Roosevelt Tightens Credit Talks Stir Business Conference
President Roosevelt met with Alfred P. Sloan Jr and four industrial leaders to discuss curtailing installment buying and restricting auto credit to curb high pressure sales. Sloan reportedly rejected a 25 percent limit as too drastic while the talks also touched rail and steel production imbalances. Next week a major gathering of 50 commerce advisory council members is planned to map recovery strategies and longer term production controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Pennsylvania Foods Corporation
Commerce ‘S
Spear family concert at Oak Ridge School Saturday
The Spear family plans a concert at Oak Ridge school on Saturday night. The Miss Ozelle Vest stayed with Miss Ruby Vest several days last week. Mrs. Alice Vest returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs. Grady Ches teen. Miss Ollie Sybert dined with Miss Lucile West. Mrs. J. K. Wallace and Mrs. Nora Dae Sparkman visited relatives in Austinville. Mrs. Vinnie Sparkman visited her daughter Mrs. Emma Bullard. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wallace and son stayed with Mrs. S. J. Sparkman and family Saturday night.
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Oak Ridge School
Ozelle Vest
Ruby Vest
Alice Vest
Grady Chesteen
Ollie Sybert
Lucile West
J. K. Wallace
Nora Dae Sparkman
Austinville
Vinnie Sparkman
Emma Bullard
Dennis Wallace
S. J. Sparkman
Foster Is Nominated for Alabama High Court Seat
Governor Bibb Graves recommended Justice Foster of the Alabama Supreme Court as successor to retiring Justice Sutherland. Graves noted Foster, 66, from Troy, previously general counsel for Alabama Power, and his six Supreme Court associates telegraphed Roosevelt urging favorable consideration.
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Ala
Roosevelt
Alabama Supreme Court
Sutherland
Bibb. Graves
Foster
Supreme Court
Alabama
High Court
Troy
Graves
The
Alabama Power Company
Woodruff Leads Midweek Prayer Service at Central Methodist
Geo T Woodruff, superintendent of the church school, led the midweek service at Central Methodist in the absence of Psalm study. The group continued the discussion on Psalm 37, teaching patience and confidence in the Lord as David contrasts the godly and the wicked.
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Central Methodist Church
Geo. T. Woodruff
Church School
David
Old 1849 Sale Bill Found in Father’s Trunk
J O Mullican of Decatur route 3 found a 1849 sale bill in his father W J Mullican’s trunk. The document lists a westward sale including farms, oxen, tools, plows, barrels, liquor, slaves, and a checkered mix of goods with terms payable in cash or notes. The sale notes location near Versailles Kentucky and mentions Bob McConnell as surety with sale starting at 8 AM and refreshments provided.
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J. O. Mullican
Decatur
W. J. Mullican
Jerry Wilson
Johnson Miller
Tanyard
Ben Miller
Bob McConnell
Versailles
Kentucky
McConns Pike
J. L. Moss
Marriage of Great Interest In Community
Copeland Mrs Alvie Yarbrough visited Mrs Edna Lentz Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Charlie Turner and their little son were Sunday guests of Rev Berry Copeland and family. Francis Turner and Trene Copeland were guests of Mary Ellen Blair Sunday.
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Alvie Yarbrough
Edna Lentz
Charlie Turner
Little Son
Berry Copeland
Bernice Martin
Hattie Martin
Francis Turner
Trene Copeland
Mary Ellen Blair
John Norton
State Withdraws Unemployment Funds From Treasury
West Virginia has withdrawn 1,600,000 and Alabama 250,000 of their unemployment trust funds from the treasury. Thirteen states have drawn 5,425,000 since January 1. Funds belong to states but are deposited in the treasury under the Social Security law. Twenty-two states became eligible January 1 to pay benefits to unemployed persons.
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Washington
West Virginia
Alabama
Treasury
Patterson and Mrs Nunley Wed in Huntsville Ceremony
Reuben Patterson and Mrs Ethel Nunley were married last Monday in Huntsville. The couple wished happiness through the years to come. Mrs Ethel Bailey attended as dinner guest of Mrs Arnett on Sunday.
