry
Johns- Manville
Consolidated Edison
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Loew's
Kennecott
General Electric
Climax Molybdenum
Russia
Japan
U. S. Steel and
Bethelehem
Market Wrap: Wheat Rises as Corn Holds Steady
Chicago market notes show wheat higher on mill buying while corn remains firm. Cattle stay steady and hogs move from steady to strong. Cotton, metals, wool end higher as bonds narrow and foreign exchange improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Closing
Prime cottonseed meal in Memphis closes steady with FOB prices listed for January through September delivery. Prices: Jan 29.35, Mar 28.90, May 28.75, Jul 28.75, Sep 27.00, with 4,000 tons sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Wheat ends year higher as pre holiday drift boosts grain
In Chicago on December 30 wheat prices rose about a vent with final trade of the year showing year end and pre holiday adjustments. Wheat closed 5 8 in advance of the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Army Takes New Group for Enlistment at Local Station
The local army recruiting station in the post office building announces a new group of area youths accepted for enlistment in the regular army for various assignments. Names include Donald F. Julian Maxwell Field. Mer ton W. Turner Maxwell Field. Robert V. Wilson Fort MeLan. Grady A. Gullien Fort Benning. John H. Locke Jr Lester G. Black Robert Waddeller Oakland J Corcoran Clay J. Henderson John T. Prater all for infantry at Fort Benning. Vacancies remain for air corps Hawaii Panama Maxwell Field Alabama coast artillery Panama signal corps Barksdale Field Louisiana infantry Fort Benning and Fort McClellan Alabama. Eligibility requires high school education or equivalent for air corps, journeyman rating in mechanical trade for some, ability to read and write, and passing an exam about a 6th or 7th grade level. For information write or visit the local station. office open daily except Sundays and legal holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald FE. Julian
Ail Corps
Maxwell Field
Merton W. Turner
Robert V. Wilson
Fort Melan
Grady A. Gullien
Field Artillery
Fort Benning
John H. Locke, Jr
Lester G
Fort McClellan
Ala
Air Corps
Signal Corps
Watch Night Service At First Baptist Church
The watch night service begins nine p m Sunday at First Baptist with baptism followed by a Sunday school report for 1940. Deacon ordination at 9 30 p m and Lord s Supper at 10 30 p m precede a midnight worship at 11 p m with Rev W B Waterhouse delivering a special message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
W. B. Waterhouse
Baptist World Air
Atlanta
Eryone
Dissension and Wartime Strains Across Britain and Allies
Britain faces unrest at home as Ireland and India challenge wartime unity. France budgets 5.48 billion for 1940 naval and aviation needs. Hitler predicts victory in 1940 in a New Year signal. Soviet forces push inexperienced Red conscripts against seasoned troops in Finland, signaling a potential large battle. Northern Ireland fears extremism and possible violence as events unfold across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
India
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Merlacnases
Pinland
North Ireland
United Kingdom
Free State
Northern Ireland
Business gains amid light holiday trade in early 1940
The page notes unchanged overall holidays activity with retail buying still strong in some stores and 2 to 60 percent above last year. War orders from Europe trickle in while economists expect a solid US domestic business run in early 1940. Wall Street shows three houses pushing stock volume higher. year end tax related selling and account balancing contribute to expanded dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usua
Europe
United States
Wall Street
Special BTY Meet Set Sunday Night at Central Baptist
A Baptist Training Union service will be held at Central Baptist Church at 7 30 o clock Sunday evening. Members are urged to attend and note the time change from 6 30 to 7 30. A watch service will run from nine o clock until after midnight with baptism and the Lord's Supper observed. Old fashioned hymn singing testimony and prayer will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Baptist Training Union
Central Baptist Church
Mind sets and dogma in Catholic view of faith and reason
A Catholic column argues mind rigidity varies by domain from theology to science and business. It compares Catholic dogma to universally accepted principles, urging fair space to present the Catholic viewpoint on opposing sects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
P. J. Ct
St. Ann's Catholic Arch
Phew
Sperlic
Alabama Industry Directory Entries From Pare One
A long list of Alabama firms and plants across many cities including Selma Montgomery Birmingham and Mobile with operations in cold storage quick freezing meat processing canning nut oils wood products and textiles. Notable names include Dothan Mills Company Selma Marble City Ice Company Tuskegee Holtville Cold Storage Camden Russellville and Gadsden among others reflecting regional industrial activity in various sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Dothan’ Mills Company
Dothan
Pruity Ice Company
Selma
Marble City Ice Company
Sylacauga
Ice
Quick Freezing
Tuskegee
Duck Spr’ Refrigerating Association
Duck Springs
Gadsden Tron Company
Gadsden
Coco Steel Products Company
Bessemer
