Non agricultural U S employment tops 1929 peak in history
Government figures show more than 37 500 000 wage earners at work in non agricultural pursuits surpassing the 1929 boom peak of 37 470 000. WPA and youth workers excluded. Analysts note rising unemployment remains between 6 and 9 million with 3 million graduates seeking jobs.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
WPA
Whocom
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Flower Hill News From Lawrence County
Lawrence County notes cover visits in Van Arkansas and engagements with local families. A cemetery cleaning meeting is set for Thursday at 7 00 am with decorations planned for Sunday May 25 inviting public participation. The report also lists hospitality visits and homecomings among Moore Ausborn and Calvert families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moore
Dock Tolbert
van, Ark
Odessa Ausborn
Willie
Willard Cottingham
James Moore
Henry Calvert
Clardy Cemetery
Nancy Ausborn
Roy Tipper
Harvey Moore
Jesse Terry
Betz Place
Paul Ausborn
Bobby Calvert
Dr. Cowell Named Decatur Chairman for Spiritual Ideals Program
Dr. John C. Cowell pastor of the General Baptist church accepts the chairmanship for Decatur in the Mobilization for Spiritual Ideals and Basic Freedoms Program. The national six year old movement seeks a freedom environment and opposes statism. Dr. James W. Fifield Jr. reports the program now covers 300 cities with local chairmen and plans in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Cowell
General Baptist Church
Decatur
James W. Fifield, Jr
First Congregational Church
Los Angeles
California
Fifield
Cowell
Census shows loss of horses and mules cripples farm output
Disappearance of horses and mules on American farms over twenty years reduces feed capacity for 70 million acres, surpassing Iowa and Missouri combined, enough to feed about 84 million people.
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Iowa
Missouri
Morgan County Weekend Socials Reach Across South Alabama
Miss Marguerite Bonds and Cora Smith visited Miss Mildred Pullen in South Alabama. Families from Morgan County hosted and joined fruitfully for weekend gatherings, singings at Union Grove, fishing trips yielding about thirty pounds, and multiple visits among the Murphy, Smith, Cryer, and McAnaly households in Marshall County and Decatur areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Bonds
Cora Smith
Mildred Pullen
South
Alabama
Henry Marion and Son
Dewey Day and Son
Bud Murphy
Irene Clemons
Owen Murphy
Katherine Murphy
Lonnie
Woodland
Union Grove
Marshall County
Lorene Garrett
Marguerite Bond
Monroe Cryer
David McAnally
Malcolm McAnaly
Luther McAnaly
Grady Simpson
Leon Chunn
Alabama ranks 20th in population density in 1940
A Census Bureau report shows Alabama at 20th among states in density with an average of 56.5 persons per square mile.
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Alabama
Washington
Census Bureau
Army Life Tales From Camp News Columns
A series of brief anecdotes from camps in the United States recounts mishaps and humor. A 200 pound private faints at a dentist visit in Camp Shelby Mississippi. A Major General jokes about self repairs while under a car at Camp Stewart Georgia. Private Connor recalls the Civil War in Camp Lee Virginia. Chinese laundrymen from New York join at Fort Bragg North Carolina. James W. Sergeant of Chicago rises from corporal to sergeant at Camp Forrest Tennessee.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Camp Stewart
William H. Wilson
Camp Lee
VaSo
Robert D. Connor
Englewood
N. J
Petersburg
Fort Bragg
N. C
New York
Chinatown
Camp Forrest
Tenn
James W. Sergeant
Chicago
131St Infantry
Camp Stewart Soldiers Install Army Soda Fountain
At Camp Stewart in Georgia soldiers, likened to General Grant, have installed a soda fountain in the piney woods. They serve thirst quenchers in sanitary paper cups including sundaes, mondays, chocolate frappes, banana splits, purple cows, and other fountain delicacies on request.
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Camp Stewart
Ulysses S. Grant
Piney Woods
Student falls through skylight in restaurant accident
In Philadelphia on May 23 Walter Myers was about to taste soup when 16 year old Mildred Jaynes, who was cleaning the skylight, fell through it. Myers suffered cuts and back injuries while Mildred sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Walter Myers
Mildred Jaynes
Myers
Forrest Chapel notices and community gatherings in Morgan County
Community members from Forrest Chapel and nearby areas visited relatives and attended decorations and a Strawberry Festival in Cullman. Birth announced for a daughter. Willodene Roberts celebrated her ninth birthday with friends. numerous visits and family reunions noted among Speakman, Whitten, Story, Curtis, Roberts, and Rodgers families.
