Farm price clash over parity and powers sparks Senate hearing
The dispute centers on Roosevelt price fixing authority and a farm loan bill. Senator Thomas seeks an investigation of parity prices while Leon Henderson defends the president’s wartime style powers. Parity examples cited include cotton 16 cents, wheat 1.15 per bushel, corn 0.85 per bushel.
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Fann
Taft
Roosevelt
Thomas
D Okla
Congress
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Leon Henderson
Office
Price Administration
Henderson
Agriculture Committee
Wilson
Governent
Smith
Cp. &C
Department of Agriculture
British Lose 100000 Men in 21 Months of War
May 31 report shows British casualties reach 101,056 across army navy and air force, with 74,164 army and 15,896 navy and 10,996 air force affected. Prisoner counts include 2,000,000 Frenchmen and 40,000 British in France and Low Countries, plus 200,000 Italian prisoners in Africa. Hood losses cited with 25 killed and 13 wounded. over 1,300 went down with the cruiser.
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Tandon
Germany
France
Low Countries
Africa
Hood
Admiralty
Want Ads Promise Easy Profit for Readers
The notice touts easy to use want ads and suggests readers can profit by using the classified section. It emphasizes simplicity and accessibility for buyers and sellers seeking convenient listings.
Markets Mixed as Bonds and Commodities Show Irregular Moves
New York trading opened with light volume around 160000 shares amid holiday-slow boards. Investors muttered about Crete news, government controls and a looming petroleum role while gains in Consolidated Aircraft and other big names supported a cautious session. Cotton futures remained volatile in New Orleans and New York with mixed closes as markets weighed domestic policy and international tensions.
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Victor Bubank
New York
Baker
Wall Street
Crete
Ickes
National Defense
Consolidated Aircraft
Douglas Aircraft
Boening
United Aircraft
Chrysler
Bethlehem Steel
Southern Railway
Sears Roebuck
Ips Dodge
N. ¥. Shipbuilding
American. Telephone
Grain Prices in Chicago May 31 1929
Chicago price list shows cash wheat graded No 1 hard at 96 cents and No 2 at 94.5 cents. Corn values range from No 1 yellow 73.75 to No 4 72.25, with White and sample listings. Oats quotes include No 1 white 38, No 3 37, and soybeans No 3 yellow 131.25 to No 4 130.0.
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Chicago
Salable cattle and hog prices steady to down in Nashville market
Salable cattle 25 calves 25 steady today with weak to 50 lower week over week. Beef cows to 7.25, medium bulls up to 8.00. Vealers 10.50 top, hogs steady good and choice 190 to 300 lbs at 9.20, most 20 higher week over week. Sheep 100 salable, ewes and wethers 10.75 to 11.75, fat ewes 3.00, spring lambs mixed with better and common types down 25 from last week.
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Nashville
Téfin
Federal State Market News Service
War Aims and The Common Good In Liberty Voice
The speaker argues that everyone must understand why the nation should fight and what the war means for daily life. He questions superficial freedoms and urges a shift toward the common good, noting that freedom should enable service and a better country for all, even if war comes.
Cotton closes steady despite losses as markets weigh
Spot cotton in New Orleans on May 31 finished steady to two points lower with sales of 5 621 bales. Prices ranged from low middling 11.39 to good middling 13.39. Grain markets in Chicago also moved after declines earlier in the session.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
New Orleans
Commission House
Chicago
New York
Commission ‘House
Bombay
Houston
SPOT
Insurance Savings Through Local Agent Listings
Want ads list agents offering insurance consultations and savings options. Read the page to contact the agents and compare policies for potential discounts.
