Combined 108 Students To Graduate In Decatur
A record combined graduation week features 108 diplomas in Decatur with 29 Riverside High and 79 Central High graduates. The Sunday sermon opens ceremonies at Riverside Westminster Enon Church, followed by Monday and Tuesday evening diplomas and baccalaureate addresses by Judge J Fred Johnson and Rev C Bland Mitchell.
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Decatur
Riverside High School
Central High School
Riverside High
Westminster Enon Church
J. Fred Johnson
Florence
Ala
Fred S. Hunt
Board of Education
C. Bland Mitchell
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Birmingham
Atlee H. Hoff
McDowell to Preach at Huntsville Church Service
The Rt. Rev. William G. McDowell D. D. Bishop of Alabama will preach at the Church of the Nativity in Huntsville on Sunday at eleven o'clock. Rev. Cary Gamble rector will take the service.
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William G. McDowell
D. D
Alabama
Church of the Nativity
Huntsville
Cary Gamble
Chicago Grain: July Wheat, Corn, Oats Futures
Chicago grain markets show July wheat up 59, July corn 31, and July oats 22 as futures contracts move. Traders weigh supply signals and demand outlook amid harvest progress and weather expectations.
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Chicago
Decatur Teachers Await Public Pledges Payment
Decatur school teachers have not received their ninth month salary due to about 1500 dollars in pledges unpaid. They will wait until June 3 for funds to cover a substantial part of salaries. Checks should be sent to W. W. Benson, superintendent.
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Decatur
W. W. Benson
Ninth Street church youth pageant and revival notices
The Ninth Street Methodist church youth division will stage a pageant The Challenge of Cross for Anniversary Day Sunday night with Mrs J G Stanly and Mrs Weaver as organizers. Rev Frank Philpot will preach at the morning service and Rev C M Tyndal conducts revival next week in Elrod.
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Young People's Division
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Cross
J. G. Stanly
Elrod
Tuscaloosa
C. R. Sloan
Ninth Street Church
Sheriff Ayers Sets State Record For Stills Destroyed
The Moulton Advertiser notes Sheriff J K Ayers of Lawrence county leads in enforcing prohibition. Since January 1931 he destroyed 23 stills, about 6400 gallons of whiskey and 323000 gallons of beer. He charged 65 men with distilling and is praised as possibly the best record in the state.
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Moulton Advertiser
J. K. Ayers
Lawrence County
Ayers
River Quotation Reading Shows 5.8 Feet Level
Government observer records the Tennessee river at 5.8 feet today indicating current water level.
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Tennessee
Government
Indictment Said to Hit Norfolk Hoaxer Curtis
An indictment, alleged to involve Hughes Curtis the Norfolk hoaxer in the Lindbergh case, was handed to Justice Thomas Trencherd and ordered to the quarter sessions court for further action. The grand jury presented three indictments and a plea date of June fourth was set, signaling Curtis’s indictment.
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Flemington
N. J
Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Thomas Trencherd
Quarter Sessions Court
Curtis
Hauck
Wilder to Move Early in Month in New Wilder's
J. E. Wilder announced removal of stock from Wilder's at corner street and Second Avenue will start in June. The new quarters occupy half of the former Matlock's building, now heavily remodeled to provide more space, with a removal sale already under way and attracting buyers.
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J. E. Wilder
Wilder's
Street
Second Avenue
Matlock’s
Wilder
Rainfall Totals Small in Decatur Area
Government observer reports ten hundredths of an inch of rain in Decatur over the past 24 hours. Weather conditions remain mild with light showers in the region.
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Decatur
Cotton Unsteady Through Week Ends At Low Prices
The cotton market closed a week of sharp declines with July cotton at 5.51 cents per pound, below five cents for middling seven eights. The week started at 5.82 cents and declined daily as planters held over part of the 1931 crop, with little selling seen in Decatur.
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Decatur
No Election Held For Chapter 38 Lack of Quorum
Though scheduled for last night no election took place for De Chapter No 38 R A M due to lack of a quorum. Secretary Charles Sittason states a special dispensation is necessary before calling another meeting.
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Charles Sittason
Thein
Temperature Record Reaches 86 in Decatur
The Decatur area recorded high 80s over the past 24 hours. Official data show a high of 86 degrees and a low around 64 degrees, according to government observations.
