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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1936
Page
8
A state crop summary from Montgomery notes all crops made good advances with corn yielding well except for older drought damaged stock. Sweet potatoes and cotton show improvement while gardens and legumes plantings continue. Irish potatoes are being planted vigorously.
General discussion in New York on post paraly sis care and state supervision by health authorities. An order directs nurses to combat the disease with improved care. Mrs Jones now leads the western New York district.
Alabama reports 13th death of a six year old in Talladega as infantile paralysis spreads to 21 victims across four states. Fourteen new Alabama cases and two in Tennessee push southern totals higher with 319 cases overall including 226 in Alabama and three state deaths in Georgia and Tennessee. Partial quarantines persist and officials deploy nasal spray preventives amid warnings to avoid gatherings.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh inspected government glider schools at Rhinon and flew a sail plane for several flights. He enjoyed the experience and was slated to meet Adolf Hitler the following day, with time not yet fixed.
Strength in selected issues dulled profit taking as steels and leaders fell. Early declines in U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet & Tube General Motors Chrysler and Du Pont narrowed later. Aircrafts and rails led gains while cotton fell and bonds were irregular. Transfer volume stood around 1,900,000 shares with futures barely steady.
Grain traders in Chicago show July and September wheat contracts holding slight gains and losses. Market quotes indicate small percentage changes for Sept and Dec futures amid light trading and shifting expectations.
Potatoes show slight weakness as supplies remain light and demand slows across regions. California white rose US No 1 sells around 3.10 to 3.25 per cwt in sacks, while Idaho Bliss reaches 2.50 to 2.60 per cwt. Shipments total 506, with track 157 and U S No 1 grading highlighted.
Chicago July 29 Poultry prices show live trucks fully steady with hens 4 1 2 pounds up 18 cents, under 4 1 2 pounds 17, leghorn hens 14, Plymouth Rock fowl 21, white rocks 20 1 2, fryers 20, roosters 154, leghorn roosters 13, turkeys 13 to 16, heavy old ducks 11 1 2, young geese 12, old 11.
In Chicago on July 29 butter prices ranged from 34 1-4 to 34 1-2 for various grades with 93 score creamery specials and extras. Eggs quoted at 23 32-4 for local extra firsts and 22 34 for local graded firsts, with other classes listed including storage packed and fresh graded firsts.
New York stocks mixed as steels wobble and government bonds falter while profit taking affects leaders. Foreign exchange mixed yet firm. cotton declines with favorable weather. cables ease. Chicago grains rise on export demand. corn strengthens amid damage reports. cattle and hogs vary with hogs up to 11.30.
Hogs active up to 11.30 with new yearly high. carcass spots up .25. Cattle largely fed steers at standstill with lower bids on medium and heavy cattle, fat cows weak, bulls steady. Sheep and lambs steady to slightly weaker with good native grades packing at 9.75 to 10.25.
Cotton futures in New Orleans and New York trade mixed with small losses and barely steady closes. The session shows October through July contracts with last prices around 11.97 to 12.05 and spot middling at 12.80.
Members of three joint boards for the administration of the motor carrier act joined the Interstate Commerce Commission today. Board No. 99 covers Alabama Florida and Georgia with Hugh White Eugene F Matthews and Jud P Wilhoit serving. Board No. 100 covers Alabama with Hugh White as president.
Gov. Bibb Graves announced plans advance for PWA bridges at Dauphin Island and the Tennessee river near Florence. Alabama agreed to finish hard surfacing the Mobile Cedar Point road to link to the Dauphin Island bridge in exchange for Mobile gifting land to create a state park on the island.
Liverpool July 29. Spot cotton demand fair with 3,000 bales offered including 2,700 American. Prices ease about thirteen points. Quotations: American strict good middling 7.98, good middling 7.68, strict middling 7.48, middling.
