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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1941

Page

2

Farm Fight Ends With Parity Payment Increase in Senate

Washington reports a struggle between Senator and House leaders over the 1941-42 farm appropriation. The House passed a 212 million parity payment package, while the Senate boosted to 450 million with 150 million for this year’s crops. Senators Russell and Bankhead argued the larger sum unnecessary post loan bill, noting parity may be reached this year but next year’s needs are uncertain as loan terms expire after a year. Loans for 1941 crops set at 13.49 cents cotton, 96.22 cents wheat, 88.87 cents corn, 19 cents tobacco flue cured, 8.41 cents fire cured, and 18.53 cents burley.

Washington Senand House House Senate Russell Bankhead Ala Pelea

Surprise Birthday Dinner Honors Mr Speakman at Hartselle

A surprise birthday dinner was held May 25 at the home of Mr and Mrs Speakman in Hartselle to honor Mr Speakman. A bountiful picnic lunch filled the yard and photographs captured the group in the afternoon. Attendees included extended families and friends from Hartselle and Forrest Chapel.

Speakman Hartselle Tom Speakman T. L Filzzabeth Speakman Roy Plowers Howard Bobby Simon Speakman Ben Roberts Therril Wallace Ervin Story Wallace Sims Coffer Speakman Ola Mae Othello Rodgers Forrest Chapel

Legion Auxiliary Meeting set for Thursday in Morgan County Unit

Legion Auxiliary Morgan County Unit No. 16 will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Mrs Timberlake’s home at 205 East Church Street. All members and juniors urged to attend as final plans and poppy day instructions by chair Mrs. Frank Yancy will be given for May 31 sales. Hostesses are Mesdames Ida Timberlake Bertha Timberlake and Beulah Kilgore.

Morgan County American Legion Auxiliary Timberlake East Church Street Pop Frank Yancy Ida Timberlake Bertha Timberlake Beulah Kilgore

Markets Rally Fades As Attitudes Hold Steady In Mixed Session

New York stocks showed cautious gains as investors awaited a worldwide presidential address. Despite tentative advances in several issues, overall activity remained muted with many buyers sidelined. Cattle and hog markets softened with veal down and lambs weak, while early sheep sales remained slow.

Victor Euba New York

Markets At A Glance May 27 Mixed Futures And Stocks

Market wrap notes improved stocks in steels and specialties, steady bonus, selective corporate demand, narrow foreign exchange with modest gains for British pound and Canadian dollar. Cotton eases with hedging selling. hogs and cattle show mixed to strong moves. New Orleans cotton futures open and close with small losses amid hedging activity.

New York Commission House Bombay Southern

Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Activity

Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 percent held steady in Memphis with closing prices for July through January. including July at 26.30 cents, Sept 26.00, Oct 26.35, Dec 26.75, and Jan 26.50. Sales volume reported at 1,500 tons.

Memphis Tenn

Spot Cotton in New Orleans Sinks Slightly on May 27

Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady 3 points lower with sales of 2,453. Prices moved to low middling 11.51 and middling 12.96 with good middling at 13.51. Receipts were 3,906 and stocks stood at 529,442.

New York Aoowe N.Y Cotton York New Orleans

Cottonseed Oil Prices Mixed in New Orleans Market

In New Orleans on May 27 cottonseed oil closed with Bleachable prime summer yellow at 10 508, prime crude 9.50, July 16 33, Sep 10 298, Oct 10 28, Dec 10 27. Bid side noted as B-Bid.

New Orleans

Poultry live prices listed for Chicago market

Chicago reports live poultry prices with various weight categories and breeds. Prices for chickens, broilers, and roosters are shown across multiple weight ranges and color varieties, with unchanged prices for other items.

Butter Market Steady Amid Mixed Receipts and Checks

Butter in Chicago on May 27 held firm as receipts reached 1 320 556 for the firm while other items showed little change. Eyes receipts 27 114 remain firm. dirt ies 22 and checks 2 1 2 also unchanged, with prices overall steady.

Chicago

Nashville Livestock Market Report May 27

Nashville Tenn May 27 salable cattle 125 calves described in federal state market news service report with cattle and calf trading details implied by the brief note.

Nashville Livestock Nashville Tenn Federal-State Market News Service

Grain prices drift as market awaits developments

Chicago grain futures mixed with wheat steady to down 3-4 cents and corn 1-2 cents higher on light activity. Oats gain slightly while rye little changed and soybeans fall 1-2 cents. lard remains unchanged.

