Florida farm family's comeback built on self produced food
The Pruitt family from Marion County Florida describe a troubled Oklahoma departure, farm losses and mortgaged land. They credit a home grown shift aided by FSA aid turning to self sufficiency, with a garden yielding 200 quarts and a cash repayment to gain ongoing help for farming.
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Pruitt
Florida
Associated Press
Momery
Ala
Oklahoma
Marion County
Charlen EB. Pruitt
Blanche
Land Bank
FSA
Beaver County
Stock Market Sags After Profit Taking Pause
June 13 market notes show rally fatigue with profit-taking after a two week rise. Volume around 450,000 shares. sectors mixed with declines in metals and wood, while wheat and hogs show firmness in Chicago and New York futures closing higher on some contracts.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Chicago
Gatti
Commission House
Comission House
Cattle and Hog Market Notes and Farm Family Ledger
Nashville market reports show salable cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges and top figures. Included is a first person farm ledger from 1940 describing a farmer’s loan, crops, livestock, canning, and expenses under the food for defense program.
Pilot Blame Pinpointed in Atlanta Air Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board said the crash near Atlanta on February 28 was caused by pilot error due to failure to exercise proper care and check controls and instruments during landing. Eight people died including Representative Byron and crewman Luther Thomas. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was injured.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Atlanta
Byron
D-Md
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
James A. Perry
Luther F. Thomas
Clarence Moore
Labor row widens across ports and plants
Union leaders demand a 10 cent hourly raise as mediation stalls with management and a State Labor Commissioner rep. AFL longshore leader Joseph P. Ryan says actions may spread to Galveston Baltimore and Houston if government aid changes. A wage pact ends a 19 day strike in midwest pipe factories and Reynolds Metal reports a retroactive 8 cent raise with further adjustments.
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Ther
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
New York
Galveston
Baltimore
Houston
Ryan
Morgan Line
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Canton
AFL
United Brick and Clay Workers
Labor Department
Washington
Reynolds Metal Company
Cotton Stamp Plan Meetings Scheduled in Morgan County
Merchants clerks and wholesalers of cotton goods are urged to attend meetings on Monday June 16 in Decatur at 10 00 am and Hartselle at 7 30 pm to learn about the supplementary cotton stamp program. Speakers include Miss Erien Rowe B G Hall and C B Murphy. An eligible retailer must file a statement to redeem stamps with $25 000 000 in stamps available for 1941. A revival follows with Rev Ralph Field preaching at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church starting June 15.
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Decatur and
Hartselle
Decatur
Romy Theatre
Morgan County High School
J.L. Roberts
Morgan County Cotton Stamp Committee
Erien Rowe
B. G. Hall
C. B. Murphy
Surplus Marketing Administration
Roberta
Roberts
Ralph Field
Lake Highlands Baptist Church
Birmingham
Sixteenth Avenue’ Baptist Church
Field
Rev
C. L. Dobbs
The
First Christian Church
Hitler schemes and Russian roles in Middle East crisis
The piece discusses Soviet and German plans in Iraq and Syria during World War II. It notes alleged Soviet aid, German efforts to secure French collaboration, and the push for Ukraine wheat as Germany seeks rays of leverage. It also suggests Russia could move into Iraq to deter Britain while Germany heads toward Turkey and Syria.
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Iraq
Germany
Hitler
Europe
France
Stalin
Ukraine
Soviet
Russia
Middle Eastern
Turkey
Syria
Middle East
Crete
Balkan
Palestine
Iroq
New York
Kansas City
Antonescu
Dr George W Carver to Receive Honorary Degree
In Tuskegee Alabama on June 14 Dr George W Carver the eminent African American scientist will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Dr Alan Valentine president of the University of Rochester in a Tuskegee Institute ceremony held in the chapel.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
New York
Theaehapel
Tuskegee Institute
Wallace warns farmers on price parity and wartime policy
Vice President Wallace urged U S farmers at a national AAA conference to seek higher prices with restraint to avoid public resentment and future losses. He warned against 100 percent parity loans and 85 percent loans, noting potential future costs and the need for full urban employment before high prices. He argued national sacrifice and might to defeat Hitler, and said postwar cuts in farm programs may come with price supports.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
United States
Congress
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Baggett Wins Six Year Alabama Textbook Contract
J D Baggett of Birmingham won a six year contract to handle Alabama school textbooks. The depository project is estimated at four million dollars with the state spending about one million two hundred fifty thousand for free texts in lower grades. Baggett offered four and a half percent commission on gross retail sales and fifteen percent on state direct purchases. Other bidders were E E Forbes Joseph Loveman and Louis Pizitz.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. D. Baggett
Birmingham
Alabama
Baggett
E. E. Forbes
Joseph Loveman
Louis Pizitz
Allies Close On Damascus As RAF Mount Heaviest Ruhr Raid
Allied forces push toward Damascus as British and Circassian free French troops battle into its suburbs in a six day old invasion. In air action RAF bombed the Ruhr industrial valley while Fighter Command repelled a Nazi wave four miles off Dover. Nazi demands on Stalin widen Russian gamble. Dispatches from Helsinki report massed German divisions on the Soviet border and possible invasion plans for mid June.
