Fourth of July Parade Tops Decatur Festivities With Record Floats
Mor gan county post of the American Legion stages a four day Fourth of July celebration in Decatur with 120 floats and decorated cars forming at Wilson avenue and Bank street. The parade leads to Malone Park for a patriotic program headlined by State Senator Travis Williams and Legion Commander Herz y Derg. After barbecues, boxing at Malone Park, and a night program ending with fireworks, proceeds fund a permanent Legion home.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
Mora County Post
American Ion
Legion
Boys’ Industrial Band
Birmingham
Decatur
Wilson Avene
Bank Street
Bank
Malone Park
Travis Williams
Russellville
Herzy Derg
Gadsden
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Malone
Big Ben” Spivey
Miami
Fila
Battling Kelley
France
Morgan Post
The
Morgan County
Rotary Accepts Lions Invitation for July Meeting
The Decatur Rotary club unanimously accepted the Hartselle Lions club invitation to meet on Thursday July 18. The invitation was submitted by See ma Harris and accepted amid applause. A meeting program will be announced later by club officials.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Hartselle Lions Club
Seema Harris
Unani
Club
Offi
Chicago editor Burns to serve Georgia sentence for theft and escape
Robert Elliott Burns once editor of a Chicago real estate magazine, escapes from a Georgia road camp after a $4 robbery. He later married, then left for Minneapolis with Lillian Salo, facing return to Georgia. He now agrees to return and complete his sentence amid a complex love scandal.
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Chicago
Jean Valjean
Robert Elliott Burns
Burns
Ingleside Avenue
Emily Pachee
Robert Burns
Lillian Salo
Minneapolis
Georgia
Burn
Miss Salo
Emmerson
Eft
Bonanza quartet invited to Birmingham concert
The Bonanza quartet of Decatur has received an invitation to perform at Hunter Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. The group plans to accept at a later date.
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Bonanza
Decatur Singing Organization
Birmingham
Hunter Street Baptist Church
Wife Suspected in Man's Death in Batesville
Batesville Ark July 2 Mrs Norman Osborne 21 held in Independence county jail on suspicion in the brutal death of her husband Morris Osborne 24 a Cord merchant. Neighbors found him shot and battered in the kitchen. wife fainted in living room. Sheriff Sherrill said a man is being questioned. The Osbornes were married 2 1/2 years with no children.
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Batesville
Ark
Norman Osborne
Independence County
Morris Osborne
Cord
Osborne
W. N. Osborne
Arkansas
Sherrill
Osbornes
City Cemetery Founded Seventy Four Years Ago Today
Seventy four years ago today the first burial occurred at City Cemetery a ground now sacred to Decatur residents. The interment arrived without plans for a cemetery as Decatur previously used a McCartney street burial ground until a resident’s late request led to the new site.
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City Cemetery
Decatur
McCartney Street
Falkville Seller Posts Six Month Market Take of 698.99
J. J. Russell a Falkville resident and regular Decatur curb market vendor earned 698.99 in six months January to June. He travels about 30 miles each market day and his income exceeds Morgan county farm residents' 1928 average of 356, nearly twice that value. He attends market regardless of weather as a normal seller.
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J. J. Russell
Falkville
Decatur
Russell
Morgan County
Fourteen Entered In Bathing Beauty Contest At Malone Park
Fourteen young ladies compete in a Bathing Beauty contest as part of the American Legion program at Malone Park tonight, to follow the 100 Per Cent Baby contest. A large platform is being built in Malone grove for both events with wide city county interest.
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American Legion
Malone Park
Malone Grove
Susan Beech Garren
J. C. Penney Co
Marjorie Fussell
Sterchi Bros
2Nd Ave
Perrye Finck
Hunter Furniture Co
Jacqueline Smiley
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
Esther Goode
Malone Pool
Eloise Humphrey
Central National Bank
Kate Brothers
Decatur Cornice & Roofing Co
Mary Battle Hendrix
Tennessee Valley Bank
Carolyn Fussell
Tennessee Valley Motors Co
Louise Jones
Bank St
Inez Thombs
Hotel Lyons
Frances Mason
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Julia Leigh Lynne
Hill Chevrolet Co
Esther Drake
Alabama Power Co
Clyde Hendrix
W. W. Fussell
W. T. Lowe
J. Y. Hamil
Lide Becomes President Of Decatur Club
Frank P. Lide head of One Four O Tire Co and president of the Decatur Rotary Club takes over from E. B. Garner after a six month term. The installation occurred at the Y M C A and reports from committees highlighted club progress in less than seven months of existence.
