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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
1
Across 19 states cotton rice and flue cured tobacco growers vote in private ballots to grant the AAA power to limit sales in 1939. Officials estimate up to 2.5 million farmers eligible. Administration leaders monitor results as congressional action looms.
AP reports producers of cotton rice and flue cured tobacco will vote on marketing quotas for next year. Approval requires two thirds of participants in each crop. Polls open by 9 a m and close at 5 p m local time in 19 Southern states. Ballots counted after polls close and results released to the public.
The article explains referenda on farm program quotas with two thirds needed for each crop. Administration supporters push quotas while critics favor the domestic allotment plan that would allow unlimited production at fixed domestic prices. Early returns show strong approval in cotton and tobacco votes, reflecting concerns over prices and benefits.
Rev. Archibald, newly arrived pastor of Central Methodist Church, will preach his first sermon in Decatur tomorrow at eleven in the morning. He comes from Brookhaven Methodist Church Birmingham after four years there and is highly regarded among Alabama Methodists. His sermon topic is Seeing Jesus Only and he will also lead the evening service. his arrival was expected today.
Dec 23 start will excavate under the tuberculosis sanatorium in Flint. The project adds 18 patient rooms and 40 extra spaces, raising capacity from 40 to about 80. WPA funds cover most costs with local sponsorship and labor. total project cost nears $75,000.
Tupelo announces a five percent cut for industrial power and eleven and a half percent for commercial power starting February 1, with no residential cut currently planned. Mayor J. P. Nanney cites a response to former TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan and notes TVA experts helped craft the new schedule in Tupelo, the nation’s first TVA city.
Supreme Court Justice Aaron Steuer signed a temporary order tying up cash and securities worth about $100,000 in the brokerage account of Carol E Coster wife of F Donald Coster head of McKesson and Robbins Inc as public hearings into the drug firm’s finances begin The firm seeks reorganization under the Chandler bankruptcy act with Attorney General John J Bennett Jr announcing the action.
Director Robert Fechner estimated the January 1 to 20 enrollment period for the CCC will attract about five times as many candidates as vacancies. He said 51,785 men are to be enrolled during that period.
Police seek suspect after Alvin Lyle a Black man was stabbed with a sharp object just above the heart around 4 55 Friday afternoon on a side street south of W Vine Lyle was treated at a doctor s office and taken to his home
North Alabama fans will see a charity bowl game on December 16 at Benson Field. The Lions club faces the Rotary club with proceeds benefiting charity. players will cover their own hospital costs. Shorty Ogle will coach the Lions, Aubrey Fuller the Rotary side. practice starts soon.
Greensboro, Ala. December 10. State toxicologist H W Nixon said the fatal bullet came from the body of H J Nash 34 found mortally wounded near where Gloria Lyles 29 was discovered dying The suspected gun was located under Grady Tubbs alias Pitts home Tubbs a suspect is held for double murder charges Nash died Monday and Lyles died the day earlier Sheriff Hollis said the women deathbed statement named a black shooter Tubbs was arrested and faces murder charges a preliminary hearing has not yet been set
D. J. Johnson of 1718 Fifth Avenue South owns a curious fragment of limestone from the Mitchell quarry on Danville road. The front part of a razor handle is imbedded in the rock with the blade folded inside the handle. Dug from a depth of six feet in 1933 during the CWA era, the piece baffles observers.
Carnegie Institution scientists say a nova or supernova in the Milky Way might unleash light equal to 100 suns, potentially turning night into day for weeks or months. While the exact timing is unpredictable, such events occur roughly once in centuries, with novae typically bright for days to months.
Capt Emery E Larson USMC named Navy head football coach for 1939 at Annapolis succeeding Lieut Hank Hardwick. Larson, class of 1922 and Marine detachment commander at the academy, becomes the first Marine officer to coach Navy football.
Senator Rankin co author of the TVA act testifies before the TVA investigating committee praising the project as the most profitable investment since the Louisiana Purchase. He argues yardstick rates cut U S light and power bills by hundreds of millions annually while criticizing private utilities for overcharges and political influence.
Washington reports the army and navy are revising their national mobilization blueprint for the next war to be simpler and quicker to activate. Officials say the plan would reduce centralized control of factories prices food fuel and labor and update a framework developed since 1920 with input from Woodring Swanson. Congressman Starnes calls for rapid expansion of munitions plants and a southeastern chemical plant with an already authorized army air base. The justice department matter is noted as unsettled.
A group of Hollywood figures including Bing Crosby Cary Grant and Miriam Hopkins were summoned as witnesses in the William P Buckner bond case. Thirteen subpoenas were issued by the U S attorney in New York and Buckner stands accused of defrauding bondholders in the Philippine Railways Company. J Stuart Hyde British producer said he knew many in Hollywood but officials did not clarify the connections to the case.
The Alabama Power Company paid city taxes of 2948.22, allocated to the general fund, city schools, and Albany bonds. Property is valued at 261,344. It has a practice of paying taxes early to fund teachers’ salaries before Christmas. County taxes of 6719.18 and school amounts of 1045.62 were paid, with 784.03 to Decatur schools. There are 91 city teachers and 253 county teachers. Salary payments may be missed next week due to the holidays.
Montgomery report says Governor Graves postponed the Auburn board of trustees meeting from Monday. The session aimed to review PWA projects at Alabama Polytechnic Institute but the governor cited incomplete files as the reason for rescheduling.
Miss Dorothy Whaley 25 of Decatur died Friday from a pistol wound. Funeral at St John’s Episcopal Church 3 p.m. with Rev. Oliver C. Cox officiating. Body to be sent to Birmingham for burial at Elmwood Cemetery Sunday. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Whaley a brother Morris Whaley of Augusta Ga and grandmother Mrs M F Bunch.
In a drenching Cape Cod storm, seven crewmen were saved by breeches buoy from the grounded Boston trawler Andover two hours before dawn. The vessel, 93 feet, loaded with about 50,000 pounds of fish, ran aground near shore as waves and fog hampered efforts. Coast guards from Chatham and Orleans, aided by the Chelan cutter, battled high surf to reach the ship two hours before high tide.
Eastern Air Lines plans a new Memphis Tennessee to Tampa Florida air mail and passenger service, with inauguration likely in early January as announced by president Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in Birmingham. The route extends the carrier's southeastern network and reflects expansion efforts.
The Pan American conference in Lima discussed a Cuban resolution condemning racial persecution and debated Argentina’s proposed cooperation framework. Delegates anticipate further proposals as they await keynote talks by Secretary Hull and foreign ministers Cantilo of Argentina and Concha of Peru.
The Tennessee river level stood at 16.8 feet with no rainfall in the past day. Maximums: 50 and 23 degrees. Alabama skies were partly cloudy with warmer tonight and Sunday. Tennessee to see increasing clouds, warmer by Sunday, with occasional rain in the west.
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