Auto makers build reserve stock as defense program looms
The industry plans a mass shift toward defense output while creating a reserve of new cars for the coming model year. General Motors Ford and Chrysler prepare aircraft parts and subassemblies for bomber programs, with some deliveries before October, but major production shifts await expanded plants and machinery.
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Ces
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Ing
New York
Othe
Senate approves 300 million plan to modernize air defense
The Senate unanimously passed a 300 million dollar bill to modernize the fleet air defense and sent it to the White House. The naval committee endorsed a 1.2099 billion program for shipbuilding ordnance facilities and 400 small vessels, citing European war lessons. Most new ships are expected to be built this year.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Chamber
Senate Naval Committee
Walsh
D.-Mass
Naval Committee
Navy Shipbuilding and Ordanance Works
Markets Wall Street Second Lead
New York stocks opened flat then drifted with little net progress. Trading for five hours total about 375000 shares, one of the lightest in four months, with overall indecision and apathetic transfers.
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Wall Street
Wall ST
Victor Eubank
New York
Cotton futures close steady with minor losses in New Orleans
Hedge selling and liquidation dominated the weekend session as cotton futures edged lower by 4 to 8 points. May, July, and December contracts posted small declines with close prices around 10.43 to 10.46.
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New Orleans
Mor Wee
Cottonseed meal futures steady in Memphis trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis on January 27 with January 25.75, March 25.25, May 25.00, September 24.50. Sales reached 2,800 units.
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Memphis
Tenn
Wheat futures dip on winter snows amid renewed selling
Chicago wheat markets slipped as fresh snowfall across the winter belt spurred selling. May futures eased to 84 8 3 4 cents, July to 78 5 8 3 4, corn and oats moved modestly lower or steady with slight declines.
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New York
Bombay
Commission House
Southern
Chicago
Poultry Prices Reported In Chicago Market Prices
Chicago market report shows live poultry and fowl prices by weight and breed with hens leghorns plymouth rock and white rock in multiple weight classes. Turkeys ducks geese and choppers list varied prices by age and weight.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Nashville Livestock Market Report Teletype
Salable cattle 1000 calves 150. Undertone steady in slaughter cattle stockers active and strong. Load good fed yearling steers 11.00 with some down to 10.00. Heifers and yearlings 7.00-9.50. beef cows to 7.00. Canners 4.00-5.50. Top vealers 13.00, 12.50 down. Salable hogs 450, steady. Good and choice 180-250 Ibs 8.35 and 125-?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agri
Navy Eyes Defense Ship Program And Photo Restrictions
Rear Admiral S M Robinson cites a defense craft salvage and towing fleet worth 400 million. House Naval Committee chief Vinson seeks to bar outsiders from photographing defense sites with a 1,000 dollar fine and up to a year in prison, with exceptions for secretary approval. President Roosevelt requests 65 million for maritime contracts to finish by July P, adding to 495 million already authorized for 200 vessels.
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S. M. Robinson
Navy
Bureau of Ships
House
Vinson
D.-Ga
Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Maritime Commission
Rayburn
Livestock market prices for sheep and lambs
The report lists values for several livestock categories with tails of prices: tbe 7.05 and 7.76, sows at 5.90, Balable sheep at 25, fat lambs at 950 end, wooled ewes at 3.00. Market steady overall with limited detail.
U S Aid for Schools Goal Tackled in Alabama
Alabama educators and officials envision federal aid to equalize teacher pay across races after a Supreme Court ruling. Dr C B Glenn will head a committee at the National Association of School Administrators meeting in Atlantic City February 21 22. Dr A H Collins notes Virginia ruling bars race as salary criterion and predicts higher Negro salaries in Alabama with funding changes.
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Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Alabama
Su. Pepe
C. B. Glenn
Birmingham
National Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
N. J
Grenn
Roosevelt
E. B. Norton
Andalusia
Alabama Education Association
Colling
Train collision near crossing reported after stalled car
One vehicle stalled on the tracks and was hit by a freight train as it crossed the crossing. Officer J W Johnson said Barney Boyd involved in the accident reported the led car seemed to stall as it crossed. A light rain was falling at the time.
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J. W. Johnson
Dalton Police Headquarters
Barney Boyd
Johnson
Farm Journal appoints new editor and general manager
Henry Grady Pannell of Montgomery becomes editor and GM of the Southern Farmer, succeeding W. Berridge. Pannell, with 20 years in Montgomery papers, plans coop with state extension agents and the U S Department of Agriculture to raise agricultural standards across the South and Midwest, noting a circulation near 700 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henry Grady Pannell
Southern Farmer
Pannell
W. Berridge
Advertiser
Alabama Journal
South
Mid-West
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt Cites Illness. Plans Rest at White House
President Roosevelt cancelled engagements due to a cold and went to bed after a morning at the executive offices. White House officials expect him to be well by tomorrow and he hoped to take part in dinner, with possible study time this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
E. M. ‘Watson
Father and Son Team in Congress Is Dissolved
Representative Walter Will Bankhead of Alabama resigns effective February 1 ending the only father son duo in Congress. He had served since January 3 after succeeding his uncle the late Speaker Will Bankhead. Governor Dixon will call a special election for the seventh district seat.
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Washington
Congress
Walter Will Bankhead
D.-Ala
House
John H. Bankhead
Willi B. Bankhead
Sauer
Frank M. Dixon
Bankhead
Dixon
Attorney Held in Death of Woman
A coroner's jury ruled that Louis Loss, 86, a former SEC attorney from Lancaster, Pa., was responsible under the negligent homicide act for the death last Friday of Miss Octavia Martin, 28, of Birmingham, Ala.
