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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1937

Page

5

Watchful Jailers Guard Boy Killer and Girl in Ark

Lester Brockelhurst 23 and Bernice Felton 18 are kept in separate jail cells under heavy guard in Lonore Arkansas as they face first degree murder charges for the May 6 slaying of Victor Gates. Prosecutors seek death for both. arraignment expected next week.

Lonore Ark Lester Brockelhurst Bernice Felton Victor Gates Troy Carroll Bernice Poughkeepsie N. Y Little Rock Gates Carroll Brockelhurst Thim George Hartje Felton W. J. Waggoner

Brown driver races to hospital to meet newborn son

Two motorcycle cops and a police squad car chase through Pport a Ill at 60 mph as Brown explains the rush for his wife who gives birth two minutes after hospital arrival. The incident ends with a baby boy born just after arrival. The phrase word caterpillar translates to hairy cat.

Pporta Ill Brown

Black Heads CCC Program Debate Shapes Senate Action

Washington May 30 administration leaders forecast Senate support for Roosevelt landmark Civilian Conservation Corps plan. Senator Black urged overruling House limits on enrollment and civil service status, while House members push for lower expenditures and delaying permanent agencies.

Washington Senate Roosevelt Civilian Conservation Corps House Black Ala

Decatur Student Heads Fraternity At Howard College

Howard Weaver of Decatur elected Archon of Pi Kappa Phi at Howard College with officers Glenn O. Perry treasurer Euel Joynson secretary Charles Sharp historian Ed Nicholas chaplain Billy Barnes warden. Also notes senators seek to remove the CDC from war department control and a $2000 salary cut proposal for Director Fechner amid political debate.

Howard Weaver Decatur Pi Kappa P Rm Howard College Glenn O. Perry Euel Joynson Charles Sharp Ed Nicholas Billy Barnes CDC War Department Fechner Senate Clark Aald Fechner Black

You Can Trust BC For Neuralgia Relief Ad

An advertisement touts BC as a quick acting remedy for neuralgia headaches and similar pains. It claims years of user trust and wide sales, with 10¢ 25¢ sizes and fountain sales, and urges trying BO for relief in minutes.

Hijacked liquor truck robs Birmingham garage

Two young white men brandishing pistols hijacked a downtown Birmingham garage early in the morning stealing a $4,000 truckload of 202 cases of whiskey and gin. The liquor, billed from Kentucky for Florida delivery, was not owned by the Alabama Beverage Control Board. W. Jones, the garage attendant, was bound and gagged but later freed himself as police radio cars searched for the hijacked truck.

Birmingham Ala Alabama Alabama Beverage Control Board Kentucky Florida W. ©. Jones Jones

Man Held in Morgan County On Pistol Carrying Charge

A man was held in Morgan county jail on a pistol carrying charge after deputies arrested him Wednesday afternoon here. He wore a detective badge and claimed to be a Blount county deputy. sheriff confirmed he was not. A revolver with eight notches was taken, and impersonating an officer may be charged later.

Morgan County Herman Sandlin W. E. Kilgore Aaron Walton Ed Blalock Blount County Sandlin A. S. Bains Oneonta

Fortune telling warns spades bring treachery and death

In fortune telling, spades are depicted as the worst suit denoting treachery, disappointment, ill luck, and even death within a deck of cards.

Thoughts on the brain as a gateway to knowledge

The text asserts the human brain as the instrument by which the world and universe are understood. It claims progress on earth hinges on the brain, noting that while life may rise and fall, beings cannot surpass certain limits without it.

Firestone Save Firestone Stan Tnt

Bride Winner On New Plea In Westchester Case

Laura Hampton Hover, 19, testified about an annulment tied to reading A Mad Man's Manuscript in a dim room after her dawn marriage to Homer Lesie Loomis Jr. in Westchester County New York. She described the scene as eerie and gruesome as Loomis watched her reactions. Superior Judge Henry Willis called it a cruel prank of adolescence.

Los Angeles Laura Hampton Hover Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers Homer Lesie Loomis, Jr New York Princeton West Chester County N. Y Homer Henry Willis

Funeral Rites Held for W. R. S. Mann in Griffin

Funeral services for W. R. S. Mann 60 father of Robert B. Mann of Decatur were conducted at a Griffin Baptist church with burial in Griffin cemetery. He died Tuesday at his Griffin home. A retired farmer he was widely known. Surviving are his son three daughters Mrs W T Maddox Miss Amelia Mann Griffin and Mrs Bert Cauthon Jonesboro Ga.

W. R. S. Mann Robert B. Mann Decatur Baptist Church Griffin Mann Griffin Cemetery W. T. Maddox Amelia Mann Bert Cauthon Jonesboro

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