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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1932

Page

7

Samaritan Army reports Decatur service and Christmas baskets

Major J. L. Woodard and the Samaritan Army outline their Decatur year work with about seven thousand meals served and four hundred children fed from May to November 1931. They provided drugs for sick children, shelter for the needy, a home for a Decatur man, and seventy two Christmas baskets for three hundred sixty people. about fifty people are fed daily, funds tight after Christmas, inviting businesspeople and preachers to visit at 8:30 am. Hatchett returns from Louisville L N Veterans Club gathering. Pensacola chosen for sixth annual picnic on June 18. officers for the year elected in Louisville.

J. L. Woodard Samaritan Army Decatur W. L. Hatchett Louisville L. & N. Veterans Club Brown Hotel Ben Hund Pensacola Fla E. H. Tardy Biloxi Miss Ben Daller J. A. Mudd P. P. Dall

Urge Delegates To Go To Washington

Telegram from Mark Senter Chattanooga Chamber urges Tennessee Valley Citizens to form a large delegation to Washington. They seek a $21,500,000 appropriation for low dams on the Tennessee River and legislation for Cove Creek dam and Muscle Shoals leasing. Delegates to depart Chattanooga Sunday evening at 6 30.

Chamber of Commerce Mark Senter Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Washington Tennessee Valley Tennessee River Cove Creek Muscle Shoals Chattanooga

River Rising After Gauge Hits Critical Mark

River rising as gauge reads near 98 feet prompting warnings. Officials urge precautions as flood threat broadens across affected counties and residents prepare for possible evacuations.

Weather Quiet With Light Rain Trace Noted

A trace of rain fell in the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning. Separately a science note states human voice sound wavelengths range from one to eight feet with some singers reaching eighteen feet in rare cases.

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