This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1932
Page
8
Florence Alabama May 13 visitors from far and near tour the Muscle Shoals plant complex. The government investment is shown at 150 million dollars as the river dam and nitrate plants attract attention. The piece notes enduring popularity after years of idle time.
In Birmingham on May 13 Edward Glenn faced a single charge of violating prohibition law after police removed 30 gallons of liquor from under a parked car. If the vehicle had been moving, he would have faced transporting liquor and vehicle confiscation.
Over the first four months of 1932 about 22 000 people registered, nearly double the tally for the same period since 1927. Indications point to a new annual record with July and August seeing the greatest rush.
The Decatur Kiwanis club held an unusually interesting Thursday meeting in the Hotel Lyons assembly room. A. W. sided and members discussed club activities and heard entertainment by three Athens college girls Miss Jean Rouse Miss Jesse Humphrey and Miss Margaret Trumbull. The session closed with announcements and a district meeting invitation.
Members of the Bonanza quartet will travel to Bethel Sunday to take part in the decoration ceremony and perform on the song program.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous crossword clues and partial letter scraps including multiple language hints and stray proper names. The readable portion suggests a prepaid puzzle with entries such as measures of length and distance, colors, animals, and place names, but most content is garbled and nonverifiable.
The Auburn Alabama report notes a 10.3 percent rise in cotton spinnings for March versus last year and higher cotton consumption. It cites world usage at 7,201,000 bales and highlights gains driven by cheaper cotton compared with East Indian stock, with prices near record lows.
Frank Brown of the Brown Pin eral Company traveled to Birmingham on business today, meeting with local partners and inspecting facilities.
Mobile Alabama hosts a May 19 20 bankers convention with Rep Henry Steagall Ozark co author of Glass Steagall banking bills to speak on Recent Legislation. Alabama bankers opposed the deposit guarantee bill but backed no action on a federal system. Other speakers include Milton H Fies F T Railford and W D Robinson with Mobile hosting events.
Read instructions advise inspecting gladioli corms for disease last year and discarding any lesions. Corms are disinfected by soaking two hours in bichloride solution or chloride powder mixed with hot water and diluted to seven and one half gallons. Dry thoroughly before storage if disinfected long before planting.
Fayette PAYETTE Alabama May 13 reports farmers adopting work stock production. Following County Agent J C Fora’s recommendation they bought breeding stock to cut expenses in labor animals for fields and farms.
A community event invites people to decorate graves and attend preaching at Shiloh Cemetery, ten miles east of Hartsville, on the third Sunday in May. Volunteers are asked to come next Saturday morning to help clean the cemetery.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.