Weather and civic notes from Decatur area report
Local weather shows no rain in the period ending seven ay with a 49 degree high and 31 degree low at seven this morning. Huntsville business lists Mayor Malone and Assistant Chief Bryant. Roy Billings presided police court in Malone's absence. Marriage license issued to Will Powell and Rosa Marks. Mrs Bruce Lodge Spencer and child moved to Gordon Drive from Benevolent Hospital. Church program at St John’s Episcopal will be announced soon.
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B.L. Malone
John Bryant
Huntsville
Roy Billings
B. L. Malone
M. D. Wiggins
Will Powell
Rosa Marks
Bruce Lodge Spencer
Mary Allen
Gordon Drive
The
Benevolent Hospital
Senate approves $60 million drought relief for farmers
The Senate passed a bill authorizing sixty million dollars for drought relief with no record vote after Democrats criticized loaning funds for farmer food purchases while Republicans offered no cut to the President Hoover recommended twenty five million. Senator McNary of Oregon led the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
House Appropriations Committee Advances Emergency Construction Bill
The House Appropriations Committee reports the emergency construction bill with 110 million for highway aid river and harbor improvements. This includes 80 million advance to states for highway construction and 22.5 million for river and harbor work plus flood control funds.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Mississippi
Hoover
Congress
Gulf of Mexico
Charlotte Harbor
Fla
Tampa Harbor
St. Petersburg
East Pass
Choctawhatchee Bay
Fila
Pensacola Bay
Mobile Bay
Ala
Mississippi Sound
Biloxi
Houston Ship Channel
Texas City
Arkansas Pass
Corpus Christi
Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Gia
Kentucky
West
Family mourns mule Pete after 24 years service at Somerville farm
A Decatur Daily letter from Somerville Alabama recalls Pete the mule that served a farm for twenty four years. The author notes the animal raised four boys and carried many "joy rides" and calls Pete an unusually responsive mule. The family expresses regret at his death and asks for publication.
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Somerville
Ala
Decatur Daily
Pete
Cad dell Drug Co Safe Robbery Reported
The Cad dell Drug Co on Second avenue was looted last night with a cash register at the soda fountain emptied of about $110. A small youth allegedly pried a rear window, bent bars, and jimmied the inner door to access the safe and cash. Checks were untouched and merchandise appeared undisturbed.
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Second Avenue
Soda Fount
Murder plot absurd says victims charges in Alabama
Mrs. E. S. Crenshaw 43 says the conspiracy to murder charges against her husband and Mark L. Jeter are absurd. Jeter, a Jefferson county legislator, and Crenshaw were bonded 1000 dollars each after arrest following a weeklong inquiry.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. S. Crenshaw
Mark L. Jeter
Jefferson County
Crenshaw
Jeter
George L. Bailes
Fred McDuff
Mars
Carideh
Chery
Bailes
Fred Fite
Harvard to Hire Edward Casey as 1931 Football Coach
The New York Evening Post reports Edward L. Casey, the 1919 All-America halfback, will be named Harvard head football coach for 1931, succeeding Arnold Horween.
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New York
New York Evening Post Today
Edward L. Casey
Harvard
Arnold Horween
Ammonia Fumes Injure Twenty in Cleveland Store
Twenty persons, many unconscious, were admitted to Charity Hospital in Cleveland after ammonia gas escaped from a downtown refrigerating plant in a store building. Most victims were women, authorities said.
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Cleveland
Charity Hospital
Road machinery moved to Tanner for Bee Line highway work
Road machinery engaged in constructing the Limestone link of the Bee Line highway has been moved from the northern end of the unfinished section to Tanner. Paving is in progress and about half the northern end was completed before the move. work will be pushed northward.
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Bee Line
Tanner
Alabama plans year of game refuges and sanctuaries
I T Quinn Alabama state commissioner of game fisheries announced a 1931 program to create game refuges and sanctuaries to expand public hunting grounds. He outlines turning hunting into a remunerative crop for farmers and landowners and establishing additional areas with a refuge first and a hunting area later.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
I. T
Game Fisheries
American Game Protective Association
New York
East
Middle West
Quinn
Prison Official Replies To Charges In Tennessee Case
Nashville Tenn December 9 Richard H Lyle commissioner of state institutions said he had endeavored at all times to cooperate with federal authorities and am ready and willing to cooperate now His statement followed Leo B Williams secret service agent who criticized Warden A A McCorkle and his staff at the Tennessee penitentiary over raised note activity within the prison He said failure to cooperate with federal authorities was laid to the warden
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Nashville
Tenn
Richard H. Lyle
Lyle
Leo 8. Williams
Secret Service
A. A. McCorkle
Tennessee Penitentiary
Last-Minute Bulletins From Washington And Beyond
A roundup of late reports shows General Hines stating 271,210 veterans sought disability allowances with about half of the 99,026 claims passed. President Hoover warns against financial raids, notes limits to public treasury burdens. Kellogg and Soederblom to receive Nobel diplomas in Oslo with royal attendance. A plane crash near Shanghai kills a Fort Wayne pilot and a passenger. Magistrate McQuade resigns ahead of judiciary inquiry in New York. Belgian inquiry cites Meuse fog as nonlethal. 67 lives cited. John Collins of Lowell admits theft of 10,000 from Parris Island Canteen.
