Enthusiasm Grows Over Decatur Chamber Of Commerce Drive
More than eighty men from business professional and agricultural sectors join a 1932 campaign to form a strong Decatur Chamber Of Commerce The effort opens with a dinner at the YMCA and continues Tuesday as workers seek broad civic development and public backing for progress Leaders named include B B Malone Tennis Tidwell Gilbert Crane and Rev E N Hart, with remarks on Decatur taking civic initiative.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Ccommerce
4 Chamber of Commerce
B. B. Malone
Tennis Tidwell
Gilbert Crane
Rev. E. N. Hart
Arthur Jones
W. B. Neher
H. O
Boys Quartet Broadcast From Birmingham Stations
The Sixtheenth Avenue Boys Quartet led by Lamar Buck first tenor Eugene Speer Jr Ralph Field low baritone Baren basso with Virginia Speer as accompanist traveled to Birmingham to broadcast on WBRC and WKBC. They aired 20 and 30 minute sacred music programs featuring Redeemed The Old Rugged Cross Wayside Wells Wear a Sunny Smile The Shepherd Calls The Church in the Wildwood and He Has Made Me Whole.
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Sixtheenth Avenue Boys Quartet
Lamar Buck
Eugene Speer
Ralph Field
Barenbasso
Virginia Speer
Birmingham
WBRC
WKBC
Old Rugged Cross
Wayside Wells
Salesman Narrow Escape as Auto Burns on Bee Line
A salesman driving between Huntsville and Decatur on the Bee Line highway escaped serious harm when his automobile caught fire this morning between five and six. He jumped from the car after noticing flames in the rear, suffering minor facial and hand burns while freeing baggage from the back seat. Most baggage was saved. origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Here
Athens
Decatur
Huntsville
Drew
Christmas pageant planned for Central Baptist Church
On December 20 at 7 p m the Central Baptist church main auditorium will host a Christmas season program The Heavenly Host depicts the Saviour s birth Directors Mrs Janes Allen Smith and Miss Sadie Smith lead nightly rehearsals Mrs Seneca Burr directs the music Seventy characters will perform with an oriental stage setting Public invitation extended for the observance.
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Central Baptist Church
Janes Allen Smith
Sadie Smith
Seneca Burr
County tree planting contest announced in Lawrence county
Mrs. John C. Forney announces a county tree planting contest offering five dollars in gold to the boy or girl with the greatest number of well cared for fruit trees planted between now and six months before October 1, 1932. The Alabama National Forest allows salvage trees from abandoned homes near Moulton. A small digging and transport fee may apply. 4-H and Future Farmers of America members join, with J. E. Carter offering planting and pruning help. Renters are urged to participate for the benefit of future landowners.
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Moulton
Ala
John C. Forney
Lawrence County
National Forest Service
Alabama National Forest
Future Farmers of America
J. E. Carter
Aomain
Musical Program at St Peter's Mission Feature at Wilder Place
A tableaux presentation at St Peter's Mission and Wilder Place school features musical parts by Mrs Herman Whaley and Eldon Jones with Miss Catherine Weaver presiding at the organ. Seven tableaux are presented by Mission and school members as a reader recounts a scriptural story narrated by Roy Beeler, warden.
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St. Peter's Mission
Wilder Place School
Herman Whaley
Eldon Jones
Catherine Weaver
Roy Beeler
Three Escaped Convicts Dead After Penitentiary Break
Leavenworth Kan December report says three of seven convicts who escaped from the federal penitentiary were found dead apparently by their own hands. Two others were recaptured and a fifth wounded during the breakout. Warden Thomas White was kidnapped and used as a shield as the fugitives fled eight miles west before police cornered four of the escapees. Authorities hunt for Earl Thayer a gray haired Oklahoma man missing since the escape.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
Earl Thayer
Here
Thomas White
Will Green
Lancer Panions
Former Pastor Guilty in Slaying
In Augusta Georgia former Rochelle minister J M Williams was found guilty of slaying his 19 year old navy son Raford Williams. The jury recommended mercy resulting in a life sentence. The state said he lured the sailor home on furlough under the pretense of his sister’s illness to claim life insurance. The son was shot in a mill yard near Augusta last August. It was his second trial after a mistrial last time.
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Augusta
J. M. Williams
Rochelle
Raford Williams
Navy
Young Williams
Episcopal Meeting Set For Huntsville 101st Convention
St. John s Episcopal church in Huntsville prepares for the Diocese of Alabama convention to be held at the Church of the Nativity. Rev. Cary Gamble rector notes every church hopes to send full representatives. The 101st convention opens January 21, 1932.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Alabama
Church of the Nativity
Huntsville
Cary Gamble
Episcopal Church
Made Up Mind and Married Same Time
In Talladega Alabama on December 12 a double wedding linked the Howell and Thomas families. Richard M Howell married Delolar Thomas and Morgan R Howell wed Delois Thomas in a simultaneous ceremony. The couples reside at Howells Cove.
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Talladega
Ala
Howells
Thomases
Richard M. Howell
Delolar Thomas
Morgan R. Howell
Delois Thomas
Porter
Howell's Cove
Cotton Market Steady in Decatur and New York Decline
The Decatur cotton market held steady with middling seven-eighths at 5-35, unchanged from Friday. In New York, January futures fell three points to 6.06 from 6.09 at Friday's close.
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Decatur
New York
Heaviest cotton crops awaiting favorable price in Valley counties
Valley farmers hold the season’s largest cotton crop as prices linger at five cents per pound. Morgan county projects one million gold lars from 40,051 bales, with others like Madison 59,542 bales, Limestone 48,622, Lawrence 36,420, Cullman 49,431, and Marshall around 45,000 bales. Farmers await higher prices while financial conditions improve and food supplies remain ample.
