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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
5
A cache of Santa letters from Decatur Alabama children dated December 1936 requests toys such as wagons scooters bicycles dolls trains and toy kitchens along with fruit nuts candy and clothing. The notes mention several young writers including Ray Raymon Nilon Doris Ann Roper Harold Logan Carolyn Zane Marvoline Sims Betty Jane Ryan Viva Lee Prince and Charles Curtis Banks among others.
A 1936 Christmas note from a few Alabama children to Santa Claus, listing gifts they want and asking Santa to remember their mother and the poor. Glenn from Moulton asks for a red tricycle with horn, nuts, candy, fruit. Hilda from Somerville seeks bathrobe slippers and a book. Harry Loieu Rolfe from Somerville requests a baseball bat knife and apples.
Chicago couple George and Fern Sipperly disagreed over a card game. Mrs. Sipperly testified in court she preferred bridge while her husband liked pinochle. A superior court judge granted the divorce decree.
A large crowd enjoyed the amateur entertainment at Joe Wheeler School last night. The Harmony Quartette led by G. E. McCulloch John Peet Woody Greenwood and Bert Bridges won a $2.50 purse. The event raised $47 for the PTA and merchants sponsored several numbers.
Fred R. Smith director of the Works Progress Employment Division said that between 1 500 and 2 000 relief workers with opportunities for other work would be dropped from WPA roles in Montgomery Alabama.
Police clashed with strikers outside the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock plant in Chester Pennsylvania as a strike turned violent. Tear gas and a false fire alarm sparked chaos. John Young aged 63 died after being rushed to hospital and authorities weighed heart attack against injuries from the melee. About 38 others were injured as thousands gathered, and hundreds breached picket lines to enter the plant.
A series of business visitors and residents activity is noted in Moulton and nearby towns. Names include Gavin of RusSELLville Citi zens Bank, Judge Bragg returning from Birmingham, Eldred Elkins visiting, Mrs G M Carraway improving from flu, and travelers from Birmingham Decatur Landersville Hillsboro Wheeler and Mt Hope making calls or trips this week.
Toledo December 11 7 Frank L. Skeldon Jr Toledo Times police reporter phoned his city editor he would be late. He arrived and filed a fire story describing how the fire department and Frank L. Skeldon Jr extinguished a blaze at the Skeldon residence.
Farmers across the county sell cotton this week as prices jump. Local cotton brings near 13 cents on the Moulton market while Ed Burch and others travel for business. Renovations advance with demolition of the Crosthwaite building and new mercantile construction set to begin soon. Rapid courthouse progress continues with two shifts on the second story.
Insurgent shells pounded the Spanish capital in a long range duel with government batteries. A heavy offensive drive from Montles to Pozuelo marked the fifth week of Madrid’s siege as Franco's troops advanced under a windy, snowcapped Guadarrama horizon. Evacuations of noncombatants were sped while government guards bolstered the food supply amid clashes around Pozuelo and the San Fernando bridge.
A dress rehearsal for the Christmas Cantata will be held at Central Baptist church at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. The cast is asked to report on time and the performance is set for December 20.
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