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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1938
Page
1
Decatur City Council plans to discuss an additional taxi license as Decatur Cab Service becomes the city’s sole licensed operator with seven new cabs in service. The move aims to protect the public and ensure adequate taxi service amid reports of unlicensed free rides and a spate of misdirected phone calls from pay stations.
Otis Jones of Atlanta and O B Wright Sr of Birmingham were arrested in Birmingham Alabama for seven armed robberies targeting money messengers in Tennessee and nearby states. Jones admitted participation in all seven and Wright in all but one.
Senator Bankhead said a joint congressional committee was one step from completing the ever normal granary legislation. The remaining hurdle is how to apportion cotton production among individual farms still to settle.
Hudson county police blocked a committee investigating New Jersey gubernatorial election from reaching records at Jersey City vault. The assembly ordered Miss Alice Leglie to deliver county poll books to Newark. failure could lead to seizure, contempt charges, and possible use of acetylene torches or a safe cracker.
Tom M. Girdler former Republic Steel chairman urged industry government and employer employee cooperation as essential to stability and prosperity He spoke at the University of North Carolina after meeting with President Roosevelt listing four pillars: collective bargaining employee choice cooperation and protective legislation He warned against near legislative moves toward industrial warfare and warned about unregulated labor leadership.
In a Chattanooga hospital room a 31 year old patient, Mrs Stella Bly, married Atlanta truck driver Charles T Thompson on Sunday, and died last night. She was widowed by Capt Robert Bly of World War I, who died last May. Thompson learned of the death by telephone while in Atlanta.
Roy Osborn hosts a singing school concert Friday night at Cedar Creek school house two miles south of Hartselle on the highway. The performance starts at seven o clock.
Alabama and federal officials investigate Nellie McFarland death found near Phenix City on January 1. Officials consider possible links to white slave trade, while theories of hit and run are also explored. authorities pledge cooperation to uncover the truth.
The Bureau of Air Commerce says a Cuban plane missing since last night landed safely in Celina, Tennessee. The pilot planned to continue to Nashville, hampered by language barriers and no damage reported. Two other planes from St Louis to Atlanta were forced down by fog at Pikeville, Tennessee.
The state public service commission authorized today interurban bus service between Birmingham and Fairfield operated by the Interurban Transportation Company and the Birmingham Electric Company.
Winter grips the south and east as northeast winds spare Dixie from harsher cold. Temperatures fall below freezing in many areas while a Pacific low pressure area pushes the cold front up the Eastern Seaboard.
The Lutheran circuits of North Alabama will hold a circuit meeting in Cullman on February 20 starting at 3 00 p m. A large delegation from St Pauls Pratheren Church is expected to attend.
Three defendants appeared in police court today. One faced a prohibition law violation charge while two were charged with drunkenness.
Senate action grants final congressional approval to administration housing measures in a 42 to 4 vote. The conference report eliminates a proposed prevailing wage requirement amid debate on U S foreign policy with Borah warning of a potential naval alliance precedent and Johnson criticizing Roosevelt’s quarantine concept.
Democratic leaders in the senate face a mounting revolt as February 1 reports indicate insurgent pressure challenging leadership and party cohesion amid looming votes in the capital.
Dr and Mrs W M Booth of Hartselle donated a 240 acre farm near Athens to the Athens College campaign valued at 7200 dollars. Rev F L Aldridge promotional director says the gift boosts a statewide plan as conference leaders meet in Birmingham. The Decatur area promotes the campaign as a historic effort for Christian education with Athens College nearing a century of service and thousands of alumnae.
In West New York a 2 1 2 year old battered girl nicknamed Anna smiled as pain eased. Three families among others bid to adopt after police charged 36 year old Helen Hurbanis with atrocious assault and battery. Bail set at 5000 for grand jury action while mother seeks custody.
A Morgan County curb market meeting under the curb market committee and the county Extension Service will feature W A Ruffin and Mrs D B Williams along with W B Appleton. They will discuss producing and marketing vegetables curb market style and the Gadsden curb market history.
A TVA steam tugboat named Jayhawker owned by Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Co of Florence Alabama sank in the Tennessee River near the Chicamauga Dam after being pushed into a dyke by the current. No injuries were reported.
Admiral William D. Leahy told the House Naval Committee that the United States would build ships larger than the 25 000 ton cap if other powers ignore the London treaty. He noted reports that Japan is constructing 43 000 ton battleships and said U S intelligence cannot confirm tonnage or gun calibers. The expansion plan includes three 36 000 ton battleships, with no current intent to exceed limits unless forced by foreign actions. He also discussed defending the capital and opposed splitting the fleet between oceans.
United Automobile Workers officials urged President Roosevelt to seek a federal appropriation of 130 million dollars to provide employment and direct relief for unemployed auto workers in Michigan. Meanwhile 800 small businessmen planned talks at the Commerce Department on capital needs and unemployment as top issues.
London reports Spain charging four destroyers and two submarines were lent to the insurgents and an Italian submarine sank the British merchant Endymion off the southeast coast with eleven lives lost. Spain asks Britain to confront foreign intervention while denying insurgent submarines and blaming Italy.
War news covers Spain and China with spillover into Mediterranean Sea lanes and European concerns. Britain sends four destroyers to pursue a sinking submarine near Spain. Soviet Lavr Litvinov urges coercive action at the League of Nations. In China, reports vary over Chinese and Japanese tolls near Mingkwang as forces clash along the North China corridor.
In Callander Ontario Dr Allan Roy Dafoe reports the Dionne quintuplets kept in bed due to colds. He notes the five girls play games, laugh and shout from their beds as the thermometer sits at 10 below zero. Outdoor time forbidden until illness ends.
Weather report notes the Tennessee river gauge at 19 and stationary at seven o'clock. 24 hour high 63 and low 31 with no rainfall. Alabama fair but cold with frost in south portion tonight 26 to 32. Wednesday partly cloudy with rising temperatures and light to moderate winds.
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