The agriculture department reports a grim weekly crop and weather summary with drought and arid conditions raising corn losses in Iowa Minnesota and other plains states. Severe heat and scarce rainfall threaten two southern and two western counties while some relief comes from scattered showers in parts of the Ohio Valley and Missouri Valley.
Carlton B. Chilton, once a youth thief and escapee who later became a respected Cleveland citizen, gains new hope in his effort to avoid being sent back to reform school. J. W. Handley, former president of the First National Bank, ...
Washington dispatch notes a renewed national debate as radio addresses feature six Democrats praising the New Deal and criticizing Landon. Governors from Pennsylvania Rhode Island Iowa Illinois Nebraska and Oregon weigh in on the rival platforms praising or dismissing the London plan and Roosevelt record.
Hollywood July 29 Barbara Pepper a quick witted film star saved a man dying of a heart attack on a street near her home Barbara Pepper aided Fired Radke of Tacoma Washington after noticing he faltered and collapsed She called a doctor and gave water Dr Sidney Weinberg treated Radke and credited Pepper with saving his life Radke said he owes her a lot
In Calvin Oklahoma during 1913 B J Badger former cashier plans a pardon plea for Chilton who stole cash from a bank and was sentenced to two years in the Granite reformatory.
NEA Service writer Mary E. Dague describes simple hot day meals starting with a nourishing noon drink and a variety of two sandwich lunches. Recipes include Pineapple Shake Three Fruit Foam and a citrus egg milk drink, all chilled and served over ice for two to four servings.
Breakfast includes cantaloupe on cream bacon pancakes syrup milk and coffee. NCHEON offers assorted vegetable sandwiches orange egg nog cocoanut macaroons milk and tea. Dinner features veal patties creamed radishes fried squash avocado and fruit salad chilled rice and milk with coffee.
A collage of items from Decatur Alabama includes certificates from the Or der of Artistic Typists for Miss Margaret King, Rotary meeting attendance by Rev. Peter M. Dennis and John McGehee, and distance travels of several locals. Police report an attempted home robbery on J T Brown, four suspects fled. City officials urge building permits before work. Traffic rises after Tennessee resurfacing. Several residents visit family and travel to Louisville and Huntsville.
Western dispatches report Spanish upheaval as leftist forces purge military ranks. About 148 native Americans take refuge in Madrid embassy with 150 other Americans, mainly Filipinos and Puerto Ricans, believed in the capital. Diplomatic corps obtain guarantees for life, property, and communications with governments, while reports of church burnings and looting reach Barcelona. Secretary Hull optimistic about safe escape avenues for Americans.
The Seacoast city of San Sebastian trembles as rebels and loyalists renew their drives for control. A government submarine is reported sunk by a rebel seaplane. The government purges enemies within and confiscates Catholic schools and colleges to crush the revolt. Fascist and loyalist forces claim momentum as Madrid's fall is predicted amidst strategic maneuvers.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for soil conservationists in the soil conservation service of the agriculture department. Applications close August 24 1936 with salaries from 2600 to 4600 dollars annually. Candidates need a four year agriculture degree and relevant experience and must report for exam at an assigned location. Information available from H Yarbrough secretary of the civil service board of exam at the post office on Bank Street.
Detroit July 29. Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea of Wayne County said 13 defendants in Black Legion cases planned to testify at trials that he was a member of the Black Legion. The charge comes from statements by Clarence C. Frye, alleged head of the Legion's intelligence squad, and William H. Guthrie, the order’s printer.
Jackson Mississippi July 29 no new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state health department today Dr H C Ricks head of the bureau of communicable diseases said if the disease can be checked until September 1 there will be no danger of a further outbreak in Mississippi
Rebels advance on Zaragoza and cordon southern cities while reinforcements race toward Madrid. Loyalists report fighting at San Sebastian and Bay of Biscay resorts. Government seizes church property and imprisons relatives of officials as the conflict extends nationwide. American evacuees remain aboard ships near Alicante.
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