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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
3
P C Davis Auburn director reports Alabama farmers advanced in 1940 despite losses. Cotton and corn yields rose on similar acreage, hay and potatoes up, with the largest potato acreage on record. 1941 expected to be a banner year with stronger soil and livestock programs, and expanded timber and wildlife conservation.
Lee Tracy and Linda Hayes headline the film Millionaires in Person showing today and Tuesday at the Capitol theater in Columbus Ga. The stars visit after hosting guests of honor at a local home.
Hartsville and Nashville visitors spend a Christmas week with Mia and relatives in Somerville. The list includes Mr and Mrs J W Winton, Edgar McClure and daughter, Gilbert Allen and daughters, Mary Die of Decatur, Dr J D Johnaton of Hartnelle, W H Barelift of Birmingham, Annie Black and Homer Barelift, Magley Puckett and family, Albert Pinch and baby, with additional relatives from Route One and nearby areas.
Six persons perished in a morning fire that destroyed a wooden building in Easton. Five were sisters of the Smith family, aged 18 months to 10 years, plus Mrs. Ralph Davenport, 19, who worked as a maid in the Smith home. James Smith, 11, and the parents escaped with help from neighbors after Lewis Smith lowered his wife and son from a window. The one and a half story structure, located above a general store, was a total loss.
The Japanese War Department announced that 1,800,000 Chinese and 100,000 Japanese have been killed since hostilities began in July 1937. The report is dated December 30 and notes ongoing casualties in the Sino Japanese conflict.
Mr. R Bertilsen of 405 Savannah St Mobile Alabama recounts severe kidney pain backaches and restless nights before trying Gly-Cas on a coworker's recommendation. He reports quicker eliminations calmer bowels and full undisturbed sleep with pain relief and improved condition after several days. Gly-Cas sold by Loyd's Drug Store and other local druggists.
In a Forties romance on a ship, Kit declares a serious plan to trap Vance Healey into marrying her. She convinces him to pose as her brother with a heart condition to secure privacy and a single cabin. He agrees to play along while she compiles money and a staged backstory for the purser.
The Birmingham and Coast passenger train wreck near here on Sunday killed the fireman and severely injured the engineer. Fireman Lonnie Smith, 40, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was trapped under the overturned engine and pulled free after 40 minutes of digging. Engineer B. A. Richards, also of Fitzgerald, leapt to safety but suffered severe burns.
Shifty Frank Willett of Anniston Alabama wins the singles title at the national indoor boys tennis championship in Camden New Jersey. He gains the crown through speed and stamina despite lacking finesse.
The Defense Commission announces monthly U S arms production rising to 2400 aircraft engines 700 planes over 10 000 semi automatic rifles and 100 tanks. Contracts exceed ten billion dollars with ships 3 300 000 000 factory expansion 1 500 000 000 planes and parts 600 000 000 guns 400 000 000 trucks and tanks. Government factories mass production tank plant and multiple ammunition plants under contract. A new fighting ship slides down the ways every 12 days.
Singers from many sections organized a Muscle Shoals district convention in Florence at a meeting yesterday. Business matters were a part of the program, with participation by numerous quartets and a featured group singing session.
Luverne Ala Dec 30 Chief Deputy Sheriff H G Horn said Charlies Davis of Highland Home Ala has been jailed here in connection with the slashing of George Pettus 44 near his Highland Home store yesterday.
In Montgomery Alabama on December 30 1949 Christmas seal sales totaled roughly $4 000 for the Montgomery Tuberculosis Sanatorium fund announced by Mrs Margaret Bear chair of the seal committee Call 46 for help wording your Want Ad so the story is told shortly and effectively
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