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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
3
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Birmingham June 1 One of the nation’s great air shows opened a two day stand at the municipal airport. The display echoes post war circus tradition while underscoring America’s air rearmament as pilots perform bold acrobatics that mirror training in the army air corps at Randolph Field Texas amid boosted spending and civilian pilot programs. The Birmingham crowd heard the call for faster military aviation expansion as precision fliers demonstrated cockpit mastery to a public eager for war news and air power.
Mrs Lillian Jochum, a patient at Flint Sanatorium, plans a Memphis visit for treatment. Local visits include Mrs W L Price and Mrs Charley Huller with Mrs L 8 Grant, and Rev O B Lansbury in Moss Chapel. Mary Pearl Grant and others travel, while Fred Chunn remains ill.
Alabama’s Health Department notes 45 polio cases in 1939, down from 99 in 1938, amid nationwide figures of 7,272 cases, compared with 1,705 in 1938, based on Public Health Service data.
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Anne Adams Pattern 4474 offers free-cut lines for a button front frock suited to any summer setting. Features a yoke across the back, two necklines, easy front piece design, and sizes 14 through 42 with fabric needs listed. Order details for pattern book and pattern sets, including price and mailing address.
The Windes Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Terry Aycock to discuss June rally plans and county contest entry. Members judged an all purpose cotton dress with top scorers Mrs. Phil Morris Grady Orr and Stanton Morris. Rowe led a seed identification contest with 23 varieties. 21 identified. refreshments served to 19 members. Meeting adjourned for June at Mrs. Grady Orr's home.
Improvements to 5.62 miles of the Tuscaloosa Hale county line road and 6 miles of the Ariten Becks Mill Road in Hale county were funded under a project specified in the plan.
Athens Alabama June 1 Special funeral services will be held at three o clock Sunday for Lindsay Hodson a prominent farmer aged ninety after a long illness. Hodson lived in the county 62 years coming here from Indiana and is survived by one daughter Mrs W D Buckner Moody Alabama and four sons Ernest Luther Hodson Athens Edgar Hodson Fort Worth Texas and Ted Hodson Lakeland Florida.
Public Service Commission schedules June hearing on Cres cent Stages Inc petition to operate Birmingham to Rome service via Centre Alabama and the Alabama Georgia line. Proposed route extension to the Rome Georgia line would serve Centre and nearby areas.
The state highway department will receive bids on June 14 for two projects involving the placement of squid seal along road works. The announcement notes contract details and submission procedures for interested bidders.
A large crowd attended the Limestone County Baptist Church on Sunday and plans to return with new attendees. Edits mention Mrs Black in Athens and visits by the Evans and Barker families. Local residents including Donald Brown and Walter Evans are noted with household movements and health updates in a concise community diary style.
Morgan County residents share Sundays and weekends with relatives and friends. Osa Bean and son join Mrs. J. Barreck and family. Virgil Sharpe visits Floyd Quinn. Wilburn from Union visits Quinn. L. B. Vincent of Birmingham visits G. C. Vincent and family. Harold Waugh returns to Decatur after a week with the Vincents. Nancy Coney hosts Nancy and Tom Brown of Gadsden visit.
In Athens Alabama on June 1 special report Leona Williams a Black woman has been lodged in the county jail charged with a serious case involving Mamie Lee Twitty a Black woman whom Williams is alleged to have hurt with a sharp object in the incident.
Mrs J M hosted at a Pettusville home as Mr Ford celebrated his 67th birthday with a hearty dinner. The community saw many visitors from Birmingham to Athens joining quilting events and family visits, with several from Pettusville noted in church and social rounds.
Dallas county Democratic executive committee names George L. Tate and Chris B. Heinz to investigate the May 7 primary contest. Probate Judge W. M. Vaughn, Claiborne Blanton, and county commission chairman unseated Vaughn by 11 votes as returns faced a voting irregularity challenge claiming more votes than registered voters in a precinct.
A Williams woman who died on July 4, 1934, was located this week in Florence Alabama, closing a long missing case.
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