1939 AAA payments totaled 920 million dollars
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1939 agricultural conservation program payments at 520 million dollars with Georgia receiving 14.53 million. Totals cover 499.01 million already certified and 16.16 million more to be certified. Texas leads with 58.27 million, Rhode Island the smallest at 2.26 million, with Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico also listed among totals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Georgia
AAA
General Accounting ‘Agency
Texas
Rhode Island
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Miss Nickens Becomes Bride of Laurier Sheffield Bush
Lake City Florida bride Miss Nadine Avis Nickens married Laurier Sheffield Bush in a quiet June 11 Jacksonville ceremony. Nickens daughter of civil engineer Robert Lee Nickens, Jr. Modern family ties span Florida and Brazil. Bush son of Laura Mae Buch McNair and the late Judge Robert Durrell Bush, with roots in Mitchell County and ties to Riverside Military Academy and the University of Georgia.
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Camilla
Nadine Avis Nickens
Lake City
Fla
Laurier Sheffield Bush
Ofamilla
Jacksonville
Robert Lee Nickens
Lla
Yves Barras
Brazil
Axid
Representave
Muchty
Mr. Bush
Shrey Bush
Atlanta
Ne Hackett, Jr
Congress Proposes Machinery for Wartime Draft
Washington dispatch reports a plan to set up a national draft machine for mobilizing manpower in emergencies. Congress would authorize immediate registration, local boards, and a presidential call, with up to 6 500 boards ready to operate within 30 days.
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Congress
Max Boyd Washington
Capitol Hill
George C. Marshall
House Military Committee
Joint
Army and Navy Committee
Standing
Army and Navy Committee On
Georgia county tax figures listed for 18 counties
A list of county tax amounts is shown for Decatur Dougherty Early Echols Fulton Glynn Grady Lee Lowndes Mitchell Semi nol e Sumter Thomas Tift Ware and Worth with values ranging from 142.43 to 200 556 14 and totals across the counties.
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Decatur
Dougherty
Early
Echols
Fulton
Glynn
Grady
Lee
Lowndes
Mitchell
Seminole
Sumter
Thomas
Tift
Ware
Worth
Sinking of Scotsoun and French ports under Nazi advance
The British armed merchant cruiser Scotsoun, 17 046 tons formerly Caledonia, was sunk by a U boat north of the Hebrides. Six transports and two more damaged at Le Havre as German forces seize Cherbourg Brest and St Nazaire, threatening Bordeaux and western coast logistics.
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Paris
France
English Channel
le Havre
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Seine River
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Sedan
Britain
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Saar Front
Maginot Line
Marne
Scotstown
London
Scotsoun
Caledonia
Admiralty
Hebrides
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Theerman
Cherbourg
Brest
St. Nazaire
Atlantic
Bordeaux
Beaumont
St. Valery
Berlin
Paey
Reims
Chalons sur-Marne
New York Stock Letter Highlights Bullish Market Amid War News
Victor Eubank reports New York stocks rose on optimistic prospects despite war news. Steels led gains with some profit taking. a busy morning followed by slower afternoon trading and a brisk 1.0 million share transfer. Also noted Moultrie hog market prices and overall market pan of grains, metals, and livestock.
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New York
Victor Eubank
Steels
New York Sugar Futures End Slightly Higher
Domestic sugar futures erased early losses with July at 1.82 cents and September 1.89. Raw market quiet as 19 000 bags Puerto Rico June 26 clearance offered at 2.80 cents. Philippines forward at 3.80 2.89 with Cuba July shipment possibly 2.86. Refined market steady at 4.50 cents.
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NEW York Sugar
New York
Puerto Ricos
Philippines
Cubas
Spanish Troops Occupy Tangier Neutral Zone
Two Spanish divisions and a destroyer occupied the international neutral zone of Tangier to safeguard its independence and neutrality. The move, done without resistance, followed a 1928 Tangier agreement and involved consultation with the international commission governing the zone.
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Tangier
Morocco
Foreign Ministry
Spain
London
Reuters
France
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Britain
Gibraltar
International Commission
Southeastern area hog market reports and Chicago oats
Hogs at Southeastern Jacking Planta receipts total 60 head with prices 1.75 to 5.50 per hundredweight across weights. Chicago live hogs market shows 8,000 salable with gains to 5 cents, top around 4.30 for 180-240 lb, and 4.75-5.25 for 200-270 lb. Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans rally on favorable consumption data and strength across markets, with closing gains of 16-19 points.
