Robiin Fliers Pay Tribute To Air Buddy Sieg Se
The famed aviators meet public adulation in St. Louis after setting a new endurance record. They paused to honor a fallen friend killed in a Monday crash, while crowds filled Lambert Field and a town hotel for celebratory events.
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Robiin
Air Buddy
ST. Louis
Jackson
George Kert
Lambert
St. Field
di Town
A. C. Legget
Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Forrest O’brine
P. V. Chaffee
Ray Wassall
City council rejects Fairview sewer line plea over cost
People of Fairview have pressed for a sewer line but Decatur’s council, in a brief called session on Tuesday night, cited cost as the main reason for denying the request. Representatives from the area met with officials to discuss the project.
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Fairview
Decatur
Swimmers Sign Up for Malone Park Events
A number of entrants plan to compete in diving and racing at Malone Park Thursday evening. The program begins at 8 o clock with swimmers expected from Decatur Athens Hartselle and Cullman. Events include boys and girls and men and women.
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Malone Park
Decatur
Athens
Hartselle
Cullman
Edward Carmack Jr Here On Business
Edward W. Carmack Jr formerly of Tennessee now practices law and visited the city on Tuesday. He is the son of the late Edward W. Carmack, a prominent Tennessee political figure.
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Edward Carmack, Jr
Edward W. Carmack, Jr
G Col . Tenn
Mr. Carmack
Edward W. Carmack
Tennessee
Beer War Flares In Chicago Shooting Kills One
Chicago police report a gun battle on West Madison Street leaves one man dead and two others wounded. Victims include James Shupe a beer peddler and two others, while Sergeant Frank Murrin and Henry Siegel were involved in the roadside exchange as shots rang out near Riggins’ store.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Lly James
Bozo” Shupe
Tommy Shupe
National Harvester Company
Thomas Moss
George Riggins
Slice
Frank Murrin
Shape
Riggins
Murrin
Shupe
Tin
Henry Siegel
Siegel
Publisher Vail Is Re On Business Alabama
Publisher Vail resumes business in Alabama after a short pause and remains headquartered at Bay.
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Vail
Alabama
Bay
Legion Parade Plans Reveal Key Local Support
Local Legion group shows strong backing for a May parade at the state center. Decatur members await an official announcement about first place honors and the department’s role in coordinating next month’s event.
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Legion
Alabama Department
D . Decatur
Legionnaires
Begin On Interior Building At Once
Urgent plan to start interior work immediately to permit occupancy of the building within the next month or six weeks. The move accelerates construction timelines and team coordination across trades to meet a firm occupancy target.
Limestone Rural Lines to Be Made Hot This Evening
Alabama Power official Garner Pride announced the Limestone county Tan ner area lines will go live this evening by tying into the Athens system. Delays in switch arrival pushed back the cut over but many farms and gins in Southern Limestone are prepared for electric service including pumps refrigeration and heating. The new lines will serve Tanner Capshaw's Pete's Gin and French's Gin areas.
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Tanner
Limestone County
Garner Pride
Alabama Power Company
Pride
Athens
Limestone
Tanner, Capshaw’s
Pete
French’s
Communist Plans Worry Europe Amid Anti War Protests
London July 31 Europe watches rising concern as communist anti war demonstrations spread across nations. Police tighten measures against planned actions tied to the Moscow third international while anti Bolshevist sources say the moves aim to bolster Bolshevism despite anti war rhetoric.
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London
Europe
Moscow Third International
Pageant At Central Baptist Promoted For Wednesday
A regular prayer meeting at Central Baptist Church will feature the pageant The Road to a Safe Tomorrow directed by Mrs. W. J. Brown and Miss Kate Frazier. No admission fee will be charged and a large congregation is expected as Sunday school and church members assist. The program emphasizes Christian cooperation.
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Central Baptist Church
W. J. Brown
Kate Frazier
Training Classes Held This Week at Southside Baptist Church
A teachers' training class is conducted each evening this week at Southside Baptist Church starting at 5 30. Rev J D Pickens teaches one class while Nell Lawhorn leads another as part of the local education effort.
