Florida Freeze May Affect Migrant Worker Program Here
The Florida freeze may reduce crop damage and lower migrant worker needs in the state. Decatur, Alabama reports 71 workers already sent to Florida with more pending as crop impact remains uncertain. Last year over 1,000 Alabama workers went to Florida, with growing annual demand per the Department of Industrial Relations.
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Florida
Bill Johnson
Decatur
Alabama
Montgomery
Department of Industrial Relations
Whites Fight In Negro Club. One Killed in Mississippi
In Lucedale Mississippi a white man is charged with first degree murder after beating J E Hobby 40 father of 12 at a Negro tavern. Minus L Davis 30 was jailed and slated for arraignment. Hobby arrived about 130 am and was attacked after Davis wrecked furnishings with a shotgun and fired.
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Lucedale
Miss
J. E. Hobby
Charles Holland
L. Davis
Hobby
Morril
Davis
Cotonaip Laxative Promoted for Pregnancy Safe Relief
An advertisement touts Cotonaip as a gentle laxative suitable even for women in pregnancy. It claims superior effect to bulk and salt laxatives, no gagging or bloating, and no vitamin absorption interference. The tablet package offers 60 tablets for 98 cents, about 2 cents per tablet.
Florida Citrus Embargoes Fresh Shipments to Protect Market
Lakeland Florida Citrus Commission imposes a 24 day embargo from 7 a.m. tomorrow to 7 a.m. December 24 on all fresh fruit shipments of citrus and bans use of juice from freeze damaged oranges for frozen concentrate. Gift fruit shipments face no concession despite objections.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida
State Inspection Service
Railway Express Agency
Valasquez’s Range Beyond Portraits Revealed
The 17th century Spanish painter Velázquez is noted for landscapes classical and religious works beyond his famed portraits and court commissions expanding his artistic scope across genres and subjects.
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Valasquez
Perez Jimenez Sees 75 Percent Yes In Venezuela Vote
In Caracas election officials report 45 687 yes 12 795 no and 2 390 invalid of 60 872 counted ballots from a plebiscite. Perez Jimenez expected to win five more years with about 83 percent turnout.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Interior Ministry
Perez Jimenez
Laureano Vallenilla Sanz
Vallenilla
Marriage Licenses for Swinen and Newsom Couples
Robert Franklin Swinen 25 of Athens to Betty Sue Thompson 18 of Tanner both workers. Bobby Newsom 19 of Decatur a U S Navy member to Margaret Ann Russell 18 of Ferry Street a clerk.
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Robert Franklin Swinen
Athens
Chemstrand
Betty Sue Thompson
Tanner
Morgan County National Bank
Bobby Newsom
7Th Ave. N.W
Decatur
U. S. Navy
Margaret Ann Russell
Ferry St
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