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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1931
Page
10
The Vick Company, part of Drug Inc, is a major proprietary arm expanding sales. Over 20 years of success underpins a strategy of higher expenditure on marketing and advertising to boost business, featuring a new stainless VapoRub form as part of the plan.
As the United States and the League of Nations seek a settlement of the Manchurian dispute, Japan and China edge closer to war. Photos show Japanese troops advancing in Manchuria. Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Chinese nationalist government, warns that China will defend its interests.
The Vick company announced two new products Vicks Nose and Throat Drops and Vicks Medicated Cough Drops as allies to VapoRub in cold care. They stay within the field with targeted formulations for different cold stages and have years of lab research and clinical testing abroad and at home. Public reception was enthusiastic during nationwide pilot introductions last season.
A 1931 advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle remedy to stimulate bile flow and cleanse the system. It warns against substitutes and instructs readers to purchase the product at stores, noting the 25 cent price on the red label.
The Walther League of St. Pauls Lutheran met at Miss Schneiders home on Canal Street with one absence. Guests welcomed, clothing campaign proposed, University Sunday planned, district resolutions discussed, education and church and soul winning topics presented, Martyrdom assigned for next month, Miss Louise Holtman invites members to meet again, meeting closed with song and refreshments.
The Decatur city council plans a regular meeting to discuss the city’s financial problems and prepare a budget for the next fiscal year, which begins October 1. While specifics were not released, officials expect retrenchment due to general revenue declines.
The Negro Missionary Baptist Association of churches in the Tennessee Valley holds its annual session at First Baptist Church Vine and Grove Street. Mayor B L Malone will deliver the welcome at 7 30 PM as Rev L R Wommack D D rector hosts the event which continues through Sunday night.
Congressman Edward B. Almon spent a brief stop in Decatur returning from Semin and heading to Tus after attending a roads meeting. He forecast chairmanship of roads and ranking on federal buildings if Democrats control the next House. He aims to land federal buildings for the Eighth District and eyed Muscle Shoals outcome for a major Alabama project.
President Captain Taylor Branson of the United States Marine Band places a wreath on Rutherford B. Hayes tomb in Fremont Ohio. Taps are sounded and hymns Hayes favored are played during the band’s 1929 visit. Also notes U S production in 1929 of 5,358,414 automobiles from 144 establishments.
The Princess Theatre opens Murder by the Clock a thrill packed murder mystery based on Rufus King story ideas with Herbert Endicott dying twice in one evening. Edward Sloman directs a strong cast including William Boyd Lilyan Tashman Cassidy and Pichel in a suspenseful adaptation that heightens the chase to the finale.
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