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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1935
Page
10
Ford reports 634,961 units sold in the United States through months of the year. June sales hit 100,882, the best June since 1990 and the fourth straight month above 100,000. In the first half, wages totaled 968,727,568 and raw materials spending reached 74,368,873, much of it for use in other industries.
F O Smith of the Decatur Motor Company announced that Goff Owens, long with the bookkeeping department, has been shifted to the sales force. Owens is noted for his many friendships in the automobile trade and is wished success in his new role.
Reports from Sinclair dealers in three counties show a three week stretch of heavy motor fuel sales. Local dealer J. T. Munn notes sales are among the strongest in years as hot weather drives more drivers to the highways.
An unknown man in Sunderland England claiming American ties was found wandering in a park with memory lost. He appeared about 36, 5 feet 5, fair and husky, and said he might have served in the American army in World War I. He mentioned a connection to R G Dun and Co. and a Paris wife. A photo showed him with an American flag and a consular emblem.
The B F Goodrich Company names G E Brunner Manager of Factory Account Sales to head the national account sales department. W W Gill remains manager of that department reporting to Brunner. Brunner brings years in special account sales while Gill continues in national account sales with about twenty years in the field.
The John Patterson organization urges selling insurance as car accidents fill daily papers. It represents several old line casualty firms and has insured motorists against accidents for many years.
Colonel Frank B. Hayne 77 a leading cotton factor died of a heart attack at his summer home near Mandeville Louisiana He was a standout figure in cotton merchandising before World War I and remembered for old time exchange traditions and formal dress.
Chief Justice Morrow of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered six Houston journalists released from Bazoria County jail after contempt convictions. Sentences included Editor George Cottingham Houston Chronicle and Max Jacobs Houston Post fined $100 each. Ed Pooley Houston Press fined $100. Ed Rider Chronicle Frank White Post and Harry McCormick Press fined $25 each. The case stemmed from refusal to refrain during Clyde Robson trial related to Clyde Robson killing Everett Melvin at Retrieve Prison Farm.
Goodyear launches a tire safety campaign stressing tire condition inspection and treadprint checks. Local dealer T D Shaw promotes the program as a safety measure that can save lives and prevent accidents during the peak driving season.
The annual singing at Cedar Creek Church will be held Sunday. Cedar Creek Church lies a quarter mile east of Bee Line highway and about two and a half miles south of Hartselle.
A vintage Anne Adams pattern X2369 is promoted as a smart wearable frock with clever neck opening when the bow is removed and voluminous sleeve fullness. The design is praised for versatility, affordability, and a cotton rayon corded fabric option from Pattern X2369. The Decatur Daily Pattern Department invites readers to send 15 cents to New York for the pattern.
Joseph Meyers, 25, was found dead behind the Binford home after a dispute at a Mobile, Alabama rooming house. Ben Binford, 47, was booked for murder following his statement he struck Meyers with a stout hickory stick and then reported the incident to police.
The first Boy Scout camp under the Tennessee Valley Council closes Monday after four weeks. Under Scout Executive B. E. Norris and activities director J. Homer Crim, scouts enjoyed a well managed camp with merit badge work and camp awards, leaving with fond memories.
In Liberty J J Bailey court on Friday afternoon Holbert and Storie appeared on murder charges tied to the June 30 death of Robert Beasley, fisherman. Beasley’s body was found in the Tennessee River eight miles west. Holbert and Storie requested release on recognizance and said they tried to rescue him. The case moves to the October grand jury.
Berlin reports the interior minister announced the indefinite ban of the Swiss newspaper Thurzauer Zeitung. The move, labeled a cleanup of foreign journalists, aims to curb unfavorable foreign press and bolster NSDAP messaging at home.
A Kentucky coal town near Harlan grew into Chevrolet after residents chose the town name from the first car seen on its streets. The Blue Diamond Coal Company camp evolved into a town with 800 residents and about 60 cars, half of them Chevrolets.
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