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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1936
Page
2
Major parties back soil conservation programs under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Critics warn subsidies favor anti social farmers who kept income high while others tired to conserve. Two example farmers show differing payoffs and crop limits under the plan.
Market quotations show motor shares advancing amid seasonal production gains and active demand across utilities and industrials. Rail stocks rally, freight traffic improves, and electric power and gas issues set new yearly highs while farm implement firms like Case, International Harvester, and Deere gain modestly. transfers reach about 1,000,000 shares with varied livestock as holiday trading stabilizes.
Stocks firm with motors and special ties up fraction to 3 points. Bonds higher as rails lead gains. Utilities and oils rise while curb, foreign exchanges steady. Gold currencies harden and cotton holds steady amid bullish private crop estimates. Sugar steady with Cuban support. Coffee trends higher on trade buying.
Cotton trading for 13 000 bales, 3 700 American, saw prices fall about ten points. Quotations list American strict good middling 7.88 and futures close steady with July at 6.72 and other months around 6.1 to 6.32.
Chicago July 3 wheat futures show modest moves with July and September contracts trading within narrow bounds. Prices edge between small gains and declines as traders assess early market signals.
July 3 Liverpool market shows imports around 80 000 bales with American shipments near 295 000 amid fluctuating values. Prices for 8 10 000 demand fairly active with some higher figures and smaller lot activity. Slaughter and load figures noted with steer bids around 9 00 and 8 65 for heifers as limited supply keeps tension.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports weaker overall potato shipments with moderate supplies. Early trading slow, later activity fair with lower prices for Missouri cobblers US No 1 and Kansas cobblers partly graded, per cwt rates around 2.25 to 2.40 dollars.
Rural letter carriers from across Alabama attend the annual Alabama Letter Carriers Association convention in Birmingham. The event includes members of the ladies auxiliary and Junior Carriers Association in a joint opening session with songs, city officials, and post office leaders giving addresses.
Taft Landers charged with murder in the fatal shooting of William Brown near Trinity last Saturday. He waived action to the grand jury. bond set at 500 dollars. Coroner ruled justifiable homicide. hearing abandoned as Landers appeared to waive proceedings. Harrison Pearson swore to the warrant.
The Home Ideal model in Decatur drew two thousand visitors from Decatur and surrounding towns showing strong interest in home ownership repairs and unimproved properties. Merchants supported the event led by John Patterson Insurance Agency with many out of town guests listed from Montgomery Madison Hartselle Moulton Gadsden Athens and Nashville among others.
Agriculturists from Jackson to Cullman and Walker to Winston counties will attend three planned conferences. Walter L. Randolph, administrative official in charge of the agricultural conservation program, said the state conservation committee will take part in the meetings at Jasper and other locations.
Drenching rains across Morgan County improved prospects for cotton, corn, hay and truck crops, with officials estimating an increased countywide value near 250000 dollars. Rainfall in Decatur reached 1.48 inches in 24 hours, the heaviest since June, following a string of varied totals in May and June.
In a Miami Beach suit over seduction and alienation of affection, James Edgar Jr., a Michigan sugar heir, testifies about a hotel room encounter involving his wife Kathryn Edgar and Lewis Mallory. He recalls seeing them unclothed through a hotel window and describes his reaction as amazed. The case, worth $300,000, seeks damages from Mallory, an ITT executive.
Spectators pack a crowded courtroom as MacArthur and Miss Frink recount a turbulent marriage, its alleged abuse, a missing diamond ring, and an acrimonious dispute over legal fees. Testimony centers on personal loyalties and pranks amid the headline proceedings.
At the Hartselle Lodge No. 398 meeting past and present Grand Lodge officers spoke on Masonry. New officers installed include W. V. Pattillo as Worshipful Master and D. R. Bibb as Senior Warden with others named. Prizes for perfect attendance awarded. district conference to be hosted in August.
Two union factions plan to combine to boost funding for the steel drive. The Lewis group has earmarked 500000 dollars and could gain hundreds of thousands more from A F L factions. The committee backed absorbing United Auto Workers and United Rubber Workers and aiding their organizing campaigns. Rallies are set in Chicago and Homestead on Sunday and in Cleveland on Tuesday.
Union sources say Alabama steel workers will organize under William Mitch of the State Federated Labor and Noel Beddow, with local organizers taking the lead. The drive aims for mutual agreement in the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad dispute while miners protest a tonnage pay system. Reports note a Musla shooting inquiry and Goodyear Goodyear tire workers at Gadsden amid organizer movements.
Mrs. H. T. Hayward, secretary of the S. P. C. A., complains Tulsa dog catcher Emory Johnson won't pick up stray cats. She says she gave him a special cat box, but he refuses to use it. Johnson replies he catches dogs for pay and won't chase cats as they scratch.
Decatur notes progress on porch renovations for Mrs L P Troup and repainting at the E E Graves home on Jackson street. Rain delays short Christian Science church work at Johnston street and Sixth avenue, while greens at Valley Country Club benefit from showers. Local and visiting doctors adjust schedules. a July 15 return is planned. A marriage license is issued to Horace M. McCullough and May Flannigan. The article also covers theft report, Red Cross life saving plans, and church society meeting.
Dr. R. E. Tidwell outlines plans for a two year extension center in Decatur using a high school building with 100 students. Part time or full time study will be available to employed high school graduates, with two years of residence credit offered. Courses include English history mathematics and languages.
Police seek a burglar after a Johnson A. Thomason home on 610 Oak Street was entered between 11 PM and morning. Thief pried a window screen, took two pairs of trousers and about 250 dollars, leaving checks keys and most clothing behind. Side door used to exit. No clues left.
President Roosevelt will spend July 31 in Quebec as the guest of the governor general of Canada. Official announcement said details would follow.
Morgan county faces rising infantile paralysis cases with rural spread. Health officer L. R. Murphree urges precautions: limit visits to the sick, keep children home from crowds, reduce dust and flies, avoid shared cups, and monitor diet. No vaccine exists and bed rest plus medical care are advised.
Jefferson County recorded a record month for marriages in June with 565 licenses issued, surpassing 507 licenses in June last year. License Commissioner Eugene B. Henry noted the spike as part of a multi year trend in licenses issued.
About 10,000 residents signatures were presented to Judge Eugene Hawkins for certification of qualified voters. Albert Boutwell, attorney for beer repeal forces, said 5,000 names were needed to call a referendum on the ordinances.
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