Garden in Downtown Chicago Produces Sweet Corn
In downtown Chicago a tiny one eighth acre garden near the river and old Van Buren bridge is run by Leewin A. Wade and partner. They converted a former fish smoker building into a studio and grow vegetables and flowers including corn potatoes tomatoes and onions. The effort began five and a half years ago with soil brought in and raised beds. They expanded to corn this season after careful seed selection and scientific care and now enjoy fresh sweet corn amid city blocks and tall buildings.
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Landstrom
van Buren
Leewin A. Wade
Wade
August vaccination clinics announced across county
Dr L R Murphree announced August schedules for typhoid inoculations small pox vaccines diphtheria shots and tuberculin tests at 17 county points. The list includes Mason Ridge Grove Ridge Winton Somerville New Center Natural Bridge Plainview School Gums Woodland Mills Valhermosa Springs Union Hill Venice Science Hill and Lacey's Spring with times from 9:30 a m to 3:15 p m across August 13 14 and 16.
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L. R. Murphree
Mason Ridge
Grove Ridge
Winton
Somerville
New Center
Natural Bridge
Rural Grove
Plainview
Gums
Woodland Mills
Valhermosa Springs
Union Hill
Venice
Science Hill
Coast roads reopen as storm brings high tides and debris
Storm clearance continues with Bay bridge usable and convicts working to remove wreckage. Cedarpoint road to Bay Shore homes reopens after temporary closure. Bayou La Batre and Coden report no damage, while Highway 90 near Pascagoula was flooded briefly and traffic diverted from Biloxi seawall.
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Bay Bridge
Cedarpoint
Bay Shore
Ohile
Dog River
Perch Creek
Bayou la Batre
Coden
Mississippi Coast
Pascagoula
Biloxi
Banniza Leaves Hospital After Emergency Operation
G P Banniza manager of the Princess Theatre recuperates at Peebles Apartments after an emergency op at D C Clinic in Sheffield on July 26. He was moved to Decatur by Brown ambulance and likely will stay home about ten more days.
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G. P. Banniza
Princess Theatre
Peebles
D. C. Clinic
Sheffield
Banniza
Decatur
Markets Slip As War Fears Dampen Trading
New York stocks eased on light selling amid war anxieties. Steels motors and aircraft slipped while leaders posted near day’s lows. about 300000 shares moved. Yellow Truck gained on a $15.25 million War Department contract. Cottonseed oil closed steady with listed price ranges.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Engiatrd
Yellow Truck
War Department
Market Summary Sees Mixed Trading Across Commodities
Stocks ease as steels lead a downward drift while bonds stay uneven. Rails and Latin American markets gain. Foreign exchange slow with Hong Kong dollar weaker. Cotton weak with hedges and selling. sugar weak from liquidation. Metals soften with copper price cuts. Wool weak with spot selling. Wheat declines, corn rises. Cattle firm up to 25 higher. hogs mostly steady.
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New York
Atg
Hong Kong
Cotton futures slip on German attack forecast
The market edged lower as an immediate German attack forecast weighed on cotton futures. December and March contracts opened and closed near steady, while August and October futures showed declines and middling spot prices hovered around nominal levels.
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N. C. Cotton
New Orleans
NSE Kg
Ratkins
Cottonseed meal futures close steady in Memphis market
Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 per cent content closed steady in Memphis on August 6. Closing prices shown for Aug 25.50, Sept 21.50, Oct 20.75, Dec 20.25, Jan 20.00, March 20.15 with 300 sales recorded.
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Memphis
Spot Cotton News in New Orleans
Spot cotton closed quiet five points lower in New Orleans on August reporting day. Sales reached 54 bales with low middling at 9.25 cents and middling at 10.25 cents. Receipts totaled 1,804 with stock at 548,155 bales.
