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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1930

Page

2

Augsburg Confession Anniversary Service Crowded Church

St Pauls Lutheran Church in Cullman held a Sunday afternoon service marking the 400 year anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. The Rev. H Meyer led altar rites with a festival address by Rev. E T Town, and the sermon noted the document as a Magna Charta of Protestantism.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church H. Meyer Cullman St. Paul's Lutheran Church of E. T. Town God's House Augsburg Charles V

Cardui praised for helping a weak woman regain strength

A testimonial describes a woman who felt upset by noises and trembled before taking Cardui. She read Cardui helped others, started a tonic, and after six bottles felt better, declaring Cardui a good medicine as an extract of valuable remedies.

Cardui Cardus

Analysis of Athens Clinic Sees 42 Attend Friday

A statistics report from the Athens clinic on Friday June 13 shows 42 in attendance. Six recently operated for deformities visit for observation while 26 are recommended for hospitalization. Twenty one of the latter are first time attendees with some able to cover costs and others needing outside aid from the Alabama Society for Crippled Children. Five will return for observation and five have non orthopedic issues.

Athens Alabama Society For Crippled Children

Godbey Speaks To Temperance Group

Members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union look forward to a Friday meeting at three o’clock in the YMCA where the Honorable E W Godbey will speak on a matter of great importance. All members and others interested in the prohibition cause are invited.

Woman’s Christian_Temperance Union E. W. Godbey

Former Decatur Resident Dies in Salt Lake City

Harry L. Kennedy, formerly of Decatur and brother of Mrs. Bettie Martin of Sherman Street, died at his Salt Lake City home on Sunday. He will be buried in Salt Lake City.

Harry L. Kennedy Decatur Bettie Martin Sherman Street Salt Lake City Utah Mr. Kennedy

Rotary Club Members Hear Frances Watkins and Mrs Chandler

Miss Frances Watkins and Mrs Tom Chandler rendered several appreciated musical numbers at the Decatur Rotary Club meeting on Monday.

Frances Watkins Tom Chandler Decatur Rotary Club

Marriage License Issued for Lang and Lawrence Pair

A marriage license was issued at the Probate Judge M. D. Wiggins office to Therom Hoskin Lang and Miss Vanilla May Lawrence. The filing confirms their intention to wed under local authority.

M. D. Wiggins Therom Hoskin Lang Vanilla May Lawrence

New Home for A. P. Taff Transferred to Wetumpka

A. P. Taff, previously with the local water company, has been transferred from Monroeville to Wetumpka Alabama and has moved there to make his home.

Home A. P. Taff Local Water Company Monroeville Wetumpka Ala

Augsburg Confession Endorsed as Basis for Protestant Unity

A sermon recounts Lutheran and Catholic stance on scripture and creeds. The Augsburg Confession is praised as key to Protestant union while declaring every Christian holds a creed. The service closes with hymns including A Mighty Fortress.

Gieseler Town

Wealth and Flight of a Socialite Daughter

Clara Dee faces loneliness after friends depart and fears gossip over her poverty. Memories of her mother and father’s wealth haunt her as she contemplates loss, luxury, and the hollow security of inherited status.

Clara Dee Marie Matthew Matthew Forester

League of Women Voters thanks The Daily for dinner publicity

A delegation of League of Women Voters officials visited The Daily to express public appreciation for the publicity given to the candidates dinner held Thursday evening. Mrs. W. B. Edmundson and J. R. Daniel were especially noted for their assistance in making the event a success.

League of Women Voters W. B. Edmundson Presse League J. R. Daniel

Ww. O. W. Camp No. 487 Meeting Tonight

The W. O. W. camp No. 487 will hold a regular session to transact important business. All members are asked to be present promptly at 7 30.

Ww. O. W W. O.W

Infant Dies in Bedingfield Near Tanner

News reports the infant son of Mr and Mrs Poney Bedingfield near Tanner died Sunday after about two weeks of illness. The family receives widespread sympathy from friends in the bereavement.

Poney Bedingfield Tanner

Fervent prayer to influence daughter with will

A man argues over his daughter and the future of his fortune. He hopes to influence her and vows to change his will if spared long enough. A friend cautions that any protection will be limited, noting the money and the daughter's position.

Gregory Forester Greg Clara Dee Matt

Aged 86 Climbs To Top Of 100 Foot Tower

T H Hampton aged 86 climbed to the top of a 100 foot Alabama Forest Reservation tower on Sunday. He is noted as the oldest climber, while the youngest was a six week old infant carried by a Mt. Hope mother. Each Sunday 75 to 100 visitors ascend for the view and experience.

Brewer Mt. Hope Alabama National Park

River Gauge Reads 2.6 Feet This Morning

The Tennessee River stood stationary at 2.6 feet this morning according to local gauge readings. River levels remained unchanged as officials monitor potential flooding risks along the banks.

Tennessee

Weather records show 85 66 degree day today

The weather bureau reported a maximum temperature of 85 degrees and a minimum of 66 degrees up to seven this morning, noting a mild day ahead.

The Weather Bureau

Improving After Wreck Near Midway School

Sam Price of the Willingham community is improving after an automobile accident on Dripping Springs road near Midway school. The Price Ford was struck by a car owned by Mr. Glover and driven by Miss Iva Times. a rear wheel was demolished and Price was badly shaken up. Occupants of the Glover car reportedly escaped injury.

Sam Price Willingham Dripping Springs Midway School Price Ford Glover Iva

Refuge Returns to Udine After 15 Years Missing

Valentino Flocco, separated from his father in a concentration camp, returns to Udine after wandering Croatia and working on farms. Consular authorities reunite him with his family. he had forgotten Italian speech.

Udine Italy Jugo-Slavia Valentino Flocco Intermen Flocco Croatia

Church Adopts Coat of Arms with In Hoc Signo Vinces

The Re formed Church in the United States adopts a heraldic escutcheon divided into four sections by a cross bearing the motto In Hoc Signo Vinces meaning In this sign conquer.

Philadelphia Reformed Church United States

No Rainfall Reported As Drought Stretches On

The weather office says another 24 hour period ended at seven this morning with no measurable rainfall. No rainfall continues to compound dry conditions as central meteorologists monitor seasonal patterns.

Weather Bureau

Mail pilots test radio guide on New York Cleveland route

Air pilots will ride radio beams on the New York to Cleveland route in early service trials of a federally developed visual direction system. A beacon transmitter will operate from Belefonte in June, enabling pilots to follow signals 125 miles away using reed boxes in the cockpit. The system, created by the Commerce Department Aeronautics Branch and Bureau of Standards, withstands static and detects one degree course deviations.

Bellefonte New York-Cleveland Belefonte Aeronautics Branch Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards

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