Congress faces uphill tasks on lynching bill and labor reform
TheHouse is poised to pass a lynching bill amid strong opposition in the Senate and debate over labor laws. Democrats weigh revamping the labor relations board and tacking amendments to satisfy critics while preserving defenses for labor. Tax plans face uncertain form with proposals ranging from higher income taxes to broadened brackets as Roosevelt presses funding for farm subsidies.
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House
Congress
Roosevelt
Houghton
N. C
la Follette
Decatur Women Club Opens New Year Meeting
The Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club held its first meeting of the year at Hotel Lyons. Miss Winnie Sentiff presided as president. Members welcomed new entrants and heard Mrs. A. T. Hanson review Madame Curie’s biography. Proceeds from a Christmas candy sale fund the Nursery School for underprivileged Decatur children.
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Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Hotel Lyons
Winnie Sentiff
Decatur
Italians to get coffee again after rationing planned
Italian officials announced ration cards would be distributed within ten days and coffee available from February 10 in limited quantities. Other foods may be rationed. trade disputes and wartime shortages had halted imports and public sales.
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Rome
Italy
Brazil
Appointments Made by Pope Pius XII In Wichita and Santa Fe
Pope Pius XII appointed the Most Rev Christian H Kinkel auxiliary bishop of St Louis to become Bishop of Wichita Kas and Very Rev Dr Sidney Matthew pro rector of St Johns San Antonio to the Titular See of Birta and Auxiliary Santa Fe New Mexico
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Washington
Pius XII
Christian H. Kinkel
St. Louis
Wichita
Kas
Sidney Matthew
St. John’s
San Antonio
Birta
Santa Fe
N. M
Wall Street Gains and Losses Hover as Trading Mixed
Stocks edged higher then slipped with mild price shifts across steel and aircraft shares. Trading volume neared 800,000 shares. morning rally faded and late session activity cooled with no cash wheat sales in Chicago and commodity prices listed for corn oats and various seeds.
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New York
Market Summary Reports Mixed Early in Year Trading
NEW YORK early notes show uneven gains in bonds and aircrafts as governments post new gains while foreign exchange and sugar trade hedge. In metals, Russian buyers inquire for copper. in wood, improved activity supported by trade and the commissioner house. Chicago wheat weak, corn steady, cattle mixed, hogs active with gains and losses.
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New York
Belga
Chicago
New Orleans Cotton Futures End Week With Small Losses
Weekend liquidation and hedge selling eroded early gains in New Orleans cotton futures. Closing prices eased 7 to 10 points with Jan at 11.09, March 11.09, May 10.81, July 10.48, October 9.99, and December 9.94 in a barely steady session.
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N. O Cotton
New Orleans
Close Jan Reveving
Mchores
Mch
Futures Close Lower on New York Cotton Market
New York Jan 5 futures closed seven to fourteen points lower amid active selling and cautious trading. Old crop contract activity was subdued as traders weighed weather signals and basis movements.
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N.Y
Cotton
New York
Cottonseed oil prices hold steady with mixed bids
Market quotes show steady cottonseed oil with bleachable prime summer yellow at 7.05 nom and prime crude at 6.00. Jani notes March prices at 6.56B, May at 6.68B, and July bids uncertain.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton closes steady with modest downTick in New Orleans
New Orleans spot cotton ends steady with a 12 point dip. Market shows sales of 1,398 bales while low middling at 10.19 and middling at 11.29, receipts tally 8,805 in the day. Amounts include 884,580 for the season.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 percent closed steady in Memphis with Jan 30.25, Mar 29.00, May 28.70, July 28.60, Sept 27.00. Sales totaled 1,100.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wheat prices slide in Chicago trading
Wheat prices in Chicago declined about a cent a bushel today as Winnipeg market weakness pulled prices lower. Closing quotes show wheat down 5 8 to 1 4 cents on the day.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Butter Prices and Carrot Peas Market Report
Butter in Chicago shows 689979 pound output with firm creamery scores and quoted ranges from 92 to 80. Centralized carrots listed at 80 30 1 4 with peas at 12 346 and steady prices.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Mixed in Chicago Market Report
Poultry live prices in Chicago on January five show Lear-15 trucks easy. Hens 4 1 2 pounds up to 15, under 4 1 2 pounds 14. Broilers colored 14, Plymouth Rock 16. Springs 4 pounds up white Rock 15, under 4 pounds up colored 10 1 2, white 11 1 2. Tom turkeys 11, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville stockyard figures show salable cattle 125 and calves 75 with prices mostly steady. Yearling beeves near 9.00, common and medium cattle 6.25 to 8.00, beef cows 5.25 to 6.50, vealers up to 12.00, hogs 500 head with 110 lb plus at 4.65 to 4.15, sheep 25 head and lambs 8.25, fat ewes 2.00 to 3.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
AU. S. Dept
Will of Douglas Fairbanks filed in New York
The will of Douglas Fairbanks filed in New York on January 5 leaves half his estate to his widow Lady Sylvia Ashley up to 600000 and 400000 to Douglas Fairbanks Jr and other relatives. Executors are Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Pace National Trust and Savings Associations of Los Angeles.
