BTU Observes Anniversary and Temperance Resolutions
The Texas Training Union leaders Dr. T. C. Gardner and Dr. John W. Inter led talks urging Baptists to oppose any wet candidates and promote temperance. Resolutions call Baptists in the South to observe Temperance Week June 21 to 28 and push abstinence in elections while stressing education and renewed moral conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Gardner
Dallas
Texas Training Union
John W. Inter
Montgomery
Gardner
Dr. Inver
Dr. Inter
Party Rules Change Proposed by Montgomery Democrat
Thomas Watts of the Second District urged the State Democratic Executive Committee to amend rules banning the election of party officials. The plan would invalidate four state at large delegates and mail ballot validity with small votes, raise quorum to 24, bar former candidates from membership, and set fixed meeting dates in Montgomery. Watts aims to push action at the January 1936 rules session for primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Watts
State
Democratic Executive Committee
John D. McQueen
Watts
Montgomery County
Edmund W. Pettus
Selma
National Committee
Bibb Graves
U.S
Hugo Black
John Bankhead
McQueen
Roosevelt
Aother
Ship Wreckage Found Confirming Watachau Sinking
Canton reports floating wreckage confirms the Steamer Watachau bound from Shuting to Kongmoon with 200 aboard foundered on December 22. The ship carried a radio and all passengers and crew were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Watachau
Shuiting
Kongmoon
New Year Celebrations At Athens Homes On Clinton And Madison
Mr and Mrs George C Johnson hosted a Tuesday dinner party at their North Clinton street home with Harold Harlin Luther Yarbrough Margaret Rosenau and Dr D J Wilson among guests. A New Year Eve bridge party at North Madison street featured high scores won by Mrs John Wilson and Jack Tanner with others receiving prizes. Guests later danced with noise makers and streamers as the year turned. Portchester visitor Dr Berthold Kennedy joins Mrs W T McDaniel’s holiday guests through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C Johnson
North Clinton Street
Harold Harlin
Luther Yarbrough
Margaret Rosenau
D. J. Wilson
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
North
Madison Street
John Wilson
Jack Tanner
Mary
Berthold Kennedy
Portchester, N. Y
W. T. McDaniel
Rainfall soaks Alabama with heavy 24 hour totals
Rain and fog shroud Alabama with 24 hour rainfall from Valley Head to Mobile. Birmingham reports .74 inches while Mobile records 3.74 and Montgomery 2.18. Forecasts say downpours may continue into the night with skies clearing Friday as cities report rising rivers but no flood stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
U. S
Valley Head
Lookout Mountain
Mobile
Mississippi Line
Chattahoochee River
Montgomery
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Birmingham
Gadsden
Leeds
Brewton
Evergreen
Union Springs
Troy
Brundige
Greenville
New Year Ends in Injury From Old Musket in Somerset
Merle Faust fired a 150-year-old musket he owned with a SS relative in Somerset on New Year. The weapon burst, a steel sliver struck his eye, and a doctor removed the fragment with a magnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Merle Faust
SS A
Docse
New Year Socials Highlight Athens Community
The New Year’s Eve gathering at Decatur’s Tennessee Valley Quadrill Club drew many Athens youths. Odelle Stewart, formerly TVA home economist here, wed a Fayetteville businessman last week. Mrs M W Dupree broke her wrist after slipping on the ice but is improving. Mark McGee visited Huntsville as sessions resume by the Inferior Court next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Misa Madeline McDaniel
Athens
Tennessee Valley Quadrill Club
Decatur
Odelle Stewart
TVA
Fayetteville
M.W. Dupree
Mark McGee
Huntsville
Fewer Newspapers Published in United States and Canada
The 1936 directory reports 2,189 daily papers in the US and Canada, down eight from 1935. Total papers listed are 13,927 across daily, weekly and other categories, a drop from 14,091. Weeklies decreased by 150, with US continental papers at 12,045 versus 13,075 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
N. W. Ayer
United States
Canada
Lindberghs Seek A Quiet Home In Britain
CharIes A Lindbergh Anne and three year old Jon arrive in Liverpool aboard the SS American Importer seeking quiet country rest. W H Gregory may negotiate a Surrey or London house while family stays in seclusion at Adelphi Hotel. Public curiosity remains, but British press and crowds show restraint as the Flying Colonel’s movements stay secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Charlies A. Lindbergh
England
Anne
Jon
W. H. Gregory
Morgan, Grenfell and Co
London
Adelhil
Coldfiel Lindbergh
Gregory
Lindberghs
Step Father Shot Girl Held In Juvenile Custody
In Miami Ohio on January 2 a 16 year old girl identified as Bernice Lofton is held by juvenile court authorities after she shot her stepfather, William A Lofton, during a confrontation when he threatened her mother with a knife. The weapon was fired as Lofton waved a butcher knife amid accusations of discourtesy to a friend. Mrs Lofton called police after the shooting. the victim lay near death in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Pla
Wiliam A. Lofton
Bernice Lofton
Bank guard dies in fire at home in Lombard
Milo K. Miller, 28, a Federal Reserve Bank guard, died in a Lombard house fire after trying to rescue his two daughters. Fire officials said the blaze began when he used kerosene to start a stove fire. He saved his wife and son Dennis before perishing. his body was found beside the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milo K. Miller
Federal Reserve Bank
Lombard
Miller
Dennis
Young Methodist leaders attend five day Southern conference
Miss Julia Dent Woodard president of Central Methodist church young people's department along with Misses Marjorie Chunn and Clio Levin have returned from Memphis where they joined 6000 delegates at the five day Methodist youth conference. Over 1000 delegates were Texas residents and daily sessions drew about 7500 visitors from Memphis with top church leaders on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Dent Woodard
Young People’s Department of
Central Methodist Church
Marjorié Chunn
Clio Levin
Memphis
Texas
Southern Methodist Church
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Todd
Margaret Lindsay
Thelma Todd
Miss Lindsay
Pasquale “di Cicco
Miss Todd
Florida
Pensacola
al Smith
Alfred B. Smith
White House
Washington
Liberty League
Ligon’s
Second Avenue
Moulton St
M. E. Meeting
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Vatao
Vicks Va
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