Weather notes and community notices from Decatur area
The Decatur weather bureau reports a maximum near seven o clock and a minimum around seven with a trace of precipitation. Local updates include Rev M M Newton returning from Birmingham visits, and Assist City Clerk Henry Har tung ill at home. Marriage licenses issued for Aycock Richardson and Lamon Bonzell White and Ida Leona Miller. Calls for health updates note early winter colds and low influenza in the county. Church services announced across multiple congregations with communion, missionary programs, and sermons. A court awarded $3 000 to G F Smith against Alabama Produce Co for damages from a truck collision. Delinquent auto license collection slow but ongoing with 1931 tags. An ordination service at Moulton Heights Baptist Church planned with two deacons to be ordained.
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James Richardson Aycock
Christine Lamon
Bonzell Claude White
Ida Leona Miller
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
James Allen Smith
J. D. Pickens
J. E. Berkstresser
Move Made to End Deadlock Over Muscle Shoals Measure
Washington dispatch reports House Republican leaders proposed appointing new conferees to break the Muscle Shoals deadlock. The plan would let conference committees rehouse public or private operation and allow the House to support or discharge its conferees once the report is in. Speakers Longworth and Tilson attended the conference with Snell of the Rules Committee.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
House
Longworth
Tilson
Snell
Senate approves larger drought relief funds plan
In Washington the Senate agriculture committee backed a larger drought relief package. The House committee had earlier rejected Rep Aswell’s 60 million loan proposal by 12 to 6 while the administration's target was 25 million. Rep Ketcham urged a compromise.
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Washington
House
Aswell
Louisiana
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ketcham
Michigan
Robbers Plot 10 Loot Bank Near Lafayette
Three gunmen planned to rob the Stockwell State Bank near Lafayette Indiana. They raided cashier Oscar Hamilton’s home, tied him and his wife, kidnapped their daughter Helen 19, who later gave her account in Chicago. Mary 15 escaped and alerted neighbors. The would be robbers fled after alarm.
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Lafayette
Ind
Stockwell State Bank
Oscar Hamilton
Hamilton
Helen
Chicago
Mary
Chicago Avenue
Legislature To Get State Air Program
Montgomery December 6. Air navigators and their representatives today prepared a program of legislation to be presented to the coming session of the Alabama legislature for passage. Measures include supervision and regulation of commercial aviation and a plan to levy taxes on gasoline and fuel oils used for airplanes at municipal airports.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air
Charity Game Delayed by Heavy Rain in Athens
A steady downpour in Athens Alabama on December 6 postponed the charity game between the local National Guard and the Athens Independents. Officials expect the match to be rescheduled for a later date.
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Athens
Ala
National Guard
Bomb report mix up ends in mistaken bombing call
Chicago police raced to a scene after Frank Kolar, a private watchman, phoned in a bombing report that turned out to be a prowler breaking a window. He later clarified he meant bums not bombs prompting a brief misfire in the alert.
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Chicago
Frank Kolar
Kolar
Woodall Suffers Stroke While Making Dairy Delivery
J E Woodall 70 owner of Woodall's Dairy on the Moulton highway is in critical condition at Benevolent hospital after a stroke of appoplexy struck him before 10 am during milk deliveries on Second Avenue near A Z Bailey Wholesale Grocery. He collapsed from the wagon and was rushed to the hospital with family summoned.
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J. E. Woodall
Woodall
Moulton
Benevolent Hospital
Second Avenue
A. Z. Bailey Wholesale. Grocery Company
Brown
Johnsons Chapel To Be Scene Of Sing
Johnsons Chapel hosts a Sunday afternoon community sing featuring the Wallace Brothers quartet and local Decatures. The Wallace quartet includes Leonard Wallace Hugh Brindley Wm Wallace and B B Brooks with Mrs Wallace on piano. The chapel sits three miles north of Danville and roads are in good condition.
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Johnson’s Chapel
Wallace Brothers Quartette
Wallace Quartette
Leonard
Red) Wallace
Hugh Brindley
Wm. R. Wallace
B. B. Brooks
W. R. Wallace
Danville
Prohibition Advocate Dr. Mary Armor Speaks at Central Baptist
Dr. Mary Armor addresses a large audience at Central Baptist Church under the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She urges action for prohibition and criticizes the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, arguing the right cause will prevail.
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Mary Harris Armor
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Central Baptist Church
Prohibition
Association Against the
Drowning Death of Former Resident Otto W Thompson near Ferriday
Relatives mourn Otto W Thompson 38 who died while goose hunting on the Mississippi River near Ferriday Louisiana. He and a companion were in a boat that overturned. Survived by his wife and daughter Zelda Thompson.
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Otto W. Thompson
Mississippi River
Ferriday
Louisiana
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Zelda Thompson
Bank Looted and Burned in Nighttime Robbery
The Bank of today was looted and burned after burglars failed to open the main vault. The Crawford Mercantile store also burned. Jewelry from the outside vault may have been taken and bank records destroyed. Investigators say the robbers first tried explosives, then burned the locks.
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Bank of Today
Crawford Mercantile Company
G. W. Hairston
Bank of Crawford in Mississippi Destroyed by Fire
Fire leveled the Bank of Crawford in Crawford Mississippi an extreme southwest county town destroying records and vaults. Chief J A Morton led search for looters while P S Love state banks superintendent pledged full cooperation. Last call showed $84212.59 in resources and $64712.59 in deposits with $10000 capital under president G W Hairston.
