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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1939
Page
10
Auburn reporter notes Charley the crow, pet of Alabama Wildlife Research Unit, vanished for days after hitchhiking to Montgomery. A Montgomery paper described a crow uncapping milk bottles and drinking cream, leading researchers to confirm it was Charley. A delegate brought the bird back to the research unit.
Washington August 30 The Dies committee will consult the state department before issuing a report on activities of an agent for German interests. House investigators under Chairman Dies plan a report on Dr Colin Ross, who registered with state department under protest as connected with various German interests including motion picture companies.
Asst. Farm Agent EF P Thornhill notes Mr. Cobb kept an average of 200 white leghorn hens, selling 502 dollars worth of eggs in 1938. He spent 277 dollars on feed, yielding a net profit of 225 dollars, proof poultry can supplement cotton income when managed properly.
Classified notes show item offers including a good condition unspecified item for 10 dollars or trade for a Vic trola. Contact P. Stewart Rt 1 Trinity two miles south. Also sale of 1,000 yards of rock at 10 cents per yard suitable for building houses or roads.
One black mare and a mule, about 800 pounds with a wart on the left side, ages 15 to 18. Contact Walter F Lamon RT 3 Decatur near Macedonia church. Also a man with a large family seeks a share crop or farm driving work. Elmer Alred RT 1 Courtland invites inquiries. Stove wood and barbecue wood offered by C A Chambers RT 1 Trinity. 157 acre red land farm for sale, four and a half miles west of Decatur, near Courtland highway, rock soil.
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