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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1931

Page

5

At Homes and Christmas Parties in Decatur Society

Christmas week featured many dances dinners and at home gatherings. Notable hosts included Mr and Mrs Fred Wilcox Mr and Mrs William Moseley Jr Mr and Mrs Joe Duncan and others. Also announces the marriage of Gladys Ola Berry to James Heskel Berry on December 26 at West Decatur Methodist parsonage with Rev Blythe officiating.

Tfr Fred Wilcox William Moseley, Jr Joe Duncan M. Allen Barrettton A. J. Perolic, Jr C. B. Elliott J. Y. Hamil B. P. Wallace J. H. Berryhill Gladys Ola James Heskel Berry West Decatur Methodist Parsonage W. R. Coleman Birmingham Coleman W. R. Coleman Jr Auburn Phi Betta Kappa

Christmas Holiday Visits Byte the Deep South

Local residents and families from Brooklyn New York Sum merville Georgia Flovilla Alabama and Birmingham Alabama return home after holiday visits. Many are noted guests of relatives in Decatur Montgomery Tuscumbia Pulaski and Athens with college students preparing for studies and local clubs arranging events.

Hoover Yuletide Ceremony Photo in Washington DC

President and Mrs Hoover host Yuletide ceremony at Sherman Square with national Christmas tree sighting. Huntsville guests at Hotel Russell Erskine on Christmas night. Numerous local visitors and relatives arrive, travel, and socialize across Tennessee and Alabama towns during the holiday period.

Hoover Sherman Square Washington, D. C Ber Russell Erskine Huntsville

Daily Crossword Puzzle 2 Choose Pores and Pairs of Clues

The puzzle lists across and down clues with numbers matching entries such as 17 Either else 18 Colloquial Irish exclamation 20 Coffins 21 Fifty six 22 Pertaining to the mouth 24 Bog 25 Viewed 26 Oriental dish of meat and rice 8 Egyptian goddess 30 Unclose 31 As you say 32 Machine 35 They go off or out 38 Digits 39 Supply With strength 41 Arguments in of 42 Barbarian 43 Home of monks 84 Seek laboriously or blindly 1 Harsh sound 29 Sacred vessel 2 Behold 32 Moral science 3 Likewise also 33 Part of speech 4 Sour apple 34 Preserve Duty 35 Administered ex- 6 After ends treme unction to 7 Agitate 36 Character in Ibsen A worthless leaving play 9 Personal pronoun 37 Bloodsucking fly 10 Reed-pipe 40 Primer 14 Town in Italy 43 Covering of a seed 16 Born 44 Period of time 17 Used for baking 47 Unit 19 Chemical group 48 Point of compare 21 Spare time 50 Exclamation 23 Stone 52 Editor abbr PIR E M R

Ibsen Italy

Land Deal Probed Inyo County Involving Ford Nitrate Plot

State, county and federal officials have opened probes into a 350 million dollar land deal in Inyo county California. Edison Young of Los Angeles and Rev Isaac F Hodge a retired Kansas minister are named as alleged organizers. Investors say the scheme used the reputations of well known figures to sell the plan claiming Henry Ford sought to seize world nitrate control. Ford company officials deny knowledge of the matter.

Inyo County California Edison Young Los Angeles Isaac F. Hodge Kansas Henry Ford Young and Hodge Ford Company

Goodyear ships 22,000 tires in one day in Alabama

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. set a shipping record by delivering 22,000 tires in a single day at the Gadsden plant. The facility will start a new five day, eight hour shift on January 4, creating 1,000 jobs. The plan aims to produce 4,000 to 6,000 tires daily under the new schedule.

Gadsden Ala Goodyear Tire and Rubter Company

Dairy Plant To Be Installed In Etowah County

A dairy products plant in Gadsden Alabama will be installed soon to manufacture butter and sweet cured cheese. The new facility will provide an outlet for Etowah county dairy farm products.

Gadsden Ala Enlea Etowah County

Aided Lover's Escape Case Ties Utah to McNeil Island

Miss Pauline Hudson surrendered to Utah authorities after aiding her sweetheart C. E. Kingsley in a McNeil Island jailbreak off Tacoma Washington. She is arraigned on aiding a prison break after allegedly stealing a rowboat, braving a storm to reach the mainland. Kingsley was recaptured and sent to Leavenworth to finish a Mann Act sentence.

