Marketing Push Aimed at Making Decatur Farming Center
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce plans a second step toward a farming oriented future. An agricultural committee and Roland H. Gray will seek to popularize Decatur as a marketing and trading hub for local farmers. The effort focuses on expanding the curb market, handling farm wagons and animals, and attracting new industry while boosting farm trade profitability.
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Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Agricultural Committee
Roland H. Gray
Farley Calls All State Chairmen to Confer in New York
James Farley, democratic national chairman, summons state chairmen to Roosevelt and Garrett headquarters in New York. Conferences begin next week with groups of five to ten, as the campaign opens next Monday and all state chairmen will attend within a month.
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New York
James Farley
Roosevelt and Gartitt
Alabama Cotton Prospects Dented by Weevil and Weather
Alabama cotton faces a critical month with late, smaller plants and heavy boll weevil infestation. Officials expect a crop smaller than last year, despite a forthcoming August government report. Corn is mixed, while farmers shift to truck crops and canning to stockpile food for winter relief efforts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Als
Alabama
Central-West
Howevr
Jefferson County
Hine to Open Mayoral Campaign Saturday Night
Butler P. A. Hine, candidate for mayor, will launch his campaign with an address Saturday night at eight o'clock. The event will be held at the corner of Johnston Street and Second Avenue as he outlines his campaign platform.
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Butler P. A. Hine
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Bonus Marchers Rally For Camp Near Laurel Maryland
At Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 1 7 the bonus expeditionary forces gather amid smoke and activity as Commander Walter Waters says a Laurel Maryland camp will be established with a deed to 250 acres and room for 25 more while he can spend 200 to make it self sustaining. Investigations in Washington probe who bears responsibility for last week riot and veteran’s death.
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Johnstown
Walter Waters
Laurel
Maryland
Waters
Washington
Deputy Dobbs Captures Two In Weekend Moonshine Raid
Deputy Dobbs, eastern county officer, raided a still Saturday and arrested two white men. A third charge, assault with intent to murder, was sworn against one suspect who allegedly attempted to shoot the deputy. The men were captured in Hartselle and taken to Huntsville.
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Dobbs
Hartselle
Huntsville
Public drunkenness case ends with fine in county court
Judge W T Lowe fined a negro woman twenty dollars today after hearing the public drunkenness charge in county court.
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W. T. Lowe
No Arrests Reported by County Over Weekend
Sheriff’s office reports a very quiet weekend with no arrests on Sunday or today. County law enforcement did not file any incidents requiring arrest during the period.
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Sheriff's Office
Alabama road plans advance for five million relief program
Montgomery officials announce a rush to prepare plans for a five million dollar highway relief program funded through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Governor Miller will spend ten days coordinating Alabama's share as Langdon Smith outlines several projects. A North Alabama delegation seeks Wheeler Memorial highway paving between Decatur and Tuscumbia and will meet the governor Tuesday with Decatur Courtland Wheeler representatives.
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Montgomery
Ala
Miller
Alabama
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Langdon Smith
North Alabama
Decatur
Tuscumbia
B. M. Miller
Courtland
Wheeler
Musco Shoals
Woolsey Finnell
Highway Department
Decature Chamber of
Red Cross Receives Government Cotton for Relief Drive
Washington officials outline distribution plans for 500000 bales of government cotton voted for relief. The Red Cross will supply warm clothing for children using piece goods, produced by chapter units and housewives. Payments to be made in raw cotton with central distribution in Washington under James L. Fieser.
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Washington
Congress
Red Cross
John Barton Payne
James L. Fieser
Market Steady with Slight Cotton Gain on October Close
The cotton market remained steady today and did not dip below Saturday closings. It gained one to two points with October closing at 6.01 02, and middling seven-eighths grade at five and a half cents. Farmers hold to the 1931 yield percentage amid steady prices.
Slower Growth in Decatur School Age Population
Decatur reports a two year drop in school age residents from 3 066 white and 1 052 negro youths in 1930 to 2 693 whites and 1 208 blacks in 1932 a net loss of 217. Negro numbers rise to 1 208 while whites fall by 373. total school age population declines from 4 118 to 3 001. Census workers and Superintendent Benson note eastern and southern city declines and urge uncounted residents to report.
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Decatur
Benson
Governor Ely Backs Roosevelt and Seeks Re election
Massachusetts Governor Ely will support Franklin Roosevelt for the presidency. He confirms his own candidacy for re election and notes he has not wavered from backing Al Smith previously. The move completes the alignment of Smith leaders with the Democratic ticket.
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Boston
Mass
Ely
Massachusetts
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Smith
al Smith
Mrs. Baker To Be Laid to Rest Today
Henretta Baker aged 88 died Sunday morning in Tuscaloosa. The body moved to Decatur by Brown for funeral services at Nunn's graveyard Lawrence's Cove at 3 PM with interment there. The cortege leaves Brown's at 1 30 PM. Survived by daughters Mollie Rose and J C Scruggs and sons J H Baker J M Baker and J A Baker.
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Henretta Baker
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Brown
Nunn
Lawrence’s Cove
Baker
Mollie Rose
J. C. Scruggs
Cullman County
J. H. Baker
Texas
J. M. Baker
J. A. Baker
Blount County
Annual Singing Slated Here Saturday and Sunday
The Sacred Harp Singing group announces an annual church event in Decatur on August 6 and 7. Attendees are asked to bring basket dinners to be shared on the courthouse lawn at noon both days. The first session starts at 10 a.m. Saturday with continued singing into the afternoon and a noon picnic lunch. no evening session is planned.
