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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
1
At Arthurdale West Virginia a New Deal experiment shows a gable house neighborhood kept amid scrub and swamps serving as a model for resettling drought and unemployed coal families. Some 10 090 visitors monthly view fifty white houses on 250 acres each with well electric service and a federal school site.
Officials announce steps to increase city crews amid typhoid tied to poor sanitation. Morgan County health officer Dr L R Murphree details causes and remedies, urging mass vaccination, reliable running water, and area cleanup to curb fly breeding and soil pollution.
A revival at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church draws a large congregation. Rev B P Collier serves as pastor while Rev Frank T Smith of Harteelle preaches on "God's National Recovery." The meetings continue this week with W R Walse, of Daozur, leading singing with Wellace at the piano.
A travel tone piece from Honolulu recounts a brief stay on island cattle ranches and contrasts life there with the mainland. It notes the islands’ bold approach to business and hints at broader regional tensions involving the Philippines.
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 9 The Navy entry was located six miles north of East Commerce after a wind carried it into the mountains. Navy and Army balloons tracked by observers landed and were moved to Commerce for shipment. The lead reportedly centered on Army number one and the Navy entry amid flight chaos.
Two tractors, graders, and two trucks were added to airport work to speed the north south miniway. Crews will grade from the north end toward the south and complete the run this week. The east west run will be finished soon after. TVA donated 1100 posts for a surrounding fence to be erected with regulation wire.
Kansas State Prison gates closed behind Jim Clark as 11 Memorial Day escapees are recaptured. Three were slain, two wounded, and the remaining back in custody with one blinded after a bank robbery attempt.
Mrs. J. A. Buttrey has returned from a vacation trip visiting points in the region. The article notes her journey covered several stopping places and she resumed daily routines after departure.
Arl Warren, manager of Central Shoe, continues ill at his home. Many friends here will Degset, to learn.
In New Orleans, state tax officials replace city assessors as Senator Huey P. Long asserts control backed by National Guard units. Governor Allen orders probes into red light districts and gambling while Mayor Walmsley denounces the move as power usurpation amid graft and casino allegations.
The report describes progress on the erection of a likely grand structure with stone columns quarried by slave labor and nearing dedication. Outline sketches appeared on walls months ago and color work on lifelike figures is underway. Interest centers on period dress depicted.
The Shoal Creek cemetery on Somerville Route 2 will be cleared of undergrowth and cleaned on Thursday August 23. Residents invite everyone to join in the work.
The Bonanza Quartette will perform in a concert at Tanner school on Friday August 10 with proceeds benefiting the Tanner Methodist church. The public is invited to attend.
Evangelist John Cowell Jr led a revival service at the revival tent with a clear presentation of repentance and faith as essential to salvation. Twenty five decisions for Christ were registered, with additional responses noted during the afternoon extension at Willoughby Church in South Decatur.
In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia a new home for motherless girls is planned under the Episcopal church. The project, part of the Diocese of Alabama, centers in the House of Happiness in Jackson county with Miss Augusta Martin and, during her illness, Miss Nettie Barnwell in charge.
The Rev. Peter M. Dennis will travel Sunday to Monteagle Tennessee for the DuBose Divinity school alumni meeting and reunion. Officers for the next tri-annual term will be elected. Dennis has previously served as alumni association president. The 13 year old school lists graduates in Canada Labrador Philippines Cuba Porto Rico and nearly every U S state. All graduates are employed except two who are ill and working part time.
A ten year old girl, Bernice Hoffman of Beaumont Texas, was shot and fatally wounded at a tourist camp near Hot Springs Arkansas by an unidentified prowler who tried to enter the Hoffman cabin. Police said the motive was unclear and the assailant fled.
Principal El E C McDaniel of Trinity High Decatur announced the new school unit begun weeks ago will be completed by August 10. The building includes a large auditorium, gymnasium and two classrooms, likely to join the water system as it forms half a unit in the plans. The 48 by 87% feet auditorium will seat about 500, making it one of the largest for a city of similar size in North Alabama. McDaniel predicted one of the best school years in Trinity’s history for 1934 35 with enrollment over 300, boosted by the Union Hill consolidation near the Lawrence county line, creating the largest student body to date.
Jackson Mississippi August 2 an agreement between Alabama and Mississippi officials allows border county residents to use Toads of either state. State Auditor Joe S Price said the same deal has been offered to Tennessee Arkansas and Louisiana officials. J R Gamble chief of the Alabama Tax Commission auto and license department said he will sign in a few days though no word yet from the other states.
Funeral services are announced for Friday for the deceased as the family prepares the funeral rites. Details of the service are not provided in the text.
In Vienna on Wednesday the hangman’s rope was used again as Franz Wirnig became the third Nazi to be executed in two days. The men were executed for crimes linked to the same time frame as Chancellor E Füss’s assassination, though their cases had no direct connection to the outbreak.
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