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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1941
Page
8
Three University of Missouri figures travel to Los Angeles seeking dates for a forthcoming engagement. The group aims to confirm plans and secure arrangements with local organizers.
Meos drove their motor car 2000 miles to keep a promised date as train carrying 700 Stephens College girls from Columbia Missouri toured westward. Among the travelers were the Juliets of Tony Webster and William Hein of St. Louis and Merrill Gassett of New York. Departures and arrivals matched, with two stopovers, and the date hinges on chaperone approval. The only reward so far for the boys is a half hour talk in a crowded railroad station.
Funeral services planned for 3 p m today for William E P Lakeman 46 Haleyville post master who died at a local hospital yesterday A World War veteran Lakeman formerly lived in Birmingham The Daily rental ad warns tenants about vacancies and urge placing Want Ad listings
Soldier at Camp Claiborne Louisiana describes arrival from Camp Shelby, tree shaded streets, named company blocks, a theater five blocks away, and a humorous note about a kitchen police private. He invites Decatur readers to visit by steamer as floods rise and signs off from the 151st Engineer Battalion.
Dr. John C. Cowell Jr. preached the second talk in his series at Central Baptist on "The Second Cross Utterance of Jesus." He argued salvation is instantaneous, citing the penitent thief, and urged sinners to trust Christ. The sermon emphasized Jesus as savior, divine mercy, and prophetic fulfillment, calling listeners to repent and believe.
An advertisement claims Cardui relieves periodic distress starting three days before the onset and acts as a tonic to improve appetite and digestion. It asserts Cardui strengthens weak, run-down women and boosts digestive juice flow.
A rehearsal on March 17 left participant A. Stroud injured after officers stumbled during a stretch. He was carried to an emergency hospital for treatment of an injured back.
Edwin Flanz 59 rushes to police HQ to report a burglary of eighteen dollars a parrot two love birds and a pond of Bologna. He still carries another parrot on his shoulder a small dog in one hand and a box of white rats in the other.
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