Education Board Approves Negro School Additions in Decatur
The board awarded a $15,000 contract to H. C. Abshire for the West Cherry Street Negro School addition, including two wings with a basement chapel and a domestic science room. A new East Decatur Negro School and a white school expansion are likely next, as the board plans brick buildings to serve 300 to 400 students and adds a manual training room at Decatur High. J. E. Pickett continues as principal with seven teachers assisting.
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Board of Education
West Cherry Street
H. C. Abshire
East Decatur
Southern Cotton Oil Co
J. E. Pickett
Pickett
Church Street
Education Board
Decatur High School
Third Ward
Decatur City Engineer Arrives for Council Meeting
W A McCalla, city engineer, arrived for the Decatur city council meeting where cost estimates for contemplated public improvements will be presented. After his report ordinances will be drafted and a special meeting may be held soon to pass the measures including paving Sherman Street east to the Connecticut Mills and installation of sewers in East Decatur.
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W. A. McCalla
Decatur
Decatur City
Sherman Street
Connecticut Mills
Decatue
Inquiries Hit Farm Land Near Decatur
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce reports several inquiries about farm lands in rural areas and Decatur, signaling widespread favorable publicity for local farming opportunities.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Dream Sends Woman Through Open Window
A New Orleans woman, Mrs. Arthur James, leaped from a first floor window to escape a dream pursuer, fracturing her left leg and sustaining additional injuries. She was sleeping beside her two year old when she woke frightened and fled to a neighbor for help.
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New Orleans
Arthur James
Detroit Prohibition District Created to Curb Whiskey Flow
Washington officials declare Detroit faces the most critical law enforcement condition in the country and establish a separate Michigan enforcement district joined with Ohio. Thomas E. Stone becomes administrator in Detroit effective September as part of a plan by prohibition, customs, and coast guard services to stop whisky entering from Canada.
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Washington
Detroit
Lowman
Michigan
Ohio
Thomas E. Stone
Cleveland
Aegan
Prohibition, Customs and Coast Guard Services
United States
Canada
Graves Bill Expected Sign Friday to Authorize Courthouse
Local circles believe the commission bill passed by the legislature will become law Friday after signature by Governor Graves. The measure, needing house and senate steps, would empower the county to start building a courthouse once signed, becoming effective upon the executive’s action.
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Graves
House
Senate
Nice Sales Over Curb Market Today
Ten sellers sold out by nine o'clock at the Decatur curb with heavy demand for farm products. Total sales approached forty to fifty dollars, below Tuesday’s record of one hundred ten dollars. A good variety of farm products was offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Half holiday observance winds down this August
Local banks and stores closed this afternoon for the weekly half holiday. Today marks the next to last of the half holidays, with the agreement ending in August.
Morgan County Revenue Board urged to attend Saturday meeting
Morgan County officials call on the revenue board to join a Saturday 10 a.m. YMCA session led by the county federation of clubs. The protest aims to keep farm and home demonstration agencies, with residents seeking an explanation for the board’s August 10 salary cuts and a possible rescission.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue
Morgan County Council of Federated Clubs
Board of Revenue
J. T. Nelson
Morgan County Council
Hartselle
County Club
Revenue Board
Thundershowers
J. J. Dinsmore
Falkville
Home Demonstration Club
Morgan
Decatur
Gentry Visitor To Old Home Here
W G Gentry of Miami Florida is visiting his old home here and renewing acquaintance with many friends in Decatur. He was formerly an attache at the local post office and later at the Miami post office in a responsible position. He also served as secretary of the civil service board for a long time.
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W.G. Gentry
Miami, Fla
Decatur
Gentry
Miami
Civil Service Board
Daily Classified Ad Finds Lost Car After Notice
A lost car advertisement placed by Leroy McEntire in the Daily Classifieds led to quick discovery. Police spotted the notice and located the automobile, showing the column's effectiveness for finding items. Albany 1000 advertises its low cost service for selling or trading items.
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Leroy. McEntire
Albany
Effort to Save Man Lost in Nick-A-Jack Cave
In Chattanooga Tennessee AP reports a fourth rescue party failed to find L S Ashley a geologist who entered Nick A Jack cave Monday. A fifth party will search a newly opened cavern while the third party remains inside expected out this afternoon. Claude McAbee suspects a rock slide or underground stream may have trapped or washed Ashley away. Bloodhounds may be used in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nick-A-Jack Cave
L.S. Ashley
Claude McAbee
Ashley
Warning to Mission Workers to Avoid Interior China Return
The State Department issued a warning advising American missionaries and business staff not to return to interior China without consulting consular offices. It cites current conditions as not justifying changing proven policy of withdrawing Americans from interior regions and concentrating them where evacuation is possible in emergencies.
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Washington
China
State Department
United States
Kidnap Plot Foiled by Girl in Scranton Area
Gertrude Card a 20 year old country girl is jailed in Wayne County on a murder charge after she says she killed Anthony Shaldone 38 at Pointelle Pa Tuesday night. Police say Shaldone and three men came to kidnap her. she fired a double barreled shotgun as he charged the house. A companion and the man she lived with were arrested as material witnesses.
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Scranton
Wayne County
Gertrude Card
Anthony Shaldone
Ointelle
Shaldone
Card
Pointelle
Here
Slayer Joe Whitmore A Nashville shooting case in self defense
Former Decatur resident Joe Whitmore, called the slayer at Nashville for killing Harry Lehman known as the king of the bootleggers, claims he acted in self defense after moving to Nashville recently.
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Joe Whitmore
Nashville
Harry Lehman
Decatur
Whitmore
Lehman
Two Convicted Murderers Escape Alleghaney Jail
Two convicted murderers shot their way to freedom from the Alleghaney county jail in downtown Pittsburgh. The escape occurred today as guards faced an armed breakout in the agean county facility.
