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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
2
Practical tips for weekend hosts using two burner stoves and portable ovens. Advice covers simple menus such as fried chicken with melon cocktail corn on the cob and potato salad, plus using electric stoves, outdoor dining, and quick gravies. Includes step by step chicken preparation and timing for corn.
Roosevelt aims to lift the economy with a booming national income and a new tax schedule expected to raise under 300 million dollars. He plans proceeds from rising incomes to fund a larger Treasury status, while opponents caution about burdens on business. Reports note ambitions of Democratic resignations and Senate entry by figures like Rogers and Gore.
A Mississippi runoff vote centers on whether Huey Long of Louisiana should dictate the state election. Headlines show Johnson leading White with 110 024 to 109 149 votes, while Lt. Gov. Murphree trails.
Tomorrow's menu outlines a camp or cottage meal plan featuring breakfast with cereal and cream, baton and eggs, toast, milk, and coffee followed by luncheon items including melon ball cocktail, fried chicken with gravy and biscuits, corn on the cob, potato salad, and cherry blossom cakes ending with dinner courses of vegetable salad, frankfurters, rolls, apple sauce, molasses cookies, milk, and coffee.
A partial OCR fragment suggests a statement about political interest and a date tied to a primary involving a figure associated with White. The context remains unclear due to incomplete wording.
The Ethiopian legation rejected with thanks hundreds of British citizens seeking to enlist in the Ethiopian army. Officials cited lack of funds and uncertainty about foreign soldiers' status in wartime as reasons for the refusal.
Labor unions launched a strike against WPA security wages calling 10 000 to 15 000 skilled workers from Works Progress Administration jobs. George Meany declared continued walkouts, while General Johnson urged a sit down policy and warned of rapid replacements. The Astor slum clearance project was halted.
Proposals outline an age pension funded by employer and employee payrolls, providing up to $86 monthly for retirees after six years. Federal grants up to $15 monthly for needy aged, matched by states. Separate provisions authorize $15 monthly grants to the needy blind, tax on large employers for unemployment benefits, and substantial funding for dependent children and public health totaling over $38 million.
The J. D. Swanner family of Tanner held a reunion in Athens on Tuesday. The gathering included the parents all 12 children 15 grandchildren and all in-laws with a chicken stew watermelons ice cream and lemonade served. Such a large turnout with every child spouse and grandchild present was noted as remarkable.
Four generations gathered at James F. Morgan's East Pryor Street home in Athens to honor his 86th birthday. Relatives and friends from Birmingham Jasper Russellville Florence Sheffield Lawrenceburg Tennessee and nearby towns attended bringing baskets for a generous lawn picnic.
Washington August 9 After word that consumers must bear the cost of a 5 million dollar lobby against the Roosevelt utilities bill Chairman Black of Alabama outlined plans to map the probe and coordinate strategy.
Investigation today mapped new hearings for the future in senate lobby circles. Officials and observers anticipate agenda shifts and focused committee reviews amid ongoing inquiry developments.
Ben Binford sixteen was bound over for the grand jury on seven hundred fifty dollars bail on murder charges in the fatal beating of Joseph Chubby Meyers twenty seven on August second in Mobile Alabama.
Bebe Harrison of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles will begin a revival in Decatur next Wednesday evening preaching in the auditorium. The event features the Temple's Messenger as the featured evangelist and aims to attract local followers to the revival meetings.
Stockholders of the Limestone County Fair Association will meet at the courthouse Saturday to decide if a county fair will be held this fall and to plan arrangements. R C O Nichols is president and R H Walker is secretary. Meetings begin at 7:45 PM in the Riverside High School auditorium.
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