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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
3
Kansas City fights car deaths across ages with a two month study showing dramatic drops after night speed limits were reduced to 25 miles per hour and 20 at intersections. Pedestrians gain priority as lights favor pedestrians and officers shift from warnings to tickets.
Lona Ackerman, anxious and jobless after her father’s murder sentence, lands a twelve dollar a week position at Western Realities Company. She feels relief, then doubt, as she adjusts to office life and plans to repay Jim Claridge for his loan, while contemplating new clothes and brighter days.
The regular monthly community singing convenes Sunday evening at 7 30 at Moulton Heights Baptist Church. The Goodyear Melody Boys and the Morgan County Four perform. The Morgan County Singing Convention meets at the church on April 14 and 15.
University of Alabama Glee Club performs a varied program from classical to contemporary under veteran director Tom Garner. The group, praised as one of the best trained in the South, draws packed audiences in its 1939 engagements. Appearing at Riverside under Music Study Club and Riverside PTA.
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