Yarbrough Rites Held For Former Athens Police Chief
Burial followed the city cemetery with active pallbearers Eugene L Yar brough Johnstan Walter Evans and M Bowen. Honorary mourners included Athens City officials. The deceased had been chief of the Athens Police Department for years before illness. His wife and four daughters and four sons survive.
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McConnell
Eugene L. Yar- M. Bowen
Ane
J. W. ‘Johnston
Louis
8. M. Yarbrough
Walter Evans
Athens City
Offithe
Athens
McAdams
Jennie Yarbrough
Frances Yar
Louis Padulo
Jersey City
N. J
Silas M. Yarbrough
Gainesville
Texas
Murray Yarbrough
Carrollton
Ala
Hagan and
Henry Yarbrough
Late tomatoes and beans move in North Alabama fields
The state crop report notes movement of late tomatoes and beans starting in Blount, Cullman, and St. Clair counties as the season winds down in other areas. Watermelons move from Chilton County with good size and quality. late snap beans have begun moving from North Alabama. Tomato plant conditions are good and movement is expected to continue.
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Montgomery
Ale
State
Blount
Cullman
St. Clair
Chilton County
Alabama
Want Ads List Insurance Agents for Savings
Insurance costs may be reduced by consulting the agents named in today’s Want Ads. The listings highlight local brokers offering policies and quotes for savings opportunities.
Six Mile Watershed area sets new legume planting record
The Six Mile Watershed Demonstration Area reports a new record for winter legumes with 424 acres planned this fall and 41 acres of permanent pasture. Thirty three farmers will cover over 30 percent of the cropland, sowing about 200 acres of oats for roughly 8,000 bushels. This progress boosts feed and land improvement, with Morgan County farmers expected to gain value over time.
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Six Mile Watershed
John Hingston
Six Mile
Morgan County
Decatur Tigers Meet Fairfield Cubs At Lakeside Park
Decatur Tigers travel to Lakeside Park to face the Fairfield Birmingham Cubs Thursday at 3 30 p m. Manager Joel Martin announced the game after a four game road trip that included Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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Decatur Tigers
Fairfield
Birmingham
Community Ring Draws Largest Crowds in Heng Alabama
Floyd W Blair Milton Grisham and local music lovers host weekly community sing at the courthouse drawing about a thousand attendees. The event outgrew the W O W Hall and now fills the large courtroom with seats taken an hour before the song starts.
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Heng
Ala
Floyd W. Blair
Milton
Grisham
W. O. W. Hall
Plans for 1941 soil credits in Morgan County farms
County Agent B G Hall explains how Morgan County farmers can calculate 1941 soil conservation credits. He details calculations for cover crops, terracing, permanent pasture, and perennial crop acreages using 1940 cropland figures with examples from O P Butler and W F Cooper showing credits earned and future planting plans.
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Farm Security Administration
Morgan County
B. G. Hall
O. P. Butler
Hartselle
Route 1
Daylight saving deemed hard on Augusta field hands
In Augusta Georgia on the first DST day field workers timed themselves by mill whistles, but the lunch whistle brought unhappiness as the schedule shifted and workers faced disruption in routines.
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Augusta
Ballots Go To Members Of Nation's Railroad Unions
The nation’s 1.2 million organized railroad workers were urged to vote on wage demands. Operating unions seek a 3 percent pay raise for engineers firemen enginemen conductors trainmen and switchmen while non operating unions demand 30 to 34 cents more per hour. Negotiations stalled with a potential emergency board and possible walkout date if no settlement occurs.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Carriers Conference Committee
Daylight Saving Confusion Delays Evening Dinner Feeds
Household returns home to find no meals ready as clocks were not moved forward. The error left residents an hour off schedule and hungry after the wait.
Rites Scheduled for J A Hendrix
Funeral services are set for J A Hendrix 9 who died Tuesday at noon at the home of a son near Hartselle route. Rev H P Copeland will conduct at Liberty Marshall county with interment in Rice schoolhouse cemetery. Pallbearers listed include Dewey Hendrix Gertis Hendrix Roy Wallace Bryant Hendrix and Pervin Isley. He is survived by a son B B Hendrix and a daughter.
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J. A. Héndrix
Hendrix
Hartselle
B. B. Hendrix
Maddox Urges Terrace Land To Qualify For AAA Payments
A. G. Maddox of Need Community urges all county farmers to terrace land and plant permanent pasture winter legumes and small grains this fall to fully qualify for 1941 AAA payments. Morgan county agent B. G. Hall notes Maddox needs 57 credits, has 16 earned, and plans to seed 15 to 20 acres of vetch for additional credits.
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A. G. Maddox
Alabama
Maddox
B. G. Hall
Morgan County
Burglar Steals 11 Cents From Night Club
In Indianapolis a burglar pried through a window but tripped a hidden alarm and fled with 11 cents from the cash register. He left behind his shirt and tools including a cold chisel and a jimmy bar as police recovered the evidence.
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Indianapolis
Mrs Finis Hill of Attalla Grandmother to Many
Mrs Finis Hill of Attalla is noted with two grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren as part of a family record.
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Finis Hill
Attalla
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Bobby) Johnson
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Morris Avenue
NCESS
Union City, Indiana
WAR Department
William P. Hobby
Houston Post
Bureau of Public Relations
Washington
Howe Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Morgan
Butler
W. F. Cooper
Cooper
Ginger Rogers
Tom, Dick and
Merry
George Murphy
Tom
Alan Marshal
Burgess Meredith
Herry
Robert R. Stubbs
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Young Stubbs
Charlotte, N. C
Ben B. Darnell
Roxy Theatre
Mr. Darnell
Masonic
Star Theatres
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Terrace Land
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Crescent Amusement Co
Hollywood
New York, N. Y
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Crescent Amusement. Co
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