Babson Sees Farm Welfare Benefits From Economic Shifts
Roger W. Babson asserts farm welfare improves as industry declines shift labor and lower prices, boosting farmers while stocks slump. He notes 1929 farm income may match or exceed 1928, with grain prices recovering and agricultural pricing steadier than industrial. He points to rural advantages in the West and the impact of urban-to-farm labor migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Decatur Daily
Babson Park
Mass
Farm values rise as agriculture outlook improves in 1929
The piece argues declining industry pressures ease in farming areas as land values stabilize since 1920 bust, foreclosures fall, and government data shows smaller losses. It notes easier interest, Fed aid to co operatives, and warns against price fixing while praising Joint Stock Land Bank bonds yielding about 6 percent secured by farm mortgages. It concludes with five benefits from better agricultural prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Publishers Financial Bureau
Quieted rage erupts with a gunshot in a tense confrontation
Rosalie confronts Martino over Roy Andrews and a planned marriage. He tries to buy her silence with money and promises a Paris escape, but she arms herself with Tim’s gun. A shot rings out as Martino lunges, and Rosalie faints beside him as the scene ends.
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Csalie
Tim
Rosalie
Martino
Roy Andrews
Jack
Roy
Traffic Fatality Total Is Climbing
Deaths and injuries in Birmingham area traffic crashes push week totals to eight dead and sixty one injured in first three days. Peter DeCarlo, 55, died and 30 workers were hurt when a truck overturned on the Trussville highway. A Black man was killed when another truck slid off an embankment near Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Peter DeCarlo
Trussville
Bessemer
Tennessee River Stands At Six Feet This Morning
The Tennessee river was stationary here this morning with the gauge reading six feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Weather report notes 70/51 temperature range
The weather bureau recorded a maximum of 70 degrees and a minimum of 51 for the prior 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Girl Denies That Man Is Franklin In Mountain View
In Mountain View Arkansas on December 13 16 year old witness Tiller Ruminer testifies that the man claiming to be Connie Franklin is not her former lover whom she said was slain March 9. Reuben Harrell deaf mute boy confirms he saw Franklin slain. Both statements are given in the presence of Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Williamson and officials. The girl and boy note the Connie Franklin they knew had lighter hair than the man questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Ark
Tiller Ruminer
Connie Franklin
Franklin
Reuben Harrell
Hugh Williamson
Carolinian Wins Southern Trophy for Corn
R A Wilder of Wake County North Carolina won the Southern Railway System Corn Cup as the Souths top corn grower for 1929. The silver trophy honors the best ten ears from eight southern states and Wilder will hold it until the 1930 winner is named.
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R.A. Wilder
Wake County
North Carolina
Southern Railway System
South
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
J. C. Cross
Rowan County
J. S. Shackleford
Spalding
T. R. Bryant
Lexington
J. Phil Campbell
Athens
W. C. Lesseter
Man Linked To Alleged Slaying Returned by Defense
A man connected to an alleged killing was brought back here last Sunday by his defense lawyers. Authorities had named him in connection with the slaying and he faced upcoming proceedings.
Fifth Graders Turn To Poetry To Tell of Benefits of Books
Fifth grade Mrs. Blackwell class held a poetry contest on the benefits of reading. Dorothy Morrow won first, Margaret Hargitt second, Jewell Bradshaw third, with their prize poems describing books as trusted friends, journeys to distant lands, and the joy of reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Blackwell
Dorothy Morrow
Margaret Hargitt
Jewell Bradshaw
Prowler Hunt Fails to Stop Nighttime Break In
Police continued an unsuccessful search for the midnight prowler who entered the Rev Ira Marion's Austinville home and fought the pastor. Officers chased several clues but the marauder remains at large as investigations proceed. Ten thousand bales of cotton have been ginned in five Decatur gins, with 20 000 planned for 1930 and a spring build planned in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Marion
Austinville
Decatur
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Nual
Associated Press
Los Angeles Harbor
Gladys O’connell
Alma
Kruthor
Paree
Sprinty
Mother
Elberrett
Alabama Power Company
Garner Pride
S Franklin
Iva Mae Miller
Shreveport
Vernis Morgan
Marmaduke Ward
Santa Claus Land
Santa Claus
Honey Boy
Twin City Bread Company
Decatur, Ala
Bank St
Aycock
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