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Sylvia Ashley
England
Santa Monica
Calif
Hiss
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Young Fairbanks
Guaranty Trust Company of
P Dace National ‘Trust
Associations of
Los Angeles
German Spring Attack Forecast by British Envoy
Lord Lothian told the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations that Germany is likely to launch a coordinated land sea and air assault against England and France this spring. He warned the attack would be ferocious and ruthless as taught by the Nazis.
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Chicago
Germany
England
France
Lord Lothian
United States
Chicago Council of Foreign Relations
Red fox shot by deputy near Seventh Street
Deputy sheriff Morty Pittman shot an unusually large red fox that raided chicken houses. The animal died under a house on Seventh Street South after the deputy’s revolver fired as residents watched. The incident ends the fox raid in that neighborhood.
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Candler Pittman
Morty
Sir Fox
Seventh Street
American sentry shoots Japanese private in Peiping embassy compound
A United States Marine sentry shot and slightly wounded a Japanese private inside the American embassy compound in Peiping early today. A joint communique from Japanese and American authorities in Peiping offered no explanation but predicted an amicable settlement after negotiations.
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Shanghai
United States
Peiping
Britain Warned Over Losses From US Ships Forcing Port Entry
Washington reports the United States warns Britain it will hold it responsible for damages if American ships are forced into British control ports. The Moormacean, a Moore and McCormick line steamer en route to Bergen, was diverted to Kirkwall, a British control port within the neutralization zone. The State Department says entry into the combat area violates US neutrality and has urged the London embassy to obtain a full statement from the shipmaster for potential action.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Moormacsun
Moore and McCormick Line
Bergen
Kirkwall
United States
Department
London
Diphtheria Cases Rise Across Alabama States Health Report
Diphtheria cases grew to 40 new infections last week, up from nine the prior week, the state health department said. Twenty one counties reported cases, the largest weekly total since November 18, with Shelby county first at six and Jefferson second with five. Morgan county reported no new cases for several weeks.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Shelby
Jefferson
L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Baptist Mission School Planned by Southern Baptists
Southern Baptists announced plans to erect a $10,000 mission school building in El Paso Texas after a Home Mission Board meeting led by Dr J W Beagle. The board also named Rev Clovis A Brantley to lead the rescue mission in New Orleans replacing retiring founder Dr J W Newbrought. Home Mission Board receipts rose to $514,016 last year, up $17,327 from 1938 according to Dr J B Lawrence.
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Atlanta
Jah
Southern Baptists
el Paso
Tex
Home Mission Board
J. W. Beagle
Clovis A. Brantley
New Orleans
J. W. Newbrought
J. B. Lawrence
Gas leak leaves eight in serious condition in Indianapolis
Eight people remain in serious condition in city hospital after gas seeped into homes from a broken main during a cold night. Police say the main cracked as the coldest weather of the winter took hold. The Municipal airport logged 9 below zero at 6 30 a m.
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Indianapolis
City Hospital
Sunday School Lesson on Jesus as Christ and Peter’s Insight
The text outlines Jesus confrontation with Pharisees for signs, the feeding of the multitude, and the healing of a blind man. Peter proclaims Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, prompting Jesus to bless him and warn against human plans. Jesus explains his forthcoming passion and instructs disciples to keep quiet about his identity.
