Floating concrete plant aids Wheeler Dam construction
Four welded barges forming a floating concrete mixing plant are assembled on a Tennessee River site near Wheeler Dam Alabama June 15. Each barge carries a 75 foot crane and an electrically driven mixer with sand gravel and cement brought by barge via Lake Wilson. The system replaces a cable way used at Norris Dam as a cost saving measure.
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Wheeler Dam
Norris Dam
Tennessee River
Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lake Wilson
Tennessee
Wilson Dam
Local Market Prices For Produce Meats And Poultry
Readable items show eggs butter sweet potatoes Irish potatoes and vegetables with prices per pound or per bunch. Meats list native dressed hogs cows heifers and lamb with per pound pricing. Poultry includes hens fryers and old roosters with quoted ranges.
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ATS
Ouautey Seelam
Birmingham Market Prices for Hay Poultry Butter and Grains
The report lists delivered prices in Birmingham for U S hay varieties including No 1 and No 2 Johnson and Timothy, with light receipts and firm prices. Poultry and egg prices paid to producers by jobbers cover hens leghorns small and large, mixed eggs, spring broilers and ducks with some small drops in broilers and rounded increases for mixed eggs. Butter fat delivered for churning and premium values are noted, plus grain prices for corn and oats with minor shifts. Cattle hogs and calves prices are detailed across categories from prime beef to common yearlings, with the hog market advancing 26 cents.
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Birmingham
U. S
Johnson
Timothy
Dear Miss Glad Answers Beauty Questions on Hair Waves and Weight
Gladys Glad offers tips to soften kinky permanent waves with brushing, vinegar rinses, and wide loose setting after washing. She advises balanced diet, daily exercise, a weekly liquid fast, and warns about rouge use and skin care for facial blemishes.
Visits in Decatur
A short note lists visitors in Decatur with mentions of Mr and Mrs J Conley and a California connection. The fragment indicates a social roundup style item typical of community pages.
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Decatur
Eee
Wee Calif
Mrs. J. ©. Conley
Balchs Take Daughter Mildred to Memphis for Care
Mr and Mrs Russell Balch and family of Pete s Gin Limestone county motor to Memphis Tennessee Sunday for medical treatment of their daughter Mildred who is much improved and expected to walk again soon Kathleen and Virginia will remain for a week in Memphis while Mildred receives care
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Russell Balch
Pete
Limestone
County
Memphis
Tenn
Mildred
TVA Builds Floating Concrete Plant For Wheeler Dam
TVA engineers note the floating concrete mixing plant cuts costs by enabling reuse of equipment after Wheeler Dam is finished. The movable plant could serve future dam projects along the Tennessee River, reducing overall hydroelectric development costs.
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Witrate Plant
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Crown Paint CO
E. Moulton St
Frank H. Duffey
Lux
Pecelar 3
Ernst
Gerber’s Baby Food
Penice’s
Dole
California
Sunkist
Alabama
Heinz Products
HEINZ
M*a
Decatur Chamber OF Commerce
Dept. OF Agriculture
Gladys Glad
America
Miss Glad
Blondie
Glad
Clara Lou Sheridan
Thomason Lumber CO
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CAMAY
Ares
Santos Royale Coffee
Bacon
OLEO
Rosedale
Franklin Corn
Armour
Mary Jane
Wykers
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