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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1927
Page
1
Destroyers Sturdevant and Mahan sweep a 32 mile wide lane from Cape Cod to Sable Island in a missing plane hunt. Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and three companions, bound for a North Atlantic hop from New York to Nova Scotia, are feared lost after The Dawn disappeared early Saturday.
Salvage ship Falcon prepared to dive again to the sunken Submarine S-4 off Provincetown Massachusetts as sea conditions worsened. divers will place two large sign boards reading This way forward and This way aft on the conning tower to aid navigation and aid body recovery efforts.
Warnings spread as hunters report diseased rabbits in North Alabama with dead rabbits found in fields and a fever like illness fatal in humans in many cases. Authorities urge caution for visitors and hunters amid the outbreak.
The United States grants Mexico a license to purchase Ford's tri motor plane used by Mrs. Lindbergh, marking a distinct relaxation in the aircraft and war munitions embargo. The policy allows individual consideration of arms or munitions purchases, but not an outright end to the embargo.
Discovery of an unidentified woman found tied with canvas and binding twine in San Fernando today, believed dead about 20 hours. Police noted a forehead bruise, suspect exposure rather than direct killing, autopsy planned to check for poisoning.
In Hopewell Virginia on December 27 flames gutted the Grand Central hotel. Rescue crews found three badly charred bodies among the ruins. two are believed to be Mr and Mrs George J Maud a newlywed couple from Adena Ohio.
The Y M C A plans its annual campaign starting Wednesday January 4 with a goal of at least 1000 members. Cliff Randolph says the drive hopes to exceed that target as in prior years. Local chairmen include C W Mathews and F M Schiber with department heads in locomotives cars and transportation.
Christmas at home attracted inmates as Morgan County jail saw a rush of last minute bondings. Deputy Sheriff Bud Davis said ten prisoners secured bonds, cutting the prison population ahead of Sunday’s holiday hospitality.
The Tennessee river today was falling slightly with a local gauge reading of 5.4 feet.
In Landersville near Moulton Alabama on a Saturday morning four year old Price Lathan was killed and his around 15 year old brother seriously wounded by a shot from a gun left on a porch bench. The children were playing near the firearm when it discharged ending the younger life within minutes. Mr and Mrs Lathan are respected residents eliciting deep community sympathy.
A Senate committee scrutinized documents alleged to originate from the Mexican government claiming a slush fund of over a million dollars offered to Senators Heflin Norris Borah and La Follette. Avila, the man named as purveyor, did not respond when summoned and was said by a Wisconsin witness to have jailed past, with no character witnesses available in Mexico City. The committee asked Frank Y. McLaughlin to return with further testimony while Hearst counsel search for Avila.
Alma Overgard a 16 year old high school student died after 36 days on artificial respiration in Oconto Nebraska. Despite constant care from parents and friends she weakened after Christmas and passed away this morning remaining conscious to the end.
The 1927 Christmas in Decatur passed with minimal disorder and only a few arrests. Early liquor raids in fall helped curb Christmas traffic and officials credit the calm to proactive policing and well attended church services despite Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.
Funeral services were held Monday evening at 7:80 at the First Methodist church for Mrs Annie E McGregor who died Saturday morning Rev R T Tyler officiated The body will be interred in Oak Hill Cemetery Washington DC beside her mother She was born in Washington in 1885 daughter of the late Dr D R Lindsay Sr Survived by two sisters Miss C C Lindsay of Gulfport two sons Edgar McGregor of Washington and two daughters Mrs Florence Reed of Nashville and Mrs Mable Moore of San Francisco
Holiday dance at the Valley Country Club Thursday evening promises to be among the prettiest affairs locally. Committees work on decorations and club house preparations while William Nappi and his Columbia Recording Orchestra provide eleven pieces of music, one of the Souths best orchestras.
Two youths identified as Kiihnal and 14 year old George Spencer were found dead under a burned dredge boat in a drainage ditch north of Charleston. Kiihnal’s head was severed. officers say Kiihnal may have been killed before the blaze.
In Youngstown Ohio a mother Letty Duffy 26 and her three children William 6 Harmon 4 and John 4 months perished in a home fire after a kerosene stove exploded trapping them in a hallway. Uncle William Duffy 30 died later in hospital. Father John Duffy Sr was out for ice cream.
The event on the Columbia circuit features MroNa appi performing multiple engagements on Keith and Loew's circuits. The evening includes a 9 30 start and a grand march at 11 led by President F S Hunt and Mrs Hunt.
William B. Hickman, charged with Parker’s murder, arrived by Southern Pacific train and was jailed amid a heavy police escort. The case revealed a chilling kidnapping and dismemberment sequence, with notes demanding ransom and Marian Parker’s fate revealed in a partial confession. District Attorney Keyes warned some details may be withheld for public safety.
Deputy Turner is back on the job after spending Christmas at home in Hartgelle. He is reported to have pursued law violators while also enjoying hunting for wild game.
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