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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1941
Page
2
An allied invasion of French Indo China is claimed by a dispatch from Woero on July 22 citing Hong Kong sources and troops in Yunnan. Observers question origin and censoring, noting a possible parallel to prior Nazism accusations about invasions of Scandinavia and the Low Countries.
London reports that continuing indications of Japanese requests in French Indo China are disturbing to British officials. A source notes changes in Tokyo cabinet and recalls Yosuke Matsuoka’s earlier denial, now no longer in government.
A Japanese army spokesman stated that Japanese reservists living in China have been called up for duty but framed it as necessary given the smaller force in China. Major Kunio Akiyama said the Japanese force does not exceed a fraction of German troops in Europe, making reservist mobilization necessary.
The House Naval Committee backed a measure to pay reenlistees $200 to $600, doubling prior bounties for those who reenlist after expiration of current enlistments. The bill also allows retention after expiration during war or national emergency as deemed by the Secretary of the Navy.
Boy Scout Troop Eleven met behind Central Baptist Church on July 21 1941 at 7 30. Judson Hawthorne led the gathering as the Scout Oath was recited and Bless America sung. Scouts reviewed the twelve points of the Scout Law and planned a Thursday visit to Camp Westmoreland. Troop activities included a song game and echo Taps led by Hawthorne.
The July 22 market session shows early advances eroding into declines amid waning deal activity. Trading volumes reached around 1,400,000 shares, with prices fluctuating. livestock and commodity quotes follow. Various grain and soy prices are listed for Chicago cash markets with multiple grades and ranges.
New York markets mixed with profit selling after a rally. Bonds steady with rails near new highs. Foreign exchange quiet as Hong Kong dollar eases slightly. Cotton firm amid trade demand. sugar higher on Cuban and speculative buying. Metals steady with tin up. Wool tops mixed on July liquidation. Chicago wheat steady with stocks and cotton. corn easy lacking incentive. cattle strong to 25 higher. Top reads summarize latest price movements and sector tone.
A persistent trade demand lifted fiber prices to gains up to 1.15 a bale before settling. Futures closed 14 to 16 higher with Oct, Dec, Jan, and July contracts posting gains. middling spot at 1741N, up 15.
Reports say Price Administrator Henderson will delay price ceilings fueling heavy buying in cotton futures in New Orleans. Distant positions cross 17 cents for first time in over a decade as closing prices show modest gains across contracts from August through July. Market activity indicates inflation talk influencing demand and price movement.
Governor Burnet R. Maybank reported after a White House conference that President Roosevelt promised to help develop the Clarks Hill and Lyles Ford power projects in South Carolina. The federal Power Commission had recommended their inclusion in long range plans.
Nashville market notes show calves at 150, steers and yearlings steady with strong demand. Feeder cattle quotes around 10 to 11 dollars for prime lots, common and medium grades near 8 dollars.
Chicago market reports poultry live 48 trucks steady with broilers 2 1 2 pounds and down white rock price 19, geese old 12 1 2, other prices unchanged.
Butter market in Chicago shows receipts at 1,480,588 with prices unchanged. Exs, dirties, checks and extras all hold. storage packed and firsts unchanged. other price levels remain steady.
Strength in cotton and stocks lifted wheat with modest gains despite weak storage news. July futures closed 1/4 to 5/8 higher. oats steady to 5/8 up. soybeans mixed 3/4 to 5/8 lower. rye and lard mixed with small moves across contracts.
The market quotes a closed steady bid for July at 1.70, September 11.70, October 11.45, December 11.36, January 11.38, and March 11.50. Bleachable prime summer yellow and prime crude are unquoted. B-bid noted.
In New Orleans on July 22 spot cotton finished steady with a 19 point rise. Sales reached 2,833 bales as low middling stood at 15.15, middling 16.45, and good middling 16.90 amid receipts of 4,614 and stock at 487,421 bales.
The House passed a bill authorizing interstate petroleum pipeline construction after a Senate compromise. The measure allows public or private firms to secure rights of way by condemnation and aims to avert a potential petroleum shortage on the East Coast amid tanker transfers to Great Britain.
Cenius figures indicate that cities exceeding 100000 residents in 1938 received 29 million dollars as contributions from their public service enter and paid out to municipal enterprises that year.
