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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1946

Page

3

FOR SALE AND TRADE ADS FROM MORGAN COUNTY

A scanned sale list shows multiple rural ads. Items include yellow pine lumber near Bowlings Gin East Morgan County from J H McMinnemon Somerville Route. a John Deere planter with fertilizer attachments. a Gibson electric refrigerator in A-1 condition from Mrs Ruby Dumas Falkville. a three room house for rent five miles east of Hartselle near Mt. ae church by Bee Russell Route 3 Hartselleye. a four Year old male horse 750-800 pounds priced at 125 by John Julian Route 1 Joppa. a five year old brood mare from John Julian Route 1 Joppa. a 16 hands Mare 850-900 pounds listed as John Julian Route Ane ORDA I-94. a 1937 V-8 pickup trade for car with Jeroy Simmons Falkville. a 37 acre farm near Detatur with 4 room house and barn at 430 Cedar St Decatur Route 1. a cow yielding two gallons milk daily due May by J R Atchley Route 1 Somerville. three or four black Spanish Jacks 4 6 and 8 years old at two price to close out by E S Balentine Courtland. slightly used furniture radio prewar couch bedroom suite all near Route 3 Hartselle. multiple horse and mule listings including two jacks two registered Allen stallions and several mares and colts by Eldred Elkins Mr Hope. and three pure blooded female spitz puppies ready for delivery.

John Julian Ane Orda Jeroy Simmons Falkville

CIO to Fight Voting Plan in Alabama 1946

CIO officials announce opposition to the Boswell amendment requiring voter registration explanation. Carey E. Haigler says defeat is a must in November and urges unions to ensure members and relatives register and pay poll tax. Pieper notes growing labor focus on favorable legislation for 1947.

Birmingham CHO Alabama Carey E. Haigler CIO Haigler Fred C. Pieper Louisiana Regislar

Thirty More Enter Races In Alabama Primary

Alabama primary campaigning expands to 30 candidates with new filings in senate and house races. Notable entrants include Lonnie McPherson and C Walker for senate districts, Silas Cater seeking re election, and other candidates in Montgomery and Mobile. State Supreme Court Justice incumbents also seek retention.

Montgomery Alabama Lonnie McPherson DeKalb Rep C. & Walker Chilton Silas D. Cater Forrest C. Bridges Notasulga Luther Ingalls Montgomery County Mobile Joseph N. Langan Lucien D. Gardner A. B. Foster Ed Livingston State Supreme Court Davis Stakely William H. Thomas Adeon Secretary of State Charles R. Bricken R. B. Carr Robert B. Harwood Roy Mayhall Charles R. Wiggins 14Th Judicial Circuit J. Alex Huey 12Th Circuit

Islands Sought by Magnuson for British Bases

Washington January 16 Senator Magnuson calls for acquiring British owned island bases in any future loan to England to spread outposts to both oceans. Also notices misc. farm and vehicle sales and listings from Decatur Danville Mt Hope Eva Cal Palmers Cafe and other locales with buyers and sellers seeking equipment livestock and property.

Washington Jan Magnuson D.wash England

Sericea lespedeza edges to curb erosion on Morgan farms

Morgan county farmers plan to plant sericea lespedeza along field borders to prevent erosion and provide wildlife cover. The practice pairs sericea with bicolor to enhance habitat and field appearance while boosting crop yields and pasture quality as shown by H. D. Humphrey’s improved farm results.

Morgan County T. R. Nabors Northwest Alabama Conservation District

Alabama farmers turn to seed patches for lespedeza supply

With seed demand for lespedeza sericea outpacing supply, Alabama farmers establish seed patches to boost their own acreages and sell surplus. Extension agronomist J. C. Lowery assures patch planners they should secure a sale for seed next fall.

Alabama J. C. Lowery API Extension Agronomist

Alabama farmers urged to raise yields per acre says agronomist

J C Lowery, API extension agronomist, cites need for higher yields per acre in Alabama crops. He notes livestock outputs depend on crop yields and advises planting on land capable of profitable production and using soil improvement crops on others. Brief Farm News. USDA to resume Yearbook publication in 1947.

Alabama J. C. Lowery API Extension Agronomist Brief Farm News USDA

State Master Plan Aims for City County Compliance

The Alabama state planning board will seek full compliance with a master plan by city and county authorities. Director W O Dobbins Jr. said public improvements funded with state money should follow the master pattern, noting health as the only adopted master plan so far while others are in drafts. A Baldwin county planning commission was announced with Frank C Turner Fairhope J H Faulkner Bay Minette Norman McInnis Stockton Dr W Bruce Nelson Bay Minette Howard Ruge Fairhope Emery Johnson Silver Hill Sherman Lemler Foley John Gottler Alberta and J B Childress Foley.

