Checks and political timing in Midwest farm aid
News item notes evidence that corn and hog checks mailed to the Midwest were delayed to align with an election campaign. It cites AAA shifts resuming work, and mentions a separate incident about a Delaware senator and his son involved in a boating accident near Ocean City Maryland causing injuries and a bridge collision.
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Midwest
Washington
AAA
Delaware
Townsend
Maryland
Paul Townsend
Ocean City
Paul
Guests
John
Morgan farmers lead large turnout at annual farm event
About fifteen hundred farmers from Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties gathered at the Farm Experiment Station north of Belle Mina for a full day of tours and talks. Auburn authorities explained crop experiments including cotton and corn with emphasis on cover crops like vetch while officials from Alabama’s farm system attended.
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Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone Counties
Belle Mina
Limestone County
Auburn
Alabama
Tofay
Dean M. J. Foundhess
J. C. Lowery
Former Resident Dies At Chicago Home
Former local resident P. Eubanks 53 died at his Chicago home Tuesday afternoon. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Survived by four brothers J. M. and D. B. of Augusta Ga I. M. of Decatur and S. G. of Sheffield. two sisters Mrs W C Wise of Decatur and Mrs S C Goidel of Sheffield.
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Chicago
Fie Sm
Eubanks
D. B
Augusta
I. M
Decatur
Sheffield
W. C. Wise
Typhoid Immunization Campaign Reaches Final Shots
More than 5 000 residents in Decatur completed their third typhoid shot as the campaign continues. Dr L R Murphree reports daily averages around 50 people for first and second doses, with over 6 000 inoculated countywide and 3 000 more in progress. No new cases and officials say the outbreak is controlled. three city deaths noted.
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Decatur
L. R. Murphree
Sidney Stephenson Claimed By Death
Sidney Stephenson aged 18 died last night at Benevolent Society Hospital after a weeks illness. Services will be at Lindsey cemetery Lawrence county Thursday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. W. E. Pritchard with Peck in charge. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs J P Stephenson and three sisters Ellen Helen and Margaret Stephenson.
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Sidney Stephenson
Benevolent Society Hospital
Lindsey Cemetery
Lawrence County
W. E. Pritchard
Peck
J. P. Sephenson
Ellen
Helen
Margaret Stephenson
W R Spight to Fill Pulpit Here Sunday
Dr. W R Spight, a prominent local church leader, will fill the pulpit at First Methodist church Sunday morning in the absence of Pastor Dr Wm F Price. At evening service Dr L G Sturdivant, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will preside.
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W.R. Spight
First Methodist Church
Wm. F. Price
L. G. Sturdivant
Decatur
Return of Men Is Asked By Governor
Governor asks for the return of men named Entrekin and Walter Harbin on charges of transporting liquor and disposing of a crop with Igndford's lien. Authorities seek their apprehension to face court action and resolve the alleged offenses.
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Entrekin
Walter Harbin
Igndford
Green to Avert Textile Strike Before September
Washington Aug 22 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said every effort would be made to avert the general textile strike set for September 1. He told reporters the federation would support the union if the strike developed but will seek to settle the controversy without striking.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
United Textile Workers
Kiwanis Meeting Thursday Noon Postpones Father Son Night
Decatur Kiwanis Club will hold its weekly Thursday noon meeting as an open event. Father and son night is postponed due to out of town members. Last week the agricultural committee presented soil and soil improvers, with W. H. Gregory Morgan County farm agent as the speaker.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
W. H. Gregory
Morgan County
Community Sing at West Side Church
A community singing event will be held Thursday at 7 30 pm at Westside Methodist Church. Vice president T A Ulve will preside in the absence of president A L Moye. Several out of town singers have been invited and a large crowd is expected.
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Westside Methodist Church
T. A. Ulve
A. L. Moye
Government Pegs Cotton at 12 Cents a Pound Today
The government set cotton at 12 cents a pound by presidential decree and launched plans to aid farmers. The president authorized 19 cent loans to farmers on this year's crop, while the Farm Credit Administration promoted credit unions to assist small growers. Federally backed lending may rise from 1 to 12 cents, with growers borrowing 12 cents if they prefer not to sell now.
