Industrial Expansion Brings Alabama Toward A Bright New Year
Alabama shows strong industrial growth with new plants in 1941 including a large aluminum facility at Lister and expanded iron and steel mills. Defense spending exceeded 600 million dollars with 55 new industries, 3,000 workers, and investments totaling about 100 million dollars in new capital. Mining projects target bauxite East Alabama tin deposits and potential graphite, while textiles and shipbuilding demand rise alongside power capacity.
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Alabama
Lister
Mobile
Office of Production Management
Cory Yew
East
Alaama
Bama
Wall Street Ends Year With Mixed Markets And Tax Selling
The year closed on a faltering market as reports of Manila’s fall cooled buying. many leaders remained lower while a minority held gains. Volume declined as traders observed New Year holidays and tax selling reduced activity. Cotton and copper futures showed cautious trading with hedging pressure and mixed yields across commodities.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Manila
Stock Exchange
Cattle and hog prices steady in Nashville market report
Salable cattle 460 calves 100. Cattle active and fully steady with fed steers above 11.00 and up to 12.25 for top grades. Yearlings 10.25-11.00, cows 5.00-8.00, bulls 9.00-9.50. Hogs 500 head steady with 170-220 lb bulk at 11.00, sows 8.75. Sheep and lambs small totals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Defense Meeting Set for Morgan County High School
Morgan County Defense Council chairman T. R. Harrison announced a county wide meeting at Morgan County High School in Hartnelle on January 13 at 7 30 PM. Houston Cole state director of civilian defense will speak on building a county defense. Mayor Harrison urged volunteers to train as firefighters with classes beginning next Monday night under Fire Chief Floyd Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Harrison
Morgan County Defense Council
Morgan County High School
Hartnelle
Houston Cole
Harrison
Floyd Elkins
Elkins
Sugar Outlook Shapes Wartime Food and Industry Plans
The article reviews sugar supply reliance on Cuba and lend lease terms with Britain and Russia, noting defense needs and the shift of industry to war-time production. It urges expanding defense plants while planning a smooth transition back to peacetime output to minimize economic disruption.
Morgan Girl Wins Honors in 4-H Record Contest
Clara Nell Maples of Hartselle Route 1 won county honors in the national 4-H girls record contest for all around home making. She will receive a gold medal from Montgomery Ward and may advance to the state award for a trip to the 20th National 4-H Club Congress. Six national winners at Congress will get $200 college scholarships.
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Clara Nell Maples
Hartselle
Rt. 1
Erien Rowe
Montgomery Ward
Miss Maples
Miss Rowe
Extension Service
Decatur Announcements Include Courthouse Closure and Club Postponement
Decatur’s Dairy Sim Howell announces all Morgan courthouse offices closed Thursday for New Year’s Day. The Business and Professional Women's Club January 1 meeting is postponed to January 15 in the Bank Street club room. Visitors today include Phil Orr of Hartselle and Dr W G Winfrey of Hartselle. Seon R Woodard of Cullman was in Decatur on a business visit yesterday.
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Sim Howell
Morgan Courthouse
Bank Street
Phil Orr
Hartselle
Decatur
W. G. Winfrey
Seon
Special Prayers Declared for War Effort at Mass
The Mobile diocese orders daily special prayers during mass for the war effort and service members. St. Ann's Church offers 7 and 9 a.m. masses on January 1, with the bishop’s decree also designating the first Sunday of each month for the same intention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann's Church
T. G. Toolen
Mobile
Evacuees Reach San Francisco After Pacific War Transit
A large group of evacuees from the Pacific war zone arrived safely in San Francisco today. Under a Navy press agreement, the exact number of vessels and evacuees was not released.
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San Francisco
Sone
Navy
Axis Schooners Sunk by British Submarines
British submarines sank five Axis schooners in the Mediterranean, including an ammunition carrier, the admiralty communique announced. An Italian destroyer was also reported hit by a torpedo.
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London
Mediterranean
The
Admiralty
Dougherty Named City Leader for Red Cross Drive
Plans move fast for the county wide Red Cross appeal with a $6000 goal in the first war drive. W A Dougherty is chairman in Decatur after selection by the Inter-Club council. The one day drive is set for January 12, with committees forming in every beat and all citizens urged to give. Ality-Model Laundry started the effort with a $5000 gift and each employee donated 1.00, totaling 113.00. Send checks to American Red Cross at M R Rankin, general chairman.
