Rosenwald Fund President Defends Organization's Work
Edwin R Smith defends Rosenwald Fund activities amid criticism from EGRO Group over teaching Negro children in southern schools. Review traces fund eras since 1917, detailing school building aid, broader education and welfare programs, and opposition to co education while stressing commitment to democracy and racial equality.
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Associated Press
Pund
Edwin R. Inserted
Eugene Smadge
Rosenwald
Georgia
Dumbree
T Pmbree
Negroes Charge Talmdge Denies Equal Under Law in Georgia
The Civic and Political League accuses Governor Talmadge of denying black Georgians equal protection. It cites the state university regents’ refusal to rehire two educators amid charges of racial co education and blasts funders like the Julius Rosenwald Fund for supporting black education. The group vows to defend constitutional equality, asserting over a million African Americans live in Georgia and deserve full rights.
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Geor
Joseph Crawford
Julius Rosenwald
Talmadge
Georgia
America
Record shows 1941 campaign fund total for infantile foundation
Washington reports the president’s birthday committee has raised a net total of 2,104,460 dollars in 1941 for the foundation for infantile paralysis. This amount exceeds 1940 by 607,214 dollars.
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Washington
Pee Committee
Foundation For
Markets Slipside Bargain Tone Across Wall Street
Wall Street steadies with a minor gain loss balance as rails resist profit taking. Trading slows to about 600000 shares versus 1350630 yesterday, with various commodities showing mixed moves including cotton liquidations and sugar buying. cattle and hogs rise modestly while grains edge higher on short covering and mill buying.
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Wall Street
New York
Commission House
Chicago
Shorts
Cotton futures slip as liquidation hits New York and New Orleans
Trading ends near day’s low as futures retreat under heavy liquidation amid Washington reports of CCC cotton sales. New York prices dip for nearby contracts while New Orleans closes barely steady, with October through July maturities showing declines and mixed highs and lows.
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New Orleans
Washington
Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Steady in Nashville Sale
Salable cattle include 150 calves and 200 head with market steady. Good fed steers and yearlings quoted 10.00 to 11.00, good cows to 8.00, top vealers 13.00. Hogs 600 head with no early sale undertone, top 11.55. Sheep 800 head steady to 25 higher, top fat ewes 3.50.
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Nashville
Tetin
Federal State Market News Service
New Orleans Spot Cotton Steady After 37-Point Drop
The market closed steady with a 37 point drop as spot cotton trades amid 1,497 sales. Prices show low middling at 14.78, middling 16.08, and good middling 16.53. Receipts reach 2,506 with total stocks at 492,285.
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New Orleans
Wheat Prices Jump On Short Sale Pressure In Chicago
Mills and commercial interests push to end short sales lifting July wheat prices by up to two cents. July wheat closes at 1.03 1/4, September 1.04 7/8, corn ranges from 1/8 to 1/2 higher, oats up 3/8 to 1 1/8.
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Chicago
Chicago Dairy Prices Steady on Butter and Eggs
Butter receipts 1,228,148 and creamery output steady with 90 score. other prices unchanged. Eggs receipts 14,568 and dirties 23 3 4. storage packed extras 273.4. firsts at 27 1 4 with no other price changes.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market Report
Poultry live stock in Chicago on July 23 shows 31 trucks with steady broilers at 2 1/2 lbs and under, 18 1/2 springs at 4 lbs, Plymouth Rock birds at 21, and other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Cottonseed Oil Market Notes
Cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow and mhe crude unquoted. Futures quotes show July at 1156B, September at 1156B, October at 11.25B, ar 11.20B, January 11.21B, March 11. B-bid.
Cottonseed meal futures steady amid Memphis prices
Prime cottonseed meal futures (41 per cent) closed steady. Memphis closing prices shown for July 31.00, September 31.50, October 31.75, December 32.25, January 32.25 with sales of 1700 tons.
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Cpaper
Memphis
Wheat price report from Chicago grain market
Cash wheat quotes listed in Chicago for July show No. 4 red at 1.00 to 3-4, No. 1 hard at 1.02 to 3-4, 1.03, No. 2 at 1.02 to 1-2, No. 3 at 1.01 to 1-2, and No. 1 and 2 mixed bids.
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Chicago
Japan tightens foreign telegram rules amid Indo China tensions
Tokyo announces telegrams to abroad must be in Japanese English or German and require translations for coded messages and signatures. Far East experts see a move aimed at Indo China and near Dutch East Indies while reports of troop movements and shifts in north China and Manchukuo grow.
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Tepennes
Far East
Japan
Britain
Singapore
France
Vichy
Indo-China
Navy shipbuilding rush faces delays from air production shortfall
Washington reports that naval aircraft deliveries fell 20 percent in six months, prompting Vinson to consider hearings on shipbuilding progress. Rear Admiral Towers said only 1,547 of 1,995 planes were delivered, dimming hopes for catching up this year. Senate moves toward a $585 million naval expansion and civilian guard for shore facilities. Secretary Ickes advised a midcontinent to East pipeline moving 250000 bpd with 50 large tankers, plus government aid options.
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E House
Naval Affairs Committeeiay
Vinson
Navy
Office of Production Management
John H. Towers
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
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House
Congress
Ickes
Japan's Indo China Demands Trigger East Asia Expansion Fears
Far Eastern experts say Tokyo seeks domination of Indo China to place forces near the Dutch East Indies and Singapore. Officials weigh actions under the neutrality act export controls and Pacific outposts protections as Japan eyes an invasion to secure a foothold toward greater East Asia co prosperity.
