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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
8
An 18yearold victim described her experience on the witness stand as Judge Killough announced twohours after jurors verdicts that the defendants had no grounds for a new trial. The judge stated he was convinced race did not affect the conviction and ordered the convicts sent to the Tucker state prison farm in Arkansas.
Multiple households report visits among Lamon Washburn McCulloch and Sparkman families. New baby girl born to Bennie Hicks on December 25. Clarence Brewer moves near Pleasant Hill. Dixie Lamon from Newark visits New Year’s Day. several kin travel to Moulton, Birmingham and Nashville area.
Low bids totaling 561 800 were before the state highway commission for approval. Projects include Lauderdale county Florence to Athens road 12.778 miles bid by Clark Kearney and Stark for 211 450. Limestone county Athens to Florence road 9.758 miles bid by Chicamatga Construction Co for 134 536. Jefferson county Reeders Gap underpass bid by Sullivan Long and Hagerty for 42 946. Crenshaw county Luverne to Brantley road 7.091 miles bid by Carlton Contracting Co for 120 642.
The National Bureau of Standards announced a method to reduce sugar production cost from $20,000 to $1,800 per pound. The breakthrough applies to ribose, a rare scientifically important sugar, not ordinary household sugar.
A. H. Spencer advertised three dinosaur eggs in the original nest to be sold today. He claimed the eggs were staked out where found in the Utah desert and that the eggs talked with pictures of eggs he had seen.
Sunday night saw Mr and Mrs Horace Standridge Mr and Mrs Neal Stephenson and Miss Martha Mae Stephenson of Austinville in the community. Johnnie McDougal worked in Limestone county spent the weekend at home. Walter Lamon and Jim Washburn visited. Theodore and Buster McDougal saw Wallace Wood. Rev Bud Bynum led services Sunday afternoon. Bible school is every Saturday night and B Y P U meets each Sunday night with meetings on the first and fourth Sunday afternoons.
A school play The College Hobo will be staged at Mooresville Belle Mina School on January 4. Cast includes Sally Sims Elaine Tribble and Mr. Sims Harvey Hardiman with Marvin Marshall James and Thelma Marsh. Also listed are Adolphus Billy Peete Patricia Rochester Mary Dotson Susie Johnson Hester Haster Johnnie Johnson Gilbert White Jr Prof Crocket Thomas Ennis Rodney Rochester Howard Louell co eds Fritzy Louise Hampton Ellen Maxine Hampton Bess Louise Bedingfield.
Casey Jones and his four educated chickens were brought into court on disorderly conduct and cruelty to animals charges. The animals performed for the judge as Jones defended his care and claimed affection for them. Judge Samuel Heller dismissed the case.
Portland players marked K. C. Elkridge and Mrs. Norton Cowden birthdays with a bridge deal. Elkridge held 13 spades on his opening hand. Cowden joined in the celebration as partner with no event beyond the card game reported.
Spanish government forces appeared to gain the edge in the Teruel campaign with a government communiqué claiming complete defeat of insurgents after their heavy offensive between Concud and Teruel. Insurgents countered to reach Teruel but were repulsed as fighting continued near the Palomera mountains and at the city garrison.
Crossword clues mixed with fragmented letters and errors. readable items list across entries like Bes Zola unspoken French menag novelist erie and down hints such as Sorceress and The plague measure. The garbled text shows puzzle numbering and stray letters from a damaged page.
Clif ford Dowis uses a tiny device he says turns an ordinary pistol into a weapon firing 1000 rounds per minute. He demonstrates in New York for foreign officials and seeks royalty sales despite war department opposition. Dowis claims the invention weighs about an ounce and fabricates rapid fire via gas ejection and recoil reduction.
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to distribute a new fertilizer named meta te for experimental use next spring. TVA chief chemical engineer Dr. Harry A. Qurtis told a House appropriations subcommittee the cost, including bags and taxes, would be less than one fourth of what farmers pay for current materials.
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board reports November receipts of 6,824 from liquor and beer licenses plus 234,153 from state store profits, with 140,541 going to the state treasury. Half of the county and city disbursements support public welfare, with Montgomery receiving 4,859.37 and Mobile 3,785.90 among others.
A list of multiple Alabama towns with corresponding monetary amounts is presented, including Headland 137.34 Abbeville 283.77 Andalusia 375.17 Fairhope 60.97 Chatom 270.95 Frisco City 41.89 Monroeville 260.39 La verne 133.21 Troy 572.00 Phenix City 1 021.10 Eufaula 331.09 Union Springs 216.76 Fort Deposit 124.20 Huntsville 1 810.09 Marion 172.00 Uniontown 457.57 Eutaw 849.27 Opp 153.96 Florala 94.89.
A committee record shows the Commodity Credit Corporation lost 23 million dollars on cotton farmer loans. Officials attributed losses to a market slump and said loan stocks were returned to borrowers at slightly under market price.
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