Alabama official seeks national study of Southeast farm depression
Agriculture Commissioner A. W. Todd urged a national investigation into a spreading and malignant depression in the Southeast agricultural economy. At a Memphis meeting he cited 500 000 farm families and 2 086 000 people displaced since 1952 and urged quick passage of emergency legislation to stabilize farming incomes and counter discrimination. He asked President and Congress to act to improve the farm economy for cotton and other crops.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Agriculture
A. W. Todd
Conference of the Assn. of Suthern Commissioners of Agriculture
Memphis, Tenn
Todd
Congress
Tuscumbia Boy Hangs Himself
An 11 year old boy, Bobby Eugene Holt, died in what authorities call an apparent accidental hanging. Police Chief James Kimbrough stated the boy was found at about 2 40 p m by family members, hanging from a rafter in an outbuilding at his home in Tuscumbia. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jim Holt.
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Tuscumbia
James Kimbrough
Bobby Eugene Holt
Kimbrough
Jim Holt
Camden
Paroled man Watkins linked to 1949 robbery case
District Diary notes Robert Watkins of Limestone County was paroled by the State Pardon Parole Board during the week. He received a 25 year sentence on November 15, 1949 for robbery. An elementary girls 4 H Club meeting featured a Christmas decorations demonstration and lecture. In Hartselle a break in at L L Hartselle Store yielded five cigarette cartons two boxes of shotgun shells 10 boxes of 22 cartridges and $18 to $200 in cash.
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Montgomery
State
Robert Watkins
Limestone County
Watkins
Eva
Hartselle
L. L. Hartselle
Hartselle 2
Oak Ridge Community
Seal Sale Drive Near Homestretch
Limestone county leads Morgan in the Christmas Seal drive with 62 percent of its goal vs 50 percent for Morgan. County totals include Cullihan 38 percent and Lawrence 23 percent. TB case counts and health dept figures are noted, with appeals from Bruce Sherrill and John Eyster for faster contributions.
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United States
Morgan
Limestone
Cullihan
Lawrence County
Bruce Sherril
John Eyster
Alabama
Eyster
Morgan County
State Dept. of Health
Decatur Station No. 2
Christmas Time Also Time For Counterfeiters
Secret Service Chief warns during Yuletide shopping spree counterfeit money circulates. Baughman notes higher 1957 arrests, 22 counterfeit plants raided, new issues persist as festive crowds aid note passers.
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Washington
A. E. Baughmen
U. S Secret Service
Baughman
Secret Service
Home Fires Kill Two In Alabama
Two people died in Alabama home fires over the weekend. An 11 year old boy hanged himself at Tuscum and Cody. A 82 year old retired railroad engineer died when flames destroyed his Birmingham home Friday night. his wife was rescued by Mike Reece. Mrs Ouida Black Powell was burned Saturday when she poured gasoline on flames.
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Alabama
Tuscum
Cody
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Birmingham
Mike Reece
Ouida Black Powell
Monroeville
Ala
Effort Aims at Limestone County to Combat Tuberculosis
The effort serves two aims. It supports the contest with Limestone County and prioritizes the fight to stop tuberculosis.
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Limestone County
Number of job seekers up sharply in November
A November report from the State Employment Service at Decatur shows 569 new unemployment claims, up from 399 in October and 330 in September, with a total active job seeker count of 1 538. The breakdown includes 192 clerical sales, 133 service, 208 skilled, 425 semi skilled, 327 labor, and 36 handicapped men.
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Decatur
State Employment Service
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Morgan County TB Assatants
Baldwin Kimball
Piano Company
Decatur General
Geirand Associated Press
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Plains
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Sterling-Holyoke-Julesburg
Colorado
Employment Service
Lucas
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