Education Plays Important Role Says Riverside Commencement
Dr. O C Carmichael president of Alabama College told Riverside high school graduates that education has become crucial as the nation rises to world leadership. He cited growth in the educational system and noted 7 500 Alabama high school graduates this year, stressing opportunities for graduates.
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United States
O. C.carmichael
Alabama College
Riverside High School
America
Alabama
Bama
Cel _shated
Four City Projects Bid Call Issued for June 14
Bids are asked today on four city projects with a 7:30 pm deadline June 4 and a 1:30 pm deadline June 14. Projects include sidewalk guttering at Keller Memorial Bridge Alabama Street route and storm and sanitary sewers at Vine Alabama and Church Skillington Market streets and Second Avenue improvement from Grant Street to the L N tracks. City clerk E W Collier issued the notices.
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Railroad Street
E. W. Collier
Alabama Street
Keller Memorial Bridge
Vine
Alabama Streets
Church, Skillington
Market
Tharch Street
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Louisville and Nashville
Second Avene
Riverside High School Graduation Ceremony Honors Leaders
Diplomas were presented to 28 graduates by Fred Hunt as Principal W. T. Jordan read the honor roll. Dr. Carmichael warned that America spends far more on luxuries than education and urged grads to live up to their opportunities. The crowd filled Riverside High School auditorium for the ceremony led by Miss Nellie Wilson.
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Carmichael
America
Lynne
S. A. Lynne
United States
Fred Hunt
Hunt
W. W. Benson
Prof. Benson
W. T. Jordan
Riverside High School
Nellie Wilson
Wanted Column Lists Loans Rentals and Goods for Sale
In today's wanted column readers see six percent money to loan on business and dwelling realty, lime sewer pipe plaster pipe and a Sweet-toned square piano offered for sale. A servant is wanted to live with a family of three in Athens. Two well located apartments for rent appear among the opportunities in the column.
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Athens
Rankin to Build Four Houses in East Decatur
Local realtor Marvin Rankin announced plans to construct four eight room houses in East Decatur. Two will be on Wadsworth Street and two on Sixteenth Avenue, with work to start mid next week and finish as soon as possible to ease the acute housing demand.
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Marvin Rankin
East Decatur
Wadsworth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Rankin
Five Million See Movies In France
Paris based data from Tout Cinema shows 3,995 cinema halls in France with 180 in Paris. Five million people attend films weekly, reflecting strong cinema popularity across the country.
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France
Paris
Tout Cinema
Paving Bid Invites Bee Line Section From Tennessee River to Pryor Plantation
Alabama highway officials call for bids Thursday to pave the Bee Line between the Tennessee river bridge and near the Pryor plantation in Limestone County. The plan aims for uninterrupted traffic, with concrete likely north of the river. Completion hopes target the bridge area and Ardmore by late summer.
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BEE Line
Alabama State Highway. Department
Tennessee River Bridge
Pryor Plantation
Limestone County
Tennessee Line
Gulf
State Highway Department
Athens
Ardmore
Pryor
Lynching of Suspect After Gambling Death Near Slater
In Marshall Missouri on May 30 AP reports Odie Wilson, a Black man who killed Romeo Logan in a gambling dispute, was seized from county officers by masked men and hanged beside a roadside tree three miles south of Slater while being brought to jail. Local report notes the officers suspected the lynchers were Black.
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Marshall
Odie Wilson
Romeo Logan
Slater
Surveys Work at Proposed Whitesburg Bridge Site
News from Union Grove Marshall county reports U S surveyors at the Kessee river site for the Whitesburg bridge project. Permission to build the bridge was recently granted at that location.
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United States
Whitesburg
Kessee River
Pendent
Union Grove
Marshall County
Child Rests Well After Fall Outside Daily Offices
Little Earl O Neal Overstreet injured Monday night by a fall into the cement areaway outside the Daily offices on Second avenue rests at home on Fourth avenue south. Doctors report he suffered a fractured eardrum but expects to be out in a day or so.
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Little Earl O’neal Overstreet
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
South
Tributes Paid by Nation to Heroes of All Conflicts
Arlington greeted thousands for Memorial Day services honoring fallen soldiers and sailors. President Coolidge would deliver the nationally significant address near Lincoln’s Gettysburg spot. Veterans groups and national figures lined downtown routes as Means of Colorado and Nurtz of Pennsylvania were scheduled to speak.
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Washington
Arlington
White House
President Coolidge
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Battlefield
Means
Colorado
Nurtz
Pennsylvania
Homeage Rendered For American War Dead In France
A commemorative ceremony honored fallen American soldiers in France with voices praising courage and French war orphans decorating graves. About 29 915 Americans are buried in cemeteries and a little over 100 undisturbed graves exist in France. Ambassador Herrick and Paris’s leading American colonists helped make the day memorable.
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France
Herrick
Paris
President Coolidge Visits Gettysburg Memorial Day
President Coolidge arrived by special train at 1 47 p m to honor Civil War fallen at Gettysburg. He was greeted by Governor Fisher and local dignitaries before traveling to the national cemetery south of town.
