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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1936

Page

2

Landon Presses for Changes in Kansas Platform Planks

Kansas Governor Landon seeks revisions to the party platform planks on civil service social security and tariff and pushes a pay as you go plan to finance social security. Borah allies debate the farm plank while subcommittee chairman Lang notes a long session delaying a final report.

Suab Kansas Landon Idaho Borah John Thomas Subcommittee Hope

Market Holds Narrow Gains as Market Warms to Farm Shares

NEW YORK June 11 stock market shows selective gains with farm implement stocks like J I Case up about 3 points and Deere and International Harvester nudging higher. Major rails steels and utilities mostly flat. alcohols slip while foreign currencies mix. Turnover about 900000 shares as politics and franc devaluation concerns hover over sentiment.

New York J. I. Case Deere International Harvester General Motors Rubinn Taggert & Myers National Biscuit Union Carbide American Telephone U. S Schenley National Distillers Cleveland Wall Street

Markets At A Glance: Steels Lead With Mixed Bonds

New York stocks hold firm with steel shares advancing while bonds show irregular action. Foreign exchanges are mixed with the franc steady as other golds dip. Cotton and sugar rise amid general buying. coffee quiet. In Chicago, wheat strengthens with Minneapolis strength, corn follows, cattle barely steady, and hogs rise to a top of 10.26.

Commission House Chicago Minneapolis

Cotton futures end steady with modest gains

New Orleans reports cotton futures closing steady with net advances of 7 to 24 points. July to May contracts show mixed highs and lows, with July at 11.67 and Oct at 11.10, while other months range around 10.86 to 11.11.

New Orleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Summary

Liverpool quotes show 9 000 bales traded with 8 000 American. spot business moderate and prices steady to firm. American grades range from strict good middling 7.46 to good ordinary 5.66 with selected middling values and futures closing steady for July through May around 6.27 to 5.82.

Liverpool

Wheat futures quotes show mixed activity across dates

Chicago futures for wheat display scattered figures in June and July with slight gains and declines. Prices for September move around the 86 cent range with modest fluctuations indicating a cautious trading session.

Chicago

Poultry market report from Chicago sale trends

Chicago market report lists prices for hens and roosters by breed and weight, including leghorn hens at 15 1 2 pounds and Plymouth Rock stock with varied weights. Turkeys range from 13 to 16 pounds while ducks and geese show heavier and lighter entries.

Chicago Plymouth Rock Springs White Rocks Plymouth Rock

Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Markets

Chicago buyers see butter at 18 493 pounds and eggs at 20 984 cases with firm prices. Butter grades include extras and firsts with scores ranging around 88 to 93. eggs remain unchanged.

Chicago

Livestock Prices Rise for Hogs as Cattle Market Slows

Chicago reports hogs active with gains to 10.25 top and lighter weights 9.85 to 10.25, sows 8.50 to 9.15. Cattle trend down with steers over 1,000 pounds barely steady, 900 pound cattle softer, fat cows and bulls 10-15 lower.

Chicago

Jerusalem cut off as lines severed in riots

Jerusalem was again cut off from Palestine and the world when vandals severed telephone and telegraph lines last night. Intermittent shooting and arson, which characterized yesterday's disorders, continued during the night.

Jerusalem Palcor Palestine

Alabama Supreme Court invalidates 1935 Sparks enabling act

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled the 1935 enabling act to the Sparks amendment invalid due to retroactive effects. Officials are entitled to fees earned between September 1933 and September 1, 1935, when the amendment became inoperative. The ruling affirms Circuit Judge D C Halstead's declaratory judgment.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Supreme Court D. C. Halstead Houston County

