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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1932
Page
8
A proposed constitutional amendment outlines income tax authority for 1932 and thereafter. It bars net income from being treated as property for ad valorem tax, grants 1500 in exemptions for unmarried filers and 3000 for heads of families, and requires ad valorem reductions when income tax revenue justifies.
A revival starts Sunday morning at Flint with Rev. R. T. Tyler presiding, delivering the opening sermon. Pastor Rev. R. F. McDonald will conduct services twice daily for the following week, and the public is extended a cordial invitation to attend.
The weather bureau records a maximum temperature of 89 and a minimum of 65 for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
R. L. Royer will lead the prayer services Wednesday evening at the Southside Baptist church, while F. E. Halbrooks will conduct the Sunday school teachers meeting.
The Alabama Power Company board declares regular quarterly dividends on its seven and six dollar stock payable November 1, 1932 to stockholders of record September 15 1932. A second, five dollar preferred stock dividend is payable December 1 1932 to holders of record October 15 1932. Total dividends amount to about 585000 dollars. Checks will be mailed September 30 and October 31 respectively.
Regular mid week prayer services by J. W. McCluskey will be held Wednesday night at Ninth Street Methodist Church.
The Young People of the Church of God honored Prof and Mrs Cecil Hartselle of Anderson Indiana at their Sunday evening gathering. Prof Hartselle teaches piano and voice at the Anderson Bible school and Theological Seminary and trained in Alabama Boston and European music centers. Mrs Hartselle is fluent in several languages and a skilled public speaker.
The revival at Blue Springs enters its second week with strong interest and good results. Rev. J. D. Pickens of Southside Baptist Church preaches. Two services are held daily at 10 30 a.m. and 7 30 p.m.
Wilburn McCluskey is nursing a severely sprained left arm suffered Friday in the progress of a base ball game.
Walton A. Hill, formerly of Decatur, now stationed in Johnson City Tennessee, will head the pharmacy at the U S Veterans hospital in Tuscaloosa. He was en route to Druid City to assume duties and is remembered in Decatur for his time at Preult Dillehay Drug Co.
In Montgomery the Givhan bill proposes extending Alabama tobacco taxes to all products including pipes and chewing tobacco. It aims to raise revenue and curb bootlegging by stamping all tobacco sales and requires retailers to affix stamps within 24 hours of receiving goods. The measure, drafted with the tax commission, would be pushed as an administrative move in both houses.
Rev. RT Tyler, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will lecture and preach on the Flint circuit this weekend. He preaches Saturday at Mt. Tabor at 11 o clock and holds conference in the afternoon. Sunday morning he preaches in Flint.
There was no rainfall during the 24 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning.
J T Weatherly is seriously ill at his Sixth Avenue home after months of illness. Friends regret to learn of his critical condition and ongoing health crisis.
Paramount presents Million Dollar Legs a dizzy Klopstokia burlesque starring Jack Oakie W C Fields Lydia Roberts Ben Turpin Hank Mann Andy Clyde Susan Fleming and Dickie Moore with Mata Macree and a weight lifting president. The spoof follows a red hot American salesman who leads an Olympic team to save a defunct treasury.
Athens Alabama August 23 Special reports a historic law requiring every able bodied man to work on the streets spurring talk of revoking or abolishing the tax and broad civic reform proposals. The item highlights local officials and residents weighing the impact on public works and municipal finances.
State Senator R. H. Walker advertises a proposed law to abolish the five days of street labor for ages 18 to 45 within Athens city limits or payment of three dollars, noting the practice has not been enforced this year due to poor economic conditions.
Pierre Corneille ranks among France's greatest tragic poets. His enduring influence shaped onstage tragedy with complex plots and elevated verse that inspired later dramatists.
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