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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1929
Page
7
In Trenton New Jersey a gasoline tank explosion from a wrecked ice cream truck killed five year old John Munn and seriously burned 13 others. An unidentified man removed the cap triggering the blast as a crowd of children gathered for free ice cream. Police hunt the cap remover.
Belgium now exceeds eight million residents as its territory covers about 11 372 square miles.
A better films league has been organized in New Zealand to coordinate industry groupings and promote film production. The initiative gathers producers directors and distributors to standardize practices and support local projects.
Women candidates under a 1920 act may join three wartime pilgrimages to visit graves of sons and husbands in Europe. Only mothers and widows of U S military or naval personnel who died between April 5 1917 and July 1 1921 are eligible with stays up to two weeks from May 1930 to Oct 1933.
Policy holders in Alabama paid 17.85 million for life insurance in 1928, ranking 27th among states and regions. The largest Alabama policy was James H. Arnold of Gadsden at 362,500, followed by Samuel Black of Birmingham at 291,106. City payments included Mobile 769,000 and Montgomery 540,000 with other towns listed. National totals show New York leading at 327.5 million, with Detroit and Pennsylvania also high.
British newspapers focus on a pipe carried by Gen. Charles G. Dawes described as upside down and drawing curious attention during a public appearance.
William Boyd stars in The Flying Fool at the Princess theatre for three days starting today. With Marie Prevost Tom O'Brien and Russell Gleason in supporting roles the aviation romance promises dramatic highs and hearty laughs as a stunt flyer falls for a dancer while trying to save his brother from danger.
The Tennessee river stood stationary at 5.4 feet as observers noted the water level. Meanwhile at Pennsylvania State College agricultural experiment station 134 turkeys are being raised in complete confinement.
Boston August 5 Miss Viola Littlefield a telephone operator can hear a radio program by plugging her headset into a line on a switchboard. Engineers explain the line’s proximity to a circuit linking the studio and sending station across the street makes the switchboard act as a receiving set.
Three well dressed bandits robbed the Bank of Cottonwood noon today carting off about 600 dollars from the cashier M. A. Helms after forcing him into the vault. The suspects fled in an automobile pursued by police toward Hodgesville near the Florida line. Helms described two guns leveled at him as the trio demanded change for large bills and escaped with the cash.
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