Lone Eagle Begins Peace Mission Southward Flight
Lindbergh lands in Guatemala City at 1 55 p m as part of a Pacific tension calming tour. He departs Mexico City with plans for stops in Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama before returning to the United States.
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Mexico City
Pic
Charles
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Adois Hermanito
Godd-Bye
Little Brother
Dwight Morrow
Lone Eagle
Quatemala City
Quatemala
Honduras
Eepenes
Pidheek
Capitol
Beliz
San Salvadora
San Salvadore
Tegucigalpa
Minagua
Nicaragua
San Jose
Costa Rica
Panama
Havana
Cuba
United States
Baby Killed In Fall From Wagon On Bee Line Road
A fatal accident on Bee Line Road involves a baby who fell from a wagon and died. Details mention authorities investigating the incident and the tragic event occurring in a rural setting near the road. The report notes local responses and ongoing inquiries into how the fall happened.
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Bee Line
Albany farmer W. T. Mann visits city on business
W. T. Mann and his family, Albany route four residents, were in the city today on business. Mr. Mann farms in that section of the county.
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W. T. Mann
Albany
Mr. Mann
Kiwanis Club Annual Meeting Held Friday at 6:15
Décatur Kiwanis club will hold its annual meeting Friday evening at the Y M C A at 6 15. Regular committee reports and installation of newly elected officials will be featured. T M Dix will be installed as president with an efficient corps of assistants.
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Décatur Kiwanis Club
T. M. Dix
Kiwanis
Harris Plans Not Yet Fully Matured
Frank S. Harris, prominent local businessman and former Harris Motors owner, said his plans are not fully matured. He recently sold Harris Motors to Decatur Motors, Inc. and will soon leave for Florida to spend two months there.
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Frank S. Harris
Harris Motors Company
Decatur Motors, Inc
Florida
Hope Still Held For Dawn Crew
New York dispatch reports ongoing efforts to locate the missing Dawn crew including Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and three male companions. A Heart's Content operator intercepted a radio message suggesting the plane may be near Harbor Grace, while the Los Angeles navy dirigible and five destroyers search a wide arc near Sable Island with no sign found.
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New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Harbor Grace
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
New Pastor Addresses Decatur Congregation in First Sermons
Large crowds attended morning and evening services at Central Baptist as Rev. James Allen Smith preached his first two sermons since assuming the pastorate. Comment was favorable on the sermons and the Christmas night cantata directed by Mrs. S. B. Burr before the evening service.
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Central Baptist
Crawford Child Dies as Wheels Pass Over Body
A Christmas tragedy in the Tanner community ends in the death of the Crawford baby when Mrs. Crawford was thrown from a wagon on the Bee Line Highway near B. Johnson's home. The incident occurred while the couple and Mrs. Crawford’s parents traveled in the wagon, the wheels passing over the child. The couple recently moved from Arkansas to the neighborhood.
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Lamay
Crawford
Tom Crawford
B. Johnson
Notable Names Refunds On Taxes Paid By Congress
Secretary Mellon presented to Congress a list of prominent individuals who shared in a total of 103 million in taxes allegedly collected illegally from 1925 to 1928 and earlier. The list includes Sir Harry Lauder Brigadier General Smedley Butler the late Dr. Percy Stickney Grant and other famous figures with tax disputes.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
Harry Lauder
Smedly Butler
Percy Stickney Grant
Prec Nees
Ninth Avenue West Paving Hopes Rise After City Hearing
Citizens urged 30 foot street width for Ninth avenue from Moulton street to the Southern railway tracks at the cemetery during a council hearing on the paving plan. Only one protest was filed, and officials and property owners voiced a wish for common ground to complete the project along with a new school building on the street.
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Ninth Avenue West
Ninth Avenue
Moulton Street
Southern Railway
Lawrence Norton
Norton
déWners
West Decatur
Sparks On Roof Start House Blaze In Satie
Sparks on the roof and debris down the chimney caused a fire at the Satie home on 618 3rd Avenue West this morning at 7 15. The Johnston street department arrived and extinguished the blaze with roof damage noted. Owner is Dave Lindsay.
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J W. Case
3Rd Avenue
West
Johnston Street
Dave Lindsay
Notable payouts to elite families and firms headline losses
The Rockefellers the Vanderbilts and major corporations led the recipients. Harry Lauder and the Scott received 913 dollars. The top payout went to J H Hillman and Sons Co of Pittsburgh for 899,906 dollars. Mrs Florence M Rose of Marquette Michigan received 17 cents.
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Rockefeller
Vanderbilts
Harry Lauder
Scott
J. H. Hillman and Sons Company
Pittsburgh
Florence M Rose
Marquette, Mich
What Joey Wanted Was Wife He Found Trouble
In Manly Iowa on December 28 AP reports Joey Reynolds tried to force Pauline Thompson a 20 year old school teacher into eloping by brandishing a pistol and taking her toward Canada. Thompson resisted and said she would not marry him. Reynolds fled after her refusal and authorities were alerted by hotel staff and Centerville residents. Unionville officials were notified as Reynolds claimed they were engaged.
