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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1930
Page
2
A Florida Polytechnic Institute livestock specialist lists economical rations for dairy cows in Alabama fed on mixed hay or Johnson grass. The plans specify multiple combinations using corn and cob meal ground oats wheat bran cottonseed meal salt and optional slaked lime with substitutions like shorts or peanut meal to fit prices.
Members of Winona Council Junior Order United American Mechanics will elect officers for the year at the regular meeting on the first Friday night in January. Refreshments will be served and full attendance is expected.
Paris December reports say French statesman Raymond Poincare is seriously ill with partial paralysis. Anxiety rose as rumors of death circulated, but officials and friends later confirmed no death and noted a slight improvement in his condition.
Decatur and nearby figures including Talal Davidson James Horton Tyler Goodwin and Hector Lane were noted in Decatur and Nashville on business. The Baker Auto Body Works moved to East Moulton street. the mayor and aldermen plan a regular session to discuss the new year tax schedule.
Miss Anita Lamar has resigned as Superintendent of a Work in the county succeeding Miss Clara Kelly. The resignation is in hand with no definite action taken yet.
Morgan county schools announce a holiday break with three days left before Christmas. Decatur city schools and county rural schools will suspend Friday afternoon and resume Monday morning January 29th. Many teachers will travel home for the holidays.
The body of John Henry Hartung is taken to Nashville Tennessee for burial at the family grave after a Westminster church service. Westminster church ministers and Knights Templar escort attend along with city officials, council members, staff, patrolmen and firemen. The ceremony includes three quartet numbers and organ by Mrs. George Jackas.
Law enforcement led by Van Gilbert and Deputies Reed White and Phillips of Sheriff B. E. Davis raided a large illicit still in Morgan County near Lawrence County. The 1000 gallon capacity boiler still had been in operation recently and was found still warm. Operators escaped custody.
Vouchers for aged veterans will be distributed by the office of Judge M. D. W on or just after January 1. In recent years the number of eligible recipients has declined.
A House committee's inquiry into Communist activity was halted when Secretary Stimson refused to allow a state department official to testify in a public session. A. Dana Hodgson voiced the objection saying the testimony was not in the public interest, though he was willing to testify in secret.
An advertisement touts Konjola as a universal remedy with claims of curing stomach liver kidney and bowel ills rheumatism neuritis and nervousness. It cites Mrs Louise Sanders of Nashville Tennessee praising rapid improvement after two bottles and recommends six to eight bottles total with distribution through Decatur and Albany druggists.
MOBILE Alabama December 16 Fingerprints on a pair of eyeglasses are the sole clue in the slaying and robbery of L and N conductor John O Rourke found on the Maryland and Ohio tracks. Police joined state county and railroad detectives in the probe after bullets ended the conductor's life. Investigators traced movements from 4 30 to 7 a m when the body was found but withheld further details.
In Baton Rouge Louisiana a mother, father, son and daughter received licenses to wed. Frank Peoples 47 obtained a license to marry Mrs James Cousta fine Forche 47. Peoples' son Tom Peoples 21 of Houston Texas also secured a license to marry Helen Forche 18 daughter of Mrs Forche.
In Istanbul four widows a daughter and seven sons of former Sultan Abdul Hamid are declared penniless as the Turko British Tribunal rules it lacks competence to grant restitution of properties seized by Great Britain. The case sought return of properties in Iraq and Palestine valued at 80 million dollars under Lausanne treaty articles 60 and 65.
Decatur Garden Club will award three five dollar prizes on Christmas Eve for the most effective interior and exterior home decorations and the merchant window with the most Christmas spirit. Judges have not yet been selected. Interest rises citywide as homes add festive touches.
A motor collision on Prytania Street and Leake Avenue in New Orleans killed Miss Ruth Whitlow, 35, instantly. The victim resided in New Orleans according to late December reports.
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