Decatur News Roundup Details Local Happenings
The river level fell to 5.6 feet with 0.16 inch of rain in 24 hours. Miss Louise Nelson ill at Y M C A office. community visits by W B Bentley and E D Bodley. Bee Line paving progresses south of town. park events and handball thrive at the Y M C A. Local officials plan meetings for Woodmen of the World and summer programs. IL M Aday ill but improving. Opening night at Princess Theatre draws Decatur crowds. Industrial league sees profits and plans youth sports. Marriage licenses issued. roads worsened by rain. Christmas seal drive extends to area schools. Community prayers amid hospital updates. junior high basketball begins. Woodrow Wilson film deal reached. Riverside Hi-V club collects 4000 coat hangers for charity. next meeting to finish tally.
Escaping prisoners forced back to cells after daylight jailbreak
Mrs. Lillian Davis battled two escaping prisoners with a bean stick in a daylight jail break near 3 PM. Jesse Edge and Floyd Nichols were recaptured in the jail yard, while Conrad Kent eluded capture and fled toward Cain Street. Deputy Bud Davis avoided firing amid bystanders. Kent’s recent crime involved a store robbery near Hartselle.
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Lillian Davis
Bud Davis
Solons to Outlaw Roscoe Machines in Alabama
Morgan county delegation likely to be asked to introduce bills to the general assembly to effectively outlaw the so called Roscoe machines in Alabama. Past years saw much discussion as existing laws were thwarted by adverse decisions and an effort will be made to secure relief.
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Morgan County
General Assembly
Alabama
Boundary dispute over Martin Dam taxes decided by Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a Tallapoosa County ruling, remanding to fix county boundaries along the Coosa River. It held the meridian thread of the stream as the true boundary between Elmore and Tallapoosa counties and ordered an accounting of taxes collected on Martin Dam in recent years.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court of Alabama
Tallapoosa County
Martin Dam
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Elmore
Supreme Court
Elmore and
Value of press traced by Noyes
Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press, told life insurance presidents the press serves an informed nation. He urged newspapers to provide a balanced view of world news and fulfill their broader responsibility beyond party lines. He stressed the press’s duty to inform citizens with accurate coverage and editorial balance.
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New York
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Pressing
New Compromise On Shoals Is Up
Washington dispatch reports Senator McNary scheduling another meeting of congressional conferees on Muscle Shoals for tomorrow in a bid to settle long running legislation. Senator Norris says he favors a cooperative farmer operation for Muscle Shoals and suggests it could be worked out before cross chamber talks end. Conferees are preparing a new plan to propose to the House as a substitute for the government operation and lease proposal.
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Washington
McNary
Congressional
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Boston
ACREAGE CUT ENDORSED BY ALABAMA BANKERS
A program by the Southern Cotton Reduction association to shrink cotton acreage for 1931 and the next four years won endorsement from the executive and agriculture committees of the Alabama Bankers association at a Birmingham conference yesterday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Cotton Reduction Association
Alabama Bankers Association
Alabama Road Projects Hearings Under Hoover Plan
Governor Graves says federal relief funds would accelerate road work if Congress passes the unemployment bill. Projects include 263 miles of road on various routes with bridges costing hundreds of thousands, prioritized to relieve unemployment. totals and specific segments listed, with several bridge projects and local mileage concerns.
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Graves
Frank Bane
Richmond
Hoover
Congress
Jefferson
Calhoun County
Stoney
Bill
Athens
Huntsvlle
Attalla
Collinsville
Argo
Huffman
Leeds
Pell City
Lincoln
Anniston
Montgomery
Line Creek
Catoma Creek
Moscow
Livingston
Demopolis
Selma
Orrville
Brewton
Conecuh
Bay Minette
Hartselle
Greenville
Talladega
Senate committee passes copper resolution on grain for relief
The senate agriculture committee appointed a three member sub committee to study and report on the copper resolution authorizing use of 40,000,000 bushels of grain from the stabilization corporation's wheat for unemployment relief.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Chopped Toes With Axe Ends In Boy's Death
Gorman Lee Roberts seventeen year old son of Mr and Mrs J P Roberts of Hartselle route No 2 died at Benevolent hospital at 10 50 pm Wednesday after blood poisoning from an axe accident two weeks earlier when three toes were severed from his right foot He underwent two operations but the poison spread and he died The funeral will be at Basham cemetery Friday at 11 with Rev Hudson and Rev M Tyler officiating Pallbearers named Melvin Link Guy Roper Percy Kirby Boyce Lott Earl Rhodes Thurman Wallace
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Gorman Lee Roberts
J. P. Roberts
Hartselle
Benevolent Hospital
Young Roberts
Tosteal
Basham Cemetery
Mr. Hudson
M. Tyler
Melvin Link
Guy Roper
Percy Kirby
Boyce Lott
Earl Rhodes
Thurman Wallace
Mrs. E. Huber Called To Reward In Pine Bluff
Mrs. E Huber mother of Mrs J W Lee of this city died Wednesday at her home in Pine Bluff Arkansas The body will arrive tonight over the Southern railway and be taken to the home of her daughter Mrs Lee at 1710 Seventh avenue south Funeral arrangements had not been completed today.
