Aides' Daughters to Wed in Alabama Circles
Announcements from Southside Baptist and Westminster Presbyterian tide over Decatur events. The Y W A hosts Irene Gingrich Monday at 3 30 p m. R A meets Wednesday 6 30 p m. W M S has Friday mission study 10 a m to 2 30 p m with lunch. Bible class social set for Tuesday at 83 p m at Mrs Hauk's home. Luncheon for Mrs Marsall noted by First Baptist Young Matrons circles.
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Southside Baptist
Southside Baptist Y. W. A
Irene Gingrich
R. A
W. M.S
Westminster Presbyterian Bible Class
Westminster Presbyterian Womans Bible Class
Herbert Hauk
Fifth Avenue South
Tennessee Valley Horse Show to Run One Night Session
The fourth annual Tennessee Valley Horse Show will hold a single night session at 7 30 p m June 13 at Benson Field. Officials include Mrs L Sartor general chairman Duke Echols ringmaster J T Young judge and others. Competition spans 15 classes with riders from multiple states and prizes awarded to top entries. Eligibility requires serviceable soundness and prior ribbon status for sweepstakes entries.
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Benson Field
L. Sartor
B. Elliott
Gus Burt
Duke Echols
J. T. Young
Allan Wallace
E. W. Phillips
Sartor
J. R. Daniel
Leversedge
Wanda Harris
Eugene Russell
Julia Bingham
Sara Jeffries
F. F. Tidwell
A. Bloodworth
H. B. Beard
U. P. 8. L. League
J. Irvin Mitchell
Earley Phinizy
Peter M. Dennis
Alabama
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tri-Cities
Birmingham
Cullman
Huntsville
Guntersville
Athens
Moulton
Columbia
Lawrenceburg
Nashville, Tenn
Limestone
Morgan Counties
Plantation
Mrs Willis Marshall Farewell Luncheon to Iuka Miss
A luncheon will be held Monday at the home of Mrs T M Jones Jr on East Walnut Street to honor Mrs Willis Marshall who will leave June first to make her home in Iuka Mississippi.
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Progressive Culture Club
W. T. Lowe
T. M. Jones, Jr
East Walnut Street
Willis Marshall
Iuka
Miss
Plans completed for Tennessee Valley Quadrille Dance
The Tennessee Valley Quadrille Club held a Saturday session in Decatur to finalize details for a Spring Dance on June 7. Members gathered in the club room to confirm arrangements and invite the community to attend the event.
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Tennessee Valley
Personal notices from Decatur area names celebrate illness travel and a student election
Robert Wells is home recovering from a broken foot suffered at Decatur Iron and Steel Co. Sally Barnum and Betty McGehee are ill or improving at home. Aubrey Fuller and sister Miss Fuller of Hartselle joined others for a Birmingham trip. Ben Craig Jr. recovers well after appendix surgery. Attendees visit with relatives in Birmingham and Okla City. Ruth Lee Morrow visits grandparents in Hartselle and returns to see W. B. Morrow. Mrs. E. T. Rushing is in a Birmingham hospital after surgery. Phillip P. Gilchrist of Courtland, a junior at A P I, elected president of the Inter-Fraternity Council.
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Robert Wells
Jackson Street
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Aubrey Fuller
Miss Fuller
Hartselle
Moody
Margaret Jacks
Dorothy Kaufman
Lucille
Birmingham
Phillip P. Gilchrist
Courtland
Coun
Dry Hair Naturally for Scalp Health and Easy Drying
An article by Gladys Glad advocates drying hair naturally to protect scalp health. It notes long thick hair of the Seven Sutherland sisters as a historical example and warns against frequent hot air drying which can strip natural oils and cause dandruff. The piece describes steps to air dry, blot moisture with a warm towel, and style while the hair is still slightly damp.
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Gladys Glad
America
Long
Sutherland Sisters
Sutherland
Local Notables Share News and Travel Notes in Region
Various residents and relatives pass along visits and health updates. Mrs. Gilchrist earns honors at the college while others plan visits to Birmingham and Hamilton. Local residents report medical care, travel to Memphis and Springfield, and minor health or injury updates.
Beauty tips and home remedies from a 1920s magazine
Kathy advises a soft ochre powder orange rouge and light lipstick to suit coloring. Tess notes that her leg fat reduction method is too long for print but is detailed in her article on care of the feet and legs with exercises for fallen arches. Jean suggests bleaching upper lip hair with a peroxide ammonia solution applied several times daily.
