Rocket Shells Fired From Planes May Influence Warfare
Rocket engineer Alfred Africano outlines 3 inch rocket shells weighing 15 pounds with 5 pounds of propellant to reach 1,700 feet per second. Fired from light racks on planes, these projectiles avoid heavy gun recoil, offering a new ballistic approach pending accuracy and stability solutions.
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Alfred Africano
Army Ordnnance Association
Astronautics
Journal of the American Rocket Oe
Germany
Mr Africano
Africano
Athens Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Travels
Athens residents share visits from Vernon Alabama to Memphis Tennessee and appearances of relatives from Louisville Kentucky. Local figures Dr Robert Goddard is cited in a rocket discussion with aviation implications. Families also report vacations in Miami New York and Dallas along with births moves and church events.
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Robert Goddard
Clark University
America
Tragedy in Dayton: Willis T. Watkins Jr. Dies at 1
Willis T. Watkins Jr. age 1 year 2 months dies at home in Dayton Ohio Tuesday at 4 30 pm. Parents Willis T. and Ruth Helen Clemmer Watkins survive with grandparents Mr and Mrs C W Clemmer Dayton and Mr and Mrs W S Watkins Hartselle Ala. Funeral Saturday 11:00 am Mac Conaughy and Carrigan Funeral Home burial Willowview Cemetery. Rev Fred L. Dennis to officiate. Friends may call after 7:00 pm Thursday.
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Dayton
Ohio
Willis T. Watkins, Jr
Wawona Street
Willis T
Ruth Helen (Clemmer) Watkins
C. W. Clemmer
W. 8S. Watkins
Hartselle
Ala
MacConaughy and Carrigan
West Third Street
Willowview Cemetery
Fred L. Dennis
Watkins
Willis T. Watkins
Silas Blevins
Ben Blevins
Jim Eubanks
Carter Davis
Doc Baldwin
Roy Blankenship
Decatur
Curtis Campbell
Near Gum Springs
Asa Smith
W. T. Wade
Damon Blackwell
Masons Meet Thursday in Rising Sun Lodge Hall No 29
The Second District Masonic Conference of A F and A M will be held in Rising Sun Lodge Hall No 29 on Thursday August 8 at 10 a m. Delegates from Morgan and Limestone Counties will attend. Distinguished Masons from other parts of the state are invited to participate in exemplification of lessons lectures and degree work as adopted by the Grand Lodge. All Master Masons are invited.
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Rising Sun Lodge
Masonic Lodge
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Grand Lodge
Athens National Guard unit heads to summer maneuvers
Athens Alabama Aug 5 Special The Athens unit of the Alabama National Guard with 8 officers and 79 men departed Sunday for annual summer maneuvers at Alexandria Louisiana Commanding officer is Captain T E Hatchett with F H Armstrong as first lieutenant and H L Carter as second lieutenant
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Athens
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Alexandria
F. H. Armstrong
H. L. Carter
Ft Payne prepares site for new $82,000 city building
Work has begun to raze the old Ft Payne jail and city hall to make way for a new concrete city building costing $82,000. The former jail dates to the 1880s when prisoners set fire to the log custody house used at that time.
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FT. Payne
Ala
Local Social Notes Highlight Hartman Johnston Campbells
Mrs J M Hartman on Route 1 and Mrs P Johnston with nephew Don Winton Mikell were shoppers in Decatur Thursday morning. Miss Annie B Campbell and Wanda Campbell visit Woodland Mills with Mr and Mrs William Campbell. A M Peck of Decatur came to see his mother Mrs Mary Peck. Miss Margaret Garrison from Route One returned from Cullman. J W Winton attended the burial of Mr J C Walker in Hartselle. The Ladies Thursday Afternoon Club served dinner to Rev Hugh Mitchell and family and Rev Cecil Brown and family of Decatur Thursday night. Mr and Mrs G Mikel and son Don were in Hartselle Saturday.
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J. M. Hartman
P. Johnston
Don J. Winton Mikell
Decatur
Annie B
Wanda Campbell
Woodland Mills
William Campbell
A. M. Peck
Mary Peck
Margaret Garrison
Route One
Cullman
J. W. Win
Biscuit From 1862 Survives Cyclone And Time
In Luverne Alabama W G Hudgens preserves a 78 year old biscuit baked by his grandfather Joseph Hudgens in 1862 during the Civil War era. One biscuit was eaten the other wrapped in the Mobile Register and Advertiser date April 18 1862 and stored away. They withstood a 1925 cyclone and remain family relics.
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Luverne
Ala
W. G. Hudgens
Joseph Hudgens
Mobile
Hudgens
Mobile Register and Advertiser
Cemetery Cleanup Planned at Old Crawford Grave Yard
Thomas A. Ryan announces a community work day at the east end of Monran County’s Old Crawford Grave Yard. Volunteers should meet August 12, 1940, bring tools and a dinner basket to help clean the cemetery.
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Thomas A. Ryan
Monran County
Crawford Grave Yard
Campaign funding urged against white fringed beetle in four states
The U S Department of Agriculture allocates 300000 to continue a cooperative federal state campaign against the white fringed beetle in Alabama Florida Louisiana and Mississippi. The insect was found in south Alabama and northwest Florida years ago and is a serious crop menace.
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Auburn
Ala
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nazi sailors in Argentina strain host nation budget
AP dispatch from Buenos Aires reports that unemployed interned Graf Spee crew members receive full naval salaries under international law. The cost has reached about 125000 dollars as collaborators and families fear escape attempts while some crewmen have crossed into Chile or found work with German firms, yet authorities must track all interned individuals.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Reim
Wanderln
Chile
Brazil
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New York
Gene Aker
Harvey
R. N. Cartwright, Jr
Vernon
R. N. Cartwright
Ralph Pugh
Standard Oil Company
Caputro
Venezuela
Joe F. Lewis
Millard Deason
Bessemer
Lynn Ferguson
Memphis
G. White
Virginia Hart
Bessie Binford
Africany
Nashville
K. N. Binford
Bruce
Nelson
Milan
Tenn
R. W. Puckett
Louisville
Dickie
Thomas Shockley
Carrollton
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
Suzanne Hillis
Shockley
Culver M. Hillis
Bob Gilbert
Carter’s Creek
Prospect
Pulaski
J. O. Payne
Miami
Payne
J. W. Rudder
J. P. Hill
Nancy
Betty Martin
W. M. Walker
Car
Dick Martin
Norman Todd
Luke Davis
Dallas
Texas
O. F. Herring
Durham
N. C
Covington
Georgia
Grandy Davis
Martha Frances Davis
Kentucky
W.T. Wade
Wade
C. Miller
Chicago
Money Back Guarantee
AYDS
Caddell Drug Co
D. L. Mixson
Mgr
Southern Bell Telephone
Morgan County
Somerville
Loretta Young
Ray Mill
Reginald Gardiner
Gail Patrick
Edmund Gwen
Georges Metaxa
The
Princess Today
Bettle
Jackson & Still
J&s
Stull & CO
Cullman, Ale
Woolworth
Nancy Love
Ana
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
Amert
Tennant
Nancy Harkness Love
Vassar
Camel
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