Woman In Reek Of Death May Be Restored To Health
Fern Thompson, 21, one of four aboard the Wing On en route to Marquesas Islands, survived a wreck and weeks adrift in the Fiji Sea. A consular note recalls the nightmarish weeks after the owner’s death and her husband’s burial at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
Eve
Thompson
Muel
Benadom
Eeree
Robert Neeb, Jr
Wainwright Abbott
Suva
Conly
Alfred H. Mann
Negro Farm Meet Set At Belle Mina Substation
Large groups of Negro farmers from Morgan and Lawrence counties are expected at the annual meet at the Belle Mina substation Friday July 25 to study improved farm practices. Subjects include weed tests crop rotation hay and pastures and crop cultivation. County agent T W Bridges says past editions have been of great benefit and urges club leaders and interested farmers to attend. session opens at nine o'clock.
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Morgan
Lawrence Counties
Belle Mina
T. W.bridges
Bone holds boys champion title in Decatur finals
Net News reports BM Bone defeats Little Johns to win the boys final 6 3 1 6 6 4 in Decatur at a junior event. The article notes start slow games loss then comeback and praises new faces like Betty Foster Pointer and a visitor from Atlanta. Entries for junior and boys doubles and mixed doubles are due to Joe Hughes by Monday noon with next day men’s singles action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BM Bone
Decatur
Betty Foster Pointer
Bionde
Atlanta
Cotton Spinning Industry Output Rises in June
The census bureau reports June output at 121.5 percent of base, based on a 2-shift, 80-hour cycle, up from 121.8 percent in May and 121.0 percent last June. Spindles in place total 24,326,162 with 22,___ active. hours per spindle averaged 10,286,738,218 in May and 6,900___ in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabhbington
Census Bureau
Markets Open With Mixed Gains as Inflation Fears Quiet Some Stocks
Markets showed scattered gains and losses with cautious optimism as inflation worries and wartime policies weighed on trading. Cotton ceilings lifted on prints, futures rose modestly, and leaders like U S Steel and General Electric posted gains while Chrysler and Kodak lagged. futures closed higher on a day of slack volume and external uncertainty.
Price Ceiling Boost Triggers Cotton Futures Rise
New Orleans reports Administrator Henderson signals a 4 cent rise in the cotton goods price ceiling likely to take effect early next week. Cotton futures advanced about 3 dollars per bale in New York, with closing prices generally firm across major months including August October December and May trading.
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New Orleans
Henderson
Tony
Cotton prices rise to best levels since May 1930
New York July 19 cotton prices jumped nearly 3 a bale after overnight upward revision in cotton goods price ceilings, triggering a market wave. The report notes prices reached their highest since early May 1930.
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New York
Rural Areas Need Aid Yet Says Baldwin
Co B Baldwin farm security administrator told a congressional committee the national defense program has not yet reduced rural poverty. He noted defense activity concentrates in the north east while the south, with most FSA borrowers, receives little contract work. Shortages of farm labor are local and confined to five states New Jersey Maryland Connecticut Virginia and North Carolina with wages a factor.
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Washington
Co. B. Baldwin
Congressional
National Defense Program
South
FSA
Baldwin
Prine Agricultural
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama Power Acknowledged to Abandon Streetcar Service
The Alabama Power Company was authorized by the State Public Service Commission to abandon passenger service on its Tuscaloosa street railway and replace it with motor buses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Power Company
State Public Service Commission
Tuscaloosa
Butter and eggs market notes from Chicago
Butter receipts reach 960 378 pounds while eggs total 19 379 cases. Prices remain unchanged with no market activity reported.
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Chicago
Spot Cotton Close Steady Higher in New Orleans
Spot cotton in New Orleans on July 19 closed steady and 54 points higher with sales of 456 bales. Prices ranged from low middling 14.60 to good middling 16.44, receipts 3,053 and stocks 470,917.
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New Orleans
Consi
MER
Oes
Potatoes Arrivals and Shipments Report Market Steady
Chicago July 19. United States Department of Agriculture reports potato arrivals 157 on track 900 total U S shipments 923. Supplies heavy and demand very good with market steady for the best stock.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agri
U. S
Chicago grain prices report July 19 1940
Chicago market quotation lists cash wheat and corn values with No 1 hard at 1 01 1 4 to 1 02 and yellow options near 1 01 1 2 No 2 100 1 2. Corn No 1 yellow 73 3 4 to 74 No 3 73 1 4 No 4 72 1 2 sample 67 66. Oats quoted with No 1 mixed 33 1 2 to 34 No 1 white 343 436 and No 2 33 1 4 34. Soybeans No 2 yellow 1 52.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York July 19
Markets show steady stocks with some issues advancing and higher bonds with rails at new peaks. Persian Exchange quiet with Hong Kong dollar at a 1941 high. Cotton strong with active general buying while metals hold even. Wheat strength borrows from other commodities with corn firm alongside wheat. Cattle steady hogs nominally steady top price $11.85.