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Red Cross
W. A. Dougherty
Decatur
Inter-Club Council
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions
Clinton
American Red Cross
Singapore defense faces heavy strain as war presses Pacific
The article argues Britain must defend Singapore with all means as the Pacific frontline base, noting shortages of ships and aircraft and the need for U S reinforcement. It warns of sacrificing Philippines and other bases to secure Singapore and highlights air power as a critical weakness. It also reports Russians capturing Kerch, impacting Hitler's Caucasus oil plan.
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Britain
Singapore
Pacific
Philippines
Far East
Japan
Tokyo
Manchuria
China
England
Europe
Prince of Wales
U. S
Uncle Sam
Crimea
Kerch
Caucasus
Hitler
Scouts Maintain Waste Paper Drive and Honor Leaders
The Boy Scouts will continue collecting waste paper through the emergency and invite volunteers up to fifty pounds to call Eugene Speer, district commissioner, for pickup. J. L. Hubbard, Scout executive, urged more volunteer leaders as two new leaders were enlisted for every one called in the last war. The Tennessee Valley Council annual meeting will be at the First Methodist church dining room in Tuscumbia on Jan. 22 with officials including I. J. Quinn and E. B. Speer Jr. and awards were granted for ranks and merit badges to Ned Shackelford, Bobby Catlett, Dick Still, Rex Rankin, J. E. Roberts Jr., and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Speer
J. L. Hubbard
The
Tennessee Valley Council
Tuscumbia
First Methodist Church
I. J. Quinn
E. B. Speer, Jr
James L. Rankin
J. E. Roberts,, Jr
Dick Still
Industry chiefs pledge wartime production surge and safeguards
Edison Electric Institute reports a remarkable rise in industrial electric power demand for defense amid shortages and labor stoppages. GM output of war materials quadrupled from 1940 to 1941 while RCA notes defense orders dominating production. American gas and food sectors cite prewar planning and record distributions, with dairy and milk products increasing output in 1941.
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Edison Electric Institute
Institute
Sloan
General Motors Corp
American Gas Association
Europe
Sarnoff
A. N. Williams
Western Union
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corp
United States
Great Britain
Theodore G. Moi
Bordex’ Co
Red Cross First Aid Council Plans Training Program
The Red Cross first aid instructors council and Morgan County civilian defense council met to plan future first aid classes and related defense program work. H. L. Thornton of the state highway patrol chairs the council with vice chairs Floyd Elkins Eugene Speer Dr. Eugene Chenault Mrs. Ida McAlister and Oscar Napps.
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Red Cross
Morgan County Civilian Defense Council
H. L. Thornton
State Highway Patrol
Floyd Elkins
Eugene Speer
Eugene Chenault
Ida McAlister
Oscar Napps
County Singing Convention Set At Morgan County High
The Morgan County Singing Convention will meet at Morgan County High School in Hartselie on Saturday and Sunday January 10 and 11. The Walls quartet from Atlanta will perform Saturday night January 10 at 7 30 p m. Those who have never heard this quartet have quite a treat in store.
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Morgan County
Morgan County High School
Hartselie
Walls Quartette
Atlanta
Metal workers sought by Civil Service Board in Alabama
Marvin Johnson of the fifth district United States civil service board will be at the Alabama State Employment Service office at 1010 Ferry Street from January 2 until noon January 3. He will accept applications for skilled metal workers aged 18 to years.
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Marvin Johnson
United States Civil Service Board
Alabama State Employment Service
Ferry Street
Troop 20 Honors Five-Year Veteran At First Baptist Church
Health awards were given to Darrow Peebles Rex Rankin and A. J. Coleman Jr for public health first aid reading and handicraft. W. E. Waterhouse and James A Nelson II also received honors as five-year veterans with Troop 20 at the First Baptist Church.
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Darrow Peebles
A. J. Coleman, Jr
Rex Rankin
W. E. Waterhouse
James A. Nelson, II
Troop 20
First Baptist Church
Lawrence County Poll Tax Records Contracted For Legal Action
The Lawrence County Board of Revenue and Court of County Commissioners authorize R E Proctor of Moulton to prosecute a suit in the Circuit Court to establish poll tax and registration records lost or misplaced. Payment of 500 dollars to be made upon final decree. Executed December 22, 1941 in Moulton Alabama.