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Washington
Hines
Veterans Administration
Hoover
Rotary Ladies Night Delights With Readings Songs and Dances
A lively Rotary Ladies Night features readings by Mrs Arwin Draper and Mrs Julian Schwartz, vocal selections by Mrs John W Jones, and a tap dance by Madelyn Summers. Guests are introduced by Rotary Anns, with Owen Wise receiving a gift from the group as a token of welcome.
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Haromittans
Rotary
Rotary Anns
Arwin Draper
John McGehee
John W. Jones
Owen Wise
Wise
Plans To Decorate Town For Christmas Season
Local women’s clubs and organizations are moving ahead with plans to decorate the town for Christmas. A suggestion includes turning on the whiteway system during the holiday season.
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Decature
Good Progress In Sanitation In Hartselie
State sanitary inspector R. E. Lewis reports rapid progress in Hartselie sanitation. He notes improved public cooperation with state and county health authorities to raise overall health conditions.
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R. E. Lewis
Hartselie
Prohibition Forces Push for Unified Dry Federation in 1932
Washington dispatch reports demand for a broad dry federation independent of churches to shield prohibition in the 1932 campaigns. Oliver Stewart urges militant leadership and mobilization ahead of the presidential race as Temperance Council rejects referendum plans. Dr. Wilson notes no repeal moves. F Scott McBride foresees a major Prohibition clash at 1932 conventions.
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John F. Chester Washington
National
McE Council
Oliver Stewart
Flying Squadron Foundation
Prohibition
Clarence
Temperance Council
Wilson
Gore
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Republican Party
Mrs O Loughlin Found Guilty of Murdering Step Daughter
Denver December 9 Convicted of murdering her 10 year old step daughter Mrs Pearl O Loughlin faces life imprisonment at the third labor in the Colorado State penitentiary The jurors deliberated an hour and 36 minutes before delivering the verdict The defense was granted thirty days to file a motion for a new trial.
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Denver
Colo
Pearl O'Loughlin
Colorado State Penitentiary
Colorado
O’loughilin
Henry A. Calvert
Princess Toy Drive Promises Cheerful Christmas Show
A church toys donation event unfolds next Saturday at ten o clock with a toy princess show. Admission proceeds fund a toy collection not wrapped to avoid broken items, then distributed by the West Church Street Community House during the holidays.
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West Church Street
One Killed Four Hurt In Collision Near Atmore Alabama
One person was killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and an automobile three miles north of Atmore Alabama last night. Jack Herbert, a Black man and one of the truck occupants, died almost instantly. The injured were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Atmore
Ala
Here
Jack Herbert
Ae O
Compromise Proposed in Muscle Shoals Deadlock
Washington reports conferees proposed a government operation plan for the Muscle Shoals powers plant and dam with nitrate plant leasing and surplus power sale. Senate conferees did not decide on acceptance and the House found the proposal unacceptable though it improves prior offers.
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Washington
Senate
Braska
Five Indicted in Death of Indiana Girl
A grand jury indicted Virgil land 20 David Thompson 22 Leon Stanford former athletes Henry Shirk 21 and Paul Barton 21 in the death of a girl. Clarence and Guy son were named as witnesses under bonds. The charges involve a liquor party preceding the death and a potential death penalty under state law.
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Indiana
Virgil Land
David Thompson
Leon Stanford
Henry Shirk
Paul Barton
Clarence and
Guyson
Decatur Sees Hope for Road Paving Funds on Joe Wheeler Route
Citizens in Decatur and northern Alabama expect large government appropriations for unemployment relief and road projects. The Joe Wheeler highway between Decatur and Florence draws strong support due to its potential to reduce dust and improve safety as funding and construction advance.
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Decatur
Joe Wheeler
Bama
Alabama
Florence
Fic
Christmas Trade Surges Across Town Amid Ideal Weather
Shoppers flood streets as ideal weather boosts Christmas trade across neighborhoods. Buyers from every corner flock to stores and markets, signaling a bustling holiday season after months of buildup.
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Tennessee Valley Bank
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Bethel
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Courtland-Hillsboro
Courtland
Highway and Rivers Fund
Caddell Drug CO
Francis Dinsmore
Mary Clemons
Ovella P. Izold
Estella Vaughn
Eva Sterrs
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J. A. Dean
Allie Lagan
Robert Browder Setae
Eam En Oneness
Clarence Bailey
Edward E. Ha
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Negro Eastern Star
TD Oui
Ipensors
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Solon
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Valley
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Osso
Norway
Frank B. Kellogg
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Haakon
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Shanghai
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Whangpo River
Francis X. McQuade
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Brussels
Belgium
Meuse
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Belgian Red Cross
John IL. Collins
Lowell
Mass
Marine Corps
Parris Island
D.C
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Atlanta, Ga
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