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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1939

Page

3

Birmingham tour invites retail merchants to Alabama convention

Twenty five wholesale financial and industrial firms will send good will ambassadors to North Alabama for a two day tour conducted by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce division. The motorcade leaves Tuesday at 7 45 AM with lunches planned in Decatur and Huntsville and visits to Athens Gurley Arab Guntersville and Attheville. A state park visit and a Russell Erskine Hotel banquet in Huntsville are scheduled. A motion picture Alabama will be shown in Cullman Decatur and Huntsville.

North Alabama Birmingham Chamber of Commerce E. D. LeMay T.C. I. Co Birmingham J. Frank Watson Birmingham Sash and Door Co Chamber of Commerce Warrior Hanceville Cullmah Hartselle Decatur Joyons John D. McKibben Decatur Chamber of Commerce Athens Athens Chamber of Commerce R. H. Richardson, Jr Huntsville Huntsville Chamber of Commerce A. W. McAllister Joe FE. van Valkenburg Madison County Commission Gurley Scottsboro Arab Guntersville Athertville Saunders Hotel

Corrine’s Fate Tied to Town Gossip and Bob

Corrine reads a gossip column revealing Robert Ransom has chosen an out of town visitor as his latest favorite for tennis and evenings. Corrine pretends amusement while inwardly desiring to flee, as Mrs. Allen calmly notes Bob’s casual stance and the town’s social chatter.

Corrinne Corrine Mrs. Allen Bob

Love and Intrigue at the Center Hotel Party

Corrinne, Sarah Anne, and Lynn Rhodes host a mixed group at a country club outing ending with a cloaked romance. Corrinne taunts Bob Ransom by discarding his fraternity pin while Judy and Jack sense trouble in love and jealousy. A carnival interlude precedes a tense turn as Judy and Bob reenter the scene.

Bob Corrinne Center Sarah Anne Lynn Rhodes Bink Wells Wells Bing Judith Corrine Bing Wells Sarah Afine Calliope Judy Jack Bob Ransom Center Hotel Bob Kennedy

Refund Sparks Miami Prosperity With Florida Power Refund

About 90,000 Miami residents received refunds totaling 3.6 million dollars after courts ruled electric rates from 1933 to 1938 excessive. Average checks ran around 40 dollars, with some as small as a cent and others in the thousands.

Miami Pla Florida Power & Light Company

Boy Shot by Fireworks After Tossing Cartridges

A 12 year old boy Kenneth Thompson was injured in Omaha Nebraska after tossing three cartridge ridges into a fire. Three explosions followed and he was hospitalized with wounds to the chest shoulder and thigh. He said he would not do it again.

Omaha Neb Kenneth Thompson Kenneth

Legion Meet Opens Today in Fairhope Alabama

Hundreds of World War II veterans gather for the 21st annual American Legion convention in Fairhope with Governor Frank Dixon and Lieut. Gov. Albert Carmichael among speakers. Delegates stay in temporary quarters as turnout strains local facilities.

Fairhope Ala Bayfront Legion Frank Dixon Point Clear Albert Carmichael James T. Crawley Nation Legion Organic Howard Ruge Tom Yeend Baldwin

Noted author Henry Havelock Ellis dies at Hintlesham

London reported the death of Henry Havelock Ellis at Hintlesham near Ipswich on Saturday. The psychologist and writer of Studies in the Psychology of Sex was born in 1859 and married Edith M. Lees in 1891. He worked longhand and remained prolific into retirement, having helped found the Fabian Society with George Bernard Shaw.

London Hintlesham Ellis Ipswich Sussex Fills Edith M. L. Lees Henry Havelock Ellis Fabian Society George Bernard Shaw New South Wales England

Veterans Convention Ends After Annual Parade

Post 99 and Miss Hazel Council of the auxiliary with Dr Marion Inge and Mrs J Colvard participated. Veterans planned business sessions today after their annual parade. The convention ends tomorrow afternoon.

Post 99 Hazel Council Daphne Auxiliary Marion Inge Mobile J. ©. Colvard Decatur

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