Local News Briefs From Decatur Community
Mrs. J B Murphree moved to Benevolent hospital for an operation with sister Mrs J B Murphree and Mrs George W Moebes of Birmingham arriving to be at her side. Bank president W W Russell departs for Montgomery and Montevallo. Various church meetings scheduled this afternoon at Southside Baptist. Several locals, including Jeanne Moseley and Mary Wallace Smiley, are noted for health and travel updates.
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J. B. Murphree
Fairview
The
Benevolent Hospital
George W. Moebes
Birmingham
J. T. Niger
the Benevolent Hospital
Decatur
Informers Slain on Eve of Liberty
Frank Allers 35 a Maryland penitentiary inmate died after being stabbed twice in a prison washroom Sunday. He had been awaiting release after ten years for larceny and had testified in 1922 that sent four men to life for a contractor murder. He was an informer promised immunity.
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Baltimore
Frank Allers
Maryland
William Norris
Allers
New York Cotton Futures Opening Prices
Cotton futures opened steady in New York with July at 8.88, October 9.23, December 9.41, January 9.52, and March 9.72 as of May 25.
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New York
Decatur Baseball Opens Bee Line Season With Athens
Decatur will host Athens at Connecticut Mills field Tuesday at four o'clock for the Bee Line league opener. Mayor Malone to throw the first ball as Kelton likely starts on the mound for the homelings. Manager Lester Corbett leads a strengthened lineup amid high expectations for Decatur and a strong Athens club eyes another pennant.
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Kelton
Decatur
Connecticut Mills Field
B. L. Malone
Lester Corbett
Corbett
Athenians
Allen
Athens
Terry Bond Pending After Shooting Case
Lam Terry, a white man, is held at Morgan county jail in connection with a shooting that wounded Tilman Points, a Black man, who died days later. Terry has made bond and await approval before release.
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Lam Terry
Morgan County
Tilman
Terry
Good Progress On Huntsville Road
Contractors report steady progress on the Athens Huntsville road paving project having completed about three and a half miles of the link. Officials anticipate completion by the last of August.
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Athens-Huntsville
Highway Division Plans Marine Line Of Roads In Section
H D Barnum proposes a line of roads in the section to improve division 1 highway MIGINeEL Marine area. Local officials note potential construction and funding needs for the project.
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Migineel
Nce
Marine
Young Lady Sought Here in Decatur
Sgt Don K Burch of Fort Riley Kansas asks Decatur Daily publish a notice to locate Miss Dorothy Jean Hudson who left Shawnee Oklahoma about three weeks ago and may have relatives in Decatur. He requests contact with her at once.
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Daily Today
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Dorothy Jean Hudson
Don K. Burch
M. G. Troop
13Th Cav
Fort Riley
Kansas
Miss Hudson
Shawnee
Oklahoma
M. G
Cav
Adams Publishes Nationwide Ad Campaign for Decatur
D C Adams of Grant Street, a major Decatur apartment developer, prepares a promotional folder highlighting Decatur points of interest and recreation. He aims ads to automobile clubs and chambers of commerce, touting the Bee Line highway with Chicago to Florida paving to attract overnight and extended tourist stays at Cornelian Court apartments.
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D. C. Adams
Grant Street
Decatur
United States
Mr. Adams
Adams
Cornelian Court
Chicago
Florida
Automobile Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Graduation at Riverside Tonight
Riverside High holds graduation exercises this evening at Riverside Auditorium starting at eight o'clock. Dr. S. J. Hocking delivers the keynote address to twenty-one graduates and their guests, as D. D. McGehee, chairman of the board of education, presents the diplomas.
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Riverside High
Riverside Auditorium
J. Hocking
D. D. McGehee
Board of Education
Rioters Clashes at Vandalia Prison Farm End in Fire
National guardsmen and highway police patrolled Vandalia state penal farm as 600 prisoners fought two hours with guards. Four prisoners were wounded or held, and four wooden dormitories were burned. The riot followed a tipped escape plan and involved inmates scaling the barbed wire fence. Charles Rogers William Simmons Arthur Lewis and Charles Lewis named as escapees.
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Vandalia
Vandalia State Penal Farm
C. A. Metzer
Schminmeager
Pes
Emer
Metzer
Charles
Rogers
William Simmons
Arthur An
Charles Lewis
Concrete laid on Bee Line highway near Hartselle
Concrete work on the Bee Line highway near Hartselle Mountain progresses rapidly with about one half to three quarters of a mile paved this morning. Sunday crews push to reopen the roadway as daybreak to dark schedules continue. Highway officials express satisfaction with the pace.