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Gettysburg
President Coolidge
Western
Maryland
Fisher
National Cemetery
Liquor Shipment Seized by Raiders in Birmingham
Federal prohibition agents seized a $10,000 consignment of liquor from Lakeland Florida bound for Kansas City Missouri in Birmingham. The shipment hidden in 150 drums 25 gallon each included 190 cases of pint and quart bottles and sand filled drums. Police said the liquor labeled phosphate was sidetracked after Savannah and Birmingham did not disclose the consignee.
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Birmingham
Lakeland
Fla
Kansas City
Savannah
Housing fund in arrears for Decatur project
The Decatur Improvement Corporation faces a shortfall in its $92,000 housing fund intended to build 68 homes for industrial workers. At a Tuesday gathering led by president J White, progress toward the goal was reviewed as committees prepare for another report Friday.
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Decatur and Improvement Corporation
Tewhe Alley
J . White
Southland
Decatur
Rheumatism Blamed for Early Heart Deaths in Youth
London, Sir George Newman warns rheumatic diseases cause 80 per cent of heart disease deaths under 26. At an international conference he says acute rheumatism in children seeds future heart and nervous system disease. He urges parental and school supervision and better personal and environmental hygiene for children under 14.
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London
George Newman
Ministry of Health
United States
France
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Sweden
Sir George
Athens Woman Improves Steadily After Operations
Mrs. A. M. McLemore of Athens route 2 is steadily improving at Benevolent hospital where she was admitted three weeks ago for two serious operations. A. M. Mewe is at her bedside today and believes she will be ready to go home within a few days.
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A. M. McLemore
Athens
The
Benevolent Hospital
A. M. Mewe
McLemore
No More Pins Arrive For Kids Safety Club
The Daily reports no more First Kids Safety Club buttons are available. Two button consignments were given away, and no further orders exist. Readers are urged to visit offices but should not expect further buttons.
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1St Kids Safety Club
Textile Realty pays semi annual dividend
Textile Realty Co. mailed semi annual dividend checks totaling six percent to investors. Formed to build the structure housing Connecticut Mills Co southern plant, it has subscribed about $196 000 with $37 700 unpaid, now absorbed locally in under 18 months, showing Decatur residents' ability to meet obligations.
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Oae
Textilerty Co
Textile-Realty Co
Conectticut Mills Co
Ateeck
Decatur
Base Ship Fails To Find Trace Of Italia
King's Bay Spitzbergen May 30 AP The base ship Citta Di Milani arrived at midnight unsuccessfully seeking any trace of the missing dirigible Italia and its 18 crew. Heavy winds and ice hindered the search as the vessel heads north again to await Hobby from Norway with Lieutenant Holm and a hydroplane to reconnoiter the area of the supposed wreck.
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King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Citta di Milani
King’s Bay
Italia
Polar
Hobby
Norway
Holm
Aviator Killed Near Douglas in Forced Landing
Captain B. W. Ballcom of the Army Aviation Corps and commander of a squadron of three planes en route from San Antonio to March Field California was burned to death this morning when he made a forced landing four miles from Douglas Arizona.
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Douglas
Ariz
W. Ballcom
Army Aviation Corps
San Antoni
March Field
Calif
Decatur Kiwanis Trade Pact Aims for Broad Merchant Pledge
The Decatur Kiwanis Club announces a four month trade day program with 10 percent signing and about 125 participants expected this fall. Canvasser lists include around 190 prospects from every local business firm. L Peterson reports cautious optimism as four committees have not reported while others are partially complete. The plan seeks 70 to 80 percent merchant and professional participation for full program effectiveness.
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Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis Club
L. Peterson
Goff and Hoover In Close Race Yet
West Virginia May 30 AP with about a third of precincts reporting Hoover and Senator Guy Goff remained in a neck and neck Republican presidential contest. Goff led by just over 1,000 as 725 of 2306 precincts counted giving Goff 40 861 Hoover 39 247. Governor Al Smith led Democratic preference as returns from 592 precincts showed Smith 21 143 Reed 18 191.
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West Va
Herbert Hoover
Guy Goff
Goff
Commerce Secretary
Hoover
al Smith
New York
James Reed
Missouri
Smith
Reed
Hodges Crow Leads Morgan County Tax Report Prep
Tax collector Hodges Crow and the Morgan County tax staff prepared the annual reports and attached exhibits for submission to the state auditor on July 1. Officials expect several weeks of intensive work as they finalize figures and compile data for the statewide review.
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Hodges Crow
Morgan County
Twenty Nine Baby Racing Cars Begin Speedway
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway a record crowd watched Jimmy Gleason lead the 600 mile race at halfway with a record split of 2:25:43.68 for 250 miles at an average 102.982 mph. Gleason held a five mile edge over Lou Meyer at 300 miles as De Paolo watched from the judges stand and Duray led early with 118 mph pace.
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Indianapolis
Leon Duray
Leshee
Cliff Woodbury
Cliff Bergere
Los Angeles
Tony Galatto
Peter de Paolo
Ralph de
de. P
Duray
Daily man to write Trinity section news
Guy Cagle, resident of the Trinity section, will write Trinity area news for Tl Daily. He is to contribute once or twice weekly.
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Guy Cagle
Tl Daily
Cagle
Mr. Cagle
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