Lenore Long Bales, 18, testified she was coerced by Lynn V. Bowman 19 into a 225 mile barefoot ride to Wichita to marry. She eloped June 1 to Olathe after threats to reveal an embarrassing family episode. Bowman faced a dismissed car theft charge later, as her father urged closure.
Congress debated how long army personnel should serve amid a national emergency. Leaders discussed a simple resolution stating the national interest was imperiled to permit extending service, while a general emergency declaration would empower indefinite retention. Senators weighed keeping one year terms for selectees and extending existing draft provisions. Milo J. Warner of the American Legion urged retention of troops already trained and selectees under feasible rules.
Washington July 22 Jesse H Jones federal loan administrator said he offered to buy strategic materials Russia might sell to aid war supplies in the United States He told reporters the offer to Soviet ambassador Ou mansky came about a week ago The main hurdle is transporting manganese and chromium from Western Russia to Vladivostok then to the United States He did not name a purchase amount and noted US would buy all Russia could deliv er while not necessarily matching the war material purchases.
Rear Admiral John H. Towers told a House committee that actual deliveries of naval airplanes for the first six months of 1941 fell 20 percent short of estimates.
Federal court jury in SHLMA Alabama heard deposition statements from Captain Giovanni Battista Martini and 17 seamen claiming orders to disable the Idaho in Mobile harbor last March. Prosecutors say the act violated U S law and endangered safety while defense argues interpretation of the statute and ownership by an Italian company.
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected President Roosevelt's bid to revise the excess profits tax plan and favored higher personal and corporate surtaxes. It endorsed increasing individual surtaxes starting at 5 percent on the first dollar and set proposed corporate rates from 5 percent to 6 percent on excess income.
Sumner Welles said he sent to the justice department a list of about 45 employees of German and Italian consulates who failed to leave the country last week as directed. Some on the list were ill or physically unable to depart, others were Honolulu staff unable to reach New York in time for the West Point transport, and some simply did not appear.
State Senator Joe Poole of Butler Springs said he is seriously considering running in 1942 Democratic primaries for commissioner of agriculture and industries. Poole, a plantation operator, was recently endorsed by Howard Gray who will not run. Senator Renzo Guy of Lowndes county plans to seek the post, and ex-commissioner R J Goode may run to succeed Haygood Paterson of Montgomery.
A powerful typhoon floods Shizuoka area leaving 34 dead and 26,000 homes submerged. Rail service halted and crops inundated as thousands homeless nationwide. Additional casualties reported in scattered areas.
Sidney Hillman associate director of the office of production management urged railroads and their unions to transfer about 160,000 skilled maintenance workers to defense industries. The appeal emphasizes mobilization and better matching of labor to national defense needs.
The Department of Commerce reports Hong Kong’s population has more than doubled over ten years, highlighting rapid growth and demographic shift in the territory.
Decatur's Diary items record multiple family visits and relocations including Elvin Hicks returning to Ocala Florida, Chas Wade returning to Savannah, and Sadie Hicks visiting Washington. Community events include a St John's fish fry reminder and a Central Methodist choir rehearsal. Officials shift to daylight saving time. Lions delegates attend in New Orleans.
A Soviet war bulletin reports stubborn night fighting on the Pskov Polotsk Nevel Smolensk and Novograd Volynski fronts with no clear ground gained for days. German claims of surrounding Red Army and the capture of Lt Jacob Stalin are noted along with Japanased Indo China invasion rumors and Bolivia-Bolivia diplomatic expulsions. Sumner Welles pledged U S support if an international incident arose.
Washington July 2 The war department announced official names for ten leased army air corps fields and a Tonopah Range gunnery and bombing site in Nevada. Seven fields honor deceased pilots including Turner Field Albany Georgia and Kessler Field Biloxi Mississippi. others retain prior names while two carry new commemorations for Capt Dale Mabry and Lt Bruce Kilpatrick Craig.
President Fitzgerald of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway announced a six month profit of 850 043 dollars in 1941 up from 83 251 dollars for the same period in 1940 highlighting sharp growth in the line.
Census Bureau data show five censuses of incubator manufacture place capacity at 27.4 million eggs per setting. With year round operation and 80 percent batch use these units could hatch over 370 million chicks annually.
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