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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1936
Page
8
Ray Crow, Alabama WPA administrator, announced that the program produced 4 12 miles of widened and improved roads and 1 795 new bridges. Total expenditure reached 4 176 250 dollars with counties contributing 1 309 611 and the WPA 2 866 639.
Frank J. Heflin was held without bail on a murder charge in the stabbing death of Dorothy Madaline Corcoran, 29, a film extra. A coroner's jury found Heflin responsible after witnesses testified he confessed to the killing and pleaded for secrecy about his presence in the apartment building. A preliminary hearing is set for next Friday.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria cure and general tonic. It claims qunine destroys malaria in the blood and iron strengthens the blood, touting safety for children and broad availability in drug stores with 50c and $1 sizes.
Ann Hamilton arrives at Lake Racine with travel plans. She meets Ralph Spring and Jaime Laird, a wealthy playboy, and attends a Majestic Hotel dance. A flirtatious encounter with Lefty Ponds reveals a married man and fuels jealousy as Jaime watches.
Williams Bay Wis August 4 1 The comet in the northern sky lost its tail before dawn as it neared earth at 16 million miles. Dr Otto Struve notes no tail but a bright head may appear from the sun’s diminished influence. The body, now a fuzzy star, will be hardest to see near dawn and fade from view by early morning.
The Tennessee Valley Authority paid 40 000 dollars to Alabama as its partial share of electric power sold from Wilson Dam plant this year. Last year the share was 18 249 dollars. Governor Bibb Graves and the tax commission expect additional revenue from the same source this year under a congressional allowance for 5 cent power sales at Wilson Dam.
In Allenia a stove maker Allenia company faced walkouts as many workers struck. Two men Henry Pierce and Lee Puniap were shot while climbing concrete steps connecting two hillsides near the plant. both seriously wounded.
Ann and Jaime trade glances as he offers a gallant bow and a fast ride through the mountain air. She agrees to a drive in his sports car before the scene ends with a cliffhanger and the promise to continue.
In Washington on August 4, Col. Carroll F. Armistead a 64 year old retired veteran died after being struck by George W. Stephens 22 a hospital patient. Doctors said Stephens suffered an interference delusion prompting the blow causing a cerebral hemorrhage. Armisteads Fayetteville Arkansas home is given as 118 East Dickson Street. An inquest was ordered but charges against Stephens appeared unlikely.
Funeral rites were held for the nine day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cooper at Johnson Chapel near Danville. The Rev W E Pritchard conducted the service with Drinkard Howell of Martselle directing burial. Survived by parents two brothers Melvin and James and a sister Iola.
Dr. Albert B. Moore dean of the graduate school will deliver the commencement address for the 1936 summer school on August 21. His talk is titled Alabama's Contribution to National History.
In Pasadena California Mrs Katrina Bradford 27 formerly Kathrine Van Rensselaer of New York faced a peace disturbance charge as police investigated the death of her husband John Bradford 31 found dead in their apartment. Authorities attributed death to natural causes but she remained hospitalized for injuries from a reported quarrel a week earlier amid a scene of liquor bottles broken furniture and soiled linen.
The Chattanooga power board reviewed a TVA plan to supply electricity from a dam. TVA delivered a 27 page contract offering wholesale rates for city use, with a maximum sale of 30 000 kilowatt hours to the city for distribution to consumers.
John J. Raskob former chairman of the democratic national committee shows satisfactory progress at St Vincent's hospital where he is being treated for knee arthritis after an attack.
In Wallenberg Colorado Aug 4 volunteers hunted for missing people as Cucharas River swelled cutting off hundreds of homes. The flood damaged 200 houses and mud covered 500 more while 700 homes were evacuated and two young Martinez boys were missing. Fire crews and volunteers scoured riverbanks as Cross aid was to be sought for the homeless.
Conflicting reports on the Kwangsi rebellion reach Hong Kong as Nanking government arms appear to quell the brief clash. Claims of 1200 dead include 800 provincial troops and 400 central forces, with Nanking forces advancing toward Canton via the Hankow railway amid talks of settlement.
Nine persons were killed by lightning during a fierce storm near Raphalovka Poland. Most victims were farmers struck in the fields as the electrical display terrified local residents.
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