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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1932
Page
3
Sylvia and Avis competition over Peter unfolds with romantic plots and studio intrigue. Sylvia pits wit against Avis as Peter plans a mold exhibit while Camilla Hoyt advances a daring design submission to Bowman.
Ina Robb Webster presents Camilla Hoyt in a tale of quick ambitions. A panel of six men debates her hastily conceived design as she trembles at a pivotal portfolio review.
E. W. Pettus of Selma, Alabama state Democratic chair, says the party once split in 1928 is now unified and expected to back the ticket in November. He notes some preachers who opposed Democrats then will fight within the party, and cites Alabama voting figures with a strong GOP presence in mining areas shifting toward Democrats on economic grounds.
Limestone county builds a fill at Piney Creek to raise the Mooresville to Decatur road above the high water mark. Completion expected in the late fall.
Mrs. A. Allen rests comfortably this afternoon after a tonsillectomy performed this morning. Wittekind, a Westphalian chief, was noted as the famed Saxon leader against Charlemagne.
The article traces Joan Bennett from stage to film stardom earning the nickname Joan of Art. It notes her debut beside Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond and lists key titles including Moby Dick and The Trial of Vivienne Ware. Her latest Fox picture screens at Pearl Vaughan theatre Hartselle on Sunday and Monday.
Receipts in carrots and a detailed list of market prices at Birmingham including hay prices for Johnson, Timothy, and Alfalfa. Corn and oats hold steady with minor increases. poultry and eggs firm. Fruit and vegetable prices tabulated. cotton noon spot middling held unchanged.
Puzzle includes across and down clues with numerous typographical errors and scattered letters. Reader is invited to fill amphibians, races, trustees, imperial abbreviations and common crossword answers such as beard, margin, and various fruitless fragments.
A society girl and heiress becomes entangled in circumstance and is tried for the murder of her former lover. Supporting cast includes Donald Cook Allen Dinehart Lilian Bond Zazu Pitts Skeets Gallagher and more. William K Howard directed the screen adaptation. Also notes the ancient Hindu vina instrument.
Limestone county home demonstrators promote the International Canning Contest at Aurora Illinois with over 5000 dollars in cash and prizes. Entries open to all women include canning of chicken fruit vegetables jellies and pickled eggs. Prizes include scholarships for 4 H club girls a complete outfit and appliances. Each entrant gets a free Perfect Mason Jar and entry materials from the local farm bureau.
The ticket office at Union Station will again stay open continuously starting Sunday. After a period of limited hours on August 8, the office will revert to its old 24 hour operation with full staffing to maintain round the clock service.
The Rev R T Tyler, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will move to Center Springs on the Somerville circuit this Sunday. He will preach at 11 o clock and conduct the conference in the afternoon.
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