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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1934
Page
5
The Carlisle 3B Giigham post of the American Legion sponsors a Monday ceremony in Athens to dedicate a new flagpole in the courthouse yard. A memorial tablet at its base honors veterans of all wars.
Friends of J. W. Drake announce he is improved today at the Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Drake was taken by Priest's ambulance Wednesday to the facility.
Gary Cooper and Sandra Shaw plan to split up after a brief honeymoon as Cooper relocates to Malibu Lake lodge near a Khyber Pass replica. Sandra arrived and Cooper refused to relocate, citing fear of a rattlesnake near his tent. Leo Lynn emerges as Hollywood stand in master while Bing Crosby dodges an appendicitis scare and Lynn is hospitalized for the same ailment.
A column highlights Claudette Colbert at Paramount and Jack Oakie with Mary Brian in College Rhythm. It notes Ann Harding’s wit and a near drowning incident with her daughter Jane, plus director Irving Cummings’ The White Parade. Reginald Denny builds a model airplane workshop for neighborhood kids.
Bunny McLeod suffers a severe knee injury in a car crash and will undergo surgery by Dr. Ellis Jones at Good Samaritan hospital with a three week stay and three months of recovery ahead. Madge Evans' mother returns from Europe after four months, visiting her sister in law of Alexander Korda. Dr. Hugo Felix dies penniless in Hollywood. burial funds may be collected. Mary Wallace, known as Dorothy Drake of the Wampus Baby Stars, signs a Paramount contract and is related to director Richard Wallace. Henry Stephenson also appears in this brief roundup.
Jimmy Coutsas has returned from a visit to the World's Fair in Chicago. He traveled to the exposition as part of a local group excursion and reported enjoying the exhibits and performances.
Puzzle includes across and down clues with abbreviations and partial theme entries. Previous answer appears with jumbled letters and mixed letter groups, suggesting a themed grid using abbreviations and foreign language fragments. no coherent final solution provided.
A note recalls Juné Knight, noted dancer, who did not walk until age five, highlighting her early development and later artistic rise.
Gov. B. M. Miller made permanent the paroles of seventeen state convicts after a 12 month test period for prohibition law violations. Additional clemency was granted to C. D. Simpler of Covington County for burglary and grand larceny, Louis Poole of Madison for grand larceny, and Ervin Daniel of Tuscaloosa for burglary.
Nine projects across several counties received low bids totaling 221 225 47 dollars. Key bidders include Way Construction Company Valdosta Ga for Attalla to Walnut Grove and Pettus Construction Montgomery for Pine Barron Creek bridges, with A J Salay Birmingham on a Pratt City culvert and Hardaway Construction Columbus Ga on Elba pavement.
The revival opening at Westside Presbyterian Church on Sunday is postponed to September 17. Rev W L Gilmore of Oklahoma Mississippi will preach.
A fragment lists individuals including Hughes, Williams, Wyatt, Coleman, Pike, Day, Griffin, Hornbuckle, Parker, Sims, Harris, Jefferson, Childs, Hillis McEllreth and McEllreth among residents or contributors in Talladega. The text provides no dates or actions.
The piece notes Secretary Morgenthau’s intensified anti bootlegger drive and the need for broader tax and tariff reductions. It cites pre prohibition whiskey demand at 65 million gallons and current licensed withdrawals at 30 million, with July alcohol seizures nearing total 1933 confiscs.
The Pax comedy romance at Princess Theatre follows Lew Ayres and Alice Faye from an Asiatic port to a San Pedro cafe where they fall in love. Mitchell Durant and Harry Green scheme to wed the pair after Ayres doubts his finances. The plot twists to a staged marriage and a lively, humorous finale.
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