Farmers Warned Not to Harvest Practice 21 Crops
Athens Limestone County farmers received $165 000 in drought emergency funds to plant oats vetch wheat and other crops under Practice 21. About 85 percent who mailed certificates claiming no harvest signaled compliance. Violations can incur up to 10000 dollars fine or 10 years imprisonment.
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Athens
Limestone County
Wallace Steele
Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Agency
Steele
Offbeat Tales and Farmer Guidance Across a Quiet Town
A humorous volley of seaside-tinged quips opens with Junius the Decatur preacher doubting golf in Eden and shifts to local chatter about barbers and ice boxes. The piece threads reflections on government seed stock, ASC directives, and rules on Practice 21 crops with a fisher of small-town humor.
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Decatur
Garden of Eden
Steele
Department of Agriculture
B. L. Collins
ASC
Crossword Puzzle Answers and Cryptogram Instructions
Daily crossword clues listed with across and down numbers and a cryptogram quote puzzle. Includes the hint of LONGFELLOW and a sample quote, plus distribution note from King Features Syndicate.
Quips and captions drift through a lively page
A collage of jokes and anecdotes unfolds with a booking agent, a trio act, and punchlines about aging, weddings, and misunderstandings. Readers glimpse humorous exchanges among neighbors, cabaret acts, and a TV show anecdote including a car accident and a new bride reading a telegram.
Widow’s Breathless Answer Sparks Family Feud
In a rowdy family scene the mother shares unused toys with Paul while Paul muses about marrying his brother’s widow. Mr. Babbitt pokes fun at a well known picture caption “Van Wyke, by Himself” and questions who “there is no one” with him.
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Paul
Food losses from pests and diseases estimated at one fifth
Experts estimate that about a fifth of all food planted by humans is destroyed by diseases and insect pests before it reaches consumers. This figure highlights the impact of agricultural threats on global food supply and nutrition.
Hartselle Vacation Church School Slated
Annual Vacation Bible School at Hartselle Methodist Church runs Wednesday through June 3 from 8 30 to 11 am daily. Superintendent Mrs Clyde Reeves invites children ages four to 14, especially those without regular church school, with kindergarten primary junior and intermediate teachers listed and daily refreshments provided by the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
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Hartselle
D. B. Slappey
C. L. Orr
Carolyn Block
Sarah Ann Thompson
Gene Horton
Betty Vaughan Cook
Ralph Lauderdale
Sherman Wallace
A. D. Plemons
Judy Newman
Ann Hoffhaus
Edward Summers
E. M. Barnes, Jr
Virginia Roberts
Jenny Lauderdale
Elizabeth Dodson
D. G. Channell
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Population of U S Children Grows Sharply Since WWII
About 54 12 million children under 18 live in the United States an increase of 13 million since World War II.
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United States
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Arthur Brown & Son
Decatur Motors
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Lloyd's
Peene
Lexuubn
Euersuo
Ovid
King Features Syndicate
Apple Seed
Slack
China
East
Tse
Lynne
Suzanne
Nashville
Norval
Art Linkletter
Jack Stanley
Bedford
Somerville RD
Hartselle Vacation Bible School
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Allied Sales Service
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