Southern Grain Door Company
Beatrice, Doors
W. W. Thomas Company
Hackleburg
Demopolis
Holtville
Holtville Canning Company
Camden
Trussville
U. S
Russellville
Southport Corporation
Roanoke
Omega
Iron
Guntersville
Farmers Meat Processing
Com- Ae
Ward Foundry
Huntsville
Levy Pants
Ge Garrison
Decatur
Alabama
Venetian Blind Company
Montgomery
Venetian Blinds
Peanut Products Company
A. Dewey Smith
Birmingham
Nut Oil Company
Citronelle
Athens
Standard Ribbons ‘Corporation
Ribbons
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Cleaners New Company
Gads
Decatur’s Diary Holiday News and Local Visits
Christmas guests from Montgomery Florence and Birmingham mingle with Decatur residents. Local illness flu recoveries and family updates fill notes as residents travel for holidays. The Princess Theatre hosts Milt Monroe New Year Eve show with Monroe as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anme B. Dowdy
Montgomery
E. C
Till
Florence
J.O. Brasswell
Hiwassée
N. C
Howard Lanier
Birmingham
Mary Lamb
Eutaw
Ala
W. M. Lanier
Princess Theatre
Milt Monroe
Local Residents Share Holiday Visits Across States
Athens State Bank Examiner L P Cartwright spent the holidays with family. John W Wilson Jr returns from Tuscaloosa to join his duties in Columbia South Carolina. Army Pvt James Bell visits his mother Mrs Elizabeth Bell before transfer to Columbia. A G White recovers well from a serious operation. Huey Coffman and wife head to San Francisco to settle there. Reverend Leon Macon and wife celebrate birth of daughter June Sandra. P F Crenshaw of Memphis visits sister Mrs R M Rawle for weekend. Ed Cree of Washington visits D J Wilson family. Hachel Huber returns to Knoxville after visiting Mr and Mrs John J Huber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank Examiner
L. P. Cartwright
John W. Wilson, Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
James Bell
United States Army
Elizabeth Bell
Columbia
8. C
A. G. White
Huey Coffman
San Francisco
Calif
Leon Macon
June Sandra
P. F. Crenshaw
Memphis
Mra
R. M. Rawle
Thomas Frost
Birmingham
W. P. Chandler
Ed Cree
Washington
D. J. Wilson
Hachel Huber
Knoxville
John J. Huber
All Permits Issued Soon for Driver Licenses
Probate Judge T. Almon said Morgan county has 8 215 applications for permanent driver licenses and nearly 8 000 permits issued with only a few hundred remaining. The state patrol chief T Weller Smith noted permits are being issued as fast as possible and those with receipts can use them until permanent licenses arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. ©. Almon
Almon
Morgan County
T. Weller Smith
State Highway Patrol
Republicans Eye Convention Timing In 1940 Battle
Republicans signaled interest in delaying their national committee session to gain an edge in the 1940 nominating process. Democratic timing and Farley’s call shape plans as leaders jockey over dates and strategy, hoping a later convention could shift political leverage ahead of the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Shiana
Roosevelt Jr and DuPont Hurt in Virginia Car Crash
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his wife Ethel Du Pont were injured in a Virginia automobile accident yesterday and were reported to have a restful night after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel DuPont
Virginia
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Jim Farley
Voice OF
THE
People
J. D. Cloud
Decatur, Ala
Harvard
Scarlerhette
Helen Wilson
Chattanooga
Victor Eubank
Nashville Livestock
Nashville Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
C&hmon
ARMY
David
Niven
Loretta
Young
Ure New Waller Wanger
Princess
Decatur’s
Billy Steed, Jr
Baugh Infirmary
Jl.rs. McCullogh
Memorial Drive
Wilbur Royer
Ashland
James Todd
Matt Houston
Houma
Ouston
Bobby Gerald Jones
J. H. Jones
Grant Street
Mary Ethelyn Knight
St. Louis
James Millikin University
Cumberland Presbyterian College
Illinois
C. Hilman Kittleson
C. W. Rhodes
Alabama Business Institute
Kittleson
University of Wisconsin, Groves-Barnhart School
Madison
Iowa
Lutcher College
Decorah
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
England
Homer T. Britton
Reem
Covelle Keenum
Charlotte
Robert Douglas
Charlotte, N. C
Mizpah
Masonic Temple
Gladys Simmons
Sherman Street
Ruby Nance
West Hind Baptist Hospital
O. B. Smith
ST A
W. G. Ward
D. ©. Almon
Guy Drake
Kathryn Calvin
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
George Hardwick
Auburn
Alvin Kay
Lacey’s Spring
Burl Hardwick
Danville
Charles Hardwick, Jr
L. P. Milan
Charles G. Hardwick
Willodene Stevens
Chaffee
Missouri
Hardwick Kay
Lacey's Spring
Mrs. C. Hardwick
L. P. Milam
Okla
Walter Lukinbill
Louisville Gas and Electric Company
B. F. Rhinehart
Moulton Street
Marjory Scruggs
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville General Hospital
Thelma Hanks
Grady Butler, Jr
Pulaski, Tenn
Elkmont
A. W. Chapman
Jasmine Bakes
Pulaski
C. L. Gompton
Lake City
Ford Wear
Fourth Avenue
West
Raymond E. Richardson
Seattle
Wash
W. H. Horton
Euel Thompson
M. F. Wright
J. H. Pancost
Vinemont
Monroe
C. W. Glassman
Elkton, Tenn
Johnny Miller
Louisiana Tech
Lebanon
Ind
Bob McLaughlin
Flo Pickens
Helen Dunnavant
GJ. Tate and
Baby
Hunhtsville
E. R. Preston
Louise Butler
Missionary Society of First Christian Church
Alice Faye
Warner Baxter
20Th Century-Fox
Milk Distributory
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
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