Army to replace officers and add combat equipment on list
Washington reports the Army will add another billion dollars of equipment including tanks anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft weapons while shifting field leadership to younger, physically fit officers. Undersecretary Patterson said promotions and age limits will reshape about 20 percent of National Guard officers and several hundred overage officers may move to inactive status.
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Russians Move to War Time footing on Transportation
The cabinet aims to expand and reinforce transportation and communications facilities to endure a potential war. Private use may face new restrictions as plans unfold. The Far East tension remains a focal point amid broader wartime measures.
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Alabama lad held for shooting dad
Ear l Gullatt Jr 17 of Phenix City is held on murder charges in the death of his father Earl Gullatt Sr 41. Five shots were fired from a .38 revolver at the Gullatt home wounding the elder Gullatt in the leg. The boy will be bound over to the Russell grand jury for consideration.
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House A Day Now Is Capital Record
Montgomerys housing boom continues with more than one house built daily since 1940. Building permits total 3 737 465 for the period, including seven thousand seven hundred permits for the first half and completion of one family houses and apartments in city and suburbs.
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Roosevelt address and Greer attack sparks naval debate
President Roosevelt faces questions on the Greer torpedo attack near Iceland. He notes shifts in policy from past “tell papa” style diplomacy and discusses potential implications for U.S. naval strategy in the North Atlantic amid Berlin denial and London blame.
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Markets Wall Street: aviation leads stock day
New York trading opened with buyers buying aircrafts and aviation shares rising while leaders in other sectors lagged. Midday gains for favorites reached 1 to 2 points before broad declines. Volume was about 600000 shares with mixed activity across industries and notable hedging by brokers. In Chicago hog and sheep markets, salable hogs stayed steady with price bands around 8.95 to 11.60 for various weights and lambs trading 8.50 to 11.25. Poultry in Chicago showed firmer live weights with varied hen and broiler prices across different weights and breeds.
Markets At A Glance Securities And Commodities Report
Markets at a glance show mixed movements with bonds irregular and electric issues advancing. Foreign exchange is narrow as the British pound rises while the Canadian unit declines. Sugar moves higher on Cuban and trade demand. metals are quiet with a tight scrap market. Wool tops remain firm on buying by trade and commission houses. Chicago Wheat rises on wartime psychology. Corn up with industrial demand. Cattle steady with steady dressed beef demand. Hogs steady to 10 higher, top $12.10 amid moderate receipts.
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Cotton futures rise on late trade amid pre report caution
Cotton prices gained in the final hour with May and other contracts at new highs for the season. Traders covered hedges and took profits while awaiting tonight report. futures closed 4 to 7 higher as evening up operations dominated ahead of the government release. Middling spot held at 18.01.
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Cash grain prices in Chicago market report
The Chicago cash grain market lists wheat prices for No 2 hard No 1 mixed and No 2 red at 1.17 or 1.16 per bushel, No 1 hard 1.17, and soft mentions including No 1 yellow corn at 76 cents per bushel with various other lots. Oats prices show No 1 mixed 47 1 2 or 3 4 cents, No 2 47 1 2 48, with sample grade 45. Field seed timothy and flax seed prices per hundredweight are noted.
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Grain prices climb to four-year highs in Chicago market
Chicago traders push grain prices higher with soybeans up over four cents and corn gains of about 2 to 3 cents. Wheat finishes modestly higher as profit taking trims some late gains across all pits.
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Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights
Salable cattle total 150 and calves 159 as of Sept 5. Active market holds steady to firm. Slaughter class prices range from 7.50 to 9.00 for common and medium cattle. Week sales show medium to good slaughter steers and yearlings at 9.50 to 10.75, good yearlings at 11.00 to 11.50. Cows reach up to 8.00, with canners and mediums down to 6.50 to 7.25.
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Wife of Major Tucker Indicted for Murder in California
Mrs. Marie M. Tucker, 39, was indicted by a county grand jury in Los Angeles on a murder charge in the death of her husband Major George A. Tucker of the Third Coast Artillery. The case arose after Major Tucker died July 12 in San Francisco from a knife wound. An army statement said he stabbed himself while making a sandwich.
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Aid for Cotton Growers Sought in Senate Bid
A group of southern senators agreed to ask the Farm Security Administration for aid to cotton growers hit by the boll weevil and drought. Senator Russell of Georgia said some counties may have only 20 percent of normal yields and noted FSA already lends to drought and grasshopper damaged crops.
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Russell
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Reorganization of Technical Training Command Announced
Major General Rush B. Lincoln announced the division of the technical training command into two districts. Construction at Keesler Field Mississippi and Sheppard Field Texas increases admin work. Major General John F. Curry takes command of the first district with Scott Field Lowry Field and Fort Logan Colorado, headquarters at Fort Logan.
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Soldier Decapitated by Train Near Macon
Coroner's jury in Macon Georgia found Private Delos J McAllister 21 of Kingtree South Carolina decapitated by a train after falling asleep on the tracks on the Macon to Camp Wheeler line. He reportedly walked toward camp when fatigue overpowered him. he had entered service December 7 1940 coming from Camp Blanding Florida.
