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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
5
Atlanta ends its Gone With the Wind fanfare with a star studded world premiere. Clark Howell hosts with dignitaries and Olivia DeHavilland makes a late entrance as Gable and cast mingle with fans.
Pattern 4323 by Anne Adams designed for fuller figures offers a two piece slip with long front and back darts for adjustable fit and built up or ribbon straps. Includes panties, sizes 34 to 50, fabric yardage for size 36, 314 yards of 39 inch fabric. Cost 15 cents per pattern, book also 15 cents, total 25 cents with pattern.
Washington December 15 A White House reception for 53 nations showcased smooth State Department protocol as envoys from China Japan Spain Soviet Russia and Great Britain met in carefully spaced groups. Attendees including Hjalmar Procope Hans Thomsen Constantine Oumansky Jerzy Potocki observed polite exchanges and mingled with cordial chatter amid a formal diplomatic scene.
In Tulsa a 13 year old seventh grader nicknamed Jimmy Valentine is described by Officer Ben Chapman as a brilliant but morally blind youth capable of 60 crimes. He demonstrated skill by opening a county attorney's office safe in three minutes and was arrested with companions. Chapman urges training school and church involvement.
A preaching service and church conference are set for Salem Methodist Church on Saturday December 16 at 7:00 p.m. Rev A M Jones of Veto and pastor Rev M L Newcomb will lead. Everyone is invited.
In Philadelphia on December 15 a city hearing heard that Mrs. Otto Eisenlohr cancelled a 300000 bequest to the orchestra claiming illness made her incompetent. Louis Puryear testified the patron signed a codicil to fund the orchestra after illness in 1938. The orchestra seeks to have the codicil declared invalid.
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