Sponsors of Lions Club Tennessee Valley Horse Show
Local horse show at Benson field with 14 classes announced. H R Sherrow and Sam Wheat list sponsors from Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties. classes range from Local Amateur Walking Horses to Five Gaited Ponies with various sponsors including Universal Concrete Pipe Co and Decatur Iron and Steel Co. Open walking and roadster events include requirements and show rules, with winners required to show or forfeit winnings unless excused by a veterinarian.
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Lions Club
H. R. Sherrow
Sam Wheat
Benson Field
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Sherrow’'s
Monarch Food Store
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Dinsmore Furniture Company
Satom Atic
Pee Electric Company
Valley Coal ‘and Lumber Company
Cooper Wells Company
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Home Oil Mill
Alabama Flour Mill
Hunter Furniture Com
Deccatur Automobile
W. J. Duncan Jr
Walking Horse
Southeastern Metals
Dennis McClendon
Bees and honey value tied to labor of thousands
An estimate links one pound of honey to the life work of about 1,000 bees, highlighting the effort behind each jar.
TVA power operations expand use of surplus output
TVA reports continued power system integration and economies from surplus power. One fifth of last week's output went to nearby states' systems. In the year ending June 30 TVA generated about 12.5 billion kWh, roughly 1.0 billion kWh monthly, about five percent below wartime six month average. Generation ten years earlier was under 0.5 billion kWh in 1936.
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TVA
United States
Rites Conducted for D C Carrall
Funeral services for David C. Carrall 79 of Somerville were held at Friendship church. He died Friday after a three week illness. Survived by wife Sarah Ann Carrall three sons J G Carrall Otto Carrall and Tommie Carrall three daughters Altie Strought Rozelle Brown and Lizzie Lyle and several grandchildren. Burial followed at Friendship Cemetery Mutual Service directing.
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David C. Carrall
Somerville
Friendship Church
Carrall
Methodist Church
Sarah Ann Carrall
J. G. Carrall
Otto Carrell
Tommie Carrall
Altie Strought
Rozelle Brown
Lizzie Lyle
Friendship Cemetery
Mutual Service
Protest Voiced Over Burial Rights of War Dead
The Georgia Department of American Veterans of World War II urged Congress to stop discrimination in burial practices between officers and enlisted men, signaling protest from Atlanta on July 13.
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Atlanta
Georgia Department of American Veterans of
Alabama
Congress
Jim Simpson
United States Senate
Markets show commodity highs and stock declines in a paradox week
Market activity mixed with commodities at 23 year highs while stocks fell amid profit taking and price control anxieties. Steel and aviation shares led declines, while selective rallies in steels and motors and a cross of distillers and packers influenced swings before Friday losses.
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New York
Lockheed
Transcontinental & Western Air
Constellation
United States
Steels
Motors
Hiram Walker
Dominion
Bomb surrender timing tied to Hirohito advisers plan
A survey concludes that Japan would likely have surrendered before 31 December 1945 even without atomic bombs, without Russia's entry into the war, or an invasion. It asserts Emperor Hirohito and his key advisers decided as early as 1945 that surrender could come regardless of invasion plans.
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Japan
Russia
Hirohito
Japanese resolve and German plans shape 1945 war outlook
From wartime records a determination to resist remained strong in Japan even after atomic bombs and Russia's entry. The text notes promises of a German miracle weapon, the limited impact of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and a March 1944 assessment by Rear Adm Soichi Takagi that Japan could not win, guiding naval strategy.
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Germany
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Russia
Soichi Takagi
Pastor and Family Take Vacation From St. Pauls Lutheran
Rev W F Schoech, pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church, leaves with his family for a two week vacation in Missouri. During his absence Rev Henry Meyer of Cullman will conduct services at 3 PM Sunday July 21 and Rev E T Town former pastor will conduct services at 10:30 AM Sunday July 28.
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W. F. Schoech
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Missouri
Henry Meyer
Cullman
E. T. Town
War lessons from Takagi study cited by survey
The survey notes Takagi's study, undertaken at the end of the second year of the war, as significant. It states the Japanese navy's top command had estimated that beyond that point Japan could not wage a successful war.
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Takagi
Japan
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Pany and Quality Model Laundry
Decatur Transit
Green & Stein
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Ture Store
GREEN
Stein Furniture CO
Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
Joint Task Force 1
D. C. Carrall
U. S. Senate
Senate
House
Cancy
Congress of the United States
Veterans’ Committee
E. Thornton
Cawthon Hotel
Mobile, Ala
Wall Street
U. S
LTC Rayon
AMND
Carload
China
John Leighton Stuart
Truman
Patrick J. Hurley
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