Hollywood Eyes Ten Pictures for 1940 Best Picture
Hollywood predicts the 1940 Academy Awards will name five nominees from ten top films. Gone With the Wind leads the list with rivals including Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Stagecoach. Vivien Leigh is favored for best acting, with Robert Donat a likely male winner if voting occurred today.
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Decatur Daily
Hollywood
Hubbard Keavy
Mr. Smith
Washington
Columbia
Wagner
Warners
Wuthering Heights
Goldwyn
Mr. Chips
Young
Lincoln
20Th Century
Victor Herbert
Paramount
Selznick
Academy
David O. Selznick
Wuthering
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett Qhara
Robert Donat
Decatur Ordinance Assesses 1939 City Taxes and School Levy
The ordinance levies general taxes of one half of one percent on all property within Decatur city limits for municipal expenses and for payment of federal judgments. A special school tax of three tenths of one percent is imposed for public schools. Assessments will be made by the city tax collector and assessor, with collection overseen by the city. The measure covers portions of Morgan County and adjacent sections and includes provisions for penalties and enforcement.
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Decatur M. &L. Company
Sixth Avenue
Patterson Street
Wing
Morgan County
Alabama
State of
City of
Decatur
United States District Court
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Munici Corporation
First National Bank of Ashley
National Banking Association
City of Decatur
Albany
Legislature of
Ordinance 325 Levying Municipal and School Taxes in 1939
The city council of Decatur Alabama enacts Ordinance No 325 to levy a general municipal ad valorem tax of 1 percent for 1939 on all taxable property within parts of Decatur incorporated from Albany and Albany boundary areas and to provide collection and enforcement methods. The ordinance defines the tax boundaries and the historical incorporation details.
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Decatur
Alabama
City of
Albany
Legislature of
State of
New Decatur
Patterson Street
9Th Avenue
City Council
Home Demonstration Club Holds Christmas Meeting
The Ryan Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Oval Hipp’s home with Miss Edith Julian as co host. President Mrs. Roy Shelton led the session with a birth of Christ devotion and Silent Night song. Elois Moon spoke on the Live at Home program and noted eight mattresses made this fall. Herman Ryan’s committee prepared Christmas boxes of cheer for the community.
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Ryan Home Demonstration Club
Oval Hipp
Edith Julian
Roy Shelton
Christ
Elois Moon
Miss Seals
Herman Ryan
Kiwanis Ladies Night Brings Holiday Cheer At Hotel Lyons
The Kiwanis Ladies Night at Hotel Lyons featured Christmas decorations and a turkey dinner. The highlight was a performance by the Bya Thompson Jones School of the Dance from Nashville with Cecil Luck master of ceremonies. Wistar Alston headed the planning with Fred Hunt Jr G P Banniza Lloyd Lively and Garner Pride assisting.
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Hotel
Lyons
Bya Thompson-Jones School
Of—The Dance
Nashville
Tenn
Cecil Luck
Wistar Alston
Fred Hunt, Jr
G. P. Banniza
Lloyd Lively
Garner Pride
Trains Collide in Genthin Killing Seventy
In Genthin Germany two passenger trains collided at a station during Christmas travel killing 70 people and injuring about 100. The Berlin Neukirchen express struck the Berlin Cologne train which was halted. The crash derailed multiple cars and raised total fatalities to 193 with over 158 injured.
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Berlin
Genthin
Berlin-Neukirchen
Saar
Madgeburg
Christmas Club Meeting and Missing Husband
A shut in of this comm unit describes a Mrs. Bill Crawford led demonstration on cleaning, a shrubbery rooting talk by Mrs. Homer Stuart, and rat destruction notes by Miss Rowe. Members exchanged home made gifts at a Christmas tree gathering with refreshments. A future meeting is set for Jan 19, 1940 at Ryan school with co hosts. The narrative shifts to a missing person case as Ehrhart disappears during a downtown Christmas shopping trip.
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Bill Crawford
Homer Stuart
Miss Rowe
Ryan School
Myrtle Shelton
Gwendolyn Holmes
Sunday School Lesson on Jesus and Children
Newman Campbell presents the International Uniform Lesson for December focusing on Matthew 1 18 25 18 1 4 19 13 15 and Isaiah 11 6. The piece highlights Jesus birth, Joseph’s dream, the Holy Child’s humility, and Jesus teaching that welcomed children are central to the Kingdom of Heaven. It emphasizes humility trust and charity toward children as a guide for Christian living.
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Newman
Campbell
Jesus
Joseph
Matthew
Mary
Emanuel
God
Kingdom of Heaven
Temple
Holy Place
Jerusalem
David
Heaven
Isaiah
Shalk
Lancaster Mystery Wrapped Man in Md. Woman Reports
Mrs. David Ehrhart of Rising Sun Maryland told police that in Lancaster Pennsylvania on December 22 a man was wrapped by unknown parties. The fragment outlines a domestic report prompting police investigation into an unidentified suspect.
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Lancaster
David Ehrhart
Rising Sun
Old Slaying Mystery Yet Unsolved in Alabama History
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles freed Otis Googer, once serving life for a 1933 murder near Montgomery, amid claims the killer remains unknown. Police say three possible informants have died, leaving the case unsettled as Googer heads to Georgia for highway work.
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Fountain L
Pardong and Paroles Board
Googher
Fletcher
Metcher
Birmingham- Montgomery
Elmore County
Montgomery
Goocher
Sve
Tome
Pardons and Poe Board
Pardons and Paroles Board
Georgia
Pel- Sham
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Tennessee River
Alabama Street
Lee Street
H. O. Troup
T. R. Harrison
MAYO
Ces
NY Lotus
North Alabama
Moulten
Arauca
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Nagi
Orion
Texas
Acme Telephoto
Aron Julian
Eben Seals
Ehrhart
King Features Syndicate
Ine
Thomas Furn.co
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