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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
8
Governor Alf Landon mobilizes aides to outline a campaign plan against the New Deal record. National chairman Hamilton, anti Roosevelt Democrats, and core supporters will discuss tours for London and Krox while reacting to Landon's nomination acceptance.
A Topeka crowd of about 120000 cheered Gov. Landon as he read a 4000 word address after a two hour parade. The governor urged independence and equal opportunity with limited executive power while opponents cried for more local control and American enterprise.
Central Baptist church finance committee thanks members and friends for sending or bringing weekly offerings to treasurer E. T. Cunningham. The gifts enabled payment of the pastor and other bills while services are paused. Members are urged to continue or start weekly envelopes, mailed to Cunningham or left at Morgan County National Bank.
Boston July 24 Associated Press science editor notes Peltier's comet approaching Earth at 26 miles per second and Kahn's comet receding. first naked eye duo since 1910. History of Halley's Comet, Biela's split, Andromedids meteor shower, and tail science linked to cyanogen gas and aurora-like effects.
In Bertrand Missouri on July 24 two thieves prepared a nitroglycerine charge to blow the post office safe. They opened the lock and fled after taking five dollars. authorities say the door had been unlocked the entire time.
A fragment notes credit for funds at a church and the act of handing an envelope to the treasurer. The context and details are incomplete.
A church leader appeals to Decatur residents to cooperate with health officials and support church finances during a crisis. G W Norwood will collect offerings at 16th Avenue Baptist. others like E T Cunningham, W M Bailey, and John Butler handle contributions for respective churches. The message urges solidarity and faith healing through the Great Physician.
The First Baptist church will not hold regular services on Sunday. The building will be open from 10 to 12 and from 7 to 8 for prayer and offerings, inviting any to enter during those times.
Mrs J H Albes of 321 Ninth Avenue West recently operated on at Benevolent Society Hospital spends time with Mr and Mrs Kenneth G Sackse at their Maple Lake West Virginia home.
Rodney Dutcher surveys past warnings about government power to suggest optimism amid fears of flood of federal action. He cites 19th and 20th century debates on centralization privacy and socialism to argue political caution until October.
Government officials describe hidden underground rivers as a potential drought remedy. Morris L. Cooke suggests tapping subsurface streams and building many small dams to conserve water. Federal relief details include rate cuts for livestock feed and an $85 million shelf for aid to 97,000 families in the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming. Rexford Tugwell warns conditions are worse than 1934 and warns of risks to corn, hay, and dairy if dry weather persists.
Governor Bibb Graves sent a patrol detail to Winfield to stay on duty until any violence threat passes amid a union dispute at Alabama Mills Inc. The move follows a meeting with Alabama Mills president Paul Redmond. The Jasper plant remains unionized while Winfield runs non union.
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