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Damascus
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Dover
London
Adolf Hitler
Joseph V. Stalin
Russia
Baltic
Black Seas
Helsinki
Finland
Kremlin
Berne
Switzerland
Ankara
Turkey
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Middle East
Syria
Roosevelt Aide Sighting for Attorney General Post
Washington reports focus on Biddle or Arnold for attorney general as Roosevelt reshapes the cabinet. Jackson moves to the Supreme Court with Stone elevated to chief justice and Byrnes slated to join the high court, while Byrnes stays in the Senate temporarily.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Francis Biddle
Thurman W. Arnold
Department
Jackson
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Charles Bvans Hughes
James Francis Byrns
James Clark Mc
Biddle
Byrnes
High Court
Senate
Chamber
Barkley
Kentucky
Sinking of Robin Moor Showed U-boat Actions at Sea
Survivors described a German U-boat firing upon the neutral freighter Robin Moor after halting her at 6 am. The ship sank in 23 minutes as shells struck midship and wreckage drifted. The U-boat bore a laughing cow insignia and possibly the name Lorricke. A lifeboat reached the submarine to deliver nationality and destination details. The incident prompted official questions from Undersecretary Welles, with full information awaited.
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Lorricke
Lorrckke
Robin Moor
Welles
Brazil
Decatur’s Diary Highlights Local Travels and Talks
Mrs. G M Dillard returns from Greensboro Alabama to care for a ill mother. Mrs Ollie Potter visits Newport Tennessee Ashville North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains. Out of town relatives attend Walter Lee funeral including Mr and Mrs G V Boston and others from Florence Arab and Lawrenceburg. News of church meetings sermons and local visits fill the week with births illnesses and campus notes.
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Ollie Potter
John Darmer
Newport
Walter Lee
W. H. Darmer
Lee
Pauline Darmer
W A. Darmer, Jr
Florence Ben Darmer
G. V. Boston
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
John C. Cherane
Lifeboats Missing After Robin Moor Sinking
Reports say the Robin Moor sank between Africa and South America after declaring American nationality. Four lifeboats carried 35 crew and passengers including three married couples and a child. three boats remain missing after 22 days at sea with survivors adrift hundreds of miles from land.
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No Marine Commander
Africa
South America
Surviving Robin Moor crew relay attack details at sea
A Robin Moor survivor says armed German seaboys seized the freighter and jamming its radio before a German submarine torpedoed it. He recalls 18 days in an open boat under the sun and rains, rationing food, and the rescue by the Brazilian ship Ozario after 8 days apart.
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Recife
Brazil
United States
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Ozario
Africa
Conference Called On Methods Of Combatting Espionage
A meeting will discuss methods to combat espionage and sabotage. The event is prompted by a conference organizer who called the gathering for Tuesday to consider protective measures and coordination among agencies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Goebbels on French Line and Island Metaphor in War View
Goebbels recalled the French Line as invulnerable and warned Britain against underestimating water as an obstacle. He cited Hitler’s view that for war there are no more islands. The text ends with a note on using Want Ada for economical turnover.
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Goebbels
Hitler
FBI In Alabama Trains Law Enforcement Officers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation program trains law enforcement officers in central and southeast Alabama to enhance crime response and investigative capability.
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The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alabama
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Food For Defense
Frone
AR Rankin
Carver
U. S
Reuters
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Linthicum
Decatur’s
G. M. Dillard
Greensboro
Morris Dillard
Auburn
E. C. Powell
Mitzi Ann
Georgia
LaGrange
Corrine Shaw
Gallatin
Marvin Rankin
the Heavenly Father
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Edwin Wyle
Walter Marvin Penney
Georgia Tech
Engineering
T B. Rogers, Jr
Vanderbilt University
Westminster Foundation of Nashville
Virginia Runion
A. J. Dinsmore
Reba Alice
Sarah Osborne
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Baugh’s Infirmary
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Rome
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Somerville
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