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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

10

Red Cross Chapter Faces Shutdown Without Funds

Morgan County Red Cross chair Fred Hunt Jr warns the Decatur chapter must raise 700 dollars by June first or close. He notes the local unit shifted to active status in 1938, trained 450+ in First Aid and Life Saving, and now handles veterans compensation and railroad pensions totaling about 12 500 dollars annually with 200 cases pending.

Fred Hunt Morgan County Red Cross Hunt National Decatur Frank H. Kirby Washington American Legion Morgan Decatur Chamber of Commerce Low Countries Germany National Red Cross

Hartselle Church to Burn Mortgage on Sunday

The First Christian church of Hartselle plans a Sunday May 26 mortgage burning under Rev. T Powell Sharp. The event follows a long drive to raise funds to clear the debt and fund local needs with excess going to European war relief.

Hartselle First Christian Church of T. Powell Sharp Sharp Hatrielle Robert Glenn Athens Christian Church

Air Mail Schedule Booklet Published

Postmaster R T Sheppard has prepared and published a booklet showing departure and arrival times of air mail from the main and Albany stations. The schedules cover air mail points nationwide and reveal the speed with which air mail is handled.

AIR Mail R. T. Sheppard Albany

Letter Mail Transit Timing To Los Angeles

A letter mailed up to 10 p m at the Bankstreet post office directed to Los Angeles California will arrive there at 3 25 p m the following day.

Bankstreet Los Angeles Calif

Lemon Juice Recipe for Rheumatic Pain Relief

A simple inexpensive home remedy combines Ra Ex Compound with one quart of water and juice from four lemons. Relief is claimed within four hours or overnight, with Ra Ex offered at Goidel Drug Store and other drugstores.

Goidel Drug Store

Alabama Supreme Court Decisions Reported May Twenty Fourth

Decisions announced by the Alabama supreme court list several appeals from Bullock and Jefferson circuits in equity. Justice Bouldin and Justice Foster note affirmations in cases including A L Bradley et al vs W Rumph and Maude E Caverno et al vs Mrs C P Webb, with further references to Co D Phillips vs J B Harvey.

Blount Equity Standard Chemical Company, A Corp W. B. Barbaree Standard Chemical Company A Corp Pike R. H. Crew the Peoples Trust &Savings Bank Coosa Montgomery Ala Alabama Supreme Court Bouldin A. L. Bradley W. Rumph Bullock Circuit Court Maude E. Caverno C. P. Webb Jefferson Circuit Court Foster Co. D. Phillips J. B. Harvey

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