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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1934
Page
1
Senate Republicans secretly agreed to back the immediate payment of the bonus while opposing inflation. They plan flank and rear attacks in the coming session, signaling a soft-pedal front against the administration.
Morgan County agrees to take 67 labor months per month for four months, supplying workers from relief rolls totaling 67 people monthly. The county board will employ $1000 worth of labor-months, while the Alabama Relief Administration accepts a plan to purchase and deliver a tractor and terracing machine for county use.
Martha Ella Messer 65 of Austinville died at Henryville Tennessee while visiting her daughter Mrs J L Arnold. Her body was taken to Decatur for burial at Brown's funeral parlors and later to Holland Messer's home in Austinville. Funeral at Basham Chapel Saturday at 2 pm with Rev T H Wilson and Rev Dobbs. Burial by Brown. Survived by husband R E Messer three sons Eddie Austin California B H Austinville and P J Basham five daughters Mollic an Hope W W Arnold Arnold Henryville J L Arnold Henryville R A Hall Phil Campbell Frank Bishop Lawrenceburg and Bertha Moore Decatur two brothers G L Tucker Florence and J L Tucker Arkansas five grandchildren.
Dr. L. G. Sturdivant, presiding elder of the Decatur district, will preach and conduct conferences at Falkville Trinity and Elkmont this Saturday and Sunday. He will lead morning services at Falkville and Trinity on Saturday and at Elkmont on Sunday with conferences after each service.
Ben F. Harpy of Hartselle made a business visit to Devatur this morning, traveling for meetings and errands.
New York cotton prices quoted at 12.50 for January, 12.59 for March, 12.56 for May, and 12.55 for July. May wheat noted at 1.01 percent.
The Morgan County Council of Social Workers elected Miss Mattie Jones as chairwoman and Mrs J A Ajlen as vice chairperson with Mrs Harry Malone as secretary treasurer. Mrs J A Woods served as temporary chair and a nominating committee submitted nominations. Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday each month and committees will be formed for constitution by laws and membership prior to January gathering.
A Belgian lifeboat crew from the Jane Javot saved five crew members from the sinking British steamer Usworth in mid Atlantic as heavy seas thwarted earlier attempts by Ascania and Jane Jabot to reach the distressed vessel. The Usworth sent a distress call last night with her position unknown at first.
Billy Jack Buckalew three years old son of Mr and Mrs T J Buckalew of 609 Fourth avenue West died at 2 a m at the family home. The body was taken to Hatton this afternoon for funeral services at 10 a m Saturday with interment to follow Brown of Decatur directing. The parents survive.
Ex soldiers compare drive to Argonne and Chateau Thierry while Congress reopens in January. Roosevelt cites national credit as the Legion demands cashing of adjusted compensation certificates, with an estimated cost of about two billion dollars and uncertain support from new lawmakers.
Mrs R H Jervis was a visitor in Birmingham today. She toured local sights and met with residents during her brief stay.
Report from Philadelphia dated December 14 states a midnight raid in North Philadelphia led to the capture of three men and a woman without a shot fired, claimed to solve the detective slaying tied to the Norristown armory and a convict’s escape. Police questioned if William Weiss’s kidnapping was resolved by arrests, with Weiss’s fate undisclosed. Expert marksmen watched from an armored car turret.
In Westchester County a number of human bones and a sandal like child’s slipper were found by searchers. Police questioned Alfred H. Fish who confessed to the Grace Budd case. The medical examiner said the bones could form a skeleton.
SoenaG reflects from Hollywood on disarmament conferences, noting distrust and bickering among nations. He recalls 1930 London with many writers and delegates, questions Roosevelt’s hiring of Norman Davis, and argues conferences rarely prevent wars yet always reveal national feuds.
A report from Shanghai says Helen Priscilla Stam three months old, daughter of slain American missionaries J. C. Stam and wife, has been found alive and moved toward mission headquarters at Wuhu. Government troops pursued bandits responsible for the killings and kidnapping.
More than 2,300,000 cotton planters in 16 states may vote on continuing the Bankhead Bill for 1935. Texas leads with 650,009 eligible, Alabama 205,000. Results may take days, with farm agents gauging sentiment in the home counties by Saturday. The vote shows farmer influence on Washington policy.
Torrential rain in the Sierra Madre mountains 15 miles north of Los Angeles prompted county flood control authorities to order more than 300 residents of Montrose to evacuate. The area, already scarred by January floods that killed 30, faced the heaviest rainfall yet as a wall of water was warned to sweep down the canyon.
Seven houses in the Volunteer Knitting Mill village at Athens Alabama were burned to the ground Thursday as high winds fanned the flames. Each house carried 750 in insurance. The village was built years ago when the mill operated day and night and is now closed.
Movie singer and dancer June Knight filed for divorce in Chicago from broker Paul Ames less than two weeks after their December wedding. Knight alleges Murray Stern, Ames's best man, lingered after the ceremony and joined all conversations. She seeks $1200 monthly alimony and $5000 attorney fees.
Newly elected Kiwanis officers from this Alabama division met Thursday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce for the annual training school. Speakers included Dwight Wilhelm Huntsville J W Claptons Decatur Tim Timberlake Tus cumbia and W A Milliken Florence. Attendance was strong among local clubs.
Decatur residents will be asked to sponsor a Lonely Child this Christmas. The committee and The Daily will publish coupons in the paper within days, inviting generous individuals to commit to caring for an unfortunate child. Signers will receive the child’s address from the committee.
The Tennessee Valley Authority announces delays in the cities Sheffield and Tuscumbia deferring original plans to build distribution plants for handling surplus TVA power. An executed contract with the PWA completes a $206000 municipal plant project, with plans to start construction soon. The Authority cites efforts to protect investors and concludes competition has failed while noting the option under the Alabama Power Company distribution contract remains remote to transfer property before February 12.
Dewey McGee of 1012 Jackson Street suffered the loss of the little finger on his left hand while working Thursday afternoon at a saw mill. He was treated at a local physician's office.
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