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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1930
Page
8
A dense list of crossword clues across and down covering subjects from weights to geography and flora. The grid references many common terms such as contmptible person, color of a horse, Japanese money, and various abbreviations. includes animal, plant, and mineral entries with numerous cross-refs implied.
Capt. Hurst of Birmingham proposes forming a national Mess Officers organization to maintain contact with the surgeon general and quartermasters, ready to feed the army in any national emergency. He notes the branch was essential in World War I, often handling hard tasks such as securing 800 pounds of sausage for a single breakfast.
Emet West improves from pneumonia. Visitors include E J Brown, Gilbert Fowler in Hartselle, and J C Dunlap with family. Edna Morris shows improvement while Edna Mae Morris convalesces. Revival to begin at Bethlehem Sunday and attendance at nearby churches noted. Mrs Dora Creel of Memphis visiting relatives. J R Horton hosts Oklahoma visitors.
Central Standard time listings show programs across WEAF New York and other stations. Entries include Sunshine Hour, Melody Moments, orchestral hours, Uncle Abe, Don Bigelow Orch, Jack Albin's Dance Orchestra, and varied forum and forum-like blocks across CBS NBC and local affiliates with multiple city stations and times.
The text notes that the association had a thousand members in each of the 48 states and was disbanded after the war. It records a broad nationwide member base and its subsequent dissolution in the postwar period.
In Athens hundreds gathered for a late night election matinee coordinated by The Decatur Daily the Ritz theatre and E F Loeb Athens telephone manager. D L Rosenau Jr directed the event as state wires closed around 2 am local crews awaited further results.
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