Bulgarias Front Lines Hold as World War II Pressure Grows
Reports from Sofia say Bulgaria massed troops in Thrace near the Turkish frontier with around four to one odds Germany will move in soon. Turkish 400 000 troops stand ready in Thrace as Bulgars hope not to become a battlefield while Soviet and Balkan observers eye Soviet policy and possible Russian opposition.
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Bulgaria
Danube
Rumania
Turkey
Thrace
Sofia
Romania
Refix Saydam
Russia
Dardanelles
Balkan
Alexander Mihakovitch
Soviet Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Judson College Funding Fight Divides Alabama Baptists
Alabama Baptists debated saving Judson College with a two month statewide drive to raise 200000 from white Baptists, proposing $1 gifts from 400000 members. Critics warned past drives failed.Howard College and Judson would remain separate under a proposed plan. The convention backed refinancing steps and Howard’s centennial campaign to 400000, with memorial unveiling plans for a Dawson statue at First Baptist Church.
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Moval
Judson
Howard and
H. L. Anderton
Birmingham
Alabama
United States
Alabama Methodists
Baptists
Montgomery
Howard
Marion
First Baptist Church
Howard College
Dr. Dawson
Queen City Avenue
Seventh Street
Owen Meredith
Tuscaloosa
Alabama Birth Rate Hits 20 Year Low in 1939
Alabama health officials report the 1939 birth rate at 208 per 100 000, down from 214 in 1938 and the lowest in two decades since 1919. They note a drop of nearly 10 percent from the previous year amid ongoing state health measures.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bate Health Department
Tate
Markets drift as stocks end near unchanged on slow session
NY market session shows ragged trends with most steel, motor, rubber, copper and aircraft shares in negative territory. Transfers reach about 600000 shares as few positives arise among scattered specialties and some senior stocks. Grain markets reverse steady gains with wheat and corn down from Monday highs. May wheat at 87 1 2, July at 82 3 8.
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Chicago
Jan
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance show irregular stocks and lower drift in specialties, uneven bonds, quiet foreign exchange with the Canadian dollar up, higher cotton on trading and mill buying, mixed sugar, steady metals with copper futures up. Chicago notes Wheat down with light buying, Corn weak, Hogs active and mainly steady, Cattle less active and unchanged.
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New York
Boston
Chicago
Cotton futures close higher in New York trading
Prices for several contracts rose at the New York market on January 7 with gains across near month and deferred positions. Notable futures moved up by 6 to 10 points while middling spot prices edged higher to around 10.60.
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Cotton
New York
Cash grain prices in Chicago on Jan 7
Cash wheat No 2 hard 93 1 4. Corn values listed for No 5 mixed 58 1 2, No 3 yellow 65 65 1 4, No 4 60 3 4 64 1 2, No 5 58 3 4 61 1 4, No 4 white 68, No 5 66 1 4. Oats No 1 mixed heavy 40. Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.03.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Market Report from Chicago
Butter receipts show 793,526 unsettled with market unchanged. Eggs receipts total 11,114 with fresh graded extra firsts at 211-4 and firsts at 20 3-4. Current receipts listed 18 3-4 with dirt ies 16 1-2 and fresh checks 15 1-2. Refri standards at 19 1-4.
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Chicago
Jan. T
Poultry Prices Listed In Chicago Markets
Poultry live prices in Chicago reflect multiple categories. Hens and leghorn hens range around 12 1/2 to 17 1/2 pounds, ducks vary by color and size, geese priced near 12 to 13 pounds, and turkeys young over 18 pounds fetch about 14 with lower weights at 11 1/2 to 15. Other prices remain unchanged.
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Chicago
Bleachable cottonseed futures close in New York trade
Bleachable cottonseed futures in New York closed at 11 4 13 on Jan 6 with 175 contracts traded. Quotes ranged about Jan 6 36 to 37, May 6 45 and July 6 55 with bids noted.
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Cottonseed Oil
New York
Livestock Prices At Nashville Auction Run Short Journal Note
United States Department of Agriculture report from Nashville on January 7 notes steady to higher demand for cattle with bale calves around 200 head. Yearlings and steers show strong prices to 11.00, typical heifers and yearlings 6.50 to 9.00, beef cows around 6.00, top vealers to 12.50. Hogs seen 20 higher with 180 to 950 pound weights at about 7.30.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S Dept
British RAF Quiet Night Amid Luftwaffe Pressure
The British night air war paused as Britain enjoyed a respite from heavy Luftwaffe onslaught. RAF limited operations to a few short armed reconnaissance flights across the Channel to German invasion ports last evening.