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Court House
Sacred Harp Singing Organization
Decature
Gunman and Woman Found Dead After Pursuit
In New York a gunman Robert Conroy and a platinum haired woman found dead from gunfire after a four year hunt for the Toledo policeman murder. Police say Conroy killed the woman then himself after an examination. Counterfeiting gear and a black book were found in their dingy flat.
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New “York
Robert Conroy
Jong
Conroy
Toledo, O
No Fire Losses In Whole Month Is July Record
Decatur recorded a fire-free July with only one call a grass fire causing no loss. Chief Eilis Jones of the Decatur fire department called it the best city record since two towns consolidated and compared it to Albany's past forty day stretch.
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Decatur
Eilis Jones
Jones
Albany
Graves Accepts Real Estate Post in Sweetwater Tennessee
Decatur resident R. B. Graves has accepted a position with the Sweetwater Realty Co. at Sweetwater Tennessee. He will work in the gates and rental department and is residing with his son G. C. Graves.
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R. B. Graves
Decatur
Sweetwater Realty Co
Sweetwater
Tenn
Graves
Gates and Rental Department
G. C. Graves
Canton river rampage claims 500 lives in floods
The Canton river rose due to heavy last week rains battering huts in poorer districts, causing a death toll of 500 as authorities struggle with the disaster in Shanghat.
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Shanghat
Canton
J. T. Weatherly Reported Somewhat Improved
IS IMPROVED J. T. Weatherly, who has been very ill at his home on Sixth avenue, south, is reported somewhat improved.
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J. T. Weatherly
Sixth Avenue
South
Hitler Drive for Full Control of Germany Stopped
Berlin August 1 Nazis failed to gain a clear majority, receiving a little over one third of the vote. The question now is whether the government under General von Schleicher continues or Hitler can form an alliance with former Chancellor Bruening.
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Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Junker
General von Schreicher
Hitler
Bruening
Face Charges Of Theft Of A Car
Two white men identified as J. W. Brown and Raymond Carter were returned to Kentucky after local officers alerted them to an auto theft case. The vehicle allegedly stolen from Ohio county resident James Boling, who also goes by the name James Boling. The Kentucky party included Sheriff Clem Schroder and several local officials from Hartford and Ohio county, with John Johnston noted as a former Decatur resident now in Hartford.
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J. W. Brown
Raymond Carter
Kentucky
James Boling
Ohio County
Boling
Fordville
Brown
Carter
Decatur and
Pulaski
Texas
Clem Schroder
Earl Smith
G. W. Wallace
Raymond Gray
Hartford
John Johnston
Decatur
Bond Bros
Missouri Guards Pass Thru Town
A detachment of the Missouri National Guard, 760 strong, passed through Decatur on Saturday night en route to Missouri after being switched from the L and N to the Southern. They were enroute and had been encamped.
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Missouri National Guard
Decatur
Missouri
Dozen Men Hurt As Ritz Towers Blast Rocks Park Avenue
An explosion in a paint shop three stories below the street level at the Ritz Towers in New York caused collapse of fronts, scattering more than $100,000 in gems across Park Avenue. A dozen men were killed or seriously injured, two firemen and two others reported dead, with ten others in critical condition rushed to hospital.
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New York
Ritz Towers
Park Avenue
Mrs Amanda Oden Laid To Rest In Morgan County
Mrs Amanda Oden aged about 82 from Eva Alabama route one was laid to rest Sunday at 4 pm in Lawrence Cove Cemetery after funeral at Harmony Baptist Church led by Rev Parker. She died Saturday at 1 53 pm. She married A Oden January 26 1869 and was the mother of seven children and thirty four grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her death leaves five sons T W John Henry Oden S A and Oden and two daughters Mrs W Burnett and Mrs M A Andrew. She was daughter of Thomas Ryan and lived in eastern Morgan County.
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Amanda
Oden
Eva
Alaama
Lawrence Cove
Harmony Baptist Church
Parker
A. &. Oden
Thomas Ryan
Morgan County
W. Burnett
M. A. Andrew
6Th Avenue
South
Deqcatur
T. W
John Henry Oden
S. A
Birmingham
Oneer
Marion Ryan
Paraguay Studies Mobilization Plan
Asuncion Aug 1 Congress received a recommendation for general mobilization of Paraguay's armed forces. Immediate approval is viewed as likely after the reported Bolivian attack on Fort Boqueron. The dispute stems from ancient Chaco frontier tensions between Paraguay and Bolivia.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Paraguyan Congress
Fort Boqueron
Paragay
Bolivia
Chaco
City Courts See About Ten Arrests For Gambling
Business picked up somewhat in municipal courts today following Saturday night activities. City police reported about ten arrests, with gambling charges making up the principal cases.
OTEY GOES TO OLYMPIC
Marshall Otey Walker of The Old Home Town heads to the Olympic of More. He takes on a new character iron road patch from the Olympic as he appears today in a public notice of entertainment events.
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Marshal Otey Walker
Olympic
Iron Road
Otey Walker
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Chamber Be Commerce
Farley
America
United States
Hine
Chicago
Evanston
W. C
T. U
William D. Upshaw
Atlanta
Prohibition Party
Valley
Mrs. Baker
Delmonico’s
New York City
Henri Mouquin
Old Family of
Restaurateurs
France
Henri
Canton River
Cermany
Amanda Oden
Route
Otey
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