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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1934

Page

4

Dance Club Plans Monthly Meeting and Social

The Dance Club will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday night at 9 p.m. at an undisclosed location with hostesses assisting. Members expect a delightful summer gathering and urge full attendance at 9 o’clock. Annie Faye Jones and Jr. have retired from a visit to Mrs. T Stewart in Hopkinsville en route to Birmingham to see Mrs. McCluskey's mother, Mrs. J B Cole, with Br Bird joining them.

Ee Er Aina Peeleanet Nl Ena Annie Faye Jones Son Hts Mrs.t. Stewart Hopkinsville Mary Toutse

Local society notes and travel plans fill week

A long list of residents announce visits and departures. Mr and Mrs William Kim Brough and three daughters plan a long trip to Long Beach California. J R Moore of Birmingham visits relatives. Several families report travels to Georgia Tennessee and Florida with extended tours including Chicago and New Orleans. Birth announced for Barbara Ann Johnson at Fairview.

William Kimbrough T. M. Jones, Jr Long Beach Fila R. T. Johnson Barbara Ann Fairview Mary E. Chenault James New Orleans el Paso Grand Canyon Los Angeles Hollywood San Francisco Salt Lake Pike's Peek Denver Chicago

Summer wardrobe ideas from Good Housekeeping hints

The article suggests shopping for discounted dresses and fabrics to extend hot weather wear. It highlights a new coolie style coat in linen or wool, a two piece frock with collar and cuffs, and versatile shirtwaist and seersucker outfits. Emphasizes practicality for travel, office wear, and social outings through warm days into autumn.

Good Housekeeping

Huge Somerville road fills stretch over two miles

The article details massive earth piles by Hooper Construction on the 3.19 mile Decatur to Flint Creek segment of the Somerville link. The fill will reach about 15 feet high, creating a continuous hilllike highway with two knoll cuts, finishing by midwinter and remaining above high water after Wheeler Dam’s completion. Martin Wunderlich oversees a steel and concrete bridge across Flint Creek concurrent with road work.

Decatur-Somerville Flint Creek Hooper Construction Company Decatur Bee ~Line Valley Country Club Martin Wheeler Dam

Move Nears End as Textile Strike Talks Reach Alabama

In Birmingham on August 1 AP reports 12,000 Alabama textile workers expect imminent settlement with the arrival of George Googe of Atlanta for talks with the state staff of the United Textile Workers of America. The visit aims to meet workers and push toward a possible settlement of the walkout.

Birmingham Ala Alabama George. Googe Atlanta United Textile Workers of America Googe

Birmingham Guests En Route to Memphis and Nearby Areas

Birmingham visitors traveled through town visiting relatives and planning trips to Memphis and Mississippi. They indicated plans to visit friends and view paintings during their journey.

Birmingham Memphis Mississippi Tenn

Anna Sten Debuts In Nana Film at Princess Theatre

Anna Sten makes her American film debut in Nana at the Princess Theatre released by United Artists. The photoplay, based on Emile Zola’s courtesan, cost years of prep with Willard Mack and Harry Wagstaff Gribble adapting and Dorothy Resner directing. Mae Clarke Muriel Kirkland portray Nana’s ascent while Lionel Atwill and Richard Bennett figure in pivotal roles as Paris scene unfolds and the can can scene stirs Parisian audiences.

Nana Emile Zola Anna Sten Minés Sten Samuel Goldwyn Miss Sten Goldwyn Miss. Sten Paris Willard Mack Harry Wagstaff Gribble Zola Nan Satin and Mimi Mae Clarke Muriel Kirkland Oldner the Apollo Richard Bennett Stern Andrée Muffat Lionel Atwill Prussia City United Artists Princess Theatre Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Dorothy Resner

Samuel Stanley Returns Home After Nashville Visit

Samuel Stanley has returned home after spending a week in Nashville Tennessee with Wendell Watson.

Samuel Stanley Nashville, Tenn Wendell Watson

Illness of Wofford official Jimmy Mitchell continues

CONTINUES ILL Jimmy Mitchell, popular attache of the Wofford Oil Company, con tinues quite ill of typhoid fever at his home on North Sixth avenue.

Jimmy Mitchell Wofford Oil Company North Sixth Avenue

Mountain TVA Centers to Aid Local Farms in Mountain Region

TVA plans established or planned centers at Murphy Cranberry Green Mountain Waynesville Hendersonville NC and Soddy TN to handle local produce including tomatoes beans huckleberries carrots and kraut. Mountain Valley Cooperative at Brasstown NC works creamery and poultry fattening while Newport TN and other sites plan facilities for storage and shipping.

Murphy Cranberry Green Mountain Waynesville Hendersonville BW. C Soddy Norris Town TVA Brasstown N. C Mountain Valley Cooperative Newport Tenn

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