Crowds Attend Combined Christian Campaign Sermons
A large audience filled the Methodist Evangelistic Club event in the city as Rev. E A Lacour of Oska Town preached on restoring the joy of salvation from Psalm 51. He urged daily service to God, gospel power, and back to old time religion. Youth sessions and multiple daily services accompanied the campaign at Central Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Evangelistic Club
Per Tur
Pren G. Jones
E. A. Lacour
Oska- Town
David
Jo Church
Rev Our
Our
Jones
Evangelist Lacour
Central Methodhurch
Freight rate case is continued today in Louisville
A three judge federal court heard arguments in a suit seeking an injunction against the Interstate Commerce Commission for increasing intra state railroad passenger fares. The hearing, which continued today, was brought by suits instigated by Kentucky Alabama and Tennessee. An increase from 1.65 to 2.2 cents a mile was described as a violation of states rights and discriminatory by Leon Journam Jr of the Tennessee public and utilities commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Rstate
Commerce’ Commission
Kentucky
Alabama
Tennessee
Leon Journamon Jr
Tennessee Pad and Utilities Commissions
Automatic poison gun targets crafty coyotes in West
Martinsdale Montana inventor Charles L. Wainwright unveils the coyote gun a nine inch spring loaded device that injects a cyanide phosphorus mix into predators. The weapon boasted by officials as a top predator control method includes safeguards to prevent accidental discharge and is praised by ranchers trappers and government agents for reducing losses to livestock and preserving pelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsdale
Mont
West
Charles L. Wainwright
Wainwright
Oswald Berg
Happcat Animal Committee
Eagher County
WPB
Montana Extension Service
New Mexico
Elliott Barker
Santa Fe
Delano Park Daily Doings Spotlight Local Visitors and Activities
Lt and Mrs. Ryan of Jackson Mississippi with two children enjoy Delano Park bringing ice cream to share. Joy Moorhead from Greensburg Pennsylvania visits with Lt. and Mrs. Mennow and enjoys the playground and making friends. Mary Allen Penny with her mother visits. her father is in England and has not met her yet. D E Frederick of Exchange Furniture backs the park as wholesome recreation for Decatur. Mr Daniels questions Kiwanis attendance and invites everyone to enjoy the park. Karen Sue Biggs and Otto Biggs visit from Indiana and Chicago. A Goodyear versus Disco and Maintenance versus Courtland doubleheader drew a record crowd to the park. The Schafer and Dobbs families from Knoxville are spending time there with their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Jackson, Miss
Southern Airways
Judith
Mary Anne
Joy Moorhead
Greensburg
Robert Mennow
Mary Allen
Penny
T-Sgt
Mrs. McAnn
Park
England
Decatur Park Visitors and Activities Highlight Community Ties
Cecilia Ann Sherman and Lt. Reed Sherard’s daughter Sarah Frances Sherard spend time at Delano Park while their family visits. Park workers Mrs. G James and Miss Charlotte Langley assist daily. The park hosts knitting sewing and bead weaving classes each Wednesday and Friday attracting many attendees. Cpl and Mrs Roger Markham of Westfield New Jersey enjoy afternoons at the park with daughter Rosanne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Frances Sherard
Reed Sherard
G. James
Newport
Charlotte Langley
Louisville, Ky
Cpl
Roger Markham
Rosanne
West Field, N. J
Maxwell Letter Praises Bankhead Ticket and Morgan County Vote
A 1944 letter from Thomas H Maxwell of Woodbank, Tuscaloosa, thanking Mr Barrett C Shelton for endorsing Senator John H Bankhead as a potential Vice Presidential candidate. He cites the Morgan county vote total of 400000 for a combined election delegate role and urges restoration of the two thirds rule and opposition to federal intervention in state poll tax affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shelton
First Presbyterian Church
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
South
W. B. Bankhead
U. S
John Bankhead
Morgan County
Chicago
Washington
Regular preaching day announced by Rev Willie Parker
Lawrence County community notes list Miss Vera Asherbranner and neighbors as well as several visits and gatherings. The piece mentions deaths, family visits, and traveling relatives with names including Loyd Garrett Earnest Steel Mollie Christen Joe Shaw and others. Oliver Childress is noted as killed in a truck wreck and buried in Andrews Chapel cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Parker
Marven Willbanks
Loyd Garrett
Ferrell Jennings
Near Corinth
Earnest Steel
Penn
Mollie Christen
Andrews
Joe Shaw
Robert Childress
Oliver Childress
Andrews Chapel
Ethil Steele
Louis
Will ‘Smith
Viver Louise Legg
Evelyne Prater
Frank Garrett
Near Lebanon
Floyd Looney
Essie Eddy
Howard Anders
Lebanon
Oscar Powell
Baby
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Center
Ilva Dutton
Huntsville
Lorene Dutton
Florence
Dan Dutton
Pan Canal Zone Occupation Began May 4 1904
The article notes the start of the American occupation of the Pan-Canal Zone on May 4 1904 marking a major milestone in regional control and U S involvement in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan— Canal Zone
Revival Meeting Opens With Pettey Preaching in Lebanon
