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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1938

Page

3

Investigation Begun Into Worst Italian Air Disaster

Italian government opened an inquiry into the deadliest Italian civil aviation accident. A Ala Littoria airliner crashed into a mountainside near Formia killing 19 people including Albanian Minister Djafer Villa and an American woman Helen Lindheim. Jewelry valued at 12 million French francs linked to King Zog's wedding gifts was aboard.

Rome Aldo Pellegrini Italy Formia Ala Littoria Company Tirana Albania United States Helen Lindheim Jerusalem Palestine Brindisi Djafer Villa Ahmed Zog Geraldine Apponyi Hungary Zog Paris

Local anglers bring in 10 bass each from Spring Creek

Joe Brown and Roy Seitz, avid local fishermen, returned from Spring Creek near Courtland with a full limit of 10 big mouth bass apiece. The total catch weighed 33 pounds, averaging over a pound and a half per fish.

Joe Brown Roy Seitz Spring Creek Courtland

Sing Scheduled for Austinvill e Church of God

A community sing will be held Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the Church of God in Austinville. All singers were extended a cordial invitation to be present.

Church of God Austinville

Hillsboro hospital superintendent learns to dance The Big Apple

Mrs Blanche Dort, superintendent of Hillsboro hospital, recuperating from fractures of both arms after a slip while saying praise Allah, decides to learn to dance The Big Apple.

Blanche Dort Hillsboro Hospital Allah

Missing April Cast Sequel Sparks Romantic Turmoil

Wenda Ayer returns to Garry Page’s play causing tension with Barbara Kingsley as Ray Lipton probes rivalries and love. Garry declares lasting love for Barbara, while Wenda faces career needs and a looming departure as Barbara plans to sail abroad.

Gerry Barbara Ray Wenda Wenda Ayer Garry & Mean Trick Ray Lipton High March

Mrs Elza Defoe Claimed By Death

The body of Mrs Elza Defoe died last Monday in Gallup New Mexico arrived by rail and was taken to Drinkard Howes funeral home until 2 15 Tuesday afternoon The procession will go to Moss Chapel for burial at 3 Rev J H Chitwood and Rev George Downs officiate Burial directed by Drinkard Howell She is survived by her husband two sons Charles Edward and William two daughters Joe Lee and Violectious Defoe all in Gallup her father James Henderson of Texas seven sisters and a brother.

Elza Defoe Gallup New Mexico Drinkard-Howe Moss Chapel J. H. Chitwood George Downs Drinkard-Howell Defoe Charles Edward William Joe Lee

Royal Pair Married in Civil Ceremony at Cecilienhof

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Hohenzollern wed Grand Duchess Kira of the House of Romanoff in a civil ceremony at Cecilienhof Castle this morning in Germany. The union ties two royal houses with a formal, subdued ceremony as May Day events unfold.

Germany Louis Ferdinand House of Hohenzollern Kira House of Romanoff Cecilienhof Castle

Dairymen See Milk Based Finishing Material Patented

Utica dairymen discuss a patent by Williams that envisions converting surplus milk into a finishing material for automobile bodies.

Utica Williams

Improvement for Decatur Library Promises Renovation and Expanded Collection

Mra BE A Tillery Horarian announces building roof replacement and interior redecorating for the Decatur library. The board of control and librarian have added two hundred dollars in children's books and subscribed to major magazines while reaffirming support from the city to restore public reading.

Mra. BE A. Tillery Horarian Counci Decatur Board of Control Carpenter's Travela Nature American Library Association Beat Atlantic Monthly The American the American Boy Collier’s Cosmopolitan Good House Keeping Ladies Home Journal Christian Century Scientific American Saturday Evening Post Time Life House and Garden Vogue Reader S Digest National Geographic Rotarian American Legion American Hebrew Opportunity New York Times

Brooks Called Away Dies From Heart Attack at 70

George L. Brooks aged 70, a Morgan county resident, died this morning at two o'clock from a heart attack at the home of his son W. A. Brooks on Hartselle route four. Survived by three sons W. A., J. W. Brooks of Moulton route three, J. W. Brooks of Moulton route two, and three daughters Mrs. Will Hopper Somerville route one, Mrs. Otto Blankenship Hartselle route three, Mrs. Charlie Watters Birmingham. Funeral at New Center Tuesday at 2:00 pm with Rev. Lannie Amallwood officiating. interment at New Center Peck directing.

George L. Brooks Morgan, County W. A. Brooks Hartselle Mr. Brooks W. A J. W. Brooks Moulton Will Hopper Somerville Otto Blankenship Charlie Watters Birmingham New Center Lannie Amallwood Peck Pall

Sermon by Dr. W. Cc. Martin at Central Methodist Church

Dr. W. Cc. Martin of Dallas preached at Central Methodist Church on security and venture from Psalm 91 1st verse. Rev J H Chitwood praised his preaching as earnest and powerful. The sermon urged uniting security with venture and living for the Lord.

Central Methodist Church First Methodist Church Dallas Texas W. Cc. Martin J. H. Chitwood Martin Dr. Martin Venture

Wedding Flower Bearers Named for Pettit Johnson Nuptials

The list of bearers includes Guthrie Pettit Cleveland Johnson Forest Anders Hubert Lynch and R Q Johnson with R Q Yeager. Flower handlers are Mrs R Q Yeager Mrs Leon Martin Mrs Oscar Maples Mrs Herbert Lynch Mrs R Q Johnson and Miss Wilma Johnson.

Guthrie Pettit Cleveland Johnson Forest Anders Hubert Lynch R. Q. Johnson R. Q. Yeager Leon Martin Oscar Maples Herbert Lynch Wilma Johnson

Black-Draught Laxative Promises Spring Relief

Spring fever symptoms may be constipation and a vegetable remedy from Nature’s own laboratory called Black-Draught. It claims to wake the lazy colon with prompt relief and to promote regularity, marketed as the laxative of the South.

Army Air Corps Ferries Officers for Tough Northern Maneuvers

The army air corps moved dozens of officers and enlisted men into multiple airfields across northern states to stage the largest tactical maneuvers planned in the region.

Mitchel Field N. Y Army Air Corps

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