Largest Production Of Foodstuffs In The Nation's History Will Be Sought
U S agriculture secretary Wickard announces a 1942 goal to produce the largest output in U S history of pork evaporated milk cheese poultry vegetables and edible oil crops while maintaining strict marketing controls on cotton wheat and tobacco The plan anticipates rising exports to Britain and other nations and outlines regional production targets and price supports through Dec 31 1942 with parity payments and soil conservation aid.
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Washington
Sept
of Agriculture
Fordigger
Wickard
Hitler
Gaid
Britain
Burley
Department
Iime
Sail -the -Department
Salt Lake City
Chicago
York
United States
Market roundup notes war demand lift with mixed results
Markets at York show a brisk recovery in war sensitive stocks led by aircraft and specialty issues. Trading pace slowed after midday with many gains pared. turnover around 600000 shares. Cattle hogs sheep and field seeds also listed with varying strength and weakness across grades. Chicago cash grain prices are reported for No 2 red hard and corn futures with several price points shown.
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York
Markets at a Glance Summary
New York and Chicago market briefs show mixed bonds steady metals and wool gains. Cotton advanced on short covering and New Orleans demand with futures up 22 to 30 points, while hogs rose 15.26 to a top 12.00.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market News Summary
Federal State Market News dispatch from Nashville Tennessee dated September 8 reports on livestock market conditions and prices in the Nashville area. The brief notes supply demand trends and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep at local sale yards.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Living Above the Fog in Central Methodist Church Sermons
Dr R Lambuth Archibald led a morning service at Central Methodist Church with a communion message focusing on the cross as central to scripture and Jesus as King of Kings. He explained the three language inscriptions on the cross and urged living above sin through faith in Christ.
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R. Lambuth Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Christ
Ali
Jesus
Rome
Reenough
Spetts
Peter
Jerusalem
Archibald
London
Father
Grain futures surge with soybeans leading gains
In Chicago trading the grain market rose as soybeans jumped 8 cents per bushel the day’s limit. Wheat, corn, and oats posted broad advances with prices at new highs for the session ahead of September and December contracts.
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Chicago
Butter Prices and Receipts Across Chicago Creamery Firms
Chicago reports show butter receipts totaling 711 797 with mixed scores from 93 to 88 and various price points. Centralized carrots listed with fees and steady receipts of 7 484. fresh graded items trend around 30 to 31 per unit, while firsts and dirties show 28 1 2 to 25 1 2.
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Chicago
48 A and P Stores Close in Atlanta
Forty eight Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company stores in the Atlanta area closed today and will stay shut. Bakers and clerks, represented by the AF of L, established picket lines at the bakery and warehouse as talks on wage scales and a new contract stalled. About 240 bakery workers were affected though total employee numbers for other roles were not provided.
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Atlanta
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
R. M. Smith
Southern
Bakers
A. F. of L. Bakers’ and Confectioners’ Union
Albert Gossett
Atlanta Federation of Trade
B. F. Vinson
Revival Begins At First Baptist To Crowd-Packed Sessions
Large crowds attended the revival that began yesterday at the First Baptist church. E Powell Lee led singing and delivered the morning message while Dr Ly O Leavell of Gadsden arrived for the evening service. piano music by Mrs M E Norris and Mrs W F Waterhouse complemented the services as junior choir loft filled. Daily services are set for 10 am and 8 pm with 7:30 pm youth sessions in Rose Chapel.
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First Baptist Church
E. Powell Lee
Ly O. Leavell
Gadsden
M. E. Norris
W. FE. Waterhouse
Lee
W. E. Waterhouse
Leningrad Front News and Stalin Orders Turmoil
Reports from the Soviet front describe hard-riding Cossacks seizing a staff headquarters behind German lines and killing a Nazi general. Thousands of Germans are said to be displaced as Stalin orders 390,000 Germans moved east to Siberia to prevent fifth column sabotage.
