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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1941

Page

8

Moulton Welcomes Decatur Kiwanis For County Meeting

The Decatur Kiwanis gathered with 75 bankers farmers and business leaders at the Morgan Lawrence county high school. Speakers included Barrett Shelton The Decatur Daily publisher and Prof Kirk Howell. The event emphasized cotton diversification and county cooperation for industrial and agricultural growth.

Lawry Decatur Morounty Decatur Kiwanis Moulton Sam H. Mais Dwight Marvin Rankin Frank Longino Rankin Lawrence Countsana Lonnie Gentry L. W. Carrell Earl Proctor Ernest Alexander Elijah Harris Langinos McLeod Malone Clark Hodgins Seybourn Lynne Dectur Club Barrett Shelton Decatur Club Decatur Daily Morgan Lawrence Lawrence County

Loan Repaid in Montgomery Public Schools

A brief item from Montgomery notes the repayment of a loan by the State Public Schools Corporation. Details are limited in the fragment, with no dates beyond January and no names or amounts specified.

Montgomery Ala State Public Schools Cor

Manuli Divorce Granted in Bridgeport Court

Giovanni C. Manuli won a divorce from his wife after 25 years apart as she refused to believe America was the Promised Land. The judge cited desertion and granted the breakup. The city’s finances show a $1,000,000 repayment of a $3,000,000 loan made last October with $600,000 due in June July August and $200,000 due September 30, according to Finance Director A. R. Forsyth.

Bridgeport Conn Giovanni C. Manuli America Ay A. Cornell Italy A. R. Forsyth

Amphibian car tested by Sixth Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe

Fort Oglethorpe Ga Jan 4 The Sixth Cavalry tested an amphibian automobile for cross country scouting. The craft, with 28 ten gallon drums for buoyancy and paddled rear wheels, weighed 2750 pounds and moved about two miles per hour in water. Officials expect speed gains as they refine the design.

Fort Oglethorpe Sixth Cavalry John Considine Cavalry Col. Considine

Prisoners arraigned as jail census noon totals rise

Athens Alabama reports about 408 people in jail on Thursday with 35 driving while intoxicated and 106 booked for public drunkenness. Other offenses include 20 for making whiskey 28 reckless driving 9 burglaries and 4 first degree murder charges. Fourteen confined as insane and eight held for federal authorities.

Athens Ala Fedeo

Campaign Costs Bared In Roosevelt Willkie Report

The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee estimates the Roosevelt Willkie campaigns cost $22 million with over 75 percent spent in nine pivotal states. New York shows Democratic receipts of $3,471,963 and expenditures $3,433,064 while Republicans show $4,177,544 receipts and $3,575,172 expenditures. Alabama lists no Democratic contributions and $500 in expenditures with Republican receipts $4,903 and expenditures $4,506.

Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee New York Alabama

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