Ninth Street Methodist Society Service Class Meeting
Society notes report a Service Class gathering of the Ninth Street Methodist church urged attendance at Friday evening at Mrs Earl Moore's home on Sixth Avenue South. The Steph ens Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held a meeting with Alabama Day observed and Mary Robertson presenting Women of Alabama. Mrs Bailey served a salad course during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Earl Moore
Sixth Avenue
South
Local Residents Report Illnesses and Due Visits
Numerous townsfolk report illnesses including flu and mumps while others plan visits and travel. Dr Simrell Wyatt travels from Lexington after a hunting trip, and families like Wyatt, Thompson, and Baur share upcoming or ongoing health and recovery news.
Stocking Club Hostess Receives Ellen Hildreth and Jones
The Stocking Club hostess entertained Miss Ellen Hildreth and Mrs. A A Jones at her McNeill apartments home. After the games, Mrs Echols served plates of delectable refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocking Club
Ellen Hildreth
A. A. Jones
McNeill Apartments
Personal Notices On Illness Reported In Danville Area
Red Perryman is critically ill with flu at his Danville road home. Phil and Bob Baugh are confined to the home of their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Mr. Brown
Frank Preuit
Courtland Pike
Miss Irwin
LaPayette Street
Neely
Palmer’s Gin Company
Mrs. Neely
East Walnut Street
Ellwood Hewlett
Red
Perryman
Danville Road
Phil
Bob Baugh
State moves to avert New York City budget crisis
Albany action paves way for an extraordinary legislative session to restore salary control to the city government Aim to cut about 20 million dollars from the 1933 budget as bankers demand retrenchment to preserve borrowing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York City
Lehman
Customs and courtesy in contract bridge for central press
A guide on the laws of contract bridge stressing sportsmanlike behavior and etiquette. It covers sorting cards, arranging suits, dealing order, shuffling, and correcting errors within scoring rules, with emphasis on fair play and following the current code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Low
Local Health Notes Reflect Ongoing Illness Across Town
Mrs. E L Thomas is confined to bed this week with illness. Jack Stubblefield is out after mumps. Mrs T J Burt remains bedridden ten days with illness on Seventh avenue. Mrs Ben Porter is much better after illness. Dean Dodd and daughter Helen recuperate at home in West Decatur. Mrs Felton Lile ill with flu. Mrs W W Adams very sick on Seventh avenue west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Thomas
Jack Stubblefield
T. J. Burt
Seventh Avenue
Ben Porter
Dean Dodd
Helen
West Decatur
W. W. Adams
Seventh Avenue, West
Make This Model at Home pattern ad for Anne Adams catalog
A vintage sewing pattern notice promotes pattern 2474 for jumpers and blouses in sizes 4 to 14 with detailed fabric yardage. It advertises the Anne Adams pattern catalog offering 32 pages of Fall and Winter models for all ages and a 15 cent catalog price, plus 25 cents for catalog and pattern together, with orders sent to The Decstur Daily Pattern Department in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decstur Daily Pattern Department
17Th Street
New York City
Allen Wounded by Pistol Shot Near Bee Line Highway
A man named Allen was wounded by a pistol shot believed fired by Eddie Jones. A group of Black men were gathered around an open fire near the Bee Line highway and Church street intersection. Allen is not believed to be seriously hurt.
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Eddie Jones
Bee Line
Church Street
Allen
Masons Set for Alabama Grand Lodge Session in Montgomery
About 1000 Masons are expected to attend the Alabama Grand Lodge annual communication in Montgomery opening December 6. W L Lee of Columbia will preside with delegates representing state lodges. The Royal Arch Chapter meets a day early, followed by Grand Council and grand lodge sessions over two days with new officers to be elected.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grand Lodge of
Alabama
W. L. Lee
Columbia
Royal Arch
Grand Lodge
Grand Council
Treasury Deficit Rises as 1932 Year Ends
The government closed five months of the 1932 fiscal year on November 30 with a deficit of 751 million dollars and a gross public debt over 20 billion. The debt has grown by more than three billion since November 1931. Tax changes produced a 73 million internal revenue rise, offset by a 155 million drop in income taxes from the prior year.
