Honeymooners Sail South Seas on Old Schooner
The couple Chris Sergel and his wife Hope sail from New York on a 78 ton schooner named The Chance with five couples. They seek travel material for a future book while earning cash from partners and friends. Stops will include San Juan Panama and Papagos as they voyage toward a world circumnavigation if happiness lasts.
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South Seas
Oni Mbaristopher Sergel
Chicago
Chris
Learining
Pa Sergel
San Juan
New York
The
Chance
Hope
Young
Slim
Mary Riley
Jesse
University of Chicago
al Jen Paine
Stamford
Conn
Cleveland Museum
A Lee
North
Arl
Puerto Rico
Panama
Papagos
Sergei
Roosevelt Nominated For A Third Term At Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a historic third term after a dramatic roll call. Delegates from New York and other states back Roosevelt as Farley and Hull shifts close the field amid cheers and boos.
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Robert Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
Americas
Ryan
Elmer Ryan
Minnesota
Alabama
Lister Hill
America
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Mill
Secretary of Agriculture
Towa
Barkley
Thomas Jefferson
Glass
Jim Farley
Farley
Massachusetts
Trish
Culbert Olson
California
Francis Mahoney
Connecticut
Claude Pepper
Florida
Sohded
Maryland
Morrow
Ace
Sam Rayburn
Parley
Rayburn
Garner
Texas
Tydings
Cooper
Tennessee
Hull
Ed Man
Markets stagnate as traders await potential war moves
Wall Street activity was subdued with little price change and a total of about 296000 shares traded, the light volume signaling traders awaiting possible all out action as reports of a potential German move in Poland circulated amid weak support for many leading issues. Cotton futures in New Orleans slipped on improved belt weather with closings steady to down points.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Hitler
Pneland
A &S, Steel
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Patino Mines
J. C. Penney
Central
International Harvester
N. C
New Orleans
Thomas McAllister
Democratic National Committee
Demos
Chicago
Market Summary Amid Mixed Signals From Commodities and Bonds
New York trading shows bonds steady with a narrow range as leaders lag and corporates rise irregularly. Foreign exchange is erratic with sterling reacting after an early bulge. Cotton remains easy with hedging and local liquidation, while sugar improves on covering and Cuban support. Metals quiet with copper at low activity. Wool prices uneven with top performers noted.
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New York
Chicago
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
July 18 report shows bleachable prime summer yellow grades steady with primaries and futures quotes across July to January contracts. Prices listed as OSN prime crude 6.12 and various months ranging from 5.55 to 5.65 with B bids and nominal notes.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Prices Dip In New Orleans Quiet Session
Spot cotton in New Orleans July 18 closed quiet and 10 points lower with 30 sales. Low middling 9.50, middling 10.50, good middling 10.05 dollars per hundredweight. Receipts 485. Stock 70,267 dollars.
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Cotton
New York
New Orleans
Cottonseed Meal Futures End Steady In Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with 41 percent protein. Prices listed for July, September, October, December and January contracts. volume noted at 1,500 sales.
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Memphis
Tenn
Nashville Livestock Prices See Slight Slump Amid Steady Demand
Salable cattle 200, calves 150 with grass cattle weaker and fed kinds scarce. Steady dealers. Slaughter heifers and yearlings 6.00 to 8.00. high quality beef cows 7.00 to 7.25, bulk under 5.50. Top vealers 9.50. Salable hogs 300 steady with good and choice 150 lb hogs 5.80 to 6.80. Sheep and lambs steady. fat ewes up to 2.50. Montana breeding ewes on sale. natives present.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Montana
Market Report Butter and Eggs Steady on Receipts
Chicago markets show butter receipts 961 576 remain steady with no price changes. Eggs receipts 11 520 steady, fresh graded current receipts 14 1 4, storage packed extras 1% and other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Cut Across Size Classes
Poultry live and dressed prices listed for Chicago markets show cuts across weight classes. Hens over 5 pounds fetch 14 1 2 cents per pound, under 15 1 2 pounds 5 pounds and under, proilers at 2 1 2, colored 15 1 2, Plymouth Rock 17 1 2, White Rock 16 1 2, Springs 4 pounds up colored 17, under 4 pounds White Rock 16, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Wheat closes lower after late session drift
Grain notes from Chicago report wheat prices slipping in the final hour with fractional losses to end the session. July corn mixed with slight gains, oats down. Prices listed: July wheat 73 7 8, July corn 62, September wheat about 59 59 1 8.