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Associated Press
Frnt
Farm Credit Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Armored car heist and Rebel Ice branch robbed in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, a Rebel Ice Company branch was robbed of 525 dollars from the safe and 200 from night manager Anthony Desicco. The attackers, two men in laborer disguises, used a machine gun to threaten the driver Joseph Allen and guard John Wilson as a truck collected 25 dollars for the Fed. They fled by speedboats amid a citywide search with police aircraft and thousands of officers deployed.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Newarch
Dillinger
Rebel Ice Company
Rubel Company
Anthony Desicco
Manhattan
Bay Nineteenth Street
N York Federal Reserve Bank
Joseph Allen
John Wilson
Bay
Bank to Collect Debts Signals Stronger Farm Lending
In a message to borrowers President Robert A Beeland Jr of the Federal Land Bank New Orleans says improving conditions support debt collection. The bank made loans over 26 million dollars this year with outstanding farmer loans exceeding 94 million a year ago, tied to proceeds of current crops.
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Robert A. Beeland, Jr
Federal Land Bank
New Orleans
Askew Admits Kidnapping Was Fake to Sheriff
The Rev. R. H. Askew, four square gospel evangelist, confessed to Sheriff Paul Garrison that his kidnapping tale was false and that he authored the ransom messages received by his wife. He appeared in Nashville, Tennessee after a Southeast search, where he denied writing the notes.
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Goldsboro
N. C
R. H. Askew
Paul Garrison
Askew
Nashville
Tenn
Trouble in Cuban Army Reported in Havana Areas
Reports from Havana say serious trouble plagues the Cuban army in at least two locations. Havana police are confined to barracks and leaves cancelled. Semi official word claims Lieutenant Colonel Hernandez of Pinar Del Rio was shot and gravely wounded by two soldiers during an attempted arrest for alleged conspiracy against the government. one suspect escaped from Camp Columbia.
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Havana
Cuba
Hernandez
Pinar del Rio
Columbia
Dance Is Given By Camp Two Members
The boys of Camp Two near Danville held a dance Friday evening August 17 in their recreation hall. Gar land Gunn and his orchestra from Hartselle provided the music. Refreshments were served. Many former members attended including W. R. Thompson Ross Tipton Floyd Hodgens William Armstrong and James Lynn along with guests from Decatur Hartselle Double Springs Jasper Hackleburg Haleyville Athens Russellville and Florence.
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Camp Two
Danville
Garland Gunn
Hartselle
W. R. Thompson
Montgomery
Ross Tipton
Anniston
Floyd Hodgens
Eden
William Armstrong
Tuscaloosa
James Lynn
Decatur
Double Springs
Jasper
Hackleburg
Haleyville
Athens
Russellville
Florence
Confederate Seeks News of Comrades
Georges M. Bonner, 89, Confederate veteran from Nauvoo Alabama, asks The Daily to locate any remaining members of Captain E D Kelly’s Company K Fourth Alabama Calvary Walker county Col Bill Johnson under Tus cumbia. Men hailed from Morgan Lawrence Marion Fayette Winston counties. Bonner desires contact from former Company K members or their families.
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Georges M. Bonner
Route 2
Nauvoo
Ala
the Daily
E. D. Kelly
Walker County
Alabama Calvary
Col
Bill Johnson
Tuscumbia
Morgan, Lawrence, Marion, Fayette
Winston Counies
Bonner
Doctor Brown Visits Decatur On Sanitorium Study
Dr. R. A. Brown, tuberculosis clinician with the state health department, was in Decatur to study the current status of the tubercular sanatorium at Flint. He held conferences with county health authorities regarding the sanatorium.
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R. A. Brown
State Health Department
Decatur
Flint
Brown
Co ed Missing From Car Near Birmingham Hints of Foul Play
Miss Faye New a 19 year old college co ed vanished after leaving with Harold Taylor and a friend in Mrs Honer Reaves car. Detectives questioned a second man as search efforts focus on the route toward Russellville and a possible roadside disappearance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Faye New
A. B. Cain
Harold Taylor
Miss New Miles
Cain
Russellville
Miss New
Honer Reaves
First Avenue
South
Texas
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