Farm Bureau Seeks Loans To Raise Farm Prices
A resolutions committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation proposes revising federal farm programs to provide government loans that would peg prices above current market levels. A five member non partisan board would oversee administration to curb coordination gaps. The group backs speedier aid to Britain and possible repeal of neutrality laws and the Johnson Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Resolutions Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Great Britain
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
Battle over road sign sparks Tennessee Mississippi dispute
In Hernando Mississippi a cross state clash erupts after Memphis placed a 10 by 6 foot sign near the border claiming Mississippi hosts gambling dens. Officials warn of consequences and public reactions accuse Memphis of draining local nightlife profits. Mississippi leaders urge Memphis to clean its own house as guards and political figures weigh in.
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Hernando
Miss
Mississisipi
Tennessee
Memphis
Mississippi
DeSoto County
Missisnippi
Tennemee Line
Guy Joiner
Shelby County
Paul B. Johnson
Solomon
Hugh L. White
Prison Association Seeks Pay for Inmates
The Washington Prison Association urges the state legislature to grant daily inmate wages of 25 to 75 cents for state penitentiary and reformatory labor. It plans to allocate 2 percent of prison industry earnings to support prisoners' families and provide a small sum at release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington Prison Association
State Penitentiary
State Reformatory
Harry Hartman
Association
Bankers Label Federal Policy Dangerous to Free Enterprise
The Investment Bankers Association of America warns that the United States is shifting from free enterprise to state security capitalism as low credit rates and easy money policies erode investment income. Adrian M. Massie of the New York Trust Company leads the committee urging reversal before wartime and postwar strains deepen the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
Hollywood
Fla
Investment Bankers Association of America
Governmental Securities Committee
Association
Board of Governors
Adrian M. Massie
The
New York Trust Company
Ten ex policemen sentenced to jail in bootlegging case
Ten former Mobile policemen were sentenced to federal prison after conviction for conspiring to take bribes from bootleggers. Twenty six others were acquitted. Sentences ranged from one year and a day to two years by Judge John McDuffie. Forty were indicted in October. one pleaded guilty, one ill and reassigned, two dismissed and later reinstated.
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Mobile
Ala
Atlanta
John McDuffie
Death of Lord Lothian Follows Plea for Aid
Washington dispatch reports Lord Lothian British ambassador died at 1 am CST in the Washington embassy after relapsing from an earlier illness. He had urged American aid to Britain to prevent a Nazi victory, saying support would help Britain not fall. Neville Butler announced the death as Hull planned to visit the embassy to offer condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Lothian
United States
Washington
England
Germany
Massachusetts Avenue
Neville Butler
Lothian
Baltimore
Britain
Marquess of Lothian
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Hull
Roosevelt
Caribbean
London
Astronomer Calms Fears of Cunningham Comet Threat
Harvard astronomer Dr. Fletcher Watson told the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the Cunningham comet will stay at least 55 million miles from Earth as its tail may approach closer but pose no collision risk. He notes Halley’s 1910 tail passage nearby produced no effects. The comet should be visible by December 16 and nearest Earth in mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fletcher Watson
Harvard University
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Halley
Comanche Language Chosen For Signal Corps Training
Oklahoma City dispatch reports the Comanche tribe may supply 30 fluent speakers for a war department request to train in signal corps work in Atlanta. The plan aims to use their unique tongue to conceal messages while teaching basic telephone and radio transmission skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Park
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
A. C. Monahan
Indian Service
War Department
Signal Corps
W. J. Becker
Becker
Cameron Agricultural College
Lawton
Oklo
Atlanta
Cold Wave Expected Friday in Twin Cities and South
Weathermen forecast a cold wave moving into the Twin Cities Friday afternoon or night from the Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Louisiana sees much colder conditions with rain tonight and Friday, while Arkansas is to face rain turning to snow and a hard freeze Friday or Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Monroe
Prediction of record U S cotton use in 1940
New Orleans December 12 prediction that domestic consumption of cotton in 1940 would exceed 8 million bales a new record. Charles K Everett secretary of the Cotton Consumption Council said about 10 percent may go to national defense and the aim was 10 million bales. Dr Claudius Murchison of the Cotton Textile Institute was keynote speaker at the winter meeting with the National Association of State Commissioners and Secretaries of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charles K. Everett
Cotton Consumption Council
National Defense
Council
National Association of State Commissioners and Secretaries of Agriculture
Claudius T. Murchison
The
Cotton Textile Institute of New York
Explosives Car Derails on New Jersey Railroad Line
Four freight cars derail on a Pennsylvanian railroad branch in Trenton with one box car marked high explosives tilting onto its side. Police dispersed a group of curious schoolchildren near the scene as investigators seek cause.
