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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1939
Page
3
Elsie Ritter enters the Manor to run the private salon for the Witherspoon family. She meets housekeeper Mrs Greely and the gaunt Mrs Witherspoon as preparations for the grand ball begin while tensions simmer in the sprawling mansion.
In Philadelphia on January 4 a coroner’s jury linked former deputy warden Frank Craven and former warden William Mills to negligence after four inmates died of heat stroke in the Klondike punishment block. Twenty one survivors, guards and welfare agents testified about the torture during a hunger strike.
Merrimack textile mill in Huntsville Alabama resumes partial operation with one shift active as 1,000 workers await full reopening. Officials plan a second shift when output increases.
A tornado struck Montgomery killing Ross Metcalfe aged 35 and his wife 32. Their three and a half year old son Willie was injured. The high wind damaged numerous businesses and homes. Sheriff H. E. Bowen valued total damage at about 75000 dollars.
A reflective piece notes grit to wait for sun after clouds and courage to face debt and hardship. It ends with a playful exchange about a new hat and a remark about a new maid's mishap.
A nostalgic fragment recalls a long ago wedding photo. Pa sits in an arm chair with a stream-lined smile while Ma stands beside him gripping his shoulder as if to claim him. The verse hints at enduring affection and memory preserved in a single image.
Classified advertising offers room for rent with contact phone number 46.
United States fleet sets depart San Pedro and San Diego in a secrecy driven drill. About 160 fighting ships 60 aircraft and 56 000 personnel will join in a ten day to six month series of maneuvers across the Pacific Atlantic Caribbean and Panama Canal with a major battle game planned in the Caribbean mid February to early March.
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