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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1935
Page
8
A dense crossword style entry lists clues across and down about vaccination discovery, George, and various terms. It mentions vaccination, monkeys, blades of grass, and heralds a theme of science, myth, and everyday objects with multiple numbered hints across vertical and horizontal lines.
A letter from Mrs. Clarence L. Moss, state conservation chairman of the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, praises Decatur for civic beauty. She commends Delano Park and the rose garden, lauding Decatur streets and homes, and says the convention visitors were impressed by hospitality and the city’s loveliness.
Directors and officials of Avondale Mills Inc. began a tour of their Alabama cotton mills today, accompanied by customers, as they inspected facilities and operations across the Birmingham area.
Five people including a police officer were injured in post midnight election protests in Zagreb the Croatian capital on the Austro Yugoslav border.
Rev. J H Chitwood leads a revival in Scottsboro this week. Ed Cooper is improving after a serious foot cut. Peck sisters and Eugenia Price attend a senior class play in Hartselle. Decatur visitors, Burnsons, and families seen in town. Several residents visit Tri Cities and Muscle Shoals. Local graduations and trips page the community.
C O McEnire and son visited Birmingham. Misses Christine and Eloise Gray returned from Pulaski Tennessee. Woodrow Cannon spent time here with the bureau. Miss Ruth Arnold returned to Chicago after visiting Miss Rebecca Grisham on Clinton Street. Missionary meeting in Florence drew Rev and Mrs Harrell and several ladies. Miss Mary Frances Hughes left Huntsville for Western Union work after a telegraph course in Bloomfield New Jersey. Quest Club met at Mrs Coffman with Miss Louise Ryan presenting The History of the Moscow Art Theatre in Soviet Russia. Tea by Miss Frances Lerman honored Mrs Spingarn of New York. Memory Gray Holt returned to Birmingham from her parents. Mr and Mrs Rosenall spent time in Birmingham. Mrs Edward Estes hosted Friday bridge. high score went to Mrs P W Hendricks Jr. Dorothy Lane Rutland guest prize winner. Mrs Hill Hayes returned from Birmingham visit.
Rains worsen floods across Texas Oklahoma and parts of the Southwest causing deaths and widespread crop and range land inundation. The hazardous weather continues to threaten the already devastated dust bowl region as residents face renewed damage from rising waters.
Rain postponed the formal opening of South's Greatest Party in Memphis as King Cotton and his queen planned a river barge entry. The carnival marks the fifth annual cotton celebration with showcases of cotton uses, foods, and exhibits for up to half a million visitors. Mrs. Katherine Farnsworth, mother of the original king, died, and Yale captain Neely Mallory becomes king with Miss Mollie Darnell as queen.
Chicago May 6. Three surviving Haymarket Riot Veterans George Roycroft Andrew ODay and Frank B Tyrell aged 88 81 and 76 gathered to mark the May 4 1886 riot anniversary noting radicals are not what they were today.
The region resumes normalcy as rain and snow settle dust in the stricken area and more precipitation falls across the Texas Panhandle today.
The article notes modern Greek drachma stamps printed in Czechoslovakia showing Athens Stadium and Mt Hymettus, and Brazil issued commemoratives honoring Cardinal Pacelli with Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. It mentions the open air mass before a large crowd and Vargas awarding the Brazilian Order of the Southern Cross, with Pacelli receiving the Order of Pius IX.
The treasury asks Congress to authorize federal agents to aid states that are dry in stopping beverages with more than 3 percent alcohol. It says enforcement would require states to permit imports or ban intoxicants, otherwise federal policing is hard. Chairman Sumners announced hearings for next Tuesday.
An North line pharmacist claims a special blend of ingredients in the product B. C. relieves nearly any headache within a few minutes. Sold in 106 and 256 package sizes, it also claims to ease muscular pains colds neuralgia reduce fever and quiet nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs.
The telephone company maintains a large permanent investment in Alabama including buildings wire switchboard and other equipment essential to providing service.
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