Postal Authorities Launch Drive Against Obscene Letters
The Postal Inspection Service targets obscene mail exchanges and clubs led by "The Letter Club Different" run by Gayle R. Cleveland in Pensacola Florida. Investigations reveal membership schemes, fees, coded listings and distribution of obscene literature through mails.
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U.S
Gayle R. Cleveland
Pensacola
Florida
Georgia
Portal Inspection Service
Letter Club
Pen“Letter Club
Cleveland
Postal Inspection Service
Obscene
Servie
Athens Churches Offer Weekday Pageants and Orphan Offerings
Athens Ala December 16 Special services will be pageants with afternoon sessions across churches. Special offerings will benefit the orphan homes supported by the congregations. Hours vary by church to accommodate attendance.
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Athens
Ala
Moulton Lions Club to Meet at County High School
The Moulton Lions Club will gather Thursday evening at the vocational agricultural building of the county high school in Moulton Alabama. Members are urged to attend as the club, since its founding, has aided local development and helped needy residents. Robert B. Carson is president.
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Moulton
Ala
Alions Club
Vocational Agricultural
Cit
Robert B. Qrson
Prowler Attacks Watchman in Los Angeles
Clarence E. Barker, 59, a watchman, was treated at the Police Department hospital for a flesh wound after a prowler shot him in the eye. Barker chased the assailant but was injured and later fell in his room, with details garbled in the report.
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Los Angeles
Clarence E. Barker
Policemon Hospital
Seul
Decatur News Briefs Highlight Holiday Visits and Local Business
Decatur residents report a flurry of holiday activity with Donald Branum arriving Friday to spend Christmas with relatives. Numerous guests visit from Nash ville, Dallas, Montgomery, and Birmingham, while local ministers and churches prepare Christmas services. Deer hunters head to the forest reservation as December activities continue.
Christmas Letters From Children Address Santa Claus
A 1936 Santa letters page from Decatur and Somerville features several young senders: Lewis Garnett Dement asks for a streamlined tricycle ambulance and more, Sylvia Kay Dement and Maurice Dowling Poff list playthings and gifts, and Mitchell Slate hopes for boots and candy. The children request inclusion for siblings and friends, noting their addresses and dates.
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Santa Claus
Bobbie Tuck
Lewis Garnett Dement
Christmas Service at First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church holds a White Christmas service Sunday at 5 pm with no evening service. Louise Robinson Bible class decorates. Frances Nungester chairs programs. Julian Harris leads as Sunday school superintendent with Ramage and Mrs. R. N. forming the offering committee. Gifts to Selma orphans home planned.
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First Methodist Church
Louise Robinson
Julian Harris
Frances Nungester
L. Ramage
R. N
Wag
Selma
Decatur Opens 1936 Basketball Schedule at Central High
The Decatur boys and girls basketball teams begin the 1936 season tonight at 7:30 at Central High School with Town Creek in a doubleheader. Coach Ogle and Fuller aim for a successful year while Decatur wears red and black. Town Creek brings fast teamwork and sharp shooting that could challenge Decatur.
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Decatur
Central High School
Town Creek
Ogle
Fuller
Decaturites
Cagers
Decatur Cagers
Missing Money Mystery Solved in Bank Robbery
Cull man police recovered 965 dollars stolen in a Tennessee Valley Bank robbery last Thursday. Clerk Katherine Voss, 22, daughter of cashier Rene Clark, was shot in the left shoulder but not seriously injured and has been discharged from the hospital. Roy Crawford, a young farmer, was arrested after the money was found in a woodshed near his house. Crawford said he discarded the cash after fleeing the bank.
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Cullman
Tennessee Valley Bank
Katherine Voss
Rene Clark
Roy Crawford
Crawford
Voss
School Year Ends Early For County High Schools
The superintendent of education announces all county high schools will dismiss on December 28 and resume on January 4.
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Moulton
Ala
Superintendent of Education
All County High Schools
Church notices urged for Saturday issue
The Daily renewed its invitation to local church officials to place their announcements in Saturday's issue. The notice must be in the office by Friday night for inclusion.
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Daily Today
Cantata Set for Sunday at Central Baptist Church
The Central Baptist church choir with city singers performs a Sunday evening cantata at 7 30. The program includes The Christmas King and Redeemer and King with Silent Night as the processional. Conductor A L Moye directs a large roster of sopranos altos tenors and basses.
