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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1932
Page
3
Chief John Lee and Sergeant James probe a string of four almost perfect murders. A hidden note and a dirk found under a divan push the investigation toward Richard Bailey as a prime suspect. The story ends with a clue sealed for headquarters.
Advert says creemulsion helps bronchial troubles and forms of respiratory diseases. It claims to aid recovery after colds or flu and to relieve cough or cold fast after diet changes. Consult your druggist for adv.
Minute interviews from Montgomery report on Frank Covington facing a candid question about marriage while presenting a parole case for Frank Adams. The piece also recalls Luke's Tavern and Wigglesworth Place legends linked to Lafayette and a glance at Christmas shoppers near a department store with John Brandon enjoying the crowd.
Readable crossword entries mixed with garbled letters. Clues appear for across and down words including numbers and general hints. The readable portions suggest puzzle layout with themes and partial fills.
Native dressed veal and good cows and heifers list price ranges per pound. Poultry includes hens on foot, fryers, turkeys and ducks with per pound rates. Produce covers eggs, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, turnips, greens, carrots, cabbage and nuts with varied per unit costs.
Market prices and shipments at Birmingham show hay receipts in good volume with firm quotations. No. 2 white corn and No. 2 yellow corn quoted at 39 to 40 cents with transit, oats at 26 cents, and prime cotton seed at 10 dollars per ton. Egg prices steady to slightly lower, poultry prices mixed with hens and roosters down, turkeys up.
An old fashioned county singing gathering will be held on the afternoon of January first. All local folks are invited to attend and enjoy the kickoff to the new year.
The St Peter's Mission day and Sunday schools joined for a Christmas tree with readings, hymns, and a Santa Claus gift distribution. Roy Beeler read scripture, Rev Peter M Dennis spoke, and W B Edmundson gave an address as Miss Cathrine Weaver led the organ.
Mrs. Be atrice Snipes, 29, a pregnant wife from a rural area, was convicted of first degree murder of a policeman in York County and sentenced to die April 7 in Columbia. She prepares for motherhood while awaiting execution in the state penitentiary.
The Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York houses a rose window described as among the world’s largest. It measures forty feet in diameter and over 120 feet in circumference with a three foot thick stone tracery. Over fifty workmen were employed for a year. The central figure is Christ in glory. The piece reflects the church’s broader cathedral-building programs to employ workers and honor God.
A. T. Murphree, who has been ill at his home in Landersville for two weeks, is reported to be improving and is now doing better.
Special from Piney Chapel announces Rev. J. M. Hitt and his family will settle in Arkansas in the near future. He has served in the area for a long time and leaves many warm friends in Alabama who regret their departure.
D. Sandlin, recently stricken by influenza, is now improving, and friends are glad to hear of his better condition after a period of illness.
An informal restudy of foreign debts by Owen D. Young and Bernard M. Baruch has been arranged by President-elect Roosevelt and will be presented to the next president for action after March 4. Young and Baruch are among the Democratic party’s top financial experts.
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