Fears Of Abduction Rose In Blond Beauty Mystery
Fears that blond society figure Didi Battye may have been abducted grew when her fiancé Michael Asquith reported a note threatening to remove her. Scotland Yard took charge, watching ports and airfields as they pursued clues from several similar letters. Battye, missing since June 1, had ties to Viscount Long and the Oxford Asquith family, with family members fearing amnesia or nervous breakdown amid the inquiry.
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London
Didi” Battye
Scotland Yard
Michael Asquith
Herbert
Cynthia Asquith
Yard
Young Asquith
Earl of Oxford
Asquith
London Square
Decatur club names new officers and committees
The Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club elected new officers for the year led by Miss Ola Barnard as president and Mrs Hattie Nelson as vice president. New committees include Program Miss Clio Levin and Harriet Leonard. Education Lila Pritchett Nora Hodges Burdette. Finance Winnie Sentiff Lucy Byars Wanda Harris Henry Albes Theresa Liston. Editorial Relations Mrs High Pettey Carrie Alex ayeg Florence Smith Mamie Conley. Membership Hattie Nelson J F Levin. Magazine Mrs Pulyla Stovall Flora Boyd. Publicity Mary Meadows Smith Hortense Kirby.
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Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ola Barnard
Hattie Nelson
Flora Boyd
Winnie Sentiff
Wanda Harris
Clio Levin
Harriet Leonard
Lila Pritchett
Nora Hodges
Burdette
Lucy Byars
Henry Albes
Theresa Liston
High Pettey
Carrie Alex
Ayeg Florence Smith
Mamie Conley
J. F. Levin
Magazine
Pulyla Stovall
Mary Meadows, Smith
Hortense Kirby
Thieves Sought Across Barton County for Civil War Cannons
Barton county officials pursue thieves in southwestern Kansas junk yards after two Civil War cannons were pried from their Pawnee Rock Park concrete bases. The search expands as authorities track the loot and potential suspects.
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Great Bend
Kas
Barton County
Kansas
Pawnee Rock Park
Bishops Crusade to Be Observed Across June
June 16 and Sunday June 20 mark bishops crusade events. Decatur young people will meet at the church Friday evening while First Methodist and other church groups join for a speaker social hour and refreshments. Free will offering collected for the crusade.
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The
Decatur Union
First Methodist
Board of Stewards
Junior Board
Woman's Missionary Societies
Cru
Laboratory report from Tennessee Valley Laboratory details May specimens
Director C C Johnson reports 2847 specimens examined in May with totals for diphtheria 112 positive 8, Vincent’s infection 26 positive 6, typhoid 100 positive 5, malaria 373 positive 12, intestinal parasites 76 positive 1, gonorrhea 1222 positive 1, tuberculosis 21 positive 1, tularemia 3 positive 2, rabies treatments issued 60. Total 3047.
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C. C. Johnson
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Vincent
Mortgage to be filed after debt retirement
The cancelled mortgage of the First Methodist church will be filed rather than burned after a trustees meeting. The board thanked the congregation for retiring more than $5,000 of indebtedness and Dr. L D Patterson praised their loyalty. The debt cancellation was presented to D D McGehee, board chairman, on Sunday morning.
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First Methodist Church
Board of Trustees
L. D. Patterson
D. D. McGehee
Dogs Stand by Mistress in New York Death
Mrs. Clara Henne, 59, was found dead in a small East Side apartment with her two dogs Mollie and Jumbo guarding her. Police were unable to approach the pets until an ASPCA agent subdued them with a noose on a long stick. Neighbors say the dogs were her only companions and remained by her side until the officers arrived.
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New York
Clara Henne
Mollie
Jumbo
Henne
A. G.P.C
Upper East
Manhattan
Sergi
Harry Salomon
William Shannon
Kabeck
Flower Hospital
Bees Swarm Ulrich Car In New Castle Parade
Hundreds of honey bees swarmed Gottfried Ulrichs parked automobile in New Castle. The insects settled in the car and clung to the tank hood and exhaust as Ulrich drove it home.
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New Castle
Gottfried Ulrich
Ulrich
Congregation Sings Doxology After Payment Received
Mr McGehee asked the congregation to stand and sing the doxology following a payment. The scene reflects a moment of thanks within a church service and highlights the formal liturgical gesture.
DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLES
A fragmented crossword puzzle page presents across and down clues with numbers and partial entries. The readable lines include hints for multiple words such as 31 Across perennial woody plant and 1 Molasses, among others, with garbled extra text and stray characters.
All-Day Singing At Woodland Mills Cotaco High Seeks Crowd
The annual all day singing event at Cotaco High School in Woodland Mills is set for June 13. Organizers invite all to attend with song books and lunch to share at noon, expecting a large turnout.
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Woodland Mills Wire
Cotaco High School
River Buoys Replanted Along Tennessee River Channels
Notice lists buoys moved from moorings in the Tennessee river at Riverton Cut and Florence Cut and Rogers Island head. Red nun buoys mark left side of channels while a temporary black buoy marks rocks 100 feet upstream. Navigators must clear all aids by at least 25 feet.
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Tennessee River
Riverton Cut
Florence Cut
Heads of
Rogers Island
Channel Ee
Rift in Church of England sparks reform push
In Birmingham on June 8 the Bishop of Birmingham was denounced for urging reform of divorce laws. The move drew church opposition to the marriage of Edward of Windsor and twice divorced Wallis Warfield.
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Ceraeaie
Church
Birmingham
Eng
Church of England
Edward of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Rogersville News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
R E DeBusk and daughters Elizabeth and Mary Corrine visit Morristown Tennessee. Mrs Minnie Sutties of Selma visits C P Guthrie. Rev W E Dean and family vacation in Cullman and Perry counties. church offers Dean a scholarship to Athens College July 6 to 10. Inez Patterson visits Elkmont parents. Services at Presbyterian and Methodist churches with Byars and Dean preaching. Students return home for summer Elston Waddell Elizabeth Ella Ruth Patterson. Civitan and Civinett plan a fish fry at Blowing Springs Thursday. Byars elected president of Rogersville Civitan Club. Methodist stewards meet at Miss Vivian Heston's home.
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R E. DeBusk
Daughtrs
Elizabeth and
Mary Corrine
Morristown
Tenn
Minnie Sutties
Selma
C. P. Guthrie
W. E. Dean
Billy
Cullman
Perry
Dean
Athens College
Inez Patterson
W. L. Davis
Elkmont
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
T. Byars
Elston Waddell
Auburn
Miss Elizabeth
Montevallo
Ella Ruth Patterson
Florence
Civitan
Civinett Clubs
Blowing Springs
8. T. Byars
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Rogersville
Moonlight Sonata Violinist Bids Denver Farewell
Rafael Dasilva 47 explains damp weather caused the noise Denver residents complained about. Police Magistrate Gilliam fines or bans him. Dasilva leaves town after choosing to pay $25 or depart. He previously moved from Los Angeles for similar reasons.
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Denver
Rafael Dative
Dasilva
Philip G. Gilliam
Casilva
Los Angeles
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Rankin
Goodyear
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