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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1939
Page
2
Rankin predicts that Douglas will be the Democratic nominee for president next year. Debate centers on the new SEC head as Western senators react and discuss how the choice will affect stock regulation and utility reorganization.
Local notices from Decatur include cottage prayer at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist on Jackson Street, W M U Florence report, mid week services at Memorial Drive and Christ Centered Crusade plans. Prayer, illness updates, hospital to home transfers, and community visits are noted for residents and visitors.
Work starts April 17 on a new brick two story church at an estimated cost of 35000. Rev J A Chambers announced committees for details as the plan includes 36 Sunday school rooms, assembly rooms, a pastor's study, secretary’s office and library. The old building will be moved and used while the new auditorium is erected.
The piece discusses collective security as a curb to German aggression, noting Soviet Russia’s proposal for an anti-aggression conference and a possible bloc of powers. It also mentions the US minister in Prague closing the legation and the fading of central Europe from US diplomatic recognition as a “white elephant.”
Stocks lifted modestly in New York as trade stayed light and bonds and several blue chips showed strength. Durable gains followed firmer overseas sentiment in London Paris and Amsterdam with waning war fears aiding the backers and wheat quotas easing pressure.
Nashville Tenn March 21 cattle sale receipts 200 calves 100. Market largely steady after Monday's decline. Plain and low medium steers and heifers salable 7.50 to 8.50. Short fed cattle around 9.00. Strict good dryfeds quotable 9.50 and up.
Hitler said the events with Austria and the Sudetenland carried no sign of disturbance to axis unity. Mussolini reportedly offered quiet support in another way. Japan, an anti comintern partner, extended Reich congratulations last week.
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