Chicago

Bismarck Sinking Confirmed As British Chase Ends

British authorities announced the German battleship Bismarck has been sunk by naval forces after a four hour battle following an earlier torpedo strike. The Hood was sunk in the clash, with estimates of 1,300 to 1,500 aboard. British and German reporting outlined pursuit across the Atlantic, plus Allied actions in Crete and air strikes in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Hood Aoe London Bismarck Royal Navy Prince of Wales Jutland Admiralty Germany Tirpitz Gneisenau Anathe &Charnhorst Brest France Greenland Iceland West African Crete Mediterranean Canea Retimo Candia Cé&hea Malemi RAF North African Washington Roosevelt White House

Office Cat offers two for one joke at party

A humorous dialogue at a social event contrasts two living costs with single life. Helen declines a second ice cream helping saying no thanks while a host encourages more. A Little Girl-Mother remarks the small dishes and the speaker conveys uncertainty about her awareness.

Helen

Prayer and Trust Guide Steady Work Ethic

A concise meditation on prayer elevating hope and trust while urging disciplined effort. It likens earnest work to plucky persistence and dedication, suggesting prayer inspires action and steady progress.

What We Can Control

A meditation on personal responsibility arguing that while we cannot alter global events we can shape our own actions and attitudes. By choosing smile over frown and high thoughts over petty concerns, we improve our moral atmosphere and influence the world around us.

Europe

Patrols and aid shape war outlook as Roosevelt speaks

The article stresses that peace depends on American aid to Britain and that Germany seeks to halt supplies. It notes Roosevelt's stance on neutrality patrols, extending naval coverage for hemispheric defense and preparing for his upcoming fireside chat on these issues.

Britain Hitler Germany Washington Hemisphere Roosevelt Neutrality Patrol Atlantic Maryland Seven Seas

Upshaw Sermons Stir Decatur Audience in Baptist Service

William D Upshaw of Georgia spoke to a large Decatur church delivering a fiery sermon from First Corinthians and Ephesians on Bible ownership in a new year. He urged Baptists to value the Bible dwelling Christ and the church and praised church growth with four additions. He also spoke on Alabama's role in Americas battle against liquor, condemning its social and economic harms.

Chris Agin William D. Upshaw Georgia Central Baptist Cne Sgn First Corinthians Southern Baptist Convention Decatur America Church of the Living God Jesus Alabama Pattle Johnnie Hill Hobson Amendment

Decatur Diary details local visits and notices

Decatur notes list E Jones of FP Woolworths leaving for a month in the Great Smokies with Mrs Jones and sons. Several civic committees meet, church events planned, and local residents including J E Bramsett, Ida Speegles, and Ralph W Cowart are mentioned along with school honor rolls and diplomas awarded at the University of Alabama.

E. Jones FP. W. Woolworth Company Great Smokies University of Alabama School of Commerce and Business Administration George Bloodworth Alabama City Decatur

School pageant honors Emory scholar and senior accolades

The report describes a school pageant with dramatic scenes including Goddesses and patriotic songs. Eugene Brown led the numbers while Naomi Sanderson portrayed the goddess of Liberty. Johnnie Hill, valedictorian who won a scholarship to Emory, topped the 806 competitors in multiple subjects. Awards went to Marianna Mason, Gregg Coleman, Mary Ford Tillery, Elizabeth Anderson, and others.

Eugene Brown Naomi Sanderson America Charles Scales W. T. Jordan American Legion Marianna Mason Gregg Coleman Daughters of the American Hill Emory Decatur Johnnie Hill

German Battle Fleet Sails East as Hood Sinks in Atlantic

The Royal Navy tracked German ships through the Denmark Strait as the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen engaged convoys. Hood was destroyed at 23 000 yards after a magazine explosion, with weather halting pursuit. Catalina aircraft from the U S A aided reconnaissance and located the Bismarck making for the open sea.

Atlantic Ocean United States Royal Fleet Strait of Denmark Greenland Iceland Hood Prince of Wales Bismark Eugen Wéfé U.S. A

Labor unrest spreads as UAW plans wage strikes Nationwide

Sailor escorts guard work crews at a plant while CIO UAW about North American Aviation, Packard, and Carborundum threaten 10 cent hourly raises plus min wage boosts. Southern coal disputes loom as Byrd seeks policy, mediation board actions unfold. Pacific Northwest lumber workers reject mediation proposals amid ongoing strikes.

