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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
4
A set of social notices lists numerous residents served with salis and notices of engagement and marriage. It mentions weddings around August fifth and a Birmingham ledbetter marriage, with home addresses in Decatur and Sheffield and references to local clubs and a meeting of the Entre Meres Club at 337 Sherman Street.
Mrs H A Bkegis returns home after weeks in North Carolina and Boston visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs E L Morrow and daughter Ruth Lee leave for Parkin Ark after weekend with local family. Pa Lee heads to Texas for a new Mouston position. Audrey Frasier of Memphis was here on business. Mrs Mattie Young rests at home after a week in bed from a fall. Miss Magmie Barnett returns after a week with Mrs Charles Alexander. Katherine Sheffield of Miami is visiting cousin Mrs FE M Chenault. Mrs Jones of Paint Rock Ala plans visit to daughter Mrs Owen Wise. Mrs F H Pointer of Gadsden returns after a Sunday guest stay. Mrs George Samson and children plus Miss Lillian Frances from Crowley La visit sister Mrs Redding Emens. J D McCutcheon returns to Birmingham after visit with sister Mrs W S Stevens. Marie Goode returns from Lawrenceburg Tenn. Dewey Woodard and two children of Greenwood Miss guests en route to Fayetteville Tenn to visit his mother. E B Strain and son of Columbus Miss visiting en route to Lynchburg Tenn.
William Powell and Myrna Loy star in The Thin Man, opening at the Princess Theatre. The film offers a fresh light comedy with a clever plot, closely following Dashiell Hammett's novel and featuring a witty Nick Charles and Nora Wynant.
Mrs Strain's parents host guests while Mr and Mrs Joe Pettey welcome visitors from Atlanta and Cullman. The Pettey household hosted Miss Mary Yarbrough from Elkmont and Paul Scherer Jr. returns from Birmingham. Lester Corbett family plans trips to Montgomery Abbeville and South Alabama. Mrs Dix and Mary Dix near Raleigh awaiting return. Mildred Haslett visiting Lynchburg Tennessee with the Haslett family.
Minnesota Governor Floyd B Olson renewed control over truck movement by revoking permits for 7 000 trucks as a strike stretched three weeks. Only a few trucks were allowed to operate under new permits after strikers and employers failed to reach a settlement by the deadline.
H B Spivey manager of the Machine Company returns from visiting the Century of Progress in Chicago He won the trip as a reward in a sales contest.
Dee Counts has returned from Huntsville where he was the guest of Ie. The report notes a brief stay and mentions no further engagements or upcoming appearances.
The Decatur revival under Evangelist John C. Cowell earns praise at Central Methodist Church services led by Pastor Dr. Ira Hawkins. Dr. L. G. Sturdivant and Harold Harthman urged open Christian living and discussed topics from ultimate human development to the influence of fellowship environment and service.
Mr. Davenport, a familiar AP figure in Desatur, visits Huntsville to study the local textile situation after covering Bevttaboro trials last year for the Associated Press.
A heavy police court docket heard this morning with 20 offenders arraigned for offenses from the weekend. Drunkenness gaming disorderly conduct speeding fighting and driving while drunk were among the charges listed.
Raymond Pepper of Decatur, an outfileder with the St. Louis Browns, is out of the lineup due to a severe cold. Fans have noted his absence from his accustomed position and were advised of the illness.
Friends report A. M. Richards of 343 Sherman Street is showing satisfactory improvement after a period of illness and confinement to his home in North Alabama.
Mr Earthman spoke at the revival tent about God supplying needs not wants and recounted a life lesson from a Tennessee governor maker who faced prison. He contrasted worldly fame with grace and testified how divine truth saved him from a troubled path. Saturday night audience heard an uplifting message.
Crowds gathered at Merrimack and near the railroad as unionists from many cities opposed non union workers and guards. Sheriff Giles and police kept peace at the dividing line while a thunderstorm dispersed meetings and guards remained at key homes.
In Haleyville Alabama an argument erupted prompting officers to intervene. The incident, reported as a special dispatch to The Daily, highlighted tense lines outside an armory. No injuries were confirmed in the brief notice.
Mrs. H A Griffin reports Bronson Michigan enjoyed cool pleasant weather after a heavy hail storm but describes extreme dryness with browning trees and parched grain. The Griffins left Decatur on Sunday July 29 and reached Bronson the next day amid local talk criticizing the President for favoring the South.
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