Executives Optimistic on Rail and Steel Prospects for 1940
Executives of railroads and steel firms from coast to coast gather at a Pittsburgh gala banquet and express optimism for 1940 earnings. Leaders including Thomas L. Parkinson and J. L. Perry cite confidence, but warn against government overreach. Several rail presidents project higher first quarter earnings and improved carloadings, signaling anticipated better business conditions ahead.
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Franklin
URGH
Pittsburgh
Eugenie
Thomas L. Parkinson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Patrick H. Joyce
Chicago and Great Western Railroad
Co. E. Denney
Northern Pacific Railway
R. L. Williams
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
W. S.franklin, Pennsylvania Railroad
British Friend of Hitler Shot in Oxford Hospital
Unity Freeman-Mitford was disclosed to be in Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford with two bullet wounds in the head one injuring the brain. The report identifies her as a British friend of Adolf Hitler.
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London
Unity Freeman-Mitford
Adolf Hitler
Radcliffe Infirmary
Oxford
Curley launches Farley pledge drive targeting Massachusetts delegates
Former Governor James M. Curley announces a campaign to pledge Massachusetts Democratic delegates to Postmaster General James A. Farley for the Democratic National Convention. He says he will drop the drive if President Roosevelt declares for a third term.
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Boston
Massachusetts
James A. Farley
James M. Curley
Curley
Bay
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Tell Bill Goodbye
Fabienne traps a brick in a red cottage to disrupt a plan as Bill races to handle Parsons case. A radio broadcast ties the contender Fabienne to a caper while Bill confesses love and readying hospital acts. The scene ends with a tender impulse as a cliffhanger.
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Ellen
Nicky
Bill
Mike Kennedy
WHBH
Parsons
Kennedy
Garson
Joe Willis
WLXBS
Danbury
Connecticut
Willis
New York
Bartlett
Officers Ask Folks To Feed The Birds
Athens Alabama January 27 Special Donald B Isom secretary of the county conservation association and J B Tanner district game warden urge residents to scatter left overs from meals to feed birds that lack food as snow covers the ground this week seed donations came from Limestone County Exchange Beasley Produce Company and Athens
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Athens
Ala
Donald B. Isom
County Conservation Association
J. B. Tanner
Isom
Tanner
Limestone County Exchange
Beasley Produce Company
Wheeler Gains Backing Echoes At UMW Meeting
Political observers credit Wheeler with strong showing as United Mine Workers of America rally behind him for a potential presidential bid. John L. Lewis praised Wheeler, while leaders urged a national conference on unemployment and cooperation among labor, agriculture, and industry.
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Columbus
Burton Keler
Montana
United Mine Workers of America
Wheeler
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Lewis
United States
Earler
Agriculture
Industry
America
Desert Rat Mystery Deepens With Unseen Ore Wealth
Los Angeles officials reveal a link between Death Valley Scotty and his banker partner A M Johnson as a decades long treasure buried in inaccessible mountains remains undisclosed. The federal state inquiry exposes a vast unknown ore treasure and dangerous wilderness surrounding Scotty’s ventures.
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Los. Angeles
Death Valley
Scotty
U. S
California
Johnson
Weather Hard Freeze Quietly Bites County Roads
An eight inch snow and record cold grip Cullman County with zero readings noted last Friday. School buses halted and mail delivery paused Tuesday as residents endure the harsh conditions. Local social mentions include visits by Babe Via and Treva Via to Jones Chapel, plus various family gatherings in Manchester Tennessee and Decatur.
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Babe
Jones’ Chapel
Mias Treva
Ted Shaw
Bat
J. W. Cheatham
Vermont Hogan
Limestone County Round Island Social Ledger Notes
Local social items note illnesses and visits as Mrs Meals remains at home. Miss Beatrice Boyd called on Mary Lee Evans and Luther Glaze visited Mr and Mrs Frank Baugh. Several neighbors including Miss Lauree Boyd, Miss Icy Boyd, Miss Margaruite West and Martha Glaze shared visits and a flu bout. Mrs Hardy is reported very ill at home and others attended a BPU meeting in Hartselle.
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Beatrice Boyd
Mary Lee Evans
Luther Glaze
Frank Baugh
Lauree
Icy Boyd
Martha Glaze
Margaruite West
Hardy
Bennie Glaze
Alvin Poole
Lillian Harper
Dorothy Fates
Hartselle
Landtroup
High School Students Hunt Rabbits Declare Holiday
Five students in January left school for a rabbit hunt. When questioned by a game warden they claimed to have captured nine rabbits and to be without licenses. The warden did not press charges. Grain Company,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Grain Company
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Gene Aker
Terry
Puffle
Chester
Bill Goodbye By
Marie Slizard
Fabienne Seymour
Vilage
Congregational Church
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Fabienne
Providence
Chris
Sonny
Ling
Larry
Mallory
Decatur
H. O. Troup
UMW Choice
Cullman County
Blair
Junion
Dennis Hudson
Battleground
Grady Little
Talmadge Little
Pleasant View
Herbert
Delbert Wilhite
Jewel Little
Elmer
Louise Vawter
Ebeneezer
Wilma Jean Cheatham
Stephen C- Foster
Don Ameche
Andrea Leeds
al Jolson
Princess Theatre
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Acme
Limestone County
Round Island
Rosevelt Wilson
Cullman
James E. Wright
Radio and Electrical Repair Service
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Co
Romany Haile
Alma Sioux
Scarberry
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