Montgomery State Planning Board Alabama Dobbins Baldwin County Planning Commission Frank C. Turner Fairhope J. H. Faulkner Bay Minette Norman McIinnis Stockton W. Bruce Nelson Howard Ruge Emery Johnson Silver Hill Sherman Lemler Foley John Gottler Alberta J. B. Childress

Newton’s Color Theory Discovery

Sir Isaac Newton proposed that a substance’s color results from the light that strikes it, linking color to light's interaction and dispersion. The claim frames color as a property created by light exposure rather than inherent to objects.

Sir Isaac ‘Newton

WORK is the mother of democracy and progress

An assortment of quoted lines extols work as the source of genius and prosperity. It contrasts hard work with dreamers, noting its presence in everyday life from bread to trains and newspapers. A clipped exchange shows a father urging marriage despite atheism, and anecdotes about local youths and manners.

All Osmore America Rockefeller

Slacks and Sayings from a Quirky Parlor Game

A collage of humor and encounters from a Decatur scene. Jests about school, marriage, and math share the stage with a judge’s pointed remark to a defendant. A nod to veterans ends with a plea for world peace.

Heavy Snow Hits Three States Across South and Northeast

A winter storm blankets Northern Texas Northwest Louisiana and Southern Arkansas with heavy snow. Shreveport marks the first snowfall in two years as more accumulates in Moroe Ruston and Fort Worth area. Snow slows traffic, cancels buses, and brings subfreezing temperatures to the Northeast after a low pressure system shifts northeast.

Texas Louisiana Arkansas Shreveport Law Moroe Ruston Wither el Dorado Little Rock Fexarkana Weather Bureau Atlanta Florida Atlantic Plains States Atlantic Coast New York New England Maine Chicago Washington Albany Charlotte Tacksonvle New Orleans St. Louis Dallas Denver Spokane

Kauri Resin From New Zealand Described

The article notes that kauri is a resin obtained from New Zealand trees. It highlights its resinous properties and source, referencing geographic origin and material type.

New Zealand

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Farmers Exchange R Sale W. G. Peebles Mooresville Ohe Maytag Briggs & Stratton Sears Claudie Murphree Tok Sale Tes Ieee Olinger Route 1 Trinity Route A C. Childers Danville Stringer B. W. Stringer W. Peebles Claud Murphree Tanner W.M. Morris Othe Oliver John Deere Oliver Steel Harriaman L. R. Alexander Route Moulton Dick. C. Gilt Earl E. Glover Hartselle Deer Springs E. Sharp Decatur Johnston's Somerville Lynn’ Ranch C. L. ‘Vice Route 2 Howard Johnson Windsor Adron Robert A Athens J-9 Robert D. McCaghren Five Points John B. Steel Union Hill School Rock Road J. H. McMinnemon Bowlings Gin Moran County John Deere Planter Gibson Electric Ruby Dumas Mt. Ae Church Bee Russell Hartselleye John Julian Joppa Jersey Detatur Highway Cedar St J. R. Atchley Somerville J-9 Balentine Courtland Wee Eldred Elkins Mr. Hope John W Sandlin Wayne Blackwell’s Feed Store Church ST Dillehay’s Grant Firestone Tire and Battery Service Highway 31 Johnston St Heelers Ik W. R. Foutch Hillsboro Chalybeate School Mt. Hope J.H. McKee Eva D.yates Cal Palmers Cafe Smith E. Ledbetter Moulton Heights Roger Neel Glendale Farm P. C. Pickens GMC P.C.C. Pickens Chevrolet P. C Pickens Danville Road Jennie Mitchell Waneiet W. E. Livey W. S. Watkins Remington W. R. Poutch Hervita Wens Tisie Hermitage E. Moulton St Lee 6Th Ave Moulton St Texaco Products Gene Akern Terry Puffle Towers H. D. Humphrey Humphrey J.T. Belue API Extension Alabama Extension Service Commodity Credit Corporation U. S Alabama’ Extension Service Production State Department of Agriculture Ed Lowder Extension Service Mr. Lowder Pickens County B. E. Braswell Morgan County Farm Bureau Health Loyd’s Hotpoint Bank St C. H. Sandlin Junius June Biddle Farmer -Dickinson Waz-al Decantur Ellen John Springer Scott Edith Jack Mary Jerry Adam Drinkard Funeral CO Tall Lied BROWN The Associated Press Oo Loyd Price Motor DO Hudson 2Nd Ave Stewart Continental Casualty CO Martin Bidg Ala Tire Service Sunroe U. S. and Pennsylvania U. S. Royal and Pennsylvania Joe Hagler Royal Tire Service
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