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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
3
In Anniston and surrounding Calhoun County farms crops look promising after heavy rains. F Dulaney of Tastaboga shows progress from 11 bales cotton and 300 bushels corn in 1927 to 38 bales and 1000 bushels last year due to soil enrichment with cover crops.
Birmingham's dairy costs for 1930 totaled 6 920 447 with 3 786 000 gallons of fluid milk 45 319 gallons cream and 2 746 500 pounds butter consumed. L C Bulmer director of food and dairy inspection for the Jefferson County board of health led the survey. Per capita dairy expenditure ran to 26 85 dollars.
In Mobile Alabama on July 20 an 11 year old named Hank Harris explains a simple fishing method. He hides a hook in an clam shell and dangles it before the fish to attract them. The account preserves the local tone and curious detail of a young angler’s trick.
A man named Slick Williams, described as a negro, was placed in Morgan County Jail on Tuesday and likely to face a petit larceny charge per local police reports.
Bill Hall, salesman for the Alabama Power local operations, is hailed as number one salesman for the state. He led the state in May and June and tops the list for the first half of the year in the commercial department.
Walter Gordon, identified as a negro, was placed in Morgan County jail Tuesday charged with assault and battery. The report notes the arrest occurred in Morgan County and references the jail transfer.
The civil docket is being heard on the third day of the court week. Judge W. T. Lowe presides with a large schedule of cases to be heard before the week ends.
Mrs C W Lane of Basham's Chapel continues ill at her home, with her condition noted in local society updates.
The water plants use is held in soil as a film on particles through capillary attraction. Massachusetts state flower is the mayflower. The name magnolia derives from Pierre Magnole, a 17th century French botanist. Antonio Stradivari made about 2000 violins, few exist today.
Camilla's dual nature drives a tense household as Mrs. Hoyt and Alexander Hoyt share responsibility for her. Camilla navigates a lifelong secret, a forged mother daughter bond, and memories of a harsh Lorenz past while shaping her own future in a fraught domestic drama.
Opposition to the renomination of Marcel Garlaud as a member of the Federal Power Commission has been voiced on grounds he favors the power trust. Confirmation was delayed to the December session due to Senate opposition. Garlaud must serve without pay in the meantime.
Dr. James F. Watson president of the Atlanta School of Oriani and Expression announces Marie Ballas will appear in a recital Thursday morning in dramatic readings and play the leading role in the Plot Scene from Shakespeare’s As You Like It. She is making fine progress and shows marked ability.
Alaflora emerged with a post office near the Alabama Florida line. Florala in Covington county also borrows from the border name pattern. Alaga on the Alabama Georgia boundary was once listed but is now removed as a postal guide entry due to business decline.
In Birmingham a clerk Ernest B. Mincey of California plans shorter essays after stamp costs rise. He told his sister MP Ledbetter in a long note noting his year’s work and childhood memories at Anniston. He’s known for 33,000 word letters.
Dr. W. J. Donald, director of the Limestone County health unit, received a two week vacation approval from the county health board. He will spend the period in Cuba for recreation and to study Cuba's disease prevention methods.
Mayor R C Billings O J Sheppard Joseph M Pettey and Ben Bloodworth depart Sunday by motor for Gadsden to attend the American Legion state convention. The session opens with a memorial service Sunday afternoon.
The ad promotes Chesterfields as milder cigarettes achieved through careful blending of Turkish and domestic tobaccos. It claims smokers, both men and women, prefer milder cigarettes in nervous times and asserts Chesterfields taste better and satisfy.
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