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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1937

Page

3

Japan clarifies aims as Nanking fall looms

Japanese foreign office said Japan seeks China's abandonment of anti-Japanism and has no territorial designs. Mediation efforts by Germany and other powers are explored while Trautmann pushes peace terms to Chiang Kai-Shek. A Hankow dispatch notes German envoy pressing for terms favorable to Berlin.

Nanking Tokyo Foreign Office United States England Germany Italy China Japan Reichschancellor Hitler Hankow Trautmann Ho Hing-Chin Chang Chun Chiang Kai-Shek North China Inner Mongolia Tientsin Chinese “Peace Preservation Corps Robert Leslie Craigie Koki Hirota

Mimi and Jerry confront a jealous welcome and a stalled romance

Mimi invites Jerry to her home for supper as her mother disapproves of him. In Bernice and Lionel’s circle, Jerry observes class tensions and the strain on Mimi’s engagement, while promising to help Lionel with his faltering play and finances.

Mimi Andy Jerry Stiles Sanderson Therine Merrill Bernice Lionel Father Lion Maine Olga

Art Exhibit for College at Founders Hall

The School of Art at Athens College announces a pre holiday show in Founders Hall Friday December 10 from 3 to 9 30 p m and Saturday December 11 from 10 a m to 9 30 p m displaying work from the large class across seven courses including tea sets oils pastels water colors decorative commercials and etching directed this year by Myrtle Langston with students and teachers among the exhibitors Public invitation extended.

School of Art Athens College Founders Hall Misa Myrtle Langston

Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues List

A condensed clue sheet listing crossword prompts including 1 Across uncle s animals wife 25 Elliptical 5 Addition 26 Highways 9 Treat 28 A platform 10 Noah s ship 29 At home 12 A shade tree 30 Also 13 Withered 32 East by 14 Form of the south ab verb to be 33 Needy 16 Reverence 35 A unit of 17 At stake conductance 18 Captured electricity 21 Uneven as 37 An abyss is eaten away 40 Dispatch 24 Domestic 41 To oscillate DOWN 10 Mohamme dan call to prayer 11 Leg joint 15 One of the people of modern Saxony 17 Custom

Sardis Spring Community Notices And Visits List

The Sardis Spring column notes Mr Eaton’s leg scratch causing suffering, Grandmother Farmer confined to bed, and visits among residents. It lists numerous gatherings with families and friends, mentions trips to St Petersburg Fla, and invites the Athens quartet to sing at Sardis Spring church on Sunday night December 12.

Eaton Grandmother Farmer Russell Washburn Gadaden Ala Syrena Barbara Peover Mary Elizabeth Coble Eugene Bailey June Daphney Richard Grubbs Blackburn Bernard Wessels Birmingham Erby Coble Dorothy Wright Slough Beat Riley Coble van Buren, Willis Benton Browning Athens Johnnie Coble Ardmore Mallie Hargrove Charles Weasley Carey Roy Hargrove Hays Mill Jim Wessels T. W. “Hargrove Alvie Willis Lucile Geo. Brown Elizabeth Clarence Green Elbert Dollar Dewey “Dedman Arnold Hargrove Clara Browning Rudolph Carroll Sara Ann T. W. Hargrove St. Petersburg Fla Dixie Smith J. R. Smith Copeland Ruth Bailey Barba Peever Browns Corner Farmer Sardis Spring Church

Antioch Densmore Filyow Wedding Reported Surprise

The marriage of Miss Mytle Fil yaw and J W Densmore on November 28 was kept secret from friends and wishing happiness for the couple is shared by the community.

Mytle Filyaw J. W. Densmore Price C. Bogle Bogle Norris Tenn Louise Turner Newton Ala Pauline Halliman Ray Morrin J. A. Bogle Mra Floyd Turner Erline Eva Mrs. Turner Texas Miss Louise Bogle Decatur Miss Bee Turner Delough Bogle Carol Blannon T. L Holland

Typhoid Fever Control Ranked Top U.S. Health Achievement

From the drop in the death rate, typhoid fever control has been hailed as the United States' leading health achievement.

United States

Wolves Shot at Chicago Front Door Earns Bounties

Commissioner Daniel Ryan said two timber wolves were shot in suburban Chicago. Peter Jepson and Ralph Roesner each received a $10 bounty, the first paid in five years, after the wolves were killed near residential areas.

Chicago Daniel Ryan Cook County Board Wolf County Committee Peter Jepson Ralph Roesner Ryan

Branding third shift as economic monstrosity sparks push for action

Pepperell Manufacturing head Russell H. Leonard urges Congress to outlaw the third shift in the cotton textile industry. He spoke to the Cotton Textile Institute calling the practice an economic monstrosity and pressed for federal action.

Boston Russell H. Leonard Pepperell Manufacturing Company Cotton Textile Institute

Alabama temperance group urges votes for dependable drys in 1938

The Alabama Temperance Alliance convened in Montgomery with over 100 delegates urging voters to back dependable drys in 1938 state and county elections. They criticized the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Act as a failure that boosted bootlegging and crashes, and asked Governor Bibb Graves to redeem the state from lawlessness.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Temperance Hance Alliance Bibb Graves Graves Harry Denman Birmingham Denman W. Earl Hotalen Gotalen

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Tavannes Solon Robertson Jeweler America Gene Ahern Neffy Yasi Bengal Lancers Wele Bertrams Grunt Olga’s Hear J. Thomas Heflin Court House Heflin TVA North Alabama Purina Turner Coat & Grain Co Checkerboard Moulton 87 Daily Cross Saxony New Zealand Liao Piet Fels George Raft Frances Dee Gary Cooper Sardis Antioch Densmore—Filyow BAYER SS Bayer OWL Drug CO F. R. Beason Prop Moulton Street
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