Dirt Farmer Combines Preaching And Agriculture With Splendid Results
A Knoxville preacher farmer J G Blassingame rose from tenant status to control a 170 acre Hamilton County farm through dual work. He left farming to preach funeral services and ceremonies yet built income from cotton peanuts corn hay beans sorghum potatoes horses mules cattle poultry and eggs and soil conservation payments.
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Knoxville
Tenn
J. G. Blassingame
Blassingame
Hamilton County
East Tennessee
University of Tennessee Farm
Georgia
Alabama
County Board Bid Plan Promises Savings on Supplies
Complaint details a plan to buy county supplies on a competitive bid basis. Sim Howell chairs the board, with Joan McCutcheon cited as a fourth district member. Savings estimated in the thousands yearly are claimed. Hearing before Judge Griffith or Judge Callahan was not yet scheduled as of today. board of revenue has 30 days to respond.
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Joan McCutcheon
Sim Howell
A. A. Griffith
W. W. Callahan
Board of Revenue
Tensions Rise Over Workload in Coal Fields
The report notes continued non union work despite pressure from unions. It details a fatality after an argument between two non union miners, a man shot in the legs on a Harlan main street, and a union miner clubbed with a pistol by a National Guardsman since troops arrived.
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Harlan Main
Emd
National
Swedish aviator starts transatlantic leg from Botwood
Carl Backman, Swedish flyer attempting a flight from America to Sweden, took off from Botwood airport at 5 10 a m local time May 16 according to word received.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
Carl Backman
America
Sweden
Botwood
Labor Board Draws Fire in Senate Hearings on Union Bias
A Berkshire knitting mills strike dispute is cited as proof of biased NLRB hearings favoring CIO affiliate. Critics urge Wagner Act changes while supporters push limits on NLRB penalties and recognition of court rulings in sit down and contract cases.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Pennsylvania
Fred Werner
Berkshire Employes Association of
Reading
Berkshire Knitting Mills
American Federation of Labor
Werner
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Capitol
Hoffman
Mich
House Labor Committee
Congress
NLRB
Pasture and Livestock Income Rise as Yields Grow
Farmers in Lawrence County and nearby areas report rising incomes from livestock and crops. Cummings shows income growth in hogs and cattle with higher corn yields from terracing and fertilization, while his cotton income declines. Elkins of Lawrence County runs purebreds and dairy with solid cream and hog sales, and state and TVA efforts push land use demonstration farms to cut feed costs by over a third.
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Cummings
Lawrence County
Auburn
Eldridge Elkins
Alabama Extension Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
R. M. Reeves
State Extension Ser
Markets Slip As Leaders Suffer Modest Drops
The stem market shows occasional selling with leaders down about 2 points after a morning rally. Trading dries up with few signs of recovery near noon as tired holders trim commitments amid mixed news and neutral European influence. Government bonds stay firm while corporate loans wobble and commodities vary.
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New York
Congress
Washington
White House
Markets At A Glance Stocks Rally, Bonds At Highs
Markets show a heavy stocks slide as selling expands while bonds hold highs. Curb lower and industrials soften amid mixed foreign exchange steadiness. Cotton trade buys irregular demand. sugar hedges absorb. Coffee rises on foreign demand. Chicago grains fall with rains. Cattle steady to higher, hogs down 10 to 20 cents, top $7.10.
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South
Chicago
Poultry Prices for Live Birds in Chicago Market
Poultry market report from Chicago shows live broilers 2 1 2 pounds and under listed by color and breed with prices ranging from 17 to 21 1 2 cents per pound. Fryers over 2 1 2 pounds colored and white rock priced at 18 and 19 cents per pound with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Butter and Egg Prices Steady Amid Mixed Markets
Butter in Chicago on May 16 held at 1,069,381 pounds, with prices unchanged. Eggs totaled 35,118 pounds with unsettled market. storage packed extras at 17 1 4 cents, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Grain futures slide on rain forecasts in Midwest trading
In Chicago May 16 buyers pushed wheat futures down as much as 1 1-4 to 1 5-8 cents amid rain forecasts for the southwest and unsettled weather across the grain belt. The market closed 7-8 to 1 3-8 lower from yesterday with July and September wheat at 73 1-2 to 75-8. Corn fell 1-2 to 34 cents, July at 51 1-8, September 51 3-4, and oats were down 5-8 to 1 3-8 cents.
