Crotalaria Used in Corn Middles as Cover
Earl Strong of Ryan community grows crotalaria to protect soil during the erosion peak period. Experiments at Belle Mina and Sand Mountain show yield gains in cotton and corn with two-year rotations. Critics note livestock toxicity concerns fade with Lancelota variety as seed becomes available locally.
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Earl Strong
Ryan
Pieamont Conservation Experiment Station
Watkinsville
Georgia
Belle Mina Experiment Station
Sand Mountain Experiment Station
Strong
Lon Kelley
Gum Pond
Crotalaria
Northwest Alabama Soil Conservation District
Kelley
Henry Nappier
Union Hill
Morgan City
Land of the Tennessee Valley needs friends
A regional plea warns that thousands of acres in Alabama's Tennessee Valley suffer erosion. Fields shrink under gullies and broomsedge takes over 15 to 20 acre blocks while red soils erode each rain, risking future food and prosperity.
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Tennessee Valley
Alama
North
Alabama
Two men lose rehearing on Neece lottery case in Alabama
In Montgomery on June 7 two convicts, Er nest Fluker and Phillip Ford, failed to gain a rehearing after the state court reversal. The appellate court had earlier ruled the Neece lottery ordinance unconstitutional and the cases proceed to further review.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ernest Fluker
Phillip Ford
China under communist rule thins American presence
Clarke Beach reports on the shrinking U S footprint in China as private missions, educators, and doctors continue with native support while officials depart. The new regime tightens control over education and hints at further religious and medical restrictions, with relief efforts hampered by a hostile stance to foreign aid.
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America
China
United States
Europe
Truman
Laramore
Wyo
Watkins Sees Caley Peas Boost Morgan County Cover Crop
Somerville grower Willis T Watkins reports Caley Peas as a soil building cover crop on his wet Morgan County farm. He seeded a new Hairy Broadleaf strain three years ago and plans to harvest seed to expand acreage. He notes lime or basic slag is needed for best growth and urges others to start reseeding this winter.
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Willis T. Watkins
Somerville
Morgan County
Watkins
Soil Conservation Service
Conviction Upheld For Fluker Ford And Others
The appellate court affirmed the conviction of Fluker, Ford, and three other individuals in a case involving multiple defendants. The ruling preserves the verdicts and related sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fluker
Ford
Prichard Council Backs Law for Multiple Voting Places
The Prichard city council urged the legislature to permit several voting sites in warded towns. The body adopted a resolution noting overcrowded polls in Prichard with one polling place. City Attorney George E. Stone Jr. drafted the resolution as part of Mobile County’s delegation.
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Prichard
Ala
Prichard City
George E. Stone Jr
Mobile County
Relief in China Under Communist Ad Valorem Duties
The 25 percent ad valorem duty on relief goods imported by China makes many relief projects unfeasible. Shanghai hosts a Shanghai production and relief committee to supervise any private relief efforts. Foreign missions still receive funds via American banks as money flows in.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Production and Relief Committee
Russia
China
Alabama Fieldmen's Association Convenes Two Day Meet
The Alabama Fieldmen's Association opens a two day convention in Point Clear with about 11 members expected. Officers include W. W. Branch president John Kitchens vice president W. K. Hughes secretary treasurer and G. H. Felgner executive committee chair all of Birmingham. The group represents stock fire insurance companies.
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Point Clear
Ala
Alabama Fieldmen’s Association
W. W. Branch
John Kitchens
W. K. Hughes
G. H. Felgner
Birmingham
Gipsy Ada Observer Named Tested Jersey Sire
The Jersey bull Gipsy Ada Observer owned by C. C. Glenn and Sons of Decatur is announced as a tested sire by the American Jersey Cattle Club. Fifteen tested daughters averaged 8.979 pounds milk and 5.1 percent butterfat, with 461 pounds fat each, under official club supervision in Columbus.
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Jersey
C. C. Glenn and Sons of
Decatur
American Jersey Cattle Club
Gipsy Ada Observer
United States
Columbus
Robber Identified by Newspaper Description Arrested After Hold Up
A woman, recognizing a man from a newspaper description, identified him after a hold up. She asked him to drive her to the police station and he was taken into custody with officers present.
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Dle
Additional Parks Open This Summer
Two new public parks on TVA lakes will open this summer. The Roane county Watts Bar Lake area will offer swimming and day use, nearing completion, while a second park at Dayton water is also slated to be available.
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Tva Lakes
Roane County
Watts Bar Lake
Dayton Water
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R. H. Bethany
Tennessee Valley Hotel
R. Clyde Wellden Auction CO
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