Water Reinforcement Project Planned Along U S 31
Water project of 42000 funds a reinforcement system near U S 31 aims to begin June 1. George Godwin Jr. reports the Cedar Lake community will gain its first water service and a second feed to the Highway 31 area to improve reliability and fire protection.
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U.S. 31
Water Department
George Godwin Jr
Cedar Lake
Godwin
Highway 31 S
Municipal Utilities Board
Jazz Age No Legend To Belle Mina Man
Jay Glick a 72 year old Belle Mina resident recalls the Jazz Age as a vivid era of speakeasies sneaky gambling and two trumpet greats Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong. He describes wartime love of music isolation from the public and a life dancing aboard riverboats with a crowded dance floor and a notorious one armed bandit gambling scene.
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Belle Mina Man
Jay Glick
Belle Mina
Bix Beiderbecke
Louis Armstrong
Glick
National Guard
Davenport
Iowa
Novelty Five
Beiderbecke
Glick's Jazz Trail From Steamboats to Chicago Big Bands
The narrative follows guitarist Glick from 1924 steamboat gigs on the S. Capitol on the Mississippi to dockside New Orleans and St Paul concerts. He recalls late hours, fog delays, cabins for band members, and the King Oliver band with Louis Armstrong. Glick later played in Chicago with Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Earl Hines, and others before a wartime pause and a return to music.
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Bix
Glick
S. §. Capitol
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St. Paul
Canal St
St. Louis
Davenport
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
Oliver
Armstrong
Chicago
Pee Wee Russell
Eddie Condon
Wild Bill Davidson
Bud Freeman
Leon Rappolo
Wingy Manone
Earl Hines
Ialy
Tanaly Re Charte de
Wae State College
Los Cruces
Federal Jury To Be Formed In North Alabama District
A federal grand jury will be empaneled Monday to hear cases from the North Alabama District. Jurors struck in January may total 16 to 23 and indictments are expected by week’s end. Whitten to be sentenced by Judge Allgood for prior mail and divorce fraud convictions.
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U. S. Court Clerk
North Alabama
U. S
St. Clair County
F. O. Whitten
Whitten
Nine Year Old Justin Wallace Dreams of Graduation
Nine year old Justin Wallace, son of Mr and Mrs Wendell Wallace of 1632 Enolam Blvd SE, imagines saying goodbye to the classroom and hello to an immediate future as a photographer peers behind the lens in a Daily Photo by Bobby Herbert.
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Bobby Herbert
Beery Cwithhe
Justin Wallace
Wendell Wallace
Enolam Blvd
Auction To Aid Ranch In North Alabama
Proceeds from an antiques sale including a Harper's Ferry flintlock rifle will benefit the North Alabama Sheriff's Boys' Ranch. HartseMe Antique Auction on U S 31 owned by Mr and Mrs James Norman will donate items plus auction proceeds to the Boys' Ranch beginning at 7 PM. The rifle is signed and dated 1833 and bidders can donate by bidding.
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Falkville
Harper's Ferry
North Alabama
Youth charged in Huntsville car theft on U S 31
A 17 year old Huntsville resident James Lyndon Pearce was arrested near the Keller Bridge on U S 31 and charged with grand larceny for stealing Mrs Rosemary Gowers car from 2nd Ave SW. The theft was reported at 9 37 a m and officers J B Adair and Dan Barksdale made the arrest. A separate report notes a 20 year old Birmingham man Warren Harris was arrested in Decatur for petit larceny after exchanging a new pair of shoes for an old pair at Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop on 2nd Ave SE.
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Huntsville
James Lyndon Pearce
Keller Bridge
U.S. 31
Rosemary Gower
Trinity 1
2Nd Ave
J. B. Adair
Dan Barksdale
Birmingham
Decatur
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
2Nd Ave. SE
Emergency Crisis Numbers Listed by The Decatur Daily
The paper lists the Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning guidance. It advises calling your nearest hospital or family physician and dialing 0 to reach an operator if unsure which emergency number to contact. It also provides department numbers 353 4612 and holiday hours 253 4739.
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Mianeas
Randy Cochran
Morgan- Lawrence-Limestone
Club
Frank Williams
By Ben Windham
Shim
Norfolk
Doyle Yates
Coral Sea
Yates
Yorktown
Auburn
Gregory Dennis Terry
Hillsboro
National Honorary Society of Pershing Rifles
Auburn University
Terry
Ran L. Terry
Decatur High School
Wallace B. McGahan
Susan Gorman
Austin High School
Southern College
Boy
Warren Harris
THE
Decatur Daily
Athohsa Eset Wnian
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