State's Trade Up in October
Atlanta report shows October business in the sixth federal reserve district improving over a year earlier. Construction contracts rose 91 percent, cotton consumption up 8 percent, and pig iron production increased. Textile activity climbed 19 percent, and Birmingham steel mill capacity reached 105 percent.
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Economic Report Shows Mixed U S Activity in Sixth District
The report notes a 9 43 per cent rise in the country overall and a 12 per cent gain in building permits, with wholesale trade up 15 per cent. Retail daily sales fell 5 per cent, yet October 1939 compared shows a 2 per cent rise. Defense contracts lagged in the sixth district except Kansas City and Minneapolis, but defense projects align more with productive capacity than expected.
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Angora Rabbits Suit Defense Needs in 1940s Show
reporters note rabbits may aid national defense by providing serum material and Angora wool for uniforms. Angoras produce seven times warmer and eight times lighter wool, with yearly output about one pound and top-grade wool selling at around five dollars per pound.
Dick Foran Files Cross-Complaint for Divorce
Film actor Dick Foran 30 files a cross complaint for divorce from Ruth Piper Hollingsworth Foran 26 in Los Angeles. She had filed her petition five weeks earlier. Both allege cruelty. He asks for sole custody of their two baby sons under the agreement.
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Dick Foran
Ruth Piper Hollingsworth Foran
Foran
Petain Weighs France’s Fate as Status Quo Battles Change
From Versailles to Vichy reports say Petain overrides Laval on moving residence to Paris while seeking limited cooperation with the Axis. Observers note Weygand’s rising strength in North Africa and argue Petain aims for a final settlement with conquerors, preserving France through caution and prestige. Papa Petain, 84, remains central to the plan.
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Piscatorial Puzzle in Swanky Rumson Estate Pond
A deep sea fish weighing almost 30 pounds was found dead in a land locked pond in Rumson New Jersey on December 3. Edgar A Knapp the New York insurance broker who owns the property suspects the fish may be linked to the disappearance of about 1000 ducklings over ten years. The mystery centers on how the saltwater predator entered the spring fed pond a theory suggests a fish hawk dropped it when small.
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Swanky Estates
Edgar A. Knapp
New York
City Court docket of Harper judge Nash fighting and weapons cases
A city court records numerous cases with verdicts and fines. Elliott Windsor and Beatrice Jones found guilty for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon, each fined or days. Others discharged or fined for fighting intoxication trespass traffic violations and larceny habitual offender status. Several defendants received days or bonds with varied amounts.
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Thomas Nash
Elliott Windsor
Willie Thornton
Chadwick Scott
Mattie Moore
Mattie Bell Jones
Oscar Cotton
Beatrice Sarah Jones
Alias Powell
William Henderson
Jewell Thomassee
Emma Lynch
H. M. Revelle
Nolice
Troy Johnson
Joseph Charles
Calvin Willis Candler
West Webb
Joe R. Benson
Robert Skipper
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