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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1939

Page

3

Tell Bill Goodbye in a New York Playroom

Fabienne leaves Aunt Edna and Uncle Mark for a brief trip to New York to see Ellen Chapman and the settlement kids. She dresses for the evening, faces a swirl of attention, and arrives backstage at the play as Bill Mallory greets her amid the kids.

Ellen Upman Mark Molly Fabre Edna New York Fabienne Moran Uncle Mark Edna Willoughby Ellen Bill Mallory Bill Gertrude Sein I Nicky Ellen Chapman Willoughby House Seymour Willie Tong

Jury to Decide If Wyatt Bombed Secretary's Home

Dallas December jury hearing centers on E R Wyatt former school superintendent accused of bombing the home of his former secretary after she spurned him. Wyatt claims he was hundreds of miles away when the dynamite wrecked her room and alleges a past intimate history with Miss Miller. State seeks life imprisonment for burglary with explosives. federal penalty ranges five years to life.

Dallas E. R. Wyatt Wyatt

Alabama schoolhouses burned at rate of over one a week

Montgomery reports 13 fires since Oct 1 despite calls for inspections and precautions. The Shelby county high school in Columbiana was destroyed Thursday and had not yet been turned over to the state by the contractor.

Montgomery Ala Alabama E. P. Amerine Shelby County Columbiana

Winnie Ruth Back in Cell After Desert Trek

Ruth Judd, held in Phoenix, tells officers and reporters a detailed self defense account of the 1931 murders of Agnes Land and Hedvig Samuelson. She says a friend hired a physician to dissect Miss Samuelson’s body and that she killed five women during a fight.

Phoenix Ariz Ruth Judd Ess Arizona State Hospital Miss Samuelson Los Angeles

Pittsburgh Man Sues Over Household Drudgery

Carl Regenberger testified before Judge Dithrich that his wife and her mother abused him as a house hold drudge. He claimed in one incident in the laundry they forced him to mop the floor with a pole and a knife present. He said his wife cut him with scissors and once struck him on the forehead with a whetstone.

Pittsburgh Carl R. Regenberger V’. Heber Dithrich Dithrich

Cheerful Matron House Pattern 277 By Anne Adams

Easy to sew and flattering pattern 4272 for matron size dresses with no waist seams, back seam fit, optional pockets, puff sleeves and ric rac trim. Sizes 34 to 48 require specific yardage. pattern and book cost 15 cents each, 25 cents together. Order instructions from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department.

Anne Adams Ricrac Decatur Daily Pattern Department 17Th St New York N. Y

Film actress Lola Laszlo dies in fall from hotel window

Lola Laszlo a 21 year old Hungarian motion picture actress and composer plunged from the tenth floor of Baron Frederick Von Oppenheim's Cologne Germany apartment to the marquee of the Gladstone Hotel on Fifty second street New York. Passersby heard a shriek and saw the body fall. The baron said he and Laszlo had been at a party and that he returned to find her missing and a window open. His future travel plans included California Japan China and Germany.

New York Lola Laszlo Piedor Laszlo Frederick von Oppenheim Cologne Germany Quee Gladstone 52Nd Street Miss Laszlo William Fox James Brady von Oppenheim Laszlo California Japan China

Great Britain May Buy American Ships

Washington December 16 Some American merchant ships tied up under the neutrality law may be sold to Great Britain. Sir Ashley Sparks director of the U S branch of the ministry of shipping said in New York last night that no ships had been bought yet and that purchases would depend on need price checked and war duration

Washington Great Britain Sir Ashley Sparks U.S Ministry of Shipping New York

Want Ads Offer Proof Through Courtesy Phone Number

The notice promotes using Want Ads for proof of results and directs readers to call telephone number 46 for courteous service.

Primary Class Enjoys Christmas Party

A kindergarten party at home Friday night featured games and contests for Misses Carol Chambers Audrey Stone Mabel Turner Joan Collier Mildred Moore Doris Lee Wiggins Kay DeMent and Lewis DeMent Master Frank Hargitt Floyd Griffis Ray Clemons with gifts and favors for each. Hostess Anne Chambers assisted.

Beatrice. DeMent Carol Chambers Audrey Stone Mabel Turner Joan Collier Mildred Moore Doris Lee Wiggins Kay DeMent Frank Hargitt Floyd Griffis Ray Clemons Lewis DeMent Anne Chambers

President of Panama Dies in Penonome at 59

Dr Juan Ostenees Arosene ma president of the republic of Panama died of heart disease today in Penonome after visiting the Peruvian capital and receiving the Peruvian Order of the Sun. He had been slated to dedicate a public works program today.

Panama Juan Ostenees Arosenema Republic of Panama Penonome Yatactin Arosemgut Order of the Sun Aneern

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