Motorization Of Southern Farming Brings New Problems
The Associated Press reports rapid tractor use on southern farms, especially under 100 acres, raising labor displacement and cost questions. About 128,000 tractors existed in the region with Alabama 11,000 and Georgia 13,000, as mechanization aims to cut production costs though risks include price drops and worker migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Tec Department of Agriculture
South
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
J. A. Wicker
Wicker
Contested Willkie Rally Sparks Boos and Parades
The campaign scene featured Taft backers accusing Willkie supporters of packing galleries with 3,000 tickets. Senator Taft labeled the claim ridiculous as Pryor denied organizing enforced enthusiasm. The nominating speech was frequently interrupted by boos and ensuing scuffles during a long six hour session.
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Willkie
Taft
Samuel Pryor
Connecticut
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Pryor
R. B. Creager
Texas
Art
Dewey
Frank Gannett
York
Market Highlights From New York and New Orleans
Mild rallying tendencies in New York stocks as investors grew hopeful on domestic politics and wary of war moves abroad. Transfers around 460000 shares with gains mostly fractional to over two points, but closes were generally lower. In New Orleans cotton futures, trade buying and covering pushed prices higher with July and October contracts showing gains before settling.
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New York
Wall Street
New Orleans
Markets at a Glance: Mixed Recoveries in Stocks and Commodities
New York markets show steady stocks with aircrafts leading a selective recovery. Bonds improve as domestic and German loans rise. Foreign exchange firm with sterling gaining sharply. Cotton steady amid trade and foreign support. Sugar higher on scarce offerings. Metals quiet with copper under 10 cents. Wood Tops mixed on hedge selling and trade buying. Chicago crops falter as wheat weak and corn near steady. Cattle up 25, hogs up 15 to 26 cents, top at 5.60.
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New York
Chicago
Butter prices steady in Chicago market
Butter at 1,102,441 pounds unchanged while eyes at 2,031 barrels show steady prices in Chicago trading.
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Chicago
Spot cotton markets show steady prices in New Orleans
On June 27 in New Orleans spot cotton held steady with sales totaling 218 bales. Low middling sold at 9.90, middling at 10.90, good middling at 11.35. Receipts reached 1,260 with a stock of 616,214.
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New Orleans
Saies
Party Platform Opens Presidential Bid and Denounces New Deal
The platform unanimously adopted by delegates denounces the Roosevelt administration as failing and calls for a constitutional amendment to bar a third term. It opposes foreign wars, urges arms buildup, and supports the Monroe doctrine while framing aid to nations only under international law and U S defense needs. It also advocates restoring relief to states, extending old age and unemployment benefits, and amending the Wagner act to protect both employers and workers. The convention then proceeds to nominate candidates for the race, with efforts to name Hanford MacNider and others as contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief Administration
Souad
Hanford MacNider
Michigan
Wang
New Hampshire
Escareee
McNary
James
Dakota
Bush
Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on June 27 the cottonseed oil market closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.00, prime crude 5.25, and futures for July 5.59B, September 5.70B, October 5.73B, and December 5.77B.
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New Orleans
Wheat Prices Rise Then Fall on Market Negotiations
In Chicago on June 27 wheat futures fluctuated as traders awaited word on negotiations that could reopen the continental European market for imports. Wheat closed 1 1 3 8 to 1 2 3 8 cents lower, with July at 77 and September at 77 1 2 3 8. Corn edged from 1 4 off to 1 8 up, July 60 5 8, September 58 1 8 59, oats 1 4 1 2 down.
