Southern's Tennessean streamliner tours Decatur visitors
About 3,000 residents saw Southern Railway's new streamliner The Tennessean during a Wednesday exposition in Decatur. The $6.5 million railset will run north from May 17 and south from May 18 with diesel power, reservable seating, a tavern car, a dining car with affordable meals, and a hostess to aid passengers.
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Southern Railway
Southern
Tennessean
Washington
Decatur
Huntsville
Maxwell Chosen President of Alabama UDC at Tuscaloosa
At the University of Alabama convention in Tuscaloosa, Mrs. Matt T. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa was elected president of the Alabama division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She succeeds Mrs. Jensen Roberts of Montgomery with a slate of officers including first vice president Mrs. G S Savage and treasurer Mrs. H K Jefferson.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Matt T. Maxwell
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
University of
Jensen, Roberts
Montgomery
Maxwell
E.G. Johnston
Ashford
W. D. Wooten
Opelika
D. Beatty Robertson
H. K. Jefferson
Birmingham
New Office Hours for Morgan County Draft Boards
The National Selective Service Board sets new hours for Morgan County draft boards. No. 1 in Decatur and No. 2 in Hartselle will operate 9 AM to 4 PM Monday through Friday and 8 AM to noon on Saturdays.
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National Selective Service Board
Morgan Count
Decatur
Hartselle
Cadet Injured in Moody Field Aircraft Training
Air Corps Flying Cadet Robert F. Quinn was injured in an airplane accident yesterday afternoon at Moody Field near Tuscaloosa. The accident occurred during a training flight at the U S Army Air Forces auxiliary field and was reported by the field commander.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Aiir Corps
Robert F. Quinn
Moody Field
U. S. Air Corps
William R. Nelson
Decatur
United States Army
Air Corps
Lowry, Field
Col
Orlando, Fla
Mixed Wall Street rally as leaders fail to gain strength
A small stock rally faded amid uneven gains and cloudy market direction as traders awaited clarity on U.S. war involvement and tax concerns. In New Orleans cotton futures rose modestly on trade buying with May to March contracts closing between 12.00 and 12.50 per unit amid relative steadiness.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Wall Street
United States
Military air strategy and the oil bottleneck in wartime
The piece argues that starving Germany of oil through targeted bombing of Leuna could end the war, while bombing civilian centers rarely weakens morale. It cites Churchill’s harsher view, questions why Romania’s oil fields aren’t bombed, and notes Goering’s new pilot accountability rule. It explains bomber accuracy is often unreliable due to lack of direct proof.
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Leuna
Berline
Royal Air Force
Gernar
Churchill
Manchester
Little Rock
Arkansas
Springfield
Missouri
Romania
Goering
Decatur Notes Include Weddings and Local Visits
Decatur's Diary reports Ed Sproles of Wise County Virginia and New York City arriving for pre nuptial courtesies for Mary Vernon Dix before their May tenth wedding. The item also lists illnesses, hospital updates, local operations, and community notices from Decatur including visitors, meetings, and military training.
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Ed Sproles
Wise County
Virginia
New York City
Mary Vernon Dix
Markets At A Glance New York May 8
Markets report mixed stocks with leaders narrowing gains, irregular bonds, rail strength, firm foreign exchange on the Argentina peso at a 1941 high. Cotton higher on active textile demand and short covering. metals quiet with tin down. wool irregular with trade paying and local liquidation. Chicago wheat down on profit taking. corn steady to easy with wheat. Hogs 10 to 15 lower to a top of 8.80. cattle yearlings and light steers up 10 to 15.
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Chicago
Futures Close Mixed Across Cotton Contracts in New York
In New York on May 8 futures edged down by one to three points with May at 12.09 last and July at 12.10 to 12.11. October and December futures showed gains to about 12.27 and 12.38 while January and March hovered near 12.32 and 12.34. Middling spot was quoted at 12.22 down one.
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N. Y
New York
Cottonseed Meal Closing Prices Report Memphis May 8
Prices for cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with May 24.00, July 25.25, Sept 25.60, Oct 25.85, Dec 26.95, Jan 25.90. Sales totaled 1,700 tons.
