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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1929
Page
1
Decatur banks GLTY Central and City National report 1928 success with boosted earnings and dividends. City National declares 6.25 percent and City National 8 percent, while surplus grows. Bank boards and officers are elected, naming multiple directors and officers across City National Central National and Morgan County National.
Edward Kaltenbaugh, 25, confessed to the double murder of John Oser and Bertha Fulton in Morgan County. He was captured in New Castle after a statewide search, admitting the motive was an automobile he wanted from Oser. A separate report notes an alienist testifying Blymyer was insane the night of a killing in York, with testimony describing delusions and limited recovery prospects.
Walter L. Morris to lead the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce for the first half of 1929 after unanimous endorsement at the annual meeting. Robert H. Jervis and Ingold V. Timberlake were elected first and second vice presidents, with an experienced directing board overseeing the year. The group reported a $250 debt and a $918 deficit for locating new industry, plus nearly $4,000 spent on civic work last year.
A Macon County logger, Lehman H Griffin, 24, is hunted by Sheriff C P Powell after a drunken outburst left 10 year old Francis E Heath dead and others wounded. The Heath family and neighbor Howard Schultz were injured as Griffin fired a German made pistol in a swamp near their Tuskegee home. Heath and wounded neighbors were taken to a Tuskegee hospital in serious condition. Griffin had formerly lived in Rockwood Tennessee.
The Decatur Savings and Loan company, formed last July on Bankstreet, authorized a 5 percent dividend to stockholders for its first profitable year. It increased common stock from $2,000 to $20,000 and created 7 percent preferred stock totaling $80,000, for a total capital of $100,000. Officers re-elected: J. W. Wyker as president, E. J. Polhill as vice-president, D. D. Burleson as secretary-treasurer.
President J. E. Pierce of the Alabama Press Association has called a meeting of the Associated Press to convene in Mobile on January 16. The AP members will be guests of Frederick I.
News of Mrs. C. E. Smith's death arrives from Roswell New Mexico where she had gone seeking health. The body will be brought to 414 5th Avenue West for funeral services Saturday at two o'clock led by Rev. J. H. Hill, with interment in City Cemetery. She leaves a husband one child and her parents E L Sanderson of Decatur plus three brothers and two sisters.
The safe at the Coca-Cola Bottling plant was blown. Officials now suspect professional criminals due to the handling of nitro glycerine. No clues to the identities of the crooks have been obtained.
Word reaches that Prof J B Sherrill of Leesdale Morgan county is very ill at home with pneumonia. He has been teaching at Leesdale this past year.
In Chicago at Pas qualino Lolordo's home three men toasted him then killed him with eleven automatic gunshots. Police seek Joe Aiello amid gang war ties to past Lombardo murder and Black Hand activity. Another shooting wounded Rocco Maggio nearby as detectives investigate lingering gang strife.
Mrs H A Wyatt was slightly bruised and badly shaken when her car struck a tree near the F L Chensuult home at Jackson street and Eighth avenue. She apparently stepped on the accelerator instead of the foot brake, causing the collision.
The Public Health Service reported 195,553 new influenza cases for the week ending January 5, up from 162,288 the prior week. Southern states showed sharp increases with Georgia adding 11,711 cases versus 6,123 previously, while Tennessee also rose significantly.
Morgan county deputies raided the Trinity section Saturday night capturing two Black suspects and nine gallons of liquor. Sheriff B E Davis came down with the flu from the cold night following the operation while Willoughby Brazelton and another deputy avoided illness.
L O Suggs, a prominent Hart selle business man, died Tuesday night after influenza developed into pneumonia. He was the epidemic's first victim in Hartselle. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Falkville Methodist Church, with interment in Falkville Cemetery. Survived by wife, four daughters and brother Floyd Suggs. Mrs Suggs also ill.
Attendance in county schools opened Monday is about 50 percent of normal as many students stay home with influenza. Numerous teachers across faculties are reportedly ill, causing some schools to fail to reopen on schedule despite orders to resume sessions.
Mill's plant work resumes after disruption by the influenza outbreak. Many employees suffered illness, with several attacks of the malady reducing output and attendance during the peak period.
Interest again shifts to the Muscle Shoals project with two new measures for operating the plant. Congressman Almon urges President-elect Hoover to back administration plans for settlement. no word on Hoover inspecting the plant before inauguration.
During the influenza epidemic demand for medicines rose, and a well known cold and flu remedy briefly ran short. Local druggists reported prompt filling of orders and a cooperative juggling of supplies helped nearly all drug stores avoid a total run out.
Frank Nichols of Albany route 2 aged about 65 died January 9 from influenza and pneumonia after several days illness. Survived by five sons and other relatives. Body to Priest Funeral Parlor for burial. Funeral at Barton Alabama at 1 pm Thursday. Wife died Saturday and was buried Sunday from influenza and pneumonia. Nichols family loss marks second flu death in week.
A petition was prepared and signed today asking Alabama Power to investigate the causes of ongoing radio interference heard locally for several days. The signers believe the disturbance originates with the power company, though current checks have not pinpointed the fault, and they hope new developments will relieve the problem.
In Birmingham Alabama a four year old girl Helen Fay Thompson died after falling into a tub of boiling water set on a kitchen floor during wash day. Her mother Mrs M C Thompson said the water was not believed hot enough to injure her and a doctor was not summoned until hours later.
John R. Sample circuit solicitor was brought to Benevolent hospital Tuesday night after an attack of acute indigestion and a light case of influenza. He was walking in Heartselie, his home city, when the attack occurred. Friends hoped for a rapid recovery, though condition remained the same.
Four J C Penney employees received Christmas bonus checks based on sales records this year. Women named include Mrs W C Sanders 77.84, Mrs W M Prince 69.43, Mrs Edythe McKnight 80.40, and Mrs W R Summers 69.03. The nationwide distribution across 1021 stores totaled 412307 dollars, involving 4832 women.
Mrs Martha Castell age 72 died at 4 15 pm January 8 at her Albany route 3 residence after a brief illness of flu and pneumonia. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Susie Clem of California. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at home with burial in Baldknob cemetery.
Committees of the Rotary club already are starting work on their tasks to handle various programs for the next ten weeks. The plans were announced at the Monday membership meeting.
A January tally shows the Johnson Street fire department averaging almost a fire a day with seven calls in the first nine days. Small losses occurred in some incidents while others caused no loss.
Colonel O Butler arrives tonight aboard the Sonal MAE at the CRUE, expected to meet local officials and attendees. The event marks a formal welcome and signals ongoing collaboration with regional leaders.
Attorneys for Ada Bonner LeBouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher condemned to hang in Franklin for the murder of James J. Le Bouef filed briefs with the Louisiana supreme court seeking a lunacy commission to determine their present sanity. The trial judge refused to appoint such a panel, ruling they are sane. The court’s decision is awaited. If denied, defense counsel will pursue a habeas corpus writ in federal court to stay the executions.
Brief clipped note listing a job inquiry or request for a position with unclear details. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable. The fragment suggests a promotional or recruitment teaser with uncertain context and limited factual content.
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