Merit Badges Awarded At Decatur Court Of Honor
The district court of honor for the 7-5 Scouts of Decatur held at the courthouse awarded second and first class badges to numerous scouts from troops 16 and 11. Richard Yaney, Jack Hughes, Elmer Loyd, and L W Johnson earned second class, while Denson Barnum, Maurice Jones, and Charles Lindsey received first class. Other honors included civics, public health, journalism, woodcarving, basketry, life saving, swimming, safety, and various merit badges. Norris bids farewell as he departs for a Mississippi council, with Scouts and leaders offering best wishes and gifts in a near goodbye that is really a see you later.
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District Court of Honor
Decatur
Court House
Jukige Lynne
Webster Mcleod
Chadges
Richard Yaney
Jack Hughes
Elmer Loyd
L. W. Johnson
Emory Teague
Lynne
Louis Mann
Charles Baker
Wade Jacobs
J. D. Sherril
Junior Reynolds
Denson Barnum
Red Cross
Robert Jones
Edgar Self
Pat Godwin
Black
Mississippi
Norris
Tennessee Valley Council
FE. E. Speer
Judge Lynne
Mr. Norris
Bob Hunter
Tommy Woodard
Mr. Duncan
W. T. Jordan
Merideth Woodall
Frank Yaney
Training Class at Isom's Set Monday
Rev R D Cook pastor of Memorial Drive Methodist church will begin a training class at Isom's Chapel Monday evening. The chapel is on the Cambridge circuit and Rev H G Reece is the pastor.
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R. D. Cook
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Isom
Cambridge
H. G. Reece
Mystery Package Threat Ends With Cake
Emil Kiefer feared a mailed package was a bomb and called police in Scranton Pennsylvania. Two officers submerged the box then soaked it and opened it to reveal a cake no longer edible, ending the alert without injury.
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Scranton
Emil Kiefer
Two Alabama Lawmakers Hospitalized After Health Crisis and Crash
Two members of the Alabama House of Representatives C C Peacock of Coffee County and L E Brown of Covington were hospitalized in Montgomery with Peacock having a heart attack after collapsing on the house floor and Brown and his son Luther sustaining serious injuries in a car crash three miles south of Montgomery en route to reconvene the legislature.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama House of Representatives
C. C. Peacock
Coffee County
L. E. Brown
Covington
Peacock
R. L. Hill
Marion
Brown
Luther
Graves Starts Home From Miami Flight Return to Alabama
Former Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama, fully recovered from appendicitis, left Miami by motor with Mrs Graves to return to Alabama yesterday.
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Miami, Fla
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Graves
Friend Of Father Admits Role In Snatching Of Boy
New York police say Charles Mitchell and Sol Schwartz confessed to kidnapping four year old Michael Katz, son of Brooklyn bookmaker George Katz, to recoup $6,600 in racing losses. Mitchell and Schwartz were charged with kidnapping. Mrs. Nellis Resnick held for withholding information. Michael was released after a $180 ransom payment.
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George Katz
Michael Katz
New York City
Katz
Charles Mitchell
Michael
New York
George Kats
Brooklyn
Frank C. Ball
Sol Schwartz
Nellis Resnick
Schwartz
Bals
Manhattan
Mitchell
Thomas M. Reilly
LINT MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS AT HAMAKER HOME
Mrs A J Hamaker hosted a Lint Missionary Society meeting at her home on Monday with 11 members and one visitor present. The group worked on a Name Quilt, shared a noon dinner, then held a devotional led by Miss Lillian Layman and a brief business session led by President Mrs William Warren. Mrs Horace Layman gave a talk on The Meaning of Stew ending with a prayer.
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A. J. Hamaker
Missionary Society
Monay
Lillian Layman
William Warren
Horace Layman
Crash investigated in Bolingbroke Georgia
Lieut. Col. Wolcott Pp. Hayes, commander of the Fourth Corps Area Air Corps Detachment, arrived in Bolingbroke to investigate the fatal crash of a VP-$8 Army plane and to direct salvage operations.
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Bolingbroke, Ga
Wolcott
Hayes
Fourth Corps Area Air Corps
New Tax Levy Is Extended In Alabama
Alabama extended the two per cent sales tax to more items effective March 1 and introduced a use tax aimed at out of state purchases. Revenue Commissioner Curry urged merchants to register and outlined new requirements for all retailers and out of state dealers with Alabama branches.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John ©. Curry
Curry
Tax Department
Dixon
High Seas
Department of Revenue
Chivalrous Pensioner Defies Read Letter From Mrs Roosevelt
An 80 year old pensioner testifying before a county welfare committee said he appealed to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for more old age assistance. Welfare officials asked him to read her reply but he refused, stating he never reveals contents of another man's letter.
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Superior
Wis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oyster buyer pockets pearl amid investor splash
Investment Baltimore reports Paul Safehuck paid a dollar for oysters and earned a thousand percent profit. Among the batch he found a pearl, which a jeweler valued at more than $1,000, boosting the unusual bargain.
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Baltimore
Paul Safehuck
Trio Held in Mobile Case
Mobile March 1 district attorney says three are charged with conspiring to intimidate Henry P. Ewald, executive editor of the Mobile Press Register, over the paper’s anti lottery campaign. Sam B. Powe, George McKenzie, and Miriam McKenzie held on bonds totaling $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. Ewald was beaten at a McKenzie home after resigning from the paper. Convictions could bring ten years in prison and fines up to $5,000.
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Mobile
Ala
Umyu
Francis H. Nge
Mobile Press Register
Ing
Sam B. Powe
George
Miriam McKensie
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Penney
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Lint Missionary Society
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ACME
American Cleaners
Hugh White
Upstate Chevrolet Co
Hill Chevrolet Co
Gordon Collier
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