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Decatur
Lecture Series Concludes On Book Of Revelation
A group gathered at the rectory for the final lecture on the Book of Revelation by Rev. Peter M. Dennis. The talk stressed the book's message of the Lamb’s victory and righteousness overcoming evil, urging study in its historical context to reveal its meanings.
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Dennis
John the Divine
Peter M. Dennis
Christ
Mrs Wilds Moved Home From Benevolent Hospital
Mrs. Sam Wilds of 618 Line Street was released to home care today after an extended illness. Friends are glad to learn she is somewhat improved.
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Sam Wilds
Line Street
Benevolent Hospital
Lee Guests From Atalla Visit Nabors in Jackson Street Home
Mr and Mrs Alan W Lee from Atalla Alabama arrived today and will stay a week with Rev and Mrs A H Nabors at their Jackson Street home.
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Alan W. Lee
Attalla, Ala
A. H. Nabors
Jackson Street
Decatur Bee Line club named Blue Sox after contest
The Decatur Bee Line club will be known as the Decatur Blue Sox after a judges vote at Lyons Hotel. Winner J A Williams, a Tennessee Valley Bank clerk, receives a season pass. runners up are L R Jacks Roland H Gray and W W Fussell.
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Decatur m
Decatur Blue Sox
Decatur
J. A. Williams
Tennessee Valley Bank
L. R. Jacks
Roland H. Gray
W. W. Fussell
Young Williams
J. K. Hughes
W. B. Markstein
Arenten
Mr. Hughes
Ein Yeing
Gordon McDuff
Blue Sox
Williams
Lyons Hotel
Jacks
Gray
Morgan County
Fussell
Lyons
Swift Brother Finds Swift Dead in Sixth Floor Fall
Edward F. Swift senior chairman of Swift and Company died after falling from a sixth floor apartment window in Chicago. He was sixty four, in poor health, and had planned a European vacation next day. He was well known in the stockyards and his finances were reported sound.
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Chicago
Edward F. Swift
Swift and Company
Charles Swift
Swift
Europe
Decatur Curb Market Ends Strong Day for Sellers
The Decatur curb market closed today with seventeen sellers offering a wide range of produce. Eggs were scarce and priced 15 to 20 cents, strawberries sold in good demand with boxes at 5 to 10 cents, and buyers were brisk for vegetables and flowers.
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Decatur
Europe Seeks Cut in Young Plan Payments
Paris May 28 Victor Henry Berenger negotiator of the 1925 Franco American debt pact proposed reducing the Young Plan annuities by one third to cope with a 30 percent drop in business. He urged a moratorium on all payments if Germany cannot bear the load, except 440 million reichsmarks. He linked European debt to US receipts and Paris Lausanne talks.
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Paris
Victor Henry Berenger
Germany
Berenger
United States
France
Europe
New Farms in Alabama Seen in Check-Up Upon Operation
Alabama's total farms this year will be about two percent higher than last year. Nationally 262000 farms operate this year versus 250000 in 1930. The shift from industry to farming is blamed for the rise, with North Black Belt and Southern counties showing small increases and some departures to cities.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
F. W. Gist
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Alabama Crop Reporting Service
North Alabama
Black Belt
South Alabama
Mr. Gist
Senators Seal Economy Bill Draft in Secrecy
Six senators who rebuilt a $1 billion Economy Bill guard its details as they await the House tax bill approval. The measure aims to cut government spending by about two hundred million dollars and could be ready for the full Appropriations Committee as early as Tuesday.
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Washington, D. C
House
Appropriations
Garner blasts Hoover over relief program in informal speech
Washington May 26 Speaker Garner assailed President Hoover for criticizing the 2.3 billion relief program calling it not pork barrel. He said Hoover’s reproach came with poor grace from one who demanded congressional cooperation on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act. Garner said his opposition stemmed from easing destitution and aiding masses and middle class was not surprising.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Hoover
Congress
Colorado and Utah Delegates Vote at Conventions
Democrats in Colorado and Utah held conventions to select score delegates likely to back Franklin D. Roosevelt. Utah aims to launch a boom for Governor Dean as Roosevelt's vice president. Illinois Republicans named twenty two instructed delegates at a state convention supporting the prohibition repeal.
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Associated Press
Democrats
Colorado
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Utah
Ennor Dean
Roosevelt
Ilinois
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