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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1930
Page
8
Clarence M Young Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics notes a record year for 1930 with more miles flown more passengers transported and more mail handled on scheduled air lines. He credits cooperation of transport operators and federal support for advancing air commerce and speeding intercity travel.
Decatur merchants finish annual stock taking and prepare statements while the air transport industry reports safety gains. The commerce department supports flights via lighted airways and radio weather services as two passengers died in a fatal scheduled flight accident in late November.
Road crews resumed pouring concrete on the Athens Decatur link of the Bee Line highway as clear weather returns. The white ribbon of new pavement grows longer and nearer to completion with opening of the roadway increasingly certain.
Mrs Zeitler hosted a Saturday lunch with guests from Cortner Tennessee Birmingham Alabama and Decatur. Several visitors including Miss Emily Kinzer from Athens and Miss Mary H Oliver visited Mooresville for holidays and dances.
City police continue the investigation into recent robberies with confidence at least one break in will be solved. Authorities report progress but say more evidence is needed before a formal statement is issued.
A clipped report links Mrs Edgar F Hue aged 38 to a missing jewels case connected with a train trip to Florida. The item value cited is $200,090 and police inquiries continue as photographs accompany the report.
Margie Keller fourteen and Jane Keller seven died within three hours of each other after pneumonia and meningitis. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Keller, they had been ill only a short time. The younger sister died Monday morning and the older Monday evening. Survived by their parents.
ABrisbane 1930 feature notes Paderewski at age 71 amid new era wealth and media culture. The piece explores striking images of success and a synthetic life cell as a metaphor for modern progress.
The article notes Russia, with a population larger than ours, is short 2,000,000 workmen. It highlights Russian women stepping into jobs men cannot fill and earning the same wages, with millions trained for field labor able to perform men's tasks.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Etna Baptist Church for four brothers and one younger sister. The two girls were members of the church. Their mother, Mrs. Keller, remains seriously ill, with friends hopeful for her early recovery.
Grief spread through the Proctor area after the death of Mr. West from pneumonia. Funeral services were held on Sunday following a brief illness.
A California beekeeper estimates that each pound of honey requires more than 35 000 bee trips from flower to hive, highlighting the remarkable effort behind a single unit of honey.
About $50,000 was paid in one day to County collector A. B. Crutcher in Athens Alabama marking a last minute rush to avoid penalties before January 1. Local payments cite L. & N. Railroad and low crop prices as factors in this peak tax remittance day.
In a Moulton match last night Pee Wee Verner, a small but feisty scrapper, fought Daley of Huntsville. Verner, touted as an aggressive brawler and crowd favorite, struggled to gain downs but kept the action lively.
A 1920s Alabama coal and coke promotion argues the state’s economy relies on local fuel and construction sectors. It contends coal is shrinking as outside gas and electricity erode demand, urging continued support for Alabama producers to sustain employment and growth.
Coal and coke are presented as the most economical, dependable fuels for power plants and home heating. Engineers estimate coal costs Alabama power plants about one fourth as much as natural gas and industries about sixty percent of purchased electricity, with coal and coke available locally regardless of weather or pipeline supply.
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