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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1939
Page
2
Decatur expands garbage disposal with a new incinerator costing $32,000 aided by a $14,000 government grant. Four wagons and three trucks will haul trash daily boosting service to residences and businesses. Officials urge residents to use covered cans as cooperation wanes but aim to curb disease.
Washington Aug 5 St Louis Post Dispatch correspondent Marquis W Childs filed a 100000 damage suit in Federal District Court charging Senator Gus Guffey D Pa with slander. The complaint alleges Guffey claimed Childs was paid for a liberal oil article to influence deals involving Mexican oil.
The Senate approved a $50,000 boost for the LaFollette civil liberties committee as lawmakers fought a weeks long deadlock and pressed through various bills. House opposition halted adjournment plans and a $119,000,000 commodity credit loan item was rejected, prolonging sessions into the night.
W E Steed Sr suffers malaria at home. Cincinnati visit returns soon. John McGee of Florence back after visiting grandparents. Kiwanian board meets. Hotel Lyons hosting. John Caddell leads session. Several residents admitted, operated, or recovering at Baugh's Infirmary. Public events include church talks, a community singing, and Lake Guntersville dedication plans. Local travel includes cotton broker Joe Bun can in South Carolina and others visiting Virgins. Fireside notes on births, arrests, and health department assignments fill the day.
Mr and Mrs Atlee Hoff and associates plan an afternoon departure for Monteagie Tennessee returning Sunday. J Thomas Delmore of Nashville and Billye Ann Delmore of Charleston West Virginia visited relations this week. They were joined by Mrs C E Delmore of Athens and Mrs Alton Delmore and Norma Gail Delmore. G O Siviey is home after treatment at the Benevolent Society Hospital.
In Somerset Pennsylvania on August 5 an explosion or rock fall in the Laurel Hill tunnel of the $60 million express highway trapped workers. John Lowry, an ambulance driver, reports one man killed and four believed dead. the deceased man died en route after his arm was amputated to free him. Coroner H A McMurray and Father B J Waters were summoned.
Col Henderson outlined that by September 1 the 18 month continuous employment rule will remove over 16 000 workers from WPA roles, with a 10 460 quota reduction. Over 5 000 WPA workers will be replaced by others from more than 20 000 people awaiting assignment who have been certified as needing assistance.
Washington August 5 The Labor Relations Board ordered an election within 15 days among employees of Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company Birmingham Alabama to select collective representatives.
Sophie Tucker faces suspension by Actors Equity SAG and AFRA as the AFL unions clash over her support for the rival American Federation of Actors. The move halts her return to Leave It To Me and signals wider tensions among entertainment unions affecting about 10 000 members.
The Boys Airplane Club plans a large model plane contest at Delano Park tomorrow at 2 30 PM with a parade led by Pecatur school band. Entries include Stick models and fuselage types up to 36 inches and names such as Joel Alexander Johnny Howell Billy Hine Harold Lichtenstein and Wayne Smith among many others.
Reports from Kaifeng to Chengchow indicate Japan plans harsher steps against British interests as Tokyo negotiates over the Tientsin episode. US protest from Hankow ties to anti American sentiment. About 20 American missionaries remain in Henan city amid mission properties and US enterprises.
Mrs. Elizabeth Snowmpley told authorities that a body pulled from the river on June 1, 1936, could be her missing son Roland Leroy Day. After cremation she buried the ashes in a family lot in Missouri Valley Iowa. The son reappeared nine months later, and she now questions if the body was Circo.
The Alabama Bankers Association will back a statewide program to raise farmer incomes by placing a representative farm in each county. Bankers, county agents, and agricultural groups will demonstrate efficient farm management and credit use to lift incomes, with support from Alabama Polytechnic Institute and state departments.
The 210 pound end Hayward Sanford from Adena Arkansas, key to Alabama's Rose Bowl bid with field goals against Tulane and Vanderbilt, suffered a bad toe spike in a softball game. Dr Sherrill said he may lose the nail but could kick by Oct 1 and should be ready for the 1938 season.
The Associated Press reports six cattle stock shows and sales across Alabama in August through September. Monroeville, Tuscaloosa, Fort Deposit, Selma, Demopolis, and Epes host feeder calf shows and auctions to supply salable beef, with calves from over 1000 herds anticipated at Selma. A west Alabama tour earlier aided buyers and producers in locating stock for fall and spring markets.
Lawrence County notes a miscellaneous shower Aug 2 honoring Mrs. Wesley Curtis nee Kate Sullivan with 125 gifts in a flower decorated home. Attendees included Mrs. Tom Hogan and many neighbors. Rev A C Gamble leads revival at Antioch church with Le banonSpeake events and local visits noted.
The Knights of the Boston Tea Party plan an adjourned meeting at the courthouse Thursday night at 8. A prior gathering at Odd Fellows hall had solid representation and discussed future unit activities.
New York trading saw dry selling and a partial rebound led by steel issues. The two hour turnover hovered around 250000 shares with many issues skirting gains while top favorites and earnings reports buoyed sentiment. Prominent upside names included U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors U S Rubber J I Case and American Telephone amid expectations of steady fall profits.
New York market reports steady to mixed trading with steels leading a quiet rally while bonds show uneven gains and utilities see modest purchases. Chicago grains move on weather forecasts with wheat unchanged to slightly lower and corn higher. hogs and cattle remain near steady levels.
Market shows irregular trend as Southern and professional selling accompany a favorable weekly weather outlook. Final prices shift 1 point lower to 1 point higher while spot middling remains near 9.55. In New Orleans trading, futures hold steady ahead of the government crop estimate due Tuesday.
New Orleans reports middling cotton averaged 9.28 cents per pound across ten Southern spot markets, unchanged from yesterday and below the thirty market day average of 9.37 cents. The report notes the steady tone in prices as the market awaits guidance.
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed quiet and unchanged with sales 254. Prices listed include low middling 8.06 and middling 9.21 with good middling at 9.76. Receipts totaled 1 546 and stock stood at 343 831 units.
U S Department figures show mixed week results in Nashville Tennessee buyers steady on steers and heifers cows higher to 15 up feeders steady grass cattle 6.00 8.00 vealers 9.50 late top for week 9.50 hogs quotable steady 170 225 lbs 6.25 sows 4.35 sheep 300 head northwest stockers lambs 25 lower spring lambs 25 8.25 slaughter ewes 2.00 2.75 breeding ewes 8.00 10.00 per head some still on sale Texas whitefaced stockers arriving for Monday trade.
Chicago wheat prices edged lower from earlier gains as the market opened with slight firming but closed mostly steady to down 1-4 cent. September wheat finished at 64 64 1 8 cents, December 64 3 4, corn moved up 1 8 to 5 8 cents with September at 42 3 8, December 42 3 8 1 2, and oats fell 1 4 to 3 8 cents.
Chicago reports 1 082 372 pounds of butter and 11 226 cases of eggs with no prices available. The sparse market notes indicate commodity totals without price data.
The body of Nellie L. Blackmore 25 identified by police as a hitch-hiker was found drowned in Roquemary grave pit near Montgomery Alabama. Police say a Montgomery man picked her up and she disappeared while swimming despite his rescue attempts. An insurance policy in her bag suggested she may be from Houston Texas.
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