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Chicago
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Trade
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with July at 21.90 cents, September 20.50, October 19.80, December 19.90, January 20.00. Sales volume 2,600 contracts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Uly
Wheat and grain prices in Chicago market report
Cash wheat and corn bids listed in Chicago with No 1 white oats and barley prices shown. Soybeans quoted at No 2 yellow around 80.75 to 80.50 and other grades noted with varied nominal ranges.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Toned Steady in Chicago Markets
Chicago poultry prices listed for June 27 show 39 trucks moving steady to firm for Spring 4 lbs and up Plymouth Rocks at 22.5, under 4 lbs Plymouth Rocks 19, White Rocks 19.5, Turkeys hens 13, with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rocks
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville Tennessee June 27 cattle salable 125 calves 150 run mostly grasses steady prices. common and medium heifers and steers 6.50-8.25. dryfeds to 9.00 and 9.65 plus 10.00. Beef cows 5.50 down. canners and cutters 3.50-5.00. good cows scarce. Hogs salable 450 up 20-30. good and choice 150 lbs and up 4.60-5.60. sows to 8.50. Sheep 1500 active 25 higher on spring lambs 10.00-11.25. fat ewes top 2.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
S. Dept
Senate housing tax debate ends in lopsided vote
The Senate defeated a pro tax measure 48 to 10 while tackling amendatory housing authority bills. Proposals would tax housing projects and limit rentals to low income families. cities could loan or donate funds for construction or maintenance. House bills passed include reducing the workmen’s compensation waiting period from 14 to 7 days and broadening coverage to firms with eight or more employees. Senate also approved oil and gas drilling regulation and a 2 percent severance tax, and sent a constitutional amendment on county officer salaries back to the House for concurrence.
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Senate
House
Oliver Young
Alabama
Etowah
Cherokee
Tallapooga
Army plans rely on 100000 reservists for new forces
General Marshall expressed confidence that a sufficient number of capable officers for the expanded land forces could be obtained from more than 100,000 available reservists. The statement references 400,000 regular troops and further mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Academy
Marshall
Rumanians Brace for Soviet Ultimatum Amid Military Buildup
Reports say Romania faces a six hour deadline as Red Army concentrations along the Dniester and in Bessarabia and Bucovina grow. King Carol, Molotoff talks, and warnings from Germany and Italy shape the crisis while Romanian public remains uninformed.
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Bucharesta
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Davidescu
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotoff
Grand Council
Carol
Dniester
Austria-Hungary
Berlin
Russia
Czecho- Slovakia
Rumania
Germany
Italy
Molotoff
Turkey
Decatur's Diary Local notices and social bits from Decatur area
Decatur's Diary lists weekend visits and hospital tabs for residents including Tom and Mrs Willingham in Tus cumbia and Pauline McAnally discharged from Benevolent Society Hospital. Legion meeting at Civic Center 7 30 tonight. post inspection and elections. several locals traveling to Painesville, Ohio for B&O Railway work return. many names and places in Morgan County noted.
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Tom Middlebrooks
Morgan County
American Legion
Civic Center
Legion
Decatur
Painesville
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
B. H. Lentz
D. Hames
2. F. Brothers
C. M. Murphy
B. N. Owens
B. R. Barnes
E. D. Chunn
Armored Guard Force Could Surpass Six Hundred Thousand
Officers said Congress authorized and the national guard of 234000 or more would yield a land force exceeding 600000 trained men for any defense emergency. They noted measures may be taken in the meantime for compulsory training.
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Congress
National Guard
Want Ads Change Like Weather Daily Read
Classified briefs note daily shifts in listings with new opportunities and notices. Read for current jobs rooms sales and services as editors update categories and prices.
Hartselle Garden Club Show Highlights At First Christian Church
Hartselle Garden Clubs held a summer flower show at the First Christian Church with Unit No. 2 winning top honors. Numerous individuals won prizes in categories including roses, verbenas, philox, dahlia and zinnia among many others, while the First Baptist Church group met for Bible study and a birthday surprise for Miss Frances Crow.
