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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
5
The Decatur Union plans its annual gathering on Friday June 29 at Swan Lake. Attendees will enjoy an Assembly Echo with marble games led by instructors, a 5 30 Vesper Service, a picnic supper, and a closing good night song. Members and families are urged to attend.
Gossip notes report Bob Hopkins critiquing a golf game with a snappy quip at a club. Cecilia Cote, 15, arrives at MGM to claim Lew Cody estate with her mother and a lawyer, driven by Lew’s former chauffeur James. Eskimo kaiak rides are introduced by Ewing Scott at Paramount. Bill Powell continues a voyage on the Talagha with others departing for Hollywood. Patricia Ellis and Fred Keating deny marriage rumors after a Breakfast Club sighting. Maurice Chevalier and Ernst Lubitsch prank a stand‑in, Bob Spencer.
No rainfall was recorded during the past 24 hours in the Decatur area, indicating dry conditions. Local weather office notes continued stability with no precipitation across the region.
Glorias Swanson absence at M G M lot and Connie Bennett working there hint at turbulence. Grant Withers to visit Cleveland for property. return brief. Franchot Tone gains two dogs from Joan Crawford. George Brent faces protest after airplane scare but presses on. King Levinsky joins Weissmuller party after sparring. Max Baer ally W and Van Dyke bet $3500 on title clash.
On his New York farm, Robert Montgomery cultivates 176 fruit trees, each tree bearing a different variety. The unique collection showcases a wide range of fruits across a single property.
Athens Alabama dispatch reports the traffic officer of the city has been temporarily removed as an experiment to assess if strict enforcement and many arrests improve driving. If driving remains reckless, Chief C T Wilson says the officer will be reinstated.
The Walther League of St. Paul’s Lutheran church met at Schneider’s home on Canal Street. Officers elected were Lows Nebrig president J W Carlisle vice president Ann Clare Carlisle secretary and Schmeidher treasurer.
The note suggests the President will shift the forest service to the interior department despite agricultural objections. A pool aims to appoint an insider as a commission technician and tip-off man for Wall Street to learn internal proceedings. Landis is expected to chair the five-member commission.
The 1934 scene shows a hot busy senate chamber as Wagner speaks while many members are absent or distracted. Huey Long and Wheeler are noted figures amid playful exchanges and informal chatter during a chaotic session captured by Untied Feature Syndicate.
Warm weather plus faster traffic raises blowout risk on hot roads. Even with safe driving a tire can fail and force a change. The article urges sturdy new tires as best protection and notes costs are small compared with accident risks on main highways.
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