Roosevelt Leads In Delegates As Primary Contests Rattle States
Ohio and West Virginia primaries unfold with Roosevelt favored by pledged delegates in several states while unpledged blocs may shape nominations. Wyoming and North Dakota adopt uninstructed or mixed strategies. Maine GOP crowns its first woman candidate, Margaret Smith, in a tight election backdrop.
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North Carolina
Taft
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Connecticut
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
John W. Bricker
Martin L Davey
George White
Donahey
Vic Donahey
Harold Burton
Cleveland
Dudley White
Charles Wharton
Kenton
John McSweeney
Herbert S. Bigelow
M. M. Neely
CIO
R. Carl Andrews
Homer A
Statehouse
R. Hugh Jarvis
Morgantown
Rush D. Holt
Kilgore
H. Kump
J. Shahan
Neely
Kump
State
Clyde H. Smith
Democrats
Hartselle Club Activities Parade Religious and Social Groups
HARTSELLE church and civic circles met for boards and circles with members from many local families. Notes detail Methodist and Baptist groups, Book Lover’s Club, Garden Club unit meetings, revival prayers, and socials with residents from Hartselle and nearby towns.
Short crops feared as cool weather hits yields
Alabama state crop reporting service warns of reduced yields across peaches, early potatoes, and other crops due to ongoing cool weather after a late spring freeze. Peaches show a possible crop of 588,000 bushels versus 1,705,000 last year. potatoes at 68 percent of normal. winter wheat oats and pastures below last year while moisture favors pasture recovery. Egg production stays high.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
J. C. Garrett
Garrett
Rulings On Licenses From Alabama Attorney General
In Montgomery on May 14 Attorney General Lawson ruled a bottle drink vending machine does not require a separate license if the operator already holds a dealer's license for the merchandise. Lawson also said a war veteran falls under a regulatory license in the Jefferson County barber commission act, though exempt from standard business taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Atty
Gen. T
Lawson
Jefferson County Barber Commission Act
Perseverance as a Guide to Success
A succinct maxims piece promoting perseverance as a life habit. It urges perseverance as a constant companion, experience as counsel, caution as a protective elder, and hope as a guiding genius to achieve success.
Leadership School Open Draws Attendees at Presbyterian Church
More than forty people attended the first session of a Leadership Training School at the First Presbyterian Church. The program runs through Friday with 8 to 10 pm sessions. Rev. Alex R. Batchelor leads the faculty, joined by Mrs. David Edington and Mrs. W. F. Cann. The school welcomes all church members, not just Presbyterians.
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Farty-Four
First Presbyterian Church
Alex R. Batchelor
The
Presbyterian Church
Pulaski
Tenn
David Edington
Monroeville
Ala
W. F. Cann
Evergreen
Bankhead to Speak at Jasper Forest Tower Dedication
Senator John H. Bankhead is set to give the principal address at the dedication of Walker county's first of seven forest fire control towers on May 24. The tower honors Albert Russell, a lumberman and conservationist who helped launch the forest program.
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Bankhead
Jasper
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Walker County
Albert Russell
State officials on dedication program for conservation project
Mobile observers note a dedication program including State Conservation Director Walter B. Jones and State Forester Brooks Toler. February 1940 exports through Mobile totaled 3,911,242 dollars, up 183 percent from February 1939 and 14 percent from January 1940, as reported by Mrs Annie B. Howard, Mobile cooperative office manager, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
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Walter B. Jones
Brooks Toler
Annie 8. Howard
Mobile
Howard
Mobile Cooperative
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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Senator Taft
N. Dakota
Gene Ahern
Niagara
Cope
King
Great Caesar
Woolens
Garisons
Hartselle
Fred Bennett
W J. Terry
Euclid Johnson
Johnson
A. M. White
E. R. Currier
Luther Roberts
John T. Cooper
J. E. Stone
M. G. West
S. B. Lackey
E. A. Elliott
Or Stephenson
Malcolm Roberts
K. Haynes
John FP. T Leone
Arthur White, Jr
W. E. Gibson
Robert Perry, Jr
Missionary Society of First Methodist Church
Circle No. 1
W. J. Terry
John F. T. Brown
Cecil Johnson
Circle No. 2
M. B. Harrison
Frank L. Aldridge
A. L. Guyer
Joan Worth
Sarah Norwood
Baptist Missionary Society
R. A. Payne
Fred Bailey
L. N. Whitman
Charlie Penn
R. L. Sherrill
Lee Palmer
Harvey Pickens
Joe Venable
Frank Cooper
J. L. Roberts
Hartselle Garden Club
Max Sobotka
J. T. Burch
H. L. Brown
W. E. Payne
Arthur Holder
J. A. Howle
W. E._Payne
Auburn
Oliver Blizzard
Cavendish Bridge Club
Howard Evans
Harold Parker
R. L. Carlson
Evans
J. W. Horton
David Worth
Robert Quinn
University of Tennessee
J. E. Freeman
Anne
Lizzie Reed Penn
Aileen Freeman
University of Alabama
Jean Freeman
Lawrence King
Leighton
Jack Lee
Inghill
Robin” Oen
Columbia
Sallie Briscoe
Frances Lee
Hanceville High School
C. S. Lee Wesley
Waldman
Clyde Mason
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Charlie Stephenson
Eleanor Wilson
Athens College
Owen Nelson
Florence
S. M. Nelson
Jack Summerford
Robert Mason
Guntersville
Euclid Williams and Son
Columbia, Tenn
Kas Willams
Hugh Pattillo
Guntersaoirgil
Princes Hodges
Decatur
S. A. Waldman
Jean Evelyn Waldman
Birmingham
Gurney Gene Lackey
S. A. Blair
Hal Jean Blair
Cullman
Aline Blair
Huntsville
Sally McCall
Nora McCall
J. T. Pendergraft
Fred Vickers
Louise
Vance Grisman
Rock Creek
T. L. Roberts
Harvey Roan
Louisville
Flintrote
Valley Coal& Lumber Co
Oarth Ave
Holly St
Shumake Furniture CO
IN. Bank Street
Danville Road
Leadership School
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Mobile Customs District
Evinrude
Elto Motors
Loyd's Drug Store
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Stekchi Bros
Gracious Ees
Anrrors
Sterchi
Lerge
Sterchi’s
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