Extension Workers To Hold Six Meetings This Week
P O Davis announces six district meetings of extension workers and AAA committeemen across 67 counties to plan aid for Austrian winter peas and phosphate under the grant of aid program. Meetings cover Auburn Rockford Decatur Gadsden Enterprise Birmingham with times. Authorities outline seed and fertilizer orders and county programs to help farmers furnish soil building materials without cash outlay.
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AAA
P. O. Davis
State Extension Service
Extension Service
Auburn
Rockford
Decatur
Lyons
Gadsden
City Auditorium
Enterprise
Birmingham Redmont
Davis
Alabama
Emmett Sizemore
L. L. Self
Talladega
Pike
Macon
Hale
Cherokee
Coffee
Blount
Marengo
Lowndes
Pickens
Clarke
Blockade update notes attacks on Scotland and Scapa Flow
The report states a merchant ship was fired on in a harbor in north Scotland and a troop concentration bombed at Scapa Flow. No air attacks on Germany occurred during the night according to the high command.
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Britain
Scotland
Scapa Flow
Germany
High Command
Imperial Palace
Prince Konoye
Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan
Orient
United States Battle Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
South Pacific
Scapa
Market Drift Pauses After Early Rally Fades
July 17 report shows stocks wavering with a light turnover about 375000 shares. Major declines hit United States Steel and several others while Allied Chemical and Caterpillar led gains. cotton prices across southern markets dipped with spot sales quiet and receipts modest.
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Victor Eubank New
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Westinghouse
du Pont
Chrysler
Douglas
Standard Oif
New Jersey
Loft
Western Union
American Can
Santa Fe J. 1
Case
Allied Chemical
Consolidated Edison
Caterpillar
Union Carbide
U. S. Rubber
Cottonseed oil prices steady in New Orleans trades
In New Orleans on July 17 the cottonseed market closed steady with bidding activity. Prices listed include Bleach able prime summer yellow at 6.05N and prime crude 5.12B with calendar futures July 5.54B September 5.50B October 5.60B December 5.62B January 5.64B.
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New Orleans
Markets at a Glance New York July Seventeenth
Markets show a weak early rally with stocks slipping. Bonds and rails weaken, foreign exchange unsettled with sterling down. Cotton eases on hedge selling, sugar mixed with liquidation offsetting covering. Metals steady as steel exports rise. Wool tops fall. Corn unsettled. Cattle weak to 25 cents lower, hogs steady to 10 cents off, top 6.76.
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New York
Cottonseed meal futures ease in Memphis closes
Prime cottonseed meal futures in Memphis eased on July 17 with July 25 to January contracts closing lower. Prices listed: July 26 at 41 percent, Sept 2145, Oct 20.18, Dec 20.15, Jan 20.15. Bales 2300.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Jly-x
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tenn July 17 salable cattle 200 calves 150 slaughter cattle fairly active steady to firm stockers low dealers weak to 50 lower load good 11 lb fed steers 9.00 etc good beef cows 6.50 common 5.25 top vealers 9.50 salable hogs 900 steady good and choice 150 lbs plus 5.80 6.80 odd sows 4.70 salable sheep 6.50 spring lambs 25 lower good and choice ewes and wethers 8.50 9.50 fat ewes 2.50 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Butter and Egg Market Report from Chicago
Chicago market update shows butter receipts at 909,872 with steady trade and unchanged overall market. Egg receipts total 16,719 with unsettled tones and no change in market levels.
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Chicago
Cotton futures ease amid long liquidation in New Orleans trade
In New Orleans July cotton futures fell on long liquidation while securities eased. July expiration yielded erratic trading, closing with modest gains of seven points to 22 up. Nearby contracts also showed mixed moves as traders adjusted positions ahead of expirations.
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New Orleans
Mech
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Trading
Poultry live categories around steady in Chicago today with 43 trucks arriving. Broilers 2 1 2 pounds and down, Plymouth Rock roosters 10 1 2, leghorn roosters 10, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
Wheat futures fall after prior gains on rain prospects
Chicago July 17. Wheat prices retreat more than a cent erasing most of yesterday's gains as rains boost spring wheat expectations. Wheat closes mixed with July at 73 7-8, September 74 3-8 1-2. Corn and oats also move lower on the day.