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Consent decrees target German dye trust to free Latin markets
Acting Attorney General Francis Biddle announced consent decrees forcing four major American drug firms to sever contracts with the German dye trust. The actions charge anti trust violations restricting markets in South America and were filed in New York federal court before Judge Samuel Mandelbaum.
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New York
Parole Granted for Baby Drowning Case Leads Board Action
Bertha Ellison 38 who faced life for drowning her six weeks old baby at Ramer Alabama won parole from the state board of pardons and paroles. The board also approved nine other parolees including Lela Johnson Ed Lundy Nettie Pittman Walter Rogers Walter Smith Lawrence Todd Perry Eugene Trippett and Timothy Walker with sentences ranging from two to thirty years for various offenses.
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Jefferson
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City budget funds planning surveys and public input
The city plans for drafting and surveys to support planning work with funds for data collection and unpaid local help. Alabama State Planning Commission and TVA would assist after surveys, aiding zoning and street and park plans. The council also supports a band trip to Milwaukee for the American Legion convention.
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Naval Zone Declarations Stir Debate Over Combat Zone Rules
Officials debate whether naval vessels may operate in combat zones as Germans condemn US patrols while Roosevelt defends Atlantic defense. Reports indicate German leaders argue ships active near raiders risk warlike acts and may be attacked under wartime rules. Early news shows delays in publishing Greer attack details.
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Decatur Residents and Events Noted Around Town
Local notes report James Whitten leaving for Marion Alabama to enter M M I. Other items mention visits to Shelbyville Vallejo and Cullman teaching posts, births, resignations from Decatur Fire Dept and medical updates. Church talks include Precious Blood Cordination and The Superscription with meetings scheduled at Central Methodist and Westminster Presbyterian.
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Veteran Officers Take Over Command In Louisiana Maneuvers
Washington reports Major General Herbert A. Dargue assumed command of the third air task force for the Louisiana maneuvers and Major General Millward F. Harmon took over the second air task force. Both headquarters locations were not disclosed for secrecy.
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Russian fliers reach Seattle in secret mission
The 47 Russian airmen and technicians who landed at Sand Point Naval Air Station remained silent as Navy officials offered no details. Officials suggested they would fly east to Spokane by transport plane on route to Washington, D C, with Seattle marking about the eighthousand mile point from Moscow.
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Journalist Marcel Gitton Dies of Bullet Wound
Marcel Gitton a noted Communist journalist who had broken with his party died in a hospital after an assassin shot him last night. He was wounded in the lung and abdomen and an operation to remove a second slug was postponed due to his critical condition. The assailant fled on a bicycle.
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Woman Killed in Crossing Crash in Birmingham
Mrs. Annabel White Strickland, 33, of Birmingham was killed and Robert Homer Wilkerson, 48, also of Birmingham, was fatally injured when an automobile collided with a train at a crossing in Birmingham. Debris lined the tracks for more than a half mile as the engineer cited a 50 mph impact.
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Robert Homer Wilkerson
Woman Held in Spy Probe in New York
Federal agents announce the arrest of 25 year old Mrs Hele Pauline Mayer on espionage charges. She is the second woman linked to a spy ring allegedly run by Kurt Frederick Ludwig, who was recently arrested in Washington. Lucy Bohmler, 18, and two male accomplices have pleaded guilty. Mayer lived with her parents in Ridgewood Queens and worked as a secretary. She is a Brooklyn native who graduated from a New York City high school and attended business school, later taking German script classes with the German American Bund in Ridgewood.
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Hele Pauline Mayer
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Washington
Lucy Boehmler
Ridgewood
Colleges delayed to September fifteenth amid poliomyelitis worry
Health officials caution against optimism as eight cases are reported today and five yesterday. Morgan County records one poliomyelitis case for the year, per Dr. L. R. Murphree, county health officer, noting a mis case of the disease in the single patient.
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Addresses cause pile of lost mail at Fort Benning
Fort Benning postal officers report thousands of misaddressed letters flood the post office. Postal clerk work to sort mail shows many pieces addressed to Fort Benning with vague or unitless targets like Fort Benning or Yankee Division. Maneuvers across Georgia Louisiana and possibly Mississippi complicate delivery as 80 percent return to sender with no redirection.
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Claude O. Neely
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Tax proponents win time saving point on tax bill
Washington September 5 Senate forces enact a time saving concession on the 3.6339 billion tax bill. Senator Downey agrees to withhold a 30 dollar monthly pension amendment if leadership promises to consider it later as a separate bill. Democratic Leader Barkley says finance committee leaders likely accept the offer and will take up the pension proposal later. A major controversy remains over an amendment prohibiting spouses in community property states from splitting income to save taxes.
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Senate
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Biddle Confirmed as Attorney General by Senate
The Senate confirmed Francis Biddle to be attorney general after unanimous approval by the judiciary committee. Arrangements were made to swear him in at the White House with Justice Robert H. Jackson administering the oath. Biddle had faced questions over alleged ties to FBI wire taps during his time as solicitor general.
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Price agreements stay in effect until October 1
Officials of the price administration and civilian supply said existing voluntary price agreements covering key grades of waste paper remain in effect until ceiling prices are announced on October 1. They stressed that the October 1 ceiling will largely formalize current agreements and does not nullify them.
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