Farm program changes eyed as senate considers boosts
Senator Lucas leading a midwestern farm bloc says revisions are unlikely this year while endorsing added benefits for about six million farm families. The plan couples direct payments for five major crops with price supports and loans, plus a separate aid phase for nonparticipants. House and Senate totals total about 179 million dollars, with processing tax ideas under study and critics arguing the loans create surpluses and export losses.
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Lucas
D.-Tl
Senate
House
Funeral Held for Cadet Flier Donald E. Roberts
In Besgemer Alabama on May 22 a funeral is set for Donald E. Roberts 23 year old cadet flier at Randolph Field Texas killed in a night flight last Thursday His parachute failed to open after the plane wreck near Karnes City Texas entangling cords bound him to the wreckage His fiancee Mabel Hallmark 19 learned of the death en route to San Antonio to attend his graduation at the army flying school.
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Besgemer
Ala
Donald E. Roberts
Randolph Field
Tex
Roberts
Kelly Field
Karnes City
Mabel Hallmark
New Oreleans
San Antonio
Army Flying School
Local Visits and Household News From Morgan County
Mrs. Mary Peck sought treatment in Hartselle at Black HowWle clinic. Numerous residents and visitors from Decatur Florence Nashville and Nashville area stopped by Morgan County towns for business and family connections over Monday Tuesday and the weekend.
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Mary Peck
Hartselle
Black HowWle Clinic
Joe Winton
Decatur
Frank Kirby
Howell Turney
Mra. J. Marka
Florence
Myrtle Miller
A. R. Smith
Gilbert Allen
Edgar McClure
Nashville
May England
Mattie Simpson
Athens Lumber pays workers in silver dollars
Athens Alabama May 22 special report says Athens Lumber Company with a large payroll paid about 150 employees around 2500 dollars for a week’s work in silver dollars Saturday. The plant and its projects supported a sizable workforce.
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Athens
Ala
Athens Lumber Company
Changes in Athens CCC Camp leadership announced
Lieut. Charles BE. Jarrard who has led the Athens CCC Camp for a year is succeeded by Lieut. R. N. Cooper of Selma Alabama. Lieut. L. J. Trahan of Morgan City Louisiana becomes junior officer.
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Athens
Ala
Charles BE. Jarrard
R. N. Cooper
Selma, Ala
L. J. Trahan
Morgan City
Notable cast at Princess Theatre for You Cant Take It With You
Principals in Frank Capra's You Cant Take It With You today at the Princess Theatre include Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart and Edward Arnold. George S Kaufman and Moss Hart wrote the original Pulitzer play later adapted for the screen by Robert Riskin.
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Frank Capra
The
Princess Theatre
Jean Arthur
Lionel Barrymore
James Stewart
Edward Arnold
George S$. Kaufman
Moss Hart
Robert Riskin
Church Folly, Dictatorships Ranked by Morals Panel
The Southern Presbyterian Church committee on moral welfare denounces the “enemy within” and warns against the idolization of state power. It calls out dangers from secular gods and parochialism, urging vigilance against youth exploitation and unprincipled leadership both domestic and abroad.
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Atlanta
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Montreal
N. C
Stuart R. Oglesby
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
King’s melons in transit spark caution on eve of Calgary delivery
Spokane dispatch reports Henry W. White, an express agent, worried after a truck operator damaged crates of $2 cantaloupes sent from Southern California for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. The melons cost $151 to ship and were moved by train to Calgary tonight.
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Spokane
Wash
Henry W. White
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
England
California
Calgary
Alta
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Undergoes Interior Redecoration
The Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church began interior redecorating last week and expects completion next week. Plans call for exterior repainting after the interior work is finished.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Constable Serves Attachment on Water Street Boat
In Eugene Oregon on May 22 constable Mark Hathaway tracked down a man named Lake and served an attachment on a vessel tied to Water Street as part of ongoing civil action.
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Eugene, Ore
Mark Hathaway
Lake
Water Street
Twin sisters share valedictorian honor at Stull High
Grace and Ruth Beeler of Stull were co valedictorians of their high school class. They began their address in unison and spoke in turns, ending with a joint closing. The pair shared the top honor in the class.
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Beeler
Kas
Grace
Ruth
Stull
Baptist Convention Ends With Call to Return to Core Message
Oklahoma City May 22. Week long Southern Baptist sessions closed with R C Campbell of Dallas faulting preachers for spiritual darkness and urging a return to the ages old message. Dr L R Scarbrough of Fort Worth and Dr Roland Leavell of Atlanta were named to meet northern Baptist leaders Tuesday to plan an evangelistic program approved by the convention.
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Oklahoma City
Southern Baptist Annual Convention
R. C. Campbell
Dallas
L. R. Scarbrough
Fort Worth
Tex
Roland Q. Leavell
Atlanta
Northern Baptist
Chicago
Clipper Flies In to Marseille Completing Atlantic Run
The Yankee Clipper landed in Marseille France at 3 40 p m completing its first regularly scheduled commercial flight across the Atlantic.
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Marseille
France
Atlantic
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D.-Ark
Mayflower Transit Co
Elliott
Wallace
Gene Aker
Doc
North Alabama
H. & H. Machine Works
Moulton Street
Morgan County
Somerville
Elymus Riley
Misa Nell Gilchrist
Washington, D. C
Durward Maxwell
Guy Walker
C. P. Johnston
SP Foundation
Hunter Furniture CO
Sealy Mattress Company OF the
Southeast
Memphis
Texn
N. Riegart
Eva L. McIntyre
St. Louis
C. B. Herrick
York
Harrisburgh
W. T. Grant
Tennessee
Valley Pres
Bob Sheppard
Decatur’s
Civic Center Building
Ferry Street
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