Isking CIO United Automobile Workers North American Aviation Packard Detroit Cio-Uaw Niagara Falls N. Y Carborundum Company National Mediation Board Washington Southern CIO United Mines Byrd Congress Perkins Clarence Dykstra John R. Steelman Labor Department Conciliation Service Maxwell Brandwell Sidny Hillman OPM Pacific Northwest Mediation Board Uneion

Roosevelt Cancelled Reception Address On May Fourteen

Contingent from the hemisphere republics were invited to attend after President Roosevelt canceled his planned address at the May 14 reception.

Hemisphere Mr. Roosevelt

Ocean control mobilized after ship at sea signals

The admiralty took rapid dispositions once the vessel was known to be at sea. The full apparatus of ocean control sprang into action and many far reaching combinations began to work as the situation unfolded.

Brest St. Nazaire Admiralty

Also Mentioned on This Page

Legion Auxiliary Albany Grain Wall Street N. C. Cotton Plymouth Rock White Rock Juels Upshaw Decatur’s Industrial Committee Decatur Chamber of Commerce Pee Civic Committee Hotel Lyons J. E. Bramsett Waldermose Ida Speegles Somerville E. W. McLeod Morgan County National Bank Nashville, Tenn Tennessee Bankers Association Christy Abner Route 1 Guy Blackwell E. Moulton Street Baugh’s Infirmary United Service Organizations Jefferson County Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Maud Strickland Tower Avenue Teachers 'and Officers Council Southside Baptist Church Austinville B. B. Burks Ralph W. Cowart John C. Cowell,Jr Central Baptist Church James Nelson Elizabeth Anderson Mary Madeline Hulme Nancy Moore Carolyn Murphree Clyta Greg Pitts Margaret Timberlake Carl Arantz Bobby Trimble Helen Kitchens Mary Blankenship Corine Ray Anne Reeves Dillard Jacqueline Burleson Grace Heaney Martha Scales Richard Stewart Marjorie Lang Dorothy Akers Will H. Pearce James Stanford Shirley Lowery Velcreese Andrews Charlcle Patterson Lila Sheats James Holesapple Mariana Mason Barbara Moore Nellie Frank Moore Peggy Wilds Blaine Mitchell Faye Dobbs Frances West Margaret Whitmire Ponsonby Kyle Brad Bibb Bailey Louise Britton Laneese Halbrooks Mary Safley Johnnie Velcreese _ Andrews Baby Bess Beatty Margaret Bethany Ruth Bland Opal Campbell Yvonne Crawford Childs Virginia Crawford Lucille Caudill Martha Collier Ruth Crafton Betty Dodson Betty Fly Jayne Gunn Sadie Hancock Johnnie Hanigan Billye Immell Margaret Johnson Carolyn Joiner Cora Kelley Lois Minor Ellen M. Massengale Wanda McClendon Sallyla Mienhardt Charlie Patterson Sarah Pruitt Margaret Perry Dorothy Pryor Alma Ray Doris Rister Willodene Reeves Margaret Sparkman Mary Ellen ‘Smith Naomi Sandusky Mary Ford Tillery Cecil Thornhill Ah Thornhill Bernice Teague J ‘Istine Vinson Marjorie Worley Julia Weaver Geraldine Whitt Helen Wright Edith Wilson Margaret Ann Yarbrough Marie Brey Geraldine Heaney Louise Crawford James Jeffers Lacon Drinkard Benevolent Society Hospital Bryant First Avenue Leon Huthnance J. M. Cowden Bruner Smith Florence Charles Abbott W. C. Buck Eugéne Brown Raymond Baker James Bloodworth James Beard William Britnell Billie Chapman Carl Conley Billie’ Gillespie Truman Halbrooks David Hulse Edward Johnson Shirley Lowery Carl Latham Fred Livingston Gilbert Marks Prank Minor Harry Pearse Will H. Pearre Chandler Sasaar Gus Rombokas William Rehberg Melvin True Rogers Kyle Sheats G. W. Sellers Edgar Self Eugene Stockton Ingold Timberlake Mahlon Trimble Harris Tucker David Speake Warren Maurice Shaffer Armory Decatur Yard Middlebrooks Lumber CO Canal St River Phone Tennessee Valley CO James Rankin Sec’y Trens State National Bank Building
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