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Black Sea
Hitler
Leningrad
Svir
Ladoga
Onega
Yyr
Ukraine
Kiev
Odessa
Joseph Stalin
Siberia
Puke Jans
Catherine the Great
Volga
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Barents Sea
Arctic Circle
Red Star
Izvestia
DNB
Far East
Japan
U. S
Greer
United States
Kokumin
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Waston
Pacific
Tokyo
Renee
Wa Ostok
Russia
Berlin Has Biggest Raid In WWII On Berlin
Noon September 8 One year after the first Luftwaffe attack on London a massive raid hit Berlin from midnight to dawn. The British RAF and American strengthened air crews reported heavy fires around central districts and a large main railway station while Berlin acknowledged 27 fatalities and extensive property damage amid a populace shown to fear.
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Luftwaffe
London
RAF
Europe
Berlin
Reich
Nachtausgabe
Air Ministry
Press
Bergso Island
Norway
Kiel
Rhineland
Huls
Boulogne
England
Soviet Move To Shield Volga Redoubt Across Vast Population
The article notes Soviet evacuation of two million people along a long rail corridor to defend the Volga region from Nazi penetration. It warns of German spies in the Volga republic and the risk of a rear attack from the Don and other rivers. The piece links these maneuvers to protecting Caucasus defenses as German offensives press toward Persia. It also marks President Roosevelt’s personal tragedy with his mother’s death.
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German Volga Republic
Volga River
Caspian Sea
Volga
Don
Red Army
Caucasus
Ukraine
Russia
Persian Gulf
Seas
Persia
Kiwanis Plan to Boost Newspaper Week Participation
Kiwanis International launches a campaign to spur newspaper week observances on October 18. The plan reaches 2,180 clubs in the United States and Canada, headed by Calvin M. Keller who stresses the role of newspapers in daily life.
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Atlanta
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
International Public Relations Committee
Calvin M. Keller
Moberly
Keller
Decatur's Diary Nearby Society Notes and Meetings
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29 meets tonight at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple for first degree work with all Masons invited. Morgan County Unit No. 15 American Legion Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 7 30 in Elks lodge rooms. president Mrs Paul Cain urges attendance. Gray Carter of Columbus Ga is the guest hero of Billy Duncan. Police court processed twenty three weekend offenders for public drunkenness disorderly conduct gaming traffic and prohibition violations. Various locals report weekend visits and recoveries including Mrs Cecil M Young from Louisville Ky and others. Religious education board of Central Methodist church meets at 7 30 tonight. Several residents announce work and hospital notices and weekend guests.
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Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
Masonic Temple
Morgan County
American Legion Auxiliary
Elks Lodge
Paul Cain
Weirton Union and Company Sign Broad New Pact
Weirton Steel Company and the newly formed Weirton independent union announced a contract described as the best in the steel industry. It guarantees jobs to selectees, paid vacations, a work reserve of laid off employees, bans strikes, sets wages at 72 1 2 cents an hour with time and a half for overtime, three days paid bereavement leave, and compulsory three man arbitration. The Weirton plant, a National Steel subsidiary, employs about 12 000 people in Weirton and Steubenville Ohio.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton Independent Union
Weirton Company
National Steel
Steubenville
County High Schools Open Today
City notes from page one listing Falkville staff and the high schools opening today including Moulton Heights Cotaco Austinville Morgan County High Trinity Union Hill Flint Falkville Eva Ryan Danville and Priceville.
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Ing
Falkville
Moulton Heights
Cotaco
Austinville
Morgan County High
Trinity
Union Hill
Flint
Eva
Ryan
Danville
Priceville
Sudekum Visits Decatur Theatres With Family Group
Nashville executive Tony Sudekum president of Crescent Amusement Company visited Decatur late in the week to inspect local playhouses including the Princess Roxy and Capitol Theatres. He praised the setup and called the Princess the prettiest in the Crescent group. Accompanying him were his wife daughter Mrs. E J Gunter grandson Kermit Stengel Jr and Lee Castleberry Fifth Avenue Theatre manager.
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Tony Sudekum
Nashville
Crescent Amusement Company
Roxy
Princess
Capitol Theatres
Decatur
Crescent Group
Sudekum
E. J. Gunter
Kermit Stengel, Jr
Lee Castleberry
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Youngster Already Widely Traveled
Eight month old Philip M Sutley has traveled 10 000 miles and visited 18 states with his father Lieut P H Sutley of Baltimore, an air corps examiner. The family travels in a large home equipped trailer as the army screens entrants into the air corps. Philip has been healthy and content on the roving childhood tour.
