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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1935

Page

12

Old English Law Cited in Woman News Near Butte Case

Attorneys cite medieval jurisprudence claiming a wife has no will of her own as federal kidnapping trial near Tacoma unfolds. The Waley case involves conspiracies to defraud the Weyerhaeusers. handling suggests pleas may change with counsel decisions. DOJ spokesmen hint at a possible early end to the case as Edward Dennis arrives.

Butte Mont Mahan Waleys Tacoma

Long Hold up Record Laid to Door of Memphis Lad

Norman Maynard, 20, once a star athlete and civic leader in East Memphis, confessed after graduation to a spree of about 30 holdups with a band known as the terror trio. He cited thrills and fast driving as motives while parents and the city reeled from the fall of their model boy.

Memphis NEA Tenn Junior City Beautiful Commission Norman Maynard Trumphal Maynard East PTA Young Maynard

West Point Residents Gather for Weekend Visitation

West Point residents recount visits with relatives in Cullman Birmingham and Decatur. Mr and Mrs 8 L Roberson and Mr and Mrs Scott of Birmingham spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Robersons parents Mr and Mrs W M Reid.

L. Roberson H. J. Jordan Birmingham Mr. Jordan Miss Pearl Lena Heck Cullman H. J. Allison Gadsden Huntsville Decatur

Woman leads Alabama Confederate Veterans group in Huntsville

Mrs. Mattye B. Hooper of Mobile Alabama was elected brigadier general of the Alabama Confederate Veterans at the annual reunion in Huntsville. She is a former adjutant of Raphael Semmes Camp No. 11 and longtime U S district attorney office employee in Mobile.

Mattye B. Hooper Mobile Ala Alabama Confederate Veterans Huntsville Thomas Worthy Branson Tuskegee Hooper VU. D. A Raphael Semmes Camp No. 11 United Confederate Veterans U. S. District Attorney

Retail Business Upturn Is Sharp

New York June 1 retail business picked up last week as warmer weather boosted demand. Dun and Bradstreet reports the volume at the best rate since Easter in many centers. The review notes less resistance to current prices and stronger consumer buying, especially for hot weather merchandise.

New York Dun & Ye

Beauty contest canceled for lack of entrants in Columbia

A beauty contest in Columbia was called off when no girls volunteered. A member of the American Legion committee said most were away at the beaches and the group decided to draft a Miss Columbia to enter the state Legion contest.

Columbia 8. C American Legion Committee

Cotton consumption and stocks dip from prior month

May cotton figures from the census bureau show lint and linters consumed totaling 469 250 and 65 501 bales respectively, with on hand totals in consuming establishments and storage across May 31. imports and spindle activity also noted. In Geneva Illinois fifty nine defendants seized stood mute before County Judge O C Allen as slot machines and pin games were condemned.

Washington Census Bureau Geneva Ill O. C. Allen

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George Weyerhaeusers Department of Justice Waley Mahan Charles Dennis U. & Attorney Dad TY Ohl Duncan Physe Second Avenue Jekyll and Hyde West Point Apri Fountain Service Loyd’s Drug Store Second Ave Moulton St OF Brothers Morgan County National Bank Santos Palmolive ROYAL Tennessee Zie I Us Brothers Pride Dinner Club Dinner LeVine ARGO Salmon Pickle Ib. Ide Libby
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