Cities of Refuge sermon draws local crowd at shop gate
Rev Louis B Hart addressed a listening congregation yesterday on Cities of Refuge. Rev BE N Hart and family plan a Kentucky visit this week where he once served as pastor. The 24hour rainfall ending at 7am was 3 6 inches per the weather bureau. The Beautitudes study resumes midweek at Southside Baptist with public invitation. Guests visited with local families including Birmingham and Decatur delegates. O J Shepard praised the Legion boxing show Thursday night headlined by Jackie Ausborn vs Whitey Saylors, with extra fans drawn by local scrapbooking card use.
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Louis B. Hart
Cities of Refuge
BE. N. Hart
Kentucky
Hart
Weather Bureau
Legion
O. J. Shepard
Jackie Ausborn
Whitey Saylors
Inferno at Birmingham Tar Plant After 100000 Gallons Blasted
Explosion at the American Tar Company plant near Fairfield sent burning tar spraying over 20 acres. More than 100000 gallons of tar pitch spilled, creating a river of fire along a creek for a quarter mile. Damages estimated at 250000 dollars as flames roared for hours and hampered by fumes.
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Birmingham
American Tar Company
Fairfield
FAMBUS ARTIST Barton Dies in Self Inflicted Death
Ralph Barton, famed illustrator of The New Yorker Vanity Fair and Harper's Bazaar, committed suicide on East Rye Street. The 39 year old suffered a prior heart attack but had recently appeared recovered. Police report a personal crisis as the cause.
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New York
Ralph Barton
East Rye Ie
Barton
New Yorker
Vanity Pair
Liberty
Harper’s Bazaar
Elmer Young Wins 4-H Club Work Trophy Trip
Elmer Young of Five Points Lawrence County earned a two week trip to Washington as winner of the 4-H club work trophy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C A Young and is noted as a prominent local figure. Friends offer congratulations on his success.
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Elmer
Buddy) Young
Lawrence County
Washington
Mr. Young
C. A. Young
Family Reunion at Swan Lake News From Tribble Circle
A large crowd attended the Trib le reunion at Swan Lake on Sunday. It was a joyful annual gathering though not all members could attend. A noon basket luncheon was served to numerous Tribble relatives including W H Tribble and families, H H Tribble, Theo Morris, Geo Clarke, and Delmar Fudge among others.
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Swan Lake
W.H. Tribble
W. H. Bowers
J. B. Trotman
H. H. Tribble
Bob Stewart
H. T. Tribble
Theo Morris
Geo. Clarke
C. A. Boley
Delmar Fudge
Martha Fudge
Rebecca Stewart
Bee Jones
Guy Morris
John Hudson
Paul King
Johnny Barker
Agitation Grows Over County Commissioners Pay Plan
In Athens Alabama on May 20 a heated debate centers on a bill to set county commissioners' pay at about 62.50 monthly rather than 3.00 per meeting. Supporters argue higher pay attracts capable officials and covers added duties. opponents say funds are tight and can't bear the expense.
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Athens
Ala
Picnic at Wheeler Station Planned by P T A and Students
The Parent-Teachers' Association and Joe Wheeler school pupils will hold a picnic at Miss Annie Wheeler's home on Tuesday May 26. The event will take place in the home and grounds named after the General of North Alabama, offering an attractive setting for pupils and patrons of the school.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Joe Wheeler
Annie Wheeler
North Alabama
Ladies Night Set at Valley Country Club by Kiwanis
Announcement says the annual Kiwanis Ladies Night will be staged this year at Valley Country Club. The event begins Thursday at seven o clock with each Kiwanian to bring a lady guest for the occasion.
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Kiwanis Club
The
Valley Country Club
Riverside High Commencement Schedule Amid May Events
The schedule lists events at Riverside Auditorium and other venues from May 20 to May 27 including Senior Class Night expressions promotions to junior high, Riverside Senior Class Night, a Declamation Contest, a sermon at First Methodist Church, and graduation ceremonies for Riverside and Central High Schools. Dr. A H Nabors delivers the sermon on May 24.
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Central
Riverside
A. H. Nabors
First Methodist Church
Riverside High
Central High
Athens Opposes Loss of Trains
Athens Alabama May 20 Special representatives of the Athens Chamber of Commerce oppose the proposed discontinuance of the two local Nashville to Athens and Athens to L N railroad trains. They warn there will be no rail travel if the remaining trains stop. Some favor replacing trains with buses on railroad tracks. L N says the trains lose thousands of dollars yearly.
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Athens
Ala
Nashville
Naraert Ll. N
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Lisbon hit by twin earthquakes across city and coast
Portugal's capital endured two quakes with one at 3:30 am triggering panic and residents fleeing. A longer later shock damaged walls and water mains while tremors were felt in the Madeiran islands, Coimbra, and Léiria.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Malone to Attend Highway Sessions in Huntsville
Decatur mayor B L Malone will join Decatur residents at a highway session in Huntsville next Monday. Delegations from Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi will attend for the Lee Highway paving project and to elect officers and directors of the Lee Highway Association.