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New Orleans
Grain futures mixed as corn gains offset wheat slip
Chicago trading opened with small gains in corn and oats while wheat eased. September wheat at 74 3-8 to 1-4. December 75 3-8 to 1-4. Corn rose 1-8 to 3-8, September 60-60 to 1-8, December 55 7-8 to 56 with oats steady to 3-8 higher.
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Chicago
CIES
Tennessee Livestock Market Reports From Nashville
U. S. Department figures show cattle and calves listed with 200 cattle and 150 calves salable. Cattle steady with dryfeds in broad demand. Slaughter cattle and cows priced from 3.00 to 9.00, hogs steady with 400 salable.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Quick Cotton Loans Urged by Southern Leaders
Representative Palmer said information indicates Secretary Wallace would announce the 1940 cotton loan rate late this week, likely on the same basis as last year. Fulmer and southern senators urged early release to aid small growers, noting last year’s delay until November kept many from benefiting. The rate set at about 10.25 cents per pound, around 65 percent of parity, with last year’s average about 53 percent.
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Washington
Palmer
Wallace
Fulmer
Alabama Future Farmers of America Convention in Auburn
The 11th annual Alabama Future Farmers of America convention will be held in Auburn from August 19 to 21. About 1,200 youths are expected to attend the event with activities and demonstrations planned.
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Auburn
Ala
Bileventh
Alabama
Future Farmers of America
Lamb and sheep market update with prices and ranges
The report lists weights and prices for lambs and sheep including 150 lbs and heavier at 5.20 to 6.35 per unit, 145 lbs down, with 3.84 and 4.30 for anc sows. Salable sheep 400 head, steady. Lambs mostly 5.50 to 7.50 with choice selections to 8.50. Bulk fat ewes 2.00 to 2.50.
Doodlebug Crewman Says Clear Order To Sidetrack
Surviving Doodlebug crewman Conductor H B Shafer testified to Coroner R E Amos that orders required the gasoline coach to be sidetracked a mile from the collision site. He said Engineerman Murtaugh did not take the sidetrack, and the train likely traveled 50 to 55 mph toward the freight train, killing 43. Shafer blamed lack of a block in the Cuyahoga Falls district for the crash.
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Akron
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. B. Shafer
R. E. Amos
Thomas L. Murtaugh
Shafer
Amos
Cuyahoga Falls
War views on independence and European democracy
The author discusses how Balkan and European independence ideas reflect a preference for personal prerogatives over strict regimes. He cites France's totalitarian family program and Nazi youth moves, noting the challenge of Nazifying Europe while preserving national attachment and freedom.
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Balkans
Europe
A. P
Vichy
France
Hitler
Germany
Montgomery Field Lease Signed For Southeast Training Center
The Army Air Corps announced a lease to use Montgomery Municipal Airport in Alabama as part of a new southeast aviation training center. It will support basic and advanced pilot training with Maxwel l Field at Elgin Field Valparaiso Florida and a field at Selma Alabama also to be used. About 1 million dollars is planned for new construction per the Air Corps.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Montgomery
Ala
Municipal
Southeast Aviation Training Center
Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Elgin Field
Valparaiso
Fla
Selma
Journalists Leader Charles Poellnitz Johnston Dies
Charles Poellnitz Johnston, a prominent Southern journalist before retirement, died in Greensboro Alabama. He was over eighty. Funeral services will be held today at Tuscaloosa.
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Greensboro
Ala
Charles Poellnitz Johnston
Tuscaloosa
Decatur Daily Notes Local Visits and Health Updates
Relatives visit the Turners in Decatur on August 4 with a large group listed. Notables include Rev. W. E. Waterhouse conducting a revival at Mt Zion, and Rev. I. W. Myers resigning Huntsville pastorate to pursue rural churches and evangelism. Local residents receive hospital updates, surgeries, or recoveries at Baugh's Infirmary and the Hamil Clinic, with several attending services and visits noted.
