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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1932
Page
1
Police in St Louis found a note in the desk of Dr Squire Bevier a dentist. The same building yielded the body of Mrs Josephine Elder who appears to have been bludgeoned with a three pound mallet. Bevier reportedly disposed of his property before presumed suicide in the Mississippi River.
Mrs. Annie Gower died yesterday at 3:30 at her residence 1526 Fifth avenue South Prayer services were held there then the funeral cortege went to Town Creek for Baptist services at 1 00 p m Rev J D Rickens officiating Interment at String cemetery Brown directing She is survived by son Walter E Gower sister Mrs S F McGregor and brother J M Wilson
Marriage licenses issued by the Probate office to Robert F Copeland and Bettie D Pittman and to James T Copeland and Mattie Pittman. The four residents of Hartselle Route 1 hold licenses dated December 22.
Several former Benevolent hospital patients will spend the Christmas season at home. Mrs Neal Speake is home after a serious illness. Mrs Eddie Edwards goes home tomorrow. Mrs Ambun Wisner of Cullman is going home today. Mrs Sam Frank is improved but cannot go home today or Sunday.
Fifteen inmates at Morgan County jail will receive a Christmas Day noon meal. The menu includes chicken and dressing, cranberry sauce, creamed potatoes, bread, and cake, with any additional guests welcome tomorrow before noon.
Charles Edward Mienhardt known as Dutch dies suddenly at 1 10 AM after an influenza illness. He worked 14 years in the American Telephone and Telegraph construction department in Decatur. Funeral at his Austinville residence Sunday at 3 PM with Rev E N Hart officiating. Interment in Brown directing city cemetery. He leaves a wife three daughters a son his parents five brothers and three sisters.entire text reflects obituary style with detailed family list
Central and east Gulf states experience fair and cool conditions early week with showers in the far east on Monday. Rains spread midweek and again later, followed by a colder trend toward week’s end.
Tom Guyton of Vanderbilt University Nashville and Joe Guyton of Mississippi State College Starkville are home for the holidays visiting their mother Mrs. E. M. Guyton at Benevolent Hospital.
No community singing Sunday afternoon due to Christmas. Singers are reminded of a gathering on the first Sunday in January New Year’s Day. The last singing before the Falkville county convention occurs the second Sunday.
President Hoover arrives in Savannah with a fishing party for a ten day cruise. They board the department of commerce boat petty joined by Kilkenney and Miramir newsmen, escorted by coast guard boats. No itinerary set, plan to fish where conditions suit.
The Tennessee river gauge registered about 11 feet early this morning indicating a falling water level. Local authorities advised monitoring conditions as river levels ease from higher readings.
December 22 John H Free to Mrs Kitty Hamby. December 23 James Felton Hogan to Dessie Millsap. December 23 Clarence Judson Tanner to Lorcan Blackwood. December 23 Joseph Lester Hughes to Beatrice Stroup. December 24 Norman Virgil Ormer to Geneva Evans.
About 40 to 50 singers will tour the city tonight starting at 6 PM visiting several districts. At 7 PM they converge at Wheeler Park on Second Avenue to perform carols including Silent Night and Joy to the World and will also visit the two city hospitals.
Chief E M Riggsbee of Decatur announces a Christmas Day ban on fireworks sales. With Christmas on Sunday, the police department enforces a citywide prohibition on selling fireworks that day.
Decatur Charity Council nears its $5,000 target with Kiwanis volunteers soliciting donations from city workers and businesses. Early momentum waned due to holiday pulls, but ongoing drives by Albany post office staff Coca Cola plant employees and local merchants have added about 2,778.87 to the fund with total gifts totaling 2,778.87 so far.
Morgan County Health Department and Tennessee Valley Laboratory will close all day Monday in observance of Christmas. One staff member in each unit will stay on duty to handle emergencies or calls that may arise.
Reverend James Allen Smith marks six years as pastor of Central Baptist Church on Christmas Day 1927. He began his sixth year with the Christmas morning service, leading a church of 800 members and 200 additional Sunday school attendees not yet enrolled. Smith previously led Bell Avenue Baptist in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has added 250 souls to the Decatur congregation.
Promoters of the Alliance Against the Repeal of the 18th Amendment plan statewide action in Alabama. A December 6 meeting at First Methodist Church in Birmingham formed an executive committee and steering group to extend the campaign with mass district meetings in December and county mass meetings on January 6 to promote the constitutional amendment stance.
Blood poisoning from a foot splinter claimed the life of Ed Houston, longtime chief cook at the Palace cafe, after infection developed two weeks earlier. Despite initial optimism, his condition worsened and he died last night, leaving many friends in the cafe and his community.
Henry Lawrence and an unnamed man from Danville Route were struck by a Ford driven by Brownie Whitley near Falkville about 7 00. Howard Hardin was in the car. Both injured men were taken to a hospital and described as not in serious condition.
Franklin D. Roosevelt achieved the largest popular vote and electoral tally in U S history according to AP canvass. Ballots from the November election totaled 39,734,351 with Roosevelt at 22,813,786, Hoover 15,759,266, and others 1,161,299.
Attorney General Thomas E. Knight declines to enter any procedural agreements in the Scottsboro case. He cites the disrespect shown to the courts of Alabama and the nation as the reason for his position.
Montgomery Alabama December 4. Attorney General P Thomas E Knight Jr filed demurrers to Superintendent Harmans injunction seeking to stop payment of education fund receipts on warrants issued before October 1. State argues the suit lacks equity and interferes with executive administration.
In Washington D C the Senate Judiciary Committee shows a clear majority for modifying the Volstead Act to legalize beer this session. Interviews indicate speedy committee action barring a holiday hold up as nine members favor beer and four oppose. Senator Walsh asks if a filibuster attempt triggers a discharge move.
Knights Templar will meet Sunday morning at eleven o’clock at the Masonic Temple for Christmas observance. Sir Knights are urged to attend and will make contributions to the Masonic Home.
Christmas Season Will Be Observed at Ninth Street Church with morning and evening services. Rev. C. M. Tyndal will preach "Christ Wonderful" completing a Life of Christ series. Evening pageant "The Abiding Christ" directed by Mrs Ben Gilbert. Offering for the Methodist Orphanage at Selma.
Carol singers from South Side Baptist Willoughby Presbyterian and Ninth Street church meet tonight at six o clock at Ninth Street church in Willoughby.
The Decatur Daily will not publish a newspaper on Christmas Day. Readers are advised to note the holiday schedule and plan accordingly for the next available edition.
A man visits The Daily seeking work to fund a dinner share. He is told no positions are available. Several office workers give him 20 cents in help, after which he leaves.
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