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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1932
Page
1
Springfield authorities study an embalmer’s clue in the death of 70 year old Mrs Alice Swarthout. Coroner Schaeffer rules strangulation as the cause. The 54 year old son William Heindel is held and suspected of bringing the mother to the scene for the same examination.
Mrs. Jennie Crotwell, 70, of Trinity Route 1, died at her home at 10 a.m. December 18 after a ten day pneumonia illness. Funeral services will be held at Morris Chapel at 2 p.m. with interment to follow. Survived by three daughters Mrs. J. H. Carr of Birmingham, Mrs. C. B. Bracken, and Mrs. George Mann of Trinity Route 1, and a son George C. Crotwell of Chillicothe, Ohio.
J H Vinson, 65, died this morning at 7 40 at his home 504 11th Avenue West. Funeral services will be announced later. He is survived by his wife two sons three daughters one sister and one brother.
The Decatur area recorded a high of 34 degrees and a low of 30 degrees over the last 24 hours. Temperature remained above average for the period. Local forecasts suggest cooling trends may begin later in the week.
J T Howell 57 a noted Mt Hope merchant died suddenly at home Monday leaving a widow three sons J R Town Creek J T Jr Birmingham Milton Mt Hope and one daughter Kathleen Howell Mt Hope. Funeral at Mt Hope Baptist church Wednesday December 21 at 11 am with interment in Mt Hope cemetery active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
The Christmas Tree for Beginners in St. John's Sunday school will be an event Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Irving Mitchell and Miss Susan Bibb will be in charge. Children are urged to attend for the happy event.
Burglars entered the A. P. Shropshire store on Fourth avenue south Monday night and took cigarettes and tobacco valued at about 15 dollars. Entrance was made by prying open the front door. A check showed little merchandise missing beyond the tobacco products.
Employees of Cooper-Wells Company donated four hours of wages to the annual charity drive. The contribution will total between 250 and 300 dollars, aiding the push toward a 3000 dollar goal as Kiwanis members renew canvassing to reach a five thousand dollar target this year.
Five robbers held up a branch bank at Forty fifth and Walnut in West Philadelphia, taking 35000 dollars from eleven victims. Four used shotguns to threaten eight workers and a customer. a sixth robber gathered cash inside the teller cage. They fled in a car driven by a sixth man, ending the seven minute job. Insurance covered the loss.
Decorators at homes and stores strive for one of four prizes offered by the Decatur Garden Club. Entry calls go to Mrs. L A Neill, 1460, to ensure contestants are registered for judges who will tour on Christmas Eve to select four class winners.
Ike J. Kuhn of Nashville a noted South chain store operator and former local resident visits Decatur on business. He owns 33 stores across Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi and opened a second Decatur store in 1913 with the main Columbia Tennessee outlet starting earlier that year. Kuhn says school towns weather better than industrial centers and notes Nashville as the distributing point for his chain.
Census bureau estimates show the 1932 cotton crop ginned before December 13 totaled more than 12 million bales. Alabama reports 916,893 bales in the count from the latest figures.
Collier stated he will not call the House Ways and Means Committee to consider a general sales tax this session. He aims to leave a sales levy to the states and says current federal levies with the beer tax could balance the budget if business improves. Rainey echoed that the House is overwhelmingly against the sales tax.
Professor Appleby, longtime Florence educator and superintendent of the city school system, dies after a serious operation. He had served the Florence schools for 15 to 20 years and was widely known as a leading figure in state education.
Westside Presbyterian church schedules a Christmas play during the vesper service at 5 p.m. Cast members should assemble Thursday afternoon for practice at the church.
J. Hayden horticultural agent for the L and N Railroad was the principal speaker before the Decatur Rotary Club. He urged farmers to make a living at home and explained how business people can support this aim, framing farms as strictly business ventures.
A Berlin laboratory administered 2 600 000 volts to Heinrich Wanke a 55 year old farmhand cancer patient in a bold experiment by Dr Frit Lange and Dr Arno Brasch who hope the man survived.
Edward B. Almon representative from the eighth district denied a Montgomery Journal report that he would not seek reelection. He said the claim has no foundation and that it is too early for a 1934 primary announcement. He added his health is fine and he can fulfill his duties.
Weather bureau reports the Tennessee river at 15.5 feet this morning, a falling stage welcomed by many planters.
J E Penney of Birmingham travels to Decatur on a business matter.
Rodney Barron 11 son of Mr. and Mrs L R Barron of 403 Prospect Drive was discharged from Benevolent Hospital today after a four week confinement for a serious operation.
Despite hard access due to county ads and rough conditions, curb sellers gathered in good numbers for a sale day. Prices and turnout aligned with typical Tuesday levels.
The house divides into pro and anti camps over 3.2 beer legalization. Rep Collier predicts a majority support while Rainey leads the pro side and Hawley of Oregon heads the Republican opposition on the Ways and Means committee. A vote is delayed to tomorrow after a lengthy debate.
Carols will be heard across Decatur from 6 to 7 PM with gatherings at Wheeler Park and Pilot Club Park followed by a brief program. The choir will sing familiar hymns and visit both city hospitals to cheer patients on Christmas Eve.
An announcement states a play to be presented at Willoughby Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Those taking part will practice Wednesday evening.
A short note reports that Ms spending the holidays with cousins prompted plans for a larger family gathering later in the season.
A heavily armed posse moved toward Reeltown Alabama after a deadly exchange that wounded four deputies and left at least one Black man dead. Authorities blame agitators linked to the sharecroppers union amid renewed Scottsboro case references.
T. L. Akin has purchased a 940 acre farm in Lawrence County and plans livestock and fruit development. He states the land will be used for farming and not cotton farming.
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