Alabama Supreme Court Decisions Set in June

The Alabama Supreme Court released a batch of decisions including affirmations and reversals across multiple circuit courts. Cases involve General Construction vs Tenn Valley Sand and Gravel, United Benefit Life Ins. Co. vs Ella Dopuon, and others with rulings of affirmed, reversed and remanded, and certiorari denials.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Supreme Court Anderson General Construction i Tenn. Valley Sand & Gravel'Co Marshall Circuit Court Gardner United Benefit Life Ins. Co Ella E. Dopuon the Pure, Oil Co Jefferson Circuit Court Ethel Stocks Inter Etowah Circuit Court Hancock Nellie Watt Cherokee Circuit Court Thomas State of Alabama Southern Natural Gas Corporation Lillie Belle Edwards Southern Railway Co Jefferson Circuit John P. McCoy Jefferson County A. L. Maples Ind W. R. Milton Lauderdale United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co McCoy Hearn Colbert Aldin Jewell D. Parker Central of Georgia Railway Co Montgomery Circuit Court Rosetta Stephens Champ Stark Russell Circuit Court J. D. Rhodes Shell Petroleum Corporation Eddie Lucas Cleveland Delaney Lawrence C. R. Burgess Hamilton Burgess Court of Appeals Brown Houston County Harry K. Martin Houston Circuit Court W. M. Shotts E. C. Carpenter Marion Circuit Court Atty Slayton State Vera Mobbs Martin Scott Equity Columbus Cox E. D. Lerman Circuit Court Mutual Building & Loan Ass'n Richard State Milk Control Board Mattie Rikard Adm'r’x Willie B. O'Reilly Colbert Circuit Court Fidelity & Casualty Co New York Willie B. O’reilly Monk Colbert Circuit &Court PER Curiam Fidelity Building & Loan Ass'n Fidelity Bldg. & Loan Ass'n Protective Life Ins. Co Belle Vestal Southern Building & Loan Association J. Mercer Barnett Viking Equipment. Co Prudential Insurance Co. of America Clara Hortenstein Morris Clark Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World Lora K. Roland Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Mary A. Roberts C. V. Yates County Board of Revenue of Walker County Walker Circuit Court Robert L. Carlisle Try-Me Bottling Company Ina K. Lacy Commercial National Bank of Anniston Calhoun

Decatur Notes From City and Region

Local items show Mayor James A. Nelson attending a Alabama League of Municipalities convention in Birmingham. Several Decatur residents travel to Huntsville Birmingham and Miami Beach for church, family, and social events plus updates on health and WPA duties in Athens.

James A. Nelson Decatur Birmingham Alabama League of Municipalities

Boy claims he killed father and dumped body in river

A 16 year old boy admits to fatally beating his father after a fight over a stolen car. He says he put the body in a car and threw it into the Chicago river. police conducted a search and planned a river drag.

Chicago William Rudnick Emil Rudnick Charles Myles Myles Rudnick

Extra tax ruling upheld by court in Albany Decatur area

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling allowing an extra five mills in property taxes in the Albany area of the city formerly Albany. Bondholders sought to restore the rate to liquify bonds after Decatur merger, a decision appealed by the city of Decatur.

United States Circuit Court of Appeals Fifth District United States District Court District Alabama Albany Bondholders Committee Decatur

Capture of Georgia escape artist and companion announced

Nashville officers and a state trooper announced the capture of Leland Harvey a 27 year old Georgian known as an escape artist and his companion Robert Williams.

Nashville, Tenn Leland Harvey Georgia Robert Williams

Van Mungo suspended and fined by Dodgers

Brooklyn Dodgers ace right hander Van Mungo was suspended without pay and fined $200 for quitting the club in Pittsburgh. Judge Stephen McKeever, 81, said the suspension lasts until he returns and declared Mungo will not be traded.

New York van Mungo Brooklyn Dodgers Pittsburgh Stephen McKeever Mungo Dodgers Brooklyn Dodger McKeever

Mt Tabor Club Holds Meeting and Plans Rally

The Mt Tabor home demonstration club met with 24 attendees including guest Mrs Vivian Stewart of Birmingham. Demonstrations covered food and feed preservation and new pressure cooker use. officers remain with two new leaders Mrs Emma Mitchell and Mrs Estelle McKee. A club rally lunch plans and July picnic date were set amid a surprise shower for Mrs Holmy and her two week old son Freddy Ray.

Mt. Tabor George Holmes Vivian Stewart Birmingham Rowe Estelle Mitchell Louise McCutcheon Herman McKee Emma Mitchell Estelle McKee

Judge Orders Discipline for Mudge After Swelled Head Outburst

In a courtroom exchange the judge rejects leniency for Mudge, stating a $1,000 fine is the bank but insisting discipline to prove they mean business and curb his arrogance. The judge emphasizes a firm consequence to deter further misbehavior.

Mudge

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