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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
2
Decatur residents and visitors are listed with travels and visits to nearby towns. Local officials report police court actions with ten people fined for drunkenness fights and violations. A marriage license is issued to Hart Fowler and Dorothy May Dunaway in Somerville.
Miss Mary Lillian Felgiey hosted a large group at her parents home with flowers and bridge games. Winners included Mrs. Gray Redden and James Chambers Jr, while several guests from Athens, Decatur, Birmingham and beyond attended and dispersed to future events and travels.
Alabama's 13 delegates voted to withhold an immediate presidential endorsement at the Republican national convention caucus held at the Boston Square Hotel. Delegation chairman Dr. J. C. Swan announced a delay of three to four days before any ballot. Delegation members include T. J. Kennamer Curtis Atking J. T. Johnson and O. D. Street.
Delegates rally behind John M Landon with 15 Texas votes secured by caucus action and hopes for a strong showing on first ballots fade. Nationally figures consider Colonel Knox a top second choice while discussions include former governor Frank Lowden and other candidates. A large Kansas and Texas presence gathers to honor Landon and the governor with a planned welcome in the evening for Landon and his daughter Peggy Anne.
Negotiations in June stage aim to keep the Republican Platform from widening into a floor battle at the national convention. Senator Borah arrives and voices strong opposition to a gold standard pledge and to a constitutional amendment on minimum wage state legislation, threatening trouble for platform writers.
Delegates debate including Alf Landon's leadership and a proposed constitutional amendment on the minimum wage. Hoover supports, Borah fights, Vandenberg and Dickinson cautious, Reed opposes money measures, with focus on gold standard and dollar value.
Kansas governor Landon inspires praise from supporters as a political miracle at the Cleveland convention. The rise confounds veterans while anti supporters doubt his path to the nomination, yet Kansas backers vow to stay with him through the turbulent ascent.
In northern France about 150000 coal miners began a general strike after a larger labor victory. Paris building trades joined a walkout to back Leon Blum's government accord. The five demands won include higher wages, rights to organize, collective bargaining, a 40 hour week, and paid annual vacations.
The Senate considers routine business and recesses for a week. The House appoints conferees for the tax bill and recesses until next Monday.
New York June 8. Attorneys for Charles Lucky Luciano plan today to appeal the blue ribbon verdict convicting him on 62 counts of a vice indictment. They challenge the consolidated indictment law under which eight others were found guilty of operating a 12 million dollar a year compulsory prostitution syndicate. The four week trial used prostitutes and madams to build the case and was the first under the law. Defense argues ex post facto issues and that indictments cover unrelated crimes.
Ben Lasseter a 45 year old farmer was shot to death at his home near Boaz Alabama. Family accounts say Lasseter loaded his shotgun and went to the front porch where a shot was fired. Authorities offered no explanation for the shooting.
E D Swann unearthed a pot of supposed gold pieces on his Chestnut Ridge farm in North Carolina. He dug further and found dozens more only to learn the coins were counterfeit, likely linked to a ring broken up in the area thirty years ago.
Physicians today announced the death of a 20 ounce baby girl born last Wednesday to Mr and Mrs J Dodds of Salem. The child was pronounced normal at birth except for weight and showed slight gains for three days in response to medicine dropper feeding.
Duke University's 48th commencement closes with diplomas awarded to a record 663 candidates including nine from Alabama. The event in Durham, North Carolina marks a landmark page in university history.
Six people were killed and 35 injured at Pola Italy during a constitution day military review when two artillery tractors overturned on an incline.
In New York on June 8, European news steadier and domestic mood holding steady, stocks firmed. US Steel led gains up over 2 points with J I Case near 6, plus advances for Bethlehem, Public Service of New Jersey, Crown Cork, DuPont and others. May GM sales set a monthly record. French franc strengthened while sterling fell on Winnipeg futures. cotton steady and bonds improved amid cautious fiscal France outlook.
Markets show a quiet rally with steels and special ties leading gains in New York. Bonds firm and U S government issues steady while oils and other commodities stay in demand. Chicago notes wheat steady with pessimistic crop outlook and hogs reaching top prices at 10.25.
Cotton futures closed steady in New Orleans and New York with small gains. July and nearby contracts hovered near 11.57 to 11.63 in New Orleans and 11.60 to 11.65 in New York, while spot middling stood at 11.78.
Liverpool brief notes show 28 000 bales traded with 8 700 American. Spot prices steady with American strict good middling at 7.38 and good middling 7.08, other grades listed. Futures closed steady with July at 6.19, October 5.85, and nearby months around 5.75.
Chicago on June 8 reports July wheat at 83 to 84 and September at 84. Butter prices show firm trading with creamery specials and extras across grades. Eggs remain firm with local extra firsts and graded firsts priced around 20 to 21.
Chicago June 8 poultry live prices listed for hens and roosters by weight. Hens under 5 pounds 18 1 2 cents, over 5 pounds 18 cents. Leghorn hens 15 1 2. Various Plymouth Rock and White Rock lines around 25 to 29 cents. Roosters and turkeys shown with modest per pound figures. Geese priced at 11 cents.
Potatoes totaling 207 on track 298, with total US shipments 850 Saturday and 73 Sunday. New stock described as weaker in the U S Department of Agriculture data reported from Chicago.
Chicago reports U S Department of Agriculture market notes with hogs at 9 25 10 10 per 100 pounds and top 10 25 for 140 to 160 pound pigs. Cattle and calves show slow demand with baby beef and yearlings easing to 7 50 9 00 while cows and bulls hold steady. Sheep move higher with good and choice lambs at 10 75 to 11 50 and heavy weights around 2 3 00.
In the first primary May 5 Democratic gains solidified ranks with Sen ator John H. Bankhead renominated and Pete Jarman chosen to succeed retiring William B. Oliver. Huddleston, tied to labor debates, defended voting on the new deal while facing charges of coalition with Mitch and the coal issue. In Madison and Etowah counties runoffs and board races drew local interest amid absentee ballot disputes and judge races.
The second week of the June term opened with civil case hearings. Money June 15 will inaugurate the criminal docket with several capital cases expected to be set. The grand jury, adjourned last Thursday by Judge A. A. Griffith, will resume investigations Wednesday.
Mrs. Minnie Roswell Langstadter, who introduced the feminine note to Chicago newspapers in 1878, died in Los Angeles at 73. She began work at 15 in the Chicago Record and gained fame for interviews with John D. Rockefeller Sr. and J. Pierpont Morgan.
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