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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1938

Page

8

Non Partisan Relief Boards Considered By Roosevelt

Washington reports President Roosevelt weighs a non partisan county board plan to hear relief discrimination complaints. Boards would review cases without pay while relief funds stay federal. Congress to detail the plan amid relief funding debates and political concerns.

Washington Roosevelt WPA Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee Congress White House United States Hatch N. M Byrnes S. C Adams D. Cole Subcommittee On Relief Appropriations

Limestone County Families Gather for Holidays and Visits

Social notes from Limestone County highlight numerous Sunday dinners and holiday gatherings. Families including Hood, Wray, Evans, McLemore, Zehner, Romine, Grubbs, and Thompson share visits across Decatur, Athens, Coxey, Cartwright, and Florence with friends and relatives.

Christmas News From Lawrence County Ellisville

Quiet Christmas in Lawrence County Ellisville with family visits including Lottie Sewell returning home after a week with Mable Aldridge. Church events at Lebanon reported large attendance for Sunday school and a Christmas tree, plus multiple local visits and gatherings across families and neighbors.

Plant Kudzu Now Best For Alabama Farms

Alabama farmers are advised to plant kudzu crowns during winter while dormant for erosion control or grazing. Two year old crowns may be set, with hay crowns bought to cover acreage, though costlier. Slow start options include small plantings followed by crown production in 2 3 years. Basic slag boosts growth. county agents offer help.

Auburn Ala Alabama J. C. Lowery Extension Agronomist Lowery Mr. Lowery

LIMESILONE COUNTY ATHENS V Davidson business visitor

Limesilone County Athens V Davidson, a state figure, was a business visitor here Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Laubenthal announce the birth of an eight and one half pound son at Powers Hospital Christmas afternoon. Mother and daughter are getting along nicely. Miss Rachel Masterson has joined the state nurses at Powers Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Halsey Townes of Bisulighaim were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Grasse, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Johnson spent Christmas with relatives in Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wellden, Jr. are proud parents of a eleven and a half pound girl. Mary Lee of Coxey spent Christmas day with Sheriff J. E. Wellden and family. Miss Ida Nelson has recovered from a serious illness.

Henry Hood Bernie Wray Decatur Reedie Wray John B. Evans Lester Evans Wilburn Evans Gera McLemore Jennie Evans Wiley McLemore Cartwright Claudie Perry Athens Frel Tanner Frank McClung Fannie Grubbs B. L. Grubbs Clifford Zehner Eli Zehner Bonnie Romine Z. O. Evans Clarita Thompson Roger Thompson Mable Baugh Robert Baugh State Teacher's College Florence Alfred Grubbs Edward Grubbs Nashville, Tenn Lester Reuben Evans Letha Barker Frank Baugh Crutcher Glaze Walter Evans Catherine Legg Coxey Lource Evans V. Davidson Harry L. Laubenthal Powers Hospital Rachel Masterson x Powers Hosnilal Halsey Townes Bisulighaim Louis B. Grasse George C. Johnson Memphis J. E. Wellden, Jr Mary Lee Cullen Haney Sheriff J. E. Wellden Ida Nelson

Wisconsin author Zona Gale Breese dies in Chicago

Zona Gale Breese a Wisconsin novelist and playwright known for Midwestern small town settings died in Passavant hospital Chicago from pneumonia. She was 65 and had come to the city for treatment three weeks ago after illness.

Chicago Zona Gale Breese Wisconsin Passavant Hospital

Rival. A week ago she was placed in an oxygen tent.

A brief line notes a rival figure who was kept in an oxygen tent a week earlier, hinting at a health setback or medical care. The fragment implies a comparison or context with another person but provides no further details on names, dates, or locations.

Dri ers Used in Ginnings in 1938 Rise in South

Auburn Alabama December 28 cotton gins across the South in 1938 used about 800 driers for conditioning seed cotton, up from 550 in 1937 and 275 in 1936. A survey by the cotton ginning laboratories at Stoneville Miss shows roughly 1 million bales processed this season with about half the driers in the Mississippi Valley.

Auburn Ala J. B. Wilson State Extension Service Bureau of Agricultural Engineering Bureau of Agricultural Economics Stoneville Miss Mississippi Valley U. S. Department of Agriculture Alabama

Poison liquor mystery ends with a drunken joke

A Philadelphia woman visited an undertaker to choose a casket for her husband and claimed poison liquor killed him. She admitted drinking all day and knew it was poison. Police found the husband, who was unconscious but alive.

Philadelphia

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