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B. L. Malone
Decatur
Huntsville
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Lee Highway Association
All Day Service at Hopewell Sunday
Hopewell church near Danville will hold an all day service this Sunday. The program includes Sunday school preaching and decoration before noon with singing in the afternoon. The public is invited to attend.
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Hopewell
Hopwell Church
Danville
Small Repairs Rise as Builders Hold Back
In Athens Alabama on May twenty, a surge of inexpensive home improvements grows. Despite no revival in new construction, low material and labor costs drive widespread painting and small repairs to restore houses that suffered during the slow period.
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Athens
Ala
Promoted to Kentucky Territory Sales Leader
L. Sartor, a senior Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Sales Company salesman with eight years in Alabama, has been promoted to manage sales in Kentucky. He returns from Memphis to finalize details with the division office before leaving today to assume his new territory.
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Sartor
Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Sales Company
South Alabama
North Alabama
Memphis
Teachers: Forthcoming Team Already Elected
Decatur school superintendent W. W Benson released the list of teachers who have accepted offers for the coming term. The roster covers Central High School Riverside High School Gordon Bible School Lafayette Street Ward schools Joe Wheeler Fairview East Town Colored School and more with several librarians named.
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W. W Benson
Decatur
Board of Education
Central High School
H. E. Williams
W. J. Brown
Rose M. Buettner
J. M. Clark
Itha McDaniel
Evelyn McMillan
Sadie R. Smith
Lois Walsh
Lafayette Street
Mary Turley
J.albert Alexander
Clem
Elizabeth .Houston
Jessie Irwin
Mary Banks Terrell
Z. Trimble
J. E. Blair
Eva C. Gargus
Nell Lawhorn
Alicia Weaver
Kittie Matthews
Elizabeth Peer
J. D. Reed
East Town
W. J. Wilson
Jettaleen Shef
Riverside High School Graduates To Receive Diplomas
A list of students bound for diplomas includes Gam B White Eleanor B Wynne Ruth M Chandler Dolly Greer Hazel Hodges Edith Fussell J Meredith Woodall Clifford R Vaughan Marion A Bingham Dorothy Patterson J Albert Clapton Bayne J Vaughan Doris C Peden Mabel Ann Hanson Katherine Rogers Carolyn Gilley Anna Adelle Sherman Helen G Coffee Gertha E Claburn Jeanne E Giles Vera Cagle Geneva Parham Thella Mae Andrew Edna Bloodworth Mary Leigh Chenault Beatrice Dement Marguerite Entrekin Elva Furgerson Nannie Joy Frautt Mary Ruth Flowers Ruth Johnston Berta Mae Joiner Victoria Lamon Beatrice Lowery Leopard Lucille Lovelace Lois McCulloch Mildred Audrey Morrison Hazel Murphree Mildred Nicholson Dorothy Patterson Wilma Jane Patterson Lois Pruitt Mildred Tankersley Elizabeth Vaughn Martha Ruth Woodward John Bacon Lucien Bush John Darmer Douglas Davidson Harry Dobbins Lester Evans Roger Hamilton Jack Hunter Robert Masterson Earl Moore Long Morrow R W Mullins Preston Sherrill Emory Teague Bonnie Terry Laevert Williams
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Gam B. White
Eleanor B. Wynne
Ruth M. Chandler
Dolly Greer
Hazel Hodges
Edith Fussell
J. Meredith Woodall
Clifford R. Vaughan
Marion A. Bingham
Dorothy Patterson
J. Albert Clapton
Bayne J. Vaughan
Doris C. Peden
Mabel Ann Hanson
Katherine Rogers
Carolyn Gilley
Anna Adelle Sherman
Helen G. Coffee
Gertha E. Claburn
Jeanne E. Giles
Vera Cagle
Geneva Parham
Thella Mae Andrew
Edna Bloodworth
Mary Leigh Chenault
Beatrice Dement
Marguerite Entrekin
Elva Furgerson
Nannie Joy Frautt
Mary Ruth Flowers
Ruth Johnston
Berta Mae Joiner
Victoria Lamon
Beatrice Lowery
Leopard
Lucille Lovelace
Lois McCulloch
Mildred
Audrey Morrison
Hazel Murphree
Mildred Nicholson
Wilma Jane Patterson
Lois Pruitt
Mildred Tankersley
Elizabeth Vaughn
Martha Ruth Woodward
John Bacon
Lucien Bush
John Darmer
Douglas Davidson
Harry Dobbins
Lester Evans
Roger Hamilton
Jack Hunter
Robert Masterson
Earl Moore
Long
Morrow
R. W. Mullins
Preston Sherrill
Emory Teague
Bonnie Terry
Laevert Williams
Beauty Acquitted Of Killing Spouse In France
In Nice on May 20 Charlotta Nash Nixon-Nirdlinger, a former beauty queen and Philadelphia theatre magnate’s wife, was acquitted on a self defense plea after testifying her husband seized her by the throat during a quarrel and she shot him. A crowd of about a thousand gathered at the courtroom prompting police reserves to intervene during the noon recess.