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Jan Golden
Christ
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Bethsaida
Apostles
Caesarea Philippi
John
Jeremiah
Simon Peter
Peter
Simon Bar-Jonah
Satan
Hades
Peter Jesus
Decatur Church Talks And Civic Notes In Weekend Schedule
Decatur hosts a suite of church talks and community notes including Rev Bebe H Patten at Temple Lighthouse Lyons Hotel and Rev L J Kaylor at Westside Presbyterian. City officials return from Knoxville as churches announce services and denominational meetings for Sunday and Monday evenings.
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Bebe H. Patten
Temple
Lighthouse Church
Lyons Hotel
L. J. Kaylor
Westside Presbyterian Church
Decatur Christian Endeavor Union
Labor Board Probe Reveals Strife Over Joint Conferences
Testimony described the board's handling of labor disputes and questioned the use of joint conferences in scattered territories. Mrs. Herrick criticized delays in Wagner act cases, citing 34 cases in 1937 with an average 214 days to decision due to trial attorney and examiner shortages. An exchange erupted between Toland and Fahy over alleged discrimination against Witt.
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Chicago
Washington
Krivonos
Gates
Nathan Witt
James Miller
Cleveland
Toland
Herrick
Charles Fahy
Labor Board
Witt
Front reports suggest Russia may abandon north Finland push
Neutral military sources say German and central Finnish raids on rail lines indicate Russia could shift focus from breaking Finland in the north to the Karelian Isthmus. Reinforcements would arrive via Leningrad but provisioning troops without Murmansk railway would be difficult.
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Russia
Finland
Karelian
Leningrad
Nee
Murmansk
Birmingham court cases draw statewide interest after shootings
Reported after court appearances in Birmingham deputy Blalock suffered a severe neck wound and Powell was shot in the head by Sheriff Sandlin but survived. Clemency appeals for Scottsboro defendants are set for hearings in Montgomery next month and will attract statewide attention.
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Birmingham
Blalock
Powell
Sandlin
Scottsboro
Receiver Sale At Courthouse For First National Bank Assets
John R. Vann as receiver for The First National Bank will sell remaining assets to the highest bidder in front of the courthouse at 11 30 Saturday morning. Sale is without recourse under the comptroller of the currency authority and aims to wind up affairs and remit final dividends to depositors.
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John R. Vann
First National Bank
Snow memory recalls 1878 blizzard in Priceville
Rev. J R Collier recalls a 22 inch deep snow on January 1 1878 at Priceville where drifts piled up to six feet. He describes wood gathering with a log chain and mule team and rabbit hunting by breaking the snow with sticks, a vivid account of daily life during a historic storm.
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J. R. Collier
Ninth Avenue
Collier
Priceville
Terese
Severe cold and ice grips multiple states across region
A broad cold wave drives temperatures well below zero from Nebraska to Ohio with Chicago reporting subzero readings for the first time since 1936. Freezing conditions cause gas shortages and fatalities in several states, while icy roads disrupt travel from Alabama to New York.
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Ludington
Lake Michigan
Nebraska
Burwell
Norfolk
Kentucky
Ohio
Mercury
Chicago
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio River
Green Line
Missouri
Iowa
Bismarck
N. C
Minnesota
New England
Boston
Mt. Washington
N. H
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
N. Y
New York City
South
Midwest
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Birmiingham
Florence
Huntsville
Montgomery
Screwball Club Organized Here
Robert Jones announces the local chapter of the Honorable Association of Amalgamated and Exonerated Screwballs of America will hold its first meeting Saturday at 4 30 p m at Avery Roan's home. Ten charter members formed the new club Tuesday and officers will be elected at the gathering.
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Robert Jones
The
Honorable Association of Amalgamated and Exonerated Screwballs of America
Avery Roan
Irish Spider Found at King Home
A resident named E. L. King caught a green spider on the kitchen wall at 324 Tenth Avenue West. The half inch insect in a glass jar is not a black widow due to a white back spot. The spider was brought to The Daily Office.
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E. L. King
Tenth Avenue, West
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