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Reuben Patterson
Ethel Nunley
Huntsville
Ethel Bailey
Arnett
Mrs Dean Called Home In Hartselle
Mrs Richard Dean age 22 of Hartselle died Wednesday afternoon at Benevolent hospital. Survived by husband father Sureey Harvel Birmingham sister Nell Harvel Hartselle brother Merrill Harvel Birmingham. Funeral at Church of God Hartselle this afternoon at two with Rev RB Conner and Rev RD Messersmith officiating. Interment Hartselle cemetery Peck directing. Dean family mourns loss in community.
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Hartselle
Benevolent Hospital
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Birmingham
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Merrill Harvel
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R.D. Messersmith
Jerry Dean
Bird Dean
Roy Dean
Otis Speed
Charlie Dein
Odile McClanahan
Annie Ruth McCarley
Clara Nuby
Maude McClakley
Louise Sparkman
Leona Dean
Ruby Thomas
Peck
Local Social Notes From Sardis Spring Area
Many residents visit and host for dinners and gatherings. Names include Horton family illness news, Glenn Har old Poff Carolyn Smith Ralph Smith recovery, Batley Hargrove Willis Browning McGuire, Bailey Tennison Athens visit, Elizabeth Cobb return, Baptist meeting in Birmingham, Mallie Hargrove moves, quilting event hosted by Mrs. Shelby Eddins, assorted callers and weekend visits in the community.
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Horton Newby
Martha
Glenn Harold Poff
Carolyn Smith
Ralph Smith
Eugene Batley
Arnold Hargrove
Ruth Willis
Tommie Praytor
Clara Browning
Fred McGuire
Shelby Eddins
Mattie Ruth
Lillie Bailey
Freeda Tennison
Athens
Dixie Smith
Lillié Bailey
Clarence Green
Eugene Bailey
Riley Cobb
Mary Cobb
Agnes Bailey
Crutcher Bailey
Elizabeth Cobb
Erby
Rev. Brown
Arnold
Mallie Hargrove
Birmingham
Rath Bailey
Mary and
Juanita Browning
Leonard Gossett
Tommie Prater
van Buren Willis
Homer Evans
Horace Daly
Benton Browning
George Brown
Virginia Hargrove
Katie Ruth
Lee Stewart
Ernest Murrah
Johnson
Dewey Dedmon
Carey
Ruth Bailey
Cotton Rust Costly To Georgia Cotton Yields
Georgia experiment stations report cotton rust stems from potash hunger. High potash applications of 50 to 200 pounds per acre prevent rust, as tests show on quick-fruiting varieties.
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Georgia
Griffin
Tifton
Erb To Speak At Annual Boy Scout Dinner In Athens
At the Boy Scout Council annual dinner in Athens Tuesday evening the principal speaker will be Harley BE Erb.
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Boy Scout Council
Athens
Harley BE
Erb
North Carolina Papermen Station Yields Up on Fiber Quality
The North Carolina Papermen Station reports increased yields and better fiber metrics including seed weight lint index and stronger fiber percentages. Research notes improvements in seed, lint quality, and overall fiber strength.
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North Carolina
Business visitor from Hartselle meets local office supply
Leon Sharpley, a former Hartselle resident, traveled in for an office supply house and checked in Wednesday as a business visitor.
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Leon Sharpley
Hartselle
Smith Family Tops South Carolina Five-acre Cotton Contests
The TRE THE SMITH FAMILY of Johnston Edge field County, S C won five prizes across nine contests. Uncle Bob Smith placed in 1926 1928 1929 and 1931 with yields up to 5 770 pounds. In 1936 his wife Carrie B Smith set a record with 6 640 pounds of lint per five acres using Coker Cleve-wilt No 4 seed and high potash fertilizer.
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Smith
Johnston
Edgefield County
S. C
South Carolina
B. R
Bob”) Smith
Carrie B. Smith
Bob
Clemson College
Potash Boosts Cotton Yields in Smith Family Farm
Jake Smith of Johnston South Carolina reports a 1937 cotton crop yield of three bales per acre with two picked due to boll weevil damage. He credits potash use by his father and notes applying 300 pounds per acre muriate of potash, equating to about 30 percent potash in 500 pounds of fertilizer. The old slogan POTASH STOPS RUST is cited.
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Smith
Jake Smith
Johnston, S. C
Bob
Mrs. Smith
Potash Fertilizer Choices Promote IV Potash Use
The advisory suggests selecting fertilizer with 8 to 10 percent IV Potash or top-dressing with IV muriate or IV kainit, and recommends a nitrogen potassium top-dresser containing genuine IV Potash for better results.
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Muriate
IV Kainit
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