Excellent Progress On Alabama Farms Amid favorable conditions
Alabama farmers report excellent progress finishing planting and cultivating 1945 crops with good harvests of oats and winter legumes. County agents note record custom work from tractor owners, while late planting and stand issues persist. Government oats purchase and loan program set to aid orderly marketing with 60 cents per bushel loan rate, eligibility rules, storage considerations, and deduction for warehoused oats.
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Alabama
Jtral
North Alabama
Commodity Credit Corporation
Egg Receipts Still Light As Prices Firm In South
Egg receipts remained light with prices firm in the South and supplies short amid mounting demand. Regional War Food Administration reports Raleigh receipts at 34 cents a dozen, Atlanta 34 1 to 35, Birmingham 33 1 2. Peaches watermelons Irish potatoes green corn cucumbers beans okra and poultry volumes varied with ceilings and processors releasing some lots.
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Atlanta
South
the War Food No Ministration
Raleigh
Birmingham
Georgia
Florida
Agricultural Adjustment Loans and Purchases Timetable
All loans will be administered by county committees of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency. Loans will be available until December 31, 1945 and mature on April 30, 1946 or earlier on demand. Purchases will be made until December 31, 1945 unless terminated earlier.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Boys Camp to Open Monday in Cole Springs Area
Morgan county Baptist boys aged 9 to 17 will register at 2 PM for a camp at Cole Springs 4-H Club grounds. Rev. Robert Wooddy will direct, with M. G. Fields as camp pastor. Dr. W. W. Adams from China speaks. schedule includes mission and Bible study, nature study, campfire services, and recreation. First meal at 6 PM Monday. dismissal Thursday after midday meal. Over 100 boys and men expected. promoted by Mrs. Eugene Dugger.
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Morgan County
Cole Springs
Robert Wooddy
M. G. Fields
W. W. Adams
China
Eugene Dugger
Gem
Swift Granted Indefinite Leave From Highway Post
Alabama State Highway Director Robert Swift receives an indefinite leave of absence to return to manage the Swift Hunter Lumber Co. at Atmore due to his brother J B Swift's illness. Ed Rodgers, formerly Baldwin County engineer, becomes acting head of the department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert Swift
Ed Rodgers
Chauncey Sparks
Swift
Swift- Hunter Lumber Co
Atmore
J. B. Swift
Rodgers
Baldwin County
Cereal Name Tied to Roman Grain Ceremonies
The term cereal derives from cerealia, Roman rites honoring Ceres the Goddess of Grain. This etymology links breakfast grains to ancient public ceremonies and agricultural cults.
Sparks Signs Aid Fund Bill in Postwar Plan
Alabama Governor signs a measure authorizing acceptance of federal grants under postwar planning, enabling state agencies to meet federal terms. Other bills expand driver license age to 15, support out of state education, invest idle funds, and allow regional education agreements. Joint resolutions push for uniform building codes, free press, and the Tennessee Tom Bigbee canal project.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Congress
Sen. L Cherokee
Somerville Tankman Leads First Allied Tank Entry at Brenner Pass
Pfc John A Thomas of Somerville and nine other tankers from the 781st Tank Battalion, U S Seventh Army, breached Brenner Pass on May 4 1945 linking with the 5th Army near Innsbruck Austria Their Sherman was the first Allied tank to enter the pass and meet Fifth Army forces amid cheering Italian civilians in Alpine towns The moment came at about 11 a m when two 5th Army jeeps and the tanks halted and men shook hands
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781St Tank Battalion
Brenner Pass
5Th’ Army
Hitler
Mussolini
Tyrolean
J. D. Kee
Lubbock
Texas
Samuel T. Hicks
New Orleans
John A. Thomas
Somerville
Alabama
Donald Vermett
Toledo
Ohio
Carl E. Hertlein
Pratt
Kansas
781ST
U.S. Seventh Army
Austria
5Th Army
Gus Thomas
Somerville 2
Pfc
Thomas
Seventh Army
Rome
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Cactus Division
C Company
Innsbruck
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Bob Moses
Decatur
Veal Ev
DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd
Sterchi’s
Gadsden
Florence
Sheffield
Daily Crossword
Board of Ordnance
Tgimlad FV Jnid
Zlpdanb
Kempis
King Features Syndicate
Ing
Garrett
Canal St
Robin Swift
I. D. Cockrell
Hodges
2Nd Ave
Max Hodges
Sherrell Maner
Sparks
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