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Manly
Iowa
Joey Reynolds
Pauline Thompson
Canada
Miss Thompson
Joey
Centerville
Reynolds
Unionville
Reynold
Driver’s nap blamed as family survives wreck water trapped
In Brinkley Arkansas Dee reports a car crash that killed L. L. Foster, 36, and his infant Franklin after the automobile left the road and overturned in a ditch. His wife Mrs. Foster and two older children Anna and Frances were trapped in water for more than six hours before passersby found them. Frances did not survive. the baby also died? The account notes the driver possibly dozed at the wheel. rescue occurred after dawn.
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Brinkley
Ark
Dee
L. L. Foster
Mrs. Foster
Anna
Frances
Franklin
Capleville
Tenn
Foster
Beales
Judge Mosher to Speak Thursday in Decatur
Judge Edward S. Mosher of Auburn N Y will speak at Decatur Lodge No 52 to promote forming a Palace of the Ancient and Mystic Order of Samaritans the insurance branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Visitors from Tennessee valley lodges expected and a Decatur Palace may be organized soon All members urged to attend.
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Edward S. Mosher
Auburn
N. Y
Decatur
Order of Samaritans
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Judge Mosher
United States
Tennessee Valley
Funeral Thursday for Beloved Citizen William Vantreese
Funeral services for William Vantreese, beloved local resident, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Grant Street Church of Christ, with burial in City Cemetery. The Masons will direct graveside rites and pallbearers include J W Sandlin, W E Sivley, A C Joiner, C A Campbell, J W Flowers, M Q Brown, T J Cox, S T Brown, and John ga Ed Ferrish. Survived by two sons Cecil and Bigeng van.
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William, Vantreese
Sixth Avenue South
James R. Greer
Grant Street Church of Christ
City Cemetery
J. W. Sandlin
W. E Sivley
Radio Fund Aims Two Fire Stations In Decatur
Citizens are asked to contribute toward a 300 dollar fund for radio machines at the Johnston street and Railroad street fire halls. Contributions go to Chiefs Lorber and Kilgore or The Decatur Daily. Morgan county radio company will install at cost with no commission.
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Johnston Street
Railroad Street
W. H. Lorber
L. H. Kilgore
Decatur
Morgan County Radio Company
Plan of Officers Activity at Tennessee Valley Club
Greater activities at Tennessee Valley Country Club are planned for the year under M. R. Rankin as entertainment chairman. A regular dance routine at the clubhouse will start with the annual Christmas and New Year’s dance on Thursday night with Nappi’s Columbia Recording Orchestra performing.
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Tennessee Valley Country Club
M. R. Rankin
Rankin
T Tts
Difon
George Curtis
Nappi
Columbia Recording Orchestra
Small Sum Is Taken From Bailey Home
About 15 in currency and change were taken from the E. D. Bailey residence by intruders late Sunday. Police were notified. Entry was gained through a window screen while the family attended church. Tracks were found at nearby homes and clothing was left on the porch at D. D. McGehee’s home.
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E. D. Bailey
D. D. McGehee
Bailey
McGehee
Today’s Temperature Report
The day's high reached 55 degrees with a low around the unspecified value. Weather notes mention mild conditions with potential for light winds and partly cloudy skies.
Justice Desired by Child Slayer Hickman Confession
William H Hickman, the confessed kidnapper of Marion Parker in Los Angeles, says he will plead guilty and stand by his confession. Autopsy findings say the child's death resulted from fright and exhaustion, not strangulation, with no neck marks or lung congestion.
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Los Angeles
William Edward H
Marion Parker
Los Aneeanne
Hickman
Kansas City
A. F. Wagner
Roy Dickerson to be brought back for release
Warden T J Shirley and 8 q Tranum were to depart for Tacoma Washington to extradite Roy Dickerson who had escaped Kilby in 1922 and was sentenced to 25 years. Tacoma officials said Alabama authorities would suspend the burglary charge upon release after his capture on Christmas night during an attempted Tacoma department store robbery.
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Montgomery
T. J Shirley
Q Tranum
State Law Enforcement Department
Tacoma
Wash
Roy Dickerson
Kilby
Dickerson
Johnston Fire Department Sees Surge of Alarms in December
Nearly a fire a day has been recorded by the Johnston fire department during December. Alarms mounted to a high total with only a small lull amid the month.
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Johnston Fire Department
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WS. Steel CO
Elbert Gary
J. P. Morgan
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J. Pierpont Sant
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Farrell
Gary
Taylor
Mr. Morgan
J. P. Morgan and Company
Germany
Fraulein Tutt’ Pertig
Berlin
International Illustrated News
Nacido
Oa Sinisateu
Harris
Tanner
Arkansas
U.S
Odd Fellows
Bailey Home
Wuick
Tot
Shirley
Tranum
Bandit
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