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New York
Hongkong
Wheat Prices Rise on July Chicago Market Activity
Wheat prices advanced today with gains up to one cent per bushel as markets recovered from month‑low levels. July futures closed around 1.01 and September near 1.03, while corn and oats showed minor moves reflecting overall demand and supply dynamics.
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Chicago
Roosevelt names panel to probe race hiring in war effort
President Roosevelt appoints Mark F. Ethridge to chair a committee to investigate discrimination against Negroes seeking work in defense industries and government. The panel includes Philip Murray William Green David Sarnoff and two Chicago Negroes Milton Webster and Earl Dickerson.
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Washington
Mark F. Ethridge
Louisville Courier Journal
Roosevelt
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Milton P. Webster
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Earl B. Dickerson
More Cadets From England Arrive For RAF Training
Wing Commander Henry Hogan announced 279 additional British aviation cadets arrived at the southeast air corps training center with 86 more scheduled to report tomorrow. The 365 cadets will be assigned to five primary schools in the center, six weeks behind a previous vanguard of 560 youths. The second class will total about 550 as new arrivals expand the training program to 8,000 Royal Air Force men annually in the United States. Seventy attend Tuscaloosa Alabama primary school, 90 Lakeland Florida, 66 Camden South Carolina, 53 Americus Georgia, and 50 Arcadia Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ale
Henry Hogan
Air Corps Training Center
Royal Air Force
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Lakeland
Fla
Camden
Americus
Arcadia
President Roosevelt Thanks Governor Dixon On Daylight Saving Move
President Roosevelt sent a letter of thanks to Governor Dixon for proclaiming daylight saving time in Alabama and urging local cooperation to conserve electricity. Daylight saving time starts in state offices at midnight Sunday, with state employee hours shifted from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Dixon
Roosevelt
Alabama
Rainfall calms Pacific Northwest heat and fires
Light rains spread across the Pacific Northwest bringing relief from extreme heat and deadly forest fires across Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Temperatures fell 10 to 15 degrees from Thursday records as 11 heat deaths were tallied in Oregon and Washington.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Memphis
Tenn
Charleston
S. C
Alma
Savannah
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Canada
Oklahoma City
St. Lawrence Valley
Russians Claim Guerrilla Gains Along Front Lines
Ankara reports say Red air force destroyed 20 000 tons of oil as part of rear-guard actions against German advances toward Moscow Leningrad and Kiev. Russian guerrillas reportedly retook two towns after attacking German columns as part of a wider effort to slow the invaders.
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Red Air Force
Ankara
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Red Star
Soldiers to Go Into Field at Fort Benning Georgia
Fort Benning Georgia will be nearly deserted as major units depart for field maneuvers. The Fourth Armored Division and the Second Armored Division head for Louisiana and Texas with engineering ordnance evacuation hospital signal and chemical units making ready for road movements.
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Fort Benning
Texas
Army
Tist Engineer
D. E. Swift
Fulton
87Th Engineers
Don G. Shingler
Louisiana
Vincent HH. Carlson
31St Ordnance
Lake Charles
72Nd Ordnance
Calvin M. Tidwell
86Th Quartermaster Battalion
H. W. Chapek
Robert P. Hughes
Mansfield
2Nd Chemical Regiment
R. B. Strader
Eunice
161St Signal Photographic Company
Roland P. Offrey
Camp Polk
Leesville
24Th Infantry
James M. Lockett
101St
R. W. Wood
Head
53Rd General Hospital
20Th Engineering Regiment
123Rd Radio Intelligence Company
Britain cites Dresden-like damage in German cities raids
Britain states that Muenster and Aachen have suffered heavy destruction from RAF daylight raids. The Air Ministry News Service reports over 120 raids on Germany, with 301 Messerschmitts destroyed in 31 days ending July 14, and notes losses of 118 RAF fighters with 17 pilots saved. It highlights widespread damage in Aachen and Münster and impacts on French industry supporting the war effort.
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London
Britain
Muenster
Aachen
RAF
Air Ministry
Germany
Goering
France
Chocques
Fives
Lille
Maingarde
Pont Avendin
Decatur's Diary Highlights Local Church and School News
Decatur notes community events at Leesdale schoolhouse services and at St John s Episcopal church with ministers and class presidents. It mentions hospital recoveries and visits, weddings, travel plans, and upcoming summer school at Middlebury Bread Loaf English program with local teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson St
Decatur
Middleburry
Vermont
Middlebury College
Bread Loaf
Springville Telephone Co Sale Approved by Commission
The Public Service Commission approved the sale of Springville Telephone Co property and assets from L. D. McDonald to W. Fred Jones. The decision today finalizes the transfer of control and ownership of the local utility assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
The
Public Service Commission
Springville Telephone Co
L. D. McDonald
W. Fred Jones
Want Ads Highlight Farms Land and City Property
In the Want Ads a variety of farms, land parcels and city properties are regularly listed for sale or lease. Readers are encouraged to browse listings for opportunities in rural and urban areas.