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Bee Line
Hartselle Mountain
Eighteen Cars of Berries Shipped
The berry shipment from Cullman county continued with eighteen cars iced by the Decatur Ice and Coal Company on Monday for onward shipment.
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Cullman County
Decatur Ice and Coal Company
Training School for S. 8 Workers Planned at First Methodist
A Sunday school training school will convene June 7 at the First Methodist church in Tyler with a diverse faculty. Registration is expected to exceed 100. Courses include Organizing Young Peoples' Division, Christian Education, Principles of Teaching, and The Teaching of Jesus.
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First Methodist Church
R. T. Tyler
Decatur
Organization of Young Peoples’ Division
General Board
Nashville
E. G. Mackay
Conference Board of Education
Drew
R. Naylor
Athens College For Women
Woman Missionary Societies
Board of Education
Mackay
Naylor
O’rear
Jesus
Debutantes Pay Hefty Price for Buckingham Palace Bow
London May 25 A royal procession at Buckingham Palace sets the tone as King George and Queen Mary attend a debutante ceremony. Analysts put the cost of a single bow at about 2000 dollars, often twice that amount, for social prestige and presentation at court.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Reba
Earl Calvin Wins Benson Medal At Riverside
Thirteen declaimers performed before a large Riverside high school audience on Saturday. Judges from Athens College and school officials praised Earl Calvin for his speech America for Americans while Joe Calvin received the citizenship medal from Principal W. T. Jordan. Neal Wells and the school band and choruses were honored with a $14 purse presented by Supt. Benson and funded by three patrons praising their year of work.
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Riverside High School
W. T. Jordan
Joe Calvin
Gillenwater
Athens College
Benson
Neal Wells
Wells
Farmers Plant Hay Crops and Soybeans in Alabama
Alabama farmers trimmed cotton efforts to boost hay crops and especially soybeans, with Franklin county reporting 25 percent higher soybean acreage. Warm weather aided growth but some replanting occurred. overall corn and cotton are in good condition and weeds are manageable. Strawberries continue to ripen and shipments to northern and eastern markets increased, boosting growers’ incomes.
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Auburn
Ala
King Cotton
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Franklin County
J. D. Wood
F. M. White
North
Duncan
Auburn Extension Service
Baldwin
Escambia Coun
Disappointment in Love Tells of Student's Death in Classroom
Memphis Tennessee May 25 AP William Mitchell 19 a college student from Grenada Mississippi died in a classroom after a gunshot self inflicted report says he told classmates he would kill himself over a broken romance. Fellow students heard the shot as they entered the psychology room at chapel. The slain senior was to graduate Monday and was the youngest member of his class.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Mitchell
Ance
Lou
Mitchell
Mate
Vis
Grenada
Miss
Graduates Parade In Morning Service At First Methodist
Sixty graduates from Ri and twenty-one from Ri marched in during the morning service at First Methodist Church. They sat in gowns before a crowded congregation. Dr Nabors urged training head and hand and preached on Jesus King of Jews with a call to love devotion and worship.
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First Methodist Church
Nabors
Jesus
Death Claims Sarah Speegie of Austinville
Little Sarah Speegie daughter of Mr and Mrs Speegie of Austinville died this afternoon at 3 30 at the parents home. She leaves two sisters Miss Kate Speegie and Mrs B D of Redville. Funeral services will be held today at 3 30 at the Austinville Methodist Church conducted by Rev T H Wilson with interment in Reselawn Cemetery. Priest in charge.
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Sarah Speegie
Austinville Methodist Church
T. H. Wilson
Quieted In Official Circles
A brief item notes continued quiet in official circles over the weekend as government or organizational leaders maintain holding patterns and avoid public statements. No major events or statements were reported, keeping activities low profile.
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Southside Baptist Church
Sunbeams
R. A
Jeanne Moseley
Presse
W. W. Pussell
First National Bank
Montgomery
Montevallo
Roger Gardner
Thomas W. Wert
Kyle Frazier
University of Alabama
Mary Wallace Smiley
J. R. Smiley
J. T. Weatherly
Mr. Weatherly
Ana
Henry Cullom
Cauitment Tire Company
Anniston
Cullom
Huntsville
Town
Riverside
Tyler
C. O’rear
Our Church At
Dallas
King George
Queen Mary
England
Queen’ Mary
BertHa R Umer
Earl Calvin
Dean Ragsdale
Dr. Barnard
Miss Thomas
Coach Taylor
America
Pan
Rev. Nabors
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