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Atlanta
Philip M. Sutley
P. H. Sutley
Baltimore
Air Corps Examiner Board 1
Philip
Army
Air Corps
Rabid Dog Scare in Attalla Leads to Dozens Euthanized
In Attalla a rabies scare sparked after more than 50 dogs acted strangely and were put down to prevent spread. Officials investigated symptoms and ordered humane euthanasia of affected animals.
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Attalla
Nazis claim Norden bomb device existed since 1938
United States Attorney Harold M. Kennedy opened a federal case against 16 alleged spies in New York. One defendant, Hermann Lang, a former fuzes inspector, allegedly took bomb sights to Germany in 1938. Seventeen others pleaded guilty and await sentencing as trial unfolds over three weeks. Ray D. Muir testified no defendants registered as agents of a foreign power.
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New York
Germany
United States
Harold M. Kennedy
Mortimer W. Byers
Hermann Lang
Kennedy
Raymond D. Muir
State Department
Frank J. Walsh
Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walsh
Ten Polio Cases Reported Across Alabama
Ten new cases of infantile paralysis were diagnosed today bringing Alabama’s total this year to 603. There have been 42 deaths since July and 579 cases were recorded since July 1 with 87 cases this month. Cases originated in Jefferson Birmingham county Franklin Cullman Etowah Lauderdale Morgan and Tallapoosa.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson
Birmingham
Franklin
Cullman, Etowah, Lauderdale, Morgan and
Tallapoosa
Health Officer Reports No New Infantile Paralysis Cases
Dr. L. R. Murphree Morgan county health officer said no new cases of infantile paralysis developed after the August 25 case and another last week. No new suspects were reported today.
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L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Credit Terms to be Discussed at Mass Meeting
Local merchants are invited to a mass meeting in Birmingham Sunday afternoon September 14 to learn about new government credit and installment purchase regulations. Loyd Raist manager of the consumer credit department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will speak. The local credit bureau warns of severe penalties for violations and urges merchants to study the new rules.
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Birmingham
Loyd Raist
Consumer Credit Department
Federal Rebank of
Atlanta
Credit Bureau
Labor official accused of Communist ties amid wage row
The report lists salaries for division heads and aides including Henderson $7500 and Mildred Edie Bri $5600, with E J Lever named as principal field representative of price administration labor division at $5600. Lever claimed Dies was used to smear union men by Communists and tied to anti Communist tactics, noting Lever’s past organizing work with the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee in Philadelphia.
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Mildred Edie Bri
Tom Tippett
Dewey H. Palmer
Dies
E. J. Lever
Price Administration
Labor div
Lever
Philadelphi
Puic
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Philadelphia
Floats lead parade advance agents in mobile procession
The article lists parade float organizers and drivers including Mr Prewitt and Mr Saliba with participants from Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Mobile and Selma. Highway Patrolmen Dedicate escort and motorcycle pickup details for a Milwaukee parade event.
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Mr. Prewitt
Mr. Saliba
Joh Figh
Montgomery Chambe of
Commerce
Ex Dassinger
Andalusia
Eddie Barnard
Birmingham
Legionnaires
McCormack
Tuscaloosa
Evyatt Martin
Decatur Fire Department Responds To Basement Smoke
Mr. Ken reported light smoke in the store basement. two fire trucks and about six firefighters arrived. A thorough search found no source for the smoke and it cleared soon after. R. D. Kemp, manager of the store, witnessed the scene.
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Decatur mi
Sery
Ken
Mr. Kemp
R. D.kemp
Rupture Listed After Surgical Operation at Artesian Ave
Incisional hernia or rupture noted at 6509 North Artesian Avenue Chicago following medical procedure. Patient received follow up care and surgical review was solicited for further treatment.
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N. Artesian Ave
Chicago
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Columbus, Ga
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Loulaville
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Westmoreland
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Lacon
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