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W. E. Waterhouse
First Baptist Church
Mt Zion Church
Huntsville
I. W. Myers
Decatur
Vinemont
Plan Would Call 55000 Guardsmen For Immediate Duty
The plan proposed 55000 Guardsmen for immediate duty with training for the first conscripts drawn from 12 million men aged 21 to 30 under the Burke Wadsworth act. Bill supporters note registration while opponents urge voluntary enlistments and longer age limits.
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Jonson
D.-Cole
Thomas
R.-Idaho
Lundeen
Fl-Minn
Johnson
Wheeler
Army
American Federation of Labor
America
Military Training Camps Association
Senate Committee
George C. Marshall
Congress
War Department
Senate
United States
Hemisphere
Sheppard
Hitler
Parity and balanced farming urged by Dr. Duncan in 1940
Dr. Duncan calls farm parity the nation’s top need and cites Alabama data from 1934 showing farm income and population imbalances. He urges coordinated agricultural and industrial development, farm ownership, better landlord tenant terms, parity funds, soil care, and orderly marketing amid radical southern changes.
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Duncan
Alabama
South
Kaiser Wilhelm II Announces Engagement of Grandson
Doorn Netherlands Aug 6 Former Kaiser Wilhelm II announces engagement of grandson Prince Karl Franz Josef Von Preussen 24 to Princess Henriette Schoenach Carolath 22 eldest daughter of ex Kaiser's second wife Princess Hermine Karl awarded the Iron Cross bride known as Der General in youth for her commanding manner with her stepfather
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Doorn
Netherlands
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Karl Franz Josef von Preussen
Henriette Schoenach-Carolath
Henriette
Hermine
Karl
Joachim
Wilhelm
Doorn Castle
Youf
Former Decatur Banker Named President of Athens Bank
Graves former Decatur resident elected president of the First National Bank in Athens Tennessee to succeed the late James F Fisher. He previously served as vice president and has had a steady rise in banking, with prior Decatur ties and experience in other Tennessee banks.
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Graves
Decatur
First National Bank
Athens
Tennessee
R. B. Graves
This City
Joe Brown
R. B. Coffee
Graves Petty
Advancing War Counts Highlight Global Strain and Espionage
The Admiralty tallies 6 221 British killed missing or captured and 1 849 wounded. In Commons the strained British Japanese relations are to be studied amid releases of some detainees. Satoru Makihara freed. eight others held. Canada interned Montreal mayor Camillien Houd. Air and sea losses mount as Germany sinks thousands of tons of ships. U S envoy warns of famine in Belgium without aid. The only confirmed combat is nightly air duels over the Channel with Britain reporting 3 687 air force casualties since the war began.
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House of Commons
Satoru Makihara
London
Japan
Canada
Montreal
Camillien Houd
Houde
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Air Force
John Cudahy
U. S
Belgium
America
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Atlantic
English Channel
Britain
Germany
British
Air Ministry
Cherokee project aims to fill 30000 acre reservoir in 1942 spring
Engineers estimate completion in time for the 1942 spring rains. The dam will hold 1.5 million acre feet and span 6,600 feet at 170 feet high. Three generating units deliver 30,000 kilowatts each as about 4,000 workers are employed on dam and related works. The barrier will regulate 3,428 square miles with a 45 mile long reservoir and a 400 mile shoreline.
South American surveys started for rubber production
Secretary Wallace said two Agriculture Department exploration parties are in Latin America to identify promising rubber regions. A third party will survey Amazon headwaters. The teams operate in northwestern and southeastern Central America and parts of Colombia, under a $500000 appropriation.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Latin American
Amazon River
Central America
Columbia
Morgan Sends 143 to CCC Camps in July
In July, 142 white boys aged 17 to 23 were sent to Civil Conservation Corps camps from Morgan county. Mrs. Carleton Kelley, county welfare director, announced the plan. Indications suggest a larger enrollment in October with applications already arriving at the welfare office.
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Civil Conservation Corps
Morgan County
Carleton Kelley
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