O Neal Plan Sought By Farm Bureau To Lure Parity Reform
Ovid A. Martin reports the American Farm Bureau Federation backs a Roosevelt discussed revision to peg farm prices at 85 to 100 percent parity with 85 percent parity loans for wheat 69 cents for corn and 13 39 cents for cotton under a production control scheme. Parity payments would end though soil conservation funding would seek annual federal support.
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Ovid A. Martin
Baltimore
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
White House
Roosevelt
O’neal
O'Neal
Congress
Jobs for Training Offered by U S Government Reports
The Daily reports opportunities for employment and training in occupations vital to national defense. Interested individuals may write or call the U S Office of Government Reports at 250 Federal Building Birmingham for information.
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the Daily
U. S. Office of Government
U.S. Office of Government
Federal Building
Birmingham
Navy offers 30 day cruises to unmarried men for reserve midshipman path
Five thousand unmarried men aged 19 to 26 with two years of college may cruise 30 days on a Navy warship at government expense to qualify for appointment as Naval Reserve Midshipmen. Travel, food, lodging, uniforms, and equipment are provided. Gunnery navigation and other technical training are included.
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Naval Reserve
Naval District
Navy
Marine Corps Reserve Commission
Marine Corps Reserve
Sembler controversy haunts Kit O'Reilly in town
Kit reads clippings about Kitty O'Reilly the Sembler contest winner and faces harsh predictions about her future. She plans to flee by taxi to Elmford Junction after tearing up her Sembler contract and plotting a new path with only a few clues and a letter to Fran. A gas stop with a local garage owner foreshadows a road toward Miss O'Reilly's next move.
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Ruth
Jasper Dowd
Kitty O'Reilly
Kit
Jasper
Sembler
Rk Monocco
Sembler Orchestra
B Way
Hollywood
Miss O'Reilly
Winchell
Sullivan
Fernald
Jerry Sembler
Kitty Alate
el 'Morocco
Vance
Connecticut
Elmford Junction
Fran
Joe Miller
Elmford
Joe
Miller
Mr. Healey
Giants
Gus Schneider
Lee
Woodbine Hill
Marine Reserve Officer Training At Quantico Dates Set
Intensive training at the Marine Barracks Quantico Virginia leads to commission as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve after course completion. Trainees receive three months more in a reserve officer course at Quantico and six months duty with possible extension. First group begins November 1 1940, second February 1 1941, third May 1 1941. Applicants should apply to the nearest Marine Corps Recruiting Station or reserve unit.
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Marine Barracks
Quantico
Virginia
Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Corps
Toy Matinee Plans by Elks Club at Princess Theater
Manager G P Banaiza of the Princess Theater repeats this year’s Christmas season toy matinee. The Elks Lodge initiated the plan and entry requires a usable toy or clothing item as admission. The theater provides free program and staff service, with distribution of collected goods planned during Christmas.
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G. P. Banaiza
Princess Theater
Elks Lodge
The
Paving Studied in Oneonta WPA Plan
Mayor N C Denton and the city aldermen survey property owners on proposed WPA street paving and improvement program in Oneonta Alabama as of December 10.
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Oneonta
Ala
N. C. Denton
Turner Bags Deer After Chase Through Ravine
Alabama hunter Howell Turner admits he chased a deer after an initial miss. He finally shot the buck about 200 yards down a ravine in Washington county during a weekend hunt.
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Montgomery
Ala
Howell Turner
Washington County
Turner
Dissension grows in Hanoi areas as Japan looms
In French Indo China internal dissension strains the government as Japan strengthens its grip with air and land forces. Southern Saigon elements favor breaking with Vichy for De Gaulle and British alignment while negotiations with Japan for economic concessions move to Tokyo led by Charles Arsene Henry.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Associated Press
Japan
Vichy
de Gaullist
Free French
Saigon
Hajime Matsumiya
Matsumiya
Tokyo
Lutheran Church in Florence Dedicated in Dedication Service
Decatur Lutherans attended the dedication of Redeemer congregation's new chapel in Florence. Rev. E. T. Town of St. Paul's Lutheran church preached, and Mrs. R. E. Berry of Decatur provided the organ music for the service.
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Decatur
Want Ad Draft Help Call 46 For Quick Clarity
A concise offer asks readers to call 46 for assistance in crafting a short effective want ad. The service promises a clean, direct wording to attract responses.
Barge Traffic Through Wilson Dam Sways River Freight
The Chicot cleared Wilson Dam on December 8 with a corn barge bound for Guntersville Alabama O J Walls elevator marking the third Mississippi River grain delivery to this Tennessee Valley elevator in two weeks. A Norman Crawford towboat carried a pig iron barge to the Ohio and the Clyde ferried more iron from Decatur. The Clyde also towed three new Ingalls oil barges for South America. The Louis Igert Jr and Vixen from Paducah Kentucky remain in Wheeler and Guntersville Reservoirs with five barges loading cross ties poles and lumber for shipment to the Ohio River. Movement of forest products continues in this river region.
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Arrow Transportation Company
Decatur
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
South
America
Louis Igert, Jr
Imgert, Incorporated
Paducah
Kentucky
Wheeler and
Guntersville
Ohio River
Rural Electric Authority approves $47000 allotment for Cullman Electric Co
The Rural Electric Authority approved an allotment of 47000 dollars for the Cullman Electric Cooperative to extend service in Marshall Winston Morgan and Blount counties. The funds aim to provide electricity to more homes and meet current and future farm needs.
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The
Rural Electric Authority
Cullman Electric C
Cullman
Marshall
Winston
Morgan
Blount Counties
Washington
River Pools Expand Downstream Beyond Wilson Dam
The article notes that new river pools are forming downstream to the Ohio as TVA work progresses. Previously such movements were limited to the river section below Wilson Dam, marking a shift in regional water management activity.
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Ohio
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson Dam
Thieves of Liberty and the Newspaper Flame
A 1930s style essay urges readers to see newspapers as defenders of liberty and watchdogs on power. It argues citizens must read news and ads to stay informed and preserve democracy, warning against propaganda and complacency.
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Smith
Brown
Sonny
Liberty
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Rita Hayworth
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