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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1940
Page
2
The article describes Hull's reported statement and analysts' split reactions. Senators from both parties weigh Hull's presidential prospects and political impact. Roosevelt remains noncommittal while party leaders retreat from Jackson Day dinner plans amid ongoing campaign chatter.
Snow and ice made highway travel dangerous in the Tennessee Valley with warnings from Patrol Chief T Weller Smith. In South Alabama plumbers buzzed as pipes froze, while Auburn agriculture chief P O Davis expected limited crop damage and noted early truck crops not yet planted.
Auburn Alabama January 3 Farmers in the Tennessee Valley report 10 degree temperatures that will kill hibernating boll weevils unless the insects are buried deeply underground. The pests devastated cotton fields last summer amid prolonged rains and may be reduced now, says P O Davis extension chief.
The Associated Press reports winter harshness across the South with subzero readings in Louisville and frigid lows from Knoxville to Atlanta. A new Colorado storm looms as iced rivers and burst pipes raise expectations of continued cold.
New York stocks advance as Congress convenes and a presidential message looms. Gains occur across steel, motors, rails with blue chips leading. transfers near 1,000,000 shares. Cotton futures hold steady with mixed commodity notes and New Orleans market reports showing steady oil and hog pricing.
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady but 7 points lower with 4,086 sales. Prices listed: low middling 10.31 cents, middling 11.41, good middling 11.76. Receipts 37,135 and stocks at 889,908.
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 41 percent meal. Key contracts settled at Jan 30.15, Mar 29.25, May 29.10, Jul 20.10, Sep 27.35. Sales total 2,700.
Poultry live prices in Chicago on Jan 3 show 1 car and 41 trucks involved with irregular trading. Hens under 4 1 2 lbs rise to 15, leghorn hens to 13, springs 4 lbs up to 14, colored to 14, white rocks 15 1 2, roosters 10. Turkeys show young tom under 18 lbs at 14, hens 15 1 2, other prices unchanged.
Butter trading in Chicago set at 09 584 for a creamery with a 93 score, listing various grade and price figures. Eggs priced around 13 085 with unsettled refrigeration costs. several dairy categories show unchanged prices while certain carrot components appear in mixed listings.
Chicago market prices list cash wheat and corn futures by grade with bid ranges for No. 3 mixed wheat at 1.051 2, No. 2 yellow hard at 1.08, corn bids 591-4 to 583-460, oats No. 4 white 40, soybeans No. 3 yellow 1.17 3-4, barley malting 54-68 nom, seed prices for timothy, red clover, alsike and alfalfa seeds in varied ranges.
Wheat futures weakened after fluctuating trading, closing 3 8 to 7 8 cents lower. May copper 106 1 8 to 1 4, July 103 3 4 7 8. Corn unchanged to 1 8 lower, May 59 3 8 1 2, July 59 3 4, oats unchanged to 1 8 higher.
Salable cattle and calves at Nashville with strong demand for slaughter cattle. Steers top at 9.50 with some short fed at 8.50. common and medium grade steers and heifers 6.25 to 8.25. Beef cows mostly 5.50 and up, buyers cautious on lower grades.
Seventeen inches of snow lay on the ground in Chardon Ohio and thirteen inches at Streetsville Painesville. Cold weather caused a week long postponement of the opening of the dark fired tobacco market scheduled to open today in Murray Kentucky.
Two lawmen died and two were wounded as Mississippi officers hunted for two suspects in Natchez and Prentiss. In Natchez a deputy Hilard Hall aged 42 was fatally shot. J W Shell 28 was wounded in the arm, Philip Shell 30 injured in the hand. In Prentiss, ex marshal John Sanford was killed during a car stop. Suspects Joseph Jerome and Dock Polk were detained as the automobile fled. He is survived by his widow and four children.
In his state of the union message President Roosevelt argues for higher taxes to fund emergency defense spending, promotes an American approach to national income, and rejects the notion of a peace party while stressing U S leadership for global peace. He notes unemployment as a symptom of economic imbalance and cites trust in the United States as a stabilizing force abroad.
