Rotary adopts six month program of club activities
The Decatur Rotary Club's aims and objects committee set six month program slots with chairpersons for each date. August through December feature club service vocational and community service roles. Open dates include Labor Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving and Christmas periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Tennessee Valley Bank
Jervis Jones
John Snodgrass
I. V. Timberlake
International Service Committee
Joseph A. Woods
Good Results In Meeting at Flint
The revival at the Methodist church in Flint draws large congregations with Rev. W. M. Newton of Ninth Street Methodist Church preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Methodist Church
W. M. Newton
Ninth Street Methodist Church
River gauge shows Tennessee drops to 46 feet today
The Tennessee river level fell today with the gauge at 46 feet, indicating a continuing drop in the river height. No additional events or measures are noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Industrial Plant Plans Large Riverfront Sign
Sometime in the near future motorists approaching the Keller Memorial bridge will see a large river facing sign identifying the city and the Decatur Box and Basket Factory. The factory, a major riverbank industry, plans to erect the sign in the next few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur Box and Basket Factory
Decatur
Ninth Street Methodist Sunday School Meeting Discusses Plans
The teachers met with superintendent L. R. Yarbrough last night to discuss plans for the church school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street Methodist Church Sunday School
L. R. Yarbrough
Beetle Trapping Declared New Virginia Sport
Virginia adopts beetle trapping as a new sport aimed at reducing an influx of Japanese beetles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Compilation
A dense list of crossword clues and puzzle notes, including across and down words with numbers and several garbled phrases. Entries reference clothing, geometry terms, astronomy, landmarks, and common nouns, suggesting an extensive pasting of clue lists and solution labels.
Irving Mitchell Promoted to Knoxville H. G. Hill Manager
Irving Mitchell, long with H. G. Hill stores in this city, has been promoted to manager of a Knoxville branch. He will likely depart within a month. A Decatur native, Mitchell leaves many friends behind, who celebrate his advancement and wish him success in the larger field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Mitchell
H. G. Hill
Knoxville
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Decatur
Legion's Junior Series to be Broadcast Nationwide
The World Series games of the American Legion Junior baseball competition will be broadcast nationwide from Louisville Kentucky on September 4 5 and 6. Graham McNamee and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis will announce from 2 PM Central Standard Time. Major leagues sponsor the program with a 50000 dollar goal and a massive youth participation surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Louisville
National Broadcasting Company
I. V. Timberlake
Graham McNamee
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Dan Sowers
Legion
United States
Easterwood to Run for Texas Governor in 1930 Primary
Col. W. E. Easterwood Jr., a Dallas capitalist and aviation enthusiast, announced his bid for the Texas governorship in the upcoming 1930 Democratic primary. He joins a crowded field amid party tensions and fiscal concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
W. E. Easterwood, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Quartet Heard in Flint Revival Repertoire
The Bonzana quartette performed last night in a Flint revival with a sequence of appreciated numbers. Civic and patriotic societies have supported teams and leagues to teach good citizenship through fair play and clean sportsmanship, with Legion programs representing every state and the District of Columbia and distributing thousands of boys by population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Tions
District of Columbia
Legion
Baptist Associations Begin Annual Meeting Series in Alabama
Seventy five Baptist associations comprising more than two thousand churches in Alabama will start their annual meeting series this month. The state convention gathering is set for Gadsden in November. Dr. Dent F. Green outlined schedules for Shelby county Siluria August 13 to 14 and Bethel Thomaston August 14 to 15. Denominational leaders prepare programs and a map of churches and groups will be mailed statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Gadsden
Dent F. Green
State Baptist Convention
Shelby County Association
Siluria
Green
Bethel Association
Thomaston
Dallas County Association
Marion Junction
Womens Missionary Unions
Gree@p
Date of Picnic and Sing at Oak Grove Rescheduled
Lawrence county event at Oak Grove now set for Friday August 9, replacing Thursday August 8. The Daily was advised today. Committee members arranging the double program include J. C. Hayes A. W. Price and W. F. Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Lawrence County
J. C. Hayes
A. W. Price
W. F. Price
Temperature Soars as Thermometer Reaches 92 Degrees
The weather bureau reports a high of 92 and a low of 66, with clear conditions persisting into this morning. Residents experienced the warm spell as temperatures edged into the nineties yesterday.
Alabama Shares In Federal Aid For 1929 Road Work
Montgomery reports Alabama received its share of 7,022 federal aid highway miles built in the 1929 fiscal year ending July. The nation totals exceed 78,000 federal aid miles, with 188,000 total main interstate and intercounty miles in the system. Federal and state cooperation produced the year's mileage and ongoing projects cost about 238 million dollars, with federal funds totaling 96.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Bureau
Today’s Rainfall Report Early Morning Precipitation
The weather bureau logged a rainfall of .12 inches up to seven o'clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Weather Bureau
May Be G O P Chief Huston for RNC Chairmanship
A Tennessee figure Claudius H Huston of Chatta n is mentioned as a potential candidate for chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Claudius H. Huston
Chattan, Tenn
Republican National Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. £. Robertson
Spartanburg
Ss. C
Industral
Ands
Cain, Walcott
Michigan
Thorn
Isin
King of Bashan
Lee
Elizabeth Holcombe
Houston
Fex
Newport News
RADIO
Baptist
Member
AAA” Association
D. E. McClendon
Met
Cor, Walnut and
Alabama Sts
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Gulf Refining Company
Oding
Gry
Cron OY
Pan-Am
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Hartselle
Sheffield
P. O. Box
Anniston
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!