Unusual Mid Summer Boom In Steel Production
A vigorous upturn in steel and durable goods sectors boosts employment and orders. Bethlehem Steel reports payrolls of 112 000 for the quarter ending June 30, with unfilled orders near 500 million dollars amid war procurement. Industry foresees a busy autumn and winter despite possible war time disruptions.
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Dis- Bethlehem Steel Corp
Wall Street
Bethlehem
U.S
Europe
U. S
Scandinavia
France
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Axis Talks Skip to Direct Negotiations on Balkan Claims
War updates note Romania will negotiate directly with Hungary over Transylvania while Bulgaria and Romania will resolve Bulgaria’s southern claims. Italian air and sea actions press Malta, Alexandria, and East Africa fronts as Japan tightens China blockade near Hong Kong. The Americas discuss collective trusteeship for European colonies. Nazi official Seyss-Inquart denies Dutch possessions are threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Rumania
Malta
Alexandria
East Africa
Rome
11 Giornale D'Italia
Sudan
Ethiopia
China
Hongkong
Shanghai
Argentina
petite _ Co
Sitish
Germany
Netherlands
Arthur’ Seysz-Inquart
Hague
Pilot escapes at Maxwell Field after ground loop
Lieut. D. G. Hawes of Durham is unhurt after his plane ground looped on landing at Maxwell Field in Montgomery. The air corps reports the landing gear failed and Hawes has been stationed at Maxwell for about a year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lieout
D. G. Hawes
Durfa
H. S. Mace
Artesia
Calif
Mace
Market Flat as Heat Wave Dampens Trading Action
Buyers and sellers alike held back in a quiet session led by a heat wave and apathy. The day saw scarce transactions, a small 100000-share volume, and several major stocks slipping or treading water while others held near prior levels. Guesses on earnings hovered around 1.14 a share for Q2 as names like Youngstown Sheet and Bethlehem remained steady.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Meat Commission
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Glenn Martin
Curtiss-Wright
Anaconda
Kennecott
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
U. S. Rubber
Markets At A Glance In New York Trading
Stocks show narrow price changes while bonds mixed and rails lead. Sterling weakens, Canadian dollar rises. Cotton soft as hedge and commission houses sell. Copper demand remains good and metals largely steady.
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New York
New York and New Orleans Cotton Futures Report
Southern hedge selling pressed cotton futures with limited demand and scattered routine buying. Brokers and commission houses led selling while traders awaited private crop estimates due next week, with futures finishing lower in New York and steady to slightly higher in New Orleans.
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N.Y
New York
Spot Cotton in New Orleans Quietly Steady
Spot cotton in New Orleans July 17 closed quiet and unchanged with sales of 11. Low middling priced at 9.
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New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report July Week
Salable cattle 100 calves 100 with western stock yearlings and calves. Grass cattle mostly lower with losses 26 to 50 cents. Dry fed cattle steady. common and low grassy slaughter stock to 7.50, some to 9.50. Beefs 6.00 to 9.50. cows 4.75 to 5.60. bulls to 5.60. practical feeder top 9.00. Hogs steady 150 lb 5.40 to 6.40. sows 4.20. Sheep 200 steady. lambs up to 9.00 bulk 8.00 down. ewes 2.00 to 2.50. Week: spring steady to 25 lower. breeding ewes on sale.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Jeontty
Market Quotations for Commodity Prices in Chicago
Chicago wheat futures steady with No 1 hard at 75 1 4 cents, No 2 74 1 4, sample 70, oats and corn prices listed with several grades. Soybeans No 2 yellow at 80 1 2 cents. barley values shown as making 48-54 nom and feed 35-45 nom.
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Chicago
Grain prices slip on rains in corn belt
Chicago July 27 A drop of more than a cent a bushel in corn prices as rains boost crops. Corn closed 1 2 13 8 lower than yesterday with September at 60 5 8 3 4 and December 57 1 4 3 8. Wheat held steady to 1 4 off, September 74 1 8 1 4, December 75 1 8 1 4, oats unchanged to 1 4 down.