The report cites leaders in CIO unions with Communist ties and flags several front organizations. It notes fascist and extremist groups active in America including the Silver Shirts led by William Dudley Pelley and other figures, alleging racketeering and manipulation of followers.
Soviet and Finnish forces clashed near Aittajoki about 600 miles north of Lake Ladoga. Finnish troops reported repelling Russian advances and seizing a base that had shifted hands, while Soviet communique claimed little notable action and limited air operations due to weather.
In-demand apartments remain scarce as renters seek quality living spaces. Daily Want Ad offers listings to connect tenants with available units, emphasizing timely placement and reliable rental posts.
Peace returned to the San Francisco waterfront as CIO ship clerks and employers approved a seven point settlement plan. Clerks will drop hiring demands and return to previous terms while an arbitration board chaired by Dean Wayne L Morse of the University of Oregon law school will settle remaining issues.
Naval Commander Raymond J Kelly said the American Legion disagrees with the Landis report on Bridges deportation and calls him a menace to American institutions. The Legion plans to push for new laws to deport undesirable labor leaders while warning Bridges' case shows rising racketeering among some labor figures.
Five hundred relief families in Los Angeles begin buying groceries at a state sponsored outlet financed by a $5000 relief fund. The first unit aims to expand to 5000 relief families, with planned additional co op outlets. Only relief families with purchase books may shop and share in dividends proportional to purchases.
A massive early morning blaze engulfed an 85 apartment building in Minneapolis, killing three firefighters and injuring many residents who leaped from windows. Nine exits were blocked as flames engulfed the structure, the worst blaze since the Pillsbury Mill fire of 1878.
Announcement states Mrs Mae Cortner will operate a millinery shop in the Speake Warren and Ratliff Department Store. Cortner, already well known locally, has purchased Bee's Millinery Shop and will continue at the same location where she has managed it for months.
Enrollment of candidates from this district for CCC camps will be held at Huntsville January 10. Morgan county's quota is 34 whites, no negroes being called up for enrollment this time. The examinations will be held at the TVA 3-C camp at Huntsville.
Ernest Britain returns to Louisville after holidays with parents in Decatur. Many residents report illness from flu while visiting relatives in Lanette and Birmingham. Church mid week services scheduled. numerous residents travel to Birmingham and Gadsden. Police court handles a drunkenness case. businesses upbeat about future.
In a Finnish report prisoners aged 20 to 35, all married with children, describe regimental winter gear and a deadly front line drill. One survivor recounts troops lined up without orders and men shot at machine gun point as they entered combat.
A force of 150 city policemen protected Roosevelt's route from the executive mansion to the House chamber with special admission cards for entry. The rostrum was prepared with an American flag backdrop. The budget message for 1940 41 proposes outlays of 8 to 9 billion dollars. Republican and Democratic leaders hold confabs to map strategy for a possibly brief, tense session.
Miss Unity Valkrie Freeman-Mitford, once linked with Adolf Hitler, travels by channel steamer toward Calais with her mother Lady Redesdale and others after a gunshot wound and head injury. Surgeons plan to operate in London as the Redesdale party waits at Folkestone.
An earthquake in the Yozgad and broader Anatolia region leveled villages and displaced thousands. The Euphrates flood worsened misery as mobile hospitals moved to Erzincan and surrounding areas. Death toll estimates varied amid cold weather and widespread destruction.
Alabama health officials report a sharp rise in influenza and pneumonia cases for the week ending last Saturday. Jefferson and Etowah counties show high numbers with scattered cases across Autauga Bald Blunt Bullock Cherokee Coosa Cullman Dallas Lamar Lee Shelby St Clair Walker Wilcox and other counties.
State gasoline tax collections for December totaled 1 229 181 dollars, about 6 403 more than December 1938. Revenue Commissioner John C. Curry announced the total, with 67 counties to receive roughly 9 700 more than last year, while counties share the levy.
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