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Lawrence County
R. EB. Proctor
Moulton
State OF
Alabama
Lawrence
Board of Revenue Or
Court of County Commissioners
Isaac Johnson, Jr
R. E. Proctor
Moultin
Circuit Court
Board OF Revenue OR Court OF County Commissioners
Byars
Mary Crosthwaite
Pacific War Briefs Show Fire-Swept Airfields and Dutch Raids
A Japanese communique reports huge fires raging and the Seleta and Kran air fields demolished. Dutch naval forces raid a Japanese settlement near the central provinces of the Netherlands East Indies. Partial blackouts ordered in Japan as experts warn of a possible counter-offensive elsewhere to stop the southern push.
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Seleta
Kran
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Pacific
Auxiliary Urged To Voice Prayer On January Day
Mrs. Cain, president of the local American Legion Auxiliary, urges all members to join in prayer on January 1, 1942. She stresses gathering in groups to pray and give undivided attention to the urgent call from the United States president.
Roosevelt and Churchill set long war frame with Kamchatka note
The article reports Roosevelt and Churchill outlining a broad allied war plan and the Kamchatka mention during talks. It notes Japanese reconnaissance concerns and MacArthur urging retaliatory strikes against Manila. Roosevelt targets 50 billion annual war spending by mid 1943 and a long war effort.
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War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Ottawa
United States
New Industrial Chemistry Course Planned at UA Center
University of Alabama Center officials announce a new course in industrial chemistry shaped by a request from the U S Civil Service Commission. Completion meets the minimum requirement for chemical plant operator jobs at the Huntsville arsenal, with most graduates from last term already employed there. Enrollment contact at the University of Alabama Center 1006 Ferry Street before Monday evening January 5.
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University of Alabama Center
United States Civil Service Commission
Huntsville Arsenal
Ferry Street
Rites Completed for W F Wunder
Funeral arrangements have been announced for William F Wunder who died Tuesday at the Marine hospital in Mobile. Services are set for Thursday at 3:00 PM at McAfee Howell and Young Funeral Home with Rufus Underwood officiating. Interment at Rose Lawn Cemetery includes a military service. Wunder served about sixteen years in the U S Coast Guard retiring recently due to ill health.
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William F. Wunder
Marine Hospital
Mobile
McAfee, Howell and Young Funeral Home
Rufus Underwood
Grant Street Church of Christ
Roselawn
United States Coast Guard
Red Cross First Aid Class Set for January 5 Meeting
Mrs. F. H. Kirby Morgan county Red Cross executive secretary urges enrollment for the Red Cross first aid course. A meeting will be held January 5 at 7 30 p.m. in the Hotel Lyons assembly room to plan the standard twenty four course of study under Dr. Eugene Chenault and Eugene Speer.
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F. H. Kirby
Morgan County
The
Red Cross
Hotel
Lyons
Eugene Chenault
Eugene Speer
Lawrence County Sing Convenes at Chaleybeate Springs
The Lawrence County Sing will convene Saturday and Sunday at Chaleybeate Springs school auditorium. The public is invited to attend the two day session.
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Lawrence County
Chaleybeate Springs
Allies rely on coordinated materials for world war production
Legislators argued that a joint board could marshal vital minerals and war materials for the allies, ensuring best advantage in the global war production effort. They noted that the allies depend on shared resources and none are fully self-sufficient.
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PVT
Edward G. Sandlin Air Corp
Scott Field, Ill
Sandlin Hardware Company and Family
Chicago
Cattie
Nashville Livestock
Cuba
Russia
OUR
Sloodsa, Rai
Pany
Morgan
Decatur’s Dairy
Eb, H. Wood
Caroline
Birmingham
E. L. Bagwell
Tuscaloosa
R. K. Woodard
Cullman
Frisco
Dougherty
County Sing
Siberia
Navy Department
U. S. Pacific
Kamchatka
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kmchatka
Aleutians
Alaska
Aleutian Chain
Petropavlovsk
Kamchhatak
Komandorsky
W. F. Wunder
Lawrence County NG
Bellemina, Ala
O. C. Ratliff Estate
Mary Lee Foote
Tennessee' Valley Co
Wyatt Insurance Agency, Inc
Bruce L. Spencer
Wyatt Insurance Agency
Sec’y—Treas
State National Bank Bldg
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