Six Stars Lead Bohemian Girl Revival at Mason Theatre
Six famed singers led by Joseph F Sheehan Mirth Carmen Elaine De Selem Arthur Deane Eugene Growen and Fnn Fein appear in the Bohemian Girl revival at the Mason Theatre January 11. Critics hail the all star cast as among the finest on the American stage with Dave Cronberger Lillian Harl in supporting roles and Basil Horsfall directing a specially chosen chorus.
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Joseph F. Sheehan
Mirth Carmen
Elaine de Selem
Arthur Deane
Eugene Growen
Fnn Fein
Masonic Theatre
Dave Cronberger
Lillian Harl
Basil Horsfall
Williams' Colored Singers at Lyceum on Wednesday
The Williams' Colored Singers, slated for the Lyceum theatre on Wednesday evening, January 5, are described as a distinguished group endorsed by both American and foreign audiences. The ensemble, drawn from Fisk Rust and Oberlin trained traditions, will feature solos and male and female quartets showcased for their notable vocal gifts.
Japs Rush Cruisers to Protect Shipping
Tokio reports a Japanese squadron will be sent to the Suez canal to protect shipping after Mediterranean losses. Armored cruisers Kasujira and Chitose are assigned, with two Japanese merchant ships sunk in the past two weeks.
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Tokio
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Kasujira
Chitose
Ory Cohen Gave Toys To Three Hundred Children
The Ory-Cohen firm distributed New Year toys to about three hundred children at their Decatur store on Saturday afternoon. Only the first hundred received tokens, but the firm then provided the remaining two hundred with toys, avoiding disappointment.
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Ory-Cohen
Decaturs
Segregation Note Prompts Racial Seating Policy
A mangled OCR fragment references racial seating and white-only seating, implying segregated arrangements. The passage remains fragmentary without full context or verifiable nouns.
Week of Prayer Observed at the Pastorium
The Ladies Aid Society of the Central Baptist Church conducts the week of prayer for Potelgn Missilina at 2 20 each day at the Pastoriund a. Westminster Church holds a session led by Mrs E Lysander Gray on Tuesday afternoon with a Korea Japan focus. Arlie Henderson visits en route to Spring Hill to rejoin Branham Hughes School.
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Ladies Aid Society
Westminster Church
E. Lysander Gray
Korea
Japan
Arlie Henderson
Natchez, Miss
A. T. Grayson
Spring Hill, Tenn
Branham & Hughes School
Salvation Army Moves Into Bank St Quarters
The Salvation Army relocates from Oak Street hall to the Simpson building at Cherry and Bank Streets in Decatur. Capt. Davis and the warrior band spent last week moving furniture and fixtures and opened business today on a larger, more magnificent scale. The new location on the principal business street is expected to boost visibility among travelers and create a greater era of usefulness for the Army.
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Salvation Army
Oak Street Hall
Simpson Building
Cherry and
Bank Streets
Davis
Decatur
Surprise marriage announced in Sil k Stocking Club town
In Harteelle Alabama on January 3 a wedding was held at the home of Rev Dean L Bond uniting Miss Trannie Cooper and Mr William A McClanahan. The couple will reside in Artselle after January 6 and begin their life together.
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Harteelle
Ala
Trannie Cooper
William A’ McClanahan
Dean L. Bond
Mrs. McClanahan
Aartselle
Local residents return from trips and recoveries noted
Mrs W F Farrell has returned from a week in New Orleans. Mrs Eugene Ferris is able to be about after a short illness at her home on Church street. Mrs Pnimett Phillips on Church street in Decatur resumes duties as a teacher at Fairview. Mrs H M Williver of Washington spent hours in Decatur enroute to Nashville after visiting Huntsville with friends.
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Miss. Fannie Johnson
Chattanooga
Mrs. Gunter
Eugene Ferris
Church Street
Pnimett Phillips
Decatura
Fairview School
H. M. Williver
Washington
Decaturs
Nashville
Huntaeville
Demands to free consuls held by allies
Sofia Jan 3 Greek authorities demand Gen Safrail the French commander at Salohika release the Teutonic Bulgarian and Turkish consuls. They were seized while under Greek gendarme protection. Allies reportedly agreed to notify Greece in advance if action against the consuls is decided.
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International News Service
Sofia
Safrail
Salohika
Greece
Allied command rejects Greek demand on consulates at Salonika
Rome reports that the allied command at Salonika refused Greece's call to surrender Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian consulates and declined to yield the consuls.
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International News Service
Rome
Salonika
Personal notices from Athens. locals visit and travel
Roy English visited friends in Athens yesterday. Lamar Eyster returns to the University at Tuscaloosa today. Marvin House goes to Huntsville to take a position with M. R. Murray. Mr H W Wade and Miss Dera Wade spend the day in Hartsville visiting relatives. OW E Mays of Italy Texas returns to Texas after holidays. Frank Emens of Trinity in Decatur today en route to Athens for school. Allison McNeill returns to Tuscaloosa Tuesday. Garland Moore ill with grippe at parents' home on Eighth Avenue West. E E B Dickinson improves after illness at Lafayette Street. Russell Jenkins returns to University of Alabama tonight after holidays. W C Hicks ill with geomnonia moved to Encevolent Hospital. Matrice I Thomas tests for Rome Georgia to enter school. M H Hardage returns from Georgia business trip on his four hundred acre South Georgia farm. Students who spent holidays with parents return to their schools today: George Mainard William Nix Leroy McEntire.
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George Mainard
William Nix
Leroy McEntire
Spelling Bee at New Decatur High Promises Entertaining Show
The Spellin Bee next Friday at New Decatur High School Auditorium attracts professional and business entrants against high school pupils. It promises interest instruction and amusement with a big crowd likely.
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New
Decatur High School
NHGRO COUPLE SECURE FIRST MARRIAGE LICENSE
A probate judge issued the first marriage license of the year to Fifer and Addie Dancy, marking an early wedding for a Black couple amid the community coverage. Read Decatur Daily reports the note on the pace of licenses issued this year.
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NHGRO
Dan Cupid
Fifer, Co
Addie Dancy
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