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Memphis
Tenn
Spot cotton closes steady in New Orleans trade
New Orleans May 8 spot cotton closes steady up six points with sales of 3,887 bales. Low middling 10.52 cents, middling 11.97, good middling 12.52. Receipts 1,901. stock 522,808 bales.
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New Orleans
Cottonseed Oil Futures Open Steady In New Orleans
Cottonseed oil prices held steady in New Orleans trading with values for prime and crude contracts quoted. May 9.65B and July 9.72B led gains as summer yellow and other months hovered near session highs amid a muted market.
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New Orleans
Market Wrap: Butter and Hees Receipts Steady in Chicago
In Chicago on May 8 butter receipts reach 905 967 with prices unchanged. Hees receipts total 28 003 and dirt ies show 18 1 2 with checks at 18 1 4 and other prices holding steady.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Prices May 8 Wheat Corn Soybeans
Wheat and corn futures prices listed for No. 3 hard No. 4 mixed and No. 3 mixed across Chicago market columns. Soybeans show No. 2 yellow at 1.26 1-4 to 1.27 1-4 per bushel with No. 3 at 1.23 1-2 to 1.27. Barley malting and feed values appear, along with oats readings and sample grades for mixed grain and white.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 8
Salable cattle at Nashville numbered 150 calves 200 steady to strong. Fed yearlings 10.50, common to medium heifers and steers 8.00 to 9.50. Cows to 8.00, canner and cutter cows 5.00 to 6.50, top yearlings 11.50. Salable hogs 800 to market. good to choice 190 to 250 lbs 8.25, sows 6.35. Sheep 700 head. spring lambs 11.75 to 12.75, shorn ewes 4.00 mostly.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
General Motors posts record sales in April
General Motors Corp. reports April sales to consumers reached 272 853 units, the highest for any month in its history. The company also sold 233 735 units to dealers in the United States, up from March and April 1940 figures.
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New York
General Motors Corp
United States
Farm Prices Still Climb Fueling Higher Farm Income
Chicago May 8 Farm price increases push the outlook toward the best income level of the past decade. Wheat around 1 dollar a bushel tops in a year and corn above 70 cents, with hogs averaging about 9 per hundredweight. Government purchases of lard pork and other foods support prices.
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Franklin Mullin
Chicago
England
France
Mrs Mary Airey 92 Dies in Wetumpka Ala Home
Mrs Mary Locke Airey 92 widow of Dr J D Airey and mother of Bruce Airey former state official died at her Wetumpka home yesterday after three weeks illness.
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Wetumpea
Ala
Mary Locke Airey
J. D. Airey
Bruece—Airey
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE SUMMARY
Crossword clues span across and down with terms such as Melayu canoe eight orblike and affirms. The cryptoquote quote reads Loans and debts make worries and frets. The page lists cryptogram puzzle and wordplay with a solution line and an attribution line.
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RAY
King Vestures Syndicate
Ina
Daylight War Briefs From Front Pages
German reports claim British air attacks on north Germany caused limited damage. Italian high command says Tobruk was captured and that Axis forces defeated British in Galla Sidamo. Vichy hints armistice talks may change with Darlan returning. In Iraq, British forces report quiet fronts with six guns and 400 prisoners captured and RAF strikes on Baghdad airport.
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Germany
Toburk
Libya
Galla Sidamo
Ethiopia
Vichy
Paris
Jean Darlan
Mediterranean
French North Africa
Iraq
Middle East
Habbaniyah
Baghdad
Basra
Persian Gulf
Washash
Morgan County Rescue Attends Mount Tabor Decoration
Several residents joined the decoration at Mount Tabor on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Helms of Scottsboro visited relatives here. Mrs. Birdie Moon and daughter Wilma spent the weekend with Huntsville friends. Mesdames C. I. Edwards Ella Pettit called on Mrs. Sue Owen and daughter Clara Sunday.