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Bank of
Crawford
Miss
J. A. Morton
Columbus
Brooksville
Gaspe
Illinois
Jackson
Bank of Crawford
G. W. Hairston
Auctioneer killed in Salt Lake City hotel room
Sam Frank a 66 year old Memphis auctioneer was slain in a hotel room here. He was bound with a towel gagged with socks and struck with a beer bottle. The room showed lipstick colored cigarette remains and a damaged telephone. Loot included a $4 000 to $5 000 diamond ring a diamond and platinum stick pin worth $600 and $600 in currency and drafts.
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Salt Lake City
Sam Frank
Memphis
Tenn
Frank
Martin Pearl
Iyo _ i
Fourteen Arrests On Traffic Laws In Decatur Court
City court this morning saw fourteen defendants charged with traffic violations. Patrolman Elkins reported enforcement while Chief Riggsbee warned parkers that the traffic laws would be observed. Mayor B L Malone presided as the proceedings opened with Riggsbee reaffirming strict enforcement.
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M. Riggsbee
Lax
Elkins
B. L. Malone
Riggsbee
Decatur
Detour Between Decatur and Athens Described Slick
The detour route between Decatur and Athens is described as extremely slick with rain and fast travel posing danger. Narrow road sections raise risk of slipping off the pavement when passing other vehicles.
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Decatur
Athens
Funeral services for P. C. Rowe in Falkville Sunday
Funeral services for P. C. Rowe, prominent Falkville citizen, will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Baptist church conducted by Rev. B. P. Collier. Interment will follow in the Falkville Cemetery, Brown directing.
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P. C. Rowe
Falkville
Baptist Church
B. P. Collier
Palkville
Brown
Raids Seize Beer Whiskey Stills Across Seven Counties
Montgomery reports 17 stills 7 680 gallons beer and 57 gallons whiskey seized in 48 hours across seven counties. Other notes include Saint Nicholas Day in Bari and political developments in Paris and Vienna.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter K. McAdory
Raid Sparks Battle as Immoral Dancers Are Arrested
In Hollywood California police and 500 men clashed with 150 officers during an alleged immoral dance raid. Over 100 men and four women were arrested on vagrancy and related charges as battles erupted with clubs and injuries reported. Liquor and gambling were noted at the scene.
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Hollywood
Cal
Los Angeles
Sonerament
Ola
Germans Welcome All Quiet on the Western Front With Protests
In Berlin crowds greeted the American made film based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel with white mice stunts stench bombs and catcalls. Police were called in to maintain order as the reception turned raucous and theater lights were shut off.
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Berlin
Erich Maria Remarque
Boudoir of Ancient Lady Yields Jewels
Pompeii discovery reveals a room preserved as a Vesuvian eruption engulfed the city. The 1941 year old scene shows a Pompeiian woman’s dressing table intact with rings bracelets earrings and necklaces sparkling amid debris. Other rooms uncover more valuables from a once wealthy household.
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Pompeii
Italy
No. 4
Abbondanza
Vesusvius
Farnsworth claims vision transmission via narrow radio band
Philo T. Farnsworth announces discovery to transmit television images on a narrow radio frequency band, claiming about 40fold more channels. He envisions telephotography on existing teletype lines with inexpensive attachments and notes motion pictures at sixteen frames per second to approximate continuous motion.
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W. A. Wells
San Francisco
Philo T. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Valley Coal Office Robbery Ends With Empty Safe
Thieves broke into The Valley Coal Company office on First Avenue and jimmied an iron safe but found no loot in sight. The safe belonged to Mayor B. L. Malone who has suffered recent burglaries on Lee Street. Officers say the yeggs left empty handed and the case is under investigation.
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Valley Coal Company
First Avenue
B. L. Malone
Yeggs
Lee Street
Robbers Try to Open Safe at Bee Line Gas Station
Thieves visited the Bee Line Gas Station at Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street last night attempting to jimmy the safe but failed to take valuables. Police were notified and had no clues to aid the investigation this morning.
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Bee Line
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
Negroes Escape Jail Using Hack Saw on Car Link
Three African American inmates confined in the Railroad street city jail escaped Friday afternoon after using a hack saw to cut the bars between them and freedom. Police reported no arrest or clear suspect information as of this morning.
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Railroad Street City
Liberty
Poison fumes blamed on weather in Belgian district
Liege December 6 reports say a death cloud over a Belgian district faded today with no evidence of poisonous gas. Scientists suggest extreme cold and dust laden fog, not toxic fumes, caused deaths and feelings of danger linger among villagers sheltering indoors while streets show masked faces.
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Liege
Belgium
Belthe
Rey
ATTN
Aon
Flanders Battle Fields
Fog I5 Clears Brussels With Slow Recovery
The fog gradually receded after choking the Mense valley and causing coughing and deaths. Government medical authorities arrived to investigate as reports from injured districts suggested the peril might be subsiding, with full cooperation from officials and the public.
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Brussels
Ee Mense
Fogbound London Delays Transatlantic and River Traffic
Dense fog grips London and southern England causing widespread delays as liners from Australia India and South America face long waits. River and channel traffic also tied up while fog thinned toward the west.
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London
Australia
India
South America
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