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Britain
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
Roosevelt
Congress
Greece
China
I) Popolo di Roma
United States
Balkans
Sofia
Germany
Great Britain
Channel
School Board Awaits WPA Ok For New Decatur School
The city board of education waits for a go ahead from the WPA before starting construction on the first unit of Decatur's new school system. The first building will rise on the old Somerville road near Delano Park, close to Benevolent Society Hospital.
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City Board of Education
WPA
Decatur
Somerville Road
Delano Park
Benevolent Society Hospital
Episcopalians to Meet on Wednesday
St John s Episcopal Church calls all congregants to the annual meeting at 7 30 PM at the guild house. Vestry election and annual reports from all officers will be presented.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Guild House
Dizzy Dean Signs 1941 Contract With Cubs
Dizzy Dean returned his signed 1941 contract to the Chicago Cubs quickly. He will earn the same $10,000 salary as last season and continues with the Cubs after a 1940 season of three wins and losses.
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Chicago
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Ol’ Diz
Cub
Dean
Dixon to Attend Roosevelt Inauguration and Council Meeting
Governor Dixon will attend President Roosevelt's third term inauguration in Washington on January 20 with 18 of his 21 staff members. He will lead a group of state leaders at a Council of State Governments meeting on January 21. Lieut. Gov. Carmichael is absent on active duty and Sen. Poole cannot attend. Speaker Merrill will accompany Dixon as next in line of succession.
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Dixon
Hugh D. Merrill
Anniston
Nebraska Consolidated Mills president visits Decatur
R. B. Dickinson, president of Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company, is in Decatur today on business. Construction of the handsome mill building is nearing the final stages.
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R. 8. Dickinson
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company
Decatur
Youth Faces Draft or Desertion Dilemma In Columbus
Richard Daly, 24, of Elyria Ohio, who joined the Canadian army last August to fight Nazis, seeks exemption from reporting January 31 to Ohio's 37th Division. Daly is currently absent without leave from Canada's 10th regiment at Chatham. State director Gilson Light calls for guidance from national selective service officials as the case has many angles.
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Columbus
United States
Richard Daly
Elyria
Canada
10Th Regiment
Chatham
Ont
Daly
Gilson D. Light
Ohio
Shelby
Miss
Light
National Selective A
Washington
New Jersey Seeks Extradition of Gypsy Lulu Gee
Governor Moore asked Alabama authorities to extradite Lulu Gee, a Gypsy held in Birmingham, to Essex County New Jersey, where she is indicted with a former companion for stealing $7,000 from a Newark fortune teller's patron. The case ties to the 109 Prince Street parlor and a life savings theft from Agnes Walichko. The Miller woman was arrested in California.
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Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
Alabama
New Jersey
Lulu Gee
Essex County
Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Lulu Miller
Prince St
Newark
Agnes Walichko
West Kinney’ St
Miller
California
Decatur Council Meets on Bids and Armory Heating
The Decatur city council held a called session this morning from ten to noon to study bids on paving materials and a request from the National Guard for heating the armory. Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company won the paving bid while Lieut. Fred S. Hunt sought heating and plumbing improvements. A. C. Dillehay and Dr. H. D. Greer were absent.
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Decatur
Decatur National Guard
Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company
Fred S.hunt
A. C. Dillehay
H.D. Greer
Band unit shifts to Tuscumbia after Decatur effort
The military band project for Decatur is ended. Lieut. Lurie of Company E Alabama National Guard visited Sheffield to advance a band in Tuscumbia where the unit nears completion. Musicians here joined the Tuscumbia band, as Decatur lacked enough interest to form a full unit.
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Decatur
Tuscumbia
Lurie
Company E
Alabama National Guard
Sheffield
Armory
Camp Croft Named for Major General Edward Croft
The infantry replacement center near Spartanburg South Carolina will be named Camp Croft in honor of Major General Edward Croft former chief of infantry who died in 1938. Croft born in 1875 in Greenville Washington entered the army in 1898 and served in the United States posts and in France during World War I.