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Frank P. Lide
One- Four-O Tire Co
Decatur Rotary Club
E. B. Garner
Tennessee Valley Bank
Garner
Owen Bell
B. M. Bloodworth
Sydney Patterson
John McGehee
Carlysle Blackwell
Walter Morris
Floyd Taylor
Julian Harris
A. T. Hanson
Rotary Club
Harris
Lide
Prize Winning Girl Editor Turns Feudists to Builders
Frances Holliday, 20, editor of the Jackson Times, wins the Kentucky Press Association silver cup for outstanding weekly, guiding Breathitt County from feud to development. Under her leadership since February, waterworks plans, public health nurses, and a modern roadway across the county progressed, with residents now focused on building rather than conflict.
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Jackson
Breathitt
Kentucky Hills
Frances Holliday
Jackson Times
Kentucky Press Association
Breathitt County
Miss Holliday
Singing School Opens Monday for Two Week Session
A singing school will open Monday July 8 at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Hall Decatur for two weeks with afternoon and night sessions. Teachers include W O Fossett E T Burgess members of the Stamps quartet and Miss Sarah English. Classes start at 2 PM and 8 PM daily drawing attendees from Morgan Lawrence Limestone Cullman and Madison counties.
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Decatur
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Madison Counties
Brick Co Pit Accident Injures Employee
J. B. Suit, a long time Stephenson Brick Company worker, was seriously hurt in a clay pit while operating an electric locomotive. Witnesses said he may have touched a switch causing the car to back up and trap him under the vehicle, though the wheels did not pass over him. He was rushed to a hospital in Brown’s ambulance.
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J. B. Suit
Stephenson Brick Company
Suit
Brown
Four Contracts To Be Awarded By State Highway Board
Montgomery July 2 The state highway commission received bids on two state construction jobs and two federal aid projects. Contracts expected to be let this afternoon include an underpass on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad at Enterprise and a bridge between Abbeville and Columbia in Henry county. The federal aid projects include a bridge across Pea river at Elba in Coffee county and three overhead crossings on the highway between Anniston and Gadsden in Calhoun county. A $5,000 certified check was required for the Henry county bid, with $2,000 guarantees for the other jobs.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Commission
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Enterprise
Abbeville
Columbia
Henry County
Pea River
Elba
Coffee County
Anniston
Gadsden
Calhoun County
Crop conditions seen promising in Hartselle area
Recent rains and warm weather favor cotton crops in the Hartselle section. Farmers report satisfactory conditions in most communities and optimism grows for a good harvest. Local business men share in the hopeful outlook.
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Hartselle
De Priest blasts Southern lawmakers over Hoover White House invite
Congressman Oscar de Priest denounces Southern legislators as cowards and hypocrites at a mass NAACP meeting in Cleveland. He defends equality and says he will appoint Negroes only to West Point and Annapolis until whites do so. He recalls his parents moved north after a lynching near his Alabama home.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
White House
de Priest
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Illinois
Congress
Congressional
West Point
Annapolis
South
Alabama
Kansas
Miss Coffey Leads Decatur Legion Queen Contest
Allie Mae Coffey holds a commanding lead in the Miss Decatur Queen of Post 15 contest with 29 000 votes. Louise Kitchens, Louise Strickland, Donnie Blackwell, Frances McDermott, and Susie Gores follow with 24 500 21 500 18 000 17 500 and 4 000 votes respectively. The winner will be announced Wednesday night during the Legion program at Malone.
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Allie Mae Coffey
American Legion
Miss Decatur
Coffey
Louise Kitchens
Louise Strickland
Donnie Blackwell
Frances McDermott
Susie Gores
Legion
Malone
Hoover previews tax reduction with surplus tied questions
President Hoover says a treasury surplus may allow tax cuts but warns several factors must be set before a program can be formed. He cites last year’s legislation, reduced expenditures, and revenue estimates as key to deciding if and when tax revision could occur.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Congress
Injured Youth Recovers After Moulton Street Car Crash
Wilson Beauchamp was struck and knocked down on Moulton street on Sunday afternoon and narrowly escaped serious injury. He is staying with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs David C Gibson and visits Tuscaloosa family during the summer.
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Wilson Beauchamp
Moulton Street
David C. Gibson
Tom Camp
Tuscaloosa
Tives
Camp plans grow as many boys seek next week’s session
Applications indicate strong interest in the camp for next week. Maynard will direct the boys’ work for the M C A outlining activities and supervision.
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Maynard
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