OLY TOTAL HIGHEST YET
County Agent B. G. Hall notes about 425 Morgan farm families drawn pay checks totaling 8500 dollars for the month. Farmers average about 20 dollars per month from milk sales, a level that could match yearly cotton income at current prices. Some producers have funded entire crops with milk income, a rare feat. dairying looks bright with rising customers, more bred bulls, more permanent pasture, and acres under the AAA program.
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Gays County
B. G. Hall
Morgan Farms
Auto mixup lands Nebraska farmer with stranger’s car
Falls City Nebraska, August 27. Farmer Ray Loucks received calls from two sheriffs demanding he return that auto. He insisted the only car he had was his, but by mistake he had taken home another man's automobile from Sabetha Kansas, causing the mixup.
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Falls City
Neb
Ray Loucks
Sabetha, Kas
Kentucky Home Mutual Life Hosts All Day Outing
Henry Ladner, Alabama general agent for Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance, honors Senator Ellsworth Regeneration with an all day event at the Ladner home on Ninth Street to celebrate Regeneration’s twenty fifth insurance career anniversary and the Ladner statewide agency’s leadership in the field. The event will feature dignitaries from the company, Henry Ladner agents and their wives, with a catered meal and festive preparations at a large Decatur residence amidst oaks and lawns.
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Henry Ladner
Alabama
Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Company
Decatur
Ellsworth Regenation
Ladner
Ninth Street
Regenation
Regenstien
Kentucky Home Life Insuance Company
Kentucky Senate
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Central Baptist Church
The
Ladner's
Henry Ladner Organization
Forestry Meetings Planned Across Alabama Septober 2
Seven Alabama AAA forestry meetings are scheduled for Tuesday September 2 led by W L Lear and state foresters. Counties represented include Madison Jackson Lauderdale Colbert Marion Winston Jefferson Shelby Calhoun Walker Fayette Tuscaloosa Pickens Sumter Hale Coosa Tallapoosa Elmore Dallas Lowndes Autauga Choctaw Washington Mobile and Escambia Baldwin Monroe Butler Geneva Covington with meetings at county agents offices except Autaugaville at a store.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
W.L. Lear
Alabama Extension Service
AAA
State Department of Forestry
Montgomery
Scottsboro
George Marsh
J. A. Rodgers
Huntsville
Madison
Autauga
Autaugaville
J. H. Watson
Choctaw
Washington
Mobile
Chatam
James Older
Brewton
F. Attaway
Escambia
Baldwin
Monroe
Butler
Geneva
Covington
Furniture strike ends without settlement in St Louis
A 13 month furniture company strike in St Louis ends without a settlement and workers who walked out have found other jobs at better salaries. A UFO union spokesman says strikers and picketers secured new jobs at higher pay.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Madison County Votes On Liquor Referendum
Probate Judge Thomas W. Jones announced a September 23 referendum to decide if Madison County will retain legalized liquor and beer sales. A petition with 2250 signatures was filed, but 1550 qualified electors met the required threshold, a 26 vote margin over the law’s minimum. In prior ballots the county favored wet status by about 600 and 800 votes respectively.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Thomas W. Jones
Hartford chase ends with seizure of liquor load
Hartford officers pursued a long chase before arresting a suspect and seizing 28 gallons of fiery liquor described as ‘cattle ok’ in the readable fragments. The event details remain fragmentary but indicate police action and confiscation.
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Hartford
Morgan County Rescue Social Rounds and Visits
Residents list social calls and visits across Morgan County. Names include Black, Whisenant, Hennesse, Couch, Helms, Naylor, Tyler, Compton, Harvey, Pettit, Edwards, and others with weekend and Sunday gatherings noted. Minor travel mentions include Harvey Helms’s Huntsville trip.
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H. B. Black
W. G. Whisenant
Ray Whisenant
Oval Parker
Vera Black
Dillard Hennesse
Dorothy Dell Couch
O. C., Couch
Hershel Hennesse
Nashville
Ida Whisenant
Union Hill
Dillard Tennesse
Verna
Grace Helms
Josie Naylor
Leo Tyler
Ira Compton
Harvey Helms
Cleveland Hornbuckle
Ella Pettit
Virgie
Katy Helms
Winford Pettit
Dillard Henriesse
Owen Edwards
I. Edwards
Lillie Sure
Dillad
Hennesse
C. I. Edwar Harvey Helms
Huntsville
Haircut Price Hike Cited by Clients in Suit
The case centers on a price increase from 40 to 50 cents for haircuts. Attorney Benjamin Lowenstein advised the plaintiffs, who claim the change was improper and seek redress.
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Benjamin Lowenstein
Alabama lawyer named for FCC post amid 1940 factory report
Montgomery Advertiser reports unofficial Washington word that Clifford Cumber, a member of a prominent Alabama family and RFC attorney, was slated for a Federal Communications Commission appointment. Commerce data show world motor vehicle production in 1940 led by factories at 80.4 percent. Weather Bureau releases five day forecasts through the Department of Commerce.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomerydvertiser
Clifford
Mmber
Alabama
RFC
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Weather Bureau
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Ester May Roy
Thia
Morgan County
Coats
Ligon
C. W. Maples
Hartselle
Jersey
Reanette
U. 8
Duncan Phyfe
Chippendale
Sheraton
Crosley Electric
Furniture Coo
Furniture Store
Morgan County Rescue
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