Alabama Cotton Plan Outlined To Boost Yields
The Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association and Alabama Polytechnic Institute extension service outlined a program to raise per acre cotton yields in the state. The plan includes four $500 prizes for communities improving production in 1946 and invites cottonseed crushers to sponsor a prize in each county. Attendees included Conner Jennings of Eufaula and Paul A. Redmond of Birmingham.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association
Extension Service
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
P. O. Davis
Davis
Conner Jennings
Eufaula
Alabama Cotton Manufacturers
Raig Smith
Sybauga
Homer Carter
Opelika
Paul A. Redmond
Birmingham
Longs Visit Son in Navy Hospital in Memphis
Mr and Mrs J E Long and daughter Shirley of Athens 3 visited their son Marine Pfc Jessee Earl Long Jr at the Navy hospital in Memphis where he is resting after a broken leg from a jeep accident in Kyushu Japan. He recently moved from Oak Knoll California and is a veteran of Iwo Jima with 18 months in the South Pacific and 30 months in service.
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J. E. Long
Shirley
Athens
Memphis
Jessee Earl .Long
Navy
Pfc
Long
Kyushu
Japan
Oak Knoll Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Iwo Jima
Fifth Engineers
Fifth Marine Division
South Pacific
RFC Approves Sale of Tuscaloosa Tire Plant to Goodrich
The Reconstruction Finance Corp approved a government owned tire plant sale at Tuscaloosa Alabama to B F Goodrich for 3 966 000 but the transaction awaits Surplus Property Administration clearance. Goodrich plans to hire about 750 workers and produce 5000 tires daily at the plant with lands buildings and mechanical equipment included. Government expenditures on the plant were 7 127 255 according to RFC estimates.
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Birmingham
Reconstruction Finances Corporation
Tuscaloosa
Ala
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodrich
RFC
Leaders Agree on Safeguards for Atomic Secrets
London report says United States, Soviet Union, Britain and Canada reached agreement on safeguards for atomic energy secrets under a UN devised control plan. Byrnes announced the four nations support the plan and will cooperate to enforce it.
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London
Pan
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
Canada
United Nations Organization
Palmy Pair Crocheted Gloves Pattern 888 Available
A Decatur Daily needlecraft notice offers Pattern 888 for snappy two piece crocheted gloves in small to large sizes. Send fifteen cents, name, address and zone to the Needlecraft Dept in New York for the pattern and a 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue with 112 illustrated designs.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Atlanta Publisher Brice Dies at Emory Hospital
John A. Brice 69 longtime president of The Atlanta Journal Company died after a heart attack at Emory University Hospital. He suffered the first attack early last week showed brief improvement then another fatal attack this morning. A native of South Carolina he is survived by three sisters Mrs Ky Frank Jenkins of Atlanta Mrs J C McBrayer of Raleigh N C and Robert R Deaver of Tampa Florida.
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Atlanta
Jan
John A. Brice
Atlanta Journal Company
The
Journal
Emory University Hospital
Brice
South Carolina
Frank Jenkins
Shelby
N. C
J. C. McBrayer
Raleigh
Robert R. Deaver
Tampa
Local Couple Marriage Licenses Issued in Decatur and Falkville
Walter Preston Newman Jr. Hartseller and Wilma Ruth Vinson of Falkville secured a marriage license. Louie Alonzo Terry and Wanda Ray Hitt of Decatur also obtained licenses in the same filing.
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Walter Preston
Newman Jr
Hartseller
Wilma Ruth Vinson
Falkville
Louie Alonzo Terry
Decatur 1
Wanda Ray Hitt
Decatur
Exercises for Periodic Pain by Herman WN Undesen MD
A study by Dr. John C. Haman on 129 women aged 15 to 37 finds two pain patterns during menses, with most relief from home exercises after two to three months. About 85 percent overall improved, and nine of ten in the early-pain group benefited. The author offers to mail the exercise details on request.
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John C. Haman
Brookline
Massachusetts
Berer
Alabama rules allow 15 year olds to obtain licenses
Montgomery January ruling by Attorney General William N McQueen states that fifteen year olds may get drivers licenses in Alabama but may not operate for hire vehicles. Children under 16 are prohibited by the child labor law from any employment and from operating motor vehicles, despite the 1945 legislature lowering the license age to 15.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
William N. McQueen
Wasps Pulp Nests Anticipate Early Paper Making
Long before human papermaking in China or Egypt, ancient wasps created wood pulp for their nests. The passage notes these insects acted as early improvised pulp producers, hinting at natural fibers and early material processing.
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China
Nile
Witness to Hitler's Will Held in Germany
British security officers arrested Gen Nicholaus von for reportedly witnessing Adolf Hitler's private will. The document, dated April 29 1945, mentions Hitler's planned marriage to Eva Braun and their decision to commit suicide.
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Hitler
London
Reuters
Bad Godesberg
Germany
Nicholaus von
Adolf Hitler
Martin Bormann
Paul Ae Goebbels
Ead
Eva Braun
Examinations Set Across Two Alabama Centers
The national teacher examination conducted annually by the American Council on Education will be administered in two Alabama centers this year, announced by Dr. C. M. Donnelly, Montgomery school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
American Council On Education
Alabama
C. M. Donnelly
Athens Man Receives Legion of Merit Award
Gerald T. Teasley, lieutenant colonel, Medical Corps of Athens Alabama, is awarded the Legion of Merit for his staff work with the Surgeon General from 1942 to 1945. He helped develop a personnel classification system for the Medical Department and crafted plans to provide high standard medical care while ensuring prompt return of personnel to civilian occupations.
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Associated Press
War— Department
Legion of Merit
Gerald Tt. Teasley
Leutenant
Medical Corps
E. Pryor
Athens
Ala
Surgeon General
Medical Department
Birmingham Repeals Pawn Broker Thumbprint Ordinance
Birmingham City commission repealed an ordinance from 1944 requiring pawn brokers to obtain thumbprints of customers. The measure had never been enforced.
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Birmingham
Birmingham City
Wonder Drug Fails to Save Pregnant Mother in Alabama
Mrs. Weona Collier, 24, an expectant mother due in May, died of tuberculosis meningitis after streptomycin was given from Army supply. She lay in a coma at Lawson General Hospital Atlanta. doctors warned the drug might not help given her critical condition. Her husband is a discharged Army sergeant.
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Birmingham
Ala
Weona Collier
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Collier
Express Company
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
SSS Tonic
Ss.s. Co
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Midwood
Sir Padma Shumshere
Junabahadur Rana
India
Wonder
Halemark Valentines
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