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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1935
Page
6
English coaches earn little and hold no official status at Oxford and Cambridge. They assist track athletes, advise teams, and answer to captains rather than administrators, with Rhodes scholars recounting a strained dynamic after recent meets.
Melvin Hutson announced the appointment of Horace C. Kinney, a Cullman attorney, as deputy solicitor for the eighth judicial circuit. Kinney will assume his duties immediately.
The New York Botanical Garden is finishing a cactus house with a section devoted to banana plants and a couple of coconut palms. The display aims to show New Yorkers where banana splits come from.
Pasadena, Calif. January 15. A mountain with a granitic crown and no roots was found about sixty miles northeast of Los Angeles. The 9,026 foot feature, raised by earthquakes, sits on younger sedimentary rocks. Authors are J. P. Buwalda and Reno Gutenberg of the Carnegie Institution Seismological Laboratory. The site is Frazier Mountain in the Tehachapis near Tejon Pass, near the Great San Andreas fault.
The Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati announces a mortgage foreclosure sale on January 24, 1935 in front of the Morgan County Court House Door Decatur Alabama. The sale includes the Southwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter and 14 acres on the west side of the road of the Southeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter Section 31 Township 6 South Range 4 West totaling about 54 acres. The deed secures a note dated January 23 1926 and is recorded in Book 330 Page 363. Proceeds pay the mortgage debt and costs.
Default has been made in payment of the notes secured by the mortgage executed by Delia Powell and husband Jasper N. Powell to The Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati Ohio on March 26 1921 and re-
A dense crossword style list links German philosopher names and related terms across horizontal and vertical clues. It blends biographical hints with translations and common words, forming a themed wordplay grid that tests language and cultural knowledge.
The Union Central Life Insurance Company will sell at public vendue the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of northeast quarter of Section 7 township 8 south range 3 west Morgan County Alabama containing 60 acres more or less. The sale, to pay the mortgage debt and costs, is set for January 24 1936 at the Morgan County Court House door in Decatur. R G Rowland is attorney for the mortgagee.
Police discovered three men dead beside an automobile near Marianas Beach. Each victim had multiple head wounds and a large unignited bomb lay near the bodies.
Letters from readers express concern about local services and community priorities. Citizens urge improvements in roads, schools, and public safety while debating tax policy and governance. Readers call for transparent budgeting and responsive government action.
Limestone Madison and Jackson Counties impose a 3 cents per gallon tax on gasoline provoking bootlegging and loss of legitimate business. The Limestone County group asks Alabama lawmakers to pass legislation eliminating the tax to stop border bleed into Tennessee and curb state revenue loss. The letter cites May and June 1934 gasoline sales as context for the impact.
Boston oldest club faces homelessness after Braves Field lease is abrogated. Tom Yawkey refuses sharing Fenway Park while National League eyes a special meeting in New York to decide next steps. Braves history notes include 1914 pennant run and World Series wins.
Henry J. Kittrell argues that a 3 cent local gasoline tax depresses sales across Limestone Madison and Jackson counties costing the state about 132 360 48 annually based on losses estimated at 2 206 008 gallons per year and urges equalization legislation while noting over 1000 voters request abolition of the tax and that copies are sent to state senators and representatives.
In Albany Virginia on January 15 twenty one star dogs contested the all age stake of the Continental Field Trials with three pointers earning prizes totaling 750 dollars. Favorite Air Circus owned by Claudia Phelps of Aiken South Carolina and Shanghai Express owned by F H Lahey of Boston were top contenders. Norias Kremelin Farmwood Yankee and Ring Master won the first three prizes with Norias Kremelin claiming first by securing three bevies and one single.
Science Hill Yellow Jackets defeated Snead Praying Parsons 18 to 14 on Snead's court. East Morgan led 8 to 3 at the half before Snead tied late in the last quarter, then Science Hill pulled away. The win marks Snead's second loss of the year.
New York fight fans will see Joe Louis the sensational Negro heavyweight from Detroit in action March 29. Jimmy Johnston of Madison Square Garden announced Louis was signed to meet the winner of the Jimmy Braddock Al Lasky fight. Braddock and Lasky collide February 1 in the Garden.
Gas Kallio demanded a referee of known qualification for tonight’s bout with Joe Gunther. The decision was to use Chris Jordan as the official, with Kallio as middleweight champion guarding his crown with care.
Martha Warneke of Miami lives near Hialeah Park and has never attended a horse race in four years. She is sister in law to track superintendent Johnny Keegan and resides with the Keegans in a cottage along the back stretch. Mrs. Keegan has seen only a few races. The two women question the excitement of racing, describing it as horses chasing each other around.
Kentucky star LeRoy Edwards leads Southeastern Conference scoring with 70 points through Jan 13, 195? report. Georgia's Johnson and Anderson follow, with 59 and 46 points respectively, in a list of top scorers by school and position.
Cavalcade winner of the 1934 Kentucky Derby begins a five day journey by express car with Brookmeade stable horses to Arcadia California for Santa Anita Handicap action next month. Trainer R A Smith said no jockey has been chosen for Cavalcade yet.
Ben Craig formerly of Selma and now an attorney with the Tennessee Valley Authority has resigned his membership on the state democratic executive committee. He now makes his home in Decatur and the committee is expected to vote soon on filling the vacancy.
A black and white mongrel trotted along the Frankford elevated tracks in Philadelphia on January 15. The dog kept ahead of a slow train for about three miles, dodging the crew until a stoppage allowed its capture after a scratch break.
A Douglas county marriage license issuer Cupid Stubbendorf complains his daughter Ann eloped to Papillion and married Herbert Miller of Omaha, saying he never expected his daughter would skip him for a license.
Nashville teen Joe Gunther, now a pro wrestler, challenges world middleweight champion Gus Kallio in a big Legion wrestling program at Martin arena. Freddie Knichel and Don Cortez clash in the semi final. First match starts at 8:30 p.m. with low ticket prices unchanged.
United States Lawn Tennis Association officials studying ways to boost gate appeal for the 1935 national indoors in New York consider inviting foreign stars. Planned invites target Fred Perry of England Christian Boussus Jacques Brugnon and Georgio de Stefani of Italy as they pass through the United States en route to Europe.
In Los Angeles on January 15 two top young golfers John Revolta and Victor Ghezzi tied at 285 after 72 holes. The match remained undecided as 18 holes were left to determine the Los Angeles open champion. Ghezzi hailed from Deal New Jersey and Revolta from Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Alabama, SEC champions, overcame a slow start to defeat Mississippi 38 to 26 in Tuscaloosa. Jim Walker forward and Ben McLeod guard each scored 24 points for the victorious Crimson Tide.
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