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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1955

Page

7

Three Marketing Adjustments Raise Farm Profits

A. W. Jones explains three practical marketing adjustments for farmers to boost income. Grow more product to cut per unit costs, time sales to peak demand, and improve quality to fetch higher prices and reduce handling waste.

Alabama

Admiral Semmes House Sold by Public Subscription

A Mobile Alabama home, once owned by Admiral Semmes, Confederate naval hero of the raider Alabama, was purchased in 1871 by public subscription. The clipping recounts varied anecdotes and historical notes across a collage of vignettes and quotes.

Admiral Semmes Mobile Alabama

Briton Makes Tea During Scottsbluff Tornado

Miss Phyllis Rutland of Harrow England rode out a Scottsbluff tornado as a guest in T. L. Green's home. With no idea of American emergency protocol she brewed tea, saying it’s the first instinct in a crisis.

DESIGN C-343 House Layout and Features

The DESIGN C-343 house emphasizes ample wall space and numerous closets for storage. It offers a large living room with three-way exposure, a bath, a combined kitchen dinette, and full basement with 1218 square feet of floor area. Concrete facts include wide siding with stone facing, ar dome shingles, a hip roof, picture windows, and a covered front door. For details contact the Small House Awning Bureau in St. Cloud Minnesota.

St. Cloud Minn

Humphrey Calls End to Tax Subsidies for Defense Industry

Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey urged a drastic slowdown in tax benefits to business to spur defense industry growth. Testifying to a House subcommittee, he said the Korean War driven rush program is largely complete and the artificial subsidy is no longer needed.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey House

Lucky Seven Billy Musewell Born On Seventh Day

Richmond Virginia reports on William Wayne Musewell as a seven year old whose birthday falls on the seventh day of the seventh month and who was the seventh baby delivered by his father Dr William Muse.

Richmond William Wayne Muse Billy William Muse

U S Student Totals in 1939 and 1954

The figures show 1 364 000 students in 1939 rising to 2 475 000 in 1954 reflecting growth in U S education. The data contrast early and mid century pupil enrollment trends across the nation.

U. S

Supersonic Rain Test In San Diego Lab

An air craft company constructs artificial rain in a tunnel and shoots 20 mm shells through it to measure rain erosion on objects traveling at up to 2000 mph. Water sprayed into a 1600 foot pipe. shells explode 1500 feet beyond the pipe, with parachuted test specimens recovered.

Channing Pollock Don Marquis Don Washington Chevy Chase San Diego Calif U.S. Air Force

Edwin M Rucker Seventh Grandchild and Heir

Edwin M Rucker is described as the seventh grandchild on his father’s side and the seventh child in his mother’s family to bear the name William. The text emphasizes the number seven and familial lineage.

Edwin M. Rucker William

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