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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
7
W. W. Foster urges workers to keep and record their Social Security account numbers. Losing a card risks wage records and benefits, as employers must record the correct number for accurate wage reports and eventual benefits calculations. Protect the one number meant for each worker.
Funeral services for J P Ragan infant son of Mr and Mrs Ellis Ragan of Huntsville Route 3 were held this afternoon at Mt Tabor east of Hartselle. Drinkard Howell conducted burial at Mt Tabor. The baby died at Baughs Infirmary at 6 p m Saturday and the body had lain at Drinkard Howell's since. The parents survive.
Federal agents led by J Edgar Hoover intensified the nationwide search for five year old James Bailey Cash Jr of Princeton Florida. Volunteers joined in the Everglades hunt while authorities re enacted the ransom payment. A former convict Willie Campbell was among three questioned as the probe widens.
A regional fishing bulletin notes muddy midweek streams in north Alabama with improving outlook by weekend. It lists many creeks and rivers across counties with bass crappie bream and white lake bass taking live bait plugs and flies, mentioning Wilson and Wheeler dams and Lake Purdy conditions.
Evelyn Elizabeth Radeker of Asheville will reign as queen at the 11th annual rhododendron festival in Asheville. The event runs June 12 through June 19, according to Central Press.
Beauty columnist Juliet Shelby counsels shorter women on fashion tricks to lengthen their silhouette. She urges long coats, simple sleeves, narrow yet long skirts, and subdued patterns while warning against belts of contrasting color and bold horizontal stripes.
General Robert Lee Bullard, a native of Alabama, traveled to Atlanta today after visiting relatives in Birmingham yesterday. He was en route following his Alabama visit and plan to continue his journey.
Fred Orsinger of the bureau of fisheries aquarium says fish get as much fun from watching people as people do from watching them. He notes kissing gouramis attract attention, guppies react to names, and even a catfish may starve while a viewer giggles. Children and women's dress colors amuse fish, with goldfish enjoying a front row seat at home and in the parlor.
Thousands of modern women find CARDUS helpful as a tonic to strengthen the system and improve digestion and appetite. Medical authorities endorse its use for these purposes and it is available at all drug stores.
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