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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1936
Page
2
Mary E Dagui offers guidance on choosing pork chops by cut, noting loin, rib, and shoulder chops with varying price and tenderness. Step by step method describes greasing a skillet, searing, seasoning, then slow cooking. Menu includes stuffed chops with sides and desserts as a sample day's meals.
A vintage recipe describes preparing stuffed pork chops with a center slit, seasoned with salt pepper mustard and sage stuffing. Chops are seared then baked at 350 degrees F for about an hour alongside twin baked sweet potatoes, creamed celery, jellied tomato salad, and apple snow with custard. Mashed potatoes with butter cream and sherry are used to fill shells and reheat.
Market report notes rain stocks rising 1 to 2 points in brief session while mixed price moves linger. President's message to Congress received calmly. investors question its impact on equities as transportation and industrials show varied shifts and bond markets stay steady.
Stocks show irregular rails rally as leaders hesitate. Rails in demand and specialties improve. Exchanges steady while traders await Supreme Court decision. Coffee prices higher and firmer with Brazilian origins noted.
Cotton prices steady amid quiet session with futures notes and new midpoints. American middling prices listed as 7.00 pence, 6.70 for good middling, 6.35 strict middling, and 6.00 strict low middling, reflecting nuanced market tone and price notation.
New Orleans spot cotton closed quiet with a 6 point drop. Sales reached 2238 with middling at 10.99 and 11.70 for low middling. Middling receipts totaled 3,838 and stock stood at 634,465.
The average price of middling cotton today at ten southern spot markets was 11.69 cents a pound with a government subsidy of 0.31 of a cent per pound.
In Chicago today the Department of Agriculture notes total U S potato shipments at 666 with 74 on track 243. Demand is slow and supplies are moderate. Idaho Russet Bur U S No 1 sells at 1 70 per cwt for sacks.
Chicago January 4 open high low and close figures for wheat futures show May contracts up about 1 percent, with July trading around 90 to 91 cents and the market inching within a tight 1 cent band as traders await clearer signals.
Cotton futures in New York closed steady after a day of small declines. Prices for January through December contracts showed tight ranges with spots steady at middling 12.10 and nearby months trading around 10.50 to 11.20. Market activity reflected cautious trading and modest price adjustments.
Poultry market update from Chicago reports unsettled live poultry, hens under 4.5 pounds at 20.5, 4.5 pounds and up at 20. Leghorn hens 17, Plymouth and White Rock springs 20.5, colored 20, leghorn chickens 17, roosters 16, turkeys 18 to 23, heavy white and colored ducks 23, small 19, southern geese 14, capons 6 to 7 pounds 25. Dressed turkeys steady, prices unchanged.
Cattle auctions showed varied shifts with fat steers up from Friday's lows while cows and bulls rose modestly. Sheep and hogs traded unevenly, fat lambs slipping 15 to 25 cents, hogs 10 cents lower on lighter demand, with top hogs around 9.50 and sows around 8.25 to 8.35.
The Morgan rerry singing convention will meet Saturday and Sunday January 11 and 12 at Basham on Wie Dayville road eight miles southwest of Decatur. A memorial sing for late Marvin Garner, a leader of the organization, will be held Sunday. Attendees include C A Parrish of Arley and Lee Higgins of Bear. About 50 night sessions are planned. baskets lunches asked to be brought. Discussion planned on the Tabernacle near Hartelle. A committees meeting of organization zow to be held in Hartelle.
Roosevelt blasts autocratic powers near and far in a State of the Union style address before the Diplomatic corps and Congress. He named no nations but urged nations to choose peace, warned about special interests and autocracy, and urged Congress to advance laws while avoiding entanglement in lower courts.
Honored Mrs. Irma Southall of Mobile was elevated to Worthy Grand Matron of the Alabama Order of the Eastern Star, the highest office in the order. She progressed through the line of offices to reach the post she now holds.
In Buenos Aires on January 4, Roosevelt's message to Congress drew wide interest in Argentina and nearby South American nations. Diplomatic circles saw his call for good neighborly solidarity as boosting the United States Latin American policy. Newspapers uptempo reaction was delayed due to late arrival of editorials.
Reports from Paris London Rome and Berlin describe Roosevelt's message to Congress as guiding US neutrality with peacetime exports Italy and Ethiopia. Observers fear renewed oil embargo talk and potential League action while some German outlets liken policy to German aims and others call it the end of dollar diplomacy.
Frank Knox accuses Roosevelt of an undisguised political speech in a push for a seven point federal program. The proposals call for drastic government cuts, a sound currency, a balanced federal budget, state unemployment and old age insurance, limited government in private enterprise, opposition to farm action restrictions, and strict anti trust enforcement.