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Chicago
Butter Market Brief Quiet as Saturdays Closed in July and August
Butter Chicago reports market closed Saturdays in July and August. Data shows butter 979, eggs 11 880, with 4 cents noted.
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Chicago
Patterson Engineers Plans for City Paving Fifty Blocks
City beautification moves ahead with improving parks and public property as Decatur seeks to attract new industries. The program pledges support for a continuous constructive plan and to avoid changes that would hamper the Utility Board’s grit and water plant operations, aiming to add strength where possible.
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Decatur
Guard Camp Relocated To Armory From Creek Site
Due to poor road conditions the 102 Engineers National Guard company camp planned at Mallard's Creek will be moved to the Armory. Members of the company were to depart today for the Lawrence County camp site.
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Mallard's Creek
102 Engineers
National Guard
Lawrence County
NYU Students to Study Rural Co-ops in Alabama Visit
Fifteen NYU graduate students touring the South and visiting TVA will meet Monday at 2 PM with Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation officials to study operations of rural cooperatives. TVA district manager F F Beauchamp arranged the appointment in Morgan County National Bank directors' room. Present will be J Wheeler Smith president W J Edwards superintendent Joan A Caddell attorney and Beauchamp.
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New York University
South
TVA
Ovens
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
F. F Beauchamp
Wilson Dam
Morgan County National Bank
J. Wheeler Smith
Joe Wheeler
W. J. Edwards
Joan A. Caddell
Mr. Beauchamp
Morgan County Receives $295 TVA Tax Revenue Check
Morgan County was issued a $295 payment from the Tennessee Valley Authority as part of $2,319 shared among nine Alabama counties for revenue lost due to government land acquisition. The funds go to the county general fund, tied to 20,089 acres removed from production for reservoir development with an assessed value of $309,941. Total revenue loss listed by Probate Judge T C Almon totals $6,508.77 across state, county, and school taxes.
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Morgan County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Knoxville
Sim L. Howell
Morgan Count Board of Revenue and Control
County General Fund
T.C. Almon
YACHT CLUB RACES DRAW REGIONAL OFFICIALS AND TV AID
A Tennessee harbor project discussed at a Decatur meeting includes park space for 500 cars and TVA involvement to fund initial fills.Officials list for upcoming boat races includes Commodore Fox and Mayor invitees from 14 cities. The event is sanctioned by the National Outboard Association and the Dixie Racing Circuit.
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Sloan
Florida
Ilews
Decatur
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Yacht Club
Claude Fox
Knoxville Yacht Club
D. B. Dukehart
Atlanta
George Hail
Knoxville
T. B. Davis
Chattanooga
R. N. Pelot
Crossville
Tenn
Harold Durrett
Nashville
B. J. Waldrop
Commodore Eddens
Athens
R. H. Richardson
Courtland
W. A. Toms
Cullman
George Cramer
Florence
W. A. Collier
Huntsville
A. W. McAllister
Mooresville
John H. Peebles
Mouton
Leon Harris
Russellville
Burgess Mahan
Sheffield
Warning to stock owners during heat wave
Dr. Roy South warns livestock owners to keep horses and mules in shade or cool areas during the heat wave. If an attack occurs, move the animal to shade and water it quickly. Avoid returning stricken stock to the barn as exit stress can be fatal.
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Roy South
Smith
German officials dismiss Dutch peace radio claim
Berlin reports astonishment at a Hilversum broadcast of a Dutch peace mediation appeal to Roosevelt for an international peace conference at The Hague. Officials call the claim too silly for comment after Halifax’s rejection of a Reichstag peace offer. Amsterdam sources say the group may be a single individual’s hobby. London also says no German peace proposals reached Britain via Stockholm.
