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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1939
Page
2
President argues three core defense pillars: strong armed forces, rapid mobilization of key facilities, and unified national policy. He warns internal discord threatens democracy, urges unity to keep capital and labor working and to expand social reform as essential to national security.
Mr Crane reports 745 members in the eastern area versus a 2000 goal and praises war veterans civil home service work. He commends first aid and life saving classes and plans a Morgan county visit to finalize the 10939 program.
Wall Street rose in a vigorous rally led by steels and rails amid a busy session. Traders digested the president's congressional message, rail relief and rearmament themes fueling gains before profit taking trimmed some of the early advances.
Spot cotton closed quiet with prices at low middling 7.55 cents and middling 8.70, good middling 9.25 cents. Sales 778 bales, receipts 4,254, stock 715,007.
In New Orleans on January 4, listed bids show futures for cottonseed oil with steady tone. Prices for bleachable prime summer yellow range around 7.35, prime crude 6.12 1 2 to 6.37 1 2, with January 7.00 bid, March 7.17 bid, May 17.25 and July 7.34.
Prime cottonseed meal futures (41 percent) closed steady in Memphis. Closing prices for Memphis dated Jan 23 and 35 are noted.
A speech argues Americans must bear taxes to preserve liberty and reject dictatorship. It asserts the costs include spiritual values and freedoms, and warns dangers from within compared to external threats. The speaker prophesies destiny and urges a peaceful just path the world will applaud.
Nashville receipts show 250 calves and 50 cattle stay slow with prices easing to 25 lower for fed steers and yearlings. hogs steady to 10 higher with lighter weights selling 6.55 to 7.40. sheep and fat lambs around 8.50 and 3.00 for ewes. Chicago wheat ends fractional lower after brief highs, May 70 3 8 to 70 5 8, corn up 3 8 to 5 g, oats steady to up.
Governor Bibb Graves says the South will likely back Speaker William B Bankhead for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination calling him a middle of the road choice who has aligned with the president. Bankhead’s reelection as speaker is viewed as a boost to Southern influence. Some quarters see a favorite son push, while Governor-elect Dixon seeks a platform stressing Southern equality and freight rate changes.
Col. William E. Persons, retired army officer, is reported to head an enlarged department of public welfare in Governor-elect Frank M. Dixon's administration. Dixon has not publicly named other heads. the administration begins January 16.
The Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club opens its 1939 season with a Thursday night gathering at St. John's Guild House. Mrs. J F Levin leads the program including a business session.
Plans for a new U S Bureau of Internal Revenue division office in Birmingham moved forward today with a staff estimate of 30 to 40. The office would oversee Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and Louisiana as part of a decentralization program.
Evangelist Dr Jones delivered a vivid sermon series portraying Lot as weak and materialistic who sacrificed truth for money and status. He warned of dire outcomes from worldly pursuit and urged character building over riches. He spoke at local schools and planned further talks on America’s perils and political influence.
The president urged Congress to pursue farm program improvements and tax reform while balancing national income goals. He called for international cooperation, restraint in arms, and options short of war to deter aggression, citing Lincoln to emphasize a peaceful, just path forward.
Decatur citizens and visitors fill local columns with holiday travel notes. Residents recount visits from relatives in Union Hill Nashville and Charlottville, with ailments and recoveries and a child born to Vernon Hargitt. Community members attend church meetings, plan a city incinerator project, and prepare for tax assessments and university travel.
Out of a secluded valley in southern Tooele county Sheriff Alma White reports discovering a large sheep rustling gang. The group is said to have stolen at least 1,220 sheep from local flocks, prompting a dramatic western style investigation.
The Tennessee Valley Laboratory reports 1938 totals with 28 812 examinations. Diphtheria 1 164 tests, 96 positive. Vincent’s infection 480 tests, 67 positive. Pneumonia typing 25 tests, 14 positive. Malaria 3 671 tests, 175 positive. Intestinal parasites 1 527 tests, 145 positive. Syphilis 11 700 tests, 1 629 positive. Gonorrhea 1 668 tests, 342 positive. Tuberculosis 2 540 tests, 497 positive. Rabies 92 tests, 14 positive. Water 1 633, milk 1 920, Miscellaneous 615.
In 1937, a month before the China conflict, the premier resigns amid a clash with rightist factions. The rise in tensions followed earlier confrontations over the national mobilization law and the cabinet reshuffle. The government seeks to strengthen the nation, with potential fusion of all parties and a hardline interior cabinet led by Hiranuma.
L M Aday of Decatur route 3 says he found an unknown plant insect on his collar. The quarter inch brown body with a bright gold head has eight legs and no wings. He will send the specimen to county agent B G Hall at Hartsel for identification.
Kermit W. Evans a 24 year old star guard for the Gulf States Paper Corporation team collapsed during a city league game in Tuscaloosa and died within seconds despite artificial respiration. He had played only two minutes before his collapse.
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