Oxygen Flask Exhibited At Miami Air Show
Oxygen flask weighing under eight pounds and designed for altitude up to 40 000 feet was shown at the All American Air Maneuvers in Miami. Developed by Mayo Clinic doctors it may aid Army and civilian pilots and bombing victims.
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Devon Francis
Miami
Fla
United States
Walter Boothby
W R. Lovelace
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
United States Army Corps
London
Ami
Vincent Burnett
Richmon
Freddie Lund
Mike Murphy
Dindlay
Murphy
Morgan County FFA Holds Monthly Meeting and 1939 40 Program
The Morgan County Die F F A chapter met at a off site location with members and advisors present. Leo Templeton district VP hosted. Readouts covered Eva projects 1939 40 by Nevill Shadex and other reports from Loyd Burns Elkhart Pool J E Peck Iverson Ryan Wilborn Hill Paul Bowling and L C Osborn. Dad’s night planned for Falkville in February followed by refreshments.
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Morgan County
Die F. F. A
Leo Templeton
Hartselle
Nevill Shadex
Eva
Loyd Burns
Elkhart Pool
Danville
J. E. Peck
Cotaco
Iverson Ryan
Wilborn Hill
Falkville
Paul Bowling
L. C. Osborn
Thomas Rice
Measles Sickness Visits Lawrence County Community
Mrs Emmett Owens recovers after bed rest with measles. Several locals visit relatives in Speake Plain View and Savannah. Measles strike Merlene and Wanda McCaghren while hog-raising continues amid cold weather. Community members attend the Athens stock sale. Minnie Way remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Owens
Carlton
Willard Way
Speake
Willene Johnson
Rayburn McCaghren
Harold Key
J. T. Borden
Plain View
Lewis Swindle
Emmett
Elmer Owens
Decatur
Alie Royer
Savannah
Lawrence County
Rena Callahan
Jesse McCaghren
Wilbur Jackson
J. P. Sullivan
Athens
Minnie Way
MAKE THIS MODEL AT HOME SMART APRON PATTERN 4315
Pattern 4315 by Anne Adams offers a stylish apron design with long pointed side bodices and optional bias-cut pockets. It provides sizes small to large and fabric yardages for each variant, with trimming ideas and a per-fit foundation alternative. Send 15 cents with size name address and style number to The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Public School Allotment Totals 1.38 Million
Montgomery Alabama January 11 public school funds totaling 1 378 506 were allotted under state comptroller I C Heck. Most of the apportioned funds derive from the constitutional three mill property tax for education.
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Montgomery
Ala
I. C. Heck
Man claims tax bill error after 11 years
Axel Witt of Racine Wisconsin, 40, says he has not received personal property tax bills for 11 years. He presented a $137 check to the city treasurer in protest, insisting the city erred in his taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Axel Witt
Witt
Ranger plant strike averted after settlement reached
New York January 11 The Ranger Aircraft Engineering Division of Fairchild Aircraft and Engine signs a tentative one year pact ending a threatened strike by 200 workers at Farmingdale New York The agreement raises starting wages to 50 cents per hour for four months 55 cents for four months and 60 cents after that plus eight paid holidays The union had sought higher raises and the settlement preserves local collective bargaining rights and prevents work stoppage during the term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ranger Aircraft Engineering
Fairchild Airplane and Engine Corporation
Farmingdale
N. Y
John R. Owens
National Defense Commission
Loeval
United Automobile Workers of America
OTO
Owens
Ranger
One American Content Abroad in War Zone Letter
The Foreign Service Journal releases a personal letter from a U S citizen abroad asking how to persuade his American brother and his wife to return home. He refuses due to illness love marriage and a bombing that struck his mother in law.
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Washington
Foreign Service Journal
State Department
England
Noted comedian Joe Penner dies at 36 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia dispatch reports the death of Joe Penner a beloved Hungarian humorist famed for his duck selling bit and catchphrase You Nasty Man He died in his sleep with autopsy pending suspected heart attack after a career on radio film and stage tracking widespread public grief
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Philadelphia
Joe Penner
Senator Lambert proposes fix to tobacco gifting ban
Lincoln Neb state senator Tom Lambert studied the licensing law for tobacco dealers and noted that it prohibits giving away tobacco. He said he would introduce remedial legislation to correct the situation.
