Optimistic view of Alabama farming at Decatur Kiwanis program
J L Lanson Auburn administrative assistant to P O Davis spoke at East Limestone County High School as Decatur Kiwanis Club hosted a 1941 farm forum. He highlighted Alabama’s five year farm program, soil conservation, and diversified farming gains from 1930 to 1940 including livestock growth, hay production, and rising hog and cattle values.
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J. L Lanson
Auburn
P. O. Davis
Farm Extension Service
Alabama
Decatur Kiwanis Club
East Limestone County
Farm Committee
RE. W. McLeod
Kiwanis
Lawson
North Alabama
United States
McLeod
Georgia editor resigns Red and Black post amid dispute
John McMullan of Miami resigns as editor of the University of Georgia student daily The Red and Black claiming the faculty on student affairs broke faith with students. He is the fourth to quit amid a six week campus controversy over newspaper operation.
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Athens
John McMullan
Miami
Fla
University of Georgia
The
Red and Black
McMullan
Harmon Caldwell
Major Midwestern states produce bulk of soybeans
Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri and Ohio grow over 80 percent of U S soybean output. The crop yields farmers an annual cash income exceeding 30 million dollars according to the Census.
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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
U. S
Markets Shaped by Hesitation as Stocks Drift Across Session
New York trading opened with selling easing into a dribble as bids appeared for a few favorites. Occasional moves supported rails rubbers aviation and related issues while overall sentiment remained cautious. closing trends were mixed with total shares around 300 800. Cotton futures in New Orleans rose on hopes Roosevelt signs the crop loan bill with steady to higher closes across the board. cottonseed oil markets also remained steady with varying bid and ask levels.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
N. C
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Market Report Mixed on Stocks and Commodities
New York and Chicago trading mixed with narrow stock price changes. U S government bonds rise irregularly while foreign exchange shows a narrow range as the Canadian dollar slips. Cotton, sugar and metals show activity with brisk buying from traders and commissions houses. hogs steady at top nine fifty and cattle in the steady to firm range.
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New York
U. S
Wall Street
London
Chicago
New York May 23 Active trade in cotton futures rises
Futures closed higher as active trade and mill buying dominated in the final hour. Contracts for July through May reached levels not seen since April 1937 with July at 12.89 to 13.20, October 13.04 to 13.35, December 13.13 to 13.38, January 13.10 to 13.36, and May 13.16 to 13.40. Middling spot 13.60.
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New York
Memph is Futures Prices Steady Amid Sales Volumes
May prices closed steady with meal futures at 41 percent. Memphis futures shown for May 25.50, July 25.25, Sept 25.76, Oct 26.20, Dec 26.56, Jan 26.50. Total sales reported 1 500 tons.
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Memphis
Chicago Dairy Receipts Hold Steady on Market
Butter receipts reach 1,478,487 with steady creamery scores around 92 to 93. Egg receipts total 37,499 as market remains unchanged with centralized car lots listed at 34 1 4.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 23 Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Salable cattle 100 calves 200. Slaughter cattle scarce steady. Common and medium heifers and steers 7.009.00. Beef cows above 7.00, canners and cutters 5.006.25. Wealers 10.50 top 11.00 prime. Hogs salable 600 steady good and choice 190300 lbs 8.709.00, sows 7.10. Sheep 12.00 steady, good and choice spring lambs 10.7511.75, fat ewes 3.50.
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Nashville- Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Grain Chicago Wheat Ends Little Change From Yesterday
Wheat prices closed steady after fluctuating between net losses of a cent and gains up to two cents. The May session in Chicago showed little change from the prior day with prices finishing near unchanged.
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Chicago
88 SENIORS LIST OF NAMES CONTINUES FROM PAGE ONE
The continuation lists seniors including Rehberg Melvin True Rogers Kyle Sheats G W Sellers James Stanford Edgar Self Eugene Scales Eugene Stockton Ingold Timberlake Mahlon Trimble Harris Tucker David Speake Warren Maurice Shaffer.
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Rehberg
Melvin True Rogers
Kyle Sheats
G. W. Sellers
James Stanford
Edgar Self
Charles Scales
Eugene Stockton
Ingold Timberlake
Mahlon Trimble
Harris Tucker
David Speake Warren
Maurice Shaffer
Agriculture Department Revises 1940 Cotton Crop Outlook
The Agriculture Department issued new estimates showing a 1940 cotton crop of 12,564,640 bales, down from 12,686,000 bales in December and up from 11,817,000 bales in 1939. Area planted to cotton on July 1 totaled 24,871,000 acres, slightly above 1939, with 23,861,000 acres harvested and a lint yield of 262.5 pounds per acre versus 237.9 in 1939.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Defense welding class to open for out-of-town youths
John Fowler, director, announced a new national defense welding class opening Monday at eight o clock. The course targets boys aged 17 to 25 and will be held at 415 Railroad Street. The 16 week program aims to prepare participants for defense work.
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John Fowler
National Defense
Railroad Street
Market Price Notes for Grains and Corn
Prices show slight gains for corn and oats with July and September quotes. Compared with yesterday, corn and oats edges higher while some oats ranges stay unchanged in parts of the market.
Chicago Grain Prices Reported by Commission Markets
Chicago May market telegram lists wheat and corn prices by grade with No 2 yellow wheat at 74 1 4 to 74 1 2 and No 1 white at 83. Oats show No 1 red heavy at 36, No 2 at 36, and No 3 white at 35 1 4 to 36. Soybeans No 2 yellow 1 34 to 1 35 1 2, No 3 at 1 34.
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Chicago
Southern crop review shows good conditions despite drought
Agricultural marketing service reports good crop conditions across several states with rising yields expected for lima beans snap beans cucumbers and tomatoes. Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia show varied progress while Arkansas Tennessee and Virginia face delays and shipments begin in June.
