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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1936
Page
1
Reports circulate in steel circles of a potential 10 percent wage increase for about 75 000 Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp workers. Labor men discuss the possibility while Homestead plant workers plan talks with management.
Secretary Hull indicated a possibility that the unsettled European situation might spur the United States to reestablish a naval action in European waters. The remark reflects growing concern over European tensions and potential U S action.
The Alabama state WPA announced approval of 2246 for extension of the long street sanitary sewer project in Phenix City. The funds cover laying 13450 feet as the original 10109 cost rose due to cash shortage, per WPA report.
Work on the Johnston street church at Bee Line highway gains pace as walls rise and roof installation appears imminent. Estimated total cost reaches about 25000 dollars including furnishings with completion near.
A bolt hit a tobacco barn near Jesup on July 21 injuring 2 women and a man who were taken to a hospital while 12 others were revived on site. Fifteen of sixteen workers in and around the barn were affected by the strike.
The P S Duckworth Company of Cullman won a contract worth 135 830 dollars to build six new schools in Morgan county and add to several existing buildings. Work to start within two weeks and must be finished in 150 calendar days. Bids came from multiple Alabama contractors for groups or entire projects.
The Works Progress Administration in district one cooperates with state and county health authorities against infantile paralysis. R T Scarborough says WPA bought 500 pints of nose spray and many atomizers for 3400 WPA workers and their families across 10 counties. Nurses spray in offices and on projects, with records kept for follow up.
Gadsden Alabama July 22 pistol totin is outlawed by city ordinance requiring police sanction to carry a weapon. Violators face 1 to 100 dollar fines or up to six months hard labor. A sworn affidavit must name those who threaten the bearer or whom they fear bodily harm.
A burglar entered the J. E. Johnson home at 617 East Moulton Street between one and two this morning and stole three pounds of bacon a sack of meal several cakes of soap and a razor. M B Chandler of Woodville reported clothing stolen from his car in the mill village last night.
Montgomery Alabama July 22 official instructions from Dr J N Baker state how to use the infantile paralysis preventive spray. Spray with atomizer daily or every other day for three or four days and then once to work thereafter. Use an atomizer with a glass bottle and a glass or rubber stem into the solution direct spray toward the top of the nose and squeeze the bulb two or three times in each nostril. The new spray is a solution of picric acid and alum and may be bought at drug stores.
Alabama figures from Judge John D. Petree show the federal government spent 46.88 million dollars from the 1935 work relief appropriation as of June 30. Allocations reached 68.08 million, leaving 21.20 million unexpended, with WPA employing about 30,643 and other agencies supporting over 40,000 relief workers.
Ministers meet at Central Baptist Church to plan eight Sunday services and discuss health authorities recommendations. Pastors acknowledge uncertainty about Sunday plans as no new infantile paralysis cases have been reported since Friday, raising hope for a resume of services. Health officials invited to attend the meeting.
W. G. Roberts ticket agent at the union station reports Louisville and Nashville passenger ticket sales for July already surpass last year, aided by stronger business, air conditioned trains, and lower rates on eastern roads. Through tickets to beyond Cincinnati see higher demand, with coaches leading over Pullmans in travel.
The Associated Press reports expanding infantile paralysis cases across Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi with 16 deaths and 249 cases. Alabama health officials discuss quarantine limits while promoting a nasal spray preventive and enrollment of WPA workers for field outreach.
Colonel Robert M Rawles, 74, longtime editor of the Alabama Courier at Athena for 53 years, died at his home after a weeklong illness. He survived by his wife and a son, Lt Colonel Rawles of the U.S. Army. A native of Lincoln County Tennessee, he later settled in Athens and served as postmaster and alderman. His funeral plans were not fixed. Rev. W R Battles to preside at 4 p.m. Thursday.
In Valdosta Georgia Judge Thomas G Crawford spent an extended day at the courthouse when he found himself locked in after hours. With his keys at home he could not reach his office and waited over an hour before a passerby heard his banging on a window.
In response to a wave of burglaries the city will place four additional policemen on night duty. A. J. McRae and Lee Kitchens began their duties Tuesday night and two more officers are to start tonight as officials aim to curb the recent robberies and break up the surge of crime.
Astronomers note the tail of comets visible now could pass near Earth but have not seen any tail capable of damage. The Halley tail was huge yet caused no effect. Oswald Themes, Uranian Observatory chief in Vienna, recalls watch efforts and Paris balloon tests yielding negative results.
Asheville July 22 The spotlight in the Helen Clevenger case shifts to Daniel Gaddy the 28 year old night watchman at the Bat tery Park hotel. Sheriff Brown calls Gaddy the key to the case and says when he talks the truth will emerge. Gaddy is among five detained hotel workers questioned about the slaying.
Plans and specifications are drawn for a new grandstand at Benson Field Decatur High School athletic field seating 1200. The 200 foot long section on the north side with approx 3000 dollars cost will be submitted to national WPA headquarters. A south side stand of over 1000 seats already exists.
The Morgan County public welfare board met in regular session with Rev. Peter M. Dennis presiding. Members discussed welfare as a cooperative effort to aid individuals and families toward self sufficiency and a fuller life with careful investigation and proper relief methods.
In Helena Montana on July 22 incumbent senator James E Murray and Governor Elmer Holt led Democratic primary fields as partial returns tallied from 388 of 1237 precincts. Murray led with 16 153 to Joseph P Moraghan 14 919 and S V Stewart 47178 while Holt held 14 629 to Roy E Ayers 13 569 with Miles Romney 7637 and H L Maury 2757 in the mix. Republicans named T O Larson 4190 L Ray Carroll 3257 Wash Egan 2496 and Jess H Stevens 2417 as returns from 328 precincts suggested Republican governor contenders Frank A Hazel baker 9318 and Robert Pauline 3206 across 385 precincts.
A new surge in the Pe ict labor movement spreads from Paris to farms near the city and to automobile factories and metal works in northern France. The strike accelerates with workers in multiple sectors joining the action.
Alabama patrol announces three arrests and a confession in the brutal tire-tool killing of Mr and Mrs W H Grantham, filling station operators, near Hartford last fall.
News reports say government loyalists captured San Sebastian after two days of fighting while rebel forces bombarded Cadiz and La Linea. Battles raged from San Sebastian to Spanish Morocco with American diplomats and refugees affected as ships and planes moved in to aid evacuations along the Atlantic coast.
Extremists formed a red committee as leftists back the government move field guns to Madrid outskirts to block rebels. About 1,000 killed in five days of fighting. Government claims uprisings crushed in Barcelona and other cities. Loyal troops deploy tanks to seize the Alcazar at Toledo.
Dr Hugh D Greer returns from Rochester Minnesota this week to resume duties after a serious illness. He had been ill with bronchial pneumonia and spent two weeks recuperating in Minnesota before returning.
The river gauge rose to 4.8 feet this morning with no rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 68 to 86 degrees in the past 24 hours. Alabama skies were partly cloudy and warmer in the north tonight with surrounding areas experiencing overcast and intermittent thundershowers.
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