Garden Club Show Displays Crowded Iris and Flower Prizes
The Decatur Garden Club flower show drew crowds at the library area with prize awards for Tall Bearded Iris varieties and many categories. Awards honored Best Coreopsis Dianthus and numerous arrangements, with officers listed and a final PTA program announced for Riverside Lafayette.
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Garden Club
John W. Jones
Wallace
Carolyn Fus
Skeggs Crawford
H. H. McConnell
Bosworth
Atlee H
Egan Wins Lake County Prosecutor Nomination
Fred A. Egan, campaigning on an anti Dillinger platform, won the Democratic nomination for Lake County prosecutor. He defeated incumbent prosecutor Robert G. Estill, who drew national attention for posing with John Dillinger at Crown Point jail as Dillinger awaited trial for murder.
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Fred A. Egan
Indiana
Lake County
John Dillinger
Egan
Robert G. Estill
Dilligger
Crown Point
Ind
Tia
Mystery of Mr X at Princess Theatre Thrills Audiences
Elizabeth Allan stars in MGM mystery of Mr X directed by Edgar Selwyn adapted from Philip MacDonald's Crime Club novel Mystery of the Dead Police. The film promises gripping intrigue and a dramatic climax with lovers and hat-tossing suspense.
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Princess Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Edgar Selwyn
Philip MacDonald
Personal notices and social visits in town
Dr and Mrs B E Dunlap of Wiggins Mississippi rush to Pulaski Tennessee for a seriously ill brother G O Dunlap. Several local residents visit Birmingham Nashville and Florence for weekends and Mother’s Day. The item mentions Lucille Wear Vita Judd Elizabeth Houston Allene Pope and many others with travel to Huntsville Nashville and Scottsboro.
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8. E. Dunlap
Wiggins, Migs
Pulaski, Tenn
G.O. Dunlap
J. H. Alexander
Allene Pope
Wilsonville
Elizabeth Houston
Huntsville
Noland
Hand Ends In Four Clout Despite Strong Play
Central Press reader E V Shepard analyzes a contract bridge hand where the south player secures a four trick salvo using no trump and careful play. Despite dummy’s weak holdings, the declarer navigates a demanding sequence to reach four hearts and a long diamond while West overcomes poor distribution to yield the game.
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South
West
East
Dummy
No Wheat Shortage Despite Great Drought
Economists see a silver lining in the dust cloud predicting drought will boost farmers via price rises and reduced surplus stocks. Surplus, now about 260 million bushels, could fall to 150 million, aiding wheat growers. experts say famine is unlikely and domestic needs will be met despite possible cuts in foreign shipments.
Visit To Nashville From Mrs Charles Tuck and Son
Mrs Charles Tuck and her son Bobby left Thursday for a two week visit to relatives and friends in Nashville.
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J. R. Johnson
Nashville
Clifford Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Charles Tuck
Bobby
Roswell Guests of Dr Neill and Wife
Mr and Mrs Dan H Wilmott of Roswell New Mexico were guests last week of Dr Louis A Neill and his wife in an evening gathering at their home.
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W. B. Johnson
Port Arthur
Texas
J. H. Alexander
Dan H. Wilmott
Roswell
New Mexico
Louis A. Neill
Scouts Plan Practical Reorganization Meeting
A Chamber of Commerce gathering at 7 30 Thursday plans next steps for reorganizing the Tennessee Valley Boy Scout Council covering Huntsville Athens Decatur and Cullman. H E Erb from Memphis will outline prospects. If adopted headquarters may move to Decatur. About 600 local boys aged scout age exist with four troops totaling 76 members. reaching the national 25 percent quota requires doubling youth participation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Boy Scouts Council
Huntsville
Athens
Decatur
Cullman
H E. Erb
Memphis
Region Five
Tillery Returns Home From Tuscaloosa Visit
Miss Anne Tillery returned home Sunday night from Tuscaloosa where she spent several weeks with relatives.
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Anne Tillery
Tuscaloosa
Make This Model At Home 80 Chic Pattern 1864
Pattern 1854 from Anne Adams offers a chic yoke capelet bow neck frock design. Suitable in chiffon crepe or cotton, sizes 14 to 44 with illustrated instructions. Send 15c for pattern alone or 25c for book and pattern to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York City.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
Hundley Dies at 75. Greenbrier Attorney Remembered
William May Hundley 75 retired attorney died at home Saturday in Greenbrier. A Confederate army veteran and University of Alabama graduate, he practiced law in Limestone County and was a longtime Christian church member. Survived by widow Nannie Donald Hundley two sons R L and W N Hundley Jr and four grandchildren.
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Decature
Morgan County
William May Hundley
William H. Hundley
Fannie May Hundley
Greenbrier
Hundley
University of Alabama
Limestone County
Christian Church
Nannie Donald Hundley
R. L
W. N. Hundley, Jr
Is Recovering Master Bobby Strother Recouping From Attack
Master Bobby Strother is recuperating after an attack attributed to German forces. He is receiving care at a military hospital and is described as stable with improving condition. Further updates are awaited from the medical staff and command.
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Bobby Strother
Horton Family Spends Sunday in Cullman
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Horton and daughter spent Sunday in Cullman.
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Cullman
Ten-year-old Walter Robinson Sought in Newton
Newton Iowa officers seek 10 year old Walter Robinson missing since August 24 1933 from his home. He is four feet nine inches tall 80 pounds slender build blond hair blue eyes with a brown shadow on left ear a scar on left shoulder blade and freckles. He is fond of horses and swimming. Report sightings to Sheriff Shields in Newton. Local officers urged to watch traveling Gypsy bands and tourist camps nearby.
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Robert Montgomery
Revel
Crook
Drayton
London
Montgomery
Elizabeth Allan
June
Scotland Yard
Lewis Stone
Henry Stephenson
Stone
Ralph Forbes
Miss Allan
Forrester Harvey
Ivan Simpson
Leonard Mudie
Alec B. Francis
Charles Irwin
Mr. X
Newton
Iowa
Walter Robinson
Jotan
Young Robinson
Sheriff Shields
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Atlee Hoff
Mary D. Simpson
T. A. Bowles
Corley Jones
A. L. Jolly
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W. F. Rauschemberg
E. J. Polhill
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T. G. Morrow
D. C. Shew
W. F. Rauschenberg
BE. W. Kennedy
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D. C. Echols
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Canarias
Earle Williams
Decatur Garden Club
J. W. Cunningham
J. D. Jesse
Lafayette
P.T. A
Riverside-Lafayette P.T. A
Riverside Auditoriorium
Goidel
Oxford
Johnston Street
Strand Theatre
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Lucille Wear
Vita Judd
Columbia, Tenn
Mrs. Harwell
Herman Kyle and Son
Birmingham
Lucy Spence
Conersville
Lewisburg
Tenn
Earle Calvin
Migg Zelle
Atlanta
W. H. and Baby
H. C. Kitchens
H. Johnson
R. C. Berry
Hamilton
Ala
W. R. White
H. Burke
Robert Baugh
W. P. Baugh
E.D. Whitman
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Florence
Joe Duncan
R. T. Sheppard
Scottsboro
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John Ellis Wilkes
Peebles
Central Press
E V. Shepard
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Shirley Ann
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