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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1930

Page

10

Patterson Enters Home County Campaign with Large Crowds

A. G. Patterson continued his speaking tour through Moulton Lawrence county Sheffield Leighton and Spring Valley. The Bo nanza quartet of Decatur sang for Patterson at Spring Valley as he praised a fair campaign and good-natured rivalry with Almon noting they had spoken together on multiple occasions.

Patterson Almon Colbert A. G. Patterson Moulton Lawrence County Sheffield Leighton Spring Valley Baptist Church Bonanza Quartet Decatur Jackson T. C. Burns Colbert County Burns Falkville High School Paul Coburn The American Legion

Bonanza Quartette To Make Records

The Bonanza quartette was informed by the Victor company they will make several recordings this fall. Patterson challenged Almon’s campaign claims about Tennessee river funding, presenting government figures showing $17,617,377 spent on Tennessee river work over 100 years, and argued Almon’s stated $27,000,000 portion and related assertions were incorrect.

Bonanza Quartette Victor Company Quartette Patterson Almon Tennessee River Muscle Shoals Tennessee River Improvement Association Congress of the United States Folliers Tennessee Wilson Almons

Patterson Assails Almon Record On Power Politics

Patterson argues against Almon’s claims on highway funding and Muscle Shoals power, recounting his own public service record and warning of what he calls extravagant rhetoric. He cites federal voucher requirements, doctorsing claims about Decatur shops, and contrasts experience in public utilities with Almon’s Washington tenure. Gilchrist recovers from a car accident, and Decatur’s industrial payroll nears five million annually.

Almon Tennessee Congress Patterson Highway Commission Public Roads Committee Washington Rogersville Decatur Alabama Power Company Aloose Public Service Commission Muscle Shoals Power Company Congress of the United States Mr. Almon Tuscumbia

Patterson Speaks in Shoals Area Speakings Across the Shoals

A. G. Patterson continued engagements in the Shoals area today and will address audiences in Muscle Shoals, St. Florian near Florence, and Florence at the courthouse. The Bonanza quartet will provide music before each speech during the series.

Patterson Shoals Area A. G. Patterson Muscle Shoals House St. Florian Florence Bonanza Quartette

Bonanza Singers to Perform at Churches and Radio

The Bonanza quartet will sing at Hunter Street Baptist Church at 11. They will broadcast on WBRC from 4:00 to 4:30 and appear at Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church in the evening service.

Bonanza Hunter Street Baptist Church WBRC Eleventh Avenue Methodist Church

Classified Ads Diversified Needs

No rainfall recorded up to seven this morning per weather bureau. Read the want ads daily for profit. classified ads file diversified needs.

Weather Bureau

Detroit Public Works Chief Quits After Bowles Recall

John Gillespie resigned as commissioner of public works amid the recall of Detroit Mayor Charles Bowles. The move places storm center on Bowles administration and its public works policy.

John Gillespie Charles Bowles Detroit

River Gauge Registers One Foot on Tennessee River

The Tennessee river remained stationary today with a guage reading of one foot.

Tennessee

Weather report shows high 99 and low 74 today

The weather bureau records a maximum temperature of 99 and a minimum of 74 as of seven o'clock this morning.

Weather Bureau

Heflin to Speak Tonight in Court Room Rally Draws Crowd

United States Senator Tom Heflin independent candidate for re election is to speak tonight in the circuit court room. Supporters from across the division are expected to hear him as he denounces the state democratic executive committee for barring his participation in the forthcoming primary and urges votes in county races only. Municipal airports have been established by Rocky Ford and Delta Colorado and stunt flying is opposed by the Professional Pilots Association of Los Angeles.

United States Tom Heflin Senate Heflin Democratic Executive Committee Professional Pilots’ Association of Los Angeles

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Europe Galveston Hal P. P. Gilchrist Associated Press Carla Boehl Germany Georgette Gero Mariane J. Mirica Hungary Nadia de Kosarin Russia J.c.penney Fluffy Zoe SILK Picot Top Bonanza Singers Detroit Post Rocky Ford Delta, Colo Sterchi’s Sterch Jacquard Sterchi Bros. Stores, Inc Second Bank St Michigan Alexander J. Groesbeck
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