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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
1
Decatur merchants signed agreements to enter the trade concentration campaign for another year after a Kiwanis sponsored round table. Discussion covered improvements to boost trade volume, with families now allowed to participate and Kiwanis members more integrated into the effort.
The House approved the revised conference report eliminating the debenture provision. The measure now heads to the Senate for swift action, with expectations it could reach the White House tonight if the Senate concurs.
Reports say the French trans Atlantic monoplane Yellow Bird was about 200 miles off the Portuguese coast en route to Paris with fuel stop planned in Portugal. Wireless messages from the Cunard Laconia and French Rochambeau indicated the craft fared well on its U S to France air route and fuel concerns were being reassessed.
J. E. Garrett will take active charge at the new Alabama Hosiery Mills plant on Sixth avenue south. Construction of the mill building is near completion and first machinery shipments are due by month end. Operation may begin by mid July after about a month for machine installation.
Birmingham was named the 1930 convention city and Miss Lida Lamar Staples of Anniston was chosen president at the Alabama division Children of the Confederacy closing meeting. Other new officers include Miss Lillie Castleberry Livingston first vice president Miss Ludie McKay Livingston second vice president and Miss Alma White Birmingham recording secretary.
A 20 year old, Alice Davis, daughter of Dwight F. Davis, will accompany the ailing Mrs. Davis to the Philippines to act as First Lady. She brings hostess duties and diplomatic poise from Washington, aided by cousin Miss Aleta Davis and one maid, while Mrs. Davis stays behind.
Birmingham experiences one of the year’s heaviest rainfalls with high winds and lightning. The storm floods parts of the uptown area reaching several feet, disables drainage and knocks out about 1,000 telephones. Streetcar service ceases in several suburbs.
A County Farm visit by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union drew inmates and staff to a veranda gathering. Mrs. M F Black spoke on the Flower Mission, Miss Ellen Grendyke led scripture, Rev J R Turner gave a prayer, and testimonies followed. The group sang What a friend we have in Jesus as flowers and edibles were handed out, bringing cheer to residents.
Three bags of rice and fat chickens were found abandoned in an alley behind a West Church Street home. An owner can claim the fowls by applying at 603 West Church Street. The notice appears in The Daily today as a method to locate owners of lost, strayed or stolen poultry.
The final report on winter night schools was prepared by faculty members and will be transmitted by Prof. W. W. Benson, head of the local school system, to the state department of education subscribed to the organization of these night classes.
John D. Dover formerly of Atlanta Georgia has accepted a salesman position with the Forbes Piano Company at the Decatur agency.
Henry Colin Campbell, 61, a former high‑earning advertising man and bigamist, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the torch slaying of his mail order bride Mrs Mildred Mowry. His wife Rosalie swooned as he faced the judge’s verdict and looming execution in July.
Manager O Bry an of the Southern Bell Telephone company and his assistants are conducting a drive here for more telephone subscribers. He estimates there are several hundred homes and business establishments in the city that should be equipped with telephones but are not subscribers.
Camp cook Dave Williams, known to hundreds of local youngsters as the Ki Y camp cook, has returned to his duties. He resumed work on Wednesday, bringing relief and happiness to the campers after his hiatus.
The next Masonic instruction school is scheduled for the second Tuesday in August. W. R. McCluskey, lecturer, announced the session will run three days at the Mt. Zion school.
Friends regret to learn that W C Mainard is still very ill at his Moulton street home with paralysis. The respected resident remains confined indoors as his condition fails to improve.
Chicago city council adjusts bathing ordinance after a committee debate led by Aldermen Rowan Crowe and the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club. New suits must meet modest length standards with bloomers or jersey knit skirts and four inch knee clearance.
Eva Cofer, a 21 year old Tennessee mountain girl, was acquitted by a circuit court jury in Chattanooga after killing Lee Atchley in Georgetown store. Spectators surged to congratulate her though officers kept order as she sobbed briefly in relatives arms. The defense said she acted to defend her honor and the courtroom crowd was hushed when verdict came.
J F Rothermel Birmingham newspaper man spoke at the annual writers conclave at Alabama College for Women Montevallo Alabama praising Alabama progress in literature with Chicago as the only possible rival. He predicted Alabama authors may be cited by future generations as real literature as the conclave closes today with remaining business to be disposed of.
C J Randolph secretary reports the Ki Y camp is the best in the series of annual YMCA camps. Weather has been ideal and first week’s work shows very encouraging results, indicating a highly successful season for the camp this year.
After two weeks of civil hearings, Morgan County circuit court will begin the criminal docket next Monday morning. Judge W. W. Callahan presides. sessions start at nine o'clock Monday and 8:30 a.m. on subsequent mornings with several serious cases slated for disposal.
L. R. Jacks, owner of the L. R. Jacks automobile top and awning business, is able to be out again following an operation to remove his right eye after a steel fragment pierced the eye and caused infection.
Prepared field at Le Bourget, France, on June 14 as a crowd gathers to greet the Yellow Birds. Police and guards brace for a planned arrival, with the 34th regiment of aviation and extra forces assigned to guard the field this evening.
Sheriff B. E. Davis of Morgan county says conditions are very quiet with few law violation reports in recent weeks after inquiries from newspaper men. The sheriff’s force has seen minimal activity and maintains vigilance despite the lull in incidents.
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