Increased Aid For Farmers Held Certain Now By Congressional Leaders
Washington May 3 outlines a shift in farm aid as Congress loosens the purse. The agriculture bill gains up to 300 million dollars more than the budgeted total, with Republicans splitting over parliamentary moves while Roosevelt expected to sign amid tax concerns. Prices for farm products are still lower overall, with beef and lamb up, cotton down, and corn and wheat easing.
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W. B. Ragsdale Ashington
Agriculture Department
Senate
Fede
Congress
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mayo Surgeon Nearing End in Pneumonia Fight
Crisis near Chicago reports Dr. Charles H. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota receiving a blood transfusion as physicians, including Dr. Walter McGuire, express optimism about his condition amid the pneumonia battle. The report notes the drama of the medical effort with hopeful prognosis.
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Chicago
Charles H. Mayo
Rochester, Minn
Walter McGuire
Athens College 1939 Graduation List Readied
The Athens College graduation exercises will be held in McCandress Hall at 10 a m. The commencement address will be delivered by Ma University. The graduating class includes Wylodine Brooks Trinity Robert Caine Athens Elizabeth Davis Prospect Tennessee Frances Day Selma Christine Downing Dadeville Grace Gaither Fulton Mississippi Marguerite Holliman Tuscumbia Virginia Martin Birmingham Anna Powers Athens Christine Reynolds Paris Tennessee Mildred Rowe Athens Rebecca Turbevile Hopkinsville Kentucky Jewell Wann Hollywood Margaret Williams Athens Martha Winstead Pulaski Tennessee Mrs Elsie Adams Athens Pauline Aldridge Moulton Murray Braswell Decatur Mrs Leona Coles Huntsville Kate Lile Decatur Corette Louvorn Baileyton Mrs Bessie Manning Huntsville Mrs Gilbert McCoy Athens James H Mullins Ardmore Margaret Neil Huntsville Maud Odom Decatur Mrs Eva M Owens Athens Mrs Hazel C Rowe Athens Edith Saxon Alexander City Annelle Spearman Decatur Jean Steele Athens Mrs Hart Stanford Athens and Marty.
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Athens College
McCandress
Ma University
Wylodine Brooks
Trinity
Robert Caine
Athens
Elizabeth Davis
Prospect
Tennessee
Frances Day
Selma
Christine Downing
Dadeville
Grace Gaither
Fulton
Mississippi
Marguerite Holliman
Tuscumbia
Virginia
Martin
Birmingham
Anna Powers
Christine Reynolds
Paris
Mildred Rowe
Ardmore
Margaret Neil
Huntsville
Maud Odom
Decatur
Eva M. Owens
Hazel C. Rowe
Edith Saxon
Alexander City
Annelle Spearman
Jean Steele
Hart Stanford
Marty
Alabama Power official touts growth of Alabama made goods
George H. Cole purchasing agent for Alabama Power Co and new Birmingham Purchasing Agents Association president praises rising Alabama produced items. He cites tires, containers, kraft paper, truck bodies, brass fittings, file folders, galvanized steel, valves, roofings, switch gear, ink and more. He says price and quality drive demand and that industrial diversification shows Alabama products can find markets.
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George H. Cole
Alabama Power Co
The
Purchasing Agents Association of Birmingham
Alabama
Alabama Power Company
Mr. Cole
Power Company
Cole
Cotaco Future Homemakers Tour Washington Trip Highlights
The Cotaco Future Homemakers returned from a wide educational tour to Washington D C and other points. They visited Lookout Mountain and Natural Bridge on the way and toured Lincoln and Washington memorials the Capitol and White House in Washington. The group saw the Shenandoah Valley on the drive home and attended a Mothers Day parade in Richmond and a night at the Fox theater in Atlanta. Members listed include Dorothy Wigginton Patsy Sample Frieda Dobbs Edith Humphrey and sponsor Myrtle Old plus visitors and bus crews.
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Cotaco
Washington D. C
Washington
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Natural Bridge
West Virginia
Blue Ridge
Lincoln and
Capitol
Congressional Library
White House
Pan-American Union
Capitol Grounds
Atlanta Y. W. C. A
Atlanta
Grant Ark
B. and W. Kitchen
Fox Theater
Dorothy Wigginton
Patsy Sample
Frieda Dobbs
Edith Humphrey
Peggie Putnam
Ema Sue Lynn
Marie Atkinson
Faye Rolfe
Mollie Joe Johnson
Lorenee Garrett
Mamye Lipscomb
Daisy Kay
Mary N. Edmondson
Nell Gilchrist
Myrtle Old
Misses Bretha Echols
Clyde Smith
Alabama students face $500 yearly cost at U of A
Montgomery May 25 The University of Alabama budget was discussed with President Richard Foster telling the Alabama legislative finance committee that a student could attend for about $500 a year if expenses are kept in check. Senator Poole questioned senior year costs, but Foster maintained the figure remains near $500.
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Montgomery
Ala
University of Alabama
Mom
Pop
Richard
Dick) Foster
Alabama Legislative Finance and Taxation Committee
Dr. Poster
Joe Poole
Dr. Foster
Foster
Poole
Mexican Flier 18 Guest at the Fair
Francisco Sarabia, Mexico’s premier aviator, was the honored guest at the New York World's Fair as he completed a 2,085 mile non stop flight from Mexico City in a five year old racing plane. His 10 hour 47 minute journey broke Amelia Earhart’s May 8 1935 record of 14 hours 19 minutes.
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New York
Mexico City
Francisco Sarabia
Mexico
Amelia Earhart
New Deal Losing Strength Says Republic Steel Leader
T M Girdler chairman of Republic Steel Corp declares the new deal philosophy is producing poverty and that public support is swinging away. He spoke at the 48th general meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute, criticizing federal policy and even the steel industry itself.
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New York
T. M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corp
American Iron and Steel Institute
Funeral rites held for Mrs. R. L. Hightower in Athens
Funeral services for Mrs. R. L Hightower longtime county resident were held Thursday afternoon with burial in the Hightower Cemetery at Leggtown. McConnell supervised arrangements. She was 76 and survived by several sons and daughters.
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Athens
Ala
R. L Hightower
Hightower
Leggtown
McConnell
Series of Services to Start Tonight at Austinville Baptist
A series of meetings begins tonight at Austinville Baptist Church. Rev W W Coffee of Moulton Heights Baptist Church will preach. Pastor Bud Bynum invites the public to join in worship as interest grows.
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W. W. Coffee
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
Bud Bynum
Wildcat Harry Watkins Aims For 13 Car Race at Columbus
No. 13 Columbus Indiana May 25 A driver nicknamed Wildcat Harry Watkins planned to race here next Sunday in a car numbered 13 to float superstition. Other drivers avoiding a 13 car pulled out of the event.
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Columbus
Ind
Wildcat
Harry Watkins
Funeral Held for Mrs Donnell of Athens
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Lucy W Donnell of Athens after an extended illness. The 77 year old pioneer Limestone County resident is survived by daughter Mrs H N Binford of Athens and granddaughter Mrs M S Adams of Washington DC. Pallbearers were R A Smith R B Patton T E Gilbert R L Malone Edward Goodrich R C Martin and Dr A D Powers.
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Athens
Ala
Lucy W. Donnell
Limestone County
A. S. Pitts
First Methodist Church
Tarquinio Murder Trial Ends With Confessions Admitted
Closing arguments were due in the murder trial of Aurelio Marco Tarquinio as three judges weigh confessions that he killed his Georgia divorcee housekeeper and dismembered her body in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Aurelio Marco Tarquinio
Georgia
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