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Berlin
Hilversum
Roosevelt
Netherlands
Hague
Lord—— Halifax
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Low Countries
Local Youth May Win Trip To New York World’s Fair
Decatur teen Munsey McGlathery tops Alabama in an essay on reducing auto accidents and a safety questionnaire. Tennessee trooper H W Evans conducts his driving exam as Ford selects one student per state to join the Ford guest list at the Fair. Each winner receives 100 dollars with local dealer Jack Smallwood Inc coordinating the project.
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Munsey McGlathery
Decatur
Alabama
New York
Ford Motor Company
H. W. Evans
Memphis
Tennessee Highway Patrol
McGlathery
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Jack Smallwood, Inc
Plans for hemisphere unity and collective trusteeship
Plans pressing the republics' concern over future status of foreign possessions and their determination to defend this hemisphere. Temporary machinery to deal with attempts to transfer sovereignty to nonAmerican states or to acquire domination by other methods. An agreement embodying collective trusteeship and joint American control if any nation must adopt preventive measures in the European colonies.
Surprise raid prompts rapid defense posture along canal
Officers raced to headquarters and anti aircraft batteries were ready within minutes along the canal. Raiders reportedly avoided heavily defended areas while at least one flight briefly reached fortified Pacific entrances and dropped flares. Defenders kept guns trained but fired only theoretical shells.
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Withnesses
Pacific Entrance
Decatur Social Notes Reach Into Nearby Cities
Decatur society items list visitors and residents in the area. Names include Dr and Mrs B T Gilbert of Nashville visiting nephew Julius Y Robb day, Miss Katie Sue Emens in Birmingham, Miss Mary Emens at Hillman Hospital, and many others at Baugh's Infirmary and local homes. Also notes a church service at St John’s and revival attendance.
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B. T. Gilbert
Nashville
Julius Y. Robb
Katie Sue Emens
City
Birmingham
Mary Emens
Hillman Hospital
K. F. Emms
Heat Relief Delayed by Dobbin Surrender to Heat
Weathermen say low pressure over the northern Atlantic pulled cool air away from the Deep South. Southeast Georgia faces scattered thundershowers today through tomorrow with only temporary relief. Columbus hit 100 yesterday while nearby cities totaled the high nineties.
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Dobbin
Atlanta
Atlantic States
Georgia
Columbus
Macon
Griffin
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham
U S Ambassadors Plan Rome Vacation Transport
U S Ambassador William Phillips intends a brief Rome departure Monday if Ambassador John Cudahy accompanies him. Cudahy is en route to Washington from Brussels after Germany ordered all foreign diplomats to leave Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Rome
U. S
William Phillips
United States
John Cudahy
Washington
Brussels
Cudahy
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Slaughter of Two-Thirds of Dutch Hens Ordered
In Amsterdam on July 27 a government order calls for the slaughter of about twelve million laying hens, roughly two thirds of the Netherlands' hen stock, as part of measures tied to disease control.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Negro Farm Meeting at Belle Mina Highlights Improved Practices
Accompanied by county agent T. W. Bridges more than 50 farm leaders from Morgan and Lawrence counties visited the agricultural experiment sub-station at Belle Mina yesterday. Pred Stewart and assistants demonstrated alfalfa sericea respedeza pasture and grain crops while teaching proper establishment methods. Officials urged a livestock program and deeper feeds, saying annual station trips influence better practices on the average negro farm.
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T. W. Bridges
Negro County
Morgan and
Lawrence Counties
Belle Mina
Pred Stewart
Bridges
Humane warfare and the war ethics debate in print
A speaker questions humane warfare and civilian suffering versus soldier burden. He recalls a 1916 Easter Week arrest in Dublin, a drum head court martial, and narrowly avoiding being shot by British forces.
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Dublin
Shortage Triggers Early September Chicken Feed Notice
Officials announced today that deliveries would be affected after September 15 due to a shortage of chicken feed. The notice cites supply delays and potential price adjustments for local farmers.
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W. B. Smith
Route 5
Baugh’'s Infirmary
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