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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1935

Page

3

Berean Club Chooses 1935-36 Officers and Program

Society notes from East Vine street as the Berean Club meets Mrs. Ritter presides Roll call prompts prophesies and discoveries in chardes The program committee selects 1935 36 officers with A Fennell chairing and B C Shew H L Thornton as associates Mrs Roan speaks on Chaldeans A Betty McGehee piano reading and a salad social conclude the afternoon Junior Music Study Club postpones meeting Silk Stocking Club hosts two guests with bridge games and a salad course Joe Wheeler Chapter UD C discusses Lee and Jackson with articles from the Times and Montgomery Advertiser Hi Y Club opens year with Bible study finances planning and Roosevelt Birthday project reps detailed

McGehree D. D. Me East Vine Street W. H. Ritter Flint A. Fennell B. C. Shew H. L. Thornton W. F. Price A. M. Roan Betty McGehee Joe Wheeler United Daughters of the Confederacy A.S. Darnell George Williamson Lee Jackson Kitty Prewett New York Times Bookland Williamson Shenandoah Valley Cecelia Alexander Celia Bonar Davis Marjorie Chunn Miss Davis Eva Love Wyatt Margaret King Sarah Neville Frances Craig Marjorie Phinizy Phinizy Mary Frances Rauschenberg Lucille Chenault

Personal notices list illnesses and travels of local residents

Mrs J B Thompson remains gravely ill with pneumonia at Tidwell apartments. Mrs John D Wyker is recovering from a broken shoulder and hip at Benevolent Society Hospital. Alma Jean Milam shows improvement after two weeks with flu. Baby Glenn Sears ill with tonsillitis at home. Mrs George Evans returned from Louisville to visit daughter Mrs Willie Cox. Nettie Burn Meadow arrives in town to stay with Miss Nell Wilhite. Mrs Norman Harris visiting friends in Mobile. Hon and Mrs S A Lynne and Mrs Skeggs Crawford travel to Montgomery for Inaugural ceremonies and ball. Louise Argend absent from school due to illness. John Brasswell very ill at home of his parents on East Church street. Mrs J R Daniell and Mrs E S Morrow visiting in Athens.

John Brasswell J. O. Brasswell East Church Street

Murder Tally Grows in Bloody Limestone Series

Novembers events add to a string of killings across Mooresville and Morgan counties. Claude Clark and W L Stephens were found wounded or dead on roads near Mooresville, while a victim in Morgan died from unknown causes. Coroner Griffis doubts fumes caused Jolly’s death and hints at a possible reward for the killer. An attack on Will Cartwright and his wife occurred the same night, with a hatchet blow and concussion.

Claude Clark Mooresville W. L. Stephens Jolly Griffis Cartwright

Federal Mediators Seek End to Georgia Textile Strikes

Federal mediators worked to restore peace in Georgia textile districts including Augusta and Rossville where state troops guard the Richmond hosiery mill. A threatened strike at four local mills was averted for now as workers agreed to delay action pending a January 18 hearing and a decision by the federal textile labor board.

Augusta Georgia Rossville Richmond Federal Textile Labor Board

Special Officers Wounded in Birmingham Gun Battle

Horace Sims a 38 year old special agent for the Louisville and Nashville railroad was critically wounded in a gun battle near Newcastle as he and fellow agent K A Pettiford captured two black men. One suspect named D Davis was wounded in the legs and another man was shot in the face but escaped.

Birmingham Ala Horace Sims Louisville and Nashville Railroad Newcastle Sims K. A. Pettiford Pettiford D. Davis

New Floor Placed In Trinity Auditorial

Work on the Trinity school auditorium floor advances rapidly with most materials bought by Trinity P T A and labor donated by patrons and community members.

Trinity Auditorial Trinity Monay Trinity P.T. A

Articles Stolen From Parked Car On E Moulton Street

J. D. Reed reported to police that items were stolen from his automobile Thursday night parked on E Moulton street. A ladies black pocketbook containing a two dollar bill Christmas boxes with report cards of Fairview school and a flash light were taken.

