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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1935
Page
2
Dr. Owen, a gospel preacher and state resident of eleven years, leads a city revival supported by locals. Three joined the church last night as he delivers the Vision of Isaiah, prompting strong response. He speaks twice daily through next week.
Continued report notes officials examine implications of placing control of regional areas with American entities. The article references strategic decisions affecting governance and development programs in occupied territories as international observers weigh potential outcomes.
London reports that Britain today treated with the regent over concessions but officials say the British Government has given no official or unofficial concession in Ethiopia.
Francis M. Rickett outlines a 1935 plan to form an African exploration and development company led by Standard Oil to invest 60 million dollars in oil and mineral exploitation around Lake Tana. The project would involve Ethiopia and Egypt with American leadership and international capital from London.
Rodney Dutcher profiles how a single congressman, George Huddleston, could block final action on the holding company bill through the conference system. The piece explores lobbying pressure, presidential influence, and the vulnerability of members under intense political pressure in 1935.
Observers note the United States aims to avoid entanglement as Ethiopia’s potential oil and mineral wealth attract interest. Officials recall Roosevelt era good neighbor policy while Lake Tana and the Blue Nile rise in strategic focus for dam prospects and control of Nile waters amid Anglo British competition.
The piece argues the six cent cotton tax fails under the U S Constitution. It cites Article I on uniform duties and direct taxes, Article I section 9 on proportional taxation, delegation to the secretary of agriculture, Bankhead act conditions, and the Fifth Amendment on due process and just compensation.
Labor Day finds industrial tensions with strikes and threatened walkouts across several states. Forest City Manufacturing in St Louis faces dismissal claims over union discrimination affecting about 150 workers, mostly women. A 4 5500 worker Wabash and Ann Arbor railroad strike was averted by a national mediator board. A 13 day South Bend Indiana streetcar and bus workers strike ended, while milk driver talks continued. Columbia enameling and stamping mill Terre Haute idled 600 union workers since spring. Hercules Clothing Company Columbus suspended after 700 union workers walked out over wages and hours.
Hollywood, August 31. Jean Harlow wore a large diamond ring on her left hand today. William Powell, also a film star, smiled but declined to comment. They have been linked by rumors for months and were seen together shopping recently.
Leading members of the House Military Committee foresee renewed pressure for a 1,000,000,000 army modernization program amid disturbed conditions abroad.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a sailor's defiant statement about endurance. It mentions a figure “more than a million” and a provocative line “We will not give up” attributed to one sailor, with garbled references to an aviation term and world awareness.
Nolan Horton a black man is jailed on burglary charges for the Ottie Luckett home on Wilson Avenue. Police say a quantity of food was taken and Horton admitted the burglary.
In St Louis county, three members of the county court vote to withhold August salaries for county employees while approving payment to the three county court members. The action highlights budget tension and temporary financial constraints in the county administration.
Readable text presents plum based preserves with ingredients and steps for chutney and conserve. Includes quantities for plums sugar spices vinegar lemon oranges raisins nut meats and methods to cook simmer seal in jars or crock. Mentions use of firm fleshed plums and wild plums as alternatives.
A fragmented menu lists breakfast items such as baked apples cereal cream toast tomatoes and milk with coffee. Luncheon mentions toasted mushroom sandwiches salad melon soup wraps cheese cake and milk. Dinner shows finnan haddie baked in cream squash and tomato with buttered lima beans and greengage pudding and milk.
Laundry list style directions describe pickling and canning large dark blue plums with sugar vinegar and cinnamon over five mornings. Process includes washing draining boiling syrup pouring over fruit and sealing in sterilized jars for long keeping and serving with stews or desserts.
Memphis officials order an old-time cattle roundup with modern touches as hundreds of cows and steers stray from drought migrants last summer. The cattle roam through pasture lands and onto Mississippi river islands north of Memphis, prompting local authorities and farmers to coordinate removal.
The First Christian church will resume Sunday evening services including Christian Endeavor and worship, starting September 1. The district ministers meet Monday at Somerville with Birmingham speakers, and Labor Day closures announced for courthouse offices and railway freight houses. Mary Hughes departs Sept 4 for Sacred Heart Academy Cullman. Dr J McKee rests after operation. Mrs Price improving in Malden Mass.
European monarchs and dignitaries converged on Brussels to bid farewell to Belgium’s Queen Astrid. Thousands gathered under long umbrellas as they waited to glimpse the final farewell near the palace, moving in groups toward the entrance.
The Athens church marks two anniversaries including Ford in the ministry. Morning talk by Rev Crawford on The Preacher Crown of Rejoicing. Fellowship at 3 30 with visitor talks. Supper at 5 30. Evening by Rev W P Bone on Lights and. The church organized in 1829 and the present building since 1696. The church speaks of civic pride and long pastorates as it enters its second century with healthy growth.
A Civilian Conservation Corps truck collided with a car on the Greensboro Union Point highway killing two Greensboro youths Raymond O Neal and a second passenger. Lee Campbell and Guy Williams the car occupants were slightly hurt. Seven CCC workers were injured with Oliver Skinner of Birmingham listed in serious condition. Other injured youths include Midas Hinkle John Fequette Dowell Lee and Virgil Smith.
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