Senate Condemns Unions for State Employees in Alabama
A divided Alabama legislature denounces union organizing for state workers. The Senate approved the Matthews resolution 28 to 2 and the House 65 to 10, sent to Governor Dixon. It warns that organizing rights paired with strikes would bring chaos and undermine democracy and state governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
A. F
CIO
Ashland
Simpson
Birmingham
House
D. C. Mathews
Clarke County
Dixon
Matthews
A. F. of L. and
Hit
Alabama
America
Chicago Population Surges in 1940 Census Figures
Preliminary 1940 census data show Chicago population rising from 3,384,556 in 1930 to 3,384,556 in 1940 per area supervisor George W. Schreech. The figures reflect a sharp increase across the city as recorded today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George W. Schreech
Markets wobble in thin turnover amid mixed gains
New York stocks closed slightly mixed after a tepid recovery in a tight range. The day saw gains in steels motors and shipbuilding but overall turnover around 325000 shares, with cotton and other commodities showing uneven moves across New York and New Orleans markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Agriculture Dept Extends Export Subsidy for Cotton and Wheat
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will continue export subsidy programs for cotton products wheat and wheat flour in the new fiscal year. Payments to exporters offset federal farm program effects and support foreign market share. Under the 1999-40 cotton program sales totaled 6,366,221 bales including 504,020 bales in cotton products. It will continue under existing terms and June 30 payment rates. No mention of payments for raw cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on July 2, cottonseed oil closed steady with Bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.05 cents per pound, prime crude at 5.12 1/2, with futures around July 5.64 and September 5.72, October 5.75, December 5.80 cents. B bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlepans
Spot Cotton Holds Quiet Close in New Orleans Trading
Spot cotton in New Orleans on July 2 remained quiet with no sales. Prices quoted were 9.75 for low middling, 10.75 for middling, and 11.90 for good middling. Receipts reached 5,027 and stock stood at 597,816.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. O. CO
New Orleans
SPOT
Spot Cotton
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady In Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady with prices listed for Memphis showing July 21.65, September 20.25, October 19.60, December 19.75, January 19.85. Sales totaled 1,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Poultry Prices Reported From Chicago Market
Poultry market notes for Chicago on July 2 show live birds at 60 trucks. Prices listed include hens and leghorn broilers, with undersized weights and color varieties such as Plymouth Rock and White Rock. Several weight categories and geese prices appear, though some lines are cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Butter Prices Steady at Chicago Creamery Market
Butter T 100,560, creamery 89 score 25 1-2 90 centralized car rots 26 1-2. Pegs 19,706 firmer fresh graded firsts oars 16. Other prices unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Salable cattle 125 calves 150. Steady tone for common and medium heifers and yearlings 6.50 to 8.00, some 8.50. Beef cows 5.50 down, good 6.50, canner and cutter cows 3.50 to 5.00. Top vealers 9.00. Hogs 400, Quarter higher. good and choice 150 lbs and heavier 5.15 to 6.15, good sows 4.05. Sheep 1,200, steady. good and choice spring lambs 9.75 to 11.00, top fat ewes 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Grain futures inch higher as Chicago opening eases
Chicago grain futures closed firmer after a light session. wheat rose 1 8-3 8 cents with July at 15 1 8 and September 75 3 4 5 8, while corn edged down 1 4 1 cent with July at 60 1 4. Northwest house purchases and Minneapolis market strength influenced the tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwest
Minneapolis
World War I to World War II Balkan tensions rise
Balkan and Rumanian border tensions intensify as Hungary and Bulgaria push claims on Transylvania and Dobruja amid German influence. Rumania strengthens borders while reports from Bucharest and Tass describe Red Army moves and border skirmishes with casualties on all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Balkan
Romania
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
BBC
London
Bucharest
Carol II of
Iron Guard
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Brasov
Rumania
Reich
Tass
Red Army
Budapest
Transylvania
Dobruja
Max Baer and Tony Galento clash at weigh-in in Jersey City
In Jersey City July 2 Max Baer and Tony Galento argued and exchanged slaps during a weigh-in posing session. Bodyguards intervened as both men threatened each other while weighing in for their one round bout tonight at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Maxie Baer
Tony Galento
Tony
Baers
Ball Park
Galento
Baer
Maxie
Abe Green
Paul Cavalier
Gene Roman
Green
Demand for U S Fleet to Rescue Refugees Echoed in Commons
July 2 debate in London as Maj Braithwaite urged the United States to deploy its fleet to ferry women and children across to the United States or Canada. He argued Britain faced a front line danger and that the U S must act as a rescue partner for civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alpert. Newby
Braithwaite
Ini Commons
United States
Major Braithwaite
Canada
Condolences From Montgomery Mayor On General Andrew Death
Montgomery mayor W A Gunter wired Montgomery city officials deploring the death of Captain John E Andrew commander of the Grant army of the Republic, noting the loss to the nation and expressing sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Gunter
Monticello
Til
John E. Andrew
Grant Army of the Republic
Romania shifts Europe policy as British bombing continues
A Romanian cabinet communique declares a new orientation in Europe amid German expansion. German bombs hit northeastern Scotland and the Bristol Channel as Britain endures casualties. General De Gaulle names Musilier to command free French naval forces and prepare for operations against Germany. A shipload of German prisoners arrives in Canada after Britain fears invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumania
Europe
Britain
Romania
Scotland
Bristol Channel
Charles de Gaulle
London
France
Germany
Musilier
