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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1940

Page

10

Texas Delegation Shifts in Roosevelt Garner Race

Texas votes place Garner second with 46 delegates as Roosevelt holds a majority. Texas aftermath shows 772 of 1,094 full voting delegates accounted with lineups for Garner Parley Baker and others. Republican totals rise with 625 uninstructed delegates amid contests in Arkansas New Jersey and Illinois.

Texas D. Harold Oliver Washington Vicent Garner Secon Roosevelt Garner Senator Vandenberg Michigan Hanford MacNider Town Senator Capper Kansas Senator McNary Oregon Arkansas Illinois New Jersey Wendell Willkie Dewey Willkie Topeka Kans

Town Creek Woman's Missionary Society Weekly Meeting

The Town Creek Methodist Church group met Monday in Mrs. D. A. Norton's home. Mrs. L. E. Sanderson led the program on "My Lord Calls Me" with the mission topic "Christian In Deed and in Truth." Mrs. Luke Johnson's life story was shared by several members. twenty members and three visitors attended. Refreshments were served.

Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Town Creek D. A. Norton L. E. Sanderson Luke Johnson Willie Armstrong O. A. Norton Lewis Sanderson Joe Houston Riley B. Moore Henry Houston Mildred Houston

Four Convicted in Atlanta Flogging Case

Four men were convicted in four trials for suburban floggings over a two year period in Atlanta. Thirteen others await trial. Three received maximum sentences. Walter Forster, a former Atlanta police officer and admitted Ku Klux Klan member, was summoned for sentencing. The other three were also identified as Klansmen.

Atlanta Walter Forster

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