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Pittsburgh
Alleghaney County
Porter Confesses Role in Ambush Slaying Near Chauncey Hollow
Millard Porter of Logan West Virginia admitted a part in the fatal ambush of hunters linked to a prohibition officer slaying. He named Bert Nelson Mit Nelson and Isom Curry as participants, and led officers to their vicinity as a rain soaked search closed in.
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Logan
W. Va
Sheriff's Office
Millard Porter
Prohibition
Tennis Hatfield
Chauncy Hollow
Porter
Chauncey Hollow
Hatfield
Bert Nelson
Mit Nelson
Isom Curry
Turtle Hollow
Madison County leaves Eighth circuit under lawmaker bill
Representative Lawler's bill to move Madison County out of the Eighth judicial circuit passes both houses and awaits Governor Graves signature. The change leaves Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone and Cullman counties in the Eighth circuit with governor appointments for the Madison County solicitor and circuit judge posts. Several applicants seek the solicitor role. only one for the judgeship.
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Lawler
Madison County
Eighth Judicial Circuit
House
Senate
Graves
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone
Cullman
Madison
About 3 000 Cans Packed At Plant
The Décatur canning plant operated this morning with a pack of about 3 000 cans. The tomato supply was not as large as hoped, but the day’s work was considered very satisfactory.
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Décatur
Columbia Party Plans Goodwill Visit to Decatur
A group of 50 to 60 members from the Columbia Tennessee Chamber of Commerce will tour Florence, Decatur, and Huntsville August 24. They will spend several hours in Decatur to observe industrial and commercial progress and meet local civic groups including Kiwanians and Rotarians.
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Columbia
North Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Alabama
Huntsville
P. Rutledge
Cotton Opening on Cain Place Near Somerville
Cotton has begun to open on the Cain place near Somerville. Owners predict cotton will appear on the streets of Decatur within two weeks. No weevils or worms observed this season. rust has affected bolls and contributed to early opening.
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Cain Place
Somerville
Decatur
One-Four-O Tire opens Sheffield store under Boggess
The One-Four-O Tire Company opened its Sheffield store with J. W. Boggess in charge. Three weeks were spent preparing the structure for the new tire and service station as part of the company’s local chain.
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One-Four-O Tire Company
Sheffield
J. W. Boggess
Aged Woman Donates Blood to Save Boy in Jersey City
In Jersey City New Jersey on August 18 AP reports a 63 year old grandmother Emily Coons donated a pint and a half of blood to her grandson William Ortt 20 who was badly injured in a baking powder plant mixing machine. Surgeons accepted her donation despite age after two younger volunteers were rejected.
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Jersey City
N. J
William Orttman
Emily Coons
Gamble here on a tragic mission
J G Gamble of Des Moines arrived to accompany the body of his son, Christopher Hildreth Gamble, home. The youth was killed when a live wire struck him while bathing and boating in the river. Prayer services were to be held privately at the Hildreth home, then the body would go to Des Moines for interment aboard Gamble's private car.
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J. G. Gamble
Des Moines
Christopher Hildreth Gamble
Young Gamble
H. E. Hildreth
la Fayette Street
Mr. Gamble
Dry Officer Killed in Virginia Raid
S M Watts state prohibition officer was shot and killed during a raid on a mountain still. Tobe Roberts was held on murder charges after allegedly firing buckshot at Watts when ordered to halt. police say Roberts operated the still and fled before the shooting.
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Lynchburg
S.M. Watts
Prohibition
Tobe Roberts
Roberts
Watts
Watt
Actual Work On Apartment Begun
After days of moving a residence and garage sections at Grant Street and Sixth Avenue, J. W. Chambers Lumber Company began the apartment house project for D. C. Adams. Surveyors laid out the site as work starts, with completion expected by February 1 on the $55,000 project.
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Grant Street
Sixth Avenue
D. C. Adams
J. W. Chambers Lumber Company
Five Children Witness Father Kill Mother in Tampa
In front of his five children ranging from 14 to four, D. C. Bowdoin fatally wounded his wife then killed himself with a public safety item. The children fled to a nearby farm and later reported the tragedy. Six children survive the couple. relatives may take custody.
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Tampa
Fla
D. C. Bowdoin
Bowdoin
Goebel and Davis Win Rich Prize in First Air Derby
In Honolulu Aug 18 two teams competed in the first aerial derby from Oakland to Honolulu aboard the Miss Doran and the Golden Eagle. Five fliers were missing as searches spanned the ocean while authorities race to locate the planes and ensure safety with life rafts and emergency gear aboard.
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Homolulu
API
Dole
Here
San
Mildred
Oakland
Doran
Wasaace
Jenson
Miss Doran
Wyatt
Golden Eagle
Frost
Aieree
O Neal to Speak at Kiwanis Club Meeting
Edward A. O Neal famed farm leader and Alabama Farm Bureau president will be the principal speaker at the Kiwanis meeting tonight. About fifty farmers from the area are guests of the club. Charles Rountree chairs the farm relations committee arranging details. Hendrix is expected to deliver the welcome. Music by the Winning Four.
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Edward A. O’neal
Alabama Farm Bureau
Kiwanis
Charles Rountree
Chai
Farm Relations Committee
Hendrix
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West Cherry St
East Town
McCalla
City Council
Montgomery
Bill
Curb Mart
Federated Council
Farm Club
Slayer
Resident
C. of C. States
Columbia, Tenn
One-Four-O Co
Father
Body
Abbott
Goebel and
Davis Winrich
Hawaii
Aviatrix
O'Neal
Farm Bureau
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