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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1940
Page
5
Mrs. Charles Russell Green announces the engagement of her daughter Evelyn to Mr. John Harlan Giles and that their wedding will be held on August 30th.
A long list of residents and relatives record weekend trips and future plans. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson and Mildred Nicholson travel to Laguna Beach, Fla. Scoutmaster Eugene Speer returns from Camp Westmoreland. Several families visit relatives in Portsmouth, Washington, New York, and Virginia. Others plan trips to Enid Oklahoma, Charlottsville Virginia, Danville, Laurel Mississippi, and Indiana.
Governor W Lee O Daniel appears to hold a large vote lead after Saturdays Democratic primary in Dallas based on early returns. He previously campaigned on the tune There Ain t Gonna Be No Run Off and wrote the song for his hillbilly band. He ran a strong first campaign in 1938.
A Democratic Willkie for president club is organized in Jasper Alabama near the home of Speaker William B Bankhead and Senator John H Bankhead with R H Carr named president Paul G Parsons notes Alabama Willkie headquarters opened at Birmingham for the campaign.
The Agriculture Department forecasts that if Europe's food is proportionally distributed in the coming fall and winter there will be no abnormal shortage and certainly no widespread starvation among wartorn peoples. It questions whether available supplies can be distributed to prevent hunger.
Sunday services at Central Methodist welcomed lay leader W C Chappell of the Bessemer district while Rev R Lambuth Archibald vacationed in Virginia and West Virginia. Chappell urged witnessing for Christ and personal devotion as keys to Christian stewardship in a sermon centered on making life a gift from God. Adjutant and Mrs Longino led the evening service with a preparatory musical program followed by a sermon on spiritual vigilance against evil.
The article notes Italy may target the Suez Canal if Mussolini moves, risking British bases in Egypt and canal defenses. It describes heavy guard coverage, the Anzac troops, Indian Lancers patrolling the shore, and nightly canal surveillance to detect saboteurs and footprints.
Decatur’s Courthouse Sacred Harp Singers will convene next weekend with J T Akers announcing the two day event. The program runs Saturday 10am to 3pm and Sunday 9am to 3pm led by president L E Hoppers of Somerville route two. A large crowd is expected.
The piece urges modern styles over washboard finger waves with the shadow wave and soft undulations. It highlights pompadours as fashionable, offers playful coiffure ideas, and adds beauty routines from arm exercises to skin care with peroxide lemon mix and talcum to keep skin smooth.
The Army Air Corps plans aircraft three times larger than present bombers, potentially filling a football field and rising two stories. Engineers foresee 150-ton flying wings with internal engines and rear pusher props, able to carry over five tons of bombs across intercontinental ranges if materials permit.
Morgan county officers seized ten gallons of liquor in an early morning raid at four o clock. Two men in a car fled the scene after the capture near Priceville. Authorities held the Model A Ford involved in the incident.
The county awaits final inspection this week to approve occupancy of the new jail. About 145 inmates from the old facility will be transferred, with Sheriff Bill Willoughby optimistic the building will be turned over on Thursday. The old jail’s residence section will be kept for renovation and repurposed for another county department.
Illinois tops the nation with 61 heat deaths followed by Pennsylvania 30 and several Midwest states at 28. Alabama records 2 heat deaths as thundershowers forecast for southwest Georgia offer little relief amid prolonged high temperatures. Huntsville hits 101 degrees, the state's highest official mark this season.
An armed man entered a Birmingham cigar store on a busy street and emptied the cash register while holding the manager at gunpoint. Police launched a manhunt after the Saturday afternoon incident in a large office building on the corner.
The report notes temperatures around 100 degrees in Pufaula and Clanton during a three-hour span and forecasts continuing heat over the weekend with highs near a hundred.
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