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Central Baptist Church
A. L. Moye
R. M. McGlathery
Marion Vickery
Nina Hodges
A. Cann
J. Rule
Wil Ne Hodges
Mary Frances Mathews
David Gibson
Ethel Sandlin
Frances Garnett
Pearl Knight
Beatrice Siviey
J. S. Alexander
J. T. Pettey
Evelyn McClure
Amy Willingham
Eva Rose Watterson
B. L. Malone
Lillian Burks
Pearl Stewart
P. H. Sandlin
Carl Gibson
Mildred Ray
Blanche Todd
Altos
George Evans
Ford Wear
R. J. Ray
Sam Pruitte
Auston Watterson
Borbert Weaver
Basses
Otto Fischer
George Collier
Guy Jones
L. B. Wright
BE. BE. Speer, Jr
George Downs
Heart Attack Proves Fatal in Train Incident
Felix E. Bradford about 50 of Nashville died of a heart attack last night on a L and N freight passenger train en route from Union Station to the yards. He opened a switch near Decatur station and was stricken after boarding the train. A doctor arrived at the shops but he was dead. Funeral plans were set in Nashville. He had worked for L and N for about 30 years and is survived by a brother James Bradford of Nashville.
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Felix E. Bradford
Nashville
Union Station
Decatur
Mr. Bradford
Bradford
Brown Funeral Company
James Bradford
Prince Ryan Lead Decatur Team in 37
Decatur’s 1937 event featured Prince and Ryan leading the team with standout performances. The program included remarks by Kemmitter and Woodrow Neeley, plus Miss Virginia Fox singing and Miss Geneve Goode on piano. Teachers praised athletic moral standards and a large dining crowd enjoyed a substantial repast afterward.
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Prince
Ryan
Decatur
Kemmitter
Woodrow Neeley
Exi Brazelton
Prof. Benson
Jean Gray
Dora Caudill
Theda Mae Handley
Marjorie Russell
Dorothy Austin
Virginia Fox
Geneva Goode
W. T. Jordan
A. H. Hoff
Board of Education
Harry Thornhill
Catherine Thornhill
Emory Caudill
Joe Weatherly
Richard Ryan
Clara Belle Turner
Milton Hovis
Mary Sue Ryan
Harold Bowers
Ruth Pettus
Wilfred Self
Jessie W. Howland
Frank Chenault
Marshall Dunaway
Izell Haynes
Jackson Hodges
Eleanor Cassels
Mack Jacobs
Mary Young
Ed Langley
Elizabeth
Claire Townsend
Walton Kemmitzer
Dorothy Justice
William Simmerell
Woodrow Neely
Lester Smith
Mary G. Peck
Clifford Smith
Flo Pickens
Ben Howland
Jane Todd
Jack Prince
Ruth Blackwell
Ed Brazelton
Theda M. Handley
Chas
Kemmitzer
Bernice Waits
Fred Scarbrought
Cathrine Gilliam
Tom King
Mary Pruitt
Bruce Pettey
Catherine Boswell
Ed Elkins
Mary D. Eubanks
Tommy Carson
Nancy Thompson
Charles Darrah
Thelma Barnes
Sidney Evans
Jane Thornhill
Paul Masterson
Marjorie Lovelace
Jimmy Tillery
Jane Harris
Boley
Market Quotation News Tracks Mixed Wall Street Moves
Traders faced doubt with indecisive stock activity as opening gains faded. Year end adjustments tax selling and demand for stimulus influenced uneven results while commodities like rubber and silk showed strength and several blue chips held steady or slipped. Market notes from New York and Liverpool report varied moves and futures.
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Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Commission House
Oliver Farm
S. Steel
Consolidated Oil
Seaboard
Pure Oil
Socony Vacuum
Yellow Truck
Continental Baking
A.” Pullman
Goodyear
Atlantic Coast Line
N. Y. Central
Union Pacific
Johns Manville
Newport Industries
U. S. Steel Common
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Gimbel
United Aiircraft
Douglas Aircraft
National Distillers
J. I. Case
International Harvester
American Telephone
Consolidated
Edison
Western Union
Anaconda
Kennecott
Amerada
American Can
U. S. Rubber
General Electric
Canaday Dry
Decatur Livestock Market Cattle Steady Prices Edge Hogs Set
Decatur livestock market reports cattle steady with prices 3 1 2 to 1 2 cents for slaughter steers and heifers. Beef cows mostly 1 4 to 3 75 with fats to 4 00, cutter cows 2 to 3 ¼, thin shells 2 ½ down. Hog prices listed by weight from 9 65 for 200 to 300 pounds to 7 15 for 125 pounds and lighter. sows 8 15. Lamb and related class values shown for various weights. buck lambs 7 cents, plain lambs 5 half to 6 cents, culls 40 and down.