A WPA street name painting project nears completion at intersections. When finished, house numbers on residential street curbs will be painted. The project costs about $1,000.
Mrs. Eugene Horton is in a San Antonio hospital recovering from illness. Her sister Mrs. Robbie Menges of St. Louis is with her. Friends note Mr. Robert Nichols has improved after months of illness. Dr. and Mrs. B. B. Glasgow, former Athens residents, were in town during Christmas. Dr. and Mrs. William Nichols of Lake City visited their parents here. Dr. Joan Pippin is improving after pleurisy but remains at home. Leon Ingram returned to Shreveport after visiting his sister. D. M. Trotter injured his back in a fall on ice, but shows some improvement. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Holmes and Miss Gladys Waldrop visited. C. D. Glaze Jr. of Atlanta is staying with his parents. J. M. Holt, county revenue chair, is recovering from flu. Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Kittrell vacationed in Columbia and Mt. Pleasant. Miss Lucille Crutcher of Denton, Tenn., visits with her parents. Frances Hightower returns to Kingsport, Tenn., to teach public schools. F. Scott McBride of Washington, D. C., among guests at the Ross Hotel. Ella Church spent Christmas with her parents at Athens College.
Representative Wilcox of Florida told the House select committee on bondholders that unregulated bondholder protective committees act without oversight and charge unlimited fees. He urged a federal bill to place these groups under SEC supervision to curb the racket threatening taxpayers and municipalities. His nationwide inquiry highlighted Florida as a focal point.
The president states no new taxes are advisable and anticipates reduced relief appropriations. He warns of ill will and arms buildup in Europe and Asia, notes aggressive trends, and condemns expansionist aims. The United States remains neutral, avoiding arms sales to belligerents and discouraging use of American products for war in excess of peacetime exports.
Washington notes stir over Ludlow’s wartime referendum bill with backing from unions and women’s groups. Col. Little promotes pro-war turnout. Veterans group distancing itself. Dry reform efforts revive Clipsheet, now monthly. Ickes grants Chapman leave to support Costigan renomination amid reshaped RoCham- beau building removals.
Decatur residents share holiday travel news and local updates. J B McBride recovers from a shotgun injury at Baugh’s Infirmary. A collection for Birmingham Southern students who lost clothes in a dorm fire will be taken at First Methodist. Marion George Garrison departs on a naval voyage to Le Havre Hamburg and Glasgow. Local youths report bicycle thefts at Westminster church. Principal events include inviting eighth district basketball tournament and Benevolent Society Hospital board meeting. Several residents return from visits to Birmingham Hanceville and Miami.
Negro church invites worshippers for 9 45 a m Sunday school 11 a m and 7 p m services with Rev W P Garth a former pastor preaching at both services B Y P U at 5 30 p m New Year pledges and envelopes urged All club groups urged to report as a good start for the year and members urged to attend throughout the year The church needs you and you need the church.
A proposal crafted by R. T. Scarborough, administrator of district one for the Works Progress Administration, outlined a community project plan. The details indicate ongoing federal employment initiatives and regional development aims.
One of three admitted to Benevolent Society Hospital on December 30 with broken legs has been discharged. C. T. Watkins of Somerville was hurt when he slipped on an ice coated street in West Decatur. Mrs. F. W. Odom of Courtland and O’Neal Lang of this city remain in hospital but are improving rapidly. Mrs. Odom fell at home and Lang, still recovering from a leg fracture last May, broke again when his crutches slipped.
Misses Winifred Vincent and Charleen Vice attended the Alumnae banquet at Eva Christmas night. Mr and Mrs G W Peck were Christmas Day guests of Mr and Mrs M G Peck and family. Mrs Deutch and baby of Belleville Ill, visiting sister Mrs Bob Gordon, have returned home. Mr and Mrs Ben Russell of St Louis Mo were Friday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs G C Vincent. H P Brooks and T J Miller of Decatur were in the community Friday. Harold Waugh of Decatur visited Miss Winifred Vincent Thursday.
Decatur police said no counterfeit complaints were filed, even as Athens reports several counterfeit bills in circulation. The statement contrasts with neighboring city activity and notes no local incidents.
Mrs Sallie Bell White 48 died after a brief pneumonia attack at her Decatur route 3 home on Friday afternoon. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 1 PM at Moulton Heights Baptist Church with Rev W W Coffee officiating. Burial will be at Grange cemetery Trinity Mountain. Survived by four sons Clinton Lucian Edward and J P White four daughters Sallie Burk Lillian and Annie Belle White a sister Mrs Cora Phillips and two brothers B B and J D Phillips.
Local merchants report spurious currency in Athens with several ten dollar denomination bills in circulation prompting extra precautions against counterfeit operations. Authorities have issued warnings and urged vigilance among shopkeepers and customers in the area.
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