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Southside Baptist Church
J. D. Pickens
The
Nell Lawhorn
Decatur Mayor Malone Heads Home From Tuscaloosa
Mayor B L Malone of Decatur was on a business mission in Tuscaloosa and was expected to return this evening.
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B. L. Malone
Decatur
Tuscaloosa
Singing School at Nazarene Church Opens in Hartselle
Announcement of a new singing school at Nazarene Church in Hartselle to begin next Monday evening at 7 30. Professor Wallace will direct the sessions and many county residents are expected to attend, inviting all interested in improving singing.
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Nazarene Church
Hartselle
Wallace
Rainfall Bails Out Late Corn Stretch South of Decatur
Heavy rain is reported to the south of Decatur in the Hartselle district with rainfall estimated at one and a half inches on Tuesday afternoon. Farmers say the rain was much needed for the late corn crop.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Walther League Social at St. Pauls Lutheran Tonight
The Walther League of St. Pauls Lutheran church hosts a social at 7 30 this evening at Mrs W P Adams residence on Canal street. Mrs S Carlisle and Mrs R W Hahn prepared an engaging program. Guests from Mis mart Pennsylvania and New York will be honored.
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Walther League of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
W. P. Adams
Canal Street
S. Carlisle
R. W. Hahn
Mismart
Pennsylvania
New York
Mrs. C. P. Phillips Taken to Infirmary After Appendicitis
Mrs. C. P. Phillips of 1116 East Jackson Street was removed from her home to Baugh's infirmary after an attack of appendicitis.
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C. P. Phillips
East Jackson Street
Baugh’s Infirmary
Mrs J B McBride Improving at Benevolent Hospital
Friends report Mrs J B McBride of 611 West Moulton Street is improving at Benevolent Hospital after a recent illness.
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J. B. McBride
West Moulton Street
Benevolent Hospital
Eypeey
On Vacation Perry Marks Attache Mor gan County Firm
Perry Marks, attache of the Morgan County Motor Company, is on annual vacation this week. He plans to return rested and ready to resume duties at the local company office.
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Perry Marks
The
Morgan County Motor Company
Moore's Modern Store Signs 7500 Inch Decatur Ad Contract
J G Moore Jr manager of Moore's Modern Store signed an advertising contract with The Decatur Daily for 7500 inches to run over one year. It is the largest local department store ad contract ever with The Daily and marks Moore Stores third year of advertising here. The deal shows a 50 percent increase over last year's newspaper space and follows a second 50 percent rise since opening in Decatur.
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J. G. Moore, Jr
Moore
Ular Decatur de Toe
Decatur Daily
Daily
Decatur
Judge Will Decide Split For Reward
A Barbour circuit court judge will decide how to divide rewards for the capture of Lester Bouyer the slayer of Jack Hine in Eufaula Alabama. The rewards total about 500 dollars with 300 from Governor Graves and 200 raised by local citizens. Claimants include three Speigner prison guards and two Eufaula citizens who identified Bouyer. They plan to share the award with two aiding Black men.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lester Bouyer
Jack Hine
Eufaula
J.S. Williams
Barbour
Graves
Speigner
Bob Turner
Howard Davie
Bouyer
Funeral services held for infant son of Jones family
Funeral services will be held Thursday at two o'clock for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jones who died at their Decatur route one residence this morning. Burial will take place at Cottengem cemetery in Lawrence. Surviving are the parents one brother two sisters and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Peebles and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones.
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J. F. Jones
Decatur
Route One
Cottengem
Lawrence
W. H. Peebles
J. B. Jones
Reynolds Sentenced for Second Degree Murder in Turner Killing
Colnumbia Alabama July 31. Harry Reynolds convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary for the killing of Lonnie Turner on December 26 1928. Jury in Shelby county circuit court delivered verdict after Reynolds claimed self defense.
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Columbiana
Ala
Harry Reynolds
Lonnie Turner
Ber
Shelby County
Reynolds
Turner
Priest Family Heads to Montgomery for Visit
Mr and Mrs H M Priest and grandson Norman Schaffer depart for Montgomery Alabama where they will stay with relatives and friends for several days.
