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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1935

Page

8

Legion Aids Alabama Day Plan Amid Budget Talk

State adjutant D Trotter Jones warns against factionalism as the Legion backs an active Alabama Day observance with civic clubs. A 12 000 member goal is set and a $13 375 budget is approved for planned activities while Commander Inge directs outreach to public works officials in Washington. Committees led by R James Mobile Maiberi Cammack Tuscaloosa and Plunkett cover employment law and order and child welfare.

D. ‘Trotter Jones Montgomery Legion Alabama Inge Washi I. Committee R. Jameeri Mobile Maiberi Cammack Tuscaloces K. W. Plunkett Walter Bragg Smith Montlaw and Order Taylor

Champion Pugilist Morimon tal 1 Fighter Victory

Readable crossword style clues describe a champion pugilist and listed terms. The entry references a fighter who defeated Mex Reer with multiple thematic hints and vertical clues covering names, places, and common words.

Mex

Dr Pepper Contest Winners Named Across States

The Dr Pepper contest announces prize winners led by Margaret Robinson of Brinkley Arkansas for first prize. The list names many recipients across Alabama California Illinois and more with prizes ranging from 1000 to 5 dollars. Executive secretary Alfonso Johnson and Dallas Advertising Association officials congratulate winners and note apologies for unawarded prizes.

Arkansas Alfonso Jonnson Southwestern Association of Advertising Agencies

Three Women at Princess Theatre Promises Bright Plot

The General Electric picture Three Women plays at the Princess Theatre Friday August 9 with Johnny Mack Brown and Shelia Manner as bride and groom. The film uses Technicolor and centers on home making with modern electrical appliances. John Wyker & Son offer free electrical prizes to attending housewives at both matinee and evening shows.

General Electric Princess Theatre Hollywood Johnny Mack Brown Shelia Manner John , Wyker & Son

Thirty Wounded In Day's Rioting In Crete

In Candia Crete thirty people were wounded including five police during a day of rioting sparked by a labor strike. Martial law was declared and government troops and two destroyers were sent to restore order amid allegations the unrest was inspired by supporters of former Premier Venizelos and a prior spring rebellion in Crete and Macedonia.

Athens Candia Erakleion Crete Eleutherios Veniselos Macedonia

Car overturns near Bank and Lee streets injures rider

Max Leeman escaped serious injury when the car he rode in struck a curb and turned over at Bank and Lee streets at 7 45 Sunday night. He was knocked unconscious but unharmed after first aid by Brown's ambulance crew at the Benevolent Society stall and then returned home on Seventh Avenue West.

Max Leeman Bank and Lee Streets Brown Benevolent Society Seventh Avenue West

Mississippi Governor Primary Forces Runoff Prospects

Mississippi voters face a crowded gubernatorial field with six candidates including Dr. E A Copeland Lester C Franklin Paul B Johnson Dennis Murphree and Le White. Most forecasts expect no winner in the first primary and a runoff between the top two. Polls open 7 8 and close 6 with slow canvassing expected due to long ballot.

E. A. Copeland Jackson Lester C. Franklin Tax Commission Paul B. Johnson Hattiesburg Dennis Leutenant Calhoun City le White Columbia Miss Lumberman Gulf Coast Johnson White Biloxi Gulfport Murphree

King Sol Still Is Blistering State

A blistering hot day across Alabama after record temperatures the previous day. In Montgomery and Mobile the high reached 96 degrees with Florence at 102 despite 22 inches of rain in the area. Decatur and Eufaula posted 90s while Ozark logged 94, and Florence led the heat as the coolest spot among several readings.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Florence Lowviet U. S Decatur Eufaula

Japan to protest sketch of emperor in Vanity Fair

Ambassador Hiroji Satto said he would file representations with Secretary Hull over a Vanity Fair caricature depicting the Japanese emperor with a Nobel Peace Prize label. The discussion was set for today at the State Department to address the alleged insult.

Washington Hiroji Satto Hull

Clash Leaves Four Wounded After Marseille Rally

Four people were hospitalized in Marseille after a clash between Royalists and Leftists. Buses carried Royalists back from a 10,000 strong Réque Marine gathering when left wingers attacked. The fight ended when gendarmes routed the combatants.

Marseille France Réque Marine

Intense Cold Technology for Synthetic Rubber Production

The article describes a 100 below zero cold system used by a DuPont type facility to produce Monovinyl acetylene for synthetic rubber. It explains the process of liquefying gases, separating acetylene derivatives, and using automated chilling tanks condensers and stills with a centrifugal refrigeration unit. It notes broader industrial use of extreme cold from 182 below to 50 60 below in refining and quick freeze plants.

du Pont Carrier Engineering Corporation

Ice Cream Hardens at 20 Below

A brief note reports ice cream hardening at 20 below as a reference point. No additional context or figures accompany the observation.

Selma Youth Drowns Near Fort Smith Sink Hole

Northwest Arkansas reports its eighth drowning of the summer as 18 year old Thomas Longcrier of Selma Alabama drowns wading with two companions near a sink hole on Wildcat mountain north of the federal camp.

Fort Smith Ark Northwest Arkansas Thomas Longcrier Selma Ala Wildcat Mountain

Lynching of Negro Accused of Attack in Pittsboro

Hodie Bates, a Black man accused of attempting to enter a Pittsboro home, was seized from Calhoun county jail by a white mob and hanged from a bridge over the Yalobusha river. No arrests reported. Bates reportedly admitted to the home before the mob acted.

Pittsboro Miss Hodie Bates Calhoun County Bates Yalobusha River Jack W. Powell Ction Anothe Negro

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