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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1935
Page
2
The Associated Press reports a peace initiative linking China economic development to a market for Japanese goods. Officials say a China market would also boost Western interests and reduce Japan’s need to expand in the Americas.
The Decatur Rotary Club held its regular weekly gathering with a talk by William J. Mahoney of Montgomery on the Society of Crippled Children funding drive. Rev oration opened the program with songs led by William Kimbrough and piano by Mrs. Ross Dublin. guests Edwin Shelley Dr Estridge and Miss Louella Masterson were introduced.
McGehee read letters including a Rotary International note praising the Decatur club. Mahoney, introduced by Owen Wise, shared Alabama statistics showing 8 000 crippled children in the state and urged more funds. The Society seeks 50 000 from Alabama donors as twenty Morgan county children remain without care due to lack of funds. next meeting with Kiwanis Pilot and Chamber of Commerce scheduled for Monday evening.
A 1935 NEA Service report outlines hearings on war profits and naval contracts. It details New York Shipbuilding Company profits and wartime cost-plus pay, with senators pressing for tax policy changes and potential disclosures about loans to officials linked to munitions.
The trial judge and Atty. General Wilentz pressed Bruno Hauptmann with sketches from his notebook. Officials argue the drawings resemble a window and ladder used in the infant’s kidnapping and death, while Hauptmann claimed the images were not his and blamed a visiting child.
Chicago White Sox manager James Dykes overhauls lineup to center through James Dykes shifts Al Simmons to center and adds Luke Sewell as catcher. Luke Appling Jack Hayes perforn near top in keystone role. Radcliffe joins from Louisville with Radcliffe and Hafey in the outfield rotation as Haas and Conlon add depth. Dykes aims for a first division rise in 1936.
Gov. Bibb Graves signed extradition papers to return Roy Bradley from Kentucky to face highway robbery charges in Colbert County. Bradley is accused of taking $100 from J. E. Knight.
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