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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1937

Page

3

Hamilton Attacks Critics as Party Seeks New Policy Group

The meeting, described by Chairman Hamilton as potentially shaping the party’s future and the nation’s, faces no nominations yet for the chair or committee. Hamilton rebukes critics led by Robert W. Johnson and defends his tenure, while a slate of elder statesmen and rising figures are discussed for the steering committee amid calls for new blood.

Hamilton Party Republican National Committee Johnson National Committee Cleveland St. Louis Herbert Hoover Charles G. Dawes Alf M. Landon Samue F. Pryor, Jr Connecticut Robert W. Burroughs New Hampshire

Union Grove social notes and community updates

Union Grove residents share Sunday meals and visits with Rev. L F Campbell and the Pritchetts. Local ball game draw crowds at Union Hill with attendees including James Hipps Ralph Cobb and others. Residents report weather related busy days collecting wood and health updates on Roy Edwards and Mrs. Yancey.

L. F. Campbell Parl Pritchett Fred Morgan Hunteville W. B. Lemley Union Hill James Hipps Ralph and Bernord Cobb Helen Lemley Jas. W. Tyler Leo Yancey Felton Vinton Hendrix Jack Leach Miller Haga Georgia Pritchett Whisenant Frank Whisenant Tennessee Coo J. D. Whisenant Leonard Royster Antioch D. A. Hipps Elmer Jackson W. B. Lemsey M. C. Lemley Decatur J. C. Williamson, Sr Morgan City Lillian Dean Horace Dean Roy. Edwards W. C. Williams J R Pony Yancey

Cops and Robbers Overrun Chicago House

John Chambaugh’s two sons Charles and Boston watched a staged cops and robbers game from their bed. They saw two men with pistols enter through an open window, run through the house, and flee. After recovering, they screamed again when three more men climbed in. The children learned the figures were detectives pursuing burglars.

Chicago John Chambaugh Charles Boston Chambaugh

Christmas savings pay off for Bloomington boy Kenneth A Miller

Happy Yuletide from New Albany Indiana where Kenneth A Miller to make Christmas money picked strawberries hunted walnuts sold novelties and did odd jobs when not busy at the night club where he works He has drawn nine banks 50 Christmas savings checks for 25 each totaling 450 dollars.

Happy Yuletide New Albany Ind Kenneth A. Miller

Christmas Tree Event at Fairview Baptist Church

The Fairview Baptist church invites all Fairview boys and girls to a Christmas tree on Friday December 17 at 7 p m with Santa Claus and a gift on the tree. The Sunday school sponsors the event and invites everyone to attend and join Sunday school. On December 19 at 7 p m the young people's choir will present a worship program of songs and scripture after the Baptist Training Union.

Fairview Baptist Church Fairview Santa Claus Baptist Training Union

Labor groups seek four major changes to Social Security Act

The American Federation of Labor and the C I O will urge Congress to extend old age and unemployment coverage to more workers including domestic, farm, and small shop labor. They want strikes eligible for benefits, a $30 minimum old age pension after five years of taxes, and removal of employer contributions. The CIO also backs housing proposals using old age reserve funds, while broadening the act with higher benefits.

Washington American Federation of Labor Congress A. F. of L Federation Philip Murray United Mine Workers Social Security Board C. SO

Bingham Operated On In Baltimore at Johns Hopkins

Ambassador Robert W. Bingham was operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to determine the cause of his illness. The procedure involved Dee Pete and aimed to clarify his medical condition.

Baltimore Dee Pete Robert W. Bingham England Johns Hopkins Hospital

Lincoln Shot During Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre

The play Our American Cousin was being performed at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, marking a pivotal moment in U.S. history.

Ford's Washington, D. C Abraham Lincoln

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