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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1934
Page
1
The Arthurdale project in West Virginia gains a new factory aimed at steady jobs for homesteaders. An assembling plant will be built to provide reliable wages, after Congress rejected the initial post office equipment plant idea.
Falkville High School will add a four room home economics wing to the existing vocational agricultural building pending state education approval. The project converts space from the old vocational area into classrooms to ease overcrowding and allow advanced home economics work with a likely new staff member.
Five large Wherley type placing cranes have been erected at the Wheeler Dam cof fer dam area. The cranes operate on special track to place concrete from floating mixing plants into the dam forms. Excavation for the powerhouse and first dam section is near complete with about 250000 cubic yards of bedrock removed.
The Tennessee river gauge was reported stationary at 3.8 feet this morning before sunrise.
Zeno Bailey lies ill at his home on Sherman Street and friends regret to learn of his condition.
The U S consulate reported three Americans rescued by the Japanese surveying ship Koshu after drifting since June 24 in a broken mast sailing vessel. Rescued were William Tewaro, a painter, his wife, and Miss Marion Phillips of Santa Barbara, a nurse. They had sailed from San Diego on March 1.
A man without a fortune in Liberty bonds died en route to Tuscaloosa after being sheltered by a farm family. A knapsack contained letters claiming the physician owned $52,000 in bonds and two coal mines. Sisters Margaret Goodwin and Mat Graham were located, and interment was arranged with attorney J. H. Davidson in Muskogee Oklahoma.
Miss Cheredith Rouse, former Decatur resident and Trinity High School graduate, won first prize in a poetry contest sponsored by Mrs. John H. Hammond of New York. Her poem Provincial Fancies, praised by three New York writers, was written while visiting her sister Lucile Rouse in Guntryville.
Mrs. Dusty Usery of Elkmont Route 1 was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital for a broken hip after a fall. She was moved to her home by Brown’s ambulance Monday. Mr. Usery is greatly improved.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will send David E. Lilienthal and another engineer on August 15 for a month long study trip to Europe. They will examine the British Central Electricity Board model and public private power relations to inform TVA policy on future power blocks and system unification.
Mrs D A Roan of Eva mother of Dr A M Roan of Decatur was moved today by Brown's ambulance to her daughter's home on the south Bee Line highway from Benevolent Society Hospital where she had a major operation. She is convalescing satisfactorily.
The Lawrence county grand jury convened at Motton to hear state witnesses in the July 23 slaying of Prank Pickens. Rev L P Roger and his son William are charged, with indictment possible this term. Defense and state lawyers named.
Carlton C. Click 27 of Grant Alabama suffered a fractured spine and severe lacerations after being struck by a tree while at work at a clearance unit near Lock B. He was hospitalized at Society Hospital with a condition described as satisfactory though serious, with doctors hopeful for recovery.
Mrs. 8. E. Ory of Gadsden travels to Hartselle to visit sister Mrs. S. S. Polytinsky and friend Mrs. Ben Jaffe of Athens during the week.
Amid stirring religious scenes the Covell-Rodgers revival enters its sixth and final week with 3 500 to 4 000 in attendance. The evangelist denounces the liquor traffic and liquor legislation, prompting a large altar front and pledges of sobriety from hundreds, in a Sunday night service at the tent.
Aboard S 8 Empress Canada on Aug 7 a correspondent reports calendar mix ups noting yesterday was Sunday and asking if Tuesday papers were missed or if the issue will publish Tuesday or Wednesday. The writer questions the current month and mocks political wishes.
Henry Mattison Negro was wounded by pistol fire in both legs near the railroad viaduct by Danville road as he and police pursue Robert Lee Horton Negro over a shooting at Mattison's pressing shop on East Moulton street Horton reportedly threatened Mattison who said he fired in self defense and was later held on related charges with bond posted.
William S. Vare former Philadelphia political leader and former congressman died at his Atlantic City summer home after a six year illness. He suffered a relapse from heat then a heart attack led to his death within 20 minutes. Vare was elected to the Senate in 1926 but was refused the seat amid charges of excessive campaign spending after a lengthy fight.
Mr and Mrs Bill Curtis arrive in Decatur this afternoon after a two week trip to Denver Colorado where they mourn the death of their young daughter who died from pneumonia. The couple formerly resided in Denver before moving to Alabama.
In Tankenburg on August 7 the German nation paid final honors to Paul von Hindenburg as Adolf Hitler delivered an emotional eulogy claiming the late president opened the door to Nazism. The ceremony was simple yet military in tone with thousands in uniform.
In New Orleans on August 7 guardsmen at Jackson Barracks fired twice at an unidentified snooper who later accidentally discharged a pistol at the city voting registration office causing confusion around the city hall area.
Judge John Petree of the National Emergency Council met with leaders to mediate the 5006 worker strike in Huntsville Alabama. NRA adjustment officer Charles Poelinitz coordinated conferences as pickets gathered at Lincoln Mill amid friction with local business groups.
L and N freight office reports a monthly gain in freight hauls for 1934 over the same months in 1933. Milton Andrews, local agent, notes that while some months show modest increases, overall volume since December shows a noticeable rise compared with the previous year.
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