Tributes Paid to Memory of Ogden Wells
Memorial service for J Ogden Wells head of Cooper Wells Co was held at the plant site in Decatur with John Patterson presiding The rites honored a manufacturing and banking leader who died in St Joseph Michigan Several speakers including G B Paxton Dr J D Hunter and Rev J D Wallace praised his vision loyalty and care for employees. The Bonanza chorus and First Ward school children performed during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ogden Wells
Cooper- Wells & Co
Second Avenue
Second Street
John Patterson
St. Joseph
Mich
Mr. Patterson
Mr. Wells
Wells
Cooper-Wells
Decatur
Patterson
J. O. Wells
James Allen Smith
Central Baptist Church
Paxton
G. B. Paxton
Cooper-Wells and Company
Mr. Paxton
J. D. Hunter
Eleventh Street Methodist Church
Birmingham
Central Methodist Church
Ieee Hunter
Bonanza Chorus
First Ward
J. D. Wallace
First Church
Curb Market Nears New Highs in May Sales
May sales at the Decatur curb market totaled 1426.42 dollars for 1929, doubling May 1928 figures of 783.97. About 25 sellers operated, with Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays strongest, averaging near 100 dollars on a selling day and close to 200 on Saturdays.
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Decatur Curb
J. T. Nelson
Youth Denies Love Affair as Killer Confession Surfaces
Macon Georgia May 31 A 21 year old man, Earl Manchester, confessed to killing James Parks 25 in a rooming house where 71 year old Mrs J Powers owned the establishment. Authorities say Manchester claimed Powers urged him to kill and discussed liquor plots as the defense prepares insanity arguments. He said he killed Parks after a plan to hijack a liquor car failed and expressed remorse awaiting a Methodist minister.
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Macon
Youth And Woman Sought In Robbery
In Birmingham Alabama a nattily dressed youth and a woman companion who aided him in a filling station robbery last night are being sought by police. The robbery netted $150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
King Midas Loaves Baked For Wall Street Victuals
Niles Rice Becker runs the only bakery in Wall Street, yet the loaves are solid gold. He oversees the United States assay office where gold is melted, tested, and poured into moulds for the credit system. The facility handles vast quantities of gold, with daily business by bank executives unseen by the metal itself.
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Associated Press
New York
Niles Rice Becker
Wall Street
United States
Financial District
Wege
Becker
Select Tire opens in Decatur with large crowd expected
Saturday marks the debut of Select Tire Company at Oak and Lee streets in Decatur. E. W. Kennedy, manager, will oversee Goodrich tire distribution with Silvertowns and Blue Streak road service. Souvenirs, flowers, balloons, and trade incentives greet opening guests. Kennedy returns to Decatur, praising the local people and announcing the new station is ready.
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Select Tire Company
E. W
Dick” Kennedy
Decatur
Oak and Lee Streets
Kennedy
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Short Circuit Nearly Causes Serious Blaze
A ground fault in a truck line at Bradley Bros Garage near Pirst Avenue and Johnston Street sparked fumes from underground tank filling. The blaze was halted when company workers doused it with chemicals and Earl Bradley fought the flames to prevent spread.
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Bradley Bros
Pirst Avenue
Johnston Street
Earl Bradley
Noe & With Fine Company
Crop Conditions Look Favorable In North Alabama
Crop conditions in North Alabama appear favorable for corn and cotton after weeks of heavy rainfall. Sunny days have allowed farmers to get into the fields and make progress.
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North
Alabama
Kiwanis Inter City Gathering Succeeds in Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis club hosts 100 visitors from the Valley section for a day of entertainment ending with a banquet at Masonic Hall. International Trustee Walter R. Weiser spoke on inter-city Kiwanis work and spirit to about 200 attendees.
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Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Valley
Valley Country Club
Kiwanis
Masonic Hall
Walter R. Weiser
International Trustee
Weiser
Labor Party Seizes Lead in Britain Election
London May 31 Baldwin government loses majority as Labour gains a strong showing in the general election. By five oclock Labour holds 268 seats while Conservatives 227 Liberals 46 Nationalists 3 Prohibition 1 Independents 2 with 67 constituencies undeclared. Labor leads in the aggregate vote but coalition likely for government.
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London
Baldwin
England
Labor Party
Anc Labor
House of Commons
Labor
Conservatives
Liberals
Nationalists
Prohibition
Conservative
Independently
Has Returned Van Gilbert From Ghaliapooga
State law enforcement officer Van Gilbert has returned from Ghaliapooga after a 15 day assignment. He arrived to a welcome by colleagues and family, with colleagues noting his safety and readiness for future duties.
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van Gilbert
Ghaliapooga
First Tag Day Nets 30.82 For Hospital Benefit
The Cotaco club led the first tag day for the Benevolent hospital benefit raising 30.82. Monthly events will be staged by different women’s organizations with hospital boards expressing gratitude for the kickoff.
