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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1936

Page

8

Cotton Unit Organizes Southwide Experimental Foundation

David Cohn of Greenville Mississippi outlined plans to form a southwide experimental foundation for cotton use research. A Memphis conference will set financing and structure with delegates from southern states. five cent levies per bale and per ton on cotton were discussed but not finalized.

Montgomery Ala Amaes Co David Cohn Greenville Miss Cohn Memphis Tenn South Tennessee Sylvain Baum Montgomery Chamber of Commerce

Mortgage Foreclosure Notice and Insolvent Taxpayers List

Mortgage foreclosure sale of Lot 18 in Decatur addition to Decatur, Morgan County Alabama, set for August 24, 1936, at the courthouse with Morgan County National Bank of Decatur as movant. list of insolvent taxpayers for Morgan County Alabama published for the year 1985 in July.

J. T. Weatherly Sarah F. Weatherly Morgan County National Bank of Decatur Frmerly Albany Alabama Court House Morgan County Morgen County Decatur Land Iment and Furnace Company J. E. Boalware Robert Ene Brown's M. L. Cagle Henry T. Cook Crane’s Clothes Shop P. P. Daniel Decatur Hide & Ultry Co Decatur Typewriter Exchange D. Denbo L. Draper Clarence T. Giles G. W. Hanson Hartwell Brothers Page Ay Atten August J. Hon Mrs Elizabeth Isbell J.C. Keyne Miller Clothing Co Moseley Cash Store

Snakes Lag Behind Reptiles in Ancient Earth History

Fossil evidence shows snakes appeared well after the age of dinosaurs, with deposits dating to the middle Cenozoic era. Reptile dominance preceded their emergence, reshaping our understanding of prehistoric life. Next question asks which U.S. president saw his son become president.

Earth United States

Black Legion Death Probe In Detroit Trial Proceedings

Five Black Legionnaires face murder and kidnapping charges over the 炮 killing of a black man on a marsh near Pinckney Michigan. Dayton Dean testified to a corroborating account naming James Lorance Harvey Davis John Bannerman Ervin Lee and Charles Rouse as present. Dean pleaded guilty in a related Poole case and is the state's principal witness in the wider Black Legion executions.

Detroit Dean James Roy Lorance Harvey Davis Black Legion John Bannerman Ervin D. Lee Charles Rouse Silas Coleman Pinckney Midh Davis Lee Bannerman Charles A. Poole Poole Lorance McCrea Pinckney Colema

Heat Wave Forecast Spreads Across Midwest States

Meteorologist J R Lloyd predicted a low to moderate heat wave spreading from Kansas and Nebraska eastward. Temperatures are expected to hit 100 to 105 degrees in the corn belt with lower to mid nineties in states to the east. No showers expected in the north central region except around Michigan and the Great Lakes.

Chicago Corn Belt Mmnent J. R Lloyd Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri Kanas Clinois Indiana Michigan

Operation Shift Follows Mishap in Tooth Extraction

In Chattanooga on July 22 Frank Hixon 25 of Fort Payne Alabama went in for a tooth extraction but underwent an appendix operation instead after swallowing a 3.4 inch dental drill during nerve killing. X rays showed the drill embedded in his appendix and surgeons performed the appendix operation.

Chattanooga Tenn Frank Hixon Fort Payne Ala Hixon

Murder and flight tied to 1935 marsh death case

In a confession style narration a man recalls a confrontation by a Marsh where a colored man named Davis shot another, and Coleman’s body was later found pierced by bullets in the marsh on May 26 1935. Rouse denies link to the death while Banner man Lee and Davis refuse to discuss the charge.

Davis Bannerman Lee

Negro woman jailed after altercation

Esther Lee Watkins, a black woman, was jailed facing assault with intent to murder after her husband John Watkins was wounded with a knife during an altercation that occurred Saturday. She was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

Esther Lee Watkins John Watkins Watkins

Tropical disturbance noted near Mona Passage moving northwest

The Weather Bureau in San Juan Puerto Rico reported a tropical disturbance of moderate intensity and small diameter located north of the Mona Passage and likely moving northwestward or west northwestward. In Alabama Morgan County tax matters a list of insolvent taxpayers is published as required by law with certification by Tax Collector Hodges Crow dated July 22 1936, covering July 22 29.

Jacksonville Fla The Weather Bureau Today San Juan Puerto Rico Mona Passage Alabama Organ County Oly Hodges Crow More County Legislature of Morgan County State Tax Commission Montgomery Ala Moffin County Board of Revenue Decatur

Coast guards study clue in NuNoca disappearance

Coast guards narrowing search for the British motor ship Nunoca missing since July 4 from Grand Cayman to Tampa with 22 aboard. A charred timber piece tied to an oil drum found about 100 miles from the course set by Captain Moses I. Kirkconnell, suggesting possible explosion and loss with all hands.

