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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1934
Page
1
Washington reports intensifying labor strife with more strikes and riots across iron and steel, textile, auto, and electrical plants. Observers warn a potential dictatorship may stamp out the tide, while wage and price pressures widen the crisis and new labor leaders push the movement forward.
Dr. F Hawkins pastor at Centr Methodist preaches on personality to 83 graduates in Riverside high school auditorium. Superintendent W W Benson welcomes guest preacher and students as choir from local church provides special music. He stresses charm of personality comes from character effort and God.
Three hundred women of Athens, Alabama endorsed Judge James E. Horton for circuit judge after praising his unimpeachable bench record. Horton, recently ill, is campaigning for re election. Local endorsements also include Athens ministers and Limestone county business leaders.
The car driven by Jimmy Dobbs of the Alabama Hosiery Mill escaped injury after a collision with another vehicle on the Bee Line north of Elkton on Sunday afternoon. Dobbs was returning from a baseball game in Columbia. his car sustained considerable damage.
Billy Day has returned from Bob Jones College in Cleveland Tennessee where he studied this past year as a student.
Heavy storms bring two church spires under lightning. St. Annes Catholic on Johnston Street caught fire inside the steeple and was contained by chemical extinguishers. Ninth Street Methodist also struck, ripping shingles but not igniting.
Captain Virgil Bell and his wife Nada Bell, longtime former residents, are visiting friends in Decatur. Bell, a former newspaper man, joined the U S military in World War I and rose quickly in rank. Nada Bell is remembered here as the former Miss Nada Vohlers.
From Santa Monica on June 4 a remark attributed to Mussolini shows him urging his soldiers to prepare for battle and insisting that nations must endure hard times. The piece notes the dictator’s long avoidance of war and suggests his rhetoric would be heard worldwide.
J A Laubenthal, a Decatur post office clerk, was trimming a tree at 714 Canal Street when a branch slipped. He fell several feet, breaking his right arm injuring his pelvis and sustaining bruises. He was taken to Baugh's Infirmary with satisfactory morning condition.
Mayor James A. Nelson is confined to his home today with an infected toe. He is expected to resume duties Tuesday.
L. E. Strange of Hartselle was a business visitor in Decatur and stopped for meetings. He toured local facilities and discussed potential commerce ventures with area firms.
T J Burt has returned to resume his work in Nashville after a brief visit with his family.
Wallace Burt is reported improving slowly at his home after a severe illness that lasted several weeks.
The latest weather bulletin records 3.08 inches of rainfall over the last day. Meteorologists note this amount as the 24 hour total and expect possible localized runoff in flood-prone areas.
Mrs. Mason Matthews and her daughter were transported by ambulance from Baugh’s Infirmary at their home in Moulton Heights on Sunday to be cared for at home.
Tom Bowles Jr. finished a year as a student at the University of Alabama law school and has now returned home.
Miss Nancy Martin of Athens visited Miss Josephine Puckett over the weekend at her home on Barclay Street in Hartselle.
Mr and Mrs G E McCullough and Mr and Mrs I G Safley and daughter Nell drove to Montgomery on Saturday and returned Sunday. They were joined on the trip by E Garrison and son James returning home.
Alabama gubernatorial candidate Frank M. Dixon urged voters to modernize government, citing Roosevelt era reform and youthful leaders. He highlighted figures like Louis Bennett and James M. Landis as examples of the broader vision shaping national administration. Dixon spoke at a large Saturday night rally introduced by Lynne.
The midwest cooled today under June rain while May dryness lingered. Washington officials met at the president's call to discuss relief for farmers and stockmen in heat devastated areas. The Weather Bureau says drought is broken in the Rocky Mountain region and cooler weather and rain are expected to continue.
Troop 20 Boy Scouts postponed from tonight to Tuesday night for tenderfoot tests and eagle badge ceremony for Frank Murray Campbell. Parents invited.
Graduation exercises at Morgan County High School Hartselle ended with 36 diplomas awarded Dr Gladstone H Yeuell University of Alabama delivered the address Valedictorians Ruth Moore and Frances Lee share top scores 94 57 and 94 53 jointly winning the annual $10 prize from Hartselle Women's Clubs Miss Lee also earned the faculty medal for loyalty scholarship and service Honor rolls list several A students and two B A students Class night featured a congress style program with Student leaders and a class farewell song
Miss Emma Malone of Moulton street and Sixth avenue west was injured in an automobile crash on Church street Saturday afternoon. She was taken by Brown's ambulance to her home for treatment after veering to avoid a backing car and hitting a telephone pole. Lacerations were reported but the full extent of injuries was not yet known.
British war debt communications to the United States were cabled today for delivery to President Roosevelt. In Cuba, Camaguey officials were attacked by a mob, killing the public works chief and two others while wounding two. In Washington, the House passed a deficiency bill, and Roosevelt with leaders agreed to defer adjournment until the administration program advances.
In Philippi West Virginia Dale James a 15 year old boy believed kidnapped and murdered was found dead in a mountain cave. Possemen located the body buried under rocks and leaves after the boy disappeared from his grandparents home a week earlier. Two suspects were detained and a physician said the death occurred only hours before discovery. The victim appeared to have been beaten with rocks.
Hightower of Athens aged 76, one of North Alabama’s wealthiest and a noted philanthropist, died Saturday in Hot Springs Arkansas at eleven. His funeral is this afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Athens, with interment in Athens cemetery. He previously funded the $10,000 lot for the church site.
Two Negro women were jailed as police hunted a third in a shoplifting case at Dinsmore’s Second Avenue store Saturday afternoon. About 16 dollars in merchandise disappeared after the trio entered the store, one carrying a large package wrapped as if for mailing with a flap cut at the bottom to serve as a trap door.
The Samaritan Army has moved its headquarters from Wilson avenue to 1326 Sixth Avenue South in front of the Louisville and Nashville shops. The new location offers more space and the dining room will reopen Tuesday on the prior schedule.
A farewell party for the graduating class of Decatur Senior High will be held this afternoon from 4 30 to 6 00 at the home of Mr and Mrs A H Hoff 436 Sherman Street. Girls wear dresses and the boys attend the graduating exercises beginning at eight o clock.
Louis Rude Payne, 21, confessed to police after an all night grilling about the killings of his mother Carrie L. Payne 46 and brother Robert 14 in their Westwood home. The bodies were found in their bedrooms after an alarm went out to locate Payne who reportedly fled the scene. The family had recently moved to Los Angeles seeking a health change for Payne.
Two Tree Troopers were treated for injuries after an automobile wreck Sunday. Sherer suffered cuts and a minor back injury. Details of the accident were not learned.
The regular meeting of the board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with Gilbert serving as secretary, announced today.
John Wilks who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at Benevolent Society hospital has been moved to his home and is showing signs of convalescence.
Maximum temperature reached 84 degrees while the minimum settled at 64 for the 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. today. Winds remained light and skies mostly sunny throughout the day.
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