Japanese Drive Forward Amid Bitter Cold In China
Japanese forces push west from Tienchuan tai toward Kokpang tze with cavalry armor trucks and infantry as Nanking forms a new government under Lin Sen after Chiang Kai-shek’s retreat. Battle rages despite fierce Chinese resistance and freezing trenches. Lin Sen named foreign minister while Cantonese leader Eugene Chen heads the new regime.
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Associated Press
Tienchuangtai
Tewa
Panshanshien
Kokpangtze
Mukden
Haimintun
Tienchuangtal
Kowpangtze
Chinchow
Manchuria
Nanking
Lin Sen
Chiang Kai-Sek
Nationalist Party
Lip Stick Girl serial fuels Marcia Stanton love test
Edna Robb Webster’s Lip Stick Girl unfolds on page 3 of THE DAILY. TED STANTON loves his hometown girl Marcia Moyer yet she wonders if a hotter, more desirable romance awaits. The ongoing serial traces loyalties, longing, and destiny in a small town.
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Marcia Moyer
Marcia
Edna Robb Webster
Black Replaces Ashurst On Day Hearings Group
Senator Ashurst of Arizona withdraws from the special judiciary sub committee to hold prohibition hearings. Senator Black of Alabama, a prohibition supporter, is named in his place by Senator Norris. Black favors delaying personal views to focus on unemployment relief.
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Black
Ashurst
Washington
Senator Ashurst
Arizona
Senator Black
Alabama
Norris
Judiciary
Congress
Finland Votes On Prohibition Amid Blizzard Weather
In Helsinki Finland December 29 3 500 000 people moved to vote on the 13 year old prohibition law as a blizzard swept the country keeping many at home observers predict a heavy two day poll with the outcome deciding whether the law is continued or modified to permit moderation and mediation of alcohol sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Riley
Edith Riley
Washington
Helsingfors
Finland
Old Boreas
Associated Press
Birmingham
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
International Labor Defense
Associated
Scottsboro
Darrow
Arthur Garfield Hays
Scottshboro
National Association For Advancement
Huntsville
Montgomery
Jackson County
Arthur Garfiell Hays
New York
Hays
George Chamilee
Sra
Tennessee
Montgomery Associated
Sta National Association For the
Chamiee
Bilbingwell
Wakefield
Hayens
Lipstick Girl heroine Marcia Moyer adrift for thrills
Marcia Moyer is depicted as pretty admired and adventurous yet discontented. She seeks thrills beyond faithful love in Edna Robb Webster's new serial Lipstick Girl, portraying a bold heroine drawn to excitement.
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Edna Robb Webster
Speakeasy Taxes May Be Proposed
In New Jersey the House Speaker Russell S Wise flags a proposed tax on speak easies and drink selling establishments ahead of the 1932 legislative session The move aims to shift tax burden onto illicit venues while sparing legitimate stores and grocery outlets from extra taxation.
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Russell S. Wise
Tay “Kf
Son Of Educator Dies Of Pneumonia
Dr. H J Willingham president of the state normal school at Florence mourns the death of his son Henry Clay Willingham 33 of Montgomery. He died in a Birmingham hospital after a brief illness and pneumonia while visiting friends in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Willingham
State Normal School
Florence
Henry Clay Willingham
Montgomery
Willingham
Birmingham
Travel Return From Houston Visit Spreads News
Miss Mae Tisdale returns from Houston Texas where she visited Mrs T E Russell before traveling to Galveston and New Orleans to visit friends.
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Mae Tisdale
Houston
Texas
T. E. Russell
Galveston
New Orleans
Decatur Pastors Union backs revival plan and opposes Sunday movies
The Decatur Pastors Union met at the YMCA and unanimously backed pursuing Rev. M. F. Ham for an evangelistic revival. Officers were reelected: A. H. Nabors president J. D. Pickens vice president S. E. Arvidson secretary treasurer. Congregations largely opposed Sunday movies and pledged support to charity efforts. Rev W F Price praised the union’s voting in that stance.
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Decatur Pastors’ Union
Decatur Daily
A. H. Nabors
J. D. Pickens
S. E. Arvidson
Decatur Charity Council
W. F. Price
First Methodist Church
Pastors’ Union
Village Held by Bandits in Pine River Minn
A band of six armed men took charge of Pine River, looting stores and ransacking the town for about two hours. They mugged the constable, forced residents from their homes, and claimed to act on sheriff business. They directed victims to the Hougward home and then to a drug store before escaping.
