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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1939
Page
2
County health official urges precautions as hot season nears and drownings rise. A physician check is advised before swimming to rule out heart disease and other defects. Do not swim in contaminated or dangerous water, avoid overheating, exhaustion, chilling, or diving in unknown water. Ensure guards are present and avoid swimming when ill or without supervision.
Classifieds describe simple local buying and selling methods with contact phone numbers and brief item listings for everyday needs. Readers browse short notices to trade goods, find services, or locate opportunities in their community.
Carl Backman a 25 year old Swedish aviator left Botwood Newfoundland for a trans Atlantic hop to his native Sweden in the smallest plane ever used for such a flight. He is pictured at left above.
F F Beauchamp of TVA Wilson Dam visits as Decatur’s City Council meets with absences. Travel and hospital notes include Miss Christine Jones of Hartselle and Huey Yancoey of Laceys Spring. Clergy announce sermons at Temple Lighthouse and First Christian. Local officials and church groups discuss upcoming programs and conventions.
A lounge for ladies is being prepared in the clubrooms on Moulton street as residents anticipate the journey to the miracle shrine. Tennis Suggs of Moulton route 2 was taken to Benevolent Society Hospital Thursday by a Drinkard Howell ambulance. Mrs R T Liston was taken for an X ray and then returned home. Community singing, postponed, will be held at 7 30 tonight at Ninth Street Methodist church with E C McDaniel visiting.
A young housewife explains she chose value and durability in furniture by shopping through want ads. She emphasizes that quality justifies the price and she saves real money with the advertised deals.
The New York stock market opened with a tentative rally as steel selling faded and investors shifted to motors and other groups. Gains were modest, with late short covering and renewed buying optimism that the worst may be behind, while foreign markets gained on peace-talk hopes and tax revision prospects. Major advancers included U S Steel common, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Santa Fe, Great Northern, AT&T, Anaconda, Westinghouse, Du Pont, and Union Carbide.
Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York opened with modest advances as Liverpool cables and Bombay buying supported distant positions while nearbys were sought. quotations varied with multiple contracts listed and mixed bid notes. poultry markets in Chicago showed steady hen prices and firm spring leghorns amid unchanged other prices.
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