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I. C. Kyle
Florence
M. M. Kyle
Sarah Whitten
Willie Burgess
Andrews Chapel
Terril Wallace
Ben Roberts
W. P. Roberts
Basham
Simon Speakman
Hartselle
Willace
Riley Eamon
Birmingham
Mose Whitten
Rachel Ward
Jewel
Edith Curtis
Allen Bagget
Othello Rodgers
Cullman
J. T. and
Gilman Story
Raymon Wallace
T._L._ Speakman
Harteselle
Grace Hudson
McKendree Chapel
Almon Story
Donald
Moriday
Story
Parks McDonald
Wallace Sims
Baby
T. L. Speakman
J. Curtis
Lawrence
Vervis Ward
R. G. Sybert
Helen Whitten
Sarah Johnson
Moss Chapel
Ermon Story
Dorothy
Margaret Rodgers
Jewel Curtis
Margie Crowe
Fairview
Willodene Roberts
Ben Robers
Missus Marie, Bullard
Doris Roberts
Ann Bullard
Martha Story
Earl Montgomery
Maverine
Ray MacDonald
Dorothy Brewer
Marie Nethery
Vertie DePriest
Raymon
Betty
Dwain Wallace
Benton
Jimmy
Maverine Roberts
Officer Dies Near Graduation At Fort Benning
Lieutenant Colonel Richard O. Bassett Jr died at the post hospital after his car collided with a freight car near Fort Benning Georgia. The accident occurred just hours before he was to graduate from an advanced infantry school course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Richard O. Bassett, Jr
Post Hospital
Labor force size and family average from Census data
The labor force of the U S is 52 840 762 workers according to the last Census. The average is about one and a half workers per family and the average family size is 3 8 persons.
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U. S
Hospital notes on public relations and community aid
Hospital notes describe growing public relations efforts to connect staff with the public and expand service beyond hospital walls through social groups. Fred Sittason won a cash award on National Hospital Day, and May 21 the First Baptist Church of Martinsville Missionary Society donated hospitality items to aid patient care.
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Halion
Fred Sittason
Central High School
Decatur Ne A
First Baptist Church of
Ginners Set 17th Annual Convention at Montgomery
The Alabama Ginners Association plans its 17th annual convention in Montgomery during June. Vice President M M Paschall predicts about 1000 visitors. C D Patterson of Decatur is president. Sessions will be at the Whitley Hotel with Governor Frank M Dixon addressing on Cotton and National Defense and A W Jones speaking on a gin basket and the AAA.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Ginners Association
M M. Paschall
Uniontown
C.D. Patterson
Decatur
Whitley Hotel
Frank M. Dixon
A. W. Jones
AAA
Calves Born on Separate Days Surprise Rochelle Farm
Rochelle Ga May 23 All federal agencies urge higher farm production. Two years ago Keen's twin calves gave birth to calves on the same day doubling the farm's livestock milestone.
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Rochelle
U.S
Community Notices From Morgan County Rock Springs
Mr and Mrs Luke Roberts joined by Oak Ridge visitors. Esther Callahan and Charlie stayed with the Harteelies. Claude Pearson and Claude Mitchell guests of J Roberts. Decatur visitors and local visits noted. Reminder preaching night and day next Saturday night and Sunday with Rev L E B Toon.
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Luke Roberts
Hudson McAvoy
Oak, Ridge
Esther Callahan
Charlie
Eugene Harteelie
Trinity
Claude Pearson
Claude Mitchell
J. Roberts
Percy Lavingster
Decatur
Hartselle
Rock Springs
L. EB. Toon
Jam Sandwich Erupts at Fort Benning Maneuver Chow
Soldiers in the field mocked meal provisions after a blitz exercise as chow duty yielded jam sandwiches for lunch. A soldier commented that the two bread slices with jam amounted to a jam sandwich.
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Fort Benning
Navy court martial nears end over fatal low flight
Two student ensigns Joseph F Thompson of Healdsburg California and Paul B E Brown of Chicago face a manslaughter trial in Pensacola Florida for a plane dive that killed Estelle Phillips of Rovertedale. Witnesses testified the aircraft flew low over an Alabama turnip field near 36 miles north of Pensacola on March 25. The defense suggested a downdraft may have briefly forced the ship out of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEN
Acola
Fla
Navy
Alabama
Hawley Russell
Joseph F Thompson
Healdsburg
Calif
Paul BE. Brown
Chicago
Estelle Phillips
Rovertedale
Here
Verdict Won Against CIO Union in Alabama Case
Mrs. Madge Richardson secured a $25,000 verdict in Calhoun County court against the Utica local of the Textile Workers of America CIO. She claimed dismissal from the Utica Knitting Company after CIO won a closed shop. She sought $50,000 in her suit. The CIO local argued she left voluntarily after being offered joining privilege.
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Anniston
Ala
Madge Richardson
Utica
Textile Workers of America
CI0
Utica Knitting Company
CIO
Calhoun County
CTO
Editor Kidder Louisville and May 27 Meeting
The Courier-Journal notes assistant sports editor Ken Taylor will address a meeting in Madisonville on May 27. A copy editor labeled the item Good night to stay at home. Alaska’s 1940 population is listed as 72,524 with breakdowns for whites Eskimos Indians Aleuts Japanese and unknown race.
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Louisville
Ken “Taylor
Courier-Journal
Madisonville
Taylor
Alaska
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