Business gain in South. Atlanta report cites May shifts
The Atlanta Reserve Bank reports May gains in building contracts, life insurance, pig iron, and member bank borrowings in the Sixth District, with declines in retail and wholesale trade and textile activity. Building permits by 20 cities fell from April to May, though district contracts rose 3.1% from April and 46.5% below a year ago.
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Careworn But Fit Hoover Faces Campaign
AP reports Senator Copeland assesses Herbert Hoover’s health two months before the GOP convention. Hoover remains active with early risings and exercise, though lines mark aging since 1928. Despite wear, he maintains routine meals, cigars, and prompt 8 p.m. bed, shaping a campaign persona.
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Movies Present New Week In Houston And Alabama
The Houston slate features Warner Baxter in Man About Town a comedy with Span ky Fox News next Sunday Greta Garbo and Melvin Douglas in As You Desire Me. Alabama showings list George O'Brien in Mystery Ranch a comedy serial cartoon with Metro News next Sunday Billie Dove in Age of Love.
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Fox News
Greta Garbo
Melvin Douglas
Alabama
George O'Brien
Metro News
Billie Dove
Strand Presents West of Santa Fe and More at Booth Friday
The Strand Theatre screens West of Santa Fe starring Bob Steele along with additional attractions for Friday and Saturday showings. Local patrons may enjoy a trip through Western cinema and related shorts as the program runs across the weekend.
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Negro convict escapes from Florida road camp near Mims
The prison bureau reports Willie Bendo, a Black prisoner, escaped from a road camp near Mims. He was serving five years from Hillsborough county for grand larceny.
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Clever Seal Performs Juggling Tricks in Times Story
A New England seal at a seaside show mimics juggling with a rubber ball, catching and returning it to performer Duncy as peers watch. The narrator notes the seal’s cleverness and the crowd’s amusement, with characters Dancy Scouty Timles observing the act. The scene ends with a line about the Times continuing the next story.
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Hartford visitors and local social notes mixed in weekend scene
Mrs. McCarty and children travel to Camde for visits. Miss Lug McAndrews of Union Springs visits Hartford as Mellise Williams guest. J. J. W. home guest Miss June Staneburger of Aulsata Ga. in Hartford. Ann Elizabeth Riley weekends in Panama City. Henry Sawyer clan visit from New Brockton. Mrs. Johnson of Troy guests of Mrs. W. M. Lanier. Dorothy McGee and Dorothy Hatcher spend Wednesday in Dothan. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. McNeal of DeFuniak Springs visit Hartford relatives. Ida Martin Windham returns from Daleville. Mrs. Blake Denson returns from Atlanta. Baxley McNeal with Birmingham visitors. J. W. Hatcher and R. M. Hatcher visit Columbia relatives. Armor Blalock and Baxley McNeal visit Birmingham. Robt. Morgan of Slocombe visits Andalusia. Doris Holman goes to Evergreen to see Martha Dickinson. J. C. Roney and B. McNeal visit Andalusia relatives. G. H. Herring and son return from Birmingham. Jack Garner and Janet visit Dave Folsom. YW A meeting held at Dorothy Hetcher’s home. Watermelons served during program.
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Aulsata
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J. M. Riley
Ann Elizabeth Riley
Panama City
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Henry Sawyer
New Brocton
J. J. Watson
Johnson
Troy
W.M. Lanier
Dorothy McGee
Dorothy Hatcher
Dothan
W. H. McNeal
DeFuniak Springs
Fla
Ida Martin Windham
Daleville
Blake Denson
Atlanta
Bruce Hansberger
Baxley McNeal
Birmingham
J. W. Hatcher
R. M. Hatcher
Columbia
Armor Blalock
Robt. Morgan
Slocomb
Rela
Dorothy Hetcher
Ashford Route Three Social Roundup
Miss Mary Lée Pitts spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Lemmie Marlow. Miss Daisy Pitts visited Miss Clara and Willie Pearl Varneem Saturday night and Sunday. They accompanied her home with Leonard Varneem and Bunchie Elmore. Mr and Mrs Pierce Stephens will spend the Fourth of July with her parents in Pitts. They arrive Saturday from Columbus Ga. Manill Parramors of Florida visit friends in the community. Mrs Alice Parson and son Clayton, Mrs Nora Pitts and daughters Daisy and Mary Lee attended the League at Howards Grove Sunday night. Miss Burlie Mae Lord and Cecil
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Lemmie Marlow
Daisy Pitts
Clara
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Willie Pearl
Leonard Varneem
Bunchie Elmore
Pierce Stephens
Naled Pitts
Columbus
Manill Parramors
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