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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1930
Page
10
Sam H. Thompson, leader of 1837 county farm bureau units, calls for a united front of American Farm Bureau Federation members against groups opposing the Agricultural Marketing Act. He cites the act as essential to price stability and cooperative marketing, urging Congress support and expanded cooperative growth.
Morgan County sends ten representatives in the May class at Florence State Teachers College announced by Dean C. B. Collier. Names include Margaret Alexander Decatur Pauline Beams Trinity Clendora Maner Decatur Dixie Gurley Hartselle Frances Price Decatur Cora Getchell Decatur Sallie Mae Hames Decatur Edna Braswell Decatur Majorie Spencer Decatur and Louella Hoskins Decatur. Other Morgan students in this quarter list Lois Walsh Decatur and several others from Decatur Falkville Hartselle and surrounding towns.
Central Time programs list hours for WEAF WABC WJZ and other stations. Air shows include concerts, orchestras, vaudeville, and dance programs across cities like New York Chicago Cincinnati Des Moines and Atlanta with multiple time slots and FM equivalents.
A Farm Bureau directive calls officers at national state and county levels to mobilize and present a united front against economic enemies. It urges immediate action to align congressional efforts with the Agricultural Marketing Act and to accelerate cooperative group organization with the Federal Farm Board.
Prof BE L Hays county superintendent says Eva school will add home economics next session and may offer vocational agriculture if a suitable building is found. State director of Vocational Agriculture accompanied him as residents plan funding to erect a building for the program.
An overflow crowd gathered for Rev. L. Pryor Royer at Southside Baptist Church as he delivered a powerful revival message. The revival continues with morning and evening services this week with topics including The Final Judgment and Hell. Rev. J. D. Pickens, the pastor, invites all to attend.
A wartime federation letter urges farmers to unite and bolster public support for agricultural policy. S. H. Thompson, president, calls for using all media to tell the farmer’s story and to recruit more Farm Bureau members to strengthen economic justice efforts for American agriculture.
The American Legion backs the film The Cock Eyed World at the Alma Theatre Hartselle Alabama for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday starring Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe and Lily Damilla directed by Paul Walsh. The film has reportedly earned the most box office in New York among recent releases. Louisiana reports 57 258 cattle in 2 854 herds under tuberculin test supervision.
Prof A B Harmon state superintendent of education will deliver the address to the Eva school graduating class next Thursday evening. The auditorium is expected to be packed with patrons and friends as the distinguished educator speaks. Eva school closes one of its most successful sessions with strong local interest in their children's education.
Readers can tour the Ford plants in Florence on May 15 16 or 17 with guided visits arranged by local officials. Organizers emphasize safety protocols and group size limits for each session.
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