Drought Strikes Alabama Crops Hard Across State
Alabama crop damage is severe due to drought with pastures and gardens hurt and cattle fed in North Alabama. Extension service official L. L. Bracken says rainfall could still save crops and that only favorable weather can determine final losses.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
State Extension Service
North
Ll. O. Bracken
The
Extension Service
Drought Warning Grows East of Mississippi as Rains Steady
Weather bulletin reports subnormal precipitation east of the Mississippi since last November. Rainfall in the Southeast and mid Atlantic states slows evaporation but fails to ease drought, risking sharp power curtailments and hurt crops in Georgia Alabama and surrounding regions.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Mississippi River
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Indiana
New York
Carolina
Ohio
Maryland
Michigan
Fierce fighting in North Africa as Sfax raid reported
A new air and sea attack on Sfax Tunisia was reported with French naval and air forces defending the port. Britain warned of reprisals for any French Axis collaboration as Tobruk endures 50 days of siege and German and Italian forces strike along the Egyptian desert toward Alexandria and Suez. The Atlantic air war and UK coast raids shadow Crete and Iraq developments while the first US lend lease food shipment reaches a British port.
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Frenc
Stax
Tunisia
Vichy
Britain
Axis
Sfax
Africa
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Libya
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Mersey
Liverpool
Bristol
Cardiff
Unite States
President Roosevelt told strike averted after mediation board
emergency mediation board reported to President Roosevelt that a strike against the Atlanta Birmingham And Coast railroad was fully settled. The telegram said there would be no strike and a full report would follow. Board members named Brig. Gen. Hamilton Hawkins Huston Thompson and George Stocking.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway
Hamilton Hawkins
Huston Thompson
George Stocking
Morgan County Seeks $2500USO Fund Drive Kickoff
Civic leaders meet at Morgan County National Bank to plan a $2500 campaign in Morgan County for the United Service Organizations. Attending are E W McLeod Kiwanis Knox McMasters Lions Dr Eugene Chenault Civitan James H Johnson Rotary and Barrett Shelton Chamber of Commerce. The nationwide drive targets $10 700 000 to fund recreational facilities for Americans in the armed forces with federal buildings provided at strategic points.
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Morgan County National Bank
Morgan County
United Service Organizations
E.W. McLeod
Kiwanis
Knox McMasters
Lions
Eugene Chenault
Civitan
James H. Johnson
Rotary
Barrett Shelton
Chamber of Commerce
Short Court Term Set For Monday
A week's term of circuit court opens Monday June 2 with the civil docket to be heard and the criminal docket delayed until the week beginning June 30. Judge Seybourn Lynne will preside. The dockets are the lightest in several years.
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Seybourn Lynne
Decatur’s Diary highlights and weekend notices
Local notes report Rev Edward Ramage returning from Montreal NC and preaching Sunday. Birth announced for Janice LaMerle Moses May 30 at Emens Clinic. James Pitts and Talmadge Mann hosted by Jack Lewter. Various weekend visits, rallies, and class schedules listed. Deputies seize whiskey in W Moulton street raid. Edits mention hospital moves and local visits by residents and families.
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Clarence Moses
Wadsworth Street
Janice LaMerle
Emens Clinic
Summer Band Practice Schedule Released
A city schedule lists junior band practice sessions for summer weekdays with specific times from 8:00 to 2:00. Sections include students such as Willye Royce Collier, Lella Bell Robinson, Beulah Hamilton, and many others arranged by time slot and day.
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Betty McRae
Betty Parker
David ‘Farrer
Ned Shackelford
Rey Mitchell
Dolly Dimple Middlebrooks
Elma Jean Davis
Frednastone
Eugene Town
Wilma
Jean Blevins
Marvin Hester
Floyd Kimbrough
Edsel Holden
Billy Waterhouse
Ted Griffin
Sam Evans
Shooting in Sheffield Leaves Wife Dead and Husband Wounded
In Sheffield Alabama Mrs Ann McCée Miner, 19, was killed and her husband David Miner, 21, was critically wounded in a backyard shooting. Patrolman Bob Price said the husband shot his wife and himself. Earlier, agents seized 85 gallons of whiskey and two automobiles. James F. Bobo listed as at county hospital with slight wounds.
