Alabama farmers urged to expand soil-building under AAA plan
Alabama farmers are urged to plant more winter legumes terrace more land and expand pastures this fall to qualify for up to 1 000 000 of the 4 500 000 available under the 1939 AAA program. The grant-of-aid plan allows seed lime and fertilizer access with no cash outlay, deduction from soil-building payments.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
A. W. Jones
AAA
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
Toronto Kid Robber Holds Up Tulsa Lunch Stand
A gunman robbed a Tulsa lunch stand attendant, took $10, and told him his job would be saved. The bandit wrote a note claiming responsibility and apologized for the boy, signing as The Toronto Kid.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ligod Price
Toronto
Funds Allocated for Youth Projects on Atlantic Seaboard
The National Youth Administration outlined out-of-school work projects for the 1940 fiscal year at a conference of Atlantic Seaboard administrators. Allocations announced include 1,462,000 for Alabama and 1,667,160 for Georgia.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
Atlantic Seaboard
Alabama
Georgia
Madison County Farmers Report Curb Market Gains
Readers learn how the Madison County Curb Market, opened May 6, yields $252.74 in sales for Octavia Darwin and Parwin Moore, plus notes on home-grown goods, market help from agents, and a strong push to control boll weevils with recommended dusting.
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Octavia Darwin
Yparwin
Moore’s Mill
Huntsville
J. B. Mitchell
Madison County
Mr. Mitchell
Mitchell
One Year to Go Presidential Prospects
The piece weighs Roosevelt’s possible third term and how it shapes 1940 election odds. It notes his stamina and record, the risks of third-term prejudice, and the unsettled field of Democratic and Republican hopefuls depending on his plans. It assesses his odds as potentially the best among any single candidate.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York State Senate
Navy
United States
Use of Lands to Be Talked at Farm Week
Auburn Ala July 19 The annual Farm and Home Week at Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute July 31 to August 4 features a keynote on the people and the land. Fifteen Alabama farmers and farmwomen will share experiences and discuss land use tenure home economics marketing and leadership with state and national speakers including Bankhead Hill Dixon O Neal and others.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
P_O. Davis
Alabaa Extension Service
John H. Bankhead
Lister Hill
Frank M. Dixon
Farm and Home
Eek
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
L. N. Duncan
D. P. Trent
Far Security Administration
Washington
Haygood Paterson
Dean M. J. Fpanchens
Alabama Experiment Station
Edwin Bevins
Arkansas Farm Woman
Crop Seeding Rates for Hay and Grazing Crops
The guide recommends sowing mixtures such as Oe Peck HOP KUM with a bushel per acre or sow a bushel of cowpeas. It notes sorghum as a reliable late hay crop and Sudan grass sown at 26 pounds per acre as valuable for hay or grazing. Sudan is highlighted as one of the best late hay crops.
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Otooten
Laredo
Sudan
Congress activities brief from the Associated Press
Senate considers extending crop insurance to cotton while the Federal Reserve chair reports on a 2.8 billion lending program. Wagner act amendments are debated. House ponders trust incentives and anti alien bills as Morgenthau discusses lending. foreign affairs weighs ships and artillery aid for Latin American republics.
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Associated Press
Senate
Banking
Eccles
Federal Reserve
House
Morgenthau
Labor Committee
CIO
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria medicine. It claims the tonic fights blood infection, relieves chills and fever, and improves well being. The copy touts tasteless quinidine and iron and notes it is pleasant to take for both adults and children.
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Grove
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