Alabama Industrial Boom Sets 1940 Pace Amid Private Growth
Alabama pressed forward in 1940 with 52 new industries and 70 expansions. Private capital investments totaled 75 million dollars, creating thousands of jobs including 3500 in new firms. Big projects like Reynolds metal in Sheffield and a large Decatur flour mill anchored a robust year, while defense orders and prior starts kept production high across Birmingham and Gadsden regions.
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Alabama
Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company
Peng Rong
Hollingsworth & Whitney
Mobile
Birmingham
Gadsden
Tennessee Company
Alabama Power Company
Chickasaw
Reynolds Metal Company
Sheffield
Decatur
Heart of the Ocean Quest Between Kit and Vance
On a sea voyage, Kit and Vance clash then connect as she disrupts his space by redecorating his belongings and entices him onto deck. After a tense night, they share a playful moment over a card game and he admits a rare warmer feeling toward her as they plot to retreat from prying eyes.
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Kit
Healey
Tropics
Vance
Fran
Alabama Sees Surge of Wartime Orders Boosts State Industry
Alabama has drawn about 65 million dollars in defense orders for materials and construction. The largest match is a 32.4 million dollar contract to build four destroyers at Chickasaw, with two Birmingham firms sharing over 7 million in shell forgings and related work. Other projects include a 12.4 million ammunition depot in Aniston, a 6.5 million reconditioning program at Muscle Shoals, a 3 million expansion at Fort McClellan, a 6 million shell forging plant at Gadsden, Maxwell Field expansion over 2 million, an 8.7 million air supply depot in Mobile, and a 1.5 million flight training school in Selma. Strong resources and skilled labor are expected to sustain growth into 1941 and beyond.
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Alabama
Chickasaw
Birmingham
National Defense Program
Anniston
Nitrate Plant No. 2
Muscle Shoals
Fort McClellan
Gadsden
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Mobile
Selma
Deéatur Daily Want Ada Promotes Day to Day Interest Change
Read the Deéatur Daily Want Ada for guidance on shifting interest from one day to the next. The notice emphasizes daily adaptability and practical advice for managing evolving preferences and needs.
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Ada
War boom in Iceland tied to troops guarding island
Report from Baltimore dated December thirty one describes Iceland's wartime boom as 80,000 British and Canadian soldiers guard the island. Seamen aboard the Hekla say 130,000 residents work hard, towns bustling, and fish exports rise to England while food rations shift to support export needs.
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Baltimore
Iceland
England
Town Creek Christmas Exchanges Highlight Local Visits
Lawrence spends holidays in Town Creek. Delmer Hill returns from Texas with parents. Cole Young Jr home from Auburn. Kyle Terry and family visit A T Barnes. Steven Terry Jr noted as 1940 basketball star. Reba and Evelyn Gowers visit Will Brackin in Sheffield. Eugene Lawrence guests of Dorothy Barnes. Alton Patterson of Hatton in Town Creek Monday night. Aaron Nesmith from Hatton also in Town Creek.
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Lawrence
Town Creek
Delmer Hill
Texas
Cole Young, Jr
Auburn
Kyle Terry
A. T. Barnes
Steven Terry
Reba
Evelyn Gowers
Will Brackin
Sheffield
Eugene Lawrence
Dorothy Barnes
Alton Patterson
Hatton
Aaron Nesmith
Local visits highlight holiday social rounds in Town Creek area
Homer Young spent part of the holidays in Town Creek. He also notes Gene Lawrence of Courtland visiting Town Creek on Thursday night, with Steven Terry Jr. appearing in the same period.
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Town Creek
Homer Young
Tuscumbia
Gene Lawrence
Courtland
Steven Terry Jr
Mrs Jenny Holley Claimed by Death in Wetumpka
Mrs Jenny B Holley aged 74 passed away December 26 in Aloosa according to word received here. She was mother of Rufus Holley of Tuscaloosa, a former Decatur resident. The deceased survived by seven children and two grandchildren. Mrs Holley was born and reared in Wetumpka Alabama.
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Jenny B. Holley
Aloosa
Retiring engineer Burroughs trains for 28 years without accident
In Los Angeles a longtime engineer Sidney Burroughs faced a fatal tragedy the day before his retirement as a witness reported the victim crawled to safety beneath the locomotive. The incident marks the end of Burroughs career after decades of safe operation.
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Los Angeles
Sidney Burroughs
Burroughs
Man eludes posse near Talladega after shotgun slaying
A Black man sought for the shotgun slaying of a Talladega man and assault of his woman companion eluded pursuing officers and a pack of hounds yesterday in mountains near Talladega. The fugitive crossed a creek to escape, with patrolmen and dogs unable to follow. the incident followed days after the white man's killing and alleged attack near Talladega.
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Talladega
Tracks and Burroughs Trains Head Rail Scene
A brief item notes a person placing his head on the rail as Burroughs' train ed. The fragment implies a dangerous incident near Burroughs involving a train, with limited readable context to confirm full details.
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Burroughs
No News, No Freedom The Publishers League Warns
A 1941 appeal from the Newspaper Publishers Committee argues that lack of news robs citizens of informed choices. It warns against propaganda and government control, recounting a Russian escapee who saw freedom eroded by censored information and urging vigilance to keep competing voices, independent press, and genuine elections.
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Gri
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Tennessee Valley Press
C. E. Lowery Daily
Norman Chandler
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Brown
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