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Morgan County
Madison County
Limestone County
Lawrence County
Cullman
Marshall
New Students Enter Opportunity Schools in Decatur
New students are entering opportunity schools in Decatur. This week three new enrollments include two young men aged 19 and 21 starting to learn reading and writing. The 21 year old had not attended school for nearly a lifetime, the 19 year old none at all. A 22 year old woman also joined this week.
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Decatur
Charity Council Seeks End to Doorstep Begging in Decatur
Decatur citizens were urged to report door to door begging to the chief of police C M Riggsbee at City Hall. The Charity Council said it will investigate each case and assist those found needy, while urging beggars to stop the practice.
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Decatur
Charity Council of
Charity Council
C. M. Riggsbee
Preaches in Huntsville at Church of the Nativity
The rector of St John’s Episcopal Church Rev. Peter M Dennis will be the preacher at a special service at the Church of the Nativity in Huntsville Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Peter M. Dennis
Church of the Navity
Huntsville
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady
New York cotton futures opened steady with December at 6.00 cents, January 6.03, March 6.21, May 6.42, July 6.51, October 6.20, reflecting quiet early trading on December 12.
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New York
Hoodrich store room entry at Silvertown Station
Thieves smashed a second floor door at Goodrich Silvertown Station at Lee and Oak streets and entered between midnight and 4 am. They moved to the first floor and exited via the front door. Loss totals were not yet compiled as of today.
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Goodrich Silvertown
Lee and
Oak Streets
Mistrial Declared in Peterson Murder Trial
In Birmingham Alabama Judge Russell McElroy declared a mistrial after a 42 hour jury deadlock in the murder case of Willie Peterson accused of killing Augusta Williams a Birmingham society girl Nell Williams sister injured in the August 4 crime The defendant testified he was at home when the shooting occurred while Nell Williams identified him as the slayer
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Birmingham
Ala
Russell McElroy
Willie Peterson
Augusta Williams
Miss Williams
Jennie Wood
Nell Williams
Peterson
Foursquare Chapter Holds Regular Session at Central Baptist
The Foursquare chapter met in regular session at Central Baptist church on December 7 at 4 o'clock. A light football practice followed by devotional and business meeting. An initiation is planned for Monday December 14 at 4 o'clock for boys aged 9 to 12. Billy Stewart was elected ambassador in chief with other officers to be announced.
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Central Baptist Church
Billy Stewart
Edith in Second Installment of Editor's Note Series
The note introduces the second installment in a six part series and mentions Edith as a central reference. It signals ongoing reflections on journalism practice and writerly craft within the publication.
Washington Sister Reveals Cupboard Child Tale and Abduction
Louise Riley, 20, sister to Edith Riley, recalls her family's court ordered separation from grandmother Augusta Anna dale eight years ago. She describes a harsh home, Edith kept in a closet, and a longing for a mother's guidance as she faced neglect and cold water washing.
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Washington, D. C
Louise Riley
Edith Riley
Washington
Harry Riley
Francis
Edith
Augusta Annadale
Grandmother
Billy
Understanding 16 Reached On Debts Due Next Tuesday
An informal understanding was reached today between administration and senate leaders that foreign governments would not be at fault if war debt payments due next Tuesday are not paid, pending ratification of a one year moratorium. Under Secretary Mills discussed the situation with leaders of both parties in the Senate.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
President outlines a deflation turning program
The President presented a nonpartisan definite program aimed at restoring jobs and purchasing power, unifying actions for deflation relief. He cited prior recommendations, some already in effect, others awaiting Congress, and emphasized aiding workers, farmers, and the economy.
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Congress
Powers Sentenced to Die for Murder at Moundsville
Clarksburg West Virginia December 12 Harry Powers was sentenced to die on the gallows in the Moundsville penitentiary on March 18 after his conviction for first degree murder in the death of Mrs Dorothy Lemke of Northboro Massachusetts. Judge John Southern set the execution time between sunrise and sundown. Powers faces additional indictments in the slayings of four others.
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Clarksburg
West Va
Harry Powers
Moundsville
John Southern
Powers
Dorothy Lemke
Northboro
Mass
Southern
Slayer Declares Victim Swore False in Court
Lonnie Harkins, 38, shot and killed Miss Eulah Steadham, 20, at Sibert's Mill near Gadsden Alabama after claiming she swore against him in a beating case on attempted attack charges. Harkins surrendered and was bound over on a $2,000 bond after a county warrant sworn by Steadham.
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Gadsden
Dee
Lonnie Harkins
Eulah Steadham
Sibert’s Mill
William Williams
Special music by First Methodist church choir Sunday
The choir of the First Methodist church will render special music at both morning and evening services. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend.
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First Methodist Church
School Night Observed At Moulton Heights Church
Sunday evening event at Moulton Heights church features faculty members the Parent-Teacher Association and student body in attendance with a special sermon to be delivered by a guest speaker.
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Moulton Heights Church
Parent-Teachers Association
Money for Lawrence County High School Teachers Available
Hundred dollars have been made available for high school teachers in Lawrence County as part of the State Trust Fund. The funds, allocated last February, cannot be used for elementary teachers this year. Payments are on Certificates of indebtedness issued to teachers for past salaries, with few left in the county for the current year. Most teachers hold certificates and receive payments now, arriving as they earn nothing in current work, a much needed timing.
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High Schier
Lawrence County
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