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Benevolent Hospital
Cotaco Club
Hospital Board
Charley Hall Leads In Southern Golf Championship
Charley Hall maintained his lead in the Southern Golf Professional Association championship at Roebuck course Birmingham, scoring two birdies and a par on the first three holes of the final 36 holes. Birmingham amateur Bill Moughan trailed by three strokes with a 159 after a birdie par and one over par.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Golf Professional Association
Charley Hall
Hall
Bill Moughan
Roebuck Course
Bowles Improves After Operation Following Auto Crash
Thomas A. Bowles remains in a Birmingham hospital after an automobile accident infection. Doctors performed another operation yesterday but today it was unclear if further procedures would be needed.
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Thomas A. Bowles
Birmingham
Legion Plans Memorial Day Observance in City Cemetery
The Ameri can Legion and Spanish-American War veterans organize a Memorial Day program at city cemetery Sunday at 4 pm with A G Patterson as principal speaker. The Hartselle band plays, Athens National Guard fires a salute, and flowers are requested from attendees.
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American Legion
City Cemetery
A. G. Patterson
Hartselle
National Guard Company of
Athens
America
J. A. Woods
A.G. Patterson
Legion
Legion Post
River project study crowds Alabama leaders in Montgomery
In Montgomery on May 31 a conference on the Coosa Alabama waterway drew top business professional and political figures from across Alabama. Governor Graves chaired the meeting inviting representatives from commerce industry government and education to exchange ideas on using the waterway for transport. Dawes of Chicago Mississippi Valley Association led the speaker lineup as plans to interest Congress were contemplated.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Coosa-Alabama
Graves
Congress
William R. Dawes
Chicago
The
Mississippi Valley Association
Sale Of Poppies Proves Highly Successful
The sale of poppies raised more than 150 dollars early last evening with some poppies still available as workers pressed on. A final report will be issued within a few days detailing the results and next steps.
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le- WO
Auaillasy
Goodyear Day Statewide Endorsed by Alabama Governor
Governor Bibb Graves endorsed Southern Goodyear Day as Alabama sets a state wide event on the first Saturday of June. Goodyear dealers will sell one day’s output from the Alabama plant at sites including Decatur. Graves calls Goodyear a pathfinder and urges other industries to relocate to Alabama.
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Alabama
Decatur
Lee Street
Bibb Graves
Goodyear
Graves
Montgomery
Ala
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Company
Houston Flood Drenches City as Bayous Rage
Heavy floods sweep Houston Texas with three bayous turning torrents. Water plant blackout shifts supply to sub station as windows burst and machinery flooded. Homes inundated and residents flee to high ground amid widespread property damage.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Buffalo Bayou
Y Pool Expected to Open Next Week Citywide Access
J Randolph secretary of MOA said the Y swimming pool will likely open during the coming week. No membership card needed for admission. Repairs to the tank will be made during the week and all city boys may enter.
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J. Randolph
MOA
Mr. Randolph
King George III Ill Again. Dawson Rushes From Continent
London reports King George ill with fever after a month of convalescence. Lord Dawson of Penn flies from the continent to Windsor Castle to treat the sovereign, who is confined to bed with a feverish attack amid cautious talk on connections to his prior illness.
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London
King George
Windsor Castle
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Croydon
Paris
George
Queen Mary
Wells Attack Prompts Search for Suspect Shackelford
Law rence county officers have hunted for Jesse Shackelford, a black man, for two days after he allegedly struck A. T. Wells at Wheeler Station with a hoe handle and fired a wild shot. No arrests made. Wells escaped serious injury. Two men held at Stevenson were released after no link to the incident was found.
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Jesse Shackelford
Lawrence County
A. T. Wells
Wheeler Station
Stevenson
Ala
Mr. Wells
Women And Men Sell On Decatur Curb Saturday Sale
Women and men sellers on the Decatur curb will vie Saturday for sales leadership in an annual market event. The contest between the two groups has become a longstanding custom at the city market.
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Decatur
Eugene Newsom To Head Rotary Clubs
Eugene Newsom will lead Rotary Clubs for the coming year at the closing session of the organization’s 20th annual convention in Dallas Texas. The event marks a milestone for the local group as leaders are chosen for the next year.
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Eugene Newsom
Dallas
Texas
Mayernational
City orders removal of dangerous ruins in Decatur
The City of Decatur plans to move soon against a dangerous ruin at the corner of Bank and La Fayette streets. City owners were ordered weeks ago to tear down or secure the building, with the order effective May 30, and no word yet from owners about compliance.
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Decatur
Partia
Bank and
Lafayette Streets
McGehee to Return From Rotary Convention
John G. McGehee will return Sunday morning after representing the Decatur Rotary Club at the Dallas Convention of Rotary International Rotarians gathered from the area attended sessions discussing civic problems of interest to the organization The report notes the convention drew participants from across the wells bee and Dallas area.
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John G. McGehee
Decatur Rotary Club
Dallas
Rotary International
Wells Bee
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Ogden Wells
Curb Records
New Heights
Manchester
Mrs. Powers
William R. Kuhns
Niles R Gecker
Hartselle Band
Coosa
Michael Strange
John Barrymore
Harrison Tweed
Lord Dawson
Windsor
Bank-LaFayette
McGehee
Rotary
Eben
By Gordon Brown
Schelbell
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