A large crowd attended Sunday services at Lebanon. The revival begins Sunday July 30 and lasts two weeks with Rev. Guy Pettey as the preacher. The notice invites all to attend all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Guy Pettey
Mattie Mae Lee
Brown Hardware
Falkville
B. M. Goff
Bernadine
Max
E. R. Luker
Gadsden
D. D. Lake
Neel
Opal Eaton
Brown's Insurance Company
Hartselle
Wilbert Hardin
Buck Aldridge
Lester Shaneyfelt
Vinemont
Annie Shaneyfelt
Exa Cotton
Clay County
Elna Nappier
Dan Reeves
Birmingham
G. Eaton
Herman Collins
S. T. Price
Lorene
Ray
Martha
W.P. Wright
Mable Wright
Hoss Hardin
Met Museum Exhibition Space Measured at 325811 Sq Ft
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features exhibition floor space totaling 325,811 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Peace Talks Near In Washington With Allied Powers
United States Britain Russia and China prepare for first general international talks in 25 years on world peace organization. Hull announced talks to begin early August with plans for a world security body including a United Nations assembly and a Big Four council. Russia will not sit with China in the initial phase. first talks will be Britain United States and Russia, then United States Britain and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
Russia
China
United States
United Nations Assembly
Hull
Moscow
Pleasant View social notes honor local families at dinner
Mr and Mrs Tollie Woods and children plus many relatives visited Mrs Loyd Looney of Friendship for Sunday dinner. Evie White returned home after a week with her daughter. Numerous calls and visits occurred among Woods, Hogan, Williams, Yates, Tucker and Dotson families in Pleasant View and Pine Torch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollie Woods
Sadie Crisp
Istie Woods
Hearl Woods
Guy Williams
Vermont Hogan
Walter Williams
Loyd Looney
Friendship
Evie White
Speake
Heart Woods
Willie Merl
Agnes Tightmiller
Cullman
Hershel Tucker
Vernon Kelley
Corinth
Annie Yates
Raymond Hogan
Hearl
Aod Roscoe
Walter Borden
Pine Torch
Mary Dotson
Pleasant View
Tollie Wodds
Local News Briefs From Morgan County
The Johnson family in Morgan County received a War Department telegram confirming Pvt. Bert Johnson was slightly wounded in England on June 10. Local social notes record visits by Inez Cornell, Alma Jean Jackson, Edna May Francis, and Betty Virginia Morris, plus J. R. Garrett returning home from U S Navy service. Sympathy extended to Bob Childress over Oliver Childress’s death in a truck wreck. Revival planned by Rev. Calvin Stenson and Rev. Addie Wal to begin the second Sunday in August. Virginia Harris suffering from an infected tooth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Johnson
War Department
Pvt
Bert Johnson
England
Inez Cornell
Hartseller
Turney Morris
Alma Jean Jackson
Oden Ridge
Edna May Francis
Betty Virginia Morris
J. R. Garrett
U. S. Navy
Charles Garrett
Bob Childress
Oliver Childress
Betty Virginia
Mary Alice Morris
Jeanette
Wynelle Hubbard
Calvin Stenson
Addie Wal
Brown
Virginia Harris
Relatives Host Visitors and Family Members
Spending two weeks with relatives, Guy Williams returned home with them. Mrs Heart Woods and daughter Willie Merl visit Lawrence county relatives for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Williams
Heart Woods
Willie Merl
Lawrence County
Frohoff Passes After Month Long Illness At Hanceville
Oscar J. Frohoff 52, longtime railroad worker and plumber, died after a month of illness. He lived with Miss Agnes Suckfull at 1210 Fourth Avenue East. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Catholic church in Hanceville with burial there. He is survived by three aunts Mary Doyle Isabell Doyle and Susie Seibert of Hanceville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Frohoff
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Frohoff
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Agnes Suckfull
Fourth Avenue East
Hanceville
Mary
Isabell Doyle
Susie Seibert
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Lacour
Yours
By Lee Ferrero
Pasadena
Calif
Clifford Sharp
Kansas
Oklahoma
Woodard
Okla
Civil Air Patrol
Klamath Falls
Ore
California
Fred Starr
Dorris
Delano Park
D. E. Frederick
Exchange Furniture Company
Decatur
Daniels
Karen Sue Biggs
Grover Biggs
Valperiso
Ind
Otto Biggs
Goodyear
Disco
Courtland
Robert Schafer
E. W.dobbs
Bobby Ann
Kem, Jack
Garey Wayne
Ronald
Knoxville
Cecilia Ann Sherman. Hayes
Mrs. Hartwell Davis
Voice OF
THE
People
Mr. Barrett C. Shelton
Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama
Thomas. H. Maxwell Woodbank
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Vera Asherbranner
Morton Downey
Jimmy Lytell
Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Ruth Shaneyfelt
Mrs. Hearl Woods
Claude Rains
Humphrey Bogart
Princess Theatre
Marseille
OWL Drug CO
Decatur, Ala
C. J. Frohoff
Srr
Pettey’s Cleaners
Ordencu
Transportation Corps
Army Service Forces
South Pacific
Army
Gordon Grant
Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Co
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin
Army Transportation Corps
W.C. Nickum and Sons
Naval Architects
Seattle
Lewis A. Baier
University of Michigan
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
United Concrete Pipe Corp
Wilmington
Calumet Shipyard and Dry Dock Co
Ilinois
John H. Mathis Co
Camden
New Jersey
Mar
Bond
McCutcheon
Ingalls and Mathis
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
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