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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1940

Page

3

Expiration of Japanese Trade Pact Opens New Avenues

Washington January 23 The expiration of the Japanese American commercial treaty Friday opens President Roosevelts options to restrict trade with Japan. Legal and constitutional questions arise about a possible 10 percent duty and a return to most favored nation treatment unless discrimination is found. The president could revoke the Grant proclamation and invoke 1928 1930 tariff acts to impose duties or even boycott imports from Japan. Congress may not act immediately, using the crisis to pressure negotiations with Tokyo.

Andrue Washington Roosevelt Far Eastern Japan Grant Basil Harris China State Department Congress Tokyo Far East

Plans for New Ryan School Building Post Fire

County education leaders Prof Irwin J Quinn Roy Relton and trustees DeWitt Crawford Clarence Whisenant visited Skyline Farms on Monday to study building features for the Ryan school. The Ryan high school, housing 213 students, was destroyed January 5, while the grammar school nearby escaped damage. The education board will review plans again at its Saturday January 27 meeting at Cotaco High School in East Morgan County.

Irwin J. Quinn Roy ¥Relton Ryan School Wl Briscoe County Education Board DeWitt Crawford Clarence Whisenant Jackon County Skyline Farms Ryan Cotaco High School Morgan County

Snowbound in the Country House Amidst a Kidnapping Hunt

Fabienne, Chris, and baby Sonny shelter in Bill's snowbound country house as a blizzard traps them. They cope with cold, hunger, and a missing water supply while a radio reports a national search for the kidnaped mother and child. The piece ends with the radio dying as the vigil continues.

Chris Sonny Fabienne Bill

Mrs Peck Treated at Howie-Black Clinic in Hartselle

Mrs Mary Peck visited Hartselle Tuesday to receive treatment at Howie-Black Clinic. Mr and Mrs C P Johnston were in Hartselle and Decatur Saturday for unspecified matters.

Mary Peck Hartselle Howie-Black Clinic C. P. Johnston Decatur

Women to Convene District Methodist Meeting in Decatur

A special meeting of Decatur district Methodist women will be held at Central Methodist Church Decatur on Thursday February 8 at 2 o'clock. Delegates will be elected from each local church to attend a district gathering at Central Church for the selection of nine delegates to represent the district in a later Bishop-sanctioned conference. Mrs H O Troup and other leaders will attend.

Decatur Methodist Church Central Methodist Church Central Church Decell H. O Troup

Pickets Fail to Bar Eleanor Roosevelt at Abe Lincoln Premiere

In Washington a mixed picket line failed to keep Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and three Supreme Court justices from the premiere of Abe Lincoln In Illinois. The theater denied negro admissions per protests while the audience included Hull Morgenthau Jackson Wallace Roberts Reed Black and screen stars Massey Gordon and Cromwell.

Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt Supreme Court Abe Lincoln Illinois Roosevelt Hull Morgenthau Jackson Wallace Roberts Reed Justice Black Mrs. Roosevelt Raymond Massey Abraham Lincoln Ruth Gordon Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Howard Ann Rutledge Robert F. Sherwood John Cromwell

Local Notes From Hartselle Weekend Visitors and Visits

Day by day movements include A. M. Peck from Decatur visiting Tuesday and Clay Turney from route one in Hartselle Saturday. Joe W. Winton and daughter Blanche were in Hartselle Saturday morning. Annie B. Campbell sick with flu. J. E. Peck of Hartselle on business. G. Mikell returned from Birmingham Friday. Mr and Mrs Carter Davis moved to a new home Thursday. Co. L. Peck of Decatur visited Tuesday. Albert Pinch returned to Birmingham Sunday after a weekend with aunt Annie Black. T. M. Nelson returned to Birmingham Monday after visiting the Wintons.

A. M. Peck Decatur Clay Turney Route One Hartselle Joe W. Winton Blanche Annie B. Campbell J. E. Peck G. Mikell Birmingham Carter Davis Co. L. Peck Albert Pinch Annie Black T. M. Nelson Joe Winton Hood River Oregon Elliott Mobile New Orleans Horace Roberts Leeman Gibson George Wesley West Montevallo Tuscaloosa H. BE. Orr W. R. Mixon Eric Rowe W. M. Anderson Benevolent Society Elizabeth Robertson Ruby Boger Mra Stover R. E. Travis Ellis Darby A. H. Masterson South Highlands Earl Glasscock Memphis Tenn Julius Glasscock R.E. Moyers Cullman Carl Williams M. G. West Russell H. P. Still George Howell Arthur Howell Harvey Coleman University of Alabama W. J. Terry J. P. Walters St. Louis Nell Pierce Emily Jane Cox Elizabeth Stackard Athens Morgan County Sam Heath Hartselle Baptist Church Lanett Dorothy Holder Birmingsham Arthur Holder Arthur Holder, Jr Floyd Suggs Robert Mason Guntersville Walter Poole, Jr B. 8. Stover

Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed

Across clues include Tatters Money Reverberate Locust-tree Definite article Quarters Female ruff Arabian let Crow Insect Bowman Yeast of liquors Mosaic la Tapestry Songbirds Wild dog Cry On the lee Manageable French river String Declined A limb Envelops Hawaiian food Mental state Small island A support Golf mounds Down clues cover Withdrawal Dull pain Liquified butter Thus Mariner Young cow High card Perch Possesses Snip Naked aes

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Current Review Club and local society notes in Hartselle

Hartselle reports a busy sequence of club meetings at Morgan County High School and private homes. Papers discussed include Ruth Bryan Owen and Queen Elizabeth, with social events like a bridge luncheon and a group party. Health notes mention influenza illnesses and brief visits among local families and residents.

J. C. Glasscock Morgan County High School Ruth Bryan Owen Glasscock Harriett Daggett

Browder Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

Earl Browder of the American Communist party is convicted on two fraud counts after a four day trial. He receives four years in prison and a $2000 fine, with bail set at $7500 while an appeal is prepared. Browder claims victimhood and addresses a Lenin Memorial rally at Madison Square Garden declaring the verdict a great honor and a drive toward war.

New York Earl Browder Browder Madison Square Garden Kansas American Communist Party Lenin

Decatur District Tops in Christmas Orphanage Offering

The Decatur district, led by Superintendent Dr. M. E. Lazenby, earns high praise from Rev. R. J. Mills of the Alabama Methodist Orphanage for a strong Christmas offering. Mills notes the district may place third or second in the two Alabama Conferences, trailing only the Birmingham district.

Decatur Alabama Methodist M. E. Lazenby R. J. Mills Alabama Methodists Birmingham

Constipation Relief with Pepsin and Laxative Syrup

Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin promises stomach relief by dissolving undigested protein in the stomach and waking lazy bowels. The ad notes improved comfort, relief from belching and acidity, and claims even children will enjoy the taste.

Dr. Caldwell As Ny

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