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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1934

Page

8

Moulton Personalities and Community Visits

Dr and Mrs 8 R Sanders and family visited in Warrior and near Moulton to see Blanche Grace and Gallie. Tom Greenhaw of Haleyville attended funeral services for Jack Montgomery near Wren. Sadie Campbell of Mount is visiting her daughter Mrs Holland Courtland area. Various locals hosted relatives and friends including Mrs Maner and Mrs A W Cox family in Killen and Tenn. Leigh and Miss Mary Hatton and Miss Adell Mt Hope attended events in the area.

R. Sanders Warrior Blanche Grace Gallie Moulton Tom Greenhaw Haleyville Jack Montgomery Montgomery Wren Montgom Sadie Campbell Mount Holland Courtland Mon Maner A. W John D. Comer J. Cox Killen Tenn J. Smith Walter Burch Leigh Mary Hatton

Jervis Family Plans Week in Atlanta

Mr and Mrs A D Jervis will move to Atlanta with daughter Miss Mary Jervis and grandson Edward Davies Jervis to spend the week in the city.

A. D. Jervis Daugh‘ter Mary Jervis Edward Davies Jervis Atlanta

Three arraigned in Po Se court for fines

Three offenders appeared in Po Se court this morning. One fined for late is, another for drunkenness, and a third for fighting with his wife.

Po Se Court

America's Most Famous Beauty Adrienne Ames Suntan Advice

The article discusses Adrienne Ames as a heavily suntanned Hollywood figure and warns women about risks of improper sun tanning. It explains how over exposure causes sunburn, leathery skin, and illness, urging gradual, proper tanning and promising a forthcoming guide.

America Adrienne Ames Garbo Hollywood Adrienne Satan

Athens Gas Station Sparks Big Start in Town

Athens Chamber of Commerce gasoline station opened with strong sales on the first day, offering gasoline at 20 cents versus 2.5 cents at old lines. State Senator R. H. Walker, president of the Chamber, says the station will continue to prevent discrimination against the county and may see further cuts today.

Atheng Ala Athens

Home Remedies for Hair and Skin from Old Advice Column

The column offers disputed cosmetic tips including bleaching facial hair with peroxide and household materials, sage tea for hair treatment, and cautions against DIY mole removal. It cautions that professional care is best for moles and notes the piece ends with an editors note.

Diana Louise Mrs. Ellis

Beauty pamphlets offered by mail through Miss Glad

Miss Glad answers beauty questions by mail and offers pamphlets titled The New Figure and Beauty Culture. Send a self addressed stamped envelope with three cent stamp and ten cents per pamphlet to this paper. For Care of the Hands and Nails and Care of the Feet and Legs, two cents per item plus self addressed stamped envelope. Personal questions answered through Miss Grady's daily column.

Glad

Graves Wins Democratic Primary in Alabama Governor Race

Official returns tabulated by Aubrey Rice for the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee show Bibb Graves defeating Fremk Dixon for the gubernatorial nomination with 157 071 votes to 135 378 in the June primary. Total votes counted 902 440. May 1 primary totaled about 306 000. Additional results list Howell Turner leading for secretary of state with 196 461.

BFLMA Bibb Graves Maj Fremk Dixon Taboof Aubrey Rice Democratic Executive Committee Rice Graves Dixon Totel Howell Turner Montgomery

Limestone Election To Be Contested

In Athens Alabama the July contest will challenge the sheriff runoff where James E. Welden defeated Walter M. Yarbrough by 113 votes. Welden, present chief deputy sheriff, and Yarbrough, former city chief of police, will seek to overturn the result in the first such challenge in a decade.

Athens Ala Walter M. Yarbrough James EB. Welden Welden Yarbrough

A. E. Reed Sees Weekend Visit With Friends

A. E. Reed, attache of the Lyons Hotel, will spend the week end visiting friends at Sheffield.

A. E. Reed Lyons Hotel Sheffield

Public Service Commissioner Race Totals Revealed

Gilbert E. Davis of Gordo receives 116 760 votes for No 2 public service commissioner. Incumbent Frank P. Morgan of Montgomery logs 144 964 votes and Henry P. Hartwell, former Mobile mayor, earns 110 667. The vote on June 12 marks the second highest on record in the state behind the May 1 primary.

Gilbert E. Davis Gordo Frank P. Morgan Montgomery Henry P. Hartwell Mobile

Guide to the South A concise history of early Southern states

Clark Kinnaird presents one minute histories of Southern states. John Cabot visited in 1497. Jamestown, 1607, was the first permanent English colony. Virginia was the first colony but the tenth state. Coal and shipping drive the region. Grayson Smyth counties height Mount Rogers. Atlantic Ocean is the low point. Richmond is the capital and Norfolk the largest city.

Clark Kinnaird Souththern Central Press Decatur Daily John Cabot America Jamestown Virginia Mount Rogers Grayson-Smyth Counties Atlantic Ocean Richmond Norfolk

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