Texas Donkey Visits Garner in High Stakes Scene
Arthur Lee Yowell rode a Texas donkey into Vice President Garner’s headquarters as delegates gathered. Security halted him at the lobby after initial permission, then escorted the animal from the Democrat meeting site amid surprised cheers and squeals from attendees.
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Elphia
Arthur Lee Yowell
Texas
Garner
Clarendon
Yowell
Col. Yowe
Democratic National Committee
Life Underwriters Open Convention in Montgomery
The Alabama Association of Life Underwriters opened its second annual convention in Montgomery with about 800 delegates and visitors. Orlando Ogle of Birmingham presided. Dr. Hubert Greaves of Yale is slated to speak, with speakers including Thomas J. Huey, HM Powell, Frank N. Julian, M. A. Linton, and J. E. Woodward among others over the two day program.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Association of Life Underwriters
Orlando Ogle
Birmingham
Hubert Greaves
Yale University
Thomas J. Huey
HM. Powell
Atlanta
Frank N. Julian
Alabama Insurance C Commission
M. A. Linton
Notice of Sale Aims to Sell Several Morgan County Lands
A string of mortgage foreclosures by The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans lists multiple Morgan County properties. Auctions set for July 9, 1936, at Decatur Courthouse include 80 acres in Section 32 Town 7 Range 2 West and 45 acres in Section 20 Town 8 Range 2, among other specified parcels.
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Alabama
Morgan
M. L. Drinkard
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Morgan County
Id Bank
Decatur
Federal Land Bank OF New Orleans
C. Frost
Nina Frost
Saa
Cullman
J. W. Drinkard
Wiley Stemart
Huntsville Meridian
FED Land Bank
Henrys. Thompson
Henry Samson Thompson
H. S. Thompson
Mary Thompson
L. R. Shadix
Hattie Shadix
Tur
County of
D. O. Griffin
David O. Griffin
Iva Griffin
Door
Federal Land Bank OF New
Orleans
M. J. Speaks
Parris B. Speaks
State of
W. Freeman Parker
Mamie Parker
Robert Burns Benson
Fannie Benson
Federal Lands Bank of
Federal Land Bank
Orleans OF
New
Repent Plea Highlights Personal Salvation at Church
Evangelist Rev. C. D. Boozer preached at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist urging seekers to call on the Lord while near. He argued salvation is personal and any delay harms the soul, urging an undivided heart and simple faith in Christ rather than chasing wealth or pleasure.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
C. D. Boozer
Jesus Christ
Boozer
Evangelist
God
Christ
Fire blamed on trousers at Fitchburg station
Roswall Swett 35 of Leominster rushed into the central Fitchburg fire station with a fire in his pants causing a blaze. The incident happened in June as firefighters contained the flames and Swett faced potential charges or medical help.
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Fitchburg, Mass
Roswall Swett
Leominster
Central Fire Station
Fire scarps on screen actor during WPA project incident
Featured on screen in a speed scene a performer had his trousers catch fire while working on a WPA project in an adjacent building. Firemen extinguished the blaze before any damage beyond the trousers occurred.
Free Passage OSSIA S Aim at Dardanelles Warships
Moscow seeks free passage through the Dardanelles for Soviet warships to link naval bases across Europe and Asia. The demand, voiced at the international conference, leaves talks deadlocked with a recess after technical committees failed to bridge the impasse.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Soviet Union
Dardenelles
Europe
Asia
Mands
Wihiee Uy
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Life Underwriters Open Convention
Sullivan
Decatur Live Fish Market
William
African Plains
Equatorial
Africa
M. W. Morgan
In Fact
Gilbert C. Frost
Pact
Gulfsteel
A. Z. Bailey Grocery Co., Inc
Decatur, Alabama
Decatur Chapter No. 38
Royal Arch Masons
J.D. Bush
Sec
Muywore
James Stewart
Wendy Barrie
Princess Theatre
Una Merkel
Weldon Heyburn
Ted Healy
Ralph Morgan
OSSIA
Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Montreux
Switzerland
France
P. H. Davis
Tinsley’s Shirt Shop
Griffin
China
The
Griffin’s Jewelry Shop
North Alabama
Wilder
Curlee
Griffon
KNOX
Jantzen
Cooper Underwear
Bostonian Shoes
Hickok
Globe Tailoring CO
Kahn Tailoring CO
van Heusen
Lorraine-Haspel
Spurties Arrow
Fortune Shoes
Frank Jarman
Glenmore Clothes
Frederic March
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