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James F. Bobo
Sheffield
Ala
Ann McCée
Miner
David Miner
Bob Price
Mifer
Price
Bombs Kill 52 in Dublin During Night Raid
Premier Eamon DeValera inspected bombed districts in Dublin where 52 people died and about 200 were injured in last night's raid by unidentified planes. Relief workers searched wreckage for survivors as anti-aircraft batteries opened fire after midnight. The death toll marked the worst air raid damage since the war began.
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Dublin
Eamon DeValera
Upshaw Faces Busy Schedule Across Alabama Visit
Former Congressman William D Upshaw of Georgia travels through Decatur to Hartselle and speaks at Bethel Baptist church Sunday Rev A H Mahaffey. He also speaks at Falkville Baptist church and leads a Good Citizenship mass meeting in Moulton. Week includes Quitman Phil Campbell Athens Sheffield Leighton dates.
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Wm. D. Upshaw
Georgia
Decatur
Hartselle
Historic Bethel Baptist Church
A. H. Mahaffey
Falkville Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
Moulton
Upshaw
City Auditorium
Quitman
Phil Campbell
Methodist Church
Athens
First Baptist Church
Sheffield
Union
Leighton
Couple Separated After Month of Living Apart
A local report notes that the couple had been separated about a month, highlighting their recent estrangement and ongoing domestic matters.
British Take Fabled City Baghdad Reaches New Era
The article recalls Baghdad’s long history from the Abbasid era to Ottoman and Persian rule, noting its 20th century British occupation, diverse population, status as capital of Iraq, and its shift toward modernization with exports of carpets, wool, gum and hides.
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Tigris
Moder
Babylon
Middle East
Stanley Maude
von der Glotz
Baghdad
Bri
Mesopotamia
Germany
Iraq
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Old Town
The
Hulaku
Civic recreation plan progress and committee updates
Morgain County Recreation Council reports full time supervisor starting training and soon in charge. Civic Committee reviews zoning street marking and drinking founts while Livestock show plans advance under Agricultural Committee. Members Alexander Pente cost Hagerman Nelson Williams share updates on memberships conventions and Alabama Press Association visit.
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Morgain County Recreation Council
Morrow
Milton Andrews
Decatur
California
R. Eb.bucky Rogers
Shelton
Knox McMasters
M. Scales
Agricultural Committee
Sam Alexander
Merchants ‘Committee
Pentecost
O. S. Hagerman
Legislative Committee
John M. Nelson
W. J. Williams
Convention Committee
Alabama Press Association
Want Ads Highlight Economical Turnover for Buyers and Sellers
Buyers and sellers know the most economical turnover can be achieved through Want Ads. The ads provide a simple way to reach a broad audience and move items quickly.
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U.S.A
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Hamilton Fish
R-Ny
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Army
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MR. Nobody
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Decatur’s
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First Presbyterian Church
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Mrs. W. G. Maze
Florida
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Quartermasters’ Corps
Fort McClellan
R. C. Harrington
Daniel
Kingston, Tenn
J. W. Goode
Knoxville
James Pitts
Talmadge Mann
Jack Lewter
Madison
City Training Union
B. C. Pittman
Bibb Humphrey
W. Moulton Street
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Baugh
Elkton
Harris Newsom
Hamil Clinic
Fifth Avenue
West
Virginia Reed
Route 3
J. C. Roberts
Danville
W. C. Johnson
Kyle Clark
J. J. Fairbanks
W. F. Dobbs
N. W. Hoppers
Hartsele
James Sowers
Route 1
Clendora Maner
Benevolent Society Hospital
Thomas Parker
Judith Ann
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J. P. Vauizhn
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Bishop L. Gaines, Jr
Joe Waterson
Ernest Edwards
Dan Crowe
Roy Frederick
Donald Waterson
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Gene Brown
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