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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1936

Page

8

Third eye enables sight in darkness via infrared ultraviolet tube

Howard W. Blakeslee reports a new device by Dr V K Zworykin and Dr George A Morton that acts as an optical tube with a cesium coated lens and artificial retina. It converts unseen infrared and ultraviolet rays into visible greenish black and white on a frosted screen, allowing sight in darkness.

Howard W. Blakeslee Louis Jan Noe American Association For the Advancement of Science V. K. Zworykin George A. Morton Radio Corporation of America Laboratories

Fractured Arm Reported From Athens Alabama Scene

From fractured arm recovery update in Athens Alabama Jax. Special M. W wife of a local.

Athens Ala M. W

Quicker Relief From Headache STANBACK Ad

STANBACK acts fast and soothes the meanest headaches in minutes. A balanced prescription eases neuralgia aching joints muscles and periodic pains. Now sealed in a cello­phane jacket for freshness and purity.

Stanback Nature

Near Capture Spurs Hunt For No 1 Criminal

A chaotic notice lists multiple family members living on North Francisco Avenue Chicago and notes past incarcerations including state reformatories in Hutchinson Kansas and Lansing Kansas. Details reference burglary charges larceny auto and safe blowing with dates toward 1920s 1930s.

Raynong Hadley Kansas City

Hartselle Community News Highlights A Year End Social

Hartselle reports a New Year’s Eve watch service at First Methodist Church with sermons by Rev. J. H. Chitwood and a post service recreation. the annual charity Christmas tree led by L. O. Waldsmith distributed 100 bags to children and mothers. The paper also notes a January meeting of strawberry growers at City Hall to plan crate purchases and berry marketing, plus numerous local social visits and travel.

Methodist Church van Pattilio Coy Stephenson Josephine Puckett Luther Roberts Annie Ruth Waldsmith First Methodist Church J. H. Chitwood L. O. Waldsmith Hartselle Magaline Richard Opal Atkinson Hartsellé Earl Bradley Birmingham Stover W.H. Brown Lawrenceburg Tenn Mr. Brown William Huie R. W. Puckett Billy Warren Payne Jeff Weaver Decatur J. H.chitwood Kagawa E. H. Sharpley Baugh’s Infirmary Dick White Main Street Mabel Freeman Florence Eva B. Freeman John Liles George Stephenson Brown Service Insurance Company John Cooper C. H., Johnson Cecil Johnson Lake City Bill Stone D. W. McNeil Johnny Gibbs Hanceville Hal Orr Mildred Chitwood James Hardwick Topeka Kansas J. E. Hardwick Janie Mae Bean Yolande G. W. Peck Florette Mary Grace Martha Ann Orr Cullman Sarah Hardwick J . Irwin Quinn CCC Mississippi Inez Sharpe A. E. Nix R. G. Sherrill Robert Lakeland Fila Ralph Nance Mobile J. L. Thomas Charlie

Road Patrol Job Clarified in Alabama Liquor Debate

Governor Bibb Graves clarified his stance after a delegation from the Alabama Temperance Alliance urged stricter liquor enforcement and a halt to state referendums. He said the highway patrol funds enforce laws on alcohol and traffic, while opponents demanded officers close road houses that sell prohibited liquors. The Alabama Baptist and WGTU leaders joined the delegation, which included H. L. Anderton of Birmingham.

Montgomery Ala Bibb Graves Alabama Temperance Alliance H. L. Anderton Birmingham Alliance Highway Patrol L. L. Gwaltney Alabama Baptist State Convention Alabama

Fire at Joanna Home for the Aged Kills Two, Burns Thirteen

Two men died and thirteen others were hospitalized after a blaze partially wrecked the Joanna home for the aged in Cleveland last night. Firemen and neighbors rescued the aged residents. Most victims had been placed there by county or state relief administrations. Investigations were conducted.

Cleveland, O Joanna

Advertising gains in New York in November rise

Advertising gain in November was the largest for the first eleven months of the year compared with 1934, according to Printer's Ink advertising index.

New York Printer's Ink

Missionaries in Danger Besieged City of Chinkiang

Thirty missionaries trapped in Chinkiang western Hunan as Communist forces besiege the city and cut off all lines of relief, a report to the United States embassy said.

Nanking China Chinkiang Hunan United States

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