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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1938
Page
2
The Alabama counties and towns outline a series of loans and grants under a PWA program. Decatur Hartselle Russellville Guntersville list specific loan and grant amounts and total estimated costs. The Buzzard Roost project shows a large loan of 2.195 million and a 667 thousand grant for a 2.852 million project.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Arts and Share Co. petition challenging the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act. The dispute centers on registration with the Securities Commission and disclosure of financial condition, to test the act’s reach over interstate electric utilities. The Second Circuit had required registration, while some parties sought prompt Supreme Court review.
Graves notes three U. S. candidates in tomorrow's primary with a pending appointment likely by Monday. If no candidate wins a majority, a runoff will be held. The governor and county boards prepare to certify results with long-term Senate plans for 1980. Heflin, 68, is said by Dr Wheeler to be recovering from lobar pneumonia and in pretty good shape.
New York stocks rose modestly in early session on President's message expectations and eased as the day advanced. Steel and aviation led gains briefly before retreating, while railroad and utility issues showed mixed moves amid bond and court news. Transfers around 800000 shares. grain and cottonseed meal futures posted limited moves in Chicago and Memphis.
York reports an irregular early rally fading with mixed bonds and firmer foreign exchange led by sterling. Sugar and coffee trade steady while iron buying quiet. Chicago shows wheat up after a merchant rally, corn down on limited export orders, cattle and hogs dropping.
Hog prices steady with classifications from 100 to 300 pounds and 66 to 100 price points. Cattle steady with No 1 fat grass cattle and beef types and other grades listed from 5 to 4 cents.
Cattle sale in Nashville shows weak trade with plain steers and heifers at 5.00 to 5.75, meaty cattle 6.00 to 6.50, good fed kinds up to 7.50, beef cows and bulls 5.50 down, cutter cows 2.75 to 3.75, wealers 10.50. Hogs 400 head steady with good and epeloe hogs around 7.75 to 7.85 and 200 to 160 lb at 7.50 to 7.80.
Two weeks earlier Senator Heflin was said to have normal temperature and to be eating, though he blocked photos to spare him worry. He aims to return to the Senate through a Democratic primary Tuesday facing Congressman Lister of Montgomery and Charles Williams of Wilsonville.
Chicago dairy market notes January 3 show butter totals at 10,685 with unsettled demand across creamery specials and various grade categories. Egg readings record 5,199 with graded and firsts prices, while lines for extras and standards indicate fluctuating receipts and closet storage terms.
Report shows live poultry trading steady with multiple classes and weights listed. Prices for hens toms ducks ducks varieties leghorn Plymouth white rock and capons given with weight ranges and dress market values.
Chicago wheat futures rose on January 3 as bullish readers of President Roosevelt's message to congress spurred gains of 158 cents a bushel. The upturn faded late with selling to realize profits and closing quotes showing mixed moves across May July and oat contracts.
Santa Clara officials say a foot ball game with Louisiana State could be staged at the World Fair in San Francisco in 1939. After a Sugar Bowl win and a prior meeting, Santa Clara hopes scheduling conflicts can be cleared to bring the Tigers west.
Judge Thomas W. Wert of Birmingham again played Santa Claus for the Negro children of the Moulton Heights district. He delivered gifts to families at Christmas time, bringing happiness to those who might not have had a visit from St Nick. The families expressed deep appreciation.
President Roosevelt denounces price rigging, high pressure sales, and anti-competitive practices while urging business leaders to adopt a new moral climate. He cites labor protection, banking reform, and tax changes as needed to balance the economy and maintain peace.
The county reports average daily crime clearance and steady patrol effort. Executions in legal matters yielded 13 796.17 dollars. From January 1936 to December 1997 three hundred eighty seven inmates were sent to prison with a total sentence of 1102 years. Seven men led by Sheriff Sandhin and six deputies, two in courthouse cars and four in rural districts, sustained the effort.
Attorney General Cummings urged a congressional investigation into the inadequacy of the antitrust laws in his annual report. He also revived two elements of Roosevelt's defeated court reorganization plan in the same document.
Decatur diary items list visits by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hargrove and others from Knoxville and Cincinnati, various travelers resuming studies in Berea and Auburn, plus church services, illnesses, and several local residents undergoing operations at Baugh's Infirmary.
An open meeting of the Decatur Rotary Club chaired by President John Peach reviewed a Lonely Child committee report noting 620 children were cared for at Christmas locally and 70 more helped by nearby communities. The board will study election method reforms. Guests included Bob Kneal of Atlanta John Cooper of Hartselle and Lt. Walker Darrah of the U S Army.
Capt. Van Gilbert of the state highway patrol announced new assignments for patrolmen. J. P. Harris moves to Tuscumbia, Olden Robertson to Tuscumbia, Fred Robinson to Gadsden, and B. B. Malone to the Decatur office.
A proposed Senate resolution would require a TVA study on nine points. It examines compliance with the TVA act and amendments, internal board dissension, potential conflicts by board members, injunctive suits by private power firms, financial losses to municipalities, impacts on TVA personnel, and private sector efforts to block municipal power purchases. It seeks to assess public interests amid private power opposition.
Japanese advances were reported in Shantung where Taian city was captured on the Tientsin Pu Kow railway. Chinese troops destroyed a bridge and withdrew along the Wen river, forming a new defense line at Tanwkow.
C I Napps former Green Gables Grocery owner at Moulton Heights purchases the U Lika Cafe located at 105 E. Moulton Street. The business name is changed to Napps Cafe reflecting the new ownership.
Three highway patrolmen were on sick leave today suffering from influenza. The officers named are Patrolman Kumpe Ayers, B. B. Malone, and Olden Robertson.
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