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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
3
Joan returns home to a tense scene as her mother and sister debate her engagement to Bob and her social status. Pat muses about wealth, while Joan confronts lingering doubts about her relationship and place.
Joan endures heartbreak as she watches Bob move on with Barbara amid wedding plans and social scrutiny. May days pass with work and care for Benny, while Joan clings to memories and avoids the crowded gossip of Union Street. The scene fades on a Carlton doorway and a fated reunion.
Attorney General Thomas E. Knight Jr on crutches hails the Supreme Court recognizing Alabama’s right to challenge the Hawes Cooper Act. The case seeks to test the act’s validity with arguments set for January 8, arguing the ban on convict-made goods hinders interstate commerce and cuts Alabama’s $1,000,000 yearly outbound income. Dr Henry J Willingham of Florence Normal College is named as a gubernatorial prospect in the 1934 primaries.
Houston county led Alabama with 24 175 bales ginned before October 1 while the state total reached 522 975 bales. Geneva Madison Elmore Pike Covington followed with 20 193 17 934 16 597 16 463 and 15 963 respectively. state gain from 411 956 the year before.
A veteran educator signals openness to beer while contrasting it with hard liquor in Alabama politics. Glenn Crisman praises his teenage brothers Otey and Louie, noting their strong golf form. He also outlines plans for a large drainage project at Blue Girth Swamp near Selma to reclaim swamp land and reduce malaria risk.
Sunday afternoon services return at 2 o clock with a public singing at 3 o clock. H L Kirby will speak at 2 o clock on Loving the Truth and again at 7 o clock on A Sack Full of Campbellites. The public is invited to the addresses and singers.
County tallies list 12 066 for Dallas 6231 for Etowah 934 for Jefferson 8250 for Lee 1231 for Mobile 6840 for Montgomery 10472 for Morgan and 9740 for Tuscaloosa.
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