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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1949
Page
6
Auburn Alabama peanut growers were told that 1949 individual farm peanut allotments would be based on the harvested acreage of the past three years. B L Collins state administrator of the Production and Marketing Administration said wide spread
Southeast Alabama peanut growers learn the 1949 national allotment will be 22 percent below last year’s harvested acres. Collins notes many misreadings. county PMA offices compile three years of farm data for farm by farm allotments with notices due by February 10. Over planting incurs heavy marketing penalties under the first peanut quota since 1942.
Paraguay ratifies the World Health Organization Constitution becoming the fifty seventh member of the UN agency and the tenth OAS member to join WHO. Upon ratification by four more American republics the Pan American Sanitary Bureau will become the WHO regional office for the Western hemisphere.
In Guilford England residents can borrow reproductions of famous paintings from a town council library at half a crown per month per painting. The lending scheme aims to bring renowned art within affordable reach for locals.
The word Navy once referred to the total merchant and war fleets of a country, not just its fighting forces, reflecting a broader historic meaning of maritime power.
In Abbeville Henry County two day terracing school assisted by J B Wilson extension engineer taught terrace planning and water disposal. About 80 farmers learned to lay out terrace lines and construct terraces while PMA pays 96 cents to $1.30 per lineal foot for proper terraces. Attendees included R E Bond Auburn R D Stockton Enterprise J R Speed Enterprise E Dean Ozark G M Hatcher Geneva E T Sullivan Clayton and Jesse Culbreth Dothan.
When the siren sounds it might be your home on fire. Do not assume yesterday's insurance covers today’s losses. Replace at current market value. Describes several homes and lots near town with immediate possession and varying prices. Also notes listening to RADIO WOOF for the fire location.
In Prescott, Avery Fisher faced a dangerous flight charge in court. His attorney Jack Ogg urged perseverance as the jury deliberated for two hours, ultimately finding Fisher not guilty. The tale also notes Ogg recently opened a local practice after University of Arizona studies. The article closes with a linguistic aside on the origin of the name Nebraska.
The text notes a light year equaling about six million million miles and mentions Ambrosia as food and nectar from which the gas of gules Greece were derived. It then states Navarre once contained areas that were 100 parts of both France and Spain, reflecting historical territorial claims.
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