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Chicago
Chicago grain prices July 17 cash markets
Chicago July 17 cash wheat No 1 76 3 4 to 77 1 4 No 3 mixed 74 light smut No 2 66 1 4 oats No 1 mixed 32 3 4 to 32 1 4 No 2 31 1 2 No 1 heavy red new 32 1 4 3 4 No 2 white 34 34 1 4 No 3 white 32 3 4 33 1 4 barley making 48-52 feed 35-43 soybeans No 3 yellow 82.
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Chicago
Roosevelt Favored as Delegates Demand Nominating Action
Deliberations erupt as Barkley asserts the president seeks no third term and delegates shout for Roosevelt. Michigan votes 38 for Roosevelt. Byrnes says platform work is finished and the document can be adopted Wednesday. Delegates cheer, adjournment motion passes amid high emotion.
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Florida
Roosevelt
Georgia
Illinois
New Jersey
Michigan
Bill Barkley
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt Forces
Resolutions Committee
Japan Names New Cabinet as Yonai Resigns Amid War Pressure
Imperial forces press for expansionist aims as Admiral Yonai resigns and Prince Konoye forms a new cabinet. Meanwhile German raids on Britain continue, Churchill vows no parley, and Spain cuts diplomatic ties with Chile over anti nationalist activity. The Burma Road faces closure drawing international outcry.
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Rome
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Fleet Street
New York
Germany
English Channel
Brest
France
Bergen
Norway
Churchill
Far East
Cordell Hull
United States
Burma
Japan
Hall
Chungking
House of Commons
Spain
Chile
Madrid
LA area schools supply workers for war factories
In the Los Angeles area, centering on heavy tonnage and military planes, about 60 percent of national output, commercial schools prepare hundreds of men for supervisor roles while other schools train single job workers like machine tool operators and sheet metal workers.
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Los Angeles
Burma Road Lifeline to China Closed Three Months
Britain formally agrees to close the Burma road lifeline for three months and halt traffic in gasoline trucks railway equipment and other materials from Hongkong effective tomorrow as part of a new Asia order push cited by the foreign office.
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Asia
Foreign
Great Britain
Burma Road
Hongkong
National Committee Considers Delegate Cuts by Territory
The national committee recommended trimming delegate strength for Hawaii and Alaska from six to three each and removing the Philippines Canal Zone and Virgin Islands from future representation, leaving Canal Zone at six and Virgin Islands at two.
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Hawaii
Alaska
Philippines
Canal Zone
The
Virgin Islands
Building Permits Total $7500 Issued at City Hall
Building permits totaling $7500 were issued today. T B Middlebrooks received one for a one story frame dwelling at 1206 Eighth Avenue East costing $4000. Valley Coal and Lumber Company received another for a one story frame dwelling at 1210 Eighth Avenue East costing $3500.
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City Hall
T. B. Middlebrooks
Eighth Avenue
Valley Coal and Lumber Company
Wheeler Wins Helena Senate Nomination in Montana Primary
In Helena Montana Burton K Wheeler wins the Montana Democratic primary renomination for a fourth term in the U S Senate as he outdistanced Attorney General Harrison J Freeborn with additional returns tallied from yesterday’s contest.
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Helena
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States
Senate
Harrison J. Freebourn
Hopkins Talks With Roosevelt Over Phone Refusal Confident in Acceptance
At a downtown hotel Hopkins spoke with Mr. Roosevelt by telephone and refused to disclose what he had learned while issuing a statement of confidence that Roosevelt would accept.
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Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain Trudges On In War, Sees Bold Peace Path
The article contrasts a peace proposal that preserves conquests with the peril of a Nazi victory. It notes Hitler and Mussolini might accept a peace preserving gains, while Britain fights on. It recalls British resolve, tea as a symbol, and London’s steady wartime course including a colonial development act of 350 million dollars.
