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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
7
The Sunbeams of Central Baptist plan an afternoon tea for mothers this Saturday at 3 PM at 337 Grant Street hosted by Mrs. Harry Higdon. Sunbeams and all mothers urged to attend.
Mrs. G. E. Brice shows slight improvement at home after serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kelley Jr. and Ruth Ellen of Memphis arrive Saturday to visit their mother Mrs. A. H. Kelley Sr. Ellen Whitelaw and John McBride Jr., recently had an appendectomy at Baugh Infirmary and are recovering well. Mrs. J. B. McBride Sr. rests well at Baugh Infirmary after an operation. Mrs. A. F. Houston recovers at home from injuries after a fall. Mrs. J. W. Pipkin Nina and Willie Hodges and Addie McCarver drove to Birmingham Thursday.
Berlin May 10. Aged ex Kaiser Wilhelm II remained at his Dutch estate in Doorn today while nations of the army he once led faced new threats.
Governor General Tjarda van Staden announced the entire Netherlands East Indies would be under martial law as the territory remained part of the Dutch kingdom at war with Germany. Germans over 16 to be interned, with 2000 to 3000 believed in the East Indies.
Reliable sources say the former emperor remains at his Doorn estate in the Netherlands seeking refuge after Germany’s defeat in World War II. He watches postwar developments with keen interest and awaits events.
Mrs Anna Tyler, 88, died at 2 o clock Thursday morning at her home Hartselle route 3. Funeral rites were conducted at 2 p m Friday at Valhermosa by Rev.
Dewey Crow. Drinkard oversaw burial. Mrs Tyler is survived by four sons Albert of Hartselle route 3 Will Audie Somerville route 3 Roy of Valhermosa and several grandchildren. Pallbearers included Reban gie Charles ee Joe Lemmond Homer Sullivan and Charles Day. Flower girls were Misses Helen Billa Speegie Lula Taylor Pannie Bernice Dobbs and Cofinie Day.
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