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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1934
Page
1
In Arthurdale West Virginia homestead stories, families praise Franklin D Roosevelt and praise Mrs Roosevelt for communal support while facing hard labor and low wages. They repay the government with $20 monthly payments for twenty years totaling $4800. The plan kept work alive through sub zero winters and shared labor among families, but questions remain about self sufficiency and future cooperation.
The Rev L P and his 14 year old son Roger are jailed in Moulton on murder charges in the July 23 slaying of Frank Pickens. A Lawrence county grand jury convened by Judge Calhahan will investigate with Taliaferro named foreman. Prosecutors Wade Wright and A A Griffith lead the case while Seybourne Lynne defends. Witnesses describe rapid departure from the scene and a negro woman claims to have seen Roger with a gun.
Morgan county health department called for hoes rakes and weed cutters to aid a typhoid fever cleanup drive inaugurated ten days ago by a 45 man FERA crew. Officials urged residents to lend tools at Second Avenue hearths while noting new inoculations cost over 3000 dollars and clinics were held at Fairview Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
In a case tied to the tri state gang, police said a plan to dynamite an Upper Darby hospital to kill patient Mrs Elizabeth Fontaine was foiled by moving her under guard. Detective chief Frank E Burke identified Fontaine as a gangster informant and a stool pigeon alerted authorities to the revenge plot.
Adolf Hitler paid a solemn tribute to the late President Paul von Hindenburg in Berlin and prayed for peace, freedom, and Germany's honor. He praised Hindenburg as a patriot and military commander, saying Germany would have faced its greatest humiliation if political leadership had matched the military, and his speech was non political.
Secretary Gilbert White announced the Decatur Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet Tuesday at 4 PM in the Lyons Hotel building offices. All members are urged to attend.
Big Stone Gap Virginia reports a gas explosion in Derby No 3 mine early morning. Ten men were unaccounted for in a stall section while about one dozen escaped from another area. A rescue team entered the mine carrying fresh air to push out deadly carbon monoxide.
In New Orleans the city sues to enjoin the new police board created by the Huey Long bill. Mayor Walmsley faces a court hearing over control of police powers as civic groups named the board.
The relief department plans a Wednesday flour distribution to families on relief rolls in District 2. Flour will be handed out at Hartselle Danville and Somerville with one sack per eligible family.
Ralph Platterson of the Doctor Fire Department is on vacation visiting Law Eppes County friends.
Senator Harry Walker of Athens reports residents pleased with TVA current in Decatur and notes bills cut, more households electrified. Walker, elected to the House in the May primary, avoids discussing the speaker race though observers expect Governor-elect Bibb Graves may back him.
Rev J D Pickens, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, is in Wheeler Station today to lead a revival campaign continuing through the week.
Dan R. Hudson district manager of the Brown Service Company returns to the office today after recuperating from a recent operation. He had been away recovering from the medical procedure and resumes his duties at the company.
About 6 000 people attended the Sunday sessions of the Cowell Rogers revival campaign, filling the tent to capacity and extending onto the grassy area. A sermon on Jesus Christ's return drew praise and several dozen new church members joined the following service. Dr J D Wallace opened with prayer as offerings were reported to meet full provision.
The Morgan County Cotton Control Committee restates that Wednesday August is the final day for contract signers to apply for Bankhead allotments. Applications are to be filed at beat headquarters with the office kept open until August 10 if needed to aid those who had already applied.
Emma McDaniel of 1420 Fifth Avenue South died Saturday at 7 PM after a long illness. Funeral service 3 PM at her residence with Rev. James Allen Smith officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survived by husband Owen McDaniel, daughter Bessie Orr of Decatur, three sisters Mary Huckbee Lou Tapscott Fannie Sharp, one brother Scott McCall.
Miss Mary Alma Pfaff and Miss Sara Walker returned from Birmingham where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Moore, formerly of Decatur.
On the Empress of Canada dated August 6 the writer notes a fine voyage with a cosmopolitan mix of passengers from around the world. Optimism prevails about national recoveries, with no war talk aboard. Miss Floyd Gibbons travels with the crew as they near Yokohama next Saturday morning.
The Alabama general law requires county superintendents to be elected by the county board of education, not by popular vote. In mandamus against the board, Williams argues the court should rescind the board’s recent action appointing teachers for the year, claiming he would be unfit for duties if he were superintendent instead of Springer.
Mrs Sue E Austin died at 11 40 Sunday morning funeral services Tuesday at 4 at her residence 305 Gordon Drive with Rev J D Pickens officiating Interment in City cemetery Active pallbearers listed Survived by two daughters Mrs A B Surratt Princeton Indiana and Mrs Annie Shumake Decatur a son Lucian Austin Decatur two sisters and a brother all of Decatur Funeral notes say she was a Baptist longtime Decatur resident and beloved by many
The second bale of fully fruited cotton grown within Decatur city limits was displayed on a tract of land. The staple was produced on that land during a recent harvest season in Decatur.
An incident began when a gunpoint force evacuated a room and two men entered another room where several people were threatened. The victim, Dean, was later seen in a car toward Fayetteville Tennessee and checked into a hotel there. From Fayetteville he phoned Huntsville to report his location as police converged on the scene.
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