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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1930
Page
8
The Decatur Garden Club announces prizes for Christmas decoration and storefront windows. Mrs Lamar Penney indicates prizes remain the same as last year and awards will recognize the most effective outside decorations and the most attractive merchant window. Selection will follow the prior year’s plan.
The well known physician R. Grace Kirkland warns the public about continued use of drastic purgatives. She urges safer remedies and cautions that harsh laxatives can harm health.
A physician endorses Sargon Soft Mass Pills as a safe alternative to drastic purgatives for functional debility. He cites many cases of improved digestion, sleep, and head pressures. The statement mentions Arantz Drug Co and Caddell Drug Co in Albany as distributors.
Tuesday actions include McNary drought relief appropriations, deemed port office supply measure, and conferee meetings in Muscle Shoals. Finance committee weighs tariff commission nominations while labor secretary nomination by Doak is confirmed. Agriculture seeks $150 million farm relief and $30 million drought loan. education panel approves $120 thousand for rehabilitation and educational work in Porto Rico.
Washington Hyde warns on food loan schemes. New York Bishop Manning subpoenaed in Lindsey disruption case. Washington Dry leaders oppose prohibition referendum. Denver Mrs. Peal O Loughlin convicted of murder of her 10 year old stepchild. First National Bank of Secaucus robbed by three masked men. Francisco Lew Fook Chinese servant accused in widow Rosetta Barker death. Washington Senate confirms Doak appointment. Imperial Four Filipinos injured in bunkhouse bombing. San Jose Father Ricard astronomer dies. Berlin young Fascists protest the American film All Quiet. London Daily Mail says Sokolnikov tried in embassy. Gothenburg Sinclair Lewis to receive Nobel. Shanghai Paul Baer pilot of Chinese mail.
Louisville and Nashville Y M C A board approves the annual membership and financial drive set to start Monday January 19 and run through the week. W W Matthews named general chairman with H S Roberts and Thomas Hodson as assistants. Reverend Peter M Dennis to lead the uptown section. Sam Arvidson is general secretary guiding a revitalized program.
The Priceville school reports perfect attendance for the past month announced by Miss Anita Lamar. The list includes J. E. Lee, Walter Leeman, Cole man McCarley, Tom Hamilton, Vivian Winton, Robert Collier, Lou Veta Thompson, John Robert Hutson, Edwin Price, Earl Whaley among many others.
Mrs Kimball Jones former local resident now Etowah county rural schools supervisor is in Woodlawn hospital with painful but not serious injuries from a Sunday auto crash near Birmingham Judge and Mrs Penn of Gadsden also injured Mrs Penn in serious condition Judge Penn minor bruises Jones condition favorable x ray to check for a possible fractured ankle Miss Claire Bloodworth Montgomery sister and F A Bloodworth Decatur brother attend bedside plane crash killed two others Yale bars athletic officials from radio speeches Major leagues invite minor league committee to discuss draft question
Tallassee Alabama December 9 1971 W H Jones age 62 a cotton mill worker was found mortally wounded in his yard Mrs Jones heard him shout in the yard and as she prayed he fired a shotgun at his abdomen. The coroner returned a verdict of death by suicide domestic difficulties were said to have caused the act.
Len 8. Williams a federal secret service operative stated he asked John C. Marsh district Memo agent in charge to request a federal grand jury investigation into raised note activity at the Tennessee state penitentiary in Nashville.
Quick picks in the classified column spotlight small useful gifts. From pocket-sized gadgets to charming keepsakes readers share affordable ideas for thoughtful presents.
Birmingham police say a man named Dick Grinde confessed to robbing the First National Bank of Braman Oklahoma last week. He was held awaiting Oklahoma authorities with two revolvers and 1898 dollars in his possession. Braman bank officials were contacted by phone for verification.
A major Chicago office building, the American Furniture Mart on Lake Shore Drive, was bombed last night. A hole appeared on the first floor, masonry along Huron Street was torn away, and many windows on the north and northeast facades were shattered with extensive damage estimated.
Police report a bandit held up a bank and fled with 2377. Bank officials say three officers accompanied him during the escape. He told authorities he traveled from an Oklahoma town to Kansas City to Shreveport to Beltona near Birmingham where he was arrested.
More than 90 state convicts from 36 counties sought pardons and paroles as Alabama officials met in the State Pardon board's last session before Christmas holidays in Montgomery.
The Montgomery Humane Society asks Governor Bibb Graves to prevent cruelty to animals used in a Wild West rodeo scheduled this week in Montgomery. The appeal comes amid concern over treatment of beasts at the event.
An explosion on the first floor knocked custodian Frank Majewicz to the floor and damaged equipment within twenty feet while triggering sprinklers. Police found a timed fuse but saw no bombers or motive. damage ranged from 5000 to 15000 dollars.
Readers are urged to check today’s classified section for a range of advantageous offers. The page promises savings and value across multiple categories, inviting shoppers to compare prices and benefits.
An advertisement promotes "B-C" as a fast acting cold remedy. It claims pain relief in about three minutes and fever reduction with nerves resting, suitable for female pains and headaches, sinus pains, neuralgia or earache due to colds, and asserts no opiates or habit forming drugs.
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