University of Alabama preps for Yuletide events
Alabama notes show plans for a campus Christmas tree light ceremony led by Dr. George H. Denny with Rev. Theodore Evans delivering the feature message. Glee club carols, a university dinner, and an alumnae reception follow, plus social events at local homes and church activities as the holiday season nears.
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Denny
University
Washington Moody
Mildred Turner
Anniscton
Eunice Brunson
Mobile
Local society notes on visitors and patients
Community names, travel plans, and health updates from the university town. Robert Masterson returns after caring for his ill father R P Masterson. Miss Marjory Chunn and Little Marjorie Morrow show post operative progress. several families plan Christmas visits including Mr. and Mrs. Rogers from Dallas and Mrs. Dulaney and children visiting Columbus, Mississippi. Hospital news, business trips, and social visits across Birmingham and Stevenson are listed with brief movements and wellbeing reports.
Quiet Somerville Wedding of Benick and Plemons
Mrs Lascille Plemons and Mr Leo Benick residents of Somerville were quietly married Saturday evening December 5 at 8 pm at the home of Rev J J. The ceremony united the couple in the presence of a few close friends with best wishes for a happy life. The Ladies Aid Society of Willoughby Presbyterian church held a social Tuesday at Mrs E J Bryant s home despite inclement weather many attended. Contests games and amusements filled the day followed by a luncheon at noon.
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John Wiggins
Sixth Avenue
G. H. Morrison
Audrey Pauline
Burl, McCary
Mt. Hope
Davis
Mt. Hope Baptist Church
Central High School
The
Benevolent Hospital
McCary
Lascille Plemons
Leo Benick
Somerville
J. J
Mrs. Benick
Ladies Aid Society
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
E. J. Bryant
Change Of Life Brings Nervous Cross To Health
Mrs E Buck recalls feeling cross and a nervous wreck during menopause. Vinol promises iron lime and cod liver peptone to rebuild strength and blood, with improved appetite and pep after the first bottle, touted as delicious. Buy Vinol today.
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Vinci
E. Buck
Taén
Cardus Promises Strength For Weak Women
A testimonial from Mrs. R. B. Douglas of Jackson Mississippi describes relief from headaches and back pain after using Cardus, a vegetable tonic marketed for women. The ad claims the product has helped “80 many women” and has sold for over 50 years with 8 Gold by leading druggists, ru.2s.
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Cardus
R. B. Douglas
Jackson
Miss
Daily Crossword Puzzle 1 A non-existent place 7 A seventh inning motion
A challenging crossword puzzle with clues spanning geography time and common words. Items include a non existent place a seventh inning motion and various definitions from literary scraps to nautical terms.
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Ala Tiffany
Paris
New Orleans
Twin daughters born to Mr and Mrs Leon Russell
Births notice records the December 2 arrival of twins to Mr and Mrs Leon Russell and December 7 birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs E F Turney named Minnie Tellete.
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Mrs
Leon Russell
E. F. Turney
Minnie Tellete
White coal term used as figure of speech for water power
The phrase white coal appears as a figurative expression describing water power in historical usage, indicating a regional or dialect meaning tied to natural energy sources. It reflects how water flow and hydraulic potential were valued similarly to mineral fuel in certain periods.
Huge Deficit In Public Revenue Seen By Hoover
The text notes a large anticipated rise in public debt by about 1.32 billion dollars. It argues reactivating the 1924 revenue act would improve tax collection, relying on past experience with similar laws. It claims taxpayers tolerated the taxes and that temporary increases could end with definite relief in sight.
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Hoover
Population to hold steady at 144 million by 1960
Washington reports Secretary Hyde projects a stationary U S population in 30 years due to falling birthrates, immigration limits, and rising deaths. He cites only 4 or 5 cities with enough children to sustain a stationary population without newcomers, and urges policies to keep people in rural settings with nonagricultural work.
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Washington
Hyde
Hoover
United States
Bartering Becomes Common in Limestone County
In Limestone County Alabama the old fashioned barter system grows as money disappears yet crops abound. Rural areas swap farm products for goods and merchants acquire supplies or stove wood by trading overalls shirts and dress goods in exchange for desired products.
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Athens
Ala
Infant Laid to Rest for Purcell Infant
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Purcell was laid to rest in Center Grove on Tuesday. Many friends extended sincere sympathy to the parents in their loss.
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Center Grove
Charles Purcell
An American Tragedy on Stage and Screen at Prin cess
The article previews the talking picture An American Tragedy based on Dreiser's novel. It notes youth, ambition and conflicted love drive a young man into a fatal web, with a dramatic courtroom sequence praised as vivid and realistic. Stars include Phillips Holmes and Sylvia Sidney. director Josef von Sternberg.