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Kathy
Tess
Jean
West Point of the Air at Princess theater
Wallace Beery stars as Big Mike in West Point of the Air a thrilling aviation spectacle set in Army Air Corps training centers. Maureen O'Sullivan co stars delivering a fresh performance as the young romantic lead in a film praised for its dramatic climax and air epic scope.
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Wallace Beery
West Point
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Air Corps
Army
Beery
Big Mike
Maureen O’sullivan
David Copperfield
Keller Urges Morgan County To Revote School Taxes
State official urges Morgan County voters to re levy the county wide three mill tax and one mill tax to keep funding for schools. He notes these expiring taxes are needed for operating normal terms and warns loss of nearly 100000 annually without them.
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Et Keller
Cation
Morgan County
Keller
Three Killed In Truck Accident Near Selma Alabama
In Selma Alabama on May 19 a truck crash 16 miles northwest killed Jack Creel 40 white and two negroes Jesse Melton and Jap Childers. Three white men Troy Owens and Ivy Doss and Webster Doss and others were injured. Belcher Lumber Co. employees were returning from Plantersville to Centerville when the detour sign failed and the truck plunged into a creek.
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Selma
Ala
Jack Creel
Jesse Melton
Jap Childers
Troy Owens
Ivy Doss
Webster Doss
Avery and
Seay Heard
Roosevelt Green
Will T. Owens
Belcher Lumber Co
Centerville
Plantersville
Cooper-Wells Employees Lease Aycock Building for Civic Center
The Cooper-Wells Employees Association has leased the Aycock building on Ferry Street and will convert it into a civic center. A new floor is being added to create the city’s largest space for dances banquets and assemblies.
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Cooper-Wells Employes Association
Aycock
Ferry Street
Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book and Dress Pattern
The notice advertises pattern 2318 for a feminine frock with a crisp print and scalloped yoke, plus a sewing book by Anne Adams. It lists sizes 14 through 42, fabric yardage for size 16, and step by step instructions. Send 15 cents for pattern, 25 cents for book and pattern together, to Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York City.
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Annie Adams
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
Weet 17Th Street
New York City
France Reinforces Sea Frontiers and Land Outposts
Paris reports France is reinforcing sea frontiers and land outposts while shifting naval strength from the Mediterranean toward the North Sea. The move follows redeployments of thousands of troops from the Italian frontier after Italy and Germany sign the Rome accord and Red rearmament policy is announced.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
North Sea
Mediterranean
Red
Rome
General Strike Urged in Shipbuilding Industry
CAMDEN New Jersey May 20 AP A general strike call for shipbuilding workers in east and west coast plants grows in sympathy with the New York Shipbuilding Corporation workers now in their second week of strike action.
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Camden
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Storm Warnings Ordered Along Gulf Coast
The Weather Bureau ordered storm warnings from Mobile Alabama to Apalachicola Florida. A bulletin said disturbance over Mississippi will bring fresh to strong southeast winds and thunder storms today across the Gulf Coast.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Ala
Appalachicola
Fis
Mississippi
Wyoming Weighs Moving Up Presidential Election
Wyoming seems to back an October presidential vote tied to the Norris lame duck amendment. Of 46 governors asked by Rep. Fletcher only Wyoming’s governor supports moving the selection of electors up from November.
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Washington
Wyoming
Fletcher
Ohio
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Huddleston
Ferdinand Veverka
Boslovakia
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Miss Patterson
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Decatur
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Marie McIntyre
Frederick Hayes Warren
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
Strand Theatre
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Ian An
Sally Barnum
Ben Craig, Jr
F. H. Pointer
E. 8. Garner
Ann Blair
Gadsden
Betty McGehee
J. R. Smiley
Jacklyn Smiley
Nell Bond
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Martin
Ruth Lee Morrow
Grenada
E. L. Sharpley
W. B. Morrow
M. L. Bridges
Springfield, Tenn
Mack Elam
E. T. Rushing
Madelyn E
E. W. McLeod
Mobile, Ala
Alabama Bankers Association
J. B. Bradford
Dr. Campbell
Memphis
R. C. Berry
Hamilton, Ala
W. R. White
J. H. Calvin
Springfield
Joe Duncan
Jackson Calvin
Bernice
Clarksville
Tenn
E. E. Adams
David Gibson
the Benevolent Hospital
C. W. Matthews
John Matthews
Annette Bunn
Tuscumbia
Wallace Beery Star
Tak
W. W. Benson
Decatur Public Schools
Decatur, Alabama
George T. Woodruff
Morgan County Schools
Elmo
Goidel
Commercial Printing Department
Ato Ay
Wallace Belay
Hobert Young
Lewis Stone
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