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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1941
Page
2
Kansas City faces a tense night as locksmiths work overtime and residents pull children from the streets amid a brutal unsolved slaying. Leila Adele Welsh, 24, was found murdered March 9 with a hammer strike and throat cutting, police saying the killer planned the act.
The article argues Italy’s attack on Greece weakened Rome and raises the threat of a Balkan war. It contemplates Anglo Allied intervention with American aid, noting Britain’s limited western options and the potential need for U.S. expeditionary forces via Cape Good Hope and Suez to reach the Aegean. It asks what America would do if such a request comes.
Leading stocks eased about 2 points as trading remained light with about 250000 shares moved in two hours. Reasons cited include speculative pessimism from the Yugoslavia crisis and intensified bombing of English ports, with a bullish business tone overall despite the softer equity action.
New Orleans on March 22 quotations show breachable prime summer yellow 7.25B and crude 637 1-2 nominal. March 1.15B, May 724B, July 7.32B, Sept 744B, Oct 747B. Bid prices vary with market activity.
New Orleans on March 22 reports steady close for pot cotton with sales totaling 1278 bales. Prices show low mid at 9.37 and middling at 10.82 with receipts of 1,515 and stock levels indicated.
Chicago wheat eased from a mid week peak and closed near unchanged to slightly lower with May at 87 18, July 84 18, corn up 1 8, oats steady to down 1 8, amid a market backdrop of prior 1941-peak patterns and monthlong fragility.
New York markets show stocks lower with industrials dragging, bonds slightly down, and currencies quiet. Cotton futures fall on hedge selling then end barely steady with May to December contracts listed and middling around 11.11 cents. Wheat in Chicago steadier while corn and hogs hold near firm levels as cattle stay steady.
Chicago markets list cash grain quotes with Snipe and oat values across grades. Soybeans show No 2 yellow at 1.05 1-2 and No 3 at 1.03 1-2, with mixed samples noted.
Butter receipts total 613 998 tons with prices easing slightly while other butter prices stay unchanged. Egg receipts 25 491 unchanged. fresh graded cars at 19 current receipts 17 1 2 with no other price changes.
In Nashville Tennessee on March 22, salable cattle 75 and calves 25. Slaughter cattle steady to 25 cents higher than last week. cows mostly steady. replacement cattle steady. Vealers up to 1.00 higher with late vealers at 12.50 top, bulk 12.00 down. Good fed yearlings and steers 11.00 to 11.25. bulls 7.50. canners and cutters 5.00 to 6.00. Beer dows quoted at 7.50 with bulk around 6.50.
New Orleans markets show ongoing weakness in cotton futures as the weekend liquidation eased. May through Jan contracts posted mixed gains and losses with prices closing largely steady, indicating a cautious tone among traders.
The Luftwaffe bombed Plymouth for six hours causing heavy damage. Cairo HQ announced the capture of Giarabub after a long siege, with the garrison commander and 800 Italian troops taken prisoner. In Albania a Greek spokesman said an Italian tank thrust was repulsed and one tank destroyed.
The Decatur senior high school junior class presented A Million Dollar Joke a three act comedy last night. The auditorium was full and laughter filled about fifteen minutes of the two hour show. Sponsors cast managers and the junior class thank the public and local business supporters for making the production a hit.
Yugoslavia remains unable to form a pro axis cabinet as ministers resign and leaders refuse posts. Prime Minister Dragisa Cvetkovic negotiates with Germany while Prince Paul seeks ministers and Serb parties rally to resist. British efforts to avert surrender intensify as soldiers sing wartime anthems.
American Legion officials who visited England prepared a 78 page report on home defense methods to aid defense boards across the country. Milo J. Warner said the data will help Legionnaires in U S cities with local defense work. He noted Lord Milne warned Britain could not win without America. Warner, elected national commander last fall, spoke in Boston and commented on troop deployment and convoys.
In Tuscaloosa on March 22 1817 musicians from 50 schools attended the Alabama High School Music Festival. The closing events include final concerts by combined band and chorus groups at the University of Alabama field house. New officers are Arol Beck Ramsey High Birmingham president and J E Osteen state supervisor of music secretary treasurer.
More than 1000 idle buses returned to service in Manhattan as 3500 workers of the New York Omnibus Corp and Fifth Avenue Coach Co resume operations. The CIO strike ended in a truce with wage demands sent to a national defense mediation board for arbitration.
Decatur notes Mrs J H H Berchman of China will speak Sunday at 7 PM at Belle Mina Methodist church on Far Eastern war and missionary work. Other items report illness, surgeries, organ installation, social visits, and police court bookings. Bicycle tags due by March 25.
The Training Union Enlargement Campaign of the First Baptist church begins tomorrow and runs through next week with a city-wide Week of Study each evening from seven to nine. Rev. Davis Wooley directs. guest speakers include Rev. Leon Macon and Miss Katherine Walker among others. About 150 are expected each night.
Florence Alabama March 22 funeral services for James Leona Meeks 64 publisher of two Florence area dailies were held at his residence with burial set for 2 p m tomorrow in Gadsden his birthplace. Meeks died yesterday after a long illness and previously co published and edited the Gadsden Times from 1906 to 1927 then ran weekly papers in Guntersville Gainesville and elsewhere. Survivors include Lois Manning widow three daughters Jay L Meeks Jr Florence and three brothers Herbert Charles and Cleveland Meeks.
Delayed Aruaca enters Everglades on December 19 1939 and remains with rusting steel sides. President Roosevelt rests and fishes, works on papers, and sends batches ashore for transmission to Washington. Plans include sending major documents by seaplane while cruising, with radio contact kept. It is unclear if he will fish in the Atlantic or Gulf waters, but an aide says he will stay near shore. His special train units are held in Miami to return to Washington on short notice.
Miami March 22. Harbor patrol captain Walter Franks ordered anglers to stop fishing in the Channel. His boat motor failed, forcing him to seek help from the same fishermen he had warned. They laughed and continued. Franks then called the coast guard to tow his boat in.
Gov. Dixon's office announced Alabama must draft 1 445 men under the selective service act between April 11 and 18. The quota will be made up of 25 white men and 930 Negroes.
The senior two class of Austinville High School will present a three act comedy drama at 7 30 p m Saturday March 22 at Austinville High School. The play is directed by G W Fowler.
Aides for Senator Hill said the navy will name a new battle cruiser the USS Birmingham. The vessel is under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and is expected to be launched soon though no date is set.
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