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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1933
Page
4
A three day girl scout training class will be held at the Methodist church in Hartselle starting at 3 30 p m March 23. Mrs L H Houston chairman of the Hartselle Scout council says Miss Grace McKittrick of New York will teach the class. All interested in scouting activities are urged to attend.
Mrs J R Moore has returned to her Birmingham home after a two week visit to her cousin Mrs.
The article reports a call from parent teachers to support school funding. It details proposed measures including a two year state sales tax to fund reduced education appropriations, mandatory tax pass through to consumers, and low collection costs. It also urges proration of any state deficit among all agencies and immediate legislative action.
In Hollywood fashion today bright sweaters set off plain skirts. Shirley Grey wears a red white and blue sweater with white skirt and long coat. Fay Wray a white sweater with black skirt. Frances Dee a bright orange sweater with brown skirt. Peggy Hopkins Joyce gray slacks with pale yellow sweater. Lona Andre white sports suit with a yellow sweater and daffodils.
Rev Vance A Gordon leads the revival at Wil loughby Presbyterian with evening services at 7 15 attending. Tonight he preaches The Man of Sorrows continuing this series as crowds grow and a public invitation is extended for all residents to attend.
Members of the senior league of Ninth Street Methodist Church will serve a fellowship dinner Friday evening at 6 30 in the church annex. All church members and their guests were invited to attend.
A religious exhortation urges self examination as Elijah did in the cave. It warns against worldly restlessness and church separation, stressing the Holy Spirit’s voice to the indifferent and to nonbelievers, and calls readers to submit to God’s will and seek life eternal.
Irene Dunne stars in The Secret of Madame Blanche a dramatized life of a chorus girl who marries a titled Englishman and endures tragedy. Lionel Atwill Phillips Holmes and Douglas Walton also figure in a web of family conflict murder and reconciliation as the son reaches manhood and the mother sacrifices for him. Directed by Charles Brabin the film follows a thirty year arc of trials and a final haven.
Senator John D. Lapsley of Selma criticizes the Norman bill banning state employees from using state cars for non business purposes. He warns affidavits won’t prevent deception and suggests employees may end up paying for private trips. The measure would require monthly expense affidavits.
Heavy weekend rains swollen creeks overflowed banks washing away a public road bridge near College Grove and halting traffic until a replacement spans is built. Local authorities assess damage and plan reconstruction.
The monthly Workers' Council of the Southside Baptist church will convene this evening at 8 15 in connection with the training school. The meeting will cover church activities and training program developments.
Mr and Mrs Charles Cohen and their daughter of Memphis were injured in a Beeline highway crash south of Athens while en route to West Point Georgia. They resumed their journey by train after treatment at Baugh s Infirmary for bruises and shock while the New York party escaped unharmed.
Berlin dispatch reports Prussia’s new Diet approved a union with Austria at its first meeting. Chancellor Hitler’s Nazis controlled proceedings as Floor Leader Wilhelm Kube declared Pan German aims and unity of all German lands under one Fatherland.
The beer bill was signed by Vice President Garner and sent to the White House after three house members escorted it from the Capitol. The President signed the bill at 2 00 p m.
In Montgomery on March 22 the Alabama House defeated the effort to resubmit the income tax amendment by a single vote. The tally stood 63 to 41, one vote short of the 64 needed. Administration leaders halted a reconsideration and hoped to gain one more vote to bring the measure up again.
Relief for the flood stricken Ohio River Valley is in sight but along the Mississippi approaches anxiety remains. The rise slackened to a standstill from Portsmouth to Cincinnati where thousands were submerged and 10 lives lost in four days. Yet waters still spill beyond banks below Cincinnati forcing mass evacuations and stretching relief agencies already aiding many families.
Reports indicate Mrs. Vance A. Gordon is steadily improving at her residence. Friends express continued well wishes as her recovery progresses.
Mrs. L. B. Wright, long ill at her Sixth avenue south home, shows improvement as of today.
The Yodeling Cowboys, led by Doc Schneider, bring yodeling, whipcracking and sharp shooting to the Princess theater today and Thursday. They tour cities nationwide from a Texas cow ranch and claim to introduce the Vic musical instrument locally with Vio music in each performance.
Data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows Alabama had 413000 cows in January 1933, a 6 percent rise from 1932. National totals reached 25136000 in January 1933, up 2.7 percent from 1932 and 6.6 percent from January 1931.
AB Y P U and Sunday school training school is in progress at Southside Baptist church this week. Sessions are held each evening at 7 15 o clock. The school will continue through Friday.
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