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BE. Huber
J. W. Lee
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Southern Railway
Lee
Seventh Avenue
South
Might Ask Santa For New Bastile
Sheriff B. E. Davis contemplates asking Santa for a new jail as the current Bastile overfills with inmates many of whom plan to depart without forwarding addresses.
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Santa
B. E. Davis
Santa Claus
Bank executive files voluntary bankruptcy petition
James B. Brown, president of the National Bank of Kentucky and former president of the Kentucky company, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in a federal court in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Louisville
James B. Brown
The
National Bank of Kentucky
Kentucky Company
Last-Minute Bulletins From Across the Nation
Reports from Montgomery to New York and Washington detail drought aid administration by county committees, bid restrictions relaxed for federal building projects, a San Antonio stenographer's testimony in a poisoning case, a bank notice in New York, a four-bandit pursuit in Texas, and Otis Smith’s senate testimony on power export policy.
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Washington
Otis Smith
Maine
The
Power Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
World Court delay urged to next session
Senator Swanson Virginia and court advocates pressed postponing the World Court issue to the next session a year hence. The move, paired with Stor Watson’s demand to keep the matter out of the brief session, was seen as ending any slim chance of final action this year.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Swanson
Virginia
Stor Watson
Seid
Former Police Chief Thomas Dies in Lancaster
Co. K. Thomas former police chief of New Decatur and longtime resident dies in Lancaster after an accidental event. Relatives were told the body would be brought back for interment, arriving on a Louisville train. He had worked at a Nashville iron works and tragedy followed an accident connected with this cost him his life.
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Co. K. Thomas
New Decatur
Lancaster
Louisville
Thomas
Dam Morn- Nashville
Receiver Sought for Southern Publishers Inc in Chancery
A chancery suit requests appointment of a receiver for Southern Publishers Inc the Nashville holding company for Memphis Commercial Appeal Inc and the Knoxville Journal and Tribune Company. The bill claims a receiver is necessary to take over the firm while affairs are investigated.
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N ‘Senn
Chancery Court
Southern Publishers, Inc
Nashville
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Inc
Knoxville Journal and Tribune Company
Necesapolis
Mass holiday shoppers flood Decatur streets despite threats of rain
Crowds of shoppers filled Decatur this morning as threatening skies failed to deter a large turnout. Streets lined with cars and local stores appeared busy as families visited shops and dispensed cheer.
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Decatur
All-American Tackle Elects to Phi Beta Kappa
Frederick W. Sington, Alabama all American tackle, elected to Alabama Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Sington, one of 21 university students chosen, to be initiated next Tuesday and will wear his key at Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. He and Capt. Foots Clements are to be honor guests at a chamber of commerce meeting tonight.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Frederick W. Sington
Alabama
Phi Beta Kappa
Sington
Pasadena
Rose
Foots” Clements
Chamber of Commerce
Girl Confesses She Slew Frank in Salt Lake City
Police report a hotel room murder in Salt Lake City as Wilma Gates aka Miss Doyle confesses to killing Frank by bludgeoning him during a robbery plan. She claims to have acted alone after luring him with drinks and a drugged beverage.
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Salt Lake City
T Man
Frank
Miss Doyle
Wilma Gates
Hampton
Iowa
Seattle
WOUNDED OFFICER MUCH IMPROVED IN MISSISSIPPI HOSPITAL
Deputy Sheriff Wheeler McGarrity, wounded while pursuing dog thieves, showed considerable improvement at a Booneville hospital in Mississippi. Doctors expressed a chance of recovery after earlier reports of fatal wounding. No arrests yet for the two suspects. two companions were lightly wounded.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Wheeler McGarrity
Booneville
Miss
New Sheriff for County Shortly
It is indicated that few if any changes will be made in the sheriff's personnel when Morgan County's new chief law enforcement officer Bud Davis steps into his father's shoes shortly after the first of next month. While Bud is signing the papers, affairs in the sheriff's office will be conducted along the same lines as for past years, during which Sheriff B. E. Davis has established a splendid record as an officer.
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Morgan County
Bud Davis
Bud
B. E. Davis
Gun Indicates Victim Likely Shot Himself
Birmingham officials assisted in identifying a young man found dead with a pistol wound in the right temple. A revolver with one exploded cartridge lay near the body and a waist band mark read P. M. Dry cleaner marks were noted on the clothing. Further details continued on page five.
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Birmingham
Albert Daently
BSK
Still Captured Across the Rt Sheriff Says Beer and Mash Destroyed
The sheriff reports a still operation with law enforcement officers led by Van Gilbert of Athens and Deputies Phillips. A search of a nearby house recovered whiskey. The case remains under investigation.
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van Gilbert
Athens
Phillips
B. v
County Officers Continue Search
County officers persist in looking for a suspect described as near 30, wearing dark clothing. The report notes investigators checked a residence and followed several leads with few solid clues at this time.
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