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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1934

Page

3

Mark and Loring Seek Vanya Amid Pacific Island Night

Mark, haunted by Vanya, travels with Percy Loring into the jungle toward a native village. They plan a risky venture for tonight while Loring, a cultured beachcomber, masks his own faded ambitions. The scene shifts to a tribal gathering as dusk falls and a new danger looms.

Hel Pearly Shene Mark Vanya Tonga Tongatabu Percy Loring Loring Pacific Island Sheene Hong Shene

Farm Prices and Shipments Show Mixed Rural Market

Hay receipts were light with firm, unchanged quotations for bids and deliveries in Birmingham. Poultry and egg prices paid by jobbers rose slightly on some items while others held steady. Cattle and hog markets showed varied shifts, with overall steady cattle trends and mixed hogs prices. Athens Alabama reports the second federal payroll funding teachers through April 6 totaling 11,685 dollars.

Birmingham Johnson Timothy Athens Ala Amos Clan‘county

River Rising as Tennessee Gauge Reaches 5.2 Feet

The Tennessee river rose today with a gauge reading of 5.2 feet at seven o'clock.

Tennessee

Temperature range for today reported by weather bureau

The weather bureau announced a maximum of 84 degrees and a minimum of 59 degrees this morning. The figures cover the day from 7 o clock.

Weather Bureau

Crossword Puzzle Across Clues and Answers List

Crossword clues and scattered fragments present a mixed list of definitions and partial entries for across clues, including items like light source, letter abbreviation, pastry, to satisfy, diplomacy, water animals, Asiatic bovine, existence, analysis, wild animal, college degree, to yelp, church degree, menial, skill, mountain, to hit lightly, footprint, dialect, ventral, mistake, nickname of a famous player, girl’s name, Welsh onion, sanction, cereal grass, accomplished, musical composition, flight of steps, space, winged creature, common Latin conjunction, terminus of foot of New York, and an erroneous string of garbled letters and words from a prior puzzle.

New York

Revival ends with 30 professions of faith in Haleyville

Rev E N Hart returned from Haleyville where he conducted a revival meeting. He reports a fine gathering with many reconsecrations and on the last night about 30 professions of faith.

E. N. Hart Haleyville Hart

Hollywood Gossip and Set Accidents In Early 1930s Newsroom

The report notes a studio accident where a counterweight boom swung and struck crew, with Assistant Director James Egan and Timer Harry Scott injured but recovering. It also mentions Irene Dunne’s possession of a scarab, furor over O Jnover, and Hollywood gossip about Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell amid marriages and premieres.

Mae James Egan Harry Scott Oees Bens Studio King Tut Irene Dunne Talanate

Slide Lecture on Colored Mission Work at Piney Woods

A slide lecture titled Colored Mission Work at the Piney Woods Miss School will be shown Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at 7 30 p m. The Walther League Chicago produced program features Rev G A Schmidt as lecturer and missionary in charge. A mixed chorus will perform a special number as St Paul’s extends a cordial invitation.

Piney Woods Miss St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Sherman Street Fourth Avenue Walther League Chicago G. A. Schmidt St. Paul's

Decatur Boy Joins Marine Aviation at Quantico

Paul 8 Russell of Decatur Route 3 is assigned to the Aviation unit at Brown Field Quantico Virginia. He trained as a mechanic and fabric worker and helped in the U S fleet maneuvers in Cuba. He joined the Marines on October 16 1933 through the District Recruiting Office in Macon Georgia.

Paul 8. Russell U. S. Marine Corps J. H. Russell Route 3 Decatur Brown Field Quantico Radio 6 U. 5 Cuba U. S Russell Municipal Auditorium Macon

Salvation's Joy and Freedom of the Spirit Service

Announcement for a Negro church service at 5 p.m. with Gideon’s 7:30 program for young men. Preaching on Salvation's Joy and Freedom of the Spirit. Text: come into the sanctuary to worship God. Open invitation to join, with W. Smith as acting pastor and Roberto Baker as secretary.

Zion R. W. Smith Roberto Baker

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