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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
2
Registration to enroll men who turned 21 since the last draft is set for Tuesday. Officials say about 16.5 million men aged 21 through that date will be eligible, with the process mirroring the prior registration from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.local time.
Soviet counter attacks threaten German advances as air and tank losses mount. German figures claim 2 233 armored vehicles destroyed up to Sunday, while Moscow suggests some panzer divisions remain dangerous near Minsk. Entanglements may decide if Russia falls in six weeks or endures a prolonged, costly war.
A Sunday crash on the Montgomery Atlanta highway left Leche in serious condition and sent William Purifoy of Concord and Clara Bheril of Kannapolis to Fitts Hospital after the collision 26 miles from Montgomery. Misses Marion and Gloria Sydenham of Pt. Benning Georgia suffered shock and minor injuries, while W. N. Rowell of Lochapoka sustained a fractured skull and remained in critical condition.
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee tentatively agreed to recommend a 7 percent levy on the sale price of new autos, expected to raise about 78.9 million dollars. The group discussed a 10 percent tax on other goods and possible increases on telephone bills and passenger services.
New York notes persistent war doubts and a weak session with uneven leadership. Trading shows light supply, limited advances, and notable declines in cotton futures while wheat and corn edge higher on scarce demand.
New Orleans traders saw uneven activity as long liquidation offset buying pressure. Prices ended steady with minor daily moves across futures contracts including July October December and March with levels around 14.5 to 14.9 cents per pound.
Spot cotton in New Orleans on June 30 closed steady to 3 points lower with sales of 1,749 bales. Low middling at 13.02 cents, middling 14.32 cents, good middling 14.77 cents. Receipts 5,700 bales, total stock 463,783 bales.
In the latest market update Cottonseed oil futures show a mixed session with new cleans shown for June and July 11 at 90A and 11,32A through January 11,32A while crude remains unchanged. Prices for September October and December are listed with modest adjustments.
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed easy in Memphis. F.C.B. Memphis quotes show July 27.60, September 29.00, October 29.50, December 29.75, January 30.00. Sales totaled 3,800 tons.
Chicago reports show butter receipts at 1 048 126 with weak demand and varied grades. Eggs receipts total 28 447 with local grading including fresh graded extra firsts and cars, reflecting mixed demand and storage factors.
Chicago market notes show live poultry with 40 trucks listed. Hens and heavy springs mixed with white rock broilers. broilers under 5 pounds at 19.5 cents per pound, leghorn hens around 16 1/2, colored and white varieties around 18 to 19 cents, roosters 14 cents, ducks and turkeys priced per old and young birds, with geese around 10 cents.
Wheat No 1 hard 1.04 1 2 1.05 1 2 Corn No 1 yellow 74 1 4 3 4 No 2 74 1 475 No 3 74 No 4 73 1 2 74 1 2 No 5 72 72 1 2 sample grade yellow 61 69 1 2 No 1 white 46 Oats No 1 mixed 39 No 2 mixed heavy 39 1 2 No 1 white 40 No 2 39 3 4 No 2 white heavy 40 No 3 white 38 3 4 No 8 white heavy No 4 white 37 1 2 sample or white 37 e No 3 yellow 144 144
Chicago June 30 moderate mill buying appears tied to government flour purchases with some short covering and reinvestment activity noted. Market mood cautious amid uncertain policy impact and lingering oversupply pressures.
Nashville report shows gamable cattle 600 calves 250 with slow trade and several price deltas. Yearlings 600 700 lb and stock categories quoted with common to medium ranges and lower undertones. Hog weights 250 lb down 15, heavier 30, good to choice 190 300 lb barrows and gilts 10.30. Sheep and lambs 1,500 with spring lambs 25 lower and ewes wethers 10.00 11.00, bucks mostly 9.00.
In Dallas Texas voters count Saturday ballots with 116 of 254 counties reporting. Lyndon Johnson leads W Lee O Daniel by 4 561 votes for the U S Senate seat. Other candidates Gerald C Mann and Martin Dies trail as counties and votes remain to be tallied. Andrew Jackson Houston dies in Baltimore at 87, naming O Daniel’s interim successor.
Round Up Given Week end strike settlements include actions by the Grain Professors Union AFL and the W Kellogg Company at Battle Creek. The union won undisclosed wage increases and a union shop after a one week walkout while women sought a 10 percent minimum pay rise. In other moves CIO United Automobile Workers ends work dispute at Chrysler Marysville plant after four women were sent home amid speed up complaints. Dow Chemical ends a magnesium plant strike with re employment guarantees for all workers. Transport Workers Union CIO ratifies a joint agreement snagged to avert a New York warehouse strike and seeks a nationwide contract for 32,000 workers.
Actor John Barrymore was ejected from the Earl Carroll Cafe early today after a patron, identified as Clarence Reed of Bakersfield California, swung at him over remarks the star had made.
