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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1936
Page
2
Planning vegetable dinners this season hinges on color contrasts and proper preparation. Use butter as the prime seasoning and explore hollandaise and mock hollandaise sauces with clear, step by step instructions for a bright, flavorful meal.
The record lists a day's meals with breakfast items such as pineapple juice cereal and plain omelet followed by luncheon creamed sardines on toast and apple tapioca puri, and dinner featuring vegetables with Hollandaise, mashed potatoes and cucumber salad plus peach sorbet and sponge cake.
Mrs Escoe Culp of Clanton visits Mrs E C Powell on East Moulton Street. Dr W P Compton of Philadelphia visits relatives in Decatur after attending Lauers Camp in Chattanooga. Local leisure includes trips to Great Lakes and Lake Wanasee Indiana. Mrs Ora Lightcap promotes literature for the blind. Alabama has about 2000 blind residents. C Streats Grocery adds meat dept with formal opening planned. Prayer events at Episcopal church and reunion plans for Mt Eagle divinity school August 6. Various residents and visitors noted including Franklin P. Brown, J L Heflin, J D Swinea, H B Beard, Julian Moody, and others. Friday is the coolest day of spring with 83 degrees forecast.
In a courtroom scene Mary Astor testifies about her relationship with Marylyn, describing care arrangements after her divorce from Dr. Thorpe. She recounts alleged discipline by Thorpe and notes Marylyn’s happy home life with Astor, including nightly phonograph toy routines. The report mentions a car wreck on the Bee Line highway improving at Benevolent Society Hospital.
42 year old farmer Clark L Sullivan was found wounded on a highway near Plant City and taken to a Tampa hospital with a deep cut and hemorrhage. He told Deputy L M Hatton he was robbed of $5 by a party of three women and two men who dragged him into a swamp and beat him, while authorities consider possible motives beyond simple robbery.
In Bow Street court McMahon testified he planned to shoot himself but tossed a revolver onto the road during a royal procession to protest wrongful imprisonment. He faces three charges including intent to break the public peace and endanger life. He described slithering the weapon toward the monarch.
The Tennessee Valley Authority increased its land appraisal on Knight's Island from 53 871 to 64 571 dollars after a city hall hearing on the condemnation suit. The 1098 acre site lies 13 miles west of Decatur in the Tennessee River. Attorneys Harris and Harris and Col W S Pritchard represented property owners in the hearing.
World grain markets rise to peak levels in July as drought and heat cut crops in North America and worldwide. Wheat corn rye oats and barley lead gains with eggs potatoes cheese and soybeans also exceeding prior highs. some quotations rival or exceed 1930 peaks.
The Interstate Commission announces appointments to state boards to aid in enforcing the 1935 motor carrier act. Alabama Mississippi Tennessee selections include Hugh White Gillis Cato W H Turner. Alabama Florida picks are Hugh White and Eugene Matthews. Florida Georgia Tennessee appointments include Eugene Matthews J P Wilhoit and Porter Dunlap.
An official source said Walter Wilbur examiner for the National Labor Relations Board had recommended dismissal of a complaint by Ralph Knox an employee against Trenton Mills Inc of Memphis Tenn Wilbur's intermediate report was sent to Washington for action by the national board Either side may take exceptions to the report which held the mill was not engaged in unfair labor practices
Montgomery Ala July 31 Governor Bibb Graves will meet a delegation of Birmingham district union miners to discuss settlement of the two month old Tennessee Coal and Iron strike. He has conferred with mine officials and union leaders and hopes for an early solution.
Governor Bibb Graves authorized 35 National Guardsmen to Ohatchie Calhoun county where a posse searched for a negro accused of insulting a white woman. Bloodhounds and highway patrols deployed, Judge Carr requested troops, mill workers quit to join the posse, Roosevelt Collins earlier arraigned under guard after a confession surfaced.
The hurricane from the Bahamas battered the Gulf coast leaving Panama City damaged with over 500 residents displaced. Coastal towns reported washed docks, swept wharfs, ruined camps, and rising tides as Mobile and Pensacola prepared for potential heavy weather.
Specialists commanded buying power in today s stock market but farm implementation weakness clouded the bright picture. Westinghouse rose about 5 points. several leaders gained. many equities unchanged. Bonds held steady. currencies and futures closed steady. market to be closed tomorrow and Monday for a bank holiday.
Weekly cotton statistics show imports of 79 000 bales with 31 000 American, stock at 759 000, American 280 000, forwarded 58 000, American 24 000, exports 2 000, American nil.
In New Orleans on July 31 cotton futures closed steady with tiny moves. Contracts listed show Oct at 12.0406, Dec at 12.0303, Jan and Mar near 12.03, May and July around 12.03, reflecting little change from prior sessions.
Liverpool market notes July 31 show 53 53 000 bales with 21 00 American content. Spot business moderate and prices eight points lower. Quotations list American strict good middling at 7.80 and a higher grade at 7.70.
A storm system tracked from Cat Cay in the Bahamas toward Florida bringing 60 mile per hour gales and light damage along the coast. In Georgia and Alabama the disturbance caused rains and cooler winds as crews reported roof losses and a banana boat driven ashore. No injuries were noted.
New York July 31 Stocks heavy on profit taking with uneven bonds and mixed government issues. Oils and utilities fall while gold currencies stay strong. Cotton steady as weather weighs on markets. Sugar firmer with active commission buying. Coffee climbs amid firm spot prices. Chicago wheat volatile with late recovery, corn up on European demand. Cattle, hogs steady with tops around 11.30.
In Chicago prices for July wheat show small shifts with Sept and Dec futures posting minor gains and declines. Open high low and close figures indicate modest volatility as traders react to market factors.
Potatoes price 48 cents on track 112 with total US shipments 437. California stock slightly stronger while western triumphs firm and others steady. Supplies very light and demand fair. California white rose US No 1 and partly graded 3.25 3.35 per cwt.
Chicago wholesale poultry prices for July 31 show one car and 42 trucks on hand. Hens steady, chickens easy. Hens 4 1 2 lbs up 18 1 2, under 4 1 2 lbs 17. Leghorn hens 14, Plymouth Rock springs 19, white rock 18, Plymouth Rock fryers 18, white rock 15, roosters 14, leghorn roosters 13, turkeys 13 16, heavy ducks 11 1 2, heavy young 13 1 2, young geese 13, old 11.
Chicago market report shows hogs uneven with most steady and top at 11.30, cattle trade steady with few heavy steers offered and good clearance hoped, killers and replacement buyers active on range cows. Sheep market steady to strong with fat sheep 6,000 head and natives 10.00-25.00, Idaho rangers at 10.50 and slaughter sheep slower at 2.50-3.25 per hundredweight.
President lauds close ties with Canada and the British empire as he recalls shared democratic traditions and a long border, invites Edward and Tweedsmuir to visit, honors King George, and praises Quebec’s historic sites. He concludes with a fluent French thanks to Mayor Gregorie.
Montgomery dispatch reports tourists in Fort Walton Niceville and Valparaiso Florida escaped the tropical storm unhurt and safe. Captain Ray L. Owen Maxwell Field adjutant said a base radio advised the fact and a survey by soldiers found no injuries.
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