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Trenton
N. J
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Italian War Chief Badoglio Opposed Greece Campaign Says Farinacci
Roberto Farinacci reports Badoglio opposed the Greece invasion and wanted more divisions. He denies Mussolini’s political command blame and accuses unnamed high command of timeliness and improvidence. Separately Eden and Dill praise General Wavell in a message to British forces in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badoglio
Rome
Roberto Farinacci
Regime Fascista
Pietro Badoglio
Greece
Mussolini
Farinacci
Albania
London
Anthony Eden
John G. Dill
Imperial General Staff
Archibald P. Wavell
Britain
Middle East
Thieves Steal Cash and Briefcases in Monroe Robberies
Monro e police report two robberies overnight. Two briefcases vanished from Joseph R. Fuller's car parked at his home. A cash box containing 101.76 dollars was taken from the Keystone Paint and Decorating Company at 109 North Grand Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Joseph R. Fuller
Milner- Fuller Auto Company
Keystone Paint and Decorating Company
North Grand Street
Old Timers Try to Sign Up in Army Record
In St George Utah on December 12 Sylvester Earl 76 of Virgin and Jesse N Lemmon 69 of Hurricane registered to join the army. Captain John W Summerhays praised the patriots but hoped the nation would not need their years. Registrations were cancelled.
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ST. George
Utah
Sylvester Earl
Virgin
Jesse N. Lemmon
Hurricane
Earls
Lemmon
John W. Summerhays
Civil Air Administration to spend 40 million on 200 airports
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced a 40 million dollar program to improve takeoff and landing facilities at about 200 sites across the continental United States Hawaii and Alaska. Projects include runways taxiways lighting fencing and drainage with emphasis on land owned by government entities pledged to maintain operations. Hawaii receives 1.4 million Alaska 3 million with multiple projects in Santa Barbara Baton Rouge and White Plains among others.
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Washington
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Congress
National Defense
Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce
Donald H. Connolly
Civil Aeronautics
Connolly
WPA
Santa Barbara
Calif
White Plains
N. Y
Baton Rouge
Draftees Warned To Notify Boards Of Address Changes
Ouachita parish draft board officials warned all registrants to report address changes immediately under penalty of law. They urged those using general delivery to call for mail and said questionnaires were returned as address unknown when changes were not reported.
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Selective Service
Draft Board
Ouachita Parish
Orleans Passes General Sales Levy Ordinance
New Orleans adopts a 2 percent general sales tax to fund the general fund WPA welfare and back pay for firemen and policemen starting January 1 1941. The measure faces opposition from merchants and a potential court challenge from state official De Lesseps Morrison. Revenue allocations include 1 million dollars to public welfare and WPA 245000 to sewerage and water board 200000 for back pay and the rest to the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Commission Council
General Fund
WPA
Robert S. Maestri
Work Projects Administration
Sewerage and Water Board
Weather men find weather too hot in Alaska
Fairbanks Alaska December 12 temperatures at the army cold weather station show no cold spell and interior Alaska reports 35 to 45 above zero. Old-timers say this is one of the mildest winters in Fairbanks history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Army
Make These Dreams Real Through Good Fellows Aid
A Christmas appeal urges readers to donate to the Good Fellows pot at News-Star-World to provide Yuletide dinners clothes and toys for needy children and adults. The piece emphasizes small gifts and collective effort to fulfill simple holiday desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star— World
British Desert Forces Impound Over 20 000 Italian Prisoners
In the four day battle of Egypt British troops seized more than 20 000 Italian prisoners and threaten 8 000 to 14 000 more. Churchill told the House of Commons the bulk of Italian divisions may be captured. Salum and Bardia were attacked as Sidi Barrani fell with 6 000 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Egypt
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
London
Rome
Italy
Sidi Barrani
Bardia
Italian Libya
Mediterranean
London Admiralty
Royal Navy
Rodolfo Graziani
Henry Maiteland Wilson
Anthony Eden
Storm Strikes Napoleonville Injures Property in Early Morning Tornado
An early morning tornado in Napoleonville damaged 11 buildings, with estimated losses between 10 000 and 12 000 dollars. Residents fled as the storm hit at 2 50 a m lasting about 45 minutes. The Stand ard Oil plant Texas and Pacific depot baseball park grandstand and several cottages were damaged including a grandstand about 1 000 dollars. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleonville
Sebastian Fazzio
Standard Oil Company
Texas and Pacific
Pierre Parte
Thomas Named To Civil Service Commission Post
Governor Sam Jones appointed G. M. Thomas of Natchitoches to the state civil service commission replacing H. Harris of Alexandria. Harris resigned due to his roles on district and state Democratic committees. Thomas, a former state senator from 1924 to 1928, was recommended by Louisiana College.
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Resolutions Committee of Federation
By Ovid A. Martin
Pape
Prison Association
U. S
Statesman
Earth
Joan Roberts
Kansas City
Jersey
CAA
Capital
Orleans
Kathryn Adams
Temple
Tex
Sicily Island
Churchill
Thomas
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