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N. C
New Orleans
Ewe
SRD
Snveuneen
Imac
Enews Ee
Wincensesee
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Mayenpacnnansebirnts
Chicago
Classified Advertising The practical way to buy and sell
Classified ad snippet notes a practical approach to buying and selling with a contact phone reference for inquiries and placement. The text emphasizes accessible local listings and the ease of connecting buyers with sellers.
Doctor’s Face Red After Report Errors On Test Tube Babies
New York May 16. Dr Gregory Pincus Clark University biologist faced embarrassment after an erroneous AP dispatch from Toronto claimed he planned to make human babies by test tube methods. He clarified his work halted after maturation studies on human ova and no further reproduction aims.
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New York
Gregory Pincus
Clark University
Associated ‘Press
Toronto
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Pincus
Clark
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Quintuplets to Toronto for royal visit amid planning quarrels
The Dionne quintuplets will visit Toronto rather than have the King and Queen travel to Callander. Ottawa trims the royal tour by half, and Ontario holds a special train to Toronto with a guarded, private reception. Public civic welcome in Toronto appears unlikely.
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Toronto
Callander
W. L. MacKenzie King
Ottawa
Dominion
Olive Dionne
Ontario
Educators Back Teacher Retirement Plan And Salary Reform
Group action on Page One favors launching a teacher retirement program from available funds. The state education department proposes a simplified salary schedule dropping training ranks from eight to five and removing five experience steps. Local boards would set their own schedules within a minimum limit, with state aid for capital outlay also recommended.
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State Department of Education
Board of Education
Birmingham Faces Warrior River Canal Survey
May 16 A Junior Chamber survey in Birmingham Alabama investigates a proposed 0foot canal linking Birmingham to a Tennessee Gulf waterway via Tarrant and Boyles Gap to Bessemer and the Warrior river. Industrial leaders and Governor Frank Dixon back the study to gauge tonnage and wartime benefits for Army engineers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Dixon
Chamber of Commerce
Army
Dixon
Tarrant
Boyles Gap
Bessemer
Warrior River
Chicago
Local Social and Civic Notes From Hartselle and Nearby
Sunday visits fill the week as families travel to Tus cumbia Huntsville and Montgomery. Speakers include Irby addressing Old Age Pensions at city hall in Hartselle Wednesday night. Local officials report small fines for drunkenness and traffic violations in police court.
WPA projects and costs in Ohio prompt apologies
The AP reports an apology for WPA projects and costs in Ohio. A committee calls New Orleans mayoral and Louisiana governor representatives to speak for the state work relief program. Senator Russell urges WPA to seek other jobs for 250 workers laid off after a malarial drainage project ended in Augusta Georgia.
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Ohio
New Orleans
Louisiana
Russell
Works Progress Administration
Augusta
Harrington
Georgia Wpa
Russel
Convict Camp Near Bee Line Highway Completion Due
By June 1 a work camp housing about 125 convicts will be established on the Joe Wheeler highway two miles west of here. The inmates will repair and widen state roads in the area with plans to pave widened sections and study traffic on the Bee Line. H D Barnum of the state highway department announced the project.
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Joe Wheeler
Here
H. D. Barnum
State Highway Department
Dobie Named to U S Bench in Virginia
President Roosevelt nominated Armistead M. Dobie dean of the University of Virginia Law School for the federal judgeship in the western District of Virginia. Dobie’s candidacy follows the rejection of Floyd H. Roberts by the Senate amid senatorial courtesy disputes. Byrd praised Dobie as eminently qualified and thoroughly suitable for the post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Armistead M. Dobie
University of Virginia Law School
Western District of Virginia
Floyd H. Roberts
Bristol, Va
Senate
Glass
Byrd
Virginia
Roberts
Dobie
Hartsville Man Transferred Home From Benevolent Society Hospital
A man was moved yesterday from Benevolent Society hospital in a Drinkard-Howell ambulance to his home in Hartsville, signaling a discharge from medical care.
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Lucy Stamps
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Drinkard-Howell
Terday
Benevolent Society Hospital
Hartselle
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