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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
2
Christmas services and carols scheduled for Decatur churches with a morning service at First Christian and an evening tree program at the sanitarium. Local residents and visitors including Ewart Wyle family, College volunteers, and numerous out of town guests plan holiday gatherings and travel.
St Nick continues to extend its Christmas giving effort in Decatur with a plan to ensure every child receives a visit. The article notes this first time of handling gifts in this manner seeks to achieve complete distribution and equal joy for all local youngsters.
Two white men were arrested eight miles west of Decatur as a 100 gallon whiskey still was destroyed in a Monday raid. The still was in operation and two gallons of whiskey had just been run off. The pair were jailed in Morgan County for manufacturing whiskey. Participants included Sheriff W T Willoughby Deputy Candler Pittman W Lamon Herman Sandlin and T C Burgess of the alcohol tax unit.
Fire heavily damaged a skating rink on the west side of Second Avenue near Quooper Wells Hosiery mill. Origin undetermined, fire broke out at 5 45 p m Monday. Estimated 30 percent loss mainly to canvas. Earlier fires at 845 and 1000 hours caused no damage in 1500 block Eighth Street and 1600 block 15th Avenue East.
Cotton ginnings in Morgan county reach 24 905 bales for the 1940 crop prior to December 13, per the Commerce Department census report, down from 28 042 bales for the 1939 crop.
Illinois visiting on Johnston street spends holidays with her mother Mrs Nanny Pearson Williams. Mrs Earl Turrentine wags moved from Benevolent Society Hospital to Hartselie route 2 in a McAfee Howell and Young ambulance. City hall offices will be closed all day Wednesday. Mrs R J Parham and son Robot and daughter Marguerite of Birmingham were guests of Mrs F B Graves and Mrs Dolly Porter over Sunday.
William Horn 84 long time Decatur route 2 resident died at his home at 5 am after an extended illness. Funeral rites set for Wednesday at 3 pm at the home with Rev. W W Coffey Brown Funeral Co to ship the body to Elizabethtown Kentucky for burial. Survived by five daughters Mattie Preston Steubenville Ohio Anna Tabor Lelia Tanner Bettie Douthitt Ida Skeeter of Louisville Ky and a son Tom Horn Moulton Heights.
RAF raids target Boulogne Dunkerque and Ostend as Churchill warns of invasion risk. German claims of attacks on Manchester London fires and a naval clash with Allied ships follow. British air and naval actions extend to Tripoli harbor strikes by British planes.
Greek dispatches report Greek troops advancing along the Adriatic coast beyond Chimara as Fascist defenses form at Logara Pass. Italy claims heavy Greek losses and prisoner captures while King Vittorio Emanuele proclaims Italy’s unstoppable progress in a Christmas message.
Prisoners at Morgan County Jail will enjoy a large Christmas meal featuring chicken and dressing with cranberry sauce and traditional trim mings. Ambrosia will be served for dessert. The jail houses 49 inmates, including 14 white prisoners.
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