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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
1
This piece reviews state traffic rules for yielding at intersections and to vehicles on the highway. It notes drivers on the left yield to those on the right, and emergency and police vehicles have priority on official business. It warns against middle road driving and backs up the need for careful, lawful driving.
Walter Merrick, 48, alleged blaster, was seized from the county jail by a mob and found hanging near Princeton, Ky. The lynching followed his planned June 13 trial for dynamiting M. P. Poole’s Hopson store, injuring Poole and a boy. The jailer was bound and keys taken without alarm to citizens.
A Digest of the Rules of the Road Act of the State Highway Code of Alabama by the Gafety Council outlines driving duties and penalties. It presents traffic regulations, signage norms, and safety guidelines intended to govern motorists and ensure orderly road use across Alabama.
After a three week illness T. W. Mooney 53 of Decatur route three died Tuesday at his home. Funeral set for 3 PM at the residence with Rev. S. V. Blythe officiating and interment at city cemetery. He is survived by his mother Mrs. T. C. Mooney and four brothers J. R F Mooney D B Mooney and G H Mooney. Mrs Mooney remains seriously ill.
H. E. Williams, principal of central high school, will remain for another year before moving to Lauderdale County as county superintendent of education. He was elected to the office in the Democratic primary on May 3.
Classified notice advertises government jobs for men and women aged 18 to 50 with steady work. Promises free training and exam information, urging readers to write for details at 907-0 care of Decatur Daily.
Ruth Scandrett of the Alabama child welfare department explains regulations for hiring minors. If a child works, obtain an employment certificate or badge from the school. employers must secure permission if work occurs during or after school hours or vacation. For details contact county welfare or school superintendents. The 1931 act doubles compensation for injuries to minors unlawfully employed.
Professor Pagett, owner of several business schools, announced today that he rented the third floor of the old Colonal Building at Grant Street and Second Avenue for the Decatur school. The property belongs to L. O. Stout. The school opened today and classes will begin next Monday.
Central high school senior class records show boys averaging above 90 percent for four years, ahead of girls. Girls named first include Modell Davis, Olivia Compton, Elizabeth The winning five are Willie Cloud, Atlee Hoff Jr., Edward Terry, John Howard Chenault, and Edwin Price who joined in his senior year from Priceville.
Former Governor Kilby toured Alabama towns in a three stop campaign, speaking in Red Bay Russellville and Hamilton and planning events in Haleyville and Decatur. He accused Senator Hugo Black of tax increases and excess spending, urging retrenchment and voter support for his senatorial bid.
In Brooklyn on June 1 five adults from one family died by illuminating gas in a suicide pact. The victims include Carley Delrio, 55, a wholesale lingerie merchant, and his four daughters Vincenzia 2, Josephine 28, Guadilupi 23, and Matilda Monoz 30. The deaths are linked to a personal crisis report involving Argentina.
In Montgomery Alabama on June 1 three graduates from the 1932 University of Alabama law class will defend five men facing possible death sentences for murder and robbery. D W Crosland Jr Dan Jernigan and James Tolbert are assigned by Judge Leon McCord to represent the defendants and will receive no remuneration for their work.
With $1,400 still unpaid for the present year, Decatur schools prepare to issue final pleas to pledge holders. Superintendent W. W. Benson seeks immediate payment so teachers can receive 50 percent of their regular salaries next Friday as grades one through eight have already sacrificed half pay to extend the term. Principals will visit pledge makers and letters may follow to secure funds.
About two hundred former service members resume their hitch hike in National Guard trucks in Alabama bound for Washington to press Congress to pay the remaining adjusted service certificates. The Macon county sheriff says the group will pass into Georgia at West Point after camping near New Orleans.
King Auction Co announces a second Huntsville sale after selling the McCormick Estate last week. Lots on Montesano Mountain will be bid starting about June 10. The company aims to prove profitable for both buyers and sellers.
Supreme Court refused to reconsider its previous denial of review for Capone. In a separate ruling the court declined to review the case of seven African American defendants from Scottsboro Alabama accused of assaulting two white girls, keeping to its prior stance on both matters.
Government observer states no rainfall occurred in the Decatur region during the past 24 hours, noting the dry weather.
The Alabama Power Company board in Birmingham declared the regular quarterly dividend on six and seven dollar preferred stock payable July 1 to holders of record June 15, and on five dollar preferred stock payable August 1 to holders of record July 15. The total dividends amount to about 585000 dollars with checks mailed June 30 and July 31 respectively.
The cotton market dropped to a new low after the New York close. July futures finished at 5.00 cents, signaling middling seven-eighths cotton at about 4.40 cents per pound, the lowest in many years.
Mr and Mrs Ben L Britnell moved today to the corner of Gordon Drive and Eighth Avenue east. They are at home in the bungalow owned by M R Rankin.
Washington June 1 two leaders Hoover and Garner presented sharply conflicting views on relief. Hoover urged approval of a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan program with outside capital requirements while opposing Garner’s large public works and direct relief fund. Garner pressed a 2.309 billion bill backed by House Democrats and urged mercy money to fund employment through public works.
Dr. H. C. McRee, Morgan county health officer, urges vigilance over water supplies and screening of homes and businesses to control malaria typhoid dysentery and colitis this summer. He notes one typhoid case and one colitis death this spring with few dysentery reports, and stresses sanitation and safe wells and springs.
Banks already take half day on Thursdays in summer. Merchants likely to follow with half holiday sessions starting tomorrow. Interest grows but no action taken beyond general understanding that most business houses will close. The half holiday period runs from the first week in June to the last week in August.
E. W. Grant went fishing with friends and lost his prize rod and reel. The next day he discovered the equipment hooked in the snout and leg of a shoat two miles away, a curious turn of events reported from Andalusia Alabama.
The U S Senate approved a massive revenue bill aimed at stabilizing finances for the nation. It adds 280 million in extra taxes, including a one cent gas tax and electric earnings levy, bringing total revenue to over one billion dollars and awaiting the president's signature.
The Colorado River rose to its highest level since 1921 causing floods near Blythe California. At least three Black residents drowned with seven more missing and over two thousand acres of farmland submerged.
A soil erosion report from the department of agriculture notes that 36 times a soil loss occurred on unrestored land across regions. The report cites Montgomery Alabama as a location context for the finding.
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