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Hartselle
First Christian Church
Frances Lee
J. W. Montgomery
W. T. Stewart
Euclid Johnson
Howard Evans
Philox
Luther Roberts
J. E. Peck
M. H. Broom
Phil Orr
M. G. West
M G. West
Fred Bennett
Kimbrough
Elizabeth Houston
Gordon Groover
J. L. Rountree
J. E. Stone
Bertha Lee
Sim Orr
Pat Kimbrough
Nasturtiums
Robert Perry
Cecil Higginbotham
Pierce Pattillo
Arthur Howell
Zinnias
J. W .Montgomery
Guy Roberts
Dahlias
Huey Miller
Will McClanahan
H. L. Payne
Butterfly Root
J. P. Hodges
L. H. Houste
W. Stewart
Cal Johnson
Petunias
E. Peck
J. L. Rountieé
M. G West
C. C. Doss
D. K. Wiggians
R. A. Payne
Charlie Quinn
L. H. Houston
J. E. Stone, Jr
Emmett Williams
J T. Templeton
J. F. T. Brown
Roy Newman
R .T. Puckett
Hanging Basket
G. P. Wiggins
Social gathering at Glasscock Spring barbecue
Mr and Mrs Van B Glasscock hosted a Tuesday night chicken barbecue at Glasscock Spring. Attendees included Martha Witt Burleson, Charley Oden, Jean Freeman Gibson, Carlyle and Mrs Cook, Winner Giles, Victor Glasscock, Horace and Mrs Roberts, and the Glasscocks themselves.
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Van
B. Glasscock
Glasscock Spring
Martha Witt Burleson
Charley Oden
Jean Freeman Gibson
Carlyle Cook
Winner Giles
Victor Glasscock
Horace Roberts
Glasscock
Mor gan County High School group to attend Student Career Conference
Principal W J Terry of Morgan County High School travels to Montevegllo with several top girls including Martha Lillian Whitman Nelle Payne Sarah Anne Bennett Zelman Jean Payne Anne Speake and Hellen Grisham for the Student Career Conference. Miss Wilma Lockhart hosts a lawn party at her parents home with many attendees listed by name along with a large group of young men socializing and playing games.
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Morgan County
Alabama College
Sara Elmer
Betty McGehee
Decatur High School
Zelma Jene Payne
Ann Speake
Sara Ann Benett
Martha Whitman
Nellie Payne
Hellen Grisham
Virginia Smith
Morgan County High School
Frances Crow
Lois Grissam
Wilma Jean Tanner
Gurney Gene Lackey
Russell Terry
Matthew Wiggins
Macon Hardwick
Edward Mahaffey
Montevegllo
Martha Lillian Whitman
Nelle Payne
Sarah Anne Bennett
Zelman Jean Payne
Anne Speake
Wilma Lockhart
E. Lockhart
Christine White
Evelyn Robinson
Mildred Stephenson
Jean Sample
Ollie Merle Hartselle
Oleta Hartselle
Nell Mullins
Christine Sanders
Mary “Kate Reeves
Frances Reeves
Mildred Howell
Martha Jo Groover
Willie Ruth Groover
Bill Collier
Warren Newman
James Baker
Arval Sanders
Ebert Britt
Jake Newton
Clyde Reeves
E. B. Mays
George Hutson
Arthur Mahaffey
Robert Mahaffey
George Ashworth
Ferrill White
J. C. White
James Lockhart
Rotary Club hears Rev J H Chitwood at First Christian Church
Hartselle Rotary Club met Wednesday with speaker Rev J H Chitwood of Birmingham. He discussed work and mindset amid world conditions. Miss Frances Lee sang with her mother Mrs GC S Lee accompanying. Visitors included Rev and Mrs Chitwood and several others. New officers to be installed next week.
