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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1936

Page

3

Winter lock planes fate dominates search across states

A high risk search spans Utah Nevada Idaho and Washington as officials offer a $1000 reward for the missing Northwest Air Express plane and two pilots Pilot Livermore and Co Pilot Haid. Army and air force personnel join the hunt with twelve planes probing Calder Elk River and Spokane regions amid false clue reports.

Ford Utah Northard Nevada M. T. Olmstead Idaho Joe Livermore A. A. Haid Aiia Friay Livermore Elk River Kingham Ariz Las Vegas Nev George Salt Lake St. George Allan Barrie Ralph Hall

Missing Boys Found Far in Woods After Santa Quest

In Seattle on December 21 John McCartnay aged 7 and Jim McCartnay aged 8 followed a tale that Santa Claus lived in a nearby wood. They searched the woods after their sister wished for a doll. Early the next day bloodhound aided searchers found them sleeping on a house parlor Davenport with an empty quart jam jar nearby.

Seattle John Jim McCartnay Santa Claus Jim Davenport

Christmas on Thunder Mesa Ends In Quiet Reflections

On Thunder Mesa a snowbound Christmas party unfolds with Betty and Bob dancing, rivalries surface, and Professor Shaw notes the human drama. Tension rises as Angelique watches Ramon and Betty, while the family balks at the festivities before a tree ritual closes the night.

Ramon Vasquez Betty Bob Professor Shaw Angelique Ramon Pearl Sam Pearl Pierre Tante Josephine Pearl John Adde Angelique Vanquez Thunder Mesa

I Teach School Christmas Verse

A Decatur school faculty member shares a Christmas card poem about teaching. The verses praise teachers who shape poets soldiers and statesmen and emphasize the quiet impact of teaching in halls of the school.

Decatur School

Solon Senator Peter Norbeck Dies in South Dakota

Peter Norbeck aged 66 died at his Redfield home from heart disease with tongue and jaw cancer complications. He had risen from a nickel-less water-well driller to South Dakota’s first native governor and then a U S senator, intensifying political tensions in the state.

Redfield United States Peter Norbeck South Dakota

Girl is born to wife of duel ist in Budapest

Frau Franz Sarga wife of the diminutive me against nine duelist gave birth to a daughter today at St. John's Hospital. Sarga whose affairs of honor were the talk of Budapest for weeks appeared crestfallen hoping for a son. His 20 year old wife was jubilant insisting one duelist in the family is enough. Frau Sarga granddaughter of a wealthy banker said she would shield her daughter from family discord.

Bob Graham New Mexico Quez Angelique Abeyta Betty Welch Professor Shaw Betty Bob Pearl John Tante Josephine Ramon Vasquez Ramon Angelique Tante Thunder Mesa Budapest Hungary Frau Franz Sarga St. John’s Hospital Sarga Frau Sarga

PWA Pushes Oak Ridge School Addition Progress

The PWA accelerates construction of the Oak Ridge school addition expected to be ready for occupancy early in the new year. Classes are temporarily held in Oak Ridge church while work continues.

PWA Oak Ridge School Oak Ridge Church

Man recovers stolen turkeys after car wreck

Jesse Davis found a slightly wrecked car on the highway containing 30 turkeys stolen from his farm. He recovered the car and all the turkeys and returned them to his farm in Hawkinsville Georgia.

Hawkinsville Jesse Davis Davis

Quiet room yields grisly discovery by Christmas tree

Bob and Betty confront danger as Ramon and Angelique plan a risky morning escape. A stark truth unfolds when Pearl Sam lies beneath the tree with a obsidian knife in his throat, jolting the group into a deadly mystery.

Bob Betty Ramon Angelique Pearl John Pearl Sam

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