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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
5
The Legion Auxiliary decided to hold a jelly shower in September for the Morgan County TB sanatorium at Flint. Other party plans were discussed but no definite dates were set.
Misses Annie and Tullie Pepper of Athens were here Wednesday on a shopping visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McRae and Mr. and Mrs. K. L. have returned home after vacations in northern and eastern points including Detroit Washington Carolinas and Savannah. Miss Marie Land of Atlanta is visiting Miss Zella B. Kitchens. Mrs. Kitty Prewett and Miss Dorothy Burleson with Mrs. Ella Davis and Perry Davis of St Petersburg Florida are with Miss Katherine.
Decatur throughout a busy week sees visits from Miss Mary Mason of Athens and Mrs. Clarke of Fort Lauderdale. Births include Henry Cari Walk born August 10 to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Walk, now residents of Arlington Texas. Several residents travel to Birmingham Nashville Florence and Jacksonville for visits and health and leisure. Mrs. M. B. Brown recovers from a serious operation. Mrs. Edmundson improves in Ormond Florida. Miss Zuline Malone visits Nashville. Captain Frank Howard is seriously ill in West Vine Street.
A vintage style piece advises busy women to use French baths and scented lotions after long days. It outlines steps: strip, saturate a towel with toilet water or eau de cologne, rub the body, then don fresh underwear and makeup for a refreshed look.
The text claims a program to develop the bust while trimming the waist hips abdomen and thighs. It suggests a general reducing routine in the New Figure booklet that can drop about 8 to 10 pounds in weeks.
From Budapest, Adm Nicholas Horthy guides a reconsolidating Hungary with royal dignity in abeyance. The exiled admiral has won growing sympathy as he seeks unity and revival, aided by Count Bethlen and followers. Hungary marks a decade of regency with a commemorative stamp issued in 1930.
A 1935 NEA Service piece ponders how a single ruler introduced Western customs to Siam, linking colonial contact with cultural change and the shift in local governance.
The plan provides funds for up to eighteen weeks for workers who lose jobs through no fault of their own. Eligibility covers those with 40 weeks in two years or 26 weeks in one year at firms over eight employees, excluding agricultural, domestic, vessel crews, government, and certain institutions. Benefits start two years after passage, financed by recapturing most of the federal unemployment tax and a 1 percent employee levy, disbursed via district offices under a state commission. Appeals go to the state commission, then courts. Family size does not affect eligibility.
The article notes a family from City Tennessee taking a vacation visiting Michigan and Canadian points. They plan to return home next week. Harle Calvin Jr will leave September 10 to enter Southpete University in Memphis.
In Kanab Utah on August 22 a boy Harold Young and his playmate Mack Frost found a huge rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. They tried rocks then hit it with sling shots and defeated the snake.
A tropical storm of hurricane proportions travels offshore about 700 miles northwest of Florida heading toward Bermuda. The Weather Bureau states there is no further threat to the United States, though indications suggest the storm center will pass near the west of Bermuda in 24 to 36 hours.
Beginner's Luck Bamberg 8 C Aug 23 reports deer season limit five. State Representative Faber W. Kearse hunted his first time this season and killed four, all within an unspecified area.
Mrs Gilbert Johnson visits in Decatur and Blue Springs plus multiple trips by Misses Ausborn Vice Vincent Maize and others. Families including Hardin Thompson Spencer and Peck relatives visit in Hartselle Sheffield and Cullman with extended stays and weekend gatherings.
Beth Storrs assistant commissioner of agriculture said the Roosevelt textile committee report is very much in line with the wishes of Alabama farmers. The comment came in August in Y Alabama.
Anne Adams presents pattern 2380 designed for fuller figures with a slenderizing central skirt panel and a tight cuff at the wrist. The dress suits hot September afternoons in triple sheer or novelty fabric and comes in sizes 16 through 46. Includes step by step instructions and yardage for size 36. price 15 6 in coins or stamps.
The West Decatur revival opens next Sunday led by Rev John Freeman Owen D De a noted north Alabama pastor educator and evangelist born on Sand Mountain and Nes three brothers years Dr directed theology at Taylor University Indiana Miss Winnie Tant of Auburn will lead the music at the Camp Grounds just outside Hartaville with an invitation to all denominations.
In North Sacramento tensions rise before the trial of three accused in the death of Chief of Police Hrakine G. A city letter threaten delays, signed by Mayor B. R. Burgess, triggers defense warnings and discussions of federal review. Detective Paine reportedly confessed to firing on the officer, amid talk of lynching.
Former SX leader dies. his constitution was published and he held office until 1939 when he retired.
Memphis police chief wires Arkadelphia officials to locate Mrs. R B Echols after a man was seriously injured and her brother in law killed in an automobile accident at Arkadelphia Ark. Police seek contact with the wife to inform her of the injuries and fatality.
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