Decatur Charity Drive to Seek Funds for Winter Need
The Decatur Charity Council planned an October campaign to raise funds and pledges for 1931, aiming at 80 percent of last year’s total. In a council meeting Rev Peter M Dennis outlined needs, with contributions likely matching 1930’s level and alternatives like in-kind gifts accepted. The group reported 1,345 cases helped in 1930-31, distributing over 50 tons of food, 3,300 garments, 600 pairs of shoes, and medical supplies for 134 cases at a cost of about $7,000.
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Decatur
Decatur Charity Council
Peter M. Dennis
Rev. Dennis
J. A Clapton
W. H. Ritter
Lillian Wheelis
A. A. Jones
L. He. Nash
Council
Charity Council
Dennis
Ginning Below 1930 Season Records in Morgan County
Government agent C Rolfe reports Morgan county gin records as of September 16 1931 trail far behind 1930s figures while gins accelerate this year. Farmers hold harvest for market, aiming for steady prices and feeding families with homegrown food. The piece also notes improved staple quality due to favorable weather and ongoing WCTU Alabama organizing efforts including an October 1 eighth district gathering in Decatur with speakers from Huntsville and Selma.
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C. Rolfe
Morgan County
Census Bureau
Washington
Rolfe
Market Steadies As Five Cents Reached
The cotton market stayed fairly steady through the day after morning sagging. Middling seven-eights staple priced at five cents per pound in Decatur this afternoon.
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Decatur
Red flares mark night farm work in North Alabama
Motorists traveling North Alabama highways at night should not mistake red flares for danger. Farmers use the roadside signals while gathering crops and storing away food stuffs for winter. Syrup makers are especially busy in the fields as night labor continues on Valley farms.
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North Alabama
Veterans of Foreign Wars Charter Presentation Meeting
A national representative and three state representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will present a charter at a Sunday meeting. The gathering is set for two o'clock at Railroad Street city hall. Veterans eligible for VFW membership are urged to attend, members and nonmembers alike, and encouraged to bring discharges to verify eligibility.
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Veterans of Ae Wars
Railroad Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gas Co Adds New Type Service Inhalator For Emergencies
The Alabama Utilities Service Company announced the purchase of an H H Inhalator for public use. Local manager R O Gilmore said trained personnel will provide free resuscitation aid to the public doctors hospitals fire departments and others. Developed by Yale researchers the device uses carbogen to aid artificial respiration and is approved by major associations. It is used for gas poisoning electric shock drowning newborn asphyxia and pneumonia cases.
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Alabama Utilities Service Company
R. O. Gilmore
Yandell Henderson
Howard W. Haggard
Yale University
American Gas Association
Association of Police and Fire Surgeons
Domestic Tragedy Blamed For Alabama Attack
James Vernon Hutson, 28, is fighting for life in a Birmingham hospital after a shooting at 2152 Thirteenth Place Ensley. His brother in law Ernest Roebuck is jailed as police say domestic trouble led to the incident. Hutson’s wife recently left him and filed for divorce in Jefferson County Court.
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James Vernon Hutson
Tur
Birmingham
Ernest Roebuck
Hutson
Roebuck
Ensley
Roy Kendrick
Kendrick
Tole Attizens
Jefferson County
Control of House Near Showdown in Missouri Race
As Missouri voters cast ballots in the seventh district to replace the late Representative Samuel Major the outcome was watched as a bellwether for control of the next House. Republicans held 214 seats Democrats 213 and one former labor seat with results expected to signal trends in six other upcoming special elections before November 3.
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Washington
Missouri
Samuel Major
Armaments Truce Plan Endorsed by World League Assembly
Geneva reports the twelfth assembly of the League of Nations adjourned after approving a plan for an armaments truce to begin November 1. The assembly also urged the disarmament conference invitees to prepare for the event by an armaments truce and asked governments to declare by November 1 their willingness to a one year truce if possible while the Sino Japanese dispute remains under study.
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Geneva
Assembly
The
League of Nations
League Council
Mercury Falls Reporting Sudden Temperature Drop
The Saene bureau records a sharp 24 hour temperature swing with a high of 79 and a low of 51 by seven this morning.
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Mercury
Saene
Delony, 49, Dies En Route Home in Tuscumbia
Henry Hawley Delony, 49, longtime Colbert County resident, collapsed and died of heart trouble while walking home from the business district in Tuscumbia. Funeral services were held for Delony, who was well known across the Valley.