Tampa Fia Moses I. Kirkconnell Grand Cayman Island Cecil M. Gabbett Coast Guard Angregra Nunoca Georgetown Lewis Warren Lee John Borden, Jr Harold Eden Lee Hunter Katherine Mobile Als Durbin Tibbetts Jacksonville Lorraine Henning Loxley Miami Ray Foster Byron Bush Merrell Scott Cayban Brac

Sarron to defend title against Baby Menuel in Dallas

Little Petey Sarron the former Birmingham newsboy and long reigning featherweight champion risks his ten weeks old title tonight in Texas against Cubas southpaw Baby Menuel. Menuel trained here for weeks and drew odds of 7-5 with Sarron promising a changed approach using a power right cross to end the bout.

Dallas Texas Little Petey Sarron Birmingham Dangerous Baby Menuel Alabama

Alabamians Attend Parley On Social Security Issues

Jacob L. Kaufman chairman of the Alabama unemployment compensation commission and attorney Eugene Foster left for Concord New Hampshire to join an interstate conference on social security problems. They conferred with the social security board representatives on Alabama's status under the new deal welfare program.

Washington Jacob L. Kaufman Alabama Unemployment Compensation Commission Eugene Foster Concord N. H Social Security Board

Notable Names in Cayman Islands Seafarer List

Hopkins Ebanks Harold Bodden Howard Ebanks Oli ver Taylor Sedley Ritch and two unidentified seamen named from Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac are listed as crew. The document records multiple individuals across Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.

Hopkins Ebanks Grand Cayman Harold Bodden Howard Ebanks Cayman Brac Oliver Taylor Sedley Ritch

Roosevelt Nominator club enrollments exceed 200

Committees report new members for the Roosevelt Nominator clubs with membership approaching the 200 mark and more rosters expected. Today’s list includes R. C. Nungester Clyde McEntire B P McEntire J C Price Kathleen McEntire Russell Moseley E M Wise Mrs E M Wise J C White Herman Schnur Paul C Davis W C Alexander Clem and Sat H A Nungester B L Mone.

Roosevelt Nominator Clubs R. C. Nungester Clyde McEntire B. P. McEntire J.C. Price Kathleen McEntire Russell Moseley E. M. Wise E. M.wise J. C. White Herman Schnur Paul C. Davis Clem Sat H. A. Nungester B. L. Maone

Work Resumes on City Tourist Hotel Site

Excavation for the new tourist hotel at John ston Street and Sixth Avenue resumed after heavy rains paused work. Crews returned Tuesday afternoon and continued in full swing this morning on the Bee Line highway project.

Johnston Street Sixth Avenue Bee Line Highway

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Peach & Caddell J. EB McClure Jd. L. McNeese Co EB McRight RR Neely Mary J. Nichols E. C. Nix Ralph Poole W. EB Ricks W. W. Ridgeway L. N. Robertson L. B. Smith One Cretes Hie J. Tio Clarence Worley Lee Worley McCleskey Livingston A. L. Alford Bert Drake F. W. Fitegerald F. Green W. T. Murphy William M. Payne Delia Powell Harvey Turner Sterling Turner N. J. Oden W. A. Singleton Beat NO J. H. Campbell James —Psey D Rhea Lowrey Roan E Russell N. V. Russell A. H. Turner A. & M. Candy Co Ash Grocery Co Herman Crow H. C. Door Nore Grocery Co T. J. Wright B. V. Fleming Prank Prewitt Bob Cowley J. Arthur. Nichols J. T. Baker Lilla Couch West Lioyd Eee G. A. Hendrix Owen J. W. Thomas Wise ‘Tyler B. Long W. A. West D. J Bowen M. M. Hipp Elma J._Wright A. M. Briscoe William Ferguson Black Legion Death Horace Brown H. G. Cobb Emmett H. Dunn J. Fields C. McCutcheon L. EL Sandlin Jas. Sharrett E.G. West A. M. Fowler Stutt’s Loyd’s Drug Store Iia Frank N. ‘Julian L. Gwaltney, Jr Insurance Department Montgomery, Alaama H. D. Murphy M. V. Grant J. A. Doughton M. E. Nerland R. L. Cason L. W. Patterson W. W. Loggin A. W. Cagle Drinkard Burial & Insurance Co., Inc Dickinson Drinkard Ford Sarron Apartment Decatur Live Fish Market Ford V Caymine UCC
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