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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
1
International dispatch reports a Bolshevist uprising across Jugoslavia with street fighting in Laibach and Belgrade. Hundreds killed as Communists seize control of cities including Belgrade and Zagreb area in Trieste led report.
Vienna dispatch reports bloodshed in Lai Bach as communists take control and organize the city. At least 35 killed or wounded as a general strike is proclaimed.
A Reuters dispatch from Shanghai reports the city placed under martial law following student demonstrations against the government’s Japanese policy. At least eighty persons were injured in the resulting disorders.
Washington reports that Ambassador Johnson sat as an observer and reported on the proceedings, with confirmation received today that his remarks were noted by officials.
The inter allied supreme council officially closes in London as central figures depart for home. Officials say the conference will recess for about a month and resume in May at Spa with German representatives present.
The Justice Department and 18 eastern sugar refineries reached an agreement to stop sugar resale to middlemen for speculative purposes. Sales will now go directly to jobbers and wholesalers. Attorney General Palmer expects an immediate check on speculation after two days of talks with Assistant Attorney General Figg.
Government forecast for the South Atlantic and East Gulf states predicts showers early in the week followed by fair weather in the latter half. Temperatures are expected to be moderate across the period.
The states of Massachusetts New Jersey Ohio and Washington meet today to choose presidential candidates. A total of 125 delegates will be named with New Jersey and Ohio drawing intense scrutiny. In Ohio the contest centers on Harding versus Wood while Johnson and Hoover gain attention. Washington holds a delegates convention at Chicago.
The Washington state Republican convention met in the morning to name its 14 delegates to Chicago. Poindexter is expected to gain support, with strong interest surrounding the selection of the remaining delegate, described as a dark horse.
In Trenton on April 27 the Wood and Johnson camps claimed victory as the Republican presidential primary produced ballots listing only Gen. Wood and Senator Johnson. No Democratic names appeared on the ballot.
Baynard L. Malone of Albany and O. B. Clark of Tuscumbia have been named Eighth district members of the committee in charge of the T P A publicity campaign to advertise Alabama. R A Brown, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce president, is state committee chairman with Dr R H McCaslin of Montgomery as vice chairman. The first meeting will be held in Montgomery Friday.
Frank Willis Barnett, feature writer for the Birmingham Age-Herald, will be the principal speaker at the Westminster League of Loyal Americans banquet tonight. An interesting program has been arranged.
Decatur council plans to discuss a plumbing regulation bill tonight at 7 30. The ordinance requires permits from the city and bonds to protect the sanitary sewer system. It bars unlicensed persons from connections and requires plumbers to display their name on job sites.
Falkville Alabama April 27 finance committee met at Tennessee Valley Bank and raised something over a thousand dollars toward the fund for a new school building. Citizens plan to build a monument for future generations. Also: Hays couple depart for Auburn for commencement. Roy Naiger presided at church. ordination at 3 p m. Storm district relief committee met Saturday and allocated over 750 in cash and other donations.
High school students led by Anne Elizabeth Newman of Albany High plan a Clean-Up week campaign. They will visit ward schools to urge sanitation and health, appealing to civic pride. Female students prominent in social circles join the effort as they organize public school grounds cleanup and awareness visits.
A statewide effort to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River will be formally launched at a 7:30 pm Albany chamber of commerce smoker. Delegations from Morgan Limestone Madison and Lawrence counties will attend as residents rally behind the project. A metro Athens delegation is expected to travel to the event with no stock sales planned.
Wigzil Evans of Birmingham president of the Dixie Flying Corporation is expected to arrive midweek to confer with Albany Chamber of Commerce officials about locating a flying school at the Albany landing field. Indications are positive for securing the first air school in this region.
J B Patterson bought a business lot on Bank Street Decatur and will build a warehouse for tractors and tractor plows with a central heated distribution point. He will stock these implements at Decatur. Doss Ivery Patterson and L B Hart assist in a tractor demonstration.
Enthusiastic Musgrove supporters met at Hardage Hall to organize a Twin City Musgrove club and plan a parade at 6 30 p m on Second Avenue, followed by an Austinville meeting at 7 30 p m with prominent speakers including Lewis Bowen W J Nesbit and Melvin Hutson. The Musgrove club officers are H K Laatsch president J C Smith vice president and T Worley secretary.
Tommie Milton, the speed king, broke the world one and two mile records at Daytona Beach. He drove a 16 cylinder racer at 156 miles per hour, the car catching fire from a defective carburetor before plunging into the ocean to save himself. He set a mile in 23.7 seconds and two miles in 46.24 seconds, surpassing his own 23.56-second mark.
Reno dispatch reports that Justice Department agents probing Jack Dempsey's wartime marriage case say his wife Mae Glasshoff divorced George Glasshoff on October 4, 1916. Four days later in Farmington Utah she wed Dempsey, challenging Utah law forbidding remarriage within six months of divorce. authorities may seek to declare the marriage invalid.
Rumor circulates in Montgomery that the state will ask for a re hearing of the income tax law case. The attorney general remained reticent about the proposal amid capitol rumors.
Armed bandits robbed First National Bank here late yesterday cornering four men and a woman in the vault. Director Frank M. Hollower was killed when he rose as the bandits entered. About $5,000 in cash and $24,000 in bonds taken. A $20,000 reward offered.
In Nashville on April 27 a jury acquitted City Detections Earl Kiger George Redmond and Walter Reece of kidnapping John B. Lawson a representative of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes during a strike threat Lawson had led unrest in Knoxville and later accompanied detectives to Springfield under police orders and left for his own protection.
Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama was today elected Democratic leader of the Senate by a caucus. The vote was unanimous and by acclamation. The caucus also adopted a resolution congratulating Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska for his work as acting leader since Senator Martin of Virginia's death.
Americans flee Mazatlan amid fears of a clash between revolutionists and Mexican federal troops. A convoy evacuated by the steamer Senator carried 86 Americans on April 23, with the vessel due in San Francisco May 1. U S representatives coordinated the evacuation.
Reports from Washington say a crisis in the Mexican situation is imminent with indications of a decisive clash against President Carranza. Dispatches mention fighting near Mexico City and a looming battle for Mazatlan port signaling a turning point in the revolutionary movement within days.
Advices to Gen. Salvador Alverado say two federal troop trains were captured by rebels between Aguilla and Cuernavaca within 50 miles of Mexico City. Gen. Pablo Gonzales led the troops. Guanajuato and Morelos joined the revolt. Guerra falls to the rebels. Gen Cipriano James and 500 troops seized Guanajuato. federal forces mass at Casas Grandes preparing march toward Agua Prieta.
General military headquarters in Hermosillo reports 1000 burros added to the Calles commissary at Agua Fría to feed Mayo Indians allied with Gen. Calles. Mayo troops at Agua Prieta guard the northeast Sonora frontier against Carranza forces. officials note their fondness for burro meat.
The Southern Pacific railroad lines through Sonora and Sinaloa seized by Sonora military to move troops will be officially returned to American owners at noon today.
The Albany City council meeting scheduled for tonight is postponed due to a dispute involving the bridge. The council will reconvene Tuesday night, May 4, to discuss the issue with the chamber of commerce.
President Wilson will meet with his cabinet to discuss the United States possibly accepting a mandate over Armenia. The article states opinion favors against such action by the United States.
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