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Indo-China
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Dutch East Indies
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Singapore
France
Vichy
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Philippines
Burms
China
East Asia
Soviet and German Fronts Heat Up As Smolensk Holds
Violent two day offensive in rain and flame with Red Army troops reportedly wiped out in shell battered bunkers near Polotsk and Zhitomir as 4 000 Soviet corpses lay on the battlefield. Reports claim thousands of prisoners as Smolensk remains in Russian hands amid renewed clashes across Ukraine and northern sectors.
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Roosevelt Targeted in German Press Drive
Berlin dispatch reports a united anti Roosevelt front in morning papers. Nazi outlets accuse him of schemes against Germany and Bolivia while front pages feature Roosevelt with his sons at a Masonic lodge. Critics in Europe condemn his policies and Congress address.
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Georgia
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George Washington
Washington
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Harding
James Elliott
Voelkischer Beobachter
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Europe
England
Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Mother confesses drowning baby in tub
A 25 year old mother Mildred Fridel confessed to Deputy Sheriff J A Purdome that she drowned her three month old son in a bath tub to feed her husband. At arraignment Justice Dougherty set no bond and ordered a preliminary hearing.
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J. A. Purdome
Mildred Fridel
J. J. Dougherty
Justice of Peace
Purdome
Carrier Boys Top League Standings In Doubleheader
The Decatur Daily carriers softball team beat the Austinville club 8-2 at Delano Park. Trimble and Sanduskey homered in the seventh. In the 7 pm game the Daily carriers defeated the Red Shield club 5-3 as Hewitt excelled on the mound. The wins give the Daily boys a 3-0 league record.
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Arkansas urged Congress to extend selective training during emergency
The Arkansas department urged Congress to enact legislation maintaining selectee training in the army for the period of the emergency. The appeal was released from Rock, Arkansas, dated July 23.
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Vichy Dispatches Signal Indo China Talks Amid Rising Tensions
Press dispatches from Vichy note France and Japan negotiating over French Indo China as experts in Washington warn Japan may press a swift move into the region. Peiping reports show Japanese troop movements in North China with unclear routes toward Manchoukuo or southeast ports.
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Decatur Diary Notes Local Trips Births and Meetings
Decatur notes Mrs Floyd Rudd returned from Sheffield visiting sister Mrs Gene Dukes. Services at St Johns Episcopal include a six pm fish fry at Dr M E B Edwards camp. Local anglers boast large catches with Rip Rice a five pound bass and Carter Dobbs a 15 pound cat. Several residents return from trips to Washington Birmingham Montgomery and Huntsville. A birth announced Paul Richard Kornis July 23. Mayor T R Harrison away on official business. Exalted Ruler Phil Dinsmore calls Elks to 8 pm meeting.
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Carter Dobbs
National emergency vs war debated amid draft extension talks
Members weigh declaring a national emergency to fortify the hemisphere without war. Senator Connally proposes a broad relief measure to allow guardsmen and reservists with dependents to leave service. House and Senate committees consider extensions and alternatives, with Taft backing a 16 month service cap for selectees and guardsmen.
Bankhead Remains Open Minded On Extended Draft Training
Senator John H Bankhead says he is open minded about extending military training for draftees beyond the one year plan while noting it would be unfair to the current draftees if kept in service year after year as more eligible young men arrive. He emphasizes fairness and considers potential draft policy changes amid ongoing discussions.
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Montgomery
Ala
John H. Bankhead
U S Cotton May Be Sold to Check Prices
Washington July 23 authorities weigh government sale of open market cotton from stocks to curb price surges. Officials note 6 125 000 bales owned by government and 925 000 bales on grower loans plus 5 000 000 bales more owned by industry. Some argue high grades may be short, others see ample overall supply ahead of 1941 crop.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fair Rent Groups Being Organized in 21 Communities
Washington July 23. The office of price administration said fair rent committees have been organized in 21 communities and urged other defense areas to curb profiteering. Appointed by mayors, the committees have no power to set rents but should investigate increases hear testimony and publicize facts when adjustments fail. Leon Henderson calls profiteering in rents a serious offense to the nation's welfare. Forming places include Columbus Georgia Mobile Alabama Sylacauga and Talladega Alabama.
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Office of Price Administration
Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Price
Columbus
Mobile
Sylacauga
Talladega
Ala
Cunard Denied Entry to United States by Immigration Director
Nancy Cunard 45, daughter of a famed shipping family, was refused entry after arriving on the Marques De Comillas without a visa. Immigrations chief Byron H. Uhl said the law barred her entry. she had come to Harlem to research material for a book on the Negro race.
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Nancy Cunard
United States
Byron H. Uhl
Miss Cunard
Marques de Comillas
Harlem
Oil pipeline plan to cost seventy million dollars
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes recommends a $70,000,000 pipeline to the East to deliver about 250,000 barrels of crude daily to the New York Philadelphia area. Several eastern refineries are expected to undertake the construction jointly.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ickes
New York-Philadelphia
Washington petitions for coal price caps to curb profiteering
July 23. The consumer counsel urged the bituminous coal administration to set maximum prices about 10 percent above current minimums to prevent profiteering in coal.
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Washington
Bankhead Voices Open Mind on Retaining Personnel
Senator Bankhead says he would gladly vote for the measure if persuaded it is advisable and remains completely open minded on the question. He wants to hear reasons why retaining those men is necessary.
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