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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
1
Hollywood letter recalls W. T. Waggoner described as a fine old friend and one of the great cowmen. The Texas rancher, owner of a vast ranch with oil, valued grass and cattle over oil profits, admired horses and western citizenship, marking him as a boss of the industry.
The feud between Cordell Hull and George Peek over extending credits to Germany and using barter and quotas grows. Germany buys cotton, paying 25 percent cash and 75 percent in frozen marks, which cannot be shipped to the U S. Brazil rejected a similar plan earlier. Senator Van denberg is praised for his lobbyist encounter with Bill Shearer in a Capitol elevator.
Decatur city schools will mark Alabama Day Friday with chapel programs across units. A history reading by teachers Lillian Odom Aileen Pope and Mary Robertson highlights Decatur school origins from 1856. They recount early schools, 1864 disruption, and the growth of Gordon, Lafayette, Riverside and Central Highs, plus the Joe Wheeler school.
Cotton prices in Decatur show New York quotes with St Middling 12.55 and Middling 12.30, St Low 11.90 and Low 11.40 as of today.
In Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties voting stations will run from nine to five on Friday for the continuance of the Bank head Cotton Control Bill. Eligibility includes signing a 1934 35 Cotton Acreage Reduction Contract or tax exemption proof, owning cotton on a farm, or having a 1935 cotton farm lease or share cropping agreement. Bud: New Orleans gun slaying targets Benedetto Cappello. seven suspects detained and weapons seized after two buckshot hits.
A. D. Mathis and R. B. Steverson of Hill Chevrolet left for Flint Michigan to join a national Chevrolet sales meeting. The Nashville based dealer representatives boarded the Chevrolet special train and expect to return to the city Monday.
Morgan county relief director Mrs. J. A. Woods says relief departments cannot care for unemployables and that such cases are a community problem. She notes daily requests from the old, ill, or infirm and that national, state, and county units have no provision to provide aid.
Britt Davis of the currency camp oversees the auction of real estate from First National, Central National and First National Bank of Hart properties. The sale is set for January 25 with two days needed for completion. Assets include the National Bank building, the Central National Building, the Hilda Hotel, warehouses, farms and residences. John M. Young, a comptroller representative, and E. B. Soper discussed the liquidation, suggesting a nearing close and a spike in Morgan county real estate activity.
Decatur Rotary club directors convened last night at St. John’s rectory. Attending were President Peter M. Dennis, Dr. E. M. Chenault, Julian Harris, Dr. L. R. Murphree, Owen Watson and John McGehee.
To the public a plea highlights hungry children in schools with pinched faces near toy shop windows. The appeal urges donations for milk, stating sixty cents buys a half pint of milk daily for one month. A coupon invites contributions to the milk fund, supported by the Decatur Pilot Club.
President Roosevelt proposed close cooperation between his new war profits inquiry group and the Senate munitions investigation. Bernard Baruch will chair the panel with Hugh S. Johnson on the group, while senators voiced irritation at early naming. The White House gathering included Baruch, Johnson, Dern, Swanson, Morgenthau, General MacArthur, Tugwell, McGrady, and Roosevelt Jr.
Samuel Simon Leibowitz, famed defense attorney in the Scottsboro cases, reportedly may retire from private practice to pursue district attorney of New York. Walter Winchell's column in The Daily Wednesday notes Leibowitz plans to stop defending gunmen and seek a public prosecutor role.
Commodities including potatoes beef cheese and butter will be distributed to relief families on Friday with white recipients in the morning and Negro recipients in the afternoon in district one. Saturday distribution will occur in district three at Falkville.
The Rotary Club plans a hobby fair to be staged this year with the date set for early spring to be announced later. Organizers emphasize the event will be the sixth annual edition.
The bodies of American missionaries Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stam were reported found 15 miles from Tsingeh in a Wuhu telegram to the China Inland Mission. No details on their two month old baby were given and captors were not identified.
Montgomery notes report Col Bibb Graves, following Governor B. M. Miller, hands out pecans to job applicants as the interview ends. Graves jokes the pecans will last longer than apples. The gesture precedes a governors conference in Birmingham on December 19.
Troop four of the Boy Scouts will meet Friday at 7:90 oclock in St John s parish house. Merit badges work will be taken up.
Baton Rouge Louisiana December 13 AP Senator Huey Long warned he would call a special session of the legislature to punish public utilities that contest the act of the last session authorizing investigation of the utilities. The threat came as Long urged compliance and declared readiness to act to enforce the legislature's stance.
Funeral rites were held at Grant Street Church of Christ for Andrew A. Allen 78 who died at 2 40 this morning at his son J A Allen 228 Grant. Interment followed at Friendship church near Cullooka Tenn. Survived by son J A Allen Decatur a daughter Mrs Evie D Young Lewisburg W Va and five grandchildren Pallbearers listed.
The Hi Y Club held its regular meeting Tuesday night with President Stanley Jones presiding. The roll was called and minutes read by assistant secretary Tom King. No program occurred as the session focused on private club business and banquet planning.
The young people’s group of the union will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Methodist church in Athens. Leaders urge attendance.
Washington dispatch reports Democrats jockey for the floor leadership after Joseph W Byrns is chosen as speaker designate. Names mentioned include McCormack Rankin O Connor Arnold and Sabath with Rayburn withdrawing from the speakership race and Bankhead urged to seek the House leadership post.
The sudden withdrawal of Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas ends a tense confrontation linked to the Tate affair. Local sources describe the withdrawal as decisive, shifting the political balance and closing a controversial chapter in congressional maneuvering.
Fire and ice disasters struck heights of winter in Baltimore and Pennsylvania. A 60 year old Baltimore building blaze injured 14 firefighters, 12 overcome by smoke, as bitter cold hampered efforts. In Pennsylvania, three boys drowned when their rowboat overturned on the Schuylkill River as onlookers failed to rescue them.
Four month old Franklin H. Johnson of Decatur route two died at 1:00 AM at Baugh's Infirmary. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Priest's Funeral Parlors conducted by Rev. James Allen Smith of Central Baptist Church. Interment followed at City Cemetery. Parents Mr. and Mrs. William H. Johnson survive.
A confirmation class will meet this evening at seven o'clock at 86 John's. Bishop McDowell will confirm this class at 7 30 o'clock Tuesday evening.
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