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Pine River
Minn
Marsh
Ole Hougward
Little interest in poll tax payment in Morgan county
Poll tax payments in Morgan county show drastic decline with fewer than 700 paid by the last check. Delinquency after February 1, 1932 will bar voting for nonpayers. Current voting strength is about 3,000 to 4,000, far below the 10,000+ qualified in peak years.
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Morgan County
Hill Optimistic Outlook For 1932 Auto Trade
Archie W Hill chief executive of Hill Chevrolet predicts a brighter 1932 for the automotive business. He notes 1931 new car equipment sales were about ten percent below 1930, but the new Chevrolet model has been well received and demand remains steady locally. Hill expects heavier replacement activity in 1932 and an overall improved year.
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Archie W Hill
Hill Chevrolet Company
Mr. Hill
Chevrolet
Hill
City Hall Busy As Folks Pay Tax
City hall offices were bustling with taxpayers paying ad valorem taxes due January 1 with a 50 cent delinquency fee and 8 percent annual interest. Privilege license delinquencies begin February 1, after which penalties apply.
Plan to Raise Revenue Without New Taxes
Garner outlines a plan to raise 900000 in revenue without levying new taxes by amending existing laws to close loopholes that allow tax evasion, aiming to address the treasury deficit.
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Washington
Treasury
Garner
Car Turns Over on Courtland Highway Injuries None
An automobile carrying Mrs. B. F. Jones and party of Tusumbia turned over on the Courtland highway west of here. None of the visitors were injured. they received first aid and medical examination before continuing to Birmingham.
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B. F. Jones
Tuscumbia
Birmingham
Courtland Highway
Here
Mrs. R L Furst Visits Parents in Alabama
Mrs R L Furst is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Sidney Dean in Hanceville Alabama.
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Mrs
R. L. Furst
Mrs. Sidney Dean
Hanceville, Alabama
Paul Davis to lead K of P Hermoine Lodge No 16
Paul C. Davis, a well known Decatur insurance man, was elected Chan cellor Commander for the first half of 1932 at a lodge meeting above the First National Bank. He will be joined by J. H. Wood, Arthur F. Dix, H. L. Thornton, E. D. Bailey Jr., Ferrow Himes, W. T. Giles, M. C. Duren, J. B. Hightower and trustees Clydé Hendrix, W. B. Shackleford, Arthur F. Dix in various officer posts.
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Paul C. Davis
Hermoine Lodge No. 16
Knights of Pythias
Davis
First National Bank
Decatur
Mr. Davis
J. H. Wood
Arthur F. Dix
H. L. Thornton
E. D. Bailey, Jr
Ferrow H. Himes
W. T. Giles
M. C. Duren
J- B. Hightower
Clydé Hendrix
W. B. Shackleford
Cash Surprises Highlight Year End Inventory at Speake Firm
D W Speake, senior member of Speake Warren Ratliffe, notes higher cash spending last year and during the holiday season. He says cash transactions were more common than in prior years while he conducts year end inventory and winds down the business.
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D. W. Speake
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Mr. Speake
Four Negroes Shot on Way to Dance in Decatur
Four Black men en route to a Trinity area dance were shot from about ten feet away as they passed a cedar bush. Sam Ella Kennedy was struck in the head while Mendle McDonald Howard Annett and Emmett Tucker were peppered in the hand and leg. a warning from an ex sweetheart was cited and officers planned to question him.
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Decatur
Trinity
Sam Ella Kennedy
Mendle McDonald
Howard Annett
Emmett Tucker
Kennedy
Tucker
Violin Institute To Give Public Concert
The First National Institute of Violin will present a violin concert on Thursday January 7 at 7 30 pm for the general public. The city institute of boys and girls and young men and women, led by instructor Georgette F Wyatt, performs under the Y M C A Community Entertainment Committee chaired by Chas C Teague at the L N M C A. Admission is free.
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National Institute of Violin
Georgette F. Wyatt
Taxpayers Speed Payments to Clear 1932 Burden
Tax collector Hodges Crow reports surprisingly strong state and county tax payments at the courthouse. Many citizens paid sums due to prevent delinquent charges, aiming to start 1932 free of tax burden, with early evidence suggesting the upcoming year’s list may be smaller than last year’s.
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Hodges Crow
Court House
Birmingham Visit Of Lockmont Tire President
Henry Cullom, president of the Lockmont Tire Company, is in Birmingham today on business.
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Henry Cullom
Lockmont Tire Company
Birmingham
Scouts Hike Led by Maynard Layman From St John’s Church
The troop of Boy Scouts from St John’s Episcopal church enjoyed a hike yesterday under the leadership of Maynard Layman.
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Traop
Boy Scouts of
St John's Episcopal Church
Maynard Layman
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Frazier
Kilgore
Kyle Frazier
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A. L. Frazier
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