Pauline Hudson C. E. Kingsley McNeil Island Tacoma Wash Utah Miss Hudson Leavenworth

Florida’s first territorial governor Andrew Jackson 1821 22

Andrew Jackson served as Florida’s first territorial governor from 1821 to 1822, shaping early governance after the territory’s acquisition by the United States. His brief tenure established federal oversight and set precedents for administration in the region.

Andrew Jackson United States Florida

McRight Likely To Return To Hoptown

Ralph McRight of Lawrence County star last year for Alabama Crimson Tide is likely to return to Hopkinsville Kentucky next season as coach. He will share coaching duties with Flack Suther. The pair had solid success despite limited material and were invited to return.

Ralph MccRight Lawrence County Alabama Crimson Tide Hopkinsville Flack Suther

Legion To Meet Thursday January 14

The local post of the American Legion will convene Thursday evening January 14 in the first session of the new year. Ex-service men are invited and Legionnaires urged to attend for discussion of important business.

American Legion

Bond Election Set For January 19th

ANNISTON ALABAMA DEC 28 A special election will be held January 19 to vote on a $76 000 bond issue to finance completion of the Calhoun county courthouse which was partially destroyed by fire last January.

Anniston Ala Calhoun County

Bridges Under Construction On Gadsden Piedmont Route

Five concrete bridges are under construction on the new Gadsden Piedmont highway in Gadsden Alabama. The highway is expected to be ready for traffic by the latter part of February.

Gadsden Ala Gadasden- Piedmont

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J. T. Towns Teresa Arantz Carl Arantz FE. O. Walker I. R. L. Purst Kasper Purst MR. and Mrs. Layman C. E. Layman Piint Charles Speake Danville L. W. Patterson Decatur Spencer Layman Williams B. N. Holcombe Horace M. Layman Vinemont Paris Tuileries Louvre Joseph F Squal Brooklyn, N. Y Ther J. M. Minor Art Cassity Summerville, Ga Charles Garrett Annie Miller Gamble Tuscumbia Dick Fennell Birmingham Southern College EB. A. Fennell New Orleans National Association For the Advancement of Jean Eighth Avenue West Gertrude Scruggs Jimmy McCulloch Montgomery Leonard Moody Bo Syhrimpsher Ozark, Ala Frederick W. Smith Emmett McClary Mattie Young Mrs. Watson Tuka Miss Reuben Garrett Charles Summerville, Ca Charlies Garrett Fourth Avenue West J. L. Neyman Sam Santis D. H. Neyman J. 8. Marsh Mooresville A. Jolly Maud Gamble Flavtt Worley Louis Culps Addie Culps Pulaski, Tenn R. A. Worley John Higson Bethel Hotel Columbia, Tenn Ro. ‘Berry E. N- Harris Bessemer H. E. Dryden, Jr Fayetteville, Tenn C -H. Timberlake Stevenson W. E. Crawford Athens Will Wyker A. W. Hill Hoovers J. L Anderson Chattanooga, Tenn H. T. Penick J C. Kloopfer the Benevolent Hospital Donis Gardner Ben Hill Nashville Jane Douglas Pilorence Fred Muzzey Cain Street Frances Simrell W. T. Jordan Roger Carlisle Bubber) Gardner, Jr Frances Coween Florence Mrs. Brenner Smith Bill Davie Marshall Texas R. C. Gardner Rey Hendrix Gons Rey Gene Jack Hendrix W. H. Winton Roy Hendrix Rex Winton Rex and Frank Hendrix Wilburn Hendrix George W. Lane Virginia Graham Louise G. N. Aay Lewis Atlanta Mrs. Emerson McCulloch Wilma Ann Bloodworth Bill Blackwell Bowling Green D. L.blackwell Mrs. Prank Spengle W. C. Mainard E. L. Thomas P. J. Brown Blosburg, Ala Frank C. Brown Dana Gray Strater Hodges Crow National Capital Herbert Hoover, Jr Herbert Hoover Peggy Ann Peter Allan Hoover Quine New York W. Lafayette National Casket Company, Zn Nashville, Tennessee National Brown Funeral Company Ambulance Service—Funeral Directors Lillian Mildred McLean Marian Cincinnati Pire Lee Sie Aipil Rie Ricihan Ove Jre Len AIM BIAIR Pio Tolris Land Deal Goodyear H. W. Orr Decatur Visitor Garrett G. Young Cullman McRight Hoptown Legion Decatur Coal Mig. Co Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Hea A King Victor Rees Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Princess tLece Bere
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