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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
8
The Charity Council appeals to housewives to donate fruit jars for canning this winter. Jars may be dropped at the Charity Store from 2 to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 9 to 12 on Saturdays. Call 579 for details and drop off during those hours.
Heavy showers fell south of here yesterday with 50 heavy rainfall between Decatur and Hart selle. Pools of water stood in fields and roads for some time after. Crops were expected to advance rapidly as a result of the moisture.
Senator Jordan proposed a constitutional amendment allowing several Alabama cities including Decatur to raise tax rates to five mills. The Senate committee gave the bill a favorable report yesterday.
Classified pages overflow with notices and listings as opportunities fill the Decatur Daily, signaling a bustling market of ads and chances for readers seeking jobs, sales, services, and personal notices.
The head of an animal sent from Florence Alabama to the Termestee Valley Laboratory tested positive. Dr A J Pero ljo, director at the laboratory, announced the result today with no history attached to the case.
Fragmentary text notes that Wishes Road could be surfaced and that the writer hopes the state will find a way to provide a surface. No further concrete details or official actions are present in the readable text.
Fragmentary column notes shifting between social topics and local events with few readable details. The text is garbled and names or places are not discernible. It resembles a casual newspaper column poorly preserved on a page.
County health officer Dr H McRee urges homes be screened to control malaria. He says screening is the most effective method to halt spread and that earlier completion improves chances of keeping malaria down in the county.
Funeral services were held for Ronald Kirby Terry nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Terry in Athens Alabama following his death after an operation for appendicitis in Decatur Alabama The young boy was described as bright and attractive and many friends mourn his death.
Robert Jervis of the Junior Chamber of Commerce urges dust control on the Decatur to Tri Cities road. He cites heavy traffic and frequent scraping as insufficient and favors oiling if paving is not possible.
Mooresville residents hosted and attended multiple social events this week. Mr and Mrs John Henry Peebles entertained at a card club. Mrs Bradley Bibb led a three course dinner with guests including several Bibbs and Huntsville visitors.
Regret spread in Huntsville on the death of R L O Neal. He led the Huntsville Mercury Banner for two years and was appointed postmaster by President Wilson in 1914, serving several years in that role.
Brief notice praises salesmen for quiet efficiency in Daily Classified Ads and highlights how their work yields results with minimal noise.
Kenneth Harlan returns to the screen in his first talking picture Under Montana Skies a Tiffany musical comedy drama at the Princess theatre. Dorothy Gylliver co stars while Slim Summerville Ethel Wales and Marty Todd provide laughs in a tale of a stranded theatrical troupe in Red Rock with romance adventure and mischief as the hotel owner and manager clash over a board bill.
Examination of the head of an animal at Russellville proved negative. The statement was made today by Dr. A. J. Perolio, director of the Tennessee laboratory.
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