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Chicago
Grain Prices Show Mixed U.S. Market Notes
Chicago cash grain market reports bid and asked prices for wheat oats and soybeans with multiple grades listed. Wheat No 1 76 1 2 to 76 3 4 per bushel while No 2 76 1 4 1 2 No 3 76 1 4 3 4. Barley and oats prices vary by grade and quality. soybeans No 2 yellow 83 1 4 per bushel and No 3 around 82 1 2.
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Chicago
Alabama Leads In Steel Production In 1940 Six Months
Birmingham report shows Alabama district operated at 85.8 percent of capacity in the first half of 1940, well above the national average of 72.3 percent. Other top districts included Wheeler Detroit Cleveland and Chicago with rates above the U S average.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Southern Statistics, Inc
Wheeler
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Eastern Pennsylvania
New England
Cincinnati
Buffalo
St. Louis
Youngstown
WPA Rockies win pair of games over Rinky Dinks and Mill Villagers
The WPA Rockies softball team defeated the Rinky Dinks 6 to 5 and beat the Mill Villagers 3 to 2 on Wednesday afternoon. The Rockies tallied 10 hits to seven against the Rinky Dinks and 6 hits to 4 against the Villagers.
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WPA
WPA Rockies
Rinky Dinks
Mill Villagers
Rockies
Army offers eight branch enlistment chances at Fort Benning
The Army announces vacancies in eight branches at Fort Benning Georgia including Medical Quartermaster Engineers Cavalry Field Artillery Infantry Signal and Ordinance. Ages 18 to 35 high school required for signal and ordinance. under 21 need parental consent. Decatur office on second floor post office building handles enlistments with government travel and meals provided. Recruiting is active and vacancies are expected to fill soon with the office open daily except Sunday.
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Army Ware New
Barnes
Alabama
Fort Benning
Georgia
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Engineers
Calvary Field Artillery
Infantry
Fort Penning
Camp Jackson
8. C
Signal Corps
Ordinance Department
Ordinance Dept
Decatur
Convicts Stage Hunger Strike At Alcatraz
Nearly 100 inmates at Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island began a partial hunger strike last week, with 250 of the nation’s toughest federal prisoners on the island. Warden James Johnston noted signs of collusion and said he could not explain the motive while stating the protest may continue. He added no action was indicated yet.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Prison
James Johnston
San Francisco Bay Island
Johnston
Alcatraz
AAA urged to expand soil and grant of aid programs for Alabama farms
State AAA leaders addressed the group stressing that food supplies remain ample with grain stores under the ever normal granary plan. They noted over 20 million dollars in 1939 payments to Alabama farmers and promoted grant of aid materials like Austrian winter pea seed phosphate and limestone to fund soil conservation and legume sowing without cash outlay. County committees will push wider use of these aids and materials in the Tennessee Valley.
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U. S
Self
AAA
Alabama
Aaa Payments They Would Earn. In This Way, Mr. Jones
Tennessee Valley
Want Ads Update: Daily Changes Draw Reader Attention
Daily Want Ads shift with listings for housing jobs and services, reflecting evolving consumer needs. Readers scan new postings as market trends shift, staying informed about prices availability and opportunities.
Elmer Hinds Dies at Home in Decatur
Elmer Hinds 67 of Decatur died at 4 a m at his home 316 E Lafayette after a prolonged illness. Funeral and burial at Brown's Chapel and City cemetery with Rev D C McNutt officiating. Survivors include sister Miss Lilly Hinds and three nephews Frank Harper Neely Harper and Stewart Harper and a niece Mrs S E Neill. He was a former L&N Railroad employee and cousin of Lady Curzon.
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Elmer
T. EB. Pride
A. C. McKenna
T G. Morrow
W. M. Bailey
James Mitchell
Rufus Peerson
Lilly Hinds
Decatur
Frank Harper
Oklahoma City
Neely Harper
New Orleans
Stewart Harper
Los Angeles
S. E. Neill
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Hinds
Lady Curzon
England
L. & N. Railroad
Military dominates Japan as army seizes direction
The text explains Japan’s political drift toward military control, citing cycles of army dominance, civilian countercurrents, and maneuvers since 1931 in Manchuria. It notes the army’s continued behind the scenes power, its calls for direct action, and the new government’s aim to strike swiftly.
