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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
8
The court asserts limits on federal legislation and questions the scope of implied powers. Commentary notes the decision limits Congress and suggests a shift in interpretation of the general welfare clause.
Justice Black criticizes limits on federal funds for farmers noting the ruling curbs Congress and the President. He warns government policy could be swayed by a majority of Supreme Court appointees and questions remedies beyond legal constraints. The discussion frames a shift in federal authority and constitutional interpretation.
Danville school notes report a third grade chapel program featuring poems songs and a play plus a stunt and student efforts. The F H A Club held a busy meeting and honor roll lists are published for first through fifth grades with numerous students named for February recognition.
The Mt Tabor home demonstration club met to elect community leaders Mrs Brasher Lawrence and Mrs Author Ryan. A committee will select a play to raise funds for a tubercular sanitarium. Two entertainment committees were formed for January social at Mrs Frank Nuby's and the Valentine social at the W I McCutchen home.
A letter to The Trailer from Davis of Falkville Alabama dated January 8 1936 rejects a claim attributed to J A Hackworth that Davis said the Scottsboro defendants could not receive a fair trial in Morgan County He states he did not make such an affidavit and asks for a correction. The Decatur Daily is cited as the source of the misquote.
New York January 8 Doug las Fairbanks Sr. announces he is through acting and will be a producer from now on. He offers no comment on a rumored romance with Lady Ashley of England and says he has nothing to say about his marital plans.
Nina Westmoreland reported a coat theft in Oklahoma City on January 8. The robber took her coat and left a note saying I know a girl who needs a warm coat like that. Westmoreland, shivering, is described as a girl who needs a warm coat like that.
In Spokane three drivers were fined for speeding in quick succession. Lester Ingle faced a ten day jail term for driving too slowly, a contrasting verdict in the same incident sequence.
Action story from the Orient star Clark Gable Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery dominates a storm swept voyage on the Kin Lung. Rosalind Russell joins as an English lover of Gable while romantic rivals scheme aboard the gold laden liner amid pirates and passion.
A typhoon brews in the China Seas driving a ship crew led by Gable to battle fierce gales. A steamroller breaks its moorings and careens amid battered lifeboats as the ship struggles to stay afloat after hours of peril.
Heavy rains across Alabama caused rivers to overflow and threaten lowlands. The Coosa Tallapoosa confluence at Lake Jordan prompted dam gates to open while Weather Bureau warned rapid rises and urged evacuations. Warrior River near Tuscaloosa stood near flood stage as Dothan Geneva and surrounding areas prepared levees and sandbags.
Classified note seeks a three room unfurnished rental with a private bath and garage. Contact via phone number 104-W.
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