Robbers Loot Recovered in Police Drive Against Yeggs
Police investigators last night captured Jesse Watts and Frank Points both jailed on burglary and grand larceny charges. Two large caches of stolen goods tied to the Speilberger Son store robbery were found at Watts home and another location. Additional robberies were reported as officers continued the search for a third and possibly a fourth suspect in Decatur and Sheffield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Watts
Frank Points
Speilberger & Son
Sheffield
Hat Aha
Pearl Pearson
Watts
Decatur
Lee Street
Gulf
Closing Cotton Quotations From New York and New Orleans
The closing quotations for New York and New Orleans cotton markets are listed with open high low and close figures. Prices show various values around 17.0 to 17.7 cents per pound for different months and spots, with Orleans middling spots noted near 15.65 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
York Spots
Missing man sought in Decatur search
Mrs. C. K. Merriman of Grand Rapids asks The Daily to help locate her brother W. E. Burt 58, 5 ft 9 in, 160 lb, blue eyes, brown hair with gray streaks. Last seen near Nashville after losing his car at Gunn's Service. The family traveled from Grand Rapids to Florida and split up in traffic. Burt left his car and is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Merriman
Grand Rapids
Michigan
W. E. Burt
Decatur
Mr. Burt
Burt
Nashville
Tennessee
Miss Merriman
Florida
Pathe Studios executives held in manslaughter case
New York police arrested Pathe Studios vice president John C. Flinn and manager Henry F. Lalley on manslaughter charges tied to the Tuesday studio fire that killed ten. Authorities seized 160 film containers showing 50,000 to 100,000 feet of film and cited city ordinance violations on storage limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pathe Studios
Manhattan
John C. Flinn
Henry F. Lalley
Family Of Dead Girl Being Sought
Police in Huntsville Alabama seek the family of Prennis Parker a about 20 year old woman who died at a local hospital from what doctors said was poison self administered. She had come to the New Hope community weeks earlier with unknown relatives or former home. Authorities describe her as five feet five inches tall with brown hair dyed red grey eyes and a 125 pound frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Prennis Parker
New Hope
Kiwanis Christmas Tree Gift Event Moves to Sunday
The Kiwanis Christmas Tree will be set up in Riverside High School auditorium and on Sunday at 2 30 p m about 300 underprivileged children will receive gifts from Kiwanis Santa Claus. Volunteers will escort children from West Church street and Connecticut Mills to the high school and back. Committees, led by Pointer Martin and Dr J W Hughes, have organized lists of attendees and coordinated transportation and gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside High School
Kiwanis
West Church Street
Connecticut Mills
Ben F. Martin
J. W. Hughes
J.F. Levin
E. N. Hart
Lester Sheffield
Garner
Pride
Pryor McRee
Sam Stephenson
Redding Emens
Committee 10 Studies Charity Methods in Decatur Plan
A sub committee will study the Community Chest approach and report to a larger Decatur committee. Rev. Peter M. Dennis chaired the meeting attended by civic and charity groups called by the Decatur Rotary club. The group seeks a centralized agency to handle relief and semi charity cases, aiming for operation by next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Dennis
St. Lynne
Tennessee Valley Bank
Decatur
Dennis
Florence
Tuscaloosa
Anniston
Progress Report On Decatur Huntsville Road Route
Engineers advancing location work for the proposed highway from Decatur to Huntsville via Madison. Delays due to a very wet fall have slowed progress but are easing as surveys continue. The route is expected to win favor among residents of Decatur Huntsville and communities along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Huntsville
Madison
Tree Planting Planned Along Dixie Bee Line High Way
State forestry department members will arrive tomorrow to work with the Women’s Federation of Clubs and the state highways maintenance department planting trees and shrubbery along the Dixie Bee Line highway south of Decatur starting at the corporation line. The federation hopes to extend this right of way planting to all county areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Deparment
Women’s Federation of Clubs
Maintenance Department of State Highways
Dixie Bee Line
Decatur
Corporation Line
Federaton of Women's Clubs
Ox Men Begin Fashioning of Organization
Six men started shaping a planned 30 million dollar centralized cooperative marketing agency to finance cotton in 15 southern and western states. The plan, approved by the federal farm board, calls for a 21 member incorporating board and a general meeting before July 1. The American Cotton Growers Exchange would be transformed into a nonprofit cooperative under Capper Volstead act to launch the new entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Farm Board