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Theodore Dreiser
Princess Theatre
Dreiser
Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich
Morocco
Phillips Holmes
Nancy Carroll
Sylvia Sidney
New York
Gary Cooper
Fran
Ces Dee
Irving Pichel
Ruth Chatterton
Bodil Rosing
Frederick Burton
Claire McDowell
Wallace Middleton
Vivian Winston
Emmett Corrigan
Paramount
Refusal by Morrow in Jail Delivery Attempt
Robert Morrow, a black man serving a 20 year term for a prior murder, was asked to join an escape from Morgan County Jail. He refused, declining to join three inmates who overpowered a constable, seized a gun and keys, and locked him in a cell.
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Robert Morrow
Morgan County
Morrow
Liberty
Central High Announces Annual Staff Completes List
The annual staff for Central High School was announced today. Names listed include Mrs W J Barnum as Senior Class Adviser, Elizabeth McMillian editor in chief, Howard Lanier business manager, Annie Miller Gamble advertising manager, Edward Terry literary editor, Frances Kelly social editor, Billy Comerford sports editor, Elsie Ropers photograph editor, Tennis Odom art editor, Albert Nichols circulation manager, and Elizabeth Lamon joke editor.
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Central High School
W. J. Barnum
Elizabeth McMillian
Howard Lanier
Annie Miller Gamble
Edward Terry
Frances Kelly
Billy Comerford
Elsie Ropers
Tennis Odom
Albert Nichols
Cheese Stuffed Potatoes Warmed For Service
A simple recipe describes baking potatoes until tender, slicing almost through, inserting cheese, then returning to a warm oven for a few minutes before serving. The method highlights a quick cheesy potato side dish.
Relief program believed likely in wartime relief efforts
Washington December 9 The War Department plans to intensify unemployment relief activities through decentralization of facilities in the coming winter Secretary Hurley said in his annual report to President Hoover He stated the department would coordinate recentralize and cooperate with other agencies to solve peacetime problems amid national military emergency.
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Washington
War Department
Hurley
Hoover
Eastside Morgan County Singing Set for December 13
Eastside singing convention will convene at Somerville on Sunday December 13. The public is invited to attend with song books and a well filled basket. Dinner will be served on the grounds.
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Easside Morgan County Singing Convention
Somerville
Memorial Drive For Jimmy Moore Opens
Memorial Drive is set for December 14 and 15 at the University of Alabama to raise funds for the Jimmy Moore Memorial Scholarship. The effort is led by the Crimson-White and the student spirit committee in memory of James Moore of Anniston, who died at Fort McClellan last summer from spinal meningitis after starring for three years on the Alabama football team.
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University
Ala
Jimmie Moore
Crimson-White
University, of Alabama
James Moore
Anniston
Fort McClellan
Taxes Being Paid In Limestone Very Well
ATHENS Alabama December 9 Special In spite of a low mood state and county taxes are being paid fairly well in Limestone County There will be no more delinquents than last year Most assessments were reduced for this year and most farmers have appeared to be anxious to pay their taxes out of the first crops sold Business men as a general rule wait until around the first part of the year to make payment.
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Athens
Ala
Mrs Conville Ill With Appendicitis in Piney Chapel
Mrs William Conville has been ill with appendicitis and confined to her home in Piney Chapel. Friends extend wishes for a rapid recovery.
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Piney Chapel
William Conville
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W. R. Smith
Bob Stephenson
Central Parent-Teachers’ Association
Central High Library
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Woman's Missionary Society of the
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Methodist Church
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Courtland
Thornton Newsom
Memphis, Tenn
B. P. Wallace
Whist Club
E S. Loyd
Wellington Bosworth
Kelley Bitting, Jr
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MR. and
Brs. Markstein
Ferry Street
Tennis Tidwell
B. L. Crawford
B. Crawford
Hunt
B. A. Turner
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Pittsburgh
Robert Masterson
University of Alabama
R. P. Masterson
R. E. Rogers
Dallas
Texas
John Patterson
Wilma Jane Patterson
the Benevolent Hospital
Marjorie Morrow
Mrs. W. Reed
Mrs. J. Wiley Owen
East Walnut Street
E. H Akers
Birmingham
Marjory Chunn
C. H. Chunn
Spiegner
Miss Marjory Chunn
Oral Wearing
E. P. Wallace
Ernest Dodd
Fort Benning, Ga
Charles E. Dodd
Frank Dulaney
Margaret
Frank, Jr
Columbus
C. H. Timberlake
Stevenson
Bunn . Hackworth
Henry Clarke
Benick-Plemons
Princess
Richard
Bar
Rthelmess
David Manners
John Mack Brown
Helen Chandler Elliot Nugent Walter Guy Run
Lip Stelpen
Sylvia
Sidney
Caddo
Mary Lee Standridge
Cardu I
Montnss
Boston
Sian Iriampisi Asiail
Ciain
Dionr
Iriain
Ciainis
AIC
Tia
Biait
Limestone County
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Miss McMillian
Ager
Elizabeth Lamon
Eastside
Allen’s Beauty Shop
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Elam
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