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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1930
Page
2
Automatic printers installed in The Decatur Daily offices to deliver 18 000 words daily of state national and world news from Associated Press. Service begins September 1 with no new staff hires. Current readership exceeds 8 200 subscribers who will access expanded coverage.
Friends report Mrs. J. Richard Aldridge a former Decatur resident now in Houston has undergone a serious operation. Advices say she is believed on the road to recovery. Her husband, Mr. Aldridge, works in the engineering department at Humble Oil & Refining Co. in Houston, having left Decatur last December.
A Decatur resident voices a lament about street taxes saying they have no automobile and doubt the tax burden in a dark town. The overheard remark captures street tax discontent from a concerned citizen.
The Hunter Brothers have kept circling the flying field for over three weeks, attempting endurance records in the airplane City of The Daily notes their continued flight and growing public interest in Decatur as they bid to set a long-lasting mark.
T L Williams 26 of Birmingham Alabama admitted the knife wound he suffered was for personal safety. Found semi conscious at a New York rooming house he was unemployed and despondent. Williams formerly captained the football team at Birmingham Southern College in 1926 and was known as Bullo.
The Little Black Clock John and Peggy notice a stranger aboard their plane. The Old Weather Man introduces himself, says he stows away wherever Weather turns up, and asks to join the adventure. The chapter tag hints at a Monday focus on Weather's Family.
A crossed wire caused a car fire at 521 Line Street. Firemen arrived quickly and prevented any loss as the blaze was extinguished.
Fireman C B McRee is on vacation visiting New Market Alabama. He will return to his post on July 10.
Clara Dee, now working and well dressed, enjoys an evening with Ivan in a seafood restaurant and later at the Biltmore. She recalls past friends, meets Bee in the cloakroom, and reflects on her transformed life away from gin and jazz toward stability and future expectations.
In Balloon Race Dee plans a return to a past shared room with Bee while fearing Bee will back out of a promised living arrangement. Dee spots Ivan in the lobby and hurries away, urging Bee to keep the commitment.
Central Time listings for NBC and various stations include hour by hour programs, concerts, orchestras, choirs, and talk segments. Notable names include WEAF WJZ WGN KSTP KOA WSAI KSBI WGY WWJ and more, with multiple time slots from early morning to late evening and regional station tags.
Doyle Collins of Market Street is improving at Benevolent Hospital after an appendectomy.
The Rev. S. Pryor departs for Flemingsburg Kentucky today and his wife plans to join him within days.
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