Alabama crop survey flags kuwa in March report
Alabama crops outlook shows increased strawberry and potato plantings in south and central areas with dormancy due to cold. Cullman county stands are poor but strawber ry fields stay in good condition. fall cabbage is scarce and prices shift with cotton and egg markets. Beef cattle prices rise while hogs and cottonseed edge up.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Cullman County
Baldwin County
Alabama Receives $64 Million in Federal Works Funds
Washington report shows Alabama received 64.66 million dollars of a 3.305 billion national total spent on Federal Works Agency projects in the year ended June 30, 1940. John M. Carmody, F WA administrator, said the program covered abattoirs airports waterworks and zoos in his congressional plea.
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Washington
Alabama
Federal Works Agency
John M. Carmody
Federal
Congress
Sunday School Progress and Local Visits in Morgan County
Community notes show Sunday school progress in Morgan County Corinth with several visits and calls around Cullman. Residents mentioned include Mrs. Toble Gilbreth, Mrs. Bertie Whittle, Miss Jean Rigby, and J. D. Bonds among others visiting relatives and attending local business or medical events.
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Toble Gilbreth
Bertie Whittle
Cullman
J. D. Bonds
Jean Rigby
Gary
Indiana
Felton Kilpatrick
B.m.—Bryant
Grady Morgan
Henry Turentine
Tulahoma
Tenn
Eddie Turrentine
J. H. Rigby
Aaron Blevins
Minnie Seagars
A. E. Blevins
Howard Evans
J. W. Bryant
Sunday Lesson in Luke Parables and Teachings
Newman Campbell summarizes the March 9 lesson from Luke 20 9 21 38 highlighting the wicked husbandmen parable the stone the builders rejected tribute to Caesar and the widows mite. Jesus answers questions about resurrection and warns of future persecutions while teaching in the temple and on the Mount of Olives.
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Newman Campbell
Jesus
Caesar
God
St. Luke
Mount of Olives
Matures Syndicate, Inc
Morgan County Visitors and Local Guests Record
Morgan County notes list visiting relatives from New York Kentucky and Alabama. Names include Jack Thomas Bruce Thomas Ollie Louise Turney Lazarette Pence Edna Earl Edwards Faye Oldham Henery Marion Dewey Day Marie Atkinson Floyd Key Bud Murphy Gordon Grantland Irene Clemons and others visiting or staying with local families in Mesonville Falkville Talucah and nearby areas.
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Jack Thomas
New York
R. E. Thomas
Bruce Thomas
Kentucky
Mattie Thomas
Ollie Louise Turney
Somerville
Jack Cooper
Josephine Hardage
Lazarett Pence
Edna Earl Edwards
Faye Oldham
Henery Marion
Arab
Dewey Day
Here
Nashville
Tenn
Dewey Yeager
Marie Atkinson
Floyd Key
Falkville
J. M. Chunn
Bud Murphy
Birmingham
Gordon Grantland and Son
Louisville
Irene Clemons
Nell Prince
Talucah
Limestone County Capsule Highlights Local Visits
The column notes several social visits across Limestone County. Lionel and Mrs. Smith of Cullman visited his mother Mrs. W. E. B. Smith. Comer Cole and Sarah Elizabeth traveled to Fayetteville to see Mrs. Cole’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hardin. Rev. Walker Bynum and Willie Jack Davis spent time with the Vassers and joined Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Vasser for Sunday dinner. Mary and Hoyt Vasser and Mrs. Nannie Balch were listed as guests. Ernest Aldridge and Sandra of Athens also visited.
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Lionel Smith
Cullman
W. EB. Smith
Comer Cole
Sarah Elizabeth
Fayetteville
Mary and
Hoyt Vasser
Ernest Aldridge
Sandra
Athens
Wyle at St. John's Preaches on Love and Morality
Dr Edwin Wyle pastor of the First Christian church preaches at St John s Episcopal church as part of a Lenten series. He praises the Episcopal church joining the Federal Council of Churches and argues love is the key to belief, contrasting it with doctrinal disputes and urging evangelism through everyday acts of love.
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Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Episcopal Church
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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Gethsemane
Rose Garden
God
Wyle
Christ
Calvary
Straying witnesses hinder Graves County civil suit
Farland Robbins, attorney in a Graves Circuit Court civil suit, found four witnesses absent. One was jailed in Mayfield, another in Paducah, a third serving a Missouri prison sentence, and the fourth with the Kentucky National Guard at Camp Shelby Mississippi.
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Mayfield
Farland Robbins
Graves
Robbins
Mayfield City
Paducah
Missouri
Kentucky National Guard
Camp Shelby
Miss
Local Visitors Spend Weekend Across Towns
Sunday afternoon visits bring many relatives together. Mrs. I. B. Roberts and Mrs. A. B. Grantland with Treamer of Decatur were guests this week. Mrs. J. N. Vasser visited her daughter in Fayetteville Tennessee. Frank Pepper joined the San dersons and Newby for a social afternoon. Josh Cole and J B Cole traveled to Florence to see Mr and Mrs Mack Towles and daughter.
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I. B. Roberts
A. B. Grantland and Treamer
Decatur
J. N. Vasser
Oscar Pitts
Fayetteville
Tenn
Frank Pepper
L. T. Sanderson
O. B. Newby
Josh Cole
J. B. Cole
Florence
Mack Towles
Decatur Cub Pack 5 Holds Riverside Meeting and Awards
Decatur's Cub Pack No. 5 met at Riverside High School with Cub Master Marvin Hester presiding. Three new members joined, total 59. Wolf badges awarded to eight Cubs including Hester Jr and Loggins, Bear badge to Billy Waterhouse. Emory Teague led handiwork display.
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Decatur
Clinton Club
Riverside High School
Marvin Hester
Emory Teague
Goff Owens
Jerry Smith
Marion Lee Counts
Robert Stinson
Hadley Streater
Marvin Hester, Jr
James Robert Givens
Robert Loggins
Billy Waterhouse
Weekend Visits and Child Illnesses In NeSmith Community
Misses Yetta and Laverene Butler spent the weekend with grandmother Mrs Ida Jeffreys of NeSmith. Roy Burks visited Frank Witt family. Mumps remain prevalent among school children with chicken pox and measles noted. Herbert McGregor and Chaley Beate Springs faculty members visited. A surprise party greeted Dorothy and Daisy Gilbert and others at their home.
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Yetta
Laverene Butler
Ida Jeffreys
NeSmith
Roy Burks
Frank Witt
Herbert McGregor
Chaleybeate Springs
Dorothy
Daisy Gilbert
Phil Butler
Hall Pulitzer honor by university award set by Bnai Brith
The memory of Grover Cleveland Hall editor of the Montgomery Advertiser who won the 1928 Pulitzer for editorials against racial and religious intolerance will be honored by a new award at the University of Alabama established by Bnai Brith Jewish service group.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grover Cleveland Hall
Montgomery Advertiser
University of Alabama
B'Nai B'Rith, Jewish Service Organization
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