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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
2
Louis P. Lochmer reports on Nazi policy toward Jews as Hitler tightens control. Jews face barred business, limited travel, rationing hardship, and mass evacuations with families torn apart and deportations in Eastern Poland.
Athens remembers a former mayor and longtime civic worker who chaired church and college boards. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Will apsbons and Mrs. Ernest aby of Sheffield, and a sister.
June market tone shows hesitation with sluggish dealings and fractional losses in final hour. Investors wait on world war developments including Molotov's Washington visit and a British Russian lineup amid reports of a second front. Trading volume around 300000 shares. livestock and hog prices listed with steady tones and notable lamb shifts.
June 11 report notes slow sales and irregular bond dealings. Cotton weak with New Orleans dull, wheat up 2 cents but no higher approvals. corn closed lower with hedging sales. Hogs steady with top at 14.30. cattle shows steer prices down 15.
Nashville market notes show salable cattle 150 calves 250 with pressure on slaughter cattle. Slaughter cattle prices weaken with common and medium grade slaughter heifers and steers at 10.00 to 11.50. Meaty short fed yearlings fetch up to 12.00, with little gain for higher quality stock.
In New Orleans on June 11 cotton futures eased from early advances as selling resumed. July closed at 17.93, October at 18.49, December 18.56 to 18.57, January around 18.60, and March and May bids noted at 18.72 and 18.83 respectively.
Chicago wheat corn oats and soybeans prices listed for June 11 with No. 2 and No. 1 figures. Mixed wheat at 1.16 1-4, corn values around 85 to 86 3-4, soybeans No. 2 yellow 1.69 1-4 to 3-4, sample grade yellow 1.60.
Butter receipts 1,208,193 and 88 score creamery butter at 32 to 35 1 2 cents. Eggs receipts 23,875 steady with checks at 27 1 2 cents and storage packed extras at 31 3 4 cents. Prices for other items unchanged.
The Hartselle Rotary Club met at the First Christian church with visitors from Decatur Cookeville Tenn Auburn and local members. They favored District Governor Harry Hall’s plan to buy equip and maintain one ambulance for one year funded by 1.50 from each of Alabama’s 1000 Rotarians.
Mrs Elmer Freeman hosted the Tuesday Bridge Club with guests Mrs Joe Caldwell of Rockport Texas and Miss Merle Freeman of Washington DC. Mrs A E Jackson won high defense stamps and Miss L C Pattillo won second prize. Dainty refreshments were served. Members present included Mesdames Earl Cook ente e W B Allen A D Sample L C Pattillo and A E Jackson.
TVA will distribute 1,859,146 in lieu of tax funds to states and counties in the Tennessee Valley for the year ending June 30. Alabama and Georgia see mixed changes, with Tennessee gains led by a 263,445 rise. Murray county GA is removed. Cullman and Cherokee counties AL and Stewart county TN are added.
The House rejected a proposal to halve the Works Progress Administration budget for the new fiscal year. A tellers’ vote of 123 to 119 defeated Rep. Taber’s plan to reduce the direct WPA allotment from 280 million dollars to 112 million, amid claims of extra agency funds.
Decatur Kiwanis members volunteer to canvass business districts for the war bond pledge drive. The group meets at Hotel Lyons with Rev. oble R.ds Lieut A H Hoff Jr W T Newton Raymond Yost and Lieut O W Bouyer among those present as plans advance for the Tennessee Valley Horse Show and related fund sponsorships.
Fifty seven Decatur residents completed civilian defense training and will receive diplomas at Riverside auditorium. Instructors will form neighborhood classes to teach air raid wardens auxiliary police and volunteers. Baskin Wright of Tuscaloosa will deliver the address and present diplomas. a War Department air raid film will be shown for visual education.
The Senate completed approval of a military wage adjustment bill setting a minimum pay of 50 dollars monthly for the armed forces effective June 1 1942. The measure would cost about 500 million dollars yearly and raise pay for privates and all ranks to second lieutenants with higher allowances for housing and subsistence.
