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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
4
The Daily in Southern California requests readers send social news by phone to 588 unless away for vacation. Mrs Ben Bloodworth who handles social items will be away and Mrs Maynard Leymann will take over during her absence, with contact number 8 3.
Miss Ruth Banks hosted a Thursday bridge night with three tables. Stone won the prime and Skeggs Craw the men’s prize. A marriage notice for Iona Odessa Creel to Melvin Oliver on July 23 in Huntsville with Rev. John J. Dailford officiating. The couple will reside in Decatur.
Emmett Eubanks Jr recovers from whooping cough. Miss Glennie Eubanks visits from Cullman. Eloise McRight spends weekend with Mount Hope parents. Mrs. D. E. Warren and her grandson leave for Little Rock Arkansas. Mr and Mrs E. B. Strain and Son Junior reside in Columbus Mississippi.
Clark Howell editor and president of The Atlanta Constitution and aviation commission chairman says Europe shows war danger has passed. He cites 1918 plan and British supervision methods and expects a comprehensive U S aviation report upon return. He foresees a tremendous boom once industry leaders know the direction.
Former Decatur resident F. W. Hurston, now a Cullman businessman, has been elected to Cullman city council. He succeeds T. A. Smith who resigned to become postmaster at Cullman.
A bolt of lightning caused slight damage at the home of G. E. Price on Ninth Avenue West. no one was hurt. Residents returned from a two week vacation and relatives in Decatur and Tennessee. Several locals and visitors are noted with travel to Chicago Birmingham and New Orleans.
Maurice Monier thirty four was held in twenty five thousand bail on Lindbergh law charges for threatening to kidnap William Foxs two daughters unless paid fifty thousand dollars. Fox and his daughters Mona Fox and Mrs. Belle Schwartz were guarded during the four and a half month Justice Department probe. Monier born in France naturalized citizen lived near the Fox estate at Hewlett New York.
Morgan officials meet in Montgomery to seek county relief led by Probate Judge B L Malone and county education chief J T Budinger with Prof George T Woodruff and Jim Lynne of the works division and revenue board attending.
The Ninth Street Methodist congregation plans a revival starting early next month with details to follow. The preparations are already underway as members await further announcements.
Fritz Barnes, once an ace catcher on the YMCA team, returns to Decatur from Huntsville to join the local headquarters. A leading hitter in Alabama amateur circles, he is part of a famed battery with his brother Marl Barnes pitching for the family duo.
Dr Dent F Green will fill the pulpit at Central Baptist church in morning and evening services as pastor James Allen Smith is absent. The former secretary of the state Baptist Association is invited to address the public.
F Knowles district superintendent for American Railway Express has returned to Birmingham headquarters after visiting Decatur and several other North Alabama points.
A man dressed simply entered Memphis claiming to be Dr. Arm rank and sought funds for a Haiti treasure expedition. Texas authorities detained a suspect in Port Arthur as Dr. Graves, facing charges of larceny by trick. Memphis police move to secure custody while the man admits authorship of two books.
M. Butler has been appointed manager of the Brothers Store at Hartselle and has arrived to assume duties. He was transferred from Columbia, Tennessee, where he had been affiliated with the Brothers organization. E. A. Miller of Nashville now oversees the Brothers Store department in Hartse lle.
The Athens city schools will begin the new term on September 3. High school seniors must register on August 30 while all other high school students register on September 3.
Mr and Mrs A M Richards are expected to return to Decatur tonight after a business visit to Tuscaloosa and other west central Alabama points.
Prof. R W Cowart of the University of Alabama College of Education and his wife are visiting relatives in Decatur for a few days. The Cowarts were formerly affiliated with local schools with the former serving as Albany superintendent.
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