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Japan
Nippon
Siberian
China
Manchuria
Axis air raids target Egypt Kenya as Roosevelt touted for third term
German sources report Italian air bombardments near Mersa Matruh Egypt and Wasir and Moyale in Africa. The RAF claimed hits on Agordat hangar and surrounding Moyale camps. British sentiment backed Roosevelt’s third term while Japan’s Konoye formed a pro expansionist inner cabinet.
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High Command
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Wasir
Kenya
Agordat
Fritrea
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Moyale
Roosevelt
London Daily Telegram
United States
Orient
Japan
Pumimaro Konoye
Far East
France to Stay Friendly With U S Amid War
French Foreign Minister Paul Baudoin announced Paris would maintain its traditional friendship with the United States while pursuing a policy of hypothesis until a final peace with Germany and Italy. Relations with the axis would be limited to armistice commission contacts.
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Vichy
France
United States
Paul Baudoin
Germany
Italy
Petain
Max Schmeling Called Up for Training in Germany
Former world heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was drafted for training with the German air force last Monday. Sources deny he will join the parachute corps and say his exact duties are not disclosed.
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Berlin
Max Schmeling
Parachute Corps
Decatur News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Miss Ruth McRight of Danville Ky vacations in Decatur and Hartselle. Nashville trip for Johnny French and Bob Childs. Mrs Pauline Fain in critical at General Hospital Nashville. Dealers meet to discuss new posting law at Termestee Valley hotel. Rev Sturgis recovering in Rock Hill SC. Various local visits, school plans, and church events noted along with police court actions and upcoming baptisms. A baby girl born July 18 at Emens Clinic.
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Ruth McRight
Danville, Ky
Decatur
Hartselle
Pauline Fain
General Hospital
Nashville, Tenn
Fain
Gladys Ryan
Cecil and
B. L. Ryan
Termestee Valley
Morgan County
State Petroleum Organization
Richard L. Sturgis
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rock Hill
S. C
Crusaders to Convene State Convention in Bessemer
The Christian Crusaders of the Church of God plan a July 2021 state convention in Bessemer. Rev. Charles Richardson of Atlanta and Rev. Bars Welles of Urel Mississippi will serve as conventioner and music director. A transport bug departs Hartselle July 20 at 7 a.m. for those seeking rides.
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Christian Crusaders
Church of God
Bessemer
Charles Richardson
Atlanta
Bars Welles
Urel
Miss
Apostle Paul
Jesus
Hartselle
Melvin V. Moody
Rev Robert I Walston Dies at 76 in Birmingham
Rev Robert I Walston, 76, long active in the North Alabama Methodist conference, died at his Birmingham home. Native of Florence, he pastored North Highlands East Lake Fairview and Trinity churches in the Birmingham district. Survived by wife two sons Robert Banks and Charles Rowe Walston two daughters Katherine Walston Rosa Lee Walston and three grandchildren. Funeral at Central Park Methodist Church at 2 p m tomorrow.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert I. Walston
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Florence
North Highlands
East Lake
Fairview
Trinity Methodist
Robert Banks
Charles Rowe Walston
Katherine Walston
New Jersey
Rosa Lee Walston
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Central Park Methodist Church
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Tmes
A. Farley
Gass
M.brankin
Thur
Web
ARMY
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Decatur’s
Johnny French
Bobby Childs
George Carter
Sheffield
Irene Herrington
Ozell Isbell
Bill Isbell
Jackson, Tenn
Crossville
Falkville
Cobbs
J. C. Block
W. J. Britton
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church
Danville Baptist Church
T R. ‘Harrison
Benevolent Society Hospital
Glenn Glover
Second Avenue
West
Baugh’s Infirmary
Ollie Wilhite
Ollie, Jr
Myra Glasscock
J. ©. Black
Robert Martin
Glenn Irvin
Somerville
G. L. Johnson
Pat Clemons
John Self
Alvin Bradford
Danville
William Wright
Howard Cobble
J. T. Smallwood
Melvin Smith
J.J. Stevenson
Marvin White
Laceys Spring
Ruby Lawrence
City
Robert Parker
Mark Wilhite
R. D. Lamon
E.jath Avenue
Anne
U Dee
Emens Clinic
Coggin
Fairview Baptist Church
National Surety
Tennessee Valley CO
James Rankin
Sec’y Treas
State National ‘Bank Building
Crusaders
Walston
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