The June Alabama Supreme Court rulings include reversals and remands, denials of certiorari, and affirmed appeals. Notable actions involve International Paper Co. v. Curry, several circuit appeals in equity, and denials in certiorari petitions across multiple counties.
A fire of suspected origin broke out today on the verster Irenee DuPont at a Brooklyn pier while it was being loaded with rubber tires aviation oil and cartridges. The blaze confined to a section of general cargo and controlled within an hour with no injuries reported. Investigations by the fire marshal and police were begun. The 6 400 ton DuPont was launched in 1941.
Atlanta July 11 The fraud conspiracy trial of Dr. Hiram W. Evans former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard ended in a mistrial after three days of deliberation. Evans faced charges tied to alleged schemes with former Governor Rivers and C G Glover to defraud the Georgia Highway Department. The jury vote was six to six and Rivers and Glover were not on trial.
Tuscaloosa June 11 Coach Henry G Crisp veteran Alabama coach and Tide line coach and basketball boss left for Athens Ga to join the U S Navy officers training station at the University of Georgia as a civilian physical instructor for the war duration He had been granted a leave of absence from the University to enter duty after Pearl Harbor activation
Ossining New York June 11. Jerome Milner Patrick Dealey and Charlies Markham are returned to Sing Sing after conviction for robberies. Milner faces 15 to 30 years Dealey 15 years to life and Markham the same as Dealey. The three once helped entertain visitors and previously staged a bar hold up near Greenwich Village.
Registration of housing accommodations in five Southeastern defense rental areas begins June 15. The Office of Price Administration says registrations cover all housing types and must be completed by June 30. Areas include Columbus Georgia and surrounding counties, multiple Alabama locales, Georgia cities like Macon and Savannah, Florida coastal towns, and Tennessee cities such as Nashville and Memphis.
A standard first aid course will start soon led by Mrs. Comer Ewell a certified instructor from the Morgan County Red Cross. Sessions will convene in the recreation room at Mrs. Ewell’s Line Street home. Interested individuals should call Mrs. Ezell at 574 or the Red Cross office at 358 to enroll. The group will set convenient hours and days at the first meeting.
Mrs. Guy Smith of Danville hosted the intermediate Sunday school class Friday night June 5. Games were played and refreshments served. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. James Tomlinson Christine Aldridge Louie Dutton Annie Mae Brown John D. Hammon Gwendolyn Templeton Travis Asher Braner Nelene Smith B. V. Shaw Martha Dixie Lindsey Hardwick Orr Carl Templeton Claud Dyar and the hostess.
A wartime briefing notes Britain’s limited role in the push against Axis armor while highlighting a seven day German assault on Sevastopol in Crimea and stalled Axis gains. It also cites Kharkov activity, notes Hitler’s drive toward the Caucasus oil fields, and mentions RAF raids on German targets and Taranto in Italy amid weather constraints.
In Decatur services evangelist Rev Edwards delivered a forceful sermon on prayer as aligning human will with God. He urged consecration and dedicated service to Christ and the church. He announced future talks titled The Church Looks Forward and When Christ Touches a Life with music by William Curt and Mrs McCulloch.
The White House release details Molotov arrival on May 29 as a guest, key participants like Litvinov Hopkins Marshall King Hull and others, and consensus on a 1942 second front in Europe. It notes agreements on speeding war material to the Soviet Union and cooperating for postwar peace and security. The president asked Molotov to inform Stalin the talks laid a basis for closer relations toward shared aims of the United Nations.
The report notes Japan battered and retreating toward a base after Saturday night contact break. It cites 2,000,000 Chinese casualties by end of 1941 and Chiang Kai-Shek’s 300 divisions plus 5,000,000 soldiers in the front and 10,000,000 behind lines. Also mentions MacArthur announcing a sinking of another Japanese submarine and Allied air raids on bases.
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