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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1939
Page
6
Seattle writer Gail Fowler surveys winter sports moves and names across Pacific coast circles. Freddie Hutchinson, a hitter near .402 last season, seasons with pro hoops and peddling poinsettias while eyeing a return to play. 工
Henry L Doherty longtime leader of Cities Service Company died in Temple University Hospital after two weeks of pneumonia follow years of arthritis. His widow Mrs Grace Doherty and W A Jones executive vice president were at his bedside.
Dallas December report on Clem son Tigers preparing for the Cotton Bowl game under coach Jess Neely. Neely says the team treats the trip as preparation, trains behind locked gates at SMU, and expects a hard game against Boston College. He praises Banks McFadden as the key backfield star and notes Neely’s Bowl-travel history.
Census figures show 28 042 bales of cotton ginned in Morgan county from the 1939 crop prior to December 13, compared with 32 354 bales last year. Special agent loo-D Barelift reported the figures.
William T. Mahoney, 68, walked into Central Police Station in Omaha and was booked on a vagrancy charge and slept in a warm cell. The next day the judge dismissed the charge but Mahoney returned asking to be kept five days longer to await his pension check, and the judge granted it.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a veteran city detective, Clyde J Shipley, and a Chicago man named Joseph Orsen Rogers, 25, were shot to death in a gun battle at a tourist camp near the city. The shooting occurred last night and details remain scarce as police investigate.
Missouri faces Georgia Tech with Dan Wager out after a twisted left knee. Paul Christman and Dick Gale must carry the passing burden as Wager is sidelined for the January 1 game. Blaine Corrente and Harold Jenkins also out of uniform with minor injuries. Georgia Tech defense keeps up during post Christmas drills.
James Joy Johnston plans to debut South American heavyweight Valentin Campolo in New York with a tune up at year start and a potential bout against Lou Nova under the eye of promoter Mike Jacobs. Campolo, brother of Vittorio Campolo, declares Johnston as his manager after noting a disputed decision involving Phil Scott.
Boxing bouts featuring Decatur Boys Club members were postponed from Tuesday to Thursday night at the Civic Center. Start time is 8 15 p m. Rain checks issued for all ticket buyers. An unusually good card is planned with top club battlers clashing.
The third meeting of Dr. Floyd Cunningham's extension course at the State Teachers College of Florence will be January 6 at 1 30 p m in the county courthouse Athens. Prospective students must enroll at this meeting. Topics include soil farm tenancy farm resources metals industrialization Southern action and transportation and related issues.
The advance guard of Texans arrive for the Sugar Bowl carnival as Tulane hosts Texas A&M. A wide festival lineup includes Kentucky Ohio State basketball and a strong tennis field with Bobby Riggs and Charley Hare in action. Track rowing yachting and boxing also on slate. Tulane and Kellogg report his ankle is holding up after a brisk workout.
State police say a rifle bullet caused a 400 pound dynamite explosion that killed five Cohoes youths aged 14 to 18 near a metal trailer used to deepen the barge canal. Thomas Quigley reported hearing shots and seeing the youths, one carrying a hunting bag, before the blast widened a crater four feet deep.
Northern College All-Stars tune touchdown plays as Cornell looks to win the Ivy League title in Montgomery on December 30. Coaches Snavely Morrison Cody praise balance and speed of the 1939 squad while South squads drill razzle dazzle attacks to stop Northern power runners. Officials named: Thomason Georgia referee Pitts Auburn umpire Severance Oberlin head lineman Paterson Auburn field judge.
Mrs. Edward Kelly woke to gunshot sounds and found a fire in a closet. Firemen extinguished the blaze. Investigation showed shotgun shells in a coat exploded by heat, triggering the alarm and likely saving the house.
In a bustling market, good apartments stay in demand as renters look to Daily Want Ad listings. Property owners use the ads to reach a wide audience quickly and secure reliable tenants.
The Princess Theatre presents The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Priscilla Lane with supporting roles by Jeffrey Lynn and Humphrey Bogart. The film follows a veteran turned bootlegger whose ascent from small-time racketeer to crime boss ends in a dramatic crash.
Dec 27 1914 reporting by Associated Press notes wintry conditions lessen combat activity on multiple fronts as observers log colder weather affecting military operations.
The North Star, Byrd Antarctic expedition flagship, sailed from Philadelphia on Nov. 21 and arrived today in Wellington, New Zealand, with Admiral Richard E. Byrd aboard.
Sam Wiley, a painter in Kansas City, started a furnace fire using contents he believed were oil. He learned too late that the can did not contain oil and the resulting blaze caused exposure to fumes and potential burns.
Pasadena December reports list George Cafego and Grenville Lansdell as key injury doubts for Tennessee and USC stars including Jack Banta and Harry Smith. Coachs Jones and Neyland weigh lineups for New Year’s Day showdown while Cadets and actors fill social schedules ahead of the game.
Tennessee football followers travel by air rail and road to Pasadena for the New Year’s Day clash with USC Trojans. About 2000 volunteers leave Knoxville and others join from Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis. Governor Cooper rides on a 105th Observation squadron plane with Major Walter Williams and 18 others. Weather and war department approval set the cross country training flight in motion. Adjutant General Thomas A. Frazier postpones his departure.
Wiley shows burns and cuts and says it's dynamite while warning about explosive ingredients.
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