The United States armed services reported a total force of 1 760 046 officers and men across the army navy and marine corps at the close of the fiscal year. Fewer than a third as many were in uniform twelve months prior.
Tanace Jan Paderewski 80 renowned pianist and first president of the Polish republic died last night of pneumonia after a two day illness. He aided funds for famine relief and the heart tradition calls for removal to Poland. Funeral services were planned for Thursday at St Patrick's Cathedral. He was born November 6, 1860 in Kurilowka, Russian Poland.
Reports detail Panzer attempts across the Korean Isthmus from Finland and a failed landing at Viipuri. Soviet bulletins claim heavy fighting from Murmansk to Kiev with tanks clashing near Minsk and Bialystok while French relations with Russia break.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Mayo the 32 year old Richmond tea room owner told the Joss murder trial she and Merrill Joss discussed divorce and that they planned to separate. She said she and Joss talked of love notes and went to Portland on March 26 the day before Dr Laverne Joss was killed.
Decatur letters record visits and travel across Mont Eagle Monteagle Huntsville and Sheffield. Birth announced Sandra Nell Call June 29 at Benevolent Society Hospital. Local church events include baptisms at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist and ordination of deacons at Southside Baptist. Kiwanis aid supports Wheeler Lake Yacht Club boat races. multiple residents visit, recoveries and illnesses noted.
Rainfall drenched much of Alabama over the weekend with 19 of 27 stations reporting at least a half inch in the 24 hours to 7 am. Auburn and Montgomery logged over 1 inch, while Haleyville reached 1.82 inches. Decatur saw lighter precipitation. statewide heat persisted with a 92 degree high and 74 degree low.
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Smallwood 36 who died Friday at her Morgan County home were held Saturday at 3 pm at Alexander Cemetery near Morgan City conducted by Rev W W Owen McAfee Howell and Young directed burial Surviving husband F B Smallwood two sons Elgin and Glenn and two daughters Mrs Vester Jennings and Mrs Black Wisenant
Lieut. Murro Alvin McCracken age 26 of Manilla Iowa was killed in a crash of an army training plane after ordering a cadet to use his parachute moments earlier. Cadet Walter W. Griffin age 23 of Rutland Vermont landed unhurt.
Ankara officials declare Turkey will not allow France to move war supplies or troops across Turkish soil to aid Syria's defense. Britain’s RAF resumes night bombing, hitting Hamburg Bremen Bremerhaven Emden and Den Helder with large fires.
The article continues from page one detailing uncertainty over how many nurses were aboard the ship, with officials outlining incomplete records and calling for verification to determine the exact count.
London reports confirm the American Eagle squadron in the RAF active in recent northern France sorties. The volunteer unit wears RAF sky blue and is led by Squadron Leader William Erwin Gibson Taylor of New York. Keogh of Brooklyn was reported lost on patrol.
President Roosevelt told the 33rd annual governors conference that the days ahead will test energy ingenuity and leadership. The message was read by Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen, noting the meeting occurs at a critical historical moment.
Mrs. Lizzie Colston, 49, was found dead at 5 AM Sunday in her home at 209 Madison Street. Death believed from heart ailment after illness. Funeral at 3 PM at Community House on W Market Street with burial in Bellview Cemetery. Survived by four sons three daughters a brother and a sister.
Independent Alabama retailers excluding department stores sold 19 percent more merchandise in April 1941 than April 1940 based on 179 stores. Department stores rose 20 percent in May over May 1940 from nine stores. For the first five months of 1941, independents up 12 percent and departments up 15 percent. Vehicle sales up 58 percent. Furniture up 34 percent and building materials up 32 percent. Bessemer, Selma, Dothan, Decatur, Florence, Huntsville, and Fairfield led gains with 35 percent May rise and 34 percent for five months. Other cities Mobile, Montgomery, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Anniston up 29 and 27 percent.
Congress races to finish year end work with funds on deficits and operations, while awaiting House action on Senate amendments to a Commodity Credit Corporation bill. Agencies keep spending at current rates under resolutions, as the administration seeks to devalue the dollar and sustain large stabilization and army appropriations.
General Smith said new registrants would be mixed with existing ones on the draft list. A 2,000-number could become 2,000 A and the original 2,000 B. The next lottery date remains unannounced, and draft boards are assigned by precinct. Registrants should register with their local board if possible, or at the nearest board in an emergency.
Twenty six suspects are in federal custody with four arrests in New Jersey and one each in Michigan and Wisconsin. The maximum penalty for espionage or conspiracy is twenty years. Among the detainees two are Native American, others are foreign born or naturalized, with origins including France Russia South Africa Austria Moravia and Germany.
A large convoy of thirty truckloads of soldiers from the 108th Quartermaster Corps with medical detachment rode through Decatur on Sunday morning. The first truck arrived at 9:30 as they moved from Camp Forrest Tennessee toward Fort Benning Georgia with a brief patrol escort.
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