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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1939

Page

8

Senate showdowns and a parsonage romance unfold

The text mixes a Senate debate over continuing the current session and arms embargo with a scene from a serialized story. Senator Borah urges adjournment amid neutrality debates while Harrison eyes August return. In the fiction thread, Sarah Anne Melton faces a bill threat to parsonage electricity and contemplates romance with Lynn Rhodes as Corrine and Bob Ransom join for a day out.

Senate Borah Idaho Congress Harrison D-Miss Senate Foreign Relations Committee Roosevelt House Europe United States Tors Pittman D-Nev Foreign Relations Committee Lynn Rhodes Ransom Steel New York Preston Sarah Moffett Sarah Anne Lynnedes Jack Judith Corrine Bob Ransom Bob Ransom Steel

Community Social Roundup in Morgan County Dripping Springs

Local residents from Morgan County and Dripping Springs hosted and visited friends and relatives over the weekend. Families include Dunlaps, Lawrences, Hall, Hamilton, Atkins, Norris, Bates, and Brown households sharing meals, church, fishing, and casual calls across town and nearby Akron Ohio relatives visiting.

Newel Dunlap Walter Lawrence Bethel Hall G. C. Brown James Hamilton Rae Rae Walter Hamilton Round Top Ernest Atkins Jasper Ala Tommis Atkins Hollis Hall John Hall Willie Norris Eva Ebenezer Misses Bates Illinoise Dunlap Winford Hale Alta Hall Bruno Bates Zeddie McNally Edward Jeffers J. T. Holmes Arthur McNally Tom Pennell W. C Virgel Brown Hebert Brown Akron Ohio Brown Zelma Braswell Luther Wood Elbert Brown Jack Bates

Ballot Boxes Distributed as County Prepares for July 11 Election

Ballot boxes are being distributed for officers today across the county as voters prepare for the July 11 election when five constitutional amendments will be on the ballot. The probate office reports 40 requests for absentee ballots received today and 21 processed earlier. observers note this is the last day to obtain ballots though requests can continue until election day.

Pontoons Delayed After Squalus Sub Salvage Wire Jam

Navy reports a wire jam will require detaching two pontoons from the sunken Squalus delaying the lift by about four days. Salvage operations now pushed back to safeguard equipment and crew during recovery.

Portsmouth N. H Navy

Retirement Plan Talked By Baptist Leaders Here

Dr B Prank Hasty of Dallas and Dr FP M Barnes of Alabama Baptist convention visit Decatur to explain the new retirement plan for ministers approved by the state convention and effective January 1. They will speak at 3 00 PM at First Baptist Church in a rare opportunity for pastors and laymen to discuss the plan with board representatives.

B. Prank Hasty Dallas Texas The Southern Baptist Convention FP. M. Barnes Alabama Baptist Convention Decatur First Baptist Church

Funeral rites for Mrs Sallie G Penney set Friday

Funeral services for Mrs Sallie G Penney who died suddenly at relatives home in Holly Tree Jackson County will be held Friday at ten in Laughlin McCaleb Funeral Home Huntsville. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery. Surviving relatives include Leap Penney and Cliff Penney of De ur.

Sallie G. Penney Holly Tree Jackson County Laughlin-McCaleb Huntsville Maple Hill Cemetery Leap Cliff Penney Deur

Hartselle Garden Club and social events noted

The Hartselle area hosts a series of club meetings and social gatherings. Mrs W M Booth leads the garden club program on Summer Care of Gardens and the group awards gladiolus and mixed flower arrangements. Several bridge clubs meet with prize winners named, plus a slumber party for visiting girls.

Hartselle W. M.booth A. E B. Jackson Frank Aldridge S. M. Nelson W. M. Booth J. FE. Stone, Jr Friday Bridge Club J. L. Day Elliott Howell Harvey Coleman Arthur Howell W. H. Block Virginia Frances Brown John F. T. Brown Kathleen Wilson Huntsville Eugenia Frances Hodges Decatur Jane Rucker Russellville Martha Lillian. Whitman Ann Carl Pattillo Tuesday Bridge Club A. D. Sample Mesdames Emmett Bridges William Stewart Tom Crittenden Earl Cook C. P. Jennings Ruby Boger Cavendish Bridge Club J. W. Horton W. B. Booth Athens Arthur White Oliver Blizzard Horton Mesdames R.L.__Carlson R._C. Brown E. P., Thornhill Arthur

You can reduce weight by long ping pong session

A fragmented headline claims a dramatic weight loss method by playing ping pong for 17 hours 15 minutes without stopping. The text is incomplete but suggests a fitness gimmick or challenge advertised in a local brief.

Driver Held in Alabama Highway Death Case

State patrol reports Hubert McCain held in Heflin after Reese Henry, 50, died and his son injured in a highway crash. Patrolman G L Griffin of Anniston said McCain was arrested at a local lumberyard for questioning in the case.

Heflin Ala State Highway Patrol Hubert McCain Reese Henry G. L. Griffin Anniston McCain

Hotel Planned for Troy Three Story Brick Structure

Specifications for a 25 room three story brick hotel are being prepared in Birmingham for the project estimated to cost 35000 dollars. Building officials announced in Troy.

Troy Ala Birmingham

New Carbon Binder Solvent for Cars Promises Better Engine Performance

Henry Dawes of The Pure Oil Company announces Pyrosol a carbon binder solvent that dissolves gum in engines and lubricates valves pistons and rings. Tested to reduce knocking boost power and mileage the solvent will be offered through Woco-Pop dealers with solvernized tune up treatments and no price increase for Woco-Pep and Pure Ethyl.

Henry Dawes Pure ‘On Company Chicago

Alcatraz Warden Addresses NEA on Juvenile Crime Link

James A. Johnston warden of Alcatraz told the National Education Association that unsolved problem children drive crime and that a large share of penal inmates dropped out during elementary school, labeling them school failures.

San Francisco America Devil's Island James A. Johnston Alcatraz San Francisco Bay National Education Association

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