New Trade Pact Sought Between U S and Italy
Rome announces start of negotiations to replace the 1871 commercial accord with Italy. The existing treaty is denounced to take effect in one year, with negotiations continuing after months of discussion between the two governments.
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Rome
U. S
Italy
United States
Program Meeting of BPW Club Set
The Business and Professional Womens Club holds its regular meeting Thursday December 17 at 7 30 pm in St Johns parish house. The research committee Miss Winnie Sentiff and Mrs E G Hamilton planned a very interesting program and all members are urged to attend the last meeting before Christmas.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
St. John’s
Winnie Sentiff
E. G. Hamilton
Paving to Begin on New Road Between Moulton and Russellville
A rock crusher has been placed at the Moulton rock quarry. The 12 to 15 mile road will connect Lawrence and Franklin counties and will be paved starting January 1. R Garth Clarke, state superintendent of work, says the project will take several months.
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Moulton
Ala
Russellville
Lawrence County
Franklin County
R. Garth Clarke
Ten treated for rabies after milk exposure near Cleveland
Ten persons in Cleveland Tennessee were under treatment after drinking milk from three cows that died of rabies. The incident followed the cows dying from the disease, prompting medical authorities to administer post exposure precautions to those who drank the milk.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Morgan Jr Takes Post as State Works Progress Head
Assumes duty in Montgomery Alabama as A P Morgan Jr newly appointed state Works Progress administrator formally begins his duties.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. P. Morgan, Jr
Mrs. Simpson Entertained in Cannes Amid Public Curiosity
In Cannes Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson is kept busy by hosts and a New York party as crowds surround her shopping for small goods. Detectives disperse onlookers while L Rogers of New York schedules two weeks of entertainments. Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson reportedly speak by long distance with a private operator to prevent overheard conversations.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
L. Rogers
New York
Edward
City Council Weighs Other Bonds And Licensing Changes
City officials discuss options for additional bonds and tighten license collections. MeeRae, a longtime firefighter, is noted in the report with changes affecting staff. Joe Brazelton is mentioned in connection with licensing and past due fees, while several citizens’ requests for license abatements are considered.
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MeeRae
Griffith Clears Limestone Docket In One Day Session
A. A. Griffith of Cullman held a special one day session of circuit court and cleared the Limestone docket of all cases due to be tried but not reached. He had urged the court to clear the backlog and made two special trips to press ahead with the cases.
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Athens
Ala
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Griffith
Duncan hiccups end after photographer's flash
Dayton reporter notes Mrs. Herry Duncan, 49, sought relief from her husband's five day hiccoughs. A photographer photographed the scene with a flashlight, and shortly after Duncan reported the hiccups stopped.
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Dayton, CO
Herry Duncan
Duncan
Ts. Duncan
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Longas
Joe Taylor
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St. Louis
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University of Alabama
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Tutwiler Hotel
Margaret Puller
Hart- Selle
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State Highway Department
J. D. Anders
Danville
J. H. Riddle
W. A. Russell
Pleasant Hill
Dave W. Buckalew
Massey
Homer Stovall
Baugh’s Infirmary
F. T. Adams
Roy Odom
Huntsville
Paul Puckett
H. H. Hunter
Decatur Deer Hunting
National Forest
Leon Chunn
Waldermosa
Mary Anderson Harris
Schuyler H. Richardson
Tone McKnight
A. F. Redman, Jr
Courtland
Ward-Belmont School
Harold Fischer
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J. B. Hale
W. B. Profiler
Jackson, Miss
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Sixth Avenue West
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Black
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Adalph Abbeyian
Black Tailor Shop
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Prospect Drive
O. R. Burkett
Washington
K. O. Burkett
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Sreses
Sherman Street
Virginia LaBoone
New Albany
J. D. Ligon
East Gordon Drive
Walter Walsh
B. J. St. John
Morgan County
Frank T. Richardson, Jr
Myrtle ‘Rutherford
Alabama City
Loyd Lively
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Tris
6Th Ave
South Decatur
Santa
Ann Powell Tuck
Sylvia Kay Dement
4Th Ave
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Mitchell Slate
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