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Preas Athens
Louisiana
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
Georgia
South Carolina
Market Service Review
North Carolina
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Market Service
Alabama
California
Mississippi
Serve
Aurora
Florida
Labor clashes widen as unions press for higher pay
Forced through picket lines at two shipyards Governor Olson appeals to unions and Bethlehem Steel to change stance. machinists demand 1.15 dollars hourly with overtime double pay, up from 1.00 and double time. A master contract sets 1.12 dollars for standard pay with time and a half for overtime. Bethlehem plants exempt. mediation boards push talks as coal disputes stay deadlocked and UAW wins at Ford River Rouge and Lincoln plants, signaling major shifts in labor relations amid broader industry tensions.
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Olson
California
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
AFL Metal Trades Council
Bethlehem
Land
National Labor Relations Board
Detroit
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Lincoln
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Henry Ford
Harry Bennett
Ford
Communist Party
River side high graduates hear sermon on ladder to success
Decatur notes list Rev R L Archibald sermon topic The ladder to success at River side high school graduation Sunday 11 am Central Methodist church stewards meet Tuesday 7 pm plus other local church services and community updates including visits and illnesses.
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R. L. Archibald
Central Methodist Church
Riverside High School
Crete Struggle Rages As World War II Eyewire Intensifies
Report from London notes heavy aerial combat and sea action as Axis and Allied forces clash. Heavy damage to a 30-ship Axis convoy is claimed while Italian survivors are seen. France denies rejoining the war with Germany and Britain seizes the French tanker Sheherazade amid warnings to Betain.
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Jean Darlan
France
Germany
London
Great Britain
Vichy
Anthony Eden
Britain
Philippe Betain
Crete
Walker to Head Group of Alabama County Officials
Chester Walker of Tuscaloosa elected president of the Alabama Association of County Commissioners at their convention in Mobile. He moves up from second vice president as Cy Brown becomes ineligible. New officers include G. C. Blanton J. Frank Davis Ward Foreman Joe Van Valkenburg and J. W. Heustess. The group also selects members of the board of managers and legislative committee. The association endorses a federal education aid bill now before Congress.
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Mobile
Ala
Chester Walker
Tunéalooosa County
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Tuscaloosa
Cy Brown
Montgomery
G. C. Blanton
Selina
J. Frank Davis
Andalusia
Ward Foreman
Ashville
Joe van Valkenburgh
Hunteville
J. W. Heustess
Montgomery County
Gadsden
Board of Managers
Coma Garrett
Alex Brantly
J. H. Sims
CO. R. Probst
G. F E. Hill
Irby Pope
G. M. Boman
8. L. Howell
Henry Sweet
A. B. Jefferies
C. B E. Robinson
H. ©. Heath
F. J. Gaddis
John H. Garrett
R. K. Greene
J. M. Moore
J. Melvin Holt
Earl Bruner
Congress
Rites Held for Crow Infant at Friendship
Funeral services were held for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Hwon Crow of Somerville route 1 at 2 pm today at Friendship near Somerville conducted by Rev E Berry. Burial entrusted to McAfee Howell and Young. The child died at home Thursday night. The parents survive.
Tenants Operate 38.7 Percent of U.S. Farms
Census figures show 2,361,271 farms are tenant operated out of 6,096,799 total. Ten years ago the share was 42.3 percent, with the shift driven by power machinery that allows large tract owners to farm more land and reduce reliance on sharecroppers.
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U. S
Census reports total accidental deaths 1919 to 1939
The Census Bureau tallies 1,800,226 accidental deaths across 1919 through 1939. Yearly figures show 1934 leading with 110,052 deaths while 1939 records 92,623.
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Census Bureau
Germans Claim Heavy Losses in Crete Air Naval Battle
The British report chaotic combat around Crete with German Luftwaffe strikes on British sea power and heavy losses claimed by Berlin. Churchill noted a convoy attack on Crete while both sides suffer casualties as German transport planes shuttle troops and supplies. RAF withdrawal follows limited air field access. In Washington Vichy reassured the United States that collaboration would not reach the western hemisphere.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
Luftwaffe
Britain
Crete
Churchill
Mediterranean
Greece
RAF
Washington
Vichy
United States
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Charles W. Young
Kiwanis Farm Committee
Homer Tankersley
Buck Rogers
B. G. Hall
Morgan County
Mr. Lawson
Orleans
Louisiana Newsman
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A. W. Huckle
Rock Hill
S. C
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Charles P. Manship
Baton Rouge
State Times
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Decatur’s
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Carl Green
Gordon Cheatham
Moulton
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Misses Luck
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J.D. Smith
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
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Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
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Mabel Ann Hanson
Huntsville
Marjory Scruggs
Mrs. J. H. Scruggs
Danville Road
B. D. Jamison
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McAfee, Howell and Young Ambulance
Robin Thomas
Hamil
Harris Newsom
Fifth Avenue, West
Hamil Clinic
Eva Route 1
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Harteselle
Hilman P. Hill
Hartselle
Johnny
Self
James Dial
God
Edward Vy, Ramage
First Presbyterian Church
Dewey Hardin
Jasper
R. T. Hardin
Walron Durrett
Lawrenceburg
Baugh's Infirmary
Joe Baugh
Baugh
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Edward V. Ramage
Sewanée
R. B. Freeman
Charley
Ed Howell
Bill Dougherty
Decatur Lions Club
Dothan
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Peggy Ratliff
West
Fred Hunt
Commercial Avenue
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Falkville
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Danville
Grace Moore
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CIO Steel
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N. Y
Atlantic
Servie
Decatur Yard
Somerville
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Plan Books
Middlebrooks Lumber CO
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