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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1944

Page

3

Please discontinue my ad in Farm Exchange

Notices from farmers request removal of advertisements: Geneva Almon says she sold the rolling chair. Mrs Rose Nesmith requests removal after selling an oil stove. Mrs Arthur Coney asks to discontinue for sold items. T B Moebes asks removal after selling a trailer.

Clint Thompson Farm Exchange Geneva Almon Rose Nesmith Farmers Exchange Arthur Coney T. B. Moebes

Harvey Curry Finds Sericea Lespedeza Suits Hay Crops

Harvey Curry of Rescue Community reports sericea lespedeza as a perennial hay crop. He planted 1.1 acres in 1942 and has yielded over two tons of hay per acre annually. He plans to expand to 2.7 acres next spring and prepare land this fall.

Harvey Curry E. P. Thornhill Curry Starifield

Chapel Hill WSCS Good Meeting Report

The W S C S of Chapel Hill met Monday at 2 o clock in the Methodist church. A reduced attendance due to rain but the session was led by Mrs Seldon Means with Mrs Ada Ferguson presiding in her absence. Readings prayers and scripture were exchanged and the study focused on From Bethlehem To Mount Olivet.

Chapel Hill Methodist Church Seldon Means Ada Ferguson Means J. W. Lamon

For Sale notices from the rural bulletin board

Community classifieds list items for sale including land houses barns animals and equipment. Listings show owners with routes near Joppa Hulaco Moulton Hillsboro Trinity Decatur and local merchants offering items like pullets pigs John Deere planters and fertilizer sacks with prices and contact details.

Farmers improve grazing with terracing and winter forage

Lee Pike of Mount Tabor describes a grazing system using rye grass crimson clover barley wheat and vetch on 20 acres plus seeded permanent pasture. Other farmers including Clifford Haga Fred Robinson and Feete see terracing work paid by AAA with $1 per 100 feet and prep for winter feed via cane silage and winter grazing.

Lee Pike Mount Tabor Pike Clifford Haga West Point Fred S. Robinson Priceville AAA FE. P. Thornhill Feete John B. Sewell Trinity

McNutt Home Party Pays Birthday Tribute

A large crowd gathered at Mr and Mrs Emmit McNutt Falkville for Mrs McNutt sixty third birthday. A bountiful supper and many gifts were enjoyed by friends and relatives. Guests included the McNutt families and others from Falkville Danville Hartselle and Fletcher with music and dancing to close the evening.

Emmit McNutt Falkville

Bronze Star Awarded to James A. Douglas for Valor

Technical Sgt. James A. Douglas, son of Mr and Mrs I A Douglas of Falkville, earned the Bronze Star Medal as P 38 Lightning crew chief at an eighth fighter command station in England. He completed 63 missions over continental Europe with 260 combat hours, farming before enlisting in February 1942, overseas one year.

James A. Douglas I. A. Douglas Falkville Eighth Fighter Command England Europe Falkville High School T-Sgt Douglas Army

Legume Seed Scarcity Hits Alabama Farmers

Auburn Alabama farmers have exhausted AAA warehouse stocks of winter legume seed. Only Austrian winter peas remain for shipment under AAA service fee plan. A. W. Jones reports no surplus in Tuscaloosa Montgomery or Troy warehouses. limited seed exists in some counties.

Auburn Ala Alabama AAA Tuscaloosa Montgomery Troy A. W. Jones

Cars Leaving Highways Shrink Private Fleet Estimates

Washington reports over 4 000 cars are being removed from daily use with about 1 000 expected to depart highways permanently this year. Officials say new car supply dwindles to 20 000 and 650 000 used cars are in dealers’ hands. Privately owned passenger cars in operation may total 23 750 000 by year end, with 20 000 000 needed for essential civilian economy operation.

Washington Office of War Information Office of Defense Transportation

The Road to Berlin Front Distances Summary

The report lists Allied fronts with distance markers: Russian front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, Western front 319 miles east of Eupen, Eastern France 443 miles between Besarfton and Bel fort, and Italian front 583 miles from an unspecified point.

The Associated Press Pulatsk Eupen France Besarfton Belfort

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