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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1941
Page
3
Hollywood director Nick Castle predicts dance will grow rougher with jungle and rug-cut influences replacing jitterbugging. He promotes fast, bodyful dancing as mind and stress relief and proposes a rhumba square dance fusion for parties, insisting morals are not a concern.
Westerly Rhode Island July 23. An officer patrolling a shore road enforcing an ordinance on motor vehicles paused to observe a group of girls sunbathing au naturel in a wooded clearing. He executed a swift about-face and backed into the bushes shouting clear out. The girls fled. The department commends the officer for combining duty with discretion.
Private investigator Jones and Henry question Mrs. Willett about John Ives and his insured estate. Jones asserts Ives’ killer aimed to raise indemnity by murder, noting debts and a promised will. Mrs. Willett defends secrecy while admitting she would inherit nothing.
In Atlanta on July 23 a committee chaired by Governor Talmadge examined a co authored textbook linked to T Jack Lance president of Young Harris College and J B Sullivan of Missouri. The book adopted for Georgia schools in 1937 resembled a 1928 work by Harry Paull of Illinois.
In Albuquerque on July 23 Mayor Clyde T. Tingley opened a sack pledged for aluminum recycling. He received 500 nickels from youngsters but found the sack’s weight lighter than expected as it yielded cast iron instead.
Local residents from Birmingham Lacon Lewisburg and Bristol visit kin across Tennessee and Alabama. Families attend picnics church meetings and reunions while others recover from illness and gather for quarterly services.
In Phenix City Alabama on July 23 a car rolled over in front of police headquarters. Bystanders righted the vehicle while the driver remained inside then sped away striking George Cobb a city employee and later colliding with Police Chief Jesse Perry’s automobile.
Three hundred forty three employees have been called to active duty under the Selective Service Act. Officers from the authority’s personnel include a new colonel five majors and two captains. Navy National Guard and Marine Corps also called up 196 men as selectees or volunteers.
A car developed a flat tire near the Mullin Company building and the driver was taken into custody by Phenix City authorities after stopping at the scene.
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