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Paris
Flanders
British
House of Commons
Britain
Decatur Notes Mention Visits Births and Local Happenings
Oscar Marion left for the veterans hospital in Tuscaloosa for treatment. Several residents were noted for travels and illnesses, including Shirley Fay born July 15 to Mr. and Mrs. James Howard, and Coroner Rey Howell recovering from illness. Local events included a baccalaureate sermon by Dr. E H. Wyle and mid week services at Ninth Street Methodist.
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Oscar Marion
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
James Howard
Norris Mill
Shirley Fay
Pepper Plan Goes to Convention Floor With Secret Provisions
The Pepper proposal aims for a strong anti war plank accepted by opponents of overseas engagement. It reportedly avoids pledges for aid to allies beyond what the Neutrality Act permits, while expressing sympathy for nations resisting aggression and opposing use of American forces abroad.
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Plank
Finance Company Opens Office Here
The Southern Finance Company has opened offices on Second Avenue on the second floor of the Woolworth building. Tom Ingram, formerly of Anniston, will be in charge of the office. He and Mrs. Ingram have arrived to make their home here.
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The
Southern Finance Company
Second Avenue
Woolworth
Tom Ingram
Anniston
Mr. Ingram
Anniston Credit Association
Mrs. Ingram
Justin Whiting Replaces Willkie As Commonwealth & Southern Head
Justin R. Whiting was elected president and board member of Commonwealth & Southern Corp at a Wilmington meeting. He succeeds Wendell L. Willkie, who resigned to pursue the Republican presidential nomination. Whiting, born in Michigan in 1886, has long been general counsel and tied to the company since 1912.
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New York
Justin R. Whiting
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
Wilmington
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Whiting
Michigan
Rites Held for Willis H. Gowers Aged 10 Months
Funeral services were held at Providence for Willis H. Gowers the 10 month old son of Mr and Mrs Wilburn Gowers Town Creek route 3. Rev Jesse Waldrop conducted the service with burial directed by McAfee Howell and Young. The child died at 10 a m Tuesday at the family home. The parents survive.
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Willis H. Gowers
Wilburn Gowers
Town Creek
Providence
Jesse Waldrop
McAfee, Howell and Young
Annual Camp Meeting Set at Hartselle
The th annual session of the camp meeting at Hartselle will open August 1 and run through August 10 with cabins ready and dining hall open. Hartselle camp ground lies one mile south off the B Line Highway, a quiet vacation spot with modern conveniences and a friendly atmosphere. Leaders include Dr C M Duntaway and Dr H N Sprague with Rev and Mrs M L Lewis directing music and youth work. Veterans and pastors invited. reservations via Ben Drake or Paul Eubanks. Night services begin July 21 led by Munsel McGlathery and Guin Puckett with Grady Wilson and Jesse Roberts as workers, open to the public at 7:30 pm.
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Hartselle
C. M. Duntaway
Atlanta
H. N. Sprague
Louisville Ky
First Methodist Church
M. L. Lewis
Wilmore
Ben Drake
Paul Eubanks
Decatur
Munsel McGlathery
Guin Puckett
Grady Wilson
Charlotte
N. C
Jesse Roberts
Falkville
Dorothy Nell Roberts
Annenberg Denied Probation In Tax Case
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson denied M L Annenbergs petition for probation in Chicago The publisher remains under a three year prison sentence for income tax violations A bid for a six week extension of the stay of execution by Weymouth Kirkland was also denied
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Chicago
James H Wilkerson
M. L. Annenberg
Annenberg
Philadelphia
Weymouth Kirkland
Farm Security to allot 50 million for farm loans
Washington July 17 The Farm Security Administration will allot 50 million dollars in loans for farmers to purchase farms during the current fiscal year. The action aims to support tenants and encourage land ownership.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Backache Relief
An old advertisement explains that many backaches stem from tired kidneys and toxins in the blood. It promotes Doan's Pills as a trusted remedy used for over 40 years to help kidneys flush out waste and relieve pains, urging readers to ask a druggist.
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Dean
Doan
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