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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1931

Page

3

Torture and Rescue Aboard a Smuggler’s Vessel

Natalie wrestles with terror as gangsters torture Alyn aboard a schooner. Len intervenes to stop the hot iron and the pair remain bound together, awaiting a shore escape as Carlton risks everything to reach them and avert death.

Lemme Len Joe Alyn Natalie Carlton

Revival Campaign Draws Large Central Methodist Attendance

A two week revival at Central Methodist Church opened with strong turnout. Rev A H Nabors preached sermons on repentance and moral leprosy as Miss Marshall led children and youth services. In the afternoon women conducted city prayer services while a narrative of a shipboard escape unfolds with characters Alyn Joe Len Natalie and others in a cliffhanger ending.

Central Methodist Church A. H. Nabors Nabors

Nobility Turns to Steady Work to Face Postwar Hunger

London reports a dramatic shift as England's peers and peeresses, after heavy wartime taxes and industrial strain, take up ordinary labor and trades. Duchesses and ladies run eateries, laundries, dressshops, while lords manage dairies and auto sales, proving nobles can earn their living by sweat.

England So-and-So Judy O'Grady Duchess of Portland Albion Lord Northesk Lady Ossulston Lord Hamilton of Dalzell Glasgow Charles Herne-Soame Dole

Strawberry meeting draws over a hundred farmers in Athens

In Limestone county more than one hundred farmers attended a strawberry growing meeting at the courthouse in Athens. J. T. Belue urged diversifying from cotton to food crops, noting strawberries as a money crop with high early-season prices and strong returns for growers.

Athens Ala Lime Stone County Dourthouse J. T. Belue Uate Oe Belue

Judge McConnell Is Back Home in Athens

Judge A. M. McConnell probate judge of the county has returned from Nashville where he underwent operations for goitre and tonsils and is rapidly convalescing at home. He plans to return to the courthouse next week with R. L. Malone, chief clerk, in charge of the probate office during his absence.

Athens Ala A. M. McConnell Nashville R. L. Malone

Hine elected post commander at local VFW meeting

Butler P. A. Hine was elected commander and E. O. Walker named quartermaster sergeant and adjutant at the formal organization meeting of the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The charter was presented by national representatives at city hall. Eight members were added yesterday, with nineteen present. three officers will be elected again October 18 at the courthouse.

Butler P. A. Hine E. O. Walker Veterans of Foreign Wars Unt At Street Eigh Adjutant Walker

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