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Washington
Army
Spartanburg
8. C
Camp Croft
Edward Croft
War Department
Croft
Greenville
D. C
United States
France
Four Mental Patients Die at Philadelphia State Hospital
Four elderly patients at the Philadelphia State Hospital died in unexplained injuries. Superintendent Dr. Herbert Woolley called the institution a disgrace while noting two years of efforts to improve facilities. Coroner Charles H. Hersch ordered autopsies that revealed injuries not reported by the hospital, with a coroner's jury finding another death caused by unknown assailants.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia State Hospital
Luck
Herbert Woolley
Charles H. Hersch
Britain and World War II Updates Include Dreaded Disease Fears
The dispatch notes 12 500 in 1940 and fears over disease worsened by damp subway and air raid shelter conditions. It reports Admiralty figures showing weekly sea-borne losses at 37 556 tons, about half the war’s average. Greek Allies report success against Italy near Valona and Klisura, capturing 173 prisoners.
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Admiralty
Britain
Albania
Valona
Klisura
Athens
North Africa
Germany
Navy official cites labor unrest and factory delays in war output
Representative Maas presses Towers on strikes and fifth column activity. Towers answers that strikes rarely delay production and that carelessness due to dispersed supervision causes most issues. He notes many planes lack full modern features and some are sent back for updates. He also mentions proposed Walsh Heathley Act changes to ease bidding on contracts.
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Maas
R-Minn
Towers
Mott
R-Ore
Navy
Night school resumes with textile math and ship fitting
John Fowler announced that night classes in textile mathematics blue print reading and ship fitting will resume tonight at Riverside High School at 7 o clock. Welding classes will also resume this evening at Decatur Iron and Steel Company during regular hours.
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Riverside High School
John Fowler
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Decatur Community Notes And Local Updates
Decatur diary entries note Mrs. James H Smith leaving for Moody Bible Institute Chicago includes holiday goodbyes. Donations from Forbes Piano Co and others aided Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Several attend meetings and travels, with influenza cases and local civic notices, including church, school, and police reports.
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James H Smith
Marvin Griffin
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Eleanor Roosevelt Criticizes GOP Silence At State of the Union
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said she was astonished and saddened by the Republican lack of applause when President Roosevelt addressed Congress. She noted the four goals of world peace and freedom as worthy of cross party support and urged rising above personal sentiment.
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Washington
Jan. T
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Roelt
House
Scout Activities Lead Tennessee Valley Council Meeting
Dr Morris R Mitchell head of Education at State Teachers College Morence Alabama will lecture at the sixth annual Tennessee Valley Council Boy Scouts of America meeting January 16 at 6 30 p m in Hartselle High School gymnasium W T Jordan Decatur council president reports Mitchell served in France nine months as First Lieutenant 315 Machine Gun Battalion and will speak on The Real Job of Scouting A Scouters conference precedes the banquet with discussions on leadership camping advancement organization extension finance health and safety The Silver Beaver Award will be given to a single council recipient and Eagle Scouts named from Troops 4 5 11 39 39 40 1 will attend the event Officers for 1941 to be installed include Henry Melvie president and Amos Clanton R B Sutzer Fred Moore vice presidents J N Jenkins council commissioner H E Harbin treasurer Earle W Darby Sea Scout Commodore.
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Morris R. Mitchell
Department of Education
State Teachers College
Morence
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Hartselle High School
W. T. Jordan
Decatur
Mitchell
France
Europe
North Carolina
Buffalo
New York
Columbia University
Scouters
National Council
Bill Certain
Bob Smith
Douglas Lawler
Huntsville
Marshall Pitts
Athens
T. Mefford
Florence
Kenneth Bradley
Charles Fields
Carl Sterling
Oscar Crosby
Sheffield
Pete Carter
Edwin Bolding
Russellville
Pat Godwin
Pat Patterson
Henry Melvie
Amos Clanton
R. B. Sutzer
TVA
Fred Moore
J. N. Jenkins
H. E. Harbin
Scottsboro
Earle W. Darby
Buck Private Heir To Fortune At Fort Devens
Edward B. Alford Jr., 23, a Brookline Harvard grad and one of the first draftees in the original peace time call, learns he inherits part of a 1.5 million dollar estate from his deceased father. He plans to remain in khaki and finish Army training.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Jan
Edward B. Alford, Jr
Brookline
Harvard University
Alford
Turkey Extends Military Service For All Under Arms
Ankara acts to keep mobilized men under arms for another year by extending service for all classes including 21 year olds and older. Officials omit exact numbers but observers link move to Balkan tensions and the large German army in Romania.
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Ankara
Turkey
Romania
Balkan
Water Department Faces Winter Strain in Decatur
The Water Department of Decatur reports ongoing challenges this winter due to frozen pipes and extreme weather. Last winter the department was nearly on instant duty during the severe cold period.
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Water Department
Decatur
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