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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
8
James Thomas former colonial secretary and British cabinet member announced in the house of commons that he will resign from Parliament at once following the celebrated budget leak scandal.
Mrs Moon dies leaving husband two children and a sister Mrs J T Dixon of Union Grove Funeral services were held at Gillam church Marshall county with Rev Ollie Johnston. Interment in Marshall county Peck director.
Morgan Countians know him as Marie John friends report improved condition after a restful night following a serious operation at Benevolent hospital.
Roland Kenny North Kenney and Claude Bellamy youths set a bee hive tree on fire to steal honey. The blaze burned over 80 acres of forest. Warden M H Haynes brought them to court where they were fined 2 dollars and 50 cents each.
Paris workers join a general cafe strike as the leftist cabinet moves to grant amnesty and discuss a bill to free political prisoners. Police report a Versailles shooting amid protests while three measures including education extension and retirement reduction head to the deputies.
Details of methods for payment of the bonus will be discussed this evening at the American Legion meeting in Martin arena. The gathering starts at 7 30 oclock and all ex service men are invited to hear the discussion.
Jimmy Money's kind heart drew neighbors into a curious scene in Dunbar Nebraska when his dog killed a skunk. He found four orphans and brought them home where a crippled cat assumed foster mother duties by teaching the youngsters to lap milk and perform caring tasks.
C A Parker visited an Atlanta thoroughfare after motorcycle police planned a speed drive. Parker was clocked at about 45 mph and Recorder John J Cone fined him 12 dollars for speeding last Saturday night.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a safe, tasteless remedy for malaria with iron to build blood and prevent reinfection. Promotes quick relief from chills and fever without quinine, suitable for children, available at drug stores in 50c and 1 size options with the larger offering 25% more value.
A dense crossword style list of clues across horizontal and vertical entries. It includes definitions for plants foods measures tools and people names such as KOK HIROTA and references to grain ports and food terms. The puzzle mixes horticultural terms with historical or biographical hints.
Alabama led the presidential roll call with nine votes for Governor Landon and four for Col. Knox as it prepared to pass on its turn. Delegates shifted plans in a caucus while T. J. Kennamer announced the split but kept individual votes private. If neither Landon nor Knox secures nomination, Alabama might back Senator Steiner of Oregon.
Duke C. Jones, recovering from illness, will resume his revival at the First Christian Church tonight The sermon titled The Greatest Words Ever Spoken by Human Lips will follow a prayer service held last night due to his illness Public attendance is urged for the evening meeting
An all day singing is scheduled at Union Grove for the fourth Sunday in June. The public is invited to attend.
Survivors of General Nathan Bedford Forrests cavalry aged into the nineties prepared to parade on horseback despite a 98 degree heat wave. One veteran died of heat prostration and a woman fainted as crowds cheered at Barksdale Field and a Confederate flag was dropped during maneuvers.
Major General Thomas Q. Ashburn head of the Inland Waterways Corporation reports increased Mississippi river traffic by 25 percent this season compared with the same period last year.
William Allen White veteran of many political battles appears at the Cleveland GOP convention. The candid camera captures him smiling in one shot and listening with a blank expression to circulating gossip in another.
President Roosevelt arrives in Texas for three brief addresses after Arkansas crowds swelling to about 30 000. He argues the constitution’s broad purposes extend beyond state lines and pledge to advance prices wages hours of labor and social security while warning against leaving national issues to local governments.
The Ladies Aid of Willoughby Presbyterian church sponsors a fun festival this evening on the church lawn at Sixth Avenue and Ninth Street. Free entertainment will be provided and concession proceeds will defray expenses for delegates to the young people's convention at Lake Winnatoska.
In Miami Florida on a June 11 report H H Farr says a movement in sleep caused an end of his mustache to poke his nose and he was stabbed. An investigation considers the wound accidental and tied to a pillow blood spots observed.
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