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Tuscumbia
Henry Hawley Delony
Colbert County
Mr. Delony
Delony
Interesting Plans For P T A Meeting Moulton Heights
A first regular meeting of the Moulton Heights P T A is planned for Thursday evening October 1 at 7 30. Supt E L Hays will speak on Home Study and Miss Ola Barnard on The Value of P T A. The room with the highest parental attendance will win a prize. All patrons are urged to attend.
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Moulton Heights
Supt. E. L. Hays
Ola Barnard
Davidson Company Plans Highway Signs into Decatur
Davidson Company will erect 10 by 18 foot signs on principal highways into Decatur. The contract for the signs was made with Elam Craft Shop, a local firm.
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Deavidson
Davidson Company
Nto Decatur
Elam Craft Shop
French ministers optimistic on Franco German commission
Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Briand returned from France to Berlin and voiced strong optimism that the new Franco German economic commission marks the first step toward world collaboration to restore prosperity. They said the commission will work with universal efforts to combat the economic crisis and will cooperate with other nations where needed.
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Berlin
Laval
France
Briand
Bible Study At Westminster Pres. Church Wednesday Evening
A new Bible study course will begin at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening during the mid week prayer service. A large attendance is expected for the session.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
New Show Year to Kick Off Crescent Theatres
Crescent Amusement Company plans a fall and winter revival of theatre business with a star lineup. October 5 opens with Daddy Long Legs, Night Nurse, The Seas Beneath, The Public Enemy, Huckleberry Finn and more starring Janet Gaynor, Barbara Stanwyck, George O’Brien, James Cagney, Clark Gable and others. St. Clair County officers report Grady Reynolds, an escaped convict, was believed surrounded in a swamp after a bank robbery, with others still at large.
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G. P. Banniza
Crescent Amusement Company
Banniza
Secreen
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Warner Oland
Barbara Stanwyck
Ben Lyon
Clark Gable
George O'Brien
Marx
Bros
William Boyd
Lilyan Tashman
Constance Bennett
Maurice Chevalier
Joan Crawford
James Cagney
Jean Harlow
Clive Brook
Peggy Shannon
Jackie Coogan
Mitzi Green
Richard Arlen
Springville
Ala
St. Clair County
Grady Reynolds
Wetumpka
Reynolds
Guy Cobb
Harry Gurley
Birmingham
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady On Sept 29
New York cotton futures opened steady with October at 5 90, December 6 12, January 6 22, March 6 41, May 6 60, and July 6 77 as traders began the session.
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New York
No Rainfall Reported in 24 Hour Period
There was no rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning.
Collier Crow Is Removed To Home
Collier Crow son of Mr and Mrs Mason Crow who was injured days ago in a motorcycle accident at Tuscaloosa where he was a student at the University of Alabama has been removed from Benevolent hospital to his home His many friends will be gratified to learn his condition is improved
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Collier Crow
Mason Crow
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Benevolent Hospital
Child Dies Here At Parent's Home
Little T. H. Riley Jr. aged 20 months died at 4 15 AM at the home of his parents 1307 Seventh Ave South. He is survived by his parents and many relatives. Body at Priest's prepared for burial. Funeral services Wednesday at two PM at Antioch with interment at Antioch. Funeral cortege leaves residence at noon Wednesday.
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Little T. H. Riley, Jr
Seventh Avenue
South
Antioch
Hinds To Arrive On A Short Visit Here
P. J. Hinds vice president of American Thread Company and Mrs. Hinds arrive this afternoon for a brief stay with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Frank en route from Dalton Georgia to New York to visit relatives and friends.
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P. J. Hinds
American Thread Company
Plans perfected for Rally The Quest event
Plans were perfected today for the Rally Dery to be observed in the nature of a procession entitled The Quest. The public was extended a cordial invitation to all the services.
Lamar Penney III Remembered by Friends and Family
The many friends of Lamar Penney III mourn his illness and reflect on his local ties at 1 Avenue. Penney, a well known local resident, passed away after a day of illness leaving a gap in the community.
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Lamar Penney
Tocal Reaver Day
Sina
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W. E. Pettus
Mrs. Black
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Alabama
Eighth
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J. W. Lipscomb
Scottsboro
East Side
R. BE. Wiggins
West Side
Mary F. Budck
Selma
de> W. Caldwell
Huntsville
Robert Echols
Woman's Christian — Temperance Union
Eighth Congressional Meeting
J. D. Wallace
Beer
Congress
Mary F. Black
A. T. Hanson
W. 5S. Sanford
R. E. Wiggins
H. H. Delony
P.T.A
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Ramon Novarro
India
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Susan Lenox
Nancy Carroll
Edward G. Robinson
Hinds
Westminister
Lamar Penney III
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