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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1936
Page
1
Health officials report most of 29 polio patients are improving and few may die. About half are able to sit up. two may overcome lingering defects. No new cases since last weekend. Dr Leake of the Public Health Service will address doctors at Lehiatwell Seton Hall Tuesday night on care of chronic patients.
An infantile paralysis outbreak affecting 278 people with 16 deaths showed signs of easing in Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama with daily cases slowing. Alabama reports 210 cases 12 deaths while Tennessee has 55 cases and four deaths Mississippi 13 cases no deaths. Health officials cite reduced daily trends and cautious optimism while expanding preventive measures and nursing staff to 131.
Farm families in Morgan County hit by drought and destitution may apply for work relief through resettlement supervisors at the Hart County county agent's office. W H Gregory says aid does not reimburse losses but provides subsistence to drought destitute families. few such cases expected due to recent rains, but qualifying applicants may still apply.
The Athens Tennessee Valley Bank branch is set to open Saturday with L. Q. Box as manager and Harry Taft as assistant manager. Athens had only Limestone County Bank locally since 1931, while Farmers & Merchants and Citizens Bank & Trust Company closed during the downturn.
Carl B. Chilton a 41 year old Cleveland man awaited arrest to face Oklahoma authorities over a 1913 bank burglary that earned a two year reform school sentence. Chilton said he would fight extradition while Ohio Governor Davey and Oklahoma Governor Marland weighed potential clemency implications and the public safety impact of any decision.
Four persons remained in a Tuscaloosa hospital with injuries from a Sunday collision on the Birmingham highway at Rookwood, 17 miles away. Three others were taken to Bessemer hospital. Injured at the Tuscaloosa hospital were J. B. Morgan, bruised shoulder. Mrs J B Morgan, cut shoulder and possible broken ribs. J B Morgan Jr., 10, fractured skull. Clara Ruth Morgan, 8, fractured left leg. Also taken to Bessemer hospital were Mrs J J Nelson of Birmingham, Mrs A Vittilera of New Orleans, and Miss Betty Cox of Homewood.
In Birmingham Alabama on July 27 Joe Gordon a Black man was cleared after detectives followed a policy to prove innocence as well as guilt. Chief G C Giles ordered a thorough check by two pairs of detectives who weighed exonerating and incriminating evidence. The investigation concluded Gordon was innocent despite a white girl identifying him in the attack near a cemetery.
In Athens Alabama police hunt an unknown thief who raided four nearby homes early Sunday. Suspects targeted Clyde Stovall O W Romine and William Clem taking cash other articles and a Clem watch. Miss Memory Gray Holt spotted the intruder triggering the escape and police seek the suspect from descriptions.
Montgomery Alabama July 27. Montgomery county’s first cotton bale of the 1936 season sold today at the Montgomery Cotton Exchange for 22 cents a pound. Grower Jack Thrasher produced the bale near the Municipal Airport. Weighing 401 pounds it was ginned Saturday and stored over the weekend then auctioned and purchased by the Cotton Exchange.
Detroit priest Bishop Michael Gallagher says he did not oppose President Roosevelt or any candidate. He said reports misrepresented his stance after supporting Father Coughlin’s right to critique the Democratic administration and affirmed preference for Roosevelt on monetary policy over Landon’s gold standard plan. He seeks a Papal audience alongside Bishop Shrembs of Cleveland.
In Hankinson North Dakota on July 27 Reverend Charles E. Coughlin urged farmers to repudiate farm debts if Lemke fails to win the presidency on the union party ticket. He said debt repudiation could save farmers from bankers and drought, noting current interest on principal is unjust. He had previously apologized for calling President Roosevelt a liar and continued his attack on current policy.
R T Scarborough WPA administrator said a 1.5 mile Somerville road paving project from Moulton street to Fairview has been submitted to state HQ in Montgomery. Total cost about 7000 dollars with 2000 by the city 4000 federal 1200 county. If approved paving 220 foot wide with asphalt will proceed employing 30 men over about three months.
Skies over drought regions are mostly clear with scattered clouds. Forecaster J R Lloyd predicts light to moderate showers later this week for southern Illinois Indiana Missouri and eastern Kansas while relief from heat could arrive tonight or tomorrow in the Plains and Mississippi valleys. Temperatures stay above 100 in Illinois Indiana Missouri, and Kansas. the Dakotas stay near normal. Corn and wheat prices rise in Chicago amid ongoing drought impacts. Illinois reports crop declines and soil soaking needed. In Arizona, week end winds and rains cause two deaths, major damage to power lines and hundreds of acres of farmland inundated.
