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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
2
Market quotations show mixed trading with shares firming at session end and European tensions influencing sentiment. U S steel and industrials lead gains while oils and utilities drift. commodities notes report turkey prices steady and potatoes firm on track with ample supply and slow demand.
Liverpool cotton markets show 28 000 bales traded with spot steady and quotes higher for some grades. Prices stand with strict good middling 7.32 pence, middling 7.02, and futures steady with Dec at 6.50, Jan 6.46, Mar 6.46, May 6.42, Jul 6.37, Oct 6.18.
In Chicago on December 3, butter prices held firm with 6,767 units noted and Egge at 2,388, both unchanged. Markets reported no change in pricing.
In a partial OCR readout on December 3, poultry entries show weights around 4 1 2 to 12 pounds and related prices. Truck counts list 41 steady on the road with varied numbers including 14 1 2 and 18 1 2 to 19 1 2 in a garbled market brief.
U S Dept. of Agriculture notes hogs at 25 000 head with direct top around 9.90 and most 9.50 to 9.75 for 140 160 lb hogs sows steady to strong. cattle 8 000 with calv es 1 500 steady to easy, light steer tops at 14 50, bulls to 15 25 higher weekly. sheep 9 000 slow but steady on slaughter classes, bids around 11 00 11 40 for natives and fed lambs with best bids near 11 35 11 40.
Dr. L. G. Sturdivant, presiding elder of the Decatur district, called a meeting of preachers and district stewards for 10 o'clock Friday morning at the First Methodist church. This gathering opens the new conference year's district meetings and precedes the itinerary adoption for the ensuing term.
In Crystal Falls Michigan on December 3 AP reports game wardens determined Felix killed a doe not as a wilful violation of the game law against female deer. The animal had six-point horns and Myers mistook it for a buck.
A long OCR list names election officials across numerous beats and boxes detailing managers clerks and returning officers for each polling site. The roster includes Flora Sanders Eva Fennell Edna Voorhies J. T. Towns C. O. King Mattie Jones J. B. Burt and many others across Beat 1 through Beat 24 with roles specified.
Decatur society items report Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Bitting Jr traveling to Nashville on business while Miss Donnie Blackwell visits Bowling Green. Local developments note illness, hospital updates, and daily visits with relatives in Florence, Birmingham, and Madison County. Parish activities include St. John's church choir practice and vestry meetings with community announcements and short notices of hospital recoveries and visits.
Governor Bibb Graves proclaims a constitutional amendment election to be held on Tuesday December 17 1935 at polling places across Alabama. The measure would let the Legislature set regulate and alter salaries and fees for certain county and state officers and may consolidate offices in specified counties. The notice requires eight weeks of publication before the election.
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