J. D. Reed E. Moulton Street Fairview School

New Books Arrive at Trinity School Library

Trinity School receives a shipment of 145 books including two encyclopedia sets and a Webster dictionary. About 26 are fiction and the rest are liable works. classification is complete and books are ready for student use. A newly ordered American flag from Prof. E. C. McDaniel arrives and goes on display on campus.

Trinity Library E. C. McDaniel

Robber suspects identified in Macon spree

Macon police said two men identified by victims as the bandits who robbed a bank, a clothing store, and a grocery were arrested. The Luther Williams & Son Bank lost 1302 dollars while the pair held four persons at bay. Names given: J. M. Johnson and J. W. Kelly, both of Macon, with tentative IDs of Michael Dean Thompson and Frank Keeling. Officers seized 1246 dollars in bills.

Macon Ben T. Watkins Luther Williams and Sonate Watkins J. M. Johnson J. W. Kelly Michael Dean Thompson Atlanta Frank Keeling

Rail official ill at hospital during funeral visit

Francis X. Walls of Louisville financial secretary of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks arrived to pallbear J H Alexander funeral but suffered a stroke at A H Kelly home and remains in serious condition at Benevolent Society Hospital. His condition slightly improved with wife son Fr K Walls and daughter Elizabeth Walls at bedside. Fellow railway officials J P Jesse R L Baskette C V Jewell and E J Zimmerly also stayed. Mrs Walls is father in law of Lt Paul Burlingame former West Point star.

Francis X. Walls Louisville System Board the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks J. H. Alexander Benevolent Society Hospital A. H. Kelly W. Gordon Drive Waills Fr. K. Walls Nashville Elizabeth Walls Alexander Mr. Walls J. P. Jesse R. L. Baskette C. V. Jewell E. J. Zimmerly Covington Walls Paul Burlingame West Point

Trinity to Host Mt Hope for Two Game Double Header

Trinity will host Mt Hope for a Wednesday night double header with senior boys and girls teams. Friday features Union Hill visiting Trinity for a series of games.

Trinity Mt. Hope Mt .Hepster Union Hill

Birth of William Price Wright Jr. on Jan 10

Mr and Mrs William Price Wright announce the birth of a son on January 10 at 503 Fourth Avenue West. The child has been named William Price Wright Jr.

William Price Wright Fourth Avenue ,West William Price, Jr

Etowah County Farmer Wounded During Arrest Attempt

A Lookout Mountain farmer named Charles McBrayer, 33, was wounded while fleeing from officers in Gadsden Alabama. He ran into a barbed wire fence in the dark, cutting his throat from ear to ear as police attempted to arrest him on petty larceny and non support charges. He was hospitalized in serious condition.

Gadsden Ala Lookout Mountain Charles McBrayer

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Miss Hale East Moulton Street Alan Wallace J. ¥. Hamil Marion Russell Wallace Barrett Shelton Hamil Joe Woods J. H. Calvin Legion Auxiliary The L. H. Kilgore Princess Theater Maureen O'Sullivan B. A. Turner Johnston Street Marguerite Almon Robert Charles Weatherford Louise Turner W. C. Bailey Robert E. Lee Montgomery Advertiser Annie Wheeler Father Ryan Goidel Capitol Buckaroo Lane Chandler Wolf Dog Rin-Tin-Tin, JR Philo Vance I Mary Astor Ricardo Cortez Dudley Digges Whisperings Welldorado Richard Arlen Madge Evans Ralph Bellamy James Gleason Henry B. Walthall Fetchit of the Alabama Stanford Dixie Howell J. B.thompson Tidwell Apartments John D. Wyker Alma Jean Milam Glenn Sears Mrs J. M. Sears George Evans Willie Cox Nettie Burn Meadow Nashville, Tenn Nell Wilhite Norman Harris Mobile A. Lynne Louise Argend Amelia Pacific Hawaii California Earhart Putnam Wheeler Field Honolulu Gardner Grant St Henry Norton Chuck Roast U.S Ellenen Trinity School Richard“Arlen Jesse L. Lasky Foxt Film Emilio Aguinaldo United States Manuel Quezon Philippine Senate Etowah County Casdinesian Commercial Printing Department Hartselle Man From Reb Russell Bing Crosby Lee Alabama Tromp Stanford Thrifty Speedy Hetvice
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