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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1933
Page
6
Local society items list Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Eyster and daughter visiting Scottsboro relatives, Doris Gardner recovering from an appendix operation in Birmingham, and numerous Decatur residents traveling to Birmingham Athens Tuscumbia and Cincinnati for family visits meetings and conventions.
Thursday night at Benevolent Hospital a patient underwent appendix removal and is reported resting as well as could be expected today.
Native Bali tale of forbidden love and royal intrigue opens at the Princess. A prince loves a slave girl Dasnee and a plot to drug her leads to a fatal sword confrontation. The tragedy unfolds amid Balinese customs and scenery.
Washington reports federal agencies rush studies after Virginia's dry victory. The Justice Department sent 18 questions to attorneys as officials prepare for repeal on Dec 6. Plans consider protecting dry states, tax loss of 227 million dollars, DC liquor control model, and preserving revenue while blocking bootlegging.
Weather has allowed the 1933 cotton crop to be picked earlier than usual. Ginning shows higher early yields than last year while sales lag as farmers store or haul cotton home. Dealers cite pending 10 cent loan action as delaying market sales. Boll weevils are scarce and staple quality remains similar to last year.
Prof. George T. Woodruff county superintendent of education returned from Montgomery where an application was made to the public works committee for a federal loan to rebuild a school for Negroes.
The Morgan county board of education approved a 68000 loan to rebuild the Morgan County Training School for Negroes at Hartselle after the 1932 fire. Prof Woodruff was taken to Montgomery by J F McCutcheon, a Union Hill school board member.
The Girl Scouts of Westminster Presbyterian Church will meet Monday at 3 30 PM at the church instead of this afternoon. The assignment for Monday remains unspecified but will be discussed.
The note states that the meeting will establish the initial two requirements in the upcoming second class test. It emphasizes outlining expectations and criteria to evaluate participants. The document underscores the need for clear standards and measurable benchmarks.
Edwin A. Price 73 former Nashville city attorney and six year prosecuting attorney died of a heart attack in his office on Thursday. Born June 14 1860 in Alabama he practiced law for 50 years and served as chief counsel for The Nashville Banner for a number of years.
Somerville resident E. A. Lott of route 2 traveled to Decatur today on a business mission.
Reverend Horace M. Layman pastor of the Baptist church at Vinemont arrives in Decatur this afternoon for a short visit with his son Maynard Layman.
Roscoe Adams, 17, a Duke freshman from Clarksville Virginia, will journey about 25000 miles this year to attend classes. He delivers milk along a 66 mile route from Clarksville to Durham and returns home at night collecting empty cans.
Several members of the Decatur Kiwanis Club plan to leave Monday to attend the district convention at Birmingham.
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