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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1936

Page

8

Mine nets $500 daily near Jungo Nevada

The San Francisco Chronicle reports a Nevada gold mine near Jungo yielding about 500 dollars daily for the past year. Owner George Austin Jungo storekeeper refused offers totaling around 10 million including a bid by ex president Herbert Hoover.

AN Francisco the Chronicle Jungo Nev Herbert Hoover George Austin Jungo Austin J. Stagg Fallon Hoover Chronicle Kenneth Wilfred

Birmingham Ballot on Beer Repeal Vote Looms

Birmingham voters will decide tomorrow whether to repeal city restrictions on beer manufacture and sale. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm with a required minimum affirmative vote of 8 200 to grant legal status to the election as supporters push for a strong turnout.

Ala Birmingham Albert Boutwell Repeal Forces

Lindbergh Flies From England to Reading for New Invention

Charles A. Lindbergh, after a weekend at his English home, flew to Reading today. He will oversee the construction of a flying cot involving a devise he has invented, currently under way at Reading.

Sevenoaks Kert Eng Charles A. Lindbergh Reading

Local Hartselle News Highlights Birthdays Trips and Visits

Hartselle notes entries include Mrs Janie Hardwick returning from Birmingham and Hobart Winton going home to Piedmont after visiting relatives. Monroe York visits Columbia Tennessee then returns. Misses Collum return to Lacon after time with aunt Mrs Holder. Miss Lucy Kate Reynolds heads to Ozark Arkansas after a week with aunt Mrs Sobotka. Mrs Russell Breeding and daughter Linda visit relatives in Hartselle. J B Orr returns from Memphis and visits FA Vistf with relatives. Malcolm Roberts and others attend Dallas Centennial. Mrs Arthur Holder and Miss Lucile Weinman visit Huntsville. Continuous updates report improvements after illnesses and several travels to and from Mor gan, Huntsville, Birmingham, and Decatur areas.

Janie Hardwick Birmingham Hobart Winton Piedmont John Winton Monroe York Columbia Robert Sobotka Russell Breeding Linda Hartselle J. B. Orr FA. Vistf Wl Memphis Malcolm Roberts Guy Roberts Lyman Payne John T. Kyle Homer Payne Dallas Texas Howard Evans Tuka Miss Arthur Holder Lucile Weinman Huntsville Lester Griffith Tte O'Conner Marinello Gladys Beadlecomb Newton B. Black J. W. Henderson Alexander R. M. Teague Roy Gibson Odenville T. F. Gibson John Lee Stephenson

Announcements of Decatur Mayoral Candidates

The Daily authorizes candidacy announcements for James A. Nelson R. N. Harris and J. D. Cloud for mayor of Decatur Alabama. Support solicited through paid political advertising notices.

James A. Nelson Decatur

Candidacy Announcements for Decatur City Council

Multiple political notices announce candidates for Decatur Alabama alderman and city council. T. R. Harrison George W. Royer Butler P. A. Hine E. W. Kennedy and H. H. Hunter seek votes with paid advertising authorized by their campaigns.

T. R Tom) Harrison City of Decatur T. R. Harrison George W. Royer Decatur Friends Butler P. A. Hine Ala E. W. “Dick” Kennedy E. W. Kennedy Alabama H. H. Hunter

Coughlin Resting After Exhaustion Amid Roosevelt Attack

The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin rested in seclusion in Cleveland after an illness that halted a convention address in which he renewed attacks on President Roosevelt. Dr. George P. O'Malley called it exhaustion and nervous disorder caused by intense planning for the National Union for Social Justice gathering.

Cleveland Charles E. Coughlin Roosevelt Father Coughlin George P. O'Malley National Union For Social Justice National Union William Lemke Franklin D. Roosevelt Kerensky Alf M. Landon North Dakota NUSJ United States Forts Union Party Royal Mich Christ Bethlehem Federal Reserve Bank Life

Toronto mother bears ninth child in famed baby derby

The Canadian press reports Mrs. Gus Graziano gave birth to a son in a Toronto hospital, bringing her total to nine children in Charles Vance Millar’s posthumous baby derby. Standings list Mrs. Martin Kenny with 12, others at 10 and nine, with Graziano poised to rise.

Aning Toronto Gus Graziano Charles Vance Millar Derby Millar Martin Kenny Arthur Timlock John Nagle Grace Bagnato

Athens Social News and Local Visits Highlights

The Young Matron's Society of the First Christian church hosted a picnic supper at Mrs. E E Nelson's home with about twenty five guests. Numerous residents and visitors, including Col Walter O Rawls, Harry Taft, Roger F Rice and others, are reported in and out of town for business, family, or gatherings.

Society of the First Christian Church E.E. Nelson R. H. Cole W. H. Bullington R. H. Noblitt Nannie Beddingfield Oliver Walter O. Rawls Fred W. Raisler Atlanta Athens Raisler Frank H. Armstrong Valdosta Stanley Nelson Huntsville R. B. Patton Gulf Coast Pat

Hatchet Killer Sought After Colorado Family Slayings

Pueblo police seek a so called sex mad maniac after a 15 year old Dorothy Drain was killed and her 12 year old sister Barbara beaten. Father works as WPA foreman. Earlier attack on a girl near the Drain home and the Aug 2 slaying of Mrs. Sally Crumpley 72 and skull fracture to Lilly McMurtree 47.

Pueblo Colo Arthur Grady Dorothy Drain Barbara Dorothy WPA Grady C. H Sally) Crumpley Lilly MceMurtree

Miami Building Tallahassee Hotels and Apartments Planned

Miami builders filed last month for permits to construct 34 hotels and apartment houses costing about 1.5 million dollars. Also noted are local social and personal items including visitors, a nursing home case, TVA references, and a Bridge club gathering with prizes and a large guest list.

MIAMI Tallahassee Ala

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