Cotton Production Quotas Shaped in Farm Bill Talks
Senate House conference panel rows to 10 600 000 bale target with 2 cent per pound penalty for excess production. Alabama Commissioner R J Goode voices opposition to dairy livestock ban and urges compensatory tariff payments tied to soil conservation. Southern leaders propose 13 000 000 bale base with tariff measures on fats and oils and jute protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
D-Sc
Southern State Commissioners of Agriculture
House
Senate
Senate Agricultural Committee
Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Senate Conference Committee
R. J. Goode
Alabama
Goode
Benson Adds Diversified Occupations To City Schools
The office of Superintendent W. W. Benson announces a new Diversified Occupations department to begin with the second semester. The program, funded by state and national education departments, will include a Coordinator teacher and practical business training for soon-to-graduate students seeking jobs. Russell K. Britton is named to join by February 1, with Wilson H. Beverly hired as arithmetic teacher for seventh grade to replace a resigned instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Benson
Departments of Education
E. R. Plowden
Board of Education
Russell K. Britton
Decatur
Benson
Wilson H. Beverly
Roanoke
Ala
Grace
Hayden
H. N. Peu- Tifoy
Secur
Midshipman Branks Resigns From Academy Football Team
Maryland January 18. The resignation of Midshipman Branks Jr. quarterback of the Academy football team is announced by Secretary of the Navy Claude A. as he leaves to enter business. Branks is in the junior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee Md
Branks, Jr
Claude A
Secretary of the Navy
Harrisburg
Remy
Markets Drift With Mixed Signals On Wall Street Rally
On January 18 in New York markets showed limited gains as leaders paused for profit taking. Trading was slow with many declines and a steady tone in bonds and commodities. Aviation and defense-related stocks received support while the aluminum and steel sectors lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Alaska
Juneau
Chicago Dairy Prices Steady on Butter and Eggs
Chicago reports butter prices at 510.101 steady with creamery extra firsts at 90-91 score and other prices unchanged. Egg quotes show 10 184 steady with prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Live Market
Chicago on January 18 reports poultry prices stable with live hens over 5 pounds at 21 1/2 cents, springs under 4 pounds at 22 1/2 cents, white rocks at 22 1/2 cents, and other prices unchanged. Dressed market stays steady with no changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
White Rock
Nashville Livestock Market Report Frontline Prices
Nashville Tennessee January 18 cattle 200 calves 100 steady on cattle with steer and heifer prices 5.50 to 6.50 medium to good 6.50 to 7.50, Monday top 8.00 beef cows 6.00 down cutters 3.25 to 4.50 weaners 50 down top 11.00. Hogs 500 fifteen off 160-200 pounds 8.10 down 205-225 pounds 7.60 down 130-160 pounds 7.55 down pigs 7.00 and cows 6.35. Sheep 25 steady fat lambs to 8.00 and sheep to 3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Cottonseed Meal Futures Close Steady in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures (41 per cent) closed steady in Memphis on January 18. Nearby prices listed for January through August contracts: Jan 24.10, Feb 23.00, March 23.10, April 22.60, May 22.65, June 22.50, July 22.65, August 22.80. Trading volume reported as 3100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ponte
N. Y
New York
Memphis
Tend
Grain Prices Slip as Wheat Falls on Kansas Dust Storm Pull
Chicago wheat futures eased despite reports of dust in Kansas as heavy Nebraska snowfalls offset export demand weakness. At the close May wheat at 96 5 8-3 4, July 91 1-8-1 4. Corn and oats stayed near last closes with minor moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Markets At A Glance Report From New York And Chicago
New York markets show easy stocks and goldmines while rails sag on Erie news. Curb utilities improve. foreign exchange mixed. Cotton barely steady. Wall Street selling. Coffee demand weak. Chicago wheat lower as Nebraska snowfalls slow harvest. corn higher on shipping demand. Cattle steady. hogs down 10 to 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Erie
Wall Street
Chicago
Nebraska
Packing Plan Investigated by Huntsville Visitors
A group of Huntsville business men toured packing plants in Florence and Decatur on Monday to study a beef and hog packing plan with potential to launch a similar program in Huntsville. They noted cotton reductions and sought farm replacement revenues. Included were Dr. H. J. Thrasher and many other local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Florence
Decatur
Madison County
H. J. Thrasher
Thompson R. Kelly
Aaron Fieming
J. C. Beene
J. D. Thornton
J. T. Walker
Mason Brown
Boswell
Howard C. Jones
J. E
Buddy) Quinn
K. E. Thomas
Reese T. Amis
George Mahoney
Dwight Wilhelm
Chinese and Japanese fronts shift as Shanghai area battles continue
Chinese sources report strong units north of Nanking trying to cut the Tientsin Pukow line behind a Japanese column advancing from Nanking. Japanese claims say Tsinan to Tsingtao railway is secured, with movements from Pukow toward Hohsien. River traffic and looser garrison statements accompany a growing airless ground contest amid broader Lunghai and Yangtze theater activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Tientsin- Pukow
Suchow
Lunghai
China
Tientisin-Pukow
Tsinan
Shantung
Linhwaixwan
Linhkwaikwan
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
Pukow
Yangtze River
Hohsien
Panay
Chwansha
Call By Five Daily Subscription Notice
Daily subscription reminder from Decatur Daily asks readers to call by five o clock to receive a daily delivered to their door. Calls after five cannot be handled.
