Doolittle Sets New Air Speed Record in Transcontinental Flight
Major Doolittle, flying a Vultee with a 735 hp Wright engine, set a new transcontinental time record after departing Union Air Terminal at Burbank California at 8 27 p m E S T The flight covered about 2600 miles and averaged roughly 217 miles per hour Despite off course deviations he credited the aircraft and weather for the performance with remarks that better piloting could have reduced time He was accompanied by Mrs Doolittle and Robert Adamson Shell Oil official Ellenstein and May Meyer C were present at the event
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Tork Wes
New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Meyer C. Ellenstein
Doolittle
Robert. Adamson
Shell Oil Company
Cape Ay
Jimmy
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
W M Thomas in serious condition at Lacey's Spring
Jack Thomas of Oleander visited his uncle W M Thomas whose condition remains serious. Several locals including Karl Hough Robin Atkinson and Mildred Hough were seen in various towns including Cullman Decatur and Columbia Tennessee.
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Jack Thomas
Oleander
W. M. Thomas
Karl Hough
Robin Atkinson
Cullman
P. N. Hough
Cynthia Kay
Whisebane
Union Grove
Wise Mildred Hough
Decatur
Columbia Tenn
Governor Landon and Mrs Landon attend inaugural reception
Governor Alf M Landon announced his wife Mrs Landon ill with influenza would not attend the inaugural reception. She contradicted him saying she would be there, and she joined the receiving line.
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Peka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
State House
Moulton Heights Winona Council Presents Bible and Flag to School
Moulton Heights Winona Council No. 3 of the Junior Order presented a Bible and a flag to the school Sunday afternoon. The program began at 3 pm with calls to order, prayers, songs, speeches, flag raising, and delegations from local groups. Attendance is down due to influenza with several teachers ill, mid term exams looming, and PTA to meet Thursday at 7:30 pm.
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Winona Council No. 3
Order of United American Mechanics
A. H. Garnett
T. H. Wilson
Long
America
Councilor Calhoun
Ralph Parker
Graham Perdue
Alvis Briscoe
L. M. Clark
Boyd Puryear
Harold Aday
Kenneth Snead
Eugene Aday
Albert White
J. L. Davis
Daughters of America
Vaughn
Franklin County
Edna Holland
Wilma Lamon
Dottie Lamon
Parent-Teacher Association
Moulton Heights Junior High News and Games
Both sides finished tied points and the meeting will continue at the January session. Moulton Heights juniors beat Decatur juniors 21 to 17 on Wednesday at 7 30. The team lost to Union Hill Friday at Union Hill. next Friday they host Union Hill at Moulton Heights. The County Board of Education supports accrediting Moulton Heights Junior High. state acceptance is hoped once library funds are ready. The new building has been in use over a month with four classrooms an office and a library.
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Moulton Heights
Decatur
Union Hill
County Board of Education
Lambda Pi Sigma Group Holds Weekly Meeting
The Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity met on Sunday for its regular weekly gathering. Grandmaster Alfred Wilson opened the session, followed by a program featuring the recitation of two poems by the neophytes, Crossing the Bar and Break Break Break. The group adjourned after a business meeting and plans to reconvene next Sunday with all members urged to attend.
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Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity
Alfred Wilson
Hillsboro Hometown Health and Family Visits
Mrs. E D Odom recovers at home from flu. Mr and Mrs W E Fretwell and children Anita and Billy improve after illness. Spence Hardin family and Dr J F Huey visited Birmingham. Tom E Huey and Tom E Huey Jr plan weekend with Dr J P Huey. Kenneth Odom visits from Courtland. Paul Horton and Charles Horton improving. E L Hardin of Decatur visits D P Woodall family.
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E. D. Odom
W. E. Fretwell
Anita
Billy
Spence Hardin
Mary Sue Hardin
J. F. Huey
Birmingham
Tom E. Huey
J. P. Huey
Tom E. Huey, Jr
Kenneth Odom
Courtland
Paul Horton
Charles Francis Horton
E. L. Hardin
Decatur
D. P. Woodall
Women’s Deaths Urge Tuberculosis Fight Now
Among young women dying at 15 to 30, one in four falls to preventable causes linked to ignorance and indifference. Tuberculosis control promises to save these lives.
Neophytes urged to recite poems at next Sunday gathering
All new students who did not recite one of two poems on Sunday were asked to prepare another recital for the following Sunday, ensuring participation from the group.
Rotary talk highlights service clubs and world peace
Mayhew of Uvalde spoke to Decatur Rotarians on Rotary International’s aims and future. He noted Rotary has grown to over 3 000 clubs in many countries by its 30th anniversary and stressed friendship, service, and world peace through understanding among nations.
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Rotary International
Relites
Dennis
Decatur Club
Bill Kimbrough
Ross Dublin
Betty McGehee
John McGehee
Rev. Dennis
Mr. Terry
Huntsville
Peter M. Dennis
Barrett C. Shelton
A. H. Hoff
Decatur
Owen Wise
Huntsville Club
Ford
Mayhew
Rotary
Rotary Club
United States
Cold wave hits the South with brisk, varied readings
A cold wave pushes into the region with lows from 30 to 53 degrees. Coldest readings appear in Green Bay at zero and St. Paul at two, while southern cities range from 30 in Louisville to 53 in Miami. The forecast calls for more cool, agreeable weather ahead.
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Associated Press
Green Bay
Wis
St. Paul
Memphis
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Miami
Kansas City
St. Louis
Newspaper Publishers to Meet in Rochester on Newsprint Plans
Plans of Southern newspaper publishers to manufacture newsprint will interest the four score publishers gathering in Rochester for sessions of the fifteenth annual meeting of the New York State Publishers Association.
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Rochester
Four Score
New York State Publishers Association
Pastors Union Endorses Local Tuberculosis Sanitorium
The local Pastors Union endorsed the tuberculosis sanitorium project after an address by Mrs. Murphree of the state health department. Members plan to reference the program from their pulpits on the fourth Sunday of the month.
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Murphree
State Health Department
Brakeman Hurt Under Car Tries to Finish Job
C. B. McGlain a brakeman was crushed beneath a railroad car while connecting an air hose between the last two cars. He lay on the ties as the final car passed over him then walked to a hospital with a crushed hand.
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Harrodsburg
McGlain
Congress Declared to Have O.K.'d Plan
Treasury experts say Congress has effectively ratified Roosevelt's gold dollar devaluation. Officials state last June's Philippine currency act endorsements show congressional approval of the devaluation and bias the action pending the Supreme Court gold Clause rulings.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Tuberculosis Still Major Killer of Young Adults
The text urges fighting TB by donating to a sanatorium as it remains the leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 45, the prime years of life.
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