Thornton Holgate Dances Toward Social Success at Sylvan Beach
Thornton Holgate, newly elected president of the Rice Faculty club, attends a lively Sylvan Beach dance hall with Sara Sue Davis. He gamely dances with strangers, gains confidence, and receives warm, admiring reactions from workers and patrons, while realizing social progress is gradual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Holgate
Galveston
Houston
Thornton
Massachusetts
Sara Sue
Sylvan Beach
Thorny
Year’s peak shopping boosts weekly retail sales in U.S.
America's shoppers surged through holiday aisles boosting the week’s retail activity to a record for the year. Apparel, house furnishings, and electric appliances led demand while toy sales remained strong and wholesale orders rose. Industrial activity stayed brisk with auto output exceeding 100,000 cars for the first time in 16 months. The piece notes widespread holiday buying and a cynosure on staple goods amid continuing cold weather and rail freight gains.
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Paul D. Gesner
New York
America
Make This Model at Home By Anne Adams
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4992 a versatile dress for morning wear with long or short sleeves. The design features a high waist panel, shirtwaist yokes and broad skirt panel. Sizes 14 through 46 available. fabric and ruffing yardage listed. price fifteen cents per pattern. order via The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
N. Y
Lawrence County community notes from Aldridge Grove area
Elmer Payne of Hartselle and Judge Jackson of Moulton visited on business. Several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Milford Vinson and Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Smith, spent time with relatives near Hartselle. Willaden Vinson ill with malaria. Charlie Rose recovering from severe cold. Numerous visits between Moulton, Danville, Double Spring, and Decatur areas. Two of Mr and Mrs Luke Sparks' are mournful.
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Elmer Payne
Hartselle
Judge Jackson
Moulton
Milford Vinson
Corbin Smith
Willaden Vinson
Charlie Rose
Buddie Black
George Curtis
W. T. Hill
Tass Jacob
Jim Hayes
Danville
Abel Hicks
Ernest Mullican
Hubert Simpson
Floyd Hill
Jess Sparks
G. M. Sparks
Walter Alexander
Wren
Henry Alexander
J. C. Coke
Baby
Jim Cannon
Elmer Logan
Ray
Double Spring
Lucy Warren
Cullman
Frank Morgan
W. W. Hicks
Ora Lee
Glennis Moore
Decatur
Erleen Mullican
Wibb
Orville Roberts
Nee
Capone to Be Freed Jan 19
Chicago reports Al Capone will leave Alcatraz and return January 19 1939 after a year in Cook County jail. The former crime boss aged 41 faces a shifting Chicago scene as police target remaining rackets and associates, with Prohibition era power fading and many cronies gone.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Cook County
Thomas J. Courtney
Courtney
Lista
Garnglord
Atlanta
Ill children prompt county health note
Neel resident Elkin Roberts and Liberty resident Don Harp were in the community last Monday while several children are reported very ill with flu.
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Elkin Roberts
Neel
Don Harp
Liberty
Honor Rolls Made Public at Junior High School
Ninety eight students made the second six weeks honor roll at the junior high. Names appear in both lists with numerous students from grades in the middle school and a second honor roll featuring sixteen additional honorees.
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W. R. Veloreese Andrews
Mary Eilen
Kenship
Wilma Bryant
Jacqueline Burleson
Elizabeth Chappell
Betty Crane
Gregg Coleman
Billy Dalley
Annie Reeves Dillard
Faye Dobbs
Louise Fitzpatrick
Buddy Garrett
Alda Goldel
Vivian Griffis
Betty Holesapple
Marguerite Hovis
Mary Hulme
Juanita Kilgore
Marjorie Lang
Maretta Lang
Eugenia Latady
Phyllis McMeans
Barbara Moore
Carolyn Murphy
Evelyn Nance
Bonnie Park
Mary Lee Poole
Arthur Parker
Lonnie Petty
Clyta Gray Pitts
Corrine Ray
Richard Stewart
Naomi Sandusky
Lorene Sellers
Martha Scales
Janet Sweet
Vivian Timberlake
Margaret Timberlake
Trimble
Willard Young
Peggy Wilds
Roy Wyatt
Willow Jean Finn
Robi
F Pricks
Jane Bethany
Herbert Boley
Shirley Bragg
Louise Brittain
Bob Catlett
Gil Crane
Peggy Dowdy
Eris Dean
Betsy Jane Flam
Audria Free
Sybil Free
Mary Jane Grubbs
Ernestine Gillespie
Laneese Halbrooks
Ida Hall Hill
Dot Hine
Katherine Henderson
Lillian Houser
Anne Hunter
Billy Hulsey
Catherine Snails
Marguerite Jernigan
Robert Jones
Alta Mae Walker
Frances Milton West
Kathryn Wilson
Lena Wilson
Margaret Whitmire
Lorinda Thornton
Capone Parole Denied. Mental Health Questioned
Capone became eligible for parole on September 9 1035 but was denied. Attorneys sought removal of an extra year added to his sentence. Earlier this year he was treated for mental disturbances though officials did not disclose if condition could affect imprisonment. County jail term followed misdemeanor counts for failing to file tax reports, while the federal prison term was for tax evasion.
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Duke O'Reilly
O'Reilly
Liverpool
London
Cherbourg
Houston
Sara
Lucy
Thornton
Holgate
Mr. O'Reilly
Thornton Holgate
Sara Sue
Capone
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Central Press Association
Leila White
Dr. Holgate
Mr. White
Dr. Lovett
Francine Powers
Sara Sue Davis
Montevallo
Sterling
Turner
Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard Store
Moulton Street
Chevrolet CO
Scott
Gen Aker
Lawrence County
Aldridge Grove
R.j.scott
Arnegie
Qepr
King Peeture
ST. Yves
France
Queen Victoria
England
Fite Drug CO
North Alabama
W. & H. Machine Works
Bellevue
Idaho
Amie
Range—Refrigerator
United Furniture CO
Decatur Cleaners
Monogram
Penney’s * Penney Company
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