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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1941

Page

7

Moody's Open Day and Night Grand Opening

Moody Pan-Am Servicenter on Bee June Highway at Vine Street prepares for a 24 hour grand opening all day Saturday May 31. Leonard E. Moody leads Pan-Am gasoline oils U S tires batteries accessories with a showroom devoted to modern service including 30 minute battery charger hydraulic lift and tire regroover. A cafe and kitchen run by John Kiehl opens June 15. Free gifts will be offered to adults and children.

Moody Pan-Am Vine Street Leonard E. Moody U. S Pan American Petroleum Products John Kiehl Second Avenue Kiehl Decatur Moody’s Allen Bendix

Union Hill Home Demonstration Club Meets May Meeting

The Union Hill Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Bobby Lamon's home on May 27 with Mrs. Annie Abercrombie presiding. Members discussed church renovation plans for May 31 and fundraising via the Dennis quartet to buy church doors. Birthdays celebrated, gifts exchanged, and refreshments served to twelve members and four visitors. next gathering set for June 24 at Mrs. Ruth Henderson's home.

Union Hill Dennis Quartet Annie Abercrombie Lamon Leve Henderson Carrie Smallwood Ruth Henderson

Attorney General Rules County Welfare Board Members Held to Impeachment

Montgomery Ala May 30. Attorney General T H Lawson ruled that county boards of public welfare may be removed only by impeachment. He advised T M Perry president of the Marengo county board of revenue that such officials are appointed under a statute with a fixed term and cannot be removed by the appointing authority.

Montgomery Ala

Convicts Released on Good Behavior in Alabama

Montgomery reports convicts released on good behavior yesterday by the state. The brief item notes clemency action affecting inmates, with no further details on numbers or names.

Montgomery Ala

Bailey Named Farm Products Agent for Alabama

Charles T. Bailey of Cullman Alabama is appointed farm products agent for Alabama for the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company. He will report to Luther Fuller and succeeds Samuel Z. Teague who becomes farm products marketing agent. Bailey, born March 10 1906 in Wadley Alabama, is a 1929 Auburn graduate with graduate work at Wisconsin. Previously he served as Cullman county agent for the Alabama Extension Service.

Charles T. Bailey Cullman Ala Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company Alabama Robert Gregg Bailey Luther Fuller Amuel Z. Teague Wadley Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn University of Wisconsin Tennessee Company The Alabama Extension Service

Newcomers List Presented by Decatur Hospitality Committee

Decatur Chamber of Commerce Hospitality Committee releases a list of new city residents. The names include Cam Summers Wallace E Jones Paul D Barlow Ogley Austin Edgar L Henson BE T Brannum J B Carrington Hagier Ewing Apartments Arthur G Huey J R Hunter D T Shipp and others with street addresses.

Decatur Chamber of Commerce Decatur Paul D. Barlow Wadsworth Street Ogley Austin Sherman Street Edgar L. Henson Lapfayette Be.t. Brannum Grant Street J. B. Carrington Thomas

Cadet Thompson Receives Wings at Barksdale Field

Fifty eight cadets earned wings and commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army Air Corps on May 9 at the Advanced Air Corps Flying School, Barksdale Field Louisiana. Thompson, from Falkville, attended Teachers College and starred in basketball and football. He is now an instructor at Barksdale Field.

Gien W Thompson W. J. ‘Thompson Falkville U.S. Army Air Corps May Advanced Air Corps Barksdale Field Louisiana Thompson Teachers College Bombardment Pilots Training School

Singing gathering and Sunday visits mark Blount family notes

A large number attended singing at Phenezer Sunday night. Mrs J W Cheatham and son Junior returned a week's visit with friends in Manchester Tennessee. Wesley Cheatham and others visited in Manchester last week. Graduation was witnessed by Captain Stephen R Barker and Major E R Todd at a cadet training ceremony.

Phenezer J. W. Cheatham and Son A. FP. Laine Manchester Tenn George Aaron Pieasant View Virgil Lee Oldacre Wesley Cheatham Harold Merle Grace Malcolm Marie—Dutton Richard Buckelew Claude Babe Via Hollis - Dutton Sardis Wayne Cheatham John Dutton Harold Hogan Opal Via Dal Stephen R. Barker E. R. Todd Bombardment Pilots Training School Tai Gardner Urban Dutton Henry Thomas Malcolm Wilson West Point Malcolm Cheatham J. W. Cheatham A .P. Gaine R. B. Butler

Berlin denies Schmeling death reports amid Crete invasion claims

German press quotes Max Schmeling denying death rumors from Crete. An interview with Schmeling via Siegfried Kappe says he wandered in Crete, rejoined his group, and helped capture a penitentiary road. Officials say he is in an air force hospital with a tropical illness after heavy fighting.

Berlin Max Schmeling Crete Siegfried Kappe Eee Schmeling Behmeling Air Force Alexandria Egypt Schmeling Ben

New Gas Pipeline Expansion By Southern Natural in South

The Southern Natural Gas Company launches a $7,000,000 expansion to boost daily gas delivery by 45 million cu ft. A 120 mile pipeline will connect six new wells at Logansport Louisiana to the Monroe Louisiana to Atlanta line, as president C P Rather stated.

Birmingham Ala Southern Natural Gas Company C. PB Logansport Monroe Atlanta

Prisoner Charged with Having a Lawyer in Federal Court

In Savannah on May 30, Assistant District Attorney Julian Hartridge startled the prisoner by declaring in federal court that Willie is charged with having a lawyer.

Bavannah Julian Hartridge Willie

Woman argues stop ticket, collides with police chief’s car

Savannah May 30 report says motorcycle patrolman H C Berne issued a woman a ticket for failing to stop at a boulevard. She disputed the charge and backed toward a parking space outside police headquarters where her car struck a parked vehicle owned by Chief of Detectives John C McCarthy.

Savannah H. C. Berne John C. McCarthy

Parole Board Pronounces Sentences Across Counties

Lewis Williams of Limestone County receives life imprisonment for homicide while Jack Wright of Pike County gets ten years for murder knowledge and Jenkins Taylor of Montgomery is sentenced to four to five years for assault to murder.

Don Lewis Williams Limestone County Jack Wright Pike Jenkins Taylor Montgomery

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bee Line Cam Summers Avenue 18 Wallace E. Jones Fifth Thompson IS Charles T. Phillips Bes Tt Eche Cullman County Blair Max Moody’s Pan-Am Servicenter the National Cash Register Co B.C. McCall P. O Decatur, Ala CORNY Pang Gominee St Je eLihite U.S Panaco Drinkard Hartselle Brown Service Decatur Pump Co Sth Holly ST
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