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Montgomery
H. M. Priest
Norman Schaffer
Ala
Farm Trip And Feed In Store Friday Night
Decatur Kiwanis will depart at 6 30 Friday for Priceville to attend an agricultural committee event with musical selections by Hauks band and a talk by W W Benson on Kiwanis missions and town country goodwill. An old fashioned picnic dinner awaits visitors as Priceville hosts generous hospitality and near full civic attendance is expected. The trip closes a year of strong agricultural relations and the club hopes to reclaim the 1928 agricultural service cup.
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Decatur
Kiwanis Club
Danville
Priceville
Civic Unit
Civic Club
Agricultural Committee
Decatur Club
Commission invites tire firms to locate plant in Muscle Shoals
Alabama Public Service Commission urged Firestone and Sheffield Chamber to propose power rate plans to attract a Goodyear level plant to Muscle Shoals. The panel noted Sheffield and Gadsden rates match and pledged to aid industrial siting, citing Goodyear’s Gadsden plant as a precedent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Service Commission
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Muscle Shoals District
Sheffield Commercial Organization
James G. Baker
Firestone Company
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Gadsden
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Alabama
Rev Hahn Conducts Funeral for Mrs Adams at Lutheran Mission
Rev Hahn conducted the burial of Mrs Adams age 84, a Luther an mission member, in Paul s Lutheran church after returning from Muscle Shoals. He noted no death had occurred in the mission for 45 years, but this was the third since May.
Dawes Removes No Smoking Sign at Embassy
London report says Charles G. Dawes, newly ambassador, scrapped the embassy no smoking sign after a group of reporters asked to smoke. He asked if the men felt restrained and declared the sign removed on the spot.
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London
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Ambassador Dawes
Ambassador
Dawes
American given a term in prison in London
Richard Joshua Reynolds of Winston-Salem North Carolina was found guilty of manslaughter in a case arising from a May accident that killed motorcyclist Arthur Graham. Reynolds received five months in prison at hard labor and must pay the prosecution’s costs. His lawyer argued for mitigation, noting Reynolds supported Graham’s widow for life.
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London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
Arthur Graham
Bath Road
Reynolds
Administration of Justice
England
Equipment Arrival At Princess Theatre To Boost Crescent Amusement
Equipment arrived from Nashville to add to Princess theatre facilities as Crescent Amusement seeks to improve patron experience. Tony Sudekum, president of the theatre chain, vows further efforts to upgrade productions and stage facilities for better showings.
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Nashville
Princess Theatre
Crescent Amusement Company
Tony Sudekum
Ross Company Case Hearing Is Delayed
Montgomery Ala July 31 The case of the Construc t heen postponed until Pmona by the Alabama public service commission The complainant requested the postponment The case had been set originally for August 6.
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Montgomery
Ala
Heen
Alabama Public Service Commission
Venasine Rebels Leader John Roberts Plans New Orleans Trip
A report notes John Roberts of the Venasine rebels intends to depart during a near term vacation window for a trip to New Orleans Louisiana. The move signals possible shifts in the rebel leadership lineup or strategic plans.
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John Roberts
New Orleans
Trial begins in Dr. James H. Snook murder case
In Columbus Ohio a jury is seated for the first degree murder trial of Dr James H Snook charged with the hammer slaying of Miss Theora Hix a para mour and Ohio State University student Jurors were drawn after a five day examination of 99 potential jurors Defense motions for continuance were denied by Judge Henry L Scarlett and a sanity test based on spinal fluid was ordered earlier The panel includes Mrs Lansford wife of an operator as the trial opens
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
Henry L. Scarlett
Snook
Lansford
B Y P U Plans Training Classes and Services
The Baptist Young Union of the Southside church schedules a series of training classes and prayer services next week to prepare for a revival starting August 1. Cottage prayer meetings are also arranged for the same period.
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The
Baptist Young Union of the
Southside
Kiwanis Regular Meeting Set For Thursday Noon
Decatur Kiwanis club holds a regular session at 12 15 PM Thursday at the Y M C A. Attendance committee chairmen are to be present for the meeting.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Decatur City Council Schedule First Session Of Month
The Decatur city council will meet on Thursday night at 7 30 o'clock for the first session of the month.
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Decatur City Council
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Red) Jackson
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Ross Company
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