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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
8
Cotton contracts cut base acreage under AAA plan
The 1936 cotton contract lowers base acreage from 45.5 million to 44.5 million acres and sets 1936 farmer payments at five cents a pound with divided benefits. Signers may reduce acreage 30 to 45 percent, while 1935 and 1934 reductions differ. Emergency head Chester Davis says the plow-up era has passed and notes adjustments reflect cotton’s national role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Found
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Agriculture
Princeton and Army land spots on AP Eastern football team
The Associated Press Eastern selections name Princeton with three first team picks and Army with two on the first team. Guards Weller and Shuler and center Culman lead Princeton's seven total honorees, with Yale, Navy, Villanova, Dartmouth and others also represented on the first and second teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Princeton
Army
Associated Press
John Weller
Ken Sandbach
Steve Culman
Tiger
Bill Shuler
Monk Meyer
William A
Shulgan
Holy Cross
Edward Michaels
Villanova
Walter Winika
Rutgers
Kenneth Sandbach
Charles Meyer
J. Snead Schmidt
Navy
Vannie Albanese
Syracuse
Gilbert Lea
Charlies. Toll
Edward Franco
Fordham
Louis Robertshaw
Letta McCray
Dartmouth
Joseph Styhabar
West. Va
Robert Train
Hale
Francis Murray
Penn
John White
Robert Larue
Pittsburgh
Kimball Whitehead
Yale
Woman Tells How She Regained Youth in Age 78
Gertrude Atherton, 78, author of Black Oxen, discusses rejuvenation operations. She had guarded her case, then said no, why not. The interview touches on emphasis on physical aspects and includes remarks from actresses and professional women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Gertrude Atherton
Kiwanis Training School Planned for Local Officers
A Kiwanis training school for new officers from Florence Huntsville Sheffield Tuscumbia Secateemglhng and other clubs will convene Thursday at 1 30 pm in the Lyons Hotel led by W E Balderson division governor Newly elected officers of the local club will attend with visiting delegates hosted by the Decatur club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Lyons Hotel
W. E. Balderson
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Huntsville
Secateemglhng -Conggee
Vici
Decatur Club
France Considers Lindbergh Law After Marseille Kidnapping
Paris reports Deputy Leon Archimbaud introducing a bill to impose life imprisonment for kidnapping following the abduction of 18 month old Claude Malmerac in Marseille. The child was returned to his parents yesterday, with the current maximum penalty set at ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Chamber of 4
Leon Archimbaud
Claude Malmerac
Marseille
Memphis Judge's Duck Hunting Fever Dwindles
Memphis Tennessee December 3 AP reports Circuit Judge Tom Harsh's duck hunting fever has dwindled to a mere memory after he attempted a park outing that ended abruptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Tom Harsh
Wounded Youth’s Battle With Infection Advances
Santa Barbara, Calif. December 3 AP Jesse Livermore Jr 16 son of a Wall Street trader showed slow improvement today after a bullet wound infection. His mother Dorothy Wendt Longcope 38 pleaded innocent to assault with intent to commit murder. Her trial is tentatively set for next Monday as she seeks custody of Paul 14 who lives with the elder Livermore at a hotel while doctors fight the illness. The youth and his mother claim the shooting occurred after a Wingway party and the youth was found wounded in the living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Wall Street
Dorothy Wendt Longcope
Paul
Livermore
Canoe Sportrow Ducks Case Leads to Court Commentary
A river sport involving an outboard motor ended with two capsizes during a duck hunting outing. The judge commented on keeping tobacco chewed properly as part of the court’s remarks.
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