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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1935
Page
5
Conferees meet to reconcile differences in the social security bill as passed by the House and Senate. They seek to exempt companies and workers with private pension plans from the new nationwide old age tax. Senators predict failure to agree and possible return of the dispute to both chambers.
Lawmakers clash over a private pension amendment linked to a federal system. Critics warn it risks veto and endangering the program by forcing older workers onto government plans, while supporters say it preserves liberal private schemes and protects workers if the federal plan fails. President Roosevelt may be urged to intervene.
A tourist camp near Union Springs Alabama lost a pet bear killed by a lightning strike that hit the tree the animal was in. The owner skinned the bear for a rug as the incident also toppled a mule hitched to a nearby fence.
Fire swept the Grayson Lumber Company plant causing extensive damage estimated at about 200000 dollars. Nearby storage yards and camber reserves spread to two city squares half a mile from the center as residents fled with children and pets. Officals reported several missing children later found frightened but alive, none identified at headquarters.
Announcement that the Louisville and Nashville railroad will attach a special car to train number one this Sunday for Legionnaires traveling to the Mobile convention. Those wanting the car should meet at the station at 5 15 this evening. the train arrives Mobile at four o clock Sunday afternoon.
Antioch Church in Limestone County will hold services Saturday night at 7 30 and Sunday morning at 11. The event invites community members to attend both services at the church.
Westminster Presbyterian in Birmingham hosts the fourth annual Young People's Conference July 1 to 23 at Camp Winnataska near Leeds Alabama. Rev Hart started the event five years ago in Athens and, with a strong faculty including Rev F M Birmingham and Rev Edgar Cathey, anticipates the largest enrollment yet. Courses cover Bible Study Life's Work missions worship stewardship and recreational leadership with daily study afternoons and vesper services. Westminster is sending six delegates.
About fifty men and women from Westminster Church attended a league event at Woodall's. H A Wyatt presided over a brief business session, electing a delegate Josephine Mienhardt to Camp Winnateska and suspending league meetings until September. Contests and games followed with hymn singing ending the evening.
In Bunbury Pennsylvania on July 12 Mrs Ad Horatio of Treverton served 12 hours in jail after Justice of the Peace A C Shoener fined her for using pro language during a local incident.
A woman declined to pay a nominal 87 cent penalty, noted as the maximum under the bide laws of 1794. The document records her stance and the legal phrasing without further context.
In Toy Mobile Alabama on July 13 Edward Evans a 4 year old boy was rushed to the hospital after swallowing a white toy elephant. Doctors prepared to treat the child and monitor his condition as they assess any risk.
The Hartselle camp hosts 200 Southern boys on Tuesday night, with most from South Alabama and 25 trained men from the Hot Springs Mississippi COC camp. Two or three weeks will see additions as the camp gains supervision for erosion work with 4 foresters and a camp superintendent to take charge.
Blurred OCR fragment mentions a pachyderm and a youngster with references to danger and stomach effects. No clear names, places, dates, or events are readable to identify a complete item.
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