Pettingill Addresses Church Beliefs At Bible Conference
Dr William L Pettingill spoke at Central Baptist church on the church as a New Testament institution distinct from the kingdom and as the mystical body of Christ. He argued saved believers belong to the church, citing 1 Corinthians 12 while referencing scriptural support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Pettingill
Central Baptist Church
Pettingill
John C. Cowell
J. F. Ray
First Baptist Church
Mr. Cowell
Homer Britton
San Marcos
Texas
War Referendum Revival Faces Senate Vote
Four senators joined Nye to revive a war referendum plan with a popular vote only if invasion occurs in the western hemisphere. The group aims to pass a single measure in the Senate amid committee battles and opposition to an anti-lynching bill. House and Senate actions on funding and tax revisions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Nye
R-Nd
Senate
Rep
Ludlow
D-Ind
Western Hemisphere
United States
North
South America
Capper
LaFollette
Clark
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
D-Ney
Ellender
D-La
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
D-Tex
McKellar
D-Tenn
van Nuys
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hase
Treasury-Post Office
Government Printing Office
Ways and Means Committee
Nassau DA says Ree confesses to Elmont double murder
District Attorney Edward J. Neary announces John Ree 40 a former filling station operator has confessed to killing Mrs Lenida Waite 59 and Miss Jeanne Schuellain 198 at the Waite home in Elmont last Wednesday Ree was arraigned without bail on a first degree murder charge and later to be re reenacted at the Waite residence Neary cited 36 hours of questioning and a private talk with a witness before Ree admitted the crime with stockings used to bind the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Edward J. Neary
Nassau County
John Ree
Lenida Waite
Jeanne Schuellain
Elmont
Neary
Reo
Five Birmingham Men Injured in Greenville Auto Crash
In Greenville Alabama on January 18 a car carrying five Birmingham men collided while trying to avoid a truck. Injured were E R Blanchard Tiny Strong John Ed Harris Reid Preston and Pete Baird. they were taken to Greenville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Birmingham
Mil
E. R. Blanchard
Tiny Strong
John Ed Harris
Reid Preston
Pete Baird
Fine program for service planned at First Baptist
A mid week prayer service program is arranged at First Baptist church. Attendees are asked to bring their Bible for a comprehensive study on They sent in His Real to Jesus Christ. The pastor spoke on the Holy Spirit last Sunday evening and the interest prompts continuation of the study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Decatur News Roundup of Visitors and Illnesses
Decatur reporters note Reese Amis and Prof J M Luckey visiting. local illnesses include J W McDowra and D B McDowra family members. Drunk drivers detained in Limestone county. several residents ill or hospitalized in Austinville Nashville and Birmingham. Community groups plan meetings as police resume duties and doctors return from travel.
Prayer Brings Missing Decatur Girls Home
In a remarkable turn one of the city’s largest congregations heard that Audrie Free and Christine Lawrence were located and returning to their parents. Rev Cowell raised faith in a Sunday service praying for 24 hours to reveal their whereabouts and the girls were paroled into his custody for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Rev. Cowell
Audrie Free
Christine Lawrence
Willkie Plan Seeks Board To Value Utilities For TVA
Willkie proposed a three man board to decide the value of utilities targeted by TVA. One member would be appointed by the administration, one by the utilities, and one by the Supreme Court. The plan aims to ease negotiations with municipalities and reduce duplication of systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth and Southern
Willkie
TVA
Supreme Court
Morgan Very In Chicago Sick Husband Chairman TVA
Mrs. A F E Morgan said her husband, Tennessee Valley Authority chairman, is very ill after a pneumonia scare. Dr. Morgan, a witness at FTC hearings, was confined to his hotel suite with high fever and throat and chest infection threatening pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. FE. Morgan
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Liquor Price War Hits New York Dealers
A sharp price war erupts in New York retail liquor trade as National Distillers ends Feld Crawford price contracts with 1,000 stores. Dealers slash up to 80 cents a quart on brands like Old Overholt Mount Vernon Old Taylor Old Granddad and Crab Orchard. Prices quoted include 3.25 a quart for several bonded ryes and 79 cents a pint for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Glenn Martin
North American
Electric Power and Light
Socony
Howe Sound
International Nickel
American Water Works
J. I. Case
Montgomery Ward
Goodrich
National Lead
Woolworth
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Chrysler
Westinghouse
Standard Oj
N. J
Santa Fe
Great Ithern
Oliver Farm
Crown Cork
Allis Chalmers
Johns Man
General Motora
New York
National Distillers Production Corp
Feld-Crawford
Old Overholt
Mount Vernon
Old Taylor
Old Granddad
Crab Orchard
Suspect in Death Held in Alabama Case
Sheriff Kimbrough said he was holding a Columbus Georgia man on a charge of leaving the scene in connection with the death of Nellie McFarland. The 22 year old textile worker was found by a road near Phenix City. Investigators said she appeared beaten and possibly assaulted before being run over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
BE. A. Kimbrough
Columbus, Ga
Nellie McFarland
Here
Kimbrough
James Lynch
Alabama
Patol
Department of Justice
Lynch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Goode
By Victor Eubank
Jiy
France
Decatur Daily
PARTY
Decatur’s
Reese Amis
Huntsville Daily Times
J. M. Luckey
Snead College
J. W. McDowra
D. 8. McDowra
Austinville
Limestone County
J. C. Spangler, Jr
Wadsworth Street
Miss Tone McCall
Blake Thompson
Seventh Avenue South
the Business Women’s Circle of
Charles Eyster
Young People’s Union of
Decatur District
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Epworth
Bill Moore
Harlan Hunter
Johnny Kieh
Columbia, Tenn
Edgar Young
H. M. Priest
J. S. Glasgow
Mt. Hope
Baugh’s Infirmary
Lilienthal
Morgan Very
Checkers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!