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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
2
A child’s playful mischief leads to parental forgiveness and a lesson on indulgences. The passage contrasts family forgiveness with a doctrinal explanation of indulgences granting remission of temporal punishment for sins, noting misgivings about the idea of purchasing indulgences and urging thoughtful devotion.
Governor Dixon traveled from Montgomery to Duluth Minnesota to attend the national governors conference. He said he expected to return by Wednesday after leaving last night for the meeting.
New York stock hours slow with light turnover and mixed sessions as war news tilts sentiment slightly bearish. Steel and copper led gains early then retreated while overall declines at close stayed modest. Nashville cattle market reports steady demand for top fed steers around 10.00 with calves near 200 and sheep offerings about 2,000 head with spring lambs selling late last week.
At 1:20 p m Paris endured an hour long air raid with bombers and anti air craft fire. Wounded reported in several districts, streets ripped by bombs, fires started in a factory, and residents seeking shelter across a city in alarm. Embassy observers watched planes and gunfire from the Rue de La Concorde roof.
New York June 3 4 One hundred fifty American bombing planes destined for France were loaded today on three freighters British Norwegian and Greek at Staten Island Each bomber weighs ten to sixteen tons and costs more than 300000 boxed in parts for assembly in France The shipment will total 250 planes from this port for France within 48 hours A Norwegian ship carried 100 planes on Saturday
New York June 3 marker round up shows stocks lower and trading slow. Bonds irregular and quiet while foreign exchange holds even. Cotton quiet with spot house and hedge selling. Sugar mixed with selling and liquidation. Metals improved with zinc and scrap copper up. Wheat steady, corn higher, hogs slow and cattle down. Cotton futures closed lower with July and May bids noted. New Orleans session reported narrow range and steady closes with July and May bids recorded.
Chicago price report lists butter and eggs with steady quotes and varied scores. Carrots and other produce show minor changes with ranges for firsts and local grades.
Chicago June 3 live poultry trucks and hens hold steady as chickens ease. Prices shown for hens over five pounds 14 1 2, under five pounds 14 1 2, various fowl in pounds including leghorn hens 12, broilers 2 1 2 and under, colored and Plymouth Rock varieties at 19 to 27, bareback chickens 17 to 19, roosters 11, ducks 4 1 2 and up, geese 8, turkeys listed.
Cash wheat no sales. Corn No 1 yellow 65 1 467, No 2 65 1 4 66 3 4. No 1 white 76 3 4. Oats No 3 mixed 34 3 4, mixed 31 4, No 2 white 36 1 2 37, No 3 36 1 2. Barley malting 55 66 nom, feed 40 50 nom. Soybeans No 3 yellow 4 1 2.
Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai told reporters that a way to improve U.S. Japan relations exists but is not being considered or disclosed. He suggested Japan will not abandon its policies toward China or other Far Eastern issues, leaving interpreters to decide if conciliation is intended.
Time and Life editor Henry R. Luege said a trustworthy source reports Nazi propagandists are trying to inflate South American alarm and bomb plot stories to distract the United States from events in Europe.
W P A announced June 3 that Alabama will reduce 4600 dollars in work projects for June. State administrator W G Henderson said no immediate danger to NWPA projects and no abandonment planned despite the reductions.
Four persons died on Alabama roads last weekend as traffic around Birmingham surged for the national air carnival. Frank Hollinger a 26 year old Mobile man died at a city hospital after his car hit a cow in Baldwin County. Duncan Turnbull 26 suffered a skull fracture and broken neck when the car went over an embankment after hitting the animal. John W Young Jr of Birmingham was killed near Sylacauga when his car left the highway to avoid a truck. Miss Josephine McGuire 17 of Milwaukee Wis was fatally injured near Montgomery when a motorcycle wrecked after hitting a rear bumper.
Funeral services for John King aged 25 were held at 2 p.m. Monday at his home 1302B East 181st Avenue by Rev. Perry. Burial followed at Shoal Creek. Pallbearers included Jasper Gray and Lawrence Cathcart. Survived by mother Mrs. Ellen King, two brothers Alfey and Avery, four sisters including Mrs. Busby Coleman.
From Decatur attendees at Pickwick Lake Tennessee dedication races, several winners may enter July races here. Carl Davis of Chattanooga led Class A at 36.510 mph and Class B at 44.556 mph, Claude Smith of Atlanta topped Class C at 46.390, Tom Slack of Knoxville led Class G service runabout at 33.550, Louis Trotzier of Atlanta headed Class F at 46.850. Over 30,000 spectators attended the dedication and races.
Prof Irwin J Quinn county superintendent L R Stone assistant superintendent John T Kyle and W J Briscoe board members returned from Richmond Indiana where they inspected bus bodies. They plan to buy 20 new bodies for the county fleet and discuss plans specifications and prices at the Richmond factory. The board aims to replace present contract routes with county operated buses and add new ones. While away they attended an automobile race in Indianapolis.
German bombers battered central Paris as anti-aircraft guns and machine guns blazed from rooftops. Observers at the American embassy watched the attack near Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower before planes fled upward and crowds sought shelter. The all clear sounded an hour after alarms.
Miss Ellen Groenendyke repairs a bed coverlet on her mother’s 107th birthday anniversary. Local fishing reports include a nine pound drum near Wheeler Dam. Rev Elton Johnson and family visit before returning to Brazil. Police court handles four drunkenness and speeding charges. Citizens attend Air Carnival in Birmingham and visitors return from Indianapolis and Florence. Community church activities include youth discussions and Vacation Bible School opening with 70 enrollments.
England reports four-fifths of BEF, about 140000 men, recalled from the original 175000 strength. Dunkerque fights stretch to hold off German 15 divisions as Allied evacuations continue. German air attacks sink ships, and raids over Marseille, while Swiss forces down three Nazi bombers. London notes 113 German aircraft losses over the weekend as Spain and Italy react to the Mediterranean crisis.
United States liner President Roosevelt sailed toward New York with 720 American war refugees aboard, after officials cut red tape to allow 10-year-old Peter Duffy to travel alone to join his father in Gary Indiana. Peter’s mother had died in England. The departure was delayed as the ship took on 600 tons of water.
The House completed action on transferring the immigration service to the justice department and new defense tax plans loom. President Roosevelt surveys agencies for cuts while urging readiness. Senate and CIO weigh defense measures as 200 million to 1 billion may fund armament efforts.
Thousands of workers return to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock plant in Kearny New Jersey after a three day walkout that halted work on two cruisers and four destroyers, delaying six U S warships. About 400 come back at midnight and 5000 more join the 6 30 am shift, with 8000 total employed workers resuming evening work.
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