Canada
Army Officer Arrives to Boost Decatur Recruiting Office
Captain J. D. Rosenberger of the Coast Artillery arrived in Decatur to aid the U S Army recruiting office on the second floor post office building. Sergeant J W Barnes reports 13 recruits were accepted and shipped Monday as vacancies open at Camp Jackson Fort Bragg Fort McClellan and Maxwell Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Rosenberger
Coast Artillery
Decatur
U. S. Army
Rosenberger
Alexandria
J. W. Barnes
Camp Jackson
8. C
Fort Brags
Fort McClellar
Ala
Maxwell Field
Knox urges navy build up to curb war threat
Knox argues for sending an army overseas if needed and warns against war time dictatorship. He praises a strong navy to deter attacks and insists there is no war party in the United States while supporting aid to the allies short of war. He cites editorials he wrote for the Chicago Daily News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
United States
Chicago Daily News
Tennessee River Locks to Be Closed Nationwide precautionary move
Nashville news reports that all locks on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers will close to visitors starting today. Capt. O B Walsh U S district engineer says the action is a normal defense measure to protect the locks from damage. He notes TVA power houses are closed to visitors and similar orders may soon apply to Ohio and Mississippi river locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland
Tennessee
U. S
O. B. Walsh
Walsh
TVA
Aden
Ohio
Mississippi
Navy of U S Biggest Now
Official figures show the United States Navy already the world’s largest by ships and tonnage with 395 completed combat ships totaling 1 327 320 tons. Britain’s June 20 strength stood at 313 ships and 1 277 180 tons amid wartime losses and design differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rsgt
Britain
Germany
Washington
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
RFC
Manila
War Department
Fore Po
Sidney Hillman
Spe
National Defense, “Commission
Pittsburgh
Japan
Navy High Command
House
Senate
Decatur Notes Include Illness at Baughs Infirmary and Local Visits
Decatur’s diary reports L. L. Fergueson seriously ill after an operation at Baughs Infirmary. Jack Tipton returns to Kingston after tending Fergueson, with other residents making brief trips to Decatur. Church activities, confirmations, and a grant of street tax due dates are announced along with routine patrol and business visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Be Hi Fergueson
Baugh's Infirmary
Jack Tipton
Kingston, Tenn
L. L. Fergueson
Grant Street
Decatur
Woman Convicted in London for Defense Regs Plot
Mrs Marie Louisa Augusta Ingram a German born wife of a Royal Air Force sergeant was found guilty of conspiring to break defense regulations and received a ten year prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marie Louisa Augusta Ingram
Royal Air Force
Alabama Democrats Call for Roosevelt Nomination at Convention
State lawmakers urge the forthcoming Democratic National Convention to renominate Franklin Delano Roosevelt for president. A resolution seeks wide circulation to U S officials and Alabama delegates. The report also notes passage of a conference committee redraft of workmen’s compensation laws raising attorney fees to 15 percent on the first $300 with a $10 cap beyond that and expanding applicability to firms with eight workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Democratic National Committee
State Department Executive Committee
Conference Committee
New Zonal Group to Convene in New York Tomorrow
A new zonal republican committee plans a New York meeting tomorrow with authority to select a national chairman. The member expects no definite conclusion at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plan proposed to pick alternates by lot for Chicago convention
Alabama Democratic leader Gessner T. McCorvey proposed ranking alternate delegates to the Chicago nominating convention by lot drawing. With four at large alternates and five district blocks unopposed, top vote getters would be chosen, while alternates attend only if delegates are absent. The Alabama delegation will travel by special train July 1 and stay at the Morrison Hotel during the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Gessner T. McCorvey
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
McCorvey
A. McCollum
Dc. Johnson
W. M. Salter Eter
Alabama
James A. Farley
Paint Rock Man Admits His Guilty Plea
Paint Rock Nolen Fanning, 27, confessed to making and passing counterfeit half dollars. He pleaded guilty before US Commissioner Robert W. Milner and was held on a $1000 bond after officers found coin molds at his Paint Rock Valley mountain home. Police also cited a prior public drunkenness arrest, during which five counterfeit coins were located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Herman ‘Giles
Nolen Fanning
Fanning
United States
Robert W. Milner
Giles
Paint Rock Valley
Citizenship Forfeiture for U S Agent in Canada
A United States board of inquiry ruled that Stegerer of Washington D C forfeited his U S citizenship by joining the Canadian active service force and was denied permission to return to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
United States
Board of Inquiry
Stegerer
Washington, D. C
Active Service Force
Georgia Official Facing Federal Gasoline Fraud Charges
Atlanta July 2 Federal charges accuse George C Blount assistant state highway engineer of defrauding the state and taxpayers. A four count indictment says Blount conspired to receive a half cent per gallon on gasoline bought by the highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
George C. Blount
Blount
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Decatur Daily
Wall Street
WEW
York
Junya
Eespree
Mrrankin
Max
U.S
J. D. Rosenberger, JR
Stimson
Tennessee River
NAVY
Decatur’s
L. H. Brady
A. W. White
Hartselle
Tuesay
Woodrow Miles
Route 1
Bobby Rogers
Ardmore
Baugh’s Infirmary
W. G. Henry
G. Manley
Larry
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
First Christian Church
John T. Bryant
State Highway Patrol
Bryant
Edna White
Route 2
W. Bass
Hillsboro
A. S. Fogg
Athens
W. E. Thompson
Claude Haynes
Jack Wilhite
Palkville
Seldon McCutcheon
James Hopson
Falkville
City
Becky Morgan
D. A. Roan
Eva
P. H. Roger
Moulton
Lawrence County
Sally
Gant
Wilcee
Paint Rock Man
Attorney General
Tennessee Valley CO
AUC
James Rankin
Sec’y Treas
State National Bank Building
Georgia
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!