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Washington
Louis Loss
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lancaster
Octavia Martin
Birmy Angham
Ala
Judge Muscanno to hold court in jail for drunken drivers
Pittsburgh January 27 Judge Michael Angelo Muscanno vows to hold day and night sessions to clear 75 to 100 drunken driving cases before midnight Friday as his term ends. He says all convicted drunk drivers will be sent to jail to save lives on the highways.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Angelo Muscanno
Nixe
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Musmanno
Man Shot by Camp Sentry at Fort Ord
Army intelligence identified the wounded man as John Lutz 53 a WPA worker with German and American passports. He rushed a sentry trying to break into a box car on the Fort Ord reservation and was shot. The sentry faces no charges after an investigation.
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Fort Ord
Cal
Army
Frank Dorn
John Lutz
Dorn
Lutz
United States
John Galiger
WPA
California
Leave policies delayed for visitors at facility
The note states that big leaves will not be available for a few days and visitors are not expected. By week’s end, plans allow members to obtain leaves to go home, with overnight leaves to be issued over the weekend.
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Ory
Alabama 151st engineer regiment inducted for Camp Shelby move
The 151st engineer regiment with 750 men under Col Edwin W. Jones of Huntsville was inducted today. They will move to Camp Shelby Mississippi on February 5 to begin Army training, completing Alabama National Guard deployment to training sites.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Fights Engineers
151St Engineer Regiment
Edwin W. Jones
Camp Shelby
Miss
National Guard
Army
Camp Blanding
Fla
Woolsey Finnell
Decatur
Car] T Jones
Wiliam Cromwell
Florence
Willam C. Hatchett
Andé
Howard B. Burns
Frederick S. Hunt
C—Hartsellé
Joe W. Burlesn
Athens
Thomas E. Hatchett
E Sheffield
Woodford
Nelson
F—Florence
Frank G. Crow
Maj
Hatchett
G. Go Nungester
Robert. E. Gary
Thomas E. Norris, Jr
Ascumbia
Combat Engineers
Camp Claiborne
Snow Plows Battle Eastern Snow Disaster
Snow plows and shovels clear clogged roads as eastern storms bring heavy snow across Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and New England. Dozens of counties report multi inch depths while subzero cold grips the region and officials warn conditions remain hazardous.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philaon
Harrisburgh
Bethlehem
Wilkes- Barre
York
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North Dakota
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New Hampshire
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Lake Region
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Washington
Midwest
Memphis
Oklahoma City
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Montana
Minot
N. D
Bismarck
Williston
Marion gathers support for Judson College drive
A mass meeting in Marion Alabama with church leaders civic groups and officials approved a local Judson College contribution quota. The event led by Rev Ralph Gwin heard Judson president I G Cleverdon report full campus participation and Mayor Mason pledged city aid while a committee was formed to secure Marion's quota.
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Marion
Ala
Judson College
Judson
Ralph Gwin
Baptist Church
Montgomery
I. G. Cleverdon
N. B. Mason
Irby Pope
Perry Probate Court
Perry Wilbourne
Marion Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. S. Guice
Methodist Church
Gwin
J. W. Howell
G F. Marshall
Joe Harris
William Rogers
Walter Nichols
J. R Long
Here Comes the Navy reissues at the Roxy Theatre
Warner Bros brings back Here Comes the Navy to the Roxy for a two day screening. The 1942 adventure stars James Cagney and Pat O’Brien in a patriotic wartime drama that resonates with current events and defense themes.
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NAVY
Warner Bros
Uncle Sam
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Roxy Theatre
Decatur Notes Relay Illnesses and Local Events
Decatur reports Mrs Harry Pointer gravely ill at her sister Mrs Nannie Crumrine's Huntsville home. Sidney Rodgers visited Huntsville. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist holds cottage prayer at Loyd Strickland's on Tower Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Various residents face illnesses or relocations, clergy travel, birthdays announced, and local court bookings noted. Community events include Rev Cumming's missions lectures and Legion Auxiliary meeting.
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Harry Pointer
Decatur
Nannie Crumrine
Huntsville
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Loyd Strickland
Tower Avenue
Southeast Alabama Northwest Florida Baptist Bible Conference Opens
Baptist pastors from Southeast Alabama and Northwest Florida meet at First Baptist Church Enterprise for the annual Bible Conference. Attendance was expected at 50 to 75 with ministers teaching daily classes through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Ala
Alabama
Florida
First Baptist Church
Eight Enter Guilty Pleas in County Jail Burglary Case
Eight prisoners awaiting circuit court trial entered guilty pleas on burglary or grand larceny charges. Sentences ranged from one to ten years with five prisoners receiving five year terms. Parrish to Morgan county jail as grand jury witness. Lynne presided civil court session in place of ill Judge Griffith.
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Seybourn H. Lynne
Carl Lott
Jimmie Williams
Robert Lee Wilson
Bennie Pete Taylor
David Lee Dancy
Fred Swinnie
Fred Swinkey
Arthur Parrish
Arthur Whitaker
Parrish
Morgan County
Oliver Picket
Lynne
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Dothan Democrats to nominate city commissioner March 18
Dothan Alabama Democrats set a March 18 nomination for a city commissioner seat with a potential run off on April 1. Incumbent Rawlins McKinney term expires and is expected to seek reelection. Jim Brennan has announced his candidacy.
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Dothan
Ala
Rawlins McKinney
Jim Brennan
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Third Avenue, West
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University of Alabama
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Howard College
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Edward Lile
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