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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1935
Page
2
New York and New Orleans cotton markets show futures closing barely steady with declines of 15 to 18 points. Open highs and lows fluctuated, spot cotton in New Orleans ends quietly lower, with middling around 11.20 cents and stockpiles noted at 250,113 bales.
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A fragment from page one reports Hopson engaging with the senate lobby committee about utility issues. Testimony references profits and stock dividends, with officials and lawyers questioned about actions of Hopson and associates in relation to changes debated by the committee.
Butter prices steady at 15 800 pounds with unchanged values. Eggs bid at 7200 with steady demand and trading slow in local car grades. Fresh graded firsts at 25, local 24 1 2 with current average 21 to 28, storage packed firsts steady amid moderate supplies. Idaho Russets U S No 1 and other potato details noted.
New York on August 13 reports butter prices firmer for some grades but overall unsettled with 15 173 pounds traded. Whole milk flats and fresh grades show slight shifts as markets hold on uncertain lines.
Eggs in New York on Aug 13 reported total 20 400. Mixed colors averaged 20 22 1 2 with other mixed colors unchanged.
Herbert Hoover meets with party leaders in the East after arriving in New York. Roosevelt says no comment on Hoover’s talks, while reports say Hoover has conferred with Ogden Mills and former Senator David Reed. Lawrence, the former White House secretary, would not confirm details.
Federal Judge W Calven Chestnut declares the hog processing tax under the AAA unconstitutional. He asserts private income matters are not public affairs and criticizes intrusions into individuals' private lives amid public debate on agricultural policy.
A century of political chatter centers on potential bids by Frank Lowden Len Small Charles Deneen Frank L. Smith and William Hale Thompson as possible Republican contenders. Polls show Lowden ranking fourth while others deny active campaigns amid party maneuvering and media support from Knox Strawn and McCormick.
W R Wallace leads song services at Pleasant Hill revival with Rev I W Meyers as evangelist drawing good crowds. Daily office reports five home calls from Decatur locals and updates on residents traveling, illnesses, and community happenings including insurance shop move and police alert for a stolen 1932 Chevrolet.
Governor Graves signals support for a sales levy while stressing homestead exemptions and functioning state and local governments. He urges Alabama to “keep on keeping on” and ties tax relief to home ownership as essential to social stability and public services.
Budget and tax reform proposals are discussed, including sales tax, homestead exemptions, poll tax amendments, referendum limits, recall of officers, welfare and unemployment measures, and labor laws tied to a new social security act and federal amendments. The speaker urges constitutional amendments and fiscal safeguards.
The Negro 4 H clubs camp site near Town Creek at Ebernezer Community and Foster’s Bird Pool, five miles north, will host the county’s annual club meeting this week. County agents announce the event emphasizes recreation and education drawing many members, with TVA staff assisting in planning swimming, volleyball, archery, tug of war and games.
The Senate finance committee proposed a dividend tax and higher capital stock levy to align with President Roosevelt. The plan would raise about 250 million dollars, less than the House version, as leaders eyed adjournment and possible votes early next week.
Farm Forces will go to Hartselle with remarks by Bob Goode and J. T. High district agent. Talks by Chas G Hardwick and Morgan County Farmers Federation member Emmett Barkley. Mrs Emmett Barkley presides Morgan County Council Home Demonstration Clubs. Danville F F A band Eva string pend Nelson sisters Eva quartet perform. Address by Hon B L Malone.
Albany Aug 13 New York state is over 97 million dollars in the red. The state comptroller said June 30, 1934 ended with a deficit of 97 020 788 31 dollars mainly from falling revenues. Governor Lehman had warned deficits would exceed 90 million.
The Alabama Legislature moved through a crowded agenda with a 26 to 1 vote on a statewide referendum to approve full appropriations. Bills extended to labor, education, and court reform were debated as lawmakers adjourned for a lunch recess and prepared for Thursday sessions.
Associated Press reports Huey Long plans to run for the Democratic nomination in 1936. He says if Roosevelt is nominated he would run as an independent unless a Republican candidate gains his support. Long notes he would seek to elect himself, not to beat Roosevelt, and may campaign in state primaries to mount a challenge at the convention.
Memorial note asks Decatur residents to honor Captain Raymond R. Brown born August 16 with birthday cards while he recovers at U S V Hospital Oteen North Carolina Ward A 2. The request is suggested by Butler P A Hine to remember service in 1917 1918 and his companions.
Southern cotton senators urged early continuation of 12 cent loans for cotton after a meeting with President Roosevelt. Sen. Smith said he expects an announcement within days and dismissed reports of government hesitation. He also discussed a proposed 500 million dollar corporation to back foreign credit transactions to boost exports.
Chicago reports that Alabama Pitts paroled from Sing Sing and Al Mamaux of the Albany club will tour in vaudeville after the baseball season. The act must be sanctioned by Sing Sing Warden Lewis. Pitts joined Albany last year after Landis ruled him eligible to play in organized baseball.
Roy Hamilton and Eddie Gayman condemned to die on the gallows learned from Gov. Guy B. Park that their execution was postponed for two weeks. The stay allows relatives more time to seek clemency after their guilty plea to the Christmas Eve 1933 murder of an oil station operator at Arthur.
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