Decatur Daily readers discuss cotton funding and Americanism
Letters debate the compulsory cotton research promotion check off and the money's control Among other items Eugene J Patterson urges American Legion members to embrace Americanism and back veteran programs The column also looks back to Decatur in 1904 noting Reconstruction era tensions and local history patterns
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Hartselle
Alabama
Shelton
Ham Bones
Cotton Ae AG
Able Forum
Ed Maul
Secretary of Ture
Ginner
Decatur
Buck Rogers
American Legion
Americanism Committee
December musings and growth transform two towns into one
HAL Boyle notes December optimism from women and humor about gadgets and hats. The piece recalls how New Decatur grew with L and N railroad expansion, sawmills, and new houses, and hints at a merger 23 years later. Southern Railway cites a freight-rate cut since 1958 to attract more business.
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McCartney
L&n
Decatur
Gia
J.C.V
Spencer A. Waters
Moulton Alabama
James O. Vassar
Southern Railway
Prices up as transport costs rise across goods
A period voice statement argues higher transport costs raise prices on all purchases. It claims the approach benefits sellers and buyers and favors the South in business.
Bad Week for Louisville Cab Driver Ends Odd Misdelivery
AP reports cab driver Henry Lynch faced mix ups in Louisville. He picked up an elderly woman from Jewish Hospital only to have police say the patient had walked away unauthorized. Days later he drove a boy to a different family by mistake, not the one who ordered the ride.
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Louisville
Henry Lynch
Jewish Hospital
Lynch
Larry Boeck
Phone density contrasts Soviet and American systems
In the Soviet Union seven million phones serve 232 million people, about one phone per 33. In the United States forty five phones exist for every hundred people, highlighting stark differences in telecommunication access.
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Soviet Union
United States
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Jourd White
John. B. Stewart
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Werts
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Crosses
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Bee River
Bank Street
Republican Paper
Dicus
Tennessee
Ternal
Eee
Hal Boyle
New York
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Pecketeractien
St. Joseph
ST. Joseph Aspirin
Otree
Michael A. Petit
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