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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1936
Page
8
The Capitol Theatre features Two Against the World a dynamic drama about a broadcasting network. Humphrey Bogart stars as a radio company manager entangled by a depraved syndicate seeking sensational profit. Helen MacKellar plays the woman haunted by a past life.
Berlin reports the 11th world meet opening with Japan and the Netherlands leading. United States stars Peter Fick and Art Lindegren reach finals in the men's 100 meter freestyle, while U S women reach 100 meter freestyle semi finals but fail in the 200 meter events. Japanese and Dutch swimmers post record breaking feats, surpassing American rivals including Rita Mastenbroek.
Neil Trotter a 37-year-old Phenix City cafe co owner was held without bail in Opelika Alabama charged with the slaying of Mae Bell Hord 22 whose body was found in a woodland near the road following an automobile crash early Thursday.
Rufus D. Underwood, Lipscomb College graduate and noted young minister, has accepted the charge as minister of the Grant Street Church of Christ in Decatur. He comes from Huntsville Alabama where he led the Central Church of Christ for five years and has preached evangelistic services across Texas, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. County friends welcome his arrival and invite attendance at Sunday services where he will speak.
Sam 4H Malone district manager in Decatur marks 30 years of service with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on the twentieth of this month. He began in Florence and spent 22 years as district manager while active in city civic and church life. He has served on the Decatur city council Kiwanis club board and Decatur Chamber of Commerce director.
Washington-State officials follow the Spanish war with fear of a broader European conflict. Secret European moves and pre-Locarno tensions loom large as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy influence events while Mussolini’s role shadows Madrid. Experts think Italian action in Ethiopia tempers Spain support, raising uncertainty in Washington. A Kansas Pilgrim note hints at a Roosevelt Reed split within Republicans.
Clayton Alabama Aug 8 Sheriff John Pitt Williams said three men are under arrest and a fourth warrant is pending in the mysterious death of Jack Harder a Florida youth found shot to death on a South Alabama country road four months ago. Harder’s body was found by his car with a chest wound and a revolver in his hand wrapped in a handkerchief.
Gen Francisco Franco led Moroccan troops in Burgos as rebels claim a thrust at Madrid's government power. Reports place him in Seville and Morocco while liberals say victories against fascists occur across the nation. Loyalists lose in Badajoz and Caceres as Germany backs a non intervention policy with force if needed.
Mrs J L Bean of Hartselle Route 1 suffered a heart attack at the Decatur Curb Market this morning. She was found by curb sellers, taken by Brown's ambulance to Baugh's Infirmary in semi conscious condition, with relatives summoned to her bedside. Bean had sold produce at the market for years.
A vintage Harcourt invitation pitch emphasizes flawless wedding announcements and engraved details. It extols decades of Harcourt imprinting as a mark of refined taste and invites readers to choose from a sample book, noting phone contact for an authorized representative.
The Associated Press industrial index rose for the tenth straight week, reaching 95.8 percent of the 1929-30 average. The gain followed higher freight car loadings and strong cotton textile activity, signaling continued recovery from the stock market crash era.
Two would be bandits tried to rob the Bank of York in Livingston Alabama. A cashier shot with a shotgun halted the heist and one suspect was captured near fatally wounded. The other surrendered and faced highway robbery charges. Identification tied James Isbell to the loot and Henry Walker to the accomplice.
Harold Barber 21 of Winder Georgia was found dead in the cab of his freight truck near Marvin about 17 miles from Opelika. Investigators say he apparently fell asleep and the truck skid into a ditch with a load of gas pipe crushing him as it slid into the cab. Barber was traveling from Columbus to Montgomery. The body was held awaiting relatives.
Scuddy Horner from Montgomery and Robert Burch of Mobile surged to the opening round lead at Beauvoir Country Club in the Southeast PGA event. Both shot 35 for nine holes, Horner birdied Nos. 7 and 9 after a bogey at No. 4.
Adams pattern 4066 offers a neat slimming frock with yoke sleeves slimming panel belt and pockets for quick chores. Available in sizes 16 through 48 requires 378 yards of 36 inch fabric size 36 and includes illustrated instructions. Send 15 cents for pattern or 25 cents for both book and pattern to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York.
An article by Mary E. Dague outlines herbs for cooking and methods for making herb vinegars. It highlights sage thyme and marjoram for stuffings, dill for sauces, and basil and garlic vinegars for dressings, with detailed steps for tarragon and garlic vinegar preparations.
Monday's menu shows meals for breakfast lunch and dinner with items like tomato juice, cereal, liver and bacon, stuffed cucumbers, grape juice blancmange, broiled hamburger steak with sauce, and mixed greens salad. Desserts include blackberry sherbet and plain cake with milk and coffee.
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