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Nice
France
Charlotta Nash
Nixon-Nirdlinger Apne
Philadelphia
Charlotte Nash Nixon-Nirdlinger
St. Louis
Hearing on Negroes Motion Postponed to June 5
In Scottsboro on May 20 the hearing of a motion for appeal of sentence for eight Negroes convicted of assault on two white girls near here was postponed to June 5 due to illness in Judge Hawkins family. The eight were sentenced to death for an alleged attack on a freight train.
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Scottsboro
Here
Hawkins
Hopewell Church Holds Annual Decoration Day
The Hopewell Church will hold its annual decoration next Sunday May 24 with the public invited to attend. The event is eagerly anticipated in the Hopewell community.
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Hopewell Church
Hopewell
Decatur Leaders Voice Support for Public Schools
Mayor and city council members praise Decatur Public Schools, highlighting strong investment in buildings and equipment, modern facilities, and a stable budget. Officials cite growth in population and demand for sound methods, stressing continued council effort to improve education.
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Decatur
State Not Ready for Terry Trial
Preliminary trial of Sam Terry in Trinity on a charge tied to a fatal street altercation is postponed as the state delays for bond agreement. Judge J. W. Bailey presides. defense counsel E. C. Nix, with assistance from Julian Harris and Wade Wright, faces the case arising after a Monday night shooting following a dispute on Trinity streets.
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Sam Terry
J. W. Bailey
E. C. Nix
Julian Harris
Wade Wright
Terry
Trinity
Cumberland Presbyterian Convention Opens with Large Delegation
The Cumberland Presbyterian N. S. S. Convention of Methods opened with a large enrollment of delegates ministers and laymen at 8 30 Tuesday morning. Rev H A Sheeler led the Bible study and E E Gowan oversaw the Cradle Roll and Home department. Dr A B McCoy spoke on improved Sunday school methods and addressing youth development. The program included the annual address by Rev R H Goodloe and a lecture by Prof Pickett with plans for tonight's events and tomorrow's donor ceremony led by Dr Wim Fowlkes.
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Cumberland Presbyterian N. S. S. Convention of Methods
A. B. McCoy
S. M. Edington
R. H. Goodloe
Pickett. Owen
Wim. Fowlkes
Ui. Tenn
Life of General Claimed by Slide of Earth in France
Police and volunteers led by army engineers recovered the body of General Robert Dunlap USMC from a barn ruin near the chateau of Cinq Mars after a landslide. Also found dead was farmer Denis Briant. a woman sought refuge in a cave above the barn as the hillside collapsed.
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Tours
France
Army Engineers
Robert Dunlap
United States Marine Corps
Chateau
Cinq Mars
Denis Briant
Dunlap
Briant
Gan
Madame Brieant
Mrs. R. M. Owen Called By Death
Mrs. R M Owen died at nine a m yesterday at the home of her son W M Owen in North Rock Ark aged 69 She was married to R M Owen and survived by one sister Mrs Martha Butler of Decatur The body arrived in Decatur early this morning and funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at Southside Baptist Church with Rev G C Walker and Rev J D Pickens officiating Interment will follow at Roselawn cemetery Active pallbearers are J R Adcock J B Stanley Walter Burleson Henry Fisher J D L Burns and Harrison
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R. M. Owen
W. M. Owen
North & Rock
Ark
Martha Butler
Decatur
F. Butler
Seventh Avenue
South
Southside Baptist Church
G. C. Walker
Birmingham
J. D. Pickens
Roselawn Cemetery
Pal
J. R. Adcock
J. B. Stanley
Walter Burleson
Henry Fisher
J. D. L. Burns
Local Cotton Prices Report From Decatur
Middling cotton was quoted at eight and a half cents per pound in Decatur according to local market reports, reflecting a quiet trading day with modest activity across the region.
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Decatur
Futures open on May day with varied quotes
New York dealers quote futures as of May 2 with values for May May August and December contracts. Notable bids include May at 8.08 and January March at 10.10.
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New York
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Gibbs
J. A. Trotman and Son
Sam Trotman
J. B. Trotman, Jr
Madison
Rael
Fairfield Plant
Fambus Artist
Elmer Young
Wheeler Station
Country Club
Riverside Auditorium
Wise
Madeiran Islands
Coimbra
Léiria
Sorter
Riverside High School
Charlotte
Tinued
R. C. Billings
Clyde Hendrix
C. D. Patterson
Ratiocrectre
Decatur City Council
Marine Corps
Triotis
T Cave
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