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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1937
Page
15
Mrs J A Buttrey says new drapes lift living rooms dining rooms and bedrooms with varied fashions. Silk floor length formal settings contrast with casual chintz or linen options. Valeries add softness while dainty net curtains and moire drapes offer tailored or fluffy looks.
The wrybill plover has a unique right turned beak that serves as an excellent tool for seizing small crustaceans hidden beneath rocks in its favored habitats.
About 250 Alabama farm youths work to fund a college education by producing poultry and improving soil on their farms. The program, devised by P. O. Davis and John E. Ivey, aims to create monthly cash income for farmers and reduce reliance on credit tied to cotton farming.
Two Birmingham cast iron pipe manufacturers were notified they are low bidders on 5 000 tons for Miami Beach Florida municipal water system work. The orders total about 150 000 dollars.
Washington May 1 Fiscal experts say Roosevelt’s call for extra economies between now and July 1 will likely barely reduce the current budget of 7.781 billion dollars. Department heads must reply by tomorrow about possible savings from curtailing nonessential expenditures. The revised budget to Congress trimmed about 295 million, with officials doubting further large cuts are possible. Debates continue in the House and Senate over next year’s allocations, with Senator Robinson advocating a ten percent cut across 1938 appropriations.
Governor Bibb Graves returned to Montgomery after days in Washington where he visited departments connected to works projects and attended a southern freight rate conference. He said a campaign against freight rate discrimination would be outlined at a May 10 economic conference in Atlanta, where he will preside as chairman.
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