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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1934
Page
8
Montgomery humane Officer K. D. Carr urges residents to call his office immediately if they witness a car strike a dog and fail to aid or identify the owner. He asks for license plate details when possible to pursue charges.
The Christmas spirit shows in the morning police court with thirty five tried for drunkenness. Several arraigned on gaming and prohibition violations, while one was fined for shooting within the city limits.
Buster Strup and six women including Sara Hazelwood Ruby Phillips Margie Bobo Virginia Fox and Louise Fox returned home after spending Saturday in Birmingham.
Mrs. Butler P A Hine and her children were guests last week in Scottsboro with Hine's sister Mrs. Rudolph Jones. The visit highlighted family ties and local hospitality.
The Merry Widow stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in Ernst Lubitsch’s grand production at the Princess Theatre today and Tuesday. It blends glamorous romance and humor with Lehar’s music, famed waltzes, and lavish staging, highlighting Thalberg’s detailing and Chevalier’s dual performance.
A column notes Carter Glass on Eccles head of the Federal Reserve Board, labor union tensions over the Auto Labor Board with Leo Wolman elections, and a lively Lubitsch film with Lehar tunes. The piece blends political tension with colorfully described cinema moments featuring Chevalier Miss MacDonald Horton Merkel and Barbier in a Viennese setting.
A collection of short items notes potential Speakership support for Joe Burns of Tennessee, discusses congressional payroll practices for relatives, mentions Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Hoover car use, Lieutenant Pat Johnston remaining with the NRA, and Judge James C. Biggs eyed for a post. Also notes government documents distribution limits for Congress.
Funeral services planned for 2 PM at the Parkville home for Thomas T Thompson 87 a longtime Parkville route one resident who died Saturday night after a weeklong illness He was a Methodist member and survived by five daughters Mrs Alford Love Mrs Leslie Holmes Beulah Edna and Clara and two sons Olin and Earl Burial in Key Cemetery Peck directing
Rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 7 a m measured 0.30 inch.
Miss Ocie Thomas has returned home after visiting her cousin Miss Margie Bobo here.
A era market listing shows mixed eggs, Butter per pound, sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes priced by 100 pounds or per pound. Onions Tomatoes Beets and meat items include Native dressed veal and beef and hogs with cents per pound pricing.
Seth P. Storrs the state commissioner of agriculture said about 400 county agents would attend a Birmingham conference. Commissioner-elect R J Goode of Gastonburg will speak, joining several prominent industrial and agricultural leaders in the program through the industrial section of the city.
Mr and Mrs Butler P A Hine were guests Sunday of their father Ernest Hine in Athens where he is recovering from a recent illness.
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