Cotton Plan Attack Draws Senate Fire Over Acreage Control
Senator Eastland denounces Agriculture Department plans to grant discretion in fixing cotton acreage allotments, calling it a life and death issue for farmers. He warns the change would give the department broad economic authority, as 27,000,000 acres are allotted across states counties and individual farms under a complex formula.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eastland
D-Miss
Russia
Department
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bureau
America
Singing and community notes from Midway district
Everyone enjoyed singing at Moulton on Sunday and residents noted good health and well maintained roads. The Midway club plans a quilting session at Mrs Will Draper’s. Geneva Peters and baby Diane visited Decatur. Booth Bates completed a new barn. families moved to the Manor place. Missouri visitors, Leonard Peters, and Charlie Gibseson were mentioned amid broader discussion of cotton allotments and government proposals affecting farmers.
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Moulton
Wynell
Peggy Simpson
Lola Ferguson
Booth Bates
Antioch School
Lee Peters
Missouri
Leonard
Charlie Gibseson
Midway Club
Will.Draper
Geneva Peters
Baby Diane
Decatur
Midway
Roy Hampton
Ved
Manor Place
DAILY CROSSWORD STRUCTURE AND QUOTE PUZZLE NOTES
Crossword clues printed for across and down, with partial answers and theme notes. Includes a cryptogram quote by Shakespeare and a King Features Syndicate credit line. The page blends puzzle entries with a cryptogram puzzle sample.
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Say
Shakespeare
King Features Syndicate, Inc
College Kids Repay Their College Loans
The University of Missouri has advanced 1,018,499 to over 8,300 students since 1913 with only 5,500 written off. Students repay 99 1 2 cents per dollar, seen as investments in character. A wealthy graduate later donated 100,000 to the fund. A housing survey notes 75 percent of landlords prefer college instructors as tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
University of Missouri
Leslie Cowan
Cowan
City College School of Business
Sherrow half interest transferred in Decatur firm
On January 1 1948 I transferred my half interest in Sherrow's Decatur Alabama to Calla R Sherrow. All obligations are assumed by H R Sherrow and Calla R Sherrow and I will not be responsible for any obligations of the firm after the above date. Signed H Jack Sherrow January 12 19 26. Purged voters list Morgan County Alabama 1948 names removed include Betterton Evie Fred Christopher John Hollis Norton Catherine Moore William Borton Ozbolt Frank Pruenal Ethel Mae Orr Pruenal Walter Joseph Woodard J T Registrars T B H Gunn Dona L Bailey H R Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrow
Decatur
Ala
Calla R. Sherrow
H. R. Sherrow
H. Jack Sherrow
Morgan County
Betterton
Evie
Fred Christopher
Ohn Hollis
Norton
Catherine Moore
William Borton
Ozbolt
Frank Pruenal
Ethel Mae Orr
Pruenal
Walter Joseph
Woodard
J. T
T. BH
Gunn Dona L. Bailey H. R. Hamilton
Teachers to Fight Fines in New Orleans Arrests
Maurice Prevost and two Booker T. Washington teachers say they will not pay fines for resisting arrest and refusing to move on after being taken to a police station during a Freedom Train visit. They argue they did nothing wrong and would rather face jail time.
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New Orleans
Maurice E. Prevost
Booker T. Washington
Charles
Bruce C. Neale
Victor Barberot
Barberot
Prevost
Speaker
Neale
Culliman County welcomes new families and visitors
Mr Alance family who previously lived near Nesmith have moved into our community this year. Alton McKenney of Guntersville visits his parents Mr and Mrs J L McKenney. Cecil Jones attends G L school at West Point. Leslie Baker visited his brother.
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Alance
Nesmith
Alton McKenney
Guntersville
J. L. McKenney
Cecil Jones
G. L School
West Point
Leslie Baker
Paroled Teachers After Incident Case Resumes in January
Prevost and two colleagues were paroled in recorders court Saturday after arrests in what they described as no harm in duty. Their cases were continued until January 22 for affidavits. They filed a report with the NAACP.
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Recorders Court
Prevost
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bama Treasurer Dr. Shaler C. Houser Dies at 68
Funeral services scheduled for Dr. Shaler C. Houser 68 university of alabama treasurer and engineering professor who died suddenly of a heart attack in tuscaloosa. He joined the university administration in 1912 and served continuously directing construction projects and institutional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Shaler C. Houser
University of Alabama
Houser
Local Visits Span Florida in Last Week
Mrs Emma Williams of Trade visited Mrs Ida Byran and Miss Vera Byran. Vera Byran visited Mrs W A Jordan at West Point. Mrs Jordan recently returned from a hospital stay following major surgery. Laws W was at Baldwin on business last Thursday.
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Florida
Emma Williams
Ida Byran
Vera Byran
Law W
Baldwin Thurson
W. A. Jordan
West Point
Child Fatally Struck by Car in Bessemer
Larry Blue five of Bessemer was fatally injured when hit by an automobile in front of his home last night. He died at Doctors Hospital about three hours after the accident. Coroner T J McCollum investigated and exonerated the driver.
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Bessemer
Ala
Larry Blue
Doctor’s Hospital
T. J. McCollum
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West Moulton St
Lee Carson
George Carson Putnam
Posterity
Lee
American First Army
Europe
Belgium
Brooklyn
Maxie
Ivan Ivano
Vitch
the Man
John Doe
John Steinbeck
and Robert Capa
John Stein
Beck
John Capa
THE
Decatur Daily
Miami
Fla
George Anse Albritton
Phenix City
Albritton
Ala Tin
Totes Mara Downum
Culliman County
Willingham
J. D. Law
St.joseph Aspirin
Bama
Huland Ryan
H. Ryan Appliances & Furniture
East Moulton St
Red Empire
Alabama State Mine Experiment Station
Motorola
Radio Shack
Moulton Stj
Empire
Debardeleben Coal Corporation
Birmingham, Alabama
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