Anne Boone of Montgomery will join the county health unit in Athens as health nurse, succeeding Mamie Jo Harbin who resigned for Dothan. F. M. Hall of Cullman is the new county health officer, succeeding W. A. Mirsch who resigned due to ill health. Pansy Mae Charder of Gurley becomes a full time nurse with WPA funds, and special nurses H E Breedlover and D V Zehner will aid in aftercare for infant patients. No infantile paralysis cases have occurred. Hall notes the program has been in place since July 14.
Cotton prices in New Orleans traded about five points higher in the early afternoon after an earlier sharp rise was trimmed by profit taking. The market reflected ongoing adjustments following an advance of a dollar per base.
In Pamplona on July 27 rebel commanders forecast a food shortage would drive Madrid to capitulate. Gen Cabanelas reviews insurgents, while loyalists retreat from Guadarrema passes. Madrid infantry desertions noted as Franco columns plan southern advances toward the capital.
In Brookhaven Mississippi the Adjutant General announced guardsmen flashed their guns as a warning to tear down pickets, pressing for an end to the Louisiana Mississippi milk strike violence. In Hollywood a married couple left studio work for Carmel Highlands after a Beverly Hills ceremony. Lifeguard Richard Daubenspeck was hailed for rescuing Janet Gaynor from a riptide offshore. In Chicago aviation units prepared for mock warfare with General Eyre announcing a test of war planes in Michigan.
In Helena Arkansas a dawn fire in a Negro section burned five people to death all occupants of the house where the blaze began. Neighbors escaped as flames swept three small frame houses leaving others unharmed. In New York the steel industry operated at 71.5 percent capacity this week up from 70.9 percent last week.
Advices from Athens say churches will reopen next Sunday for regular services as infantile paralysis cases in Limestone county improve with no new reports since July 14. The Horton boy, son of Judge and Mrs James FE Horton, recovers from the illness and is expected to fully recover in months. If the plan holds, Sunday and church services will be held and theatres will reopen Monday.
Dr. J. D. Wahne and the special committee told the Ministerial Association to defer action on Sunday movies and to have preachers deliver sermons on Sabbath observance. The committee was continued and urged prayers for a revival in Decatur. Rev. J F. Ray spoke on Prayer for a Revival and pastors emphasized personal contact during church closures.
Sheriff Laurence Brown pressed the probe into the Helen Clevenger murder, with Prof. W L Clevenger reportedly detained then freed, yet believed jailed on the fifteenth floor. A Boston witness heard a cultured voice and a piercing scream from Miss Clevenger’s room amid hotel turmoil.
A Hamilton incident left nine members of a single family dead after a collision between a train and an auto. One survivor, Drucilla Jenewein, 24, is in fair condition. coroner plans a group burial in Hamilton cemetery as investigation begins.
Fighting renewed on distant fronts of the Spanish civil war as American and British refugees flee Madrid. American Consul Corcoran evacuates 23 Americans and Cubans on a British cruiser from Vigo amid rising danger and embassy evacuations to Alicante. Two British women refugees reportedly assaulted by rioters near the embassy, as trains and ships supported the evacuation effort.
Reports from across Spain describe renewed loyalist assaults on rebel strongholds while Madrid faces threats from both northwest and south. Ambassadors and staff evacuate Sitename, with warnings of possible bloodshed as civil life continues amid the conflict.
Mrs. J. A. Bacon aged 82 died shortly after 6 this morning at her daughter’s Birmingham home Mrs. T. G. Gray following an extended illness Survived by two daughters Mrs. Gray and Mrs. R. T. Sheppard of Decatur and a son S. V. Bacon of Gadsden Funeral services will be held in Gadsden Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with interment there Her long residence in the Gadsden district was mourned widely.
The Tennessee river remained stationary at 3.4 feet with a 24 hour high of 98 and low of 74 and no rainfall. Alabama cloudiness with likely rain in the southwest tonight and southern area Tuesday. Tennessee mostly warm with possible local cumulus Tuesday night.
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