Powder Train Blown Up In Swedish Collision
A Swedish munitions train exploded in a head on crash today at an important railway junction near Krylbo. Twelve people were injured, the express train caught fire, and a detailed fire and explosion sequence continued for hours. German cars were reported on the munitions train and investigators were dispatched to the scene. Transport of a German division across Sweden from Norway to Finland was nearly complete by the end of last week.
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OLM
Krylbo
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Fewer Planes Shipped Abroad In May Report
The United States shipped 511 planes worth 40.7 million dollars in May, down 60 aircraft and 6.3 million in value from April. The Commerce Department did not disclose destinations. most likely England, other British empire nations, or China received the exports. Engine shipments totaled 490 units valued at 3.29 million dollars, down 210 engines from April. The May engine value was the lowest in a year.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
England
China
Buyers and Sellers Seek Economy in Want Ads
Buyers and sellers know that the most economical turnover comes through the use of want ads. The note highlights cost efficiency and broad reach for trades, services, and listings.
Rosenwald Fund Spends 16.62 Million on Education and Negro Welfare
Julius Rosenwald Fund reports 16,620,000 spent since 1917 for education and negro welfare. Ear ns in education and negro welfare required 760,061 for year ended June 30. Rural education in the south accounted for 300,000, with a remaining balance near 4,000,000 to be used within 25 years after Julius Rosenwald’s death.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Win R. Embree
South
Rosenwald
Embree
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Nashville
Northwest Heat and Fires Claim Dozens in West
Heat across Oregon and Washington kills and prostrates dozens. Nine deaths in Oregon and two in Washington blamed on heat, with four drownings and a lightning death. Lightning-started fires scorch timber and grain as 954 fires erupt in four days, threatening a 4 000 acre grain field in southeastern Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Weather Bureau
Forest Service
Portland
Washington National Forest
CCC
Chelan-Wenatchee
Missoula
Mont
Rapid River
Snoqualmie National Forest
Wenatchee
Insurance agents in today’s Want Ads
Browse Want Ads to find listed insurance agents offering coverage options and quotes. Learn which firms and representatives are advertising local insurance services and compare offerings for policy basics and cost.
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NET News
Wall Street
By Victor Eubank
Western Union
Pathe
Wilson & Co
Worthington Pump
Warner Bros
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Kennecott
Standards Ol
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Sperry
Savage Arms
Union Carbide
International Nickel
General Flectric
Chrysler
Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Owens-Illinois
Phelps Dodge
Westinghouse
N. Y. Cotton
West Coast
Tzvestia
Izvestia
Joseph Stalin
Istanbul
Hitler Command
Alexandria
Egypt
Archibald Sinclair
Vichy
Somaliland
East Africa
Empire
Anna Neagle
Ray Bolger
Sunny
RKO Radio
Bunny
Jerome Kern
Roxy
Decatur’s
C. P. Thomas
Leesdale School House
John H. Peach
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charles H. Eyster, Jr
Richard Sturgis
Hattiesburg, Miss
Tommie
Anelle McRae
Denver
Salt Lake City
Grand Canyon
Compton ‘Steadman, Jr
Colbert County Hospital
T. E. Smith
Faye Smith
Emory Smith
Charles Wiggins
Brosheer-Nebrig
Billie Roberts
Huntsville
Grant Street Church
Ralph Murphy
J. J. McClelland
McGehee, Ark
Mrs
Jack House
Birmingham
Flint
W. M. Owens
Hamil
Brett Lindsay
Brown's
Martin Smith
Eighth Avenue W
Robert McAfee
Scotts Plains, N. J
Glenn Childs
Carl Arantz
Grace Hoskins
Ruth Morris
Frances Templeton
Great Smoky Mountains
Carl Bell
Athens
C. E. Lindsay
Emily Jean and
Clarence, Jr
Mrs. Lindsay
James H. Tolley
J. T. Miller
Lutie P. Shaw
J. L. Andrews
Baugh Infirmary
Margaret Chenault
Dorothy Greene
Baugh’s Infirmary
4Th, Avenue, West
Benson Bryant, Jr
Carol
McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
Fourth Avenue
West
Joel B. Brown
Shaw and Tolley
South Limestone
Prof
W. R. Riley
Austinville
Elmer Bussey
Homer Lawrence
Walter Lawrence
Hot Springs
Ark
Burford. Hough
Greensboro
N. C
Fritz Schubert
R. M. Howell
First Methodist Church
Ove
Ckay
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