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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1941

Page

7

School committees named by Betty Ware Wyatt

Betty Ware Wyatt president of the Better Citizenship Association at the junior high school has named several committees. The Clean-up Committee includes Frances West Geraldine Hill Judson Hawthorne Jewel Burleson. The Bicycle Committee lists Bobby Hart acre Sanitary Committee includes Wendellyn Gray Lillian Houser Betty Jean Johnson Harold Pingree Ned Anderson. The Conduct Committee features Mary Bland Eloise Reithmier Anna Lee King. Court of Appeals lists Anna King.

Betty Ware Wyatt Better Citizenship Association Frances West Geraldine Hill Judson Hawthorne Jewel Burleson Bobby Hartacre Wendellyn Gray Lillian Houser Betty Jean Johnson Harold Pingree Ned Anderson Mary Bland Eloise Reithmier Anna Lee King Court of Appeals Anna King

Work Urged by Hobos King Campaign in Pittsburgh

Jeff Davis known as the Hoboes King announces a national campaign to put 250000 hoboes to work as a defense measure. He urges hoboes to quit the road, take defense jobs or join the military, and supports mandatory registration and fingerprinting for all.

Pittsburgh Hoboes of America, Inc United States Jeff Davis Cincinnati Army Navy Davis Long America

Prisoner Fatally Shoots Woman Then Kills Self

Willie Lee, 46, a Kilby Prison trust y, shot a Black woman on an adjoining farm and then killed himself with a shotgun. Lee had a life sentence for murder in Hale County in 1934. He borrowed the weapon, entered the woman’s house, and later fired in nearby woods. The warden could not provide a motive.

Montgomery Ala Willie Lee Kilby Earl Milson Lee Wilson Hale County

Free booklet on tobacco farming in Chesterfield campaign

Liggett and Myers offers a 42 page illustrated booklet “Tobaccoland U S A” free to the public. The booklet covers growing curing processing with over 1000 photographs and captions and will be sent to requests to 630 Fifth Avenue New York. The campaign features Ann Sheridan Ellen Drew Carol Bruce and actresses and skaters from It Happens On Ice.

Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company Fifth Avenue New York N. Y Ann Sheridan Ellen Drew Carol Bruce Louisiana Purchase Mary Jane Yeo Jo Ann Dean

Local names listed for hometown notice

Albert Brewer, Sue Wimberly, James Standridge, Betty Holesapple, Jack Wallace, Milton Pingree, Betty Wyatt, Ned Anderson are named in the readable portion of the notice.

Albert Brewer Sue Wimberly James Standridge Betty Holesapple Jack Wallace Milton Pingree Betty Wyatt Ned Anderson

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