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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
8
Dr Owen, recently transferred from the Iowa conference to the North Alabama conference, will lead a revival at Ninth Street Methodist Church starting August 30 through September 13. Services are set twice daily with a day service at 10 30 and an evening service at 7 30.
Eyewitness account describes a brutal roundup and killings following a confrontation in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian forces move through camps and huts, selecting 150 and 50 for punishment, while 62 Italian laborers sleep behind lines. Slaughter and looting are reported, with one woman killed by her husband and bodies stripped of belongings. Soldiers keep silent about the rest.
The Rev Tilford Junkins will return soon to Baptist College Clinton Mississippi and preach at Falkville Baptist Church Sunday morning at 11 oclock with an evening service at 7 as well.
Governor J. M. Putrell backs a southwide conference for an impartial study of long standing tenant farm issues. An Arkansas commission has been created to work out a solution to the question, signaling progress toward a regional study and potential remedies.
Washington dispatch notes dissension and death shake senatorial races as Democrats fortify their likely next session majority. Georgia’s Talmadge battles Russell. Georgia primary September 8. Tennessee Kentucky Oklahoma border state contests loom. New Mexico has two seats open. overall 36 to be filled, with 70 Democrats, 23 Republicans, two Farmers and Progressives. Hastings renominated by Republicans in Delaware, Democrats undecided.
A truck carrying laborers from New Jersey to Florida plunged down a 100 foot embankment at the MeConowingo Dam bridge near Darlington Maryland. Five men were killed and about twenty were injured. Hospital staff did not yet know total casualties. State police and Hartford County officials investigated at the scene.
Announcement confirms no change in plans for opening of the schools on September 7. The start date allows a two week Christmas vacation and a closing date of June 1.
Clifton Green 20 of Northport dies from a broken neck suffered when he dived into shallow water at a mill pond near Tuscaloosa. He had been unconscious since the accident last Sunday. Son of Virgil Green, a farmer.
Puzzle: a crossword style list with clues for across and down entries. Includes political terms, nautical, and daily items, featuring names and objects like ship deck stream bulwark and Roman emperor.
A nostalgic verse narrative by Berry Hinds Oden contrasts longing for Dixie cotton fields with adventures across Congo jungles Arctic wastes. It blends dream of home, white cotton, and a longing for southern warmth with peril and resilience in extreme climates.
Notice states two mortgages on property of Evelyn H. Martin, recorded 1924 and 1928, overseen by Morgan County Probate Office. Sale set for September 21, 1936 at courthouse door, describing Lot 130 with exact bearings and streets. Guardian Erin L Walker and attorney W T Lowe named. estate of Henry Hill notice follows with letters testamentary issued August 26, 1936 and executor Dan Matthews.
The annual singing will be held at Pin Hook in Lawrence County on Sunday August 30. Singers were invited to attend and take part in the program.
Heavy livestock losses in several Alabama counties prompt import of a professional hunter from Texas to eradicate coyote depredations. The move aims to curb ongoing attacks and protect herds across the region.
Washington reports the U S Department of Agriculture launching a program to grow French truffles in the United States. Dr E R Lambert cites three hunting methods hogs dogs or flies and notes truffles are tuber medanosporum grown 2 to 8 inches underground. Plantings are planned near Leesburg Virginia Auburn Alabama State College Mississippi and Knoxville Tennessee.
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