Republicans Promise Strategic Surprises On Eve Of 1940 Campaign
WASHINGTON December 29 Republican party officials hinted at strategic surprises for the Democrats as they begin the 1940 campaign season. They forecast publicity drives between January 8 Jackson Day dinners and February 12 Lincoln Day banquets and anticipate issue by issue battles. They note fundraising to erase a deficit and expect heavy activity in the East and Midwest while attacking New Deal deficits and Roosevelt-Wallace production controls.
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Waston
National
White’ House
East
Middle West
Senate
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Dialogue Montage on Freedom and Folly in a Local Play
An assortment of quips and sketches from a social tableau touches on liberty, democracy, and economic gears. Characters debate slavery, wealth, and marriage with satirical jabs about modern life and friendship as a life’s core investment.
Noted Vaughn Daniel quartet to perform at Plainview
The Vaughn Daniel quartet, a widely known musical group, will play Saturday night at Plainview school. The program starts at 7:30 PM and proceeds go to the school. For proof of results, use Want Ads and call phone 46 for courteous service.
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Vaughn-Daniel
Plainview School
Community Notes from Lawrence County Oakville area
Health remains fair as residents plow and attend local events. Local families attend visits and illnesses, with a Decatur trip for business and a Speake school Christmas program drawing a large crowd. Community clubs meet, and hog butchering takes advantage of cold weather while nearby residents visit relatives in Union Grove and Moulton.
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Walter White
Roy White
Felix Aldridge
Gilbert Aldridge
Clifford Aldridge
Dorothy
Clarence Aldridge
Tommie Wade
Bellview
D. E. Clark
Union Grove
Albert Ferguson
Wheeler Dam
Baxter Clark
Erwin McKay
Decatur
Bob McCaghren
Jessie McCaghren
Brackard Livingston
Enon
Milford Sands
Albert Stephenson
Efron
Grover_James
Arthur Jones
Atdh
Dee
Lee Fpolette
Betty Jean Aldridge
Claude Mitchell
Jimmie Tucker
Ennis
Sandlin
Grady Gillespie
Elbert Seldon
Moulton
Tda Copeland
Mills White
Bobby
Jeo Clark
Tommie Sapp
Community thanks for Christmas fruit to Warren Roberts
Morgan County residents express gratitude for Christmas boxes sent to Warren Roberts and family. The note lists many local families who shared holiday greetings and mentions funeral attendees and visiting relatives across the area.
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Warren Roberts
Basham Chapel
Luke Roberts
Rosa Bragille
Moss 1 Chapel
Fred Stepherson
and Nutt
Rocky Ford
Roy Osborn
Almon Stephenson
Marva Lee Stephenson
North Carolina
Byron Bull
A. P. Roberts
Christmas Day Visits Across Morgan County
Morgan County social notes list relatives and friends visiting over Christmas. Decatur hosts Mr and Mrs Harold Waugh and Mrs Laura Mason. Birmingham couple Mr and Mrs Jep Dendy bring Nell to see Eaal Peck. Hartselle and Sheffield residents join kin for holiday gatherings and well wishes.
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Ardi
Harold Waugh
Decatur
G. C. Vincent
Jep Dendy
Nell
Birmingham
Sheffield
Tom Crawford
J. Ear Peck
Ora St. John
The
Benevolent Society
J. Earl Gurley
Bettye’ Earle
Walter Tanner
Hartselle
Birthday Feasts and Local News In Union Grove
Eugene Laurence of Morgan City marked his fourth birthday with a noon dinner for relatives and friends. The week suffered from colds while Wheeler Pritchett and wife moved into the community. A wedding linked Lilian Dean and John Cantrell of Birmingham on December 17 at the Dean home. The couple will reside in Birmingham.
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Eugene Laurence
Morgan City
Wheeler Pritchett
John Harding
Ralph Cobb
Huntsville
Lilian Dean
Morgan
John Cantrell
Birmingham
Lee Dean
War prayer and calls for peace amid distant gunfire
A voice pleads for divine intervention to end war and grant global peace. Reflections on envy greed and hate loom over distant lands while prayers urge rulers to choose understanding over force and to free all lands. A stray, incomplete worker remark about supervision ends the fragment.
Christmas Visiting in Limestone County and Surrounding Areas
Local families from Limestone County and nearby towns visited relatives over Christmas. The page lists numerous trips to and from Chattanooga Decatur Winchester Fayetteville and Florence with multiple households noted. Other items include a hot car seat incident in Shenandoah Iowa and a Want Ad blurb for rental apartments.
Half a loaf better than none says mother’s lesson
A speaker recalls his mother’s maxim that a little effort beats no effort, insisting he not loaf on the job. The line, “A half a loaf is better than none,” frames a caution to stay diligent and faithful to promised work.
Alabama Man Recovers Health After Gly-Cas Trial
W J Foley of Decatur says Gly-Cas eased long standing digestion and elimination problems after World War I gas exposure. He reports better sleep, renewed energy, and ability to work at the foundry without fatigue, following sales rep visits at Loyd's Drug Store.
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Alabama
W. J. Foley
Fourth Ave
West
Decatur
Loyd’s Drug Store
Mr. Foley
Loyd's Drug Store Ad Locals Clarify Capsule Remedy
Decatur announces Loyd's Drug Store at Corner Second Avenue and Moulton Street where daily meetings explain the capsule remedy. Price is 1.00 per box with a six for five dollar deal.
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Ublic
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Tennessee OC Camp
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C. Scurlock
W. R. Jones
GC. Vincent
J. E
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A. B. Grantland
Jack Swinnen
I. B. Roberts
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Cullman
Hester Smith
W. E. Smith
Clara Lou Teters
Coleman
Winchester
Ray
Belle Mina
Bruce Balch
Comer Cole
Sarah Elizabeth
Sam Harding
Fayetteville
Oscar Pitts
Rudolph
J.N. Vasser
Hoyt Vasser
Howard College
Oscar Vasser
W. G. Balch
J. D. Taylor
Eeee Comer Cole
Carlos Cole
Claude Cole
Bert Cole
Lwenton Smith
Athens
Clarence Leopard
Mack Towles
Florence
Billy, Moore and Baby
Huritsville
Josh Cole
Shelbyville
J. B. Cole
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J. B. Smith
Clarence Smith
Lawrence Pike
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G.A. Hollister
Rockport
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H. & HW. Machine Works
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Black Creek
Turner Coal& Grain Co
Checkerboard
Moulton ST
Carl
Murdock
Thrifty Food Store
Canova Coffee
Milnut
Earbere
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Jae
Black Eyed Peas
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Rindon
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