Directors of
Cooperative and Growers’ Associations
Alexander Legge
Carl Williams
James C. Stone
8S. L. Morley
Oklahoma
N. C. Williamson
Louisiana
Harry Williams
Texas
A. B. Blalock
North Carolina
Allen Northington
Alabama
A. H. Stone
Mississippi
Federal Board
American Cotton Growers Exchange
Governor Nears End of Inquiry in Slocomb Principal Death Case
Governor Bibb Graves said no evidence supports Mrs. Lee Phillips’s claim that coercive pressure was used to obtain testimony from her convicted husband for prosecutions tied to the murder of Claude Avant, Slocomb High School principal. Investigators will aim to finish their report today after interviewing witnesses and examining prison wardens and guards in Kilby and Atmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Lee Phillips
Claude Avant
Slocomb
Claude F. Avant
Slocomb High
Graves
Kilby
Atmore
Phillips
Charlie C. McCall
Riots End at Auburn Prison After Hostage Rescue
Auburn New York December 12 Three hundred armed guards patrolled the prison walls after a riot that left eight convicts and the head keeper dead. State troopers rescued Warden Edgar S Jennings and seven guards held hostage as flames of battle lit the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N.Y
Auburn Prison
Edgar S. Jennings
Jennings
Raymond F. Kieb
State Commissioner of Correction
National Guard
Auburn City Hospital
Athens Glee Club Cantata at First Methodist Church
The Athens College Glee Club will present a cantata Sunday evening at 7 30 at the First Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend as the talented organization is anticipated with much interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens College Glee Club
First Methodist Church
Teacher Slain in Rockford Apartment Murder
A 30 year old teacher, identified as Gummersheimer, was found beaten to death in her Rockford apartment. Police say the victim died from blunt force injuries likely from a gas pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gummersheimer
Rockford
Shell shocked veteran returned to Augusta hospital
Veterans' hospital authorities from Augusta, Georgia arrive to transfer John A. Campbell back to the institution after his several days in the county jail. Campbell, a shell shocked World War I veteran, shot John Kyle at Hartselle years ago and previously escaped from the hospital to Decatur to surrender. Sheriff Davis admitted him last weekend and notified Augusta officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Augusta
John A. Campbell
Campbell
John Kyle
Hartselle
Government Hospital
Mr. Kyle
Decatur
Davis
Sanitation Project Nears Completion in Austinville
With continued good weather the sanitary project in Austinville should finish before Christmas. OC L Parhanmi, the inspector directing the work, said the completion will bring greatly improved ice in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville
OC. L. Parhanmi
Worsening Roads Disrupt School Bus Routes at Cullman
Willingham Alabama reports bus service hampered by nearly impassable roads in Cullman County. Travel to and from schools becomes difficult as winter conditions worsen, delaying students and affecting daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willingham
Cullman County
Princess Charity Toy Drive At Crescent Theater
Children are invited to bring toys or clothing to the Princess theatre for a charity matinee next Saturday at 10 AM. Admission is a toy or garment to be distributed to needy families in Decatur and nearby communities, with a film program of comedies features talkies and silents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
G. P. Bartiniza
The
Crescent
Princess
Decatur
Banniza
Senate probes cotton trading opens with Miller testimony
The Senate agriculture sub committee began hearings on cotton trading on the New York Chicago and New Orleans exchanges. Gardiner H. Miller president of the New York Cotton Exchange said prices reflect supply and demand not exchange manipulation. He noted a decade of higher averages but blamed world production and rapid domestic marketing for current lows. Heflin resolution paths cited as broad not addressing key factors. A separate charge by Senator Heflin claimed a Houston brokers firm influenced the cotton market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Senate Agriculture
Gardiner H. Miller
New York Cotton Exchange
Miller
Heflin
Erson
Clayton and Any
Houston
Texas
Cotton Exchange
Reprimands in Hart selle Shoplifting Incident
Three women believed to be involved in a shoplifting spree in Hartselle received reprimands from Mayor S. M. Nelson after goods were found in a car on Mais Street. Dry goods stores suffered the heaviest losses as raids continued through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Nelson
Selle
Hartselle
Mais Street
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Yeggs
Pep
R. F. Mooney
Fenner and Beane
Associated Press
A. B. Crouch
Helensville
New Zealand
Temple
Tex
Bigham
Los Angeles
PATHE
Wanis Club
Rev
Aysbo
Athens Glee Club
Senate
Eben
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