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J. H. Chitwood
Birmingham
Hartselle
Duncan
Decatur
E. R. Currier
Lee
John F. T. Brown
Frank Aldridge
Club
Thurman Penn
Pheonix, Ariz
Somerville
J. E. Weinman
Cecil Johnson
Ernest Morrow
Grenada
E. H. Sharpley
Ruth Lee Morrow
L. H. Comerford and Son
Springfield
Nellie Strange
T. L. Roberts
Jimmy Collier
G. W. Walters
Fred Walters
Joe Francis
Augusta Winfrey
Lacey’s
Freda Kyle
Katheryn
Kennemar
Scottsboro
Hilmer Hubbard
Thorsby
Charlie Richards
R .E. Jones
Ruth
Mary Pearl
Sarah Jones
Pearl Sheats
Garden Club
T. C. Almon
W. E. Todd
Atlee H. Hoff
Tay Rockwell
W.J. Rowe
Hanceville
J. S. Sandlin
J. W. Lindsey
James Teague
Danville
Louis O’conner
Bobby O'Conner
Leonard Bass
J. P. Hodges
Conner Hammett
Bridge Club Attends Elegant Tea at Crittenden Home
Mrs Jack Crittenden hosted the Tuesday Bridge Club at her home with roses and snapdragons as decor. Mrs Williams Stewart won high score and Mrs C P Jennings took second. guests included Ruby Boger Frances Stewart Emmett Bridges A D Sample Tom Crittenden William Stewart.
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Jack Crittenden
T. E. Crittenden
William‘Stewart
C. P. Jennings
Ruby Boger
Frances Stewart
Emmett Bridges
A. D. Sample
Tom Crittenden
William Stewart
Mrs Hartselle and Mrs Barclift Host Missionary Circle
Mrs Hartselle and Mrs Barclift entertained the Methodist Missionary Society circle at Mrs Barclift's home. Nineteen members were present. Mrs Brown opened with devotion and Mrs Roberts gave the meditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hartselle
P. W. .Barclift
Methodist Missionary Society
Barclift
John F. T. Brown
Malcolm Roberts
Bible School Ends Friday at Fairview Baptist Church
Closing exercises for Vacation Bible School at Fairview Baptist Church proceed this week with a 7 30 p m program featuring songs Bible verses sword drills a pageant and handwork display. Enrollment reaches 101 this year with a record attendance of 88 thus far.
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Fairview Baptist Church
French Fleet Refuses Surrender in North Africa Fight
Reports say elements of the former French naval power that would have been interred under the armistice with Germany and Italy are gathering at French north African ports to continue the struggle. Casabl anca and Algiers are cited as destinations as ships and aircraft move from Gibraltar and Algeciras.
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Italian East Africa
Macaaca
Assam
Eritrea
Mediterranean
Malta
France
Petain
Germany
Italy
North Africa
Gibraltar
Casablanca
Atlantic
Algeciras
Algiers
DEFENSE Packard Motors for mass engine contracts
A joint U S British order seeks mass production of aircraft engines as talks follow the collapse of negotiations with Henry Ford who demanded exclusively American defense work. Local social notes mention numerous visitors and outings, garden club attendance, and a birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Conner Hammett.
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Packard Motor Company
Henry Ford
Good apartments in demand advertised by daily want ads
In this short item the newspaper urges readers to rent apartments through a daily want ad service highlighting high demand for quality flats and convenient listings. It stresses quick response and accessible rental options via the classifieds.
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Gene Aker
By Victor Eubank
N. O. Cotton
Cotton
Senate Housing Authority
Decatur’s
Tom Willingham
Ray
Emma Dickson
Tuscumbia
F. T. Gordon
Huntsville
J. D. Bush, Sr
Lucy Coyle
J.D. Bush, Jr
Guntersville Dam
Reedus Collier
Hullsville
Young ‘People’s Gospel Team
The
Central Baptist Church
Pauline McAnally
14Th Avenue
East
Benevolent Society Hospital
J. D. Speck
Flint
Baugh's Infirmary
Fletcher Eddens
Festus
St. Louis
W. A. Gresham
Mary and
Lula Wilson
Russellville
J. Y. Robb
Lee Holland
Walnut Street
Hamil Clinic
O. B. Brooks
Route 2
F. R. Jones
Parkville
H. D. Landers
J. L. Harris
Athens
A. J. McEachern
Corinth
Miss
Champ
Jimmie Ford
Quincy
Mass
Jimmie
Patricia
Bible School
W. V. Pattillo
E. A. Oden
J. J. Putman
Ernest Weinman
Alph’s
M.rrankin
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