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New York
Steels
Guvernimenta Sport
FORL
France
Cobton
Wall Street
Poverny
Cicago
Thomasville
U. 3S. Dept. of Agri
Albany
Columbus
Wifton
Lothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S
Koe” Suiy
New Orleans
Ijmy
Wen
Chicago Butter and Eggs Markets Report
Chicago markets show butter at 1,209,923 pounds and 90 score 25 percent creamery, 89 score 2442 and other prices unchanged. Riggs quotes 26,954 pounds with steady prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices Reported at Chicago Market
Chicago poultry informers note live poultry trading steady for hens and colored Plymouth Rock, while chickens and broilers show declines and mixed gains across varieties. Prices for ducks and small colored birds hold, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Chicago cash grain prices for wheat corn oats and beans
Chicago cash grain quotes show no cash wheat and corn values with No 1 yellow at 65 6714 and No 2 at 65 7/14. Oats, barley, and soybeans trade with mixed sample grades and No 3 prices including malting barley at 55 30 nominal and feed at 40 48 nominal.
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Chicago
New Orleans Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady
Cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.15 nom and prime crude at 5.63B. July 5.63B, September 5.80, October 5.80, and December 5.84B. B bid.
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New Orleans
Memphis cottonseed meal futures close firm
Prime cottonseed meal futures for Memphis closed firm with July at 22.40, September 21.50, October 20.75, December 20.55, January 20.55. Sales reported at 2,700.
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Memphis Cottonseed Meal
Memphis
Tenn
New York Cottonseed and Bond Market Summary
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures finished 17 to 21 higher with July at 6.12 to Sept 6.25 26 and Oct 6.26 1. Det. 6.30 for January 6.31. U S government bonds in New York closed with Treasury 8s 43-41 103.34 and other issues at 108.3, 112.16, 110.8, 118.11. Mortgage and HOLC notes quoted, with Fed Farm Mtg at 107.2 and HOLC 3s at 106.17.
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NEW York Cottonseed
New York
U. S
U. S. Gg
Treasury
Fed Farm
Savannah Turpentine Market Digest
Savannah market report shows turpentine firm offerings 168 sales 158 receipts 200 shipments notated with stock 9643 while rosin firm lists offerings 70 all sold receipts 1424 shipments 1496 stock 166721 with quoted prices for barrels and grades including B D F G H I K M N WG WW X and others, indicating active trading.
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Savannah
Chicago Grain Table Reels Through Erratic Trading
Open, low, close and prior values show choppy activity across Sep and Dec contracts. Mixed figures for corn and soy, with fluctuating bids and slight gains in some months while others slip.
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Chicago
Jy Ryh
Sly
AIM
Eo Rs Fs
U.S. Plans to Train 10,000 Airmen Annually
Secretary Woodring announced a program to train 10,000 airmen a year including 7,000 pilots to staff a greatly expanded air force. Training centers will be added at Maxwell Field Alabama and Moffett Field California with extended civilian schools and shortened 35 week courses. The plan also adds bombardier navigator training and new pursuit instructor schools as Maxwell's tactical school ends.
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Washington
Woodring
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Tex
Maxwell Field
Ala
Moffett Field
Calif
Gestewater
Air ‘Corps Tactical School
Barksdale
Maxwell
Kelly and Brooks Field
General Headquarters Air Force
Air Raid Alarm Sounds in Tours France During WWII Training
Reports from Tours France note an air raid alarm followed by an aerial fire near the city. Parallel military training plans outline a ramped intake for primary schools and expanded instructor staffing at Randolph Kelly and Brooks fields, with training centralized across three centers by November.
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Tours
France
Albany Works for Army Training School for Fliers
Albany business leaders and city officials push plans to establish an army training school for pilots in Albany Georgia starting September fourteen with H B Carr of Chicago in charge. Cadets will be housed in barracks and paid seventy five dollars monthly. Contingents of one hundred cadets report every five weeks, two hundred pilots total. The airport has three runways and 2000 acres adjoining. The project could add five hundred thousand dollars yearly to city trade. housing for workers beyond barracks is under study.
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Albany
Carr
Chicago
War Department
Army Barracks
Army
Darr
C. Q. Wright
Bombing Near Paris Reported With Refugee Accounts
Refugees reaching Tours said an airfield was the target yesterday near Paris. Reports described bombing and machine gunning about 20 miles west of Paris with many killed or wounded. immediate damage could not be determined.
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Tours
Paris
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