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Lincoln
Neb
Tom Lambert
Lambert
Auto Want Ads Preview Sparks Daily Car Listings
Before buying or selling your automobile glance over the Want Ads. You'll find different cars listed every day.
Outstanding young men of 1940 named in Chicago list
The 10 outstanding young men of 1940 include Robert A. Boyer of Ford, Leo M. Cherne of the Research Institute of America, Henry T. Heald of IIT, Irving P. Krick of Caltech, Edwin H Land of Polaroid, Mark Matthews of the US Junior Chamber, Robert N. Nathan of the Commerce Department, Oren Root Jr., William Saroyan, and Lyle M. Spencer.
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Chicago
U. S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. Boyer
Ford Motor Company
Leo M. Cherne
Research Institute of America
Henry T. Heald
Illinois Institute of Technology
Armour Institute
Lewis Institute
Irving P. Krick
California Institute of Technology
Edwin H Land
Polaroid Corporation
Mark Matthews
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Robert N. Nathan
Division of Economic Research
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
National Defense Council
Oren Root, Jr
Wendell L. Willkie
William Saroyan
Drama Critics’ Circle
Lyle M. Specer
Science Research Associates
Local residents share visits and travel across Morgan County
Morgan County Flint notes weekend visits with relatives near Brookwood and Tuscaloosa. Several residents travel for studies at the University of Alabama and University of Tennessee. Flu cases surface among Laymon family members as others visit Decatur Hartselle and Birmingham areas.
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W. M. Scott
Brookwood
Tuscaloosa
Morgan Scott
University of Alabama
Charley Huller
Sherman Grant
Helen . McKee
Little Louise
Fred Bufford
John Gibbs
Hanceville
Flint
Decatur
Dorothy Nell Grant
E. B. Bcnlat
Schiaf
Baugh’s Infirmary
Luke Norris
H. H. Betterton
Hartselle
Blair
Norris
O. W. Drinkard
Charley Hulke
M. W. Grant
Grant
Bethell Chandler
Lonnie Chandler
Coy McClorey
Murder Makes a Hero in Family Fire and Secrets
In Purple Beeches Captain Basex and his family confront a hidden genealogy and a thwarted arson. Cary Basex helps subdue Miss Althea Essex as the elder battles illness, while Mark reveals a key to the chest and a web of aunt Althea’s schemes. Nancy Deane aids in saving papers and the captain gains strength.
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Captain Cary Basex LI
Young Cary
Nancy Deane
Korace Rand
Bases
Gary
Cary
Althea
Mark
Miss Althea
Mrs. Gould
Althea Essex
Twen
Tomoorrow
Cary Mark
Nacatate
England
Janet Hetherly
Mra Gould
Janet
Kaye
Nancy
Beulah
Grover C Hall laid to rest editor of Montgomery Advertiser
Grover C Hall longtime Montgomery Advertiser editor died Thursday at 52 or 53 after stomach illness. President Roosevelt lauded him as a notable figure in American journalism. Hall won the 1928 Pulitzer for editorial writing and became editor in 1926 after 16 years as associate.
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Hall
Roosevelt
Alabama
Grover Hall, Jr
Friends
The
Advertiser
Fishermen Find Canned Goods in White River
Fishermen told Sheriff Charles Blanton stories of catching canned goods in White River near Bloomfield. The sheriff pulled two bushels of soup and stew from the water and deduced burglars dumped the groceries there. He took the cans home and stored them in the jail pantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfyteld
Ind
Charles Blanton
White River
Epidemic of Cold Symptoms Relieved by 666 Remedies
Readable text notes a claim that 666 liquid or tablet preparations with salve or drops relieve cold symptoms. No verifiable medical evidence or official endorsement is provided.
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Riverdale
Hopkins
Viscount Halifax
Harry Hopkins
Red Hill
FORD
Consolidated Aircraft
San Diego
Calif
Reuben H. Fleet
Edsel Ford
Army
Consolidated
Maj
Fleet
Charles E. Sorenson
Ficre
ONE American
H. A. McClellan
Laymon
Mack Laymon
Rey
Horace Laymon
Roy Bufford
Earl Chunn
Panesville
Ohio
Lillian Jochum
Flint Sanatorium
Birmingham
Murder
Lliott Fillion D
Central Press Associate
Chapter
Gen Aker
Bedrock
Grover Hall
PreGrover_C. Hall
Montgomery Advertiser
Donald C. MacGuire
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