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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1941
Page
6
In 1888 secret voting using the Australian ballot began in Kentucky and Massachusetts, marking an important step in voting reform. The move aimed to reduce bribery and coercion by concealing voters choices.
Eddie Brietz reports on Benny McCoy delaying a $45,000 Athletics bonus while noting St Marys Texas football prospects and Dodgers season ticket sales. He also cites Bill Tilden praising Helen Wills Moody Roark and Alice Marble compared to Suzanne Lenglen.
Nancy Deane moves into the large household of Cary Easex II to serve as secretary to his grandson. She faces immediate antagonism from Alint Althea, the eldest daughter and former captain.
A season-opening wave hits college basketball as teams clash in East Big Ten and Midwest regions. Notable showdowns include Temple versus Michigan State and Rice against Texas while Dartmouth faces Harvard and Iowa Eyes remain unbeaten in the Big Ten.
At Low Point Athens Alabama January county records show only four prisoners in Limestone County Jail and an empty city jail. No arrests were made on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, contrasting with prior years when many drunks and minor offenders fed the jail system.
Tax assessors across Alabama urge voluntary property assessments before January 20 to avoid a 10 percent penalty and note assessors fix valuations. They stress homestead exemptions must be claimed by that date or be forfeited, in line with a recent supreme court decision.
Jimmy Thomson led at 211 entering final round as Johnny Bulla on 212 and a tight leaderboard followed. Denny Shute and Willie Goggin stood at 213, with Ben Hogan and Clayton Heafner on 214, while Lawson Little and Craig Wood trailed. Little’s four putt on the 18th drew attention.
North Carolina, favored to defend the Southern Conference title, begins the 1941 campaign with a Virginia road trip after a 42 41 loss to Fordham in Madison Square Garden. They face St Josephs in Philadelphia then meet Washington and Lee and VMI in Kentucky. Duke pursues its own schedule with three conference tests including Davidson and Furman.
The Decatur unit of the Association of Hairdressers of Alabama will hold a banquet this evening starting at 1 30. The First Christian Churchwomen will serve the meal at the church. John H. Peck of Decatur and L H Teele of Birmingham will deliver talks and a picture on Service will be shown.
The Dixie tournament in Tampa opens with top male contenders Bobby Riggs and Don McNeill as favorites for the finals, seeded first and second respectively. Other notables include Bitsy Grant Kovacs and Sabin, plus Ed Alloo, Frank Guernsey and Hal Surface. Pauline Betz leads the women’s field with Sarah Palfrey Cooke among top rivals.
Robert Harris 18 month old son of Mr and Mrs Phillip Parris of Attalla Alabama died in Atlanta from a bacon fragment in his lung. He was rushed to an Atlanta hospital yesterday and emergency surgery removed the object. A silver tracheal tube aided his breathing and he was kept under an oxygen tent. His father works for a steel company.
Outside highlights include South Carolina vs Georgia Tech and Clemson vs Georgia Tech, South Carolina meets Georgia, Maryland travels to Penn, and Washington battles Richmond in a crowded basketball evening.
WPA workers with county equipment began the county WPA road program in Limestone County under Roosevelt’s plan. Initial base work covers 3.5 miles on Nick Davis Road, to be asphalted and extend eight miles, paving aims to create a hard surface network by 1942 including Mooresville Brown’s Ferry and Snake Road projects.
The letter to Emerson Nelson mentions pundits from the Kansas City Star Fremont News Messenger Grand Rapids Herald predicting bowl outcomes. They foresee Stanford beating others in a three goal battle, Nebraska needing two touchdowns, and Mississippi State over Georgetown by one score.
At Capitol View Golf Club in Charleston West Virginia Pop Ted Galligan, a longtime pro, finally holes out a hole in one on Christmas Day after half a century of trying, marking a rare ace for the veteran golfer.
Lew Jenkins and entourage buy a home on Palm Island near Miami as Sam Baugh remains a celebrated presence in Sweetwater. Joe Boland declines Marquette coach chance despite the Notre Dame link and ample salary. Ernie Vigh impresses on Friday’s Garden card. Billy Loose labeled satisfactory. John Kimbrough offered 37500 by Hertz’s NFL Yanks to stay year round in football, film, and lectures.
Douglas G. Hertz asserts his time aligns with the moment and says his clock is shared with rivals. Kimbrough signals readiness to respond, teasing a clash over tempo and control.
Star Jack Troy of the Atlanta Constitution notes the Rose Bowl offers 20,000 more seats than the Sugar Bowl, highlighting a key attendance advantage for the decade.
The mother of three testified her second husband abandoned her and fled to Florida a year after their 1938 marriage. She said she did not want to leave her home town or her three boys and did not know him well enough to accompany him.
Athens, Ala Jan 6 Only seven persons living in Limestone County registered as aliens at the local office during the registration period which just closed according to C W Sarver Athens postmaster Of this number two live in Athens and five in the rural sections of the county according to Sarver.
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Nancy, a wary secretary, resists Miss Althea’s hostile demands in Captain Essex’s house. Mark Gould intervenes to shield her as talk turns to a shared project and a family mystery. The pair connect over the library task while tension with Althea lingers.
Morgan County Somerville notes list Rev S W Lemmond and family from Ragland visiting Route 2 residents W S Watkins. Various residents, including G Mikell and Albert Vinsant, attended business in Decatur while Damon Blackwell battles double pneumonia with slight improvement. Several families travel for funerals and holidays, with Nashville and Decatur connections noted.
Dr. William Lyon Phelps will appear on Alabama College's concert and lecture program January 10, after the date was moved forward from March 7 at his request.
In Lakin Kansas on January 6 the area’s famed mallard Emma, eight years old, died after a deer stepped on her. Emma had sheltered at Preston Osborn’s wild fowl sanctuary for seven years and returned each migration. The Federal Biological Survey had previously clipped her wings for study.
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