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Mount Tabor
G. H. Helms
Scottsboro
Birdie Moon
Wilma
Huntsville
Mesdames
C. I. Edwards
Ella Pettit
Sue Owen
Clara
M. I. Edwards
Clara Owen
Bible Study Planned Here Five Day Conference
A five day Bible study conference sponsored by Central Baptist and Central Methodist churches will open May 19 with evening study periods alternating between the two churches. Renowned speakers include Dr W B Riley Dr Dan Gilbert Dr Paul S Rees Dr Robert G Lee and Charles E Gremmels. Other city churches will cooperate and full details will be announced soon.
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Central Baptist
Central Methodist Churches
W. B. Riley
Minneapolis
Dan Gilbert
Washington
Paul S. Rees
Destructive Foreign Propaganda Warns of United States Instability
The text cites Liberty magazine 1940 claims from Von Ribbentrop and Goebbels about sowing US disunity and class conflict to aid Nazi aims. It contrasts grim warnings with dismissive references to Mein Kampf and public complacency, noting Lindberghs’ belief in ocean barriers.
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Germany
Rip van Winkles
U. S
Lion Patrol Scout Meeting Before Camporee
The Lion Patrol of Boy Scouts Troop Eleven met Audry Shelton on May 6 1941 at 7 30 in the clubhouse. The group reviewed the Scout oath planned camporee activities and meal arrangements then enjoyed refreshments and outdoor play before closing with taps and the scout master’s benediction.
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Lion Patrol
Boy Scouts Troop Eleven
Audry Shelton
Scribe
Frederick Mittwede
Sunday Visiting Roundup Among Local Families
Virgie and Katheryn Helms visited Lydia Lawrence and family on Sunday. Various local households including the Crawfords and Lawrences hosted guests such as Harvey Curry and Carl Bowling with relatives.
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Decatur Daily
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Scott
R. J. Scott
Mars
Svorgren
Toronto
Canada
Kine Features Syndicate, Inc
U. D
OF State
N. C. Cotton
Fate One
Hitler
Tries
Decatur’s
Billy Lovin
Mrs
Horace Lovin
M. L. Patterson
Baugh, Aan
W.M. Voorhies
Faye Hoskins
Howard Emigh
Detroit
Reynolds Metals Company
Sheffield
Benevolent Society Hospital
Joe Oe
E. A. Cary
Fairview
Baugh’s Infirmary
Quince E. Eddins
City Electric Department
Annie Wheeler
Luther Puller
The
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
A. B. Flack
15Th. Avenue
East
W. T. Willoughby
Mount Vernon
Shirlye- Tyler
Somerville
Baugh's” Infirmary
Fornice Ray
Hamil Clinic
Wade McLemore
H. O. Summerford
Falkville
Baugh's Infirmary
Vaughn, Tennessee
Judith Hayes
Moulton
Tennie Bledson
Ardmore
Paul Wegmuller
Paul
Benjamin
Wegmueller
Madlyn Summer
Sarah Waddings
Austinville Baptist Church
Erlie Sockwell
Columbus, Georgia
Arthur Eugene Sockwell
J._R. Matthews
Union Grove
Cotillion Club
I. H. Gorham
Princeton
Westside Presbyterian Church
Alton Brown
Baugh
Valhermosa
Susie Sanderson
8. L. Sanderson
Capshaw
Athens High School
Miss Sanderson
Nashville Livestock
General Motors
Mrs. Airey Dles
Daily Crossword
Stretch
Foreign Office
Armed Forces
Lofty Mountain
Paradise
Merry
TEDMJ
Youcsmdfue
Ade WU MO
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Rio
Roxy
Morgan County Rescue
Virgie
Katheryn Helms
Lydia Lawrence
Virgie Mae
Vernia Mae
Verna Helms
Jim Edwards
C. S. Edwards
Harvey Curry
Monroe Bowling
Sarah Ann
Edward Lawrence
Melvin
Lutherer
Joe Lawrence
Bessie Compton
Audry
Kathleen
Eugene Lawrence
Mr Owen
Alta Curry
Carrie Edwards
Priday Irie Compton
Lumber
Decatur Yard
Middlebrooks Lumber CO
Canal St
River Phone
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