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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1936
Page
1
In Montgomery Governor Bibb Graves said he was delayed in selecting a seven member fact finding board to study the wage basis dispute at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company red ore mines.
In Sudbury on August 21 Magistrate J S McKessock dismissed an assault charge against Ba Winters, upholding his right to spank his wife if breakfast is not ready when he returns home. The ruling centers on spousal discipline within the domestic context.
Rescue crew broke through the last feet of debris at noon to reach four entombed miners near Moberly Missouri. It was not immediately known if the men were alive or reached.
New York August 21 The New York State Athletic Commission postponed decision on heavyweight champion Jimmy Braddock’s request to defer his title defense against Max Schmeling to September 15 awaiting further consideration.
In Coblenz Germany on August 21 mass trials of 215 Franciscan friars for improper relations with their young charges resumed after a recess for the Olympics. Brother Gratian was sentenced to one year and nine months imprisonment and reportedly confessed. He was the 35th sentenced.
Dick Merrill and Harry Richman prepared for a test flight in their monoplane from New York to Fereounaiane ahead of a planned round trip to London. They aim to depart by fifty bm Monday, with a possible flight tomorrow or Sunday.
In Northampton Mass a former presidential home on Massassou Street once occupied by Calvin Coolidge is offered for $60 a month. The Coolidge family previously paid $36 monthly before oil heat and a transformer upgrade.
U S Commissioner Wallace M Sloan announced 18 year old Cecil Carter from Clanton was arrested on a charge of sending an extortion letter to H B Shaw demanding 75 dollars and threatening the victim's grandson with death if the sum was not placed in an old automobile in Shaw's garage. Carter waived examination, was bound over to the grand jury, and held on $500 bond. Federal officers said the letter was written on a typewriter and mailed August 18.
Decatur city council granted the Kiwanis Club permission to erect a curb market building on Johnston street between First Avenue and the L N Tracks. The action preserves street use while reserving rights to remove the market on 30 days notice if adjacent properties object or public demand requires opening Johnston street across the tracks.
J. E. Moody, a longtime Decatur resident and business man, announced his candidacy for the city council in the September 21 election. He came to Decatur from Lawrence County in 1899 and has worked with Standard Oil tied firms, Decatur Bottling Works, and Decatur Ice and Coal Company in the past. He attends First Methodist Church and participates in several fraternal groups, widely known across the city.
Rochester Minnesota August 21 Governor Floyd B Olson showed improvement after a late night visit by Dr William J Mayo Mayo said the farmer labor chief executive was better his stomach ailment had slightingly worsened since his arrival from his northern Minnesota summer home last Monday doctors hope for continued improvement
Pensacola Florida August 20. Mayor H Clay Armstrong retains his post despite Democratic efforts to oust him over support for Governor Alf Landon. The city council again failed to agree on a successor last night with four votes for Armstrong four for Will C Moyer and one for William Tyler. Armstrong’s term expired months ago but he has served while awaiting a successor.
Martin Moore testified that he signed a confession to Helen Clevenger's murder after a fat New York man threatened him. He said officers whipped him and forced re-enactments, admitting the act but claiming coercion and misreading the document.
Hollywood reports Doris Kenyon widow of Milton Sills has kept his last two films for their son Kenyon Sills to see a living image of his father who died in 1930 after a tennis game. She says she cannot face it and fears it may not be good for him as he nears ten.
Governor Bibb Graves allowed Jeff Beeland of Greenville to study the worksheets of the Stephens Report on Alabama public school funding. Beeland, leader of the Alabama Consumers Anti-Sales Tax Association, will review the relief based calculations in Blair's Montgomery office.
The census bureau reports the cotton spinning industry operated in July at 119.8 percent of capacity on a single shift, up from 111.0 percent in June and 73.5 percent in July last year.
Paris reports a German ambassador to Moscow delivered a threatening protest to Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov regarding alleged Soviet interference in the Spanish Civil War.
In Asheville on August 21 the state halted its case against 22 year old Martin Moore and he testified in his own defense about the July 16 killing of Helen Clevenger. Fingerprint expert George Garrison reported blood smudges in a hotel room. Moore denied owning the gun later found with stains. The scene included the victim's father J. F. Clevenger and hotel witness L. D. Roddy as part of testimonies.
Police urge caution as farmers begin hauling cotton to gins within ten days. Captain Gilbert requests wagon lights at night and tail-light discipline to curb fast drivers. Patrol units will give extra care to allow draft animals to move safely, with wagons keeping to the right.
Britain announces stern measures to defend shipping in Spanish waters as warships may fire warning shots and then aim if fired upon by Spanish vessels. Germany threatens force after reports of a German merchant ship search by Spanish loyalists. Mussolini monitors neutrality and Portugal unrest flares.
Three hundred coal miners at Eichenau in Polish upper Silesia staged a hunger strike inside the mines to protest unpaid wages, as reported by the Tagablatt today.
Mrs. Sophia Holstrom evaded a county jail order by hiding in her home to escape a body execution tied to a 1932 alienation of affection judgment of $17,500 won by the late Mrs. Annie Liniennberger. Deputies, unable to serve the papers, camped outside as the four year dispute continued with no legal way to enter the residence.
A special senate committee began hearings on civil liberties in labor disputes with subpoenas issued to the Railway Audit and Inspection Co and access granted to Pinkerton and Burns officials. The panel, chaired by Sen. LaFollette, will review files across multiple cities as evidence of spying on workers, union interference, and private arsenals.
Huntsville hosts the Madison county American Legion annual convention from Sunday to Tuesday. About 1000 to 1500 Legionnaires are expected, with streets decorated and a large stage at Big Spring Park for the beauty pageant and a musical contest.
In Moscow a trial of 16 confessed conspirators features Holzmann describing how a copy of the Arabian Nights served as a secret code between anti Stalin figures. Trotsky is named as mastermind with meetings in Copenhagen and Berlin. The court hears about trunks hidden compartments and invisible ink as they debate the plan to remove Stalin.
Paul F. Dix, prominent local insurance and realty dealer, joined the aldermanic candidate list as friends filed his qualification papers. Dix said he would serve the city to the best of his ability if voters name him. He has long been active in church civic affairs and helped develop the Boy Scout program in the Tennessee Valley as a Scoutmaster.
New York August 21 Dunn and Bradstreet reports general business activity as week shows only slight sign of August dullness. Consumer buying slowed due to heat while interest in fall goods waned, yet summer stocks moved out quickly.
Montgomery August 21 Special prosecutor Knight said Kodera would confer with W. W. Callahan of Morgan County Court about resuming the Scottsboro trials. Knight seeks a date not conflicting with a possible special legislative session and dodged a direct answer from a Capitol reporter.
The Scottstoro trials may be reset for November if no legislative session interrupts. Judge Callahan has not set a date. Dr. Bridges, a state witness, is dead, and his deposition could not be agreed upon, delaying proceedings after Heywood Patterson's conviction. A move to appoint Samuel Simon Alabama as chief defense counsel is reported but not confirmed.
Alf M. Landon said he would accept President Roosevelt invitation to a drought conference at Des Moines Iowa on September 1. Roosevelt invited Kansas Governor and other state leaders including Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Oklahoma governors to attend with senators. The president outlined a series of regional meetings with state officials across the Midwest and beyond.
Weather report notes Tennessee gauge 2.7 feet with 98 F high and 76 F low and 0.05 inch rainfall. Alabama forecast partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered showers in the south. Tennessee expects generally fair and continued warmth through Saturday.
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