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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
2
Decatur residents attend holiday visits and church events as Dr. L D Patterson recovers at home from a severe cold. Local clergy and families share New Year sermons, Bible studies, and community dances while visitors return to cities like Birmingham Knoxville and Louisville.
Reports say mobilized workers and engineers in Versailles await orders while Chinese police warn foreigners of an impending blast at Tsingtao electric light plant. Vigilante groups form to quell unrest ahead of possible Japanese entry and renewed air raids resume after a rain pause.
Barbara Stanwyck testifies in superior court that Frank Fay abused or endangered their adopted five year old son Dion including profanity and a cigarette flame near the child's crib. Fay timetables a visitation schedule while denying opposition to adoption and claiming he wanted the boy.
Three year old Marvin Eugene Breeding was treated at Baugh's Infirmary after jumping from a loft this morning. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W G Breeding of Decatur Route 2.
Chinese suspect faces Japanese military court after an attempted bombing of two troop barges along the Hankow Canton railway. Japanese authorities assert all nationals fall under their military law for crimes against Japanese armed forces. A British subject detained on Christmas Day over oil barge theft was released to British court custody.
Advocates urged a larger fleet to spur employment as Navy officials outlined plans for 20 000 jobs from battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines over four years. A potential expansion could add 10 to 15 more 10 000 ton cruisers costing about 20 million each with steady multi year construction.
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury will continue to buy newly mined silver from Canada Mexico and China through January with fixed amounts priced next month. An extended China gold exchange agreed until July 1 1938. Mexico and Canada purchases hinge on future pricing.
Alabama reports include a 1900 ton steel bar order for California with an estimated cost near 120000 dollars. Pre election expense filings show Hill 6291.22 Heflin 5205.88 Williams 2383.25 with no contributions. influenza cases noted as not epidemic. tobacco tax violators settled out of court. tax collections rose. hunt results show congressmen bagging deer and turkeys. Alabama hunting fatalities total seven with fourteen wounded. absentee ballots issued in Montgomery for the January 4 Democratic Senate primary.
Alabama farmers enjoyed ideal growing conditions in 1937 with high yields across crops. Cotton led gains with a record 294 pounds lint per acre, totaling 1,610,000 bales, though prices remained low and subsidy payments rose to 10.779 million dollars.
The meeting for Baptist pastors and church officers of the county, moved from Tuesday to Thursday due to election day. John C. Cowell of Central Baptist will speak at 11:30 AM and attendees are asked to bring lunch for the all day conference.
The submission describes Sury buying silver to support the Chinese government and bolster its gold reserves. It notes a treasury program created a year prior to curb gold imports from expanding the domestic supply.
Coast guard and federal agents searched the death of Dwight L. Faulding aboard the schooner Aaffe after a shooting on December 20. The Perseus tow ed the disabled yacht toward Los Angeles harbor 190 miles south of San Pedro. six survivors and Faulding's body were removed. The case proceeds with Special Agent W. H. Osborne heading the inquiry.
Cairo reports a major political crisis as King Farouk dismisses Premier Mustapha Nahas Pasha and names Mohamed Mahmoud to form a new government in a rapid cabinet shakeup.
In Hunt ingdon Tennessee Garfield Taylor claiming 22 is jailed for fraudulently obtaining a marriage license to wed Ida Bell Thomas, age 13. A friend who testified the girl was older than 18 faces perjury charges. both men bonded $500 and await grand jury. mother Lena Thomas seeks annulment.
Central Baptist church invites the public to a Watch service Friday at nine pm through after midnight. Members from the Valley and nearby towns will join in songs prayers and testimonies. Pastor Rev. John C. Cowell Jr will deliver a message between 11 and 12 about his first year and New Year plans. At midnight attendees will kneel to symbolize humility and faith in the Saviour.
A granular film sequence shows the Panay sinking after a Yangtze bombardment. Crew wounded and dead are carried away as coolies transport stretchers. the ship goes under with flags still flying. About 150 theatergoers queue in Times Square area, including several Chinese and Japanese, for the Rialto screening.
Municipal workers seize on rising living costs with a compromise offering 10 francs a month living allowance, improving over a 50 franc city sum but still below national government pay. Daladier faces broader labor unrest as truck drivers and food workers continue strikes.
Markets moved slowly as prospects of army and navy growth influenced stocks in steel and aircraft leaders. Gains held on utilities and rails slipped. bonds edged higher while federal loans fell. Wheat and corn futures closed mixed with modest volume around 900,000 Canadian shares traded. export hope supported corn though overall activity remained subdued amid holiday noise.
New York reports mixed gains with firm stock and armament issues, higher bonds led by rails, and improved curb prices. Foreign exchange weakens with sterling and French rates slipping while cotton and sugar move higher on local and trade demand. Chicago grains steady to firm with European demand, cattle and hog markets showing slower activity amid ample supplies.
Prime cottonseed meal futures for 41 percent protein closed dull in Memphis on December 30. Closing prices quoted f o b Memphis for January through August contracts with limited sales of 800 tons.
Cotton futures in New York gain 6 to 10 points with most active contracts closing mixed. Prices rise for January and March while nearby months post smaller advances and spot steady at 8.35.
Poultry market noting live poultry in 1 car 41 trucks steady with hens and turkeys at 26 1 2 cents and dressed market unchanged with no price changes.
Butter quotes show weak to steady movement with various grades ranging from 88 to 93 in Chicago markets. Eggs hold firm with 5 665 units traded. refrigerator extras at 21 and standards at 20 3 4, other prices unchanged.
Chicago wheat moved within a one cent range in light trading. Reports of fair export demand supported a steady tone as about 350000 bushels of domestic hard winter wheat were taken for shipment to European countries with 260000 bushels referenced.
A 93 pound blonde hotel switchboard operator aided guests during the Plaza Hotel blaze. Helen Sullivan escaped through flames after flames scorched her clothing while two hotel workers died and nine others were injured. Police blamed panic and a 25 minute alarm delay for the fatalities. Fire damaged the lobby dining room and kitchen with losses around 13 000 dollars.
In Linton Indiana a 12 year old girl Betty June Lacer and a 13 year old boy Thomas Chapman appeared before Circuit Judge Powell over the paternity of a newborn baby born Tuesday. The judge took the case under advisement noting Indiana law bars marriage licenses for minors even with parental consent. The baby named Thomas Howard weighed 12 to 12 pounds and was born at the Lacers’ home.
Carlisle Philadelphia December 30 Judge Fred S Reese refused to release John March a Cumberland county farmhand from jail where he has been held since November 15 for refusing to allow his young son to be vaccinated The court found March properly convicted and not unduly restrained His attorneys argued he violated no school law since he would send the boy to school but objected to vaccination The vaccination clause was upheld by the Superior Court
Former Gov Alfred E. Smith marked his 64th birthday in New York on December 30. He planned a quiet day in the Empire State Building followed by a family dinner and a traditional birthday chat with newspapermen. Born in 1873 on the Lower East Side.
Two Belgians are completing eight days in a sealed cabin at Evere military airport under high altitude conditions. Lieut Jan Steys and Prof D R Abrahams oversee the study to gather data for potential air transport applications.
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