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Washington, D. C
Eea
Econ Critieness
Comer Purchases Two Textile Mills in Alabama
Donald Comer and associates bought two Alabama mills the Lowe Manufacturing Company in Huntsville and La Fayette Cotton Mills in LaFayette. About 800 workers will be affected with operations to resume. Jere Murphy referee in bankruptcy in Huntsville handled the sale for $286,720 for the Lowe plant. LaFayette sale terms not disclosed. The Lowe plant employs about 500 people and the LaFayette mill about 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Comer
Alabama
Lowe Manufacturing Company
Huntsville
LaFayette Cotton Mills
LaFayette
Comer
Jere Murphy
Lowe
Mid-Winter Kiwanis Meeting Set for Alabama District
Montgomery announces the Ala bama district Kiwanis mid winter meeting for January 10 with district governor J EB Lewis of Selma. Training schools led by lieutenant governors will be held in Birmingham Decatur Clanton and Troy early this month.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabame
Kiwanis
J. EB. Lewis
Selma
Birmingham
Decatur
Clanton
Troy
52 New Buildings At Maxwell Field
Maxwell Field will see 52 new buildings as construction starts soon. J A Jones Construction Co of Charlotte won the contract to build 82 field officers quarters and 20 company officers quarters at an estimated cost of 620139 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Charlotte
N. C
Grand Hotel heads Princess program with star cast
Five star production of Grand Hotel adapted from Vicki Baum's novel screens Monday and Tuesday at the Princess theatre. Greta Garbo and John Barrymore lead a remarkable cast in a symbolic study of human nature set against a worldwide story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum
Princess Theatre
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Edmund Goulding
Greta Garbo
John Barrymore
Crew of Sinking Schooner Saved
The French steamer rescued the crew of the Nova Scotian schooner Clemencia coast guard headquarters ed. The coast guard destroyer Con on Ingpam was ordered to the scene to salvage or remove the vessel. The Clemencia, a fishing boat from Halifax, was about a hundred miles off Cape Sable.
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Boston
Mass
Clemencia Coast Guard
New York
Coast Guard
Con
Ingpam
Clemencia
Halifax
Cape Sable
Glamorous stars in standout film cast
Joan Crawford Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore lead with Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt among a strong supporting lineup in a period drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greta Garbo
John Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Wallace Beery
Lionel Barrymore
Grande
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholt
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P'S
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Echols
Christy, Jr
W. P. Bough
Mrs. L. B. Wyatt
Lexington
Points
Kentucky
Simrell Wyatt
Ll. B. Wyatt
Sadie Rolfe
E. E. Peden
Miss Rolfe
Benevolent Hospital
Preston Thompson
Ralph
Bertha Timberlake
Lawrence Timberlake
Cecil Timberlake
Stevenson
R. Perryman
New Orleans
T. W. Wert
Frank C. Stahlman
Nashville
Tenn
Raphael Sartor
Greenville 8. C
Greek Irwin
Murray King
Helen Kingsbury
Sarah Shannon Alexander
Mrs
Bill Alexander
Line Street
Marion Boswell
Kate Baker
Mary Ford Tillery
E. A. Tillery
Oak Street
Charles Woodward
Courtland
Earle Calvin, Jr
Jimmy Tillery
David Webb
Memphis, Tenn
TA. Caddell
O. Freed Baur
Nashville, Tenn
Baur
Marie Arantz
John Arantz
F. D. Peebles
Margaret Phillips
Philadelphia
Shanghai
China
Christy Mathewson, Jr
New York Giants
Young Mathewson
Goidel’s
Milcore
Stevens Central Shoe Store
Campbell Street
Princess
The
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Gotham
Wanita Guthrie
Fulton
Kas
Wanita
Chicago
Central Press
E. W. Shepard
Jannie Amineesha Asales
Decatur Daily
U.S. Treasury
Blond
Lindy
George O’brien
Stewart Edward White
Chappell’s
London
Armour’s
Florida
California
Calif
Chappell’s Market Place
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