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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1931
Page
1
Report on the opening of the Bee Line highway south of here with rapid paving and early access for travelers. Also notes attending memorial services for Captain Joe Gibson in Decatur and local plans involving Mrs Greenlaw and the Christian Endeavor Society programs at Westminster Church.
A new watermelon shipping rate will become effective after printer completion. Louisville and Nash railroad officials announced a rate of 10 1 2 cents per hundred, about one third lower than the old tariff.
The annual church school picnic of St. John's church will be held Wednesday at 3 30 p m on the Rufal plantation of Gilbert in Limestone county. Cars leave Parish house at 3 30 p m and all having cars are urged to be on hand at 3 15 p m. Four members of the church are urged to attend with their families.
Enroute with President Hoover an Associated Press report details a three day midwest swing to gather support for a possible second term. The itinerary includes Indianapolis tonight, a Marion dedication for Warren G. Harding, a Columbus G A R review, and a Springf field Lincoln tomb rededication.
Thomas F Woodruff aged 52 painter and carpenter of Moulton Heights died Sunday at 12 40 at home after ill health. Funeral from his residence Tuesday at 4 15 with services 4 30 at Moulton Heights church Rev Stedham officiating. Interment Stockton cemetery Brown directing. Survived by wife four sons J T Jackson Wilson T F Jr a daughter Bessie two brothers W P and Jackson two sisters Mrs Virgil Cowan and Mrs Sally Thomas Pallbearers listed.
P W D Gordon received the heaviest traffic fine in the Birmingham recorder's court. He was sentenced to six months in jail, a $100 fine, and suspended driving for six months in three counts for causing three accidents in one night that damaged four automobiles. He denied the charges and appealed.
W T Speer trapped a seven foot coach whip in the Cullman woods and kept it alive but later killed the reptile. He now plans to use the snake’s skin for unspecified purposes.
The fiftieth anniversary celebration will be held at the annual convention here next year. The Alabama Pharmaceutical Association was organized here in 1882 and preliminary plans were outlined at the current year’s Montgomery meeting.
The diary of Starr Faithfull is described as the sole clue in a puzzling death case that has drawn attention from authorities in two nations. The piece notes the diary as central evidence and references a writer known for Dear Diary work from Central Press.
The battleship Wyoming reported towing the arctic submarine Nautilus at five knots east of northeast from a mid Atlantic position after a diesel engine stalled. Wyoming and Arkansas have stood by the disabled sub since Sunday as Sir Hubert Wilkins reported the engine failure and a tow to Queenstown, about 800 miles away.
Singers invited to journey to Cullman Thursday night to help organize a community sing there and perfect an organization similar to the one in the hometown event.
Talladega county voters may cast ballots for a tax collector in obsolete ballot boxes kept in Washington for an Alabama senatorial investigation. The county Democratic executive committee will set a date to elect a successor to the late E. T. Castleberry.
Birmingham, June 15. The Mothers Bible class at Rahama Baptist church posted records on an oak panel once used in a saloon. A class member recalls the board “served the devil and is now serving the Lord.” The panel, carved in Italy 25 years ago, came from fixtures at First Avenue and Twentieth Street saloon.
The murdered Starr Faithfull kept a diary detailing four years of suitors social life and travels. Authorities say the diary may identify her slayer as the district attorney probes her associations with politicians and notable figures in three states and abroad.
Announcement in this paper notes the opening of the First National Institute of Violin in Decatur. It claims the largest violin school with over two hundred branch studios in twenty seven states and more than 75 000 students. Mrs Georgette Wyatt will teach. J H Stovall is local manager with aides preparing to organize classes immediately.
Memorial service honored America’s fallen soldiers under the American Legion at the city cemetery. Rev. A H Nabors of Central Methodist Church delivered the principal address urging continued devotion to the soldiers’ ideals. Athens military company fired a salute.
Charles Turner an 18 year old Louisville jockey was seriously injured after a collision at Washington Park. His horse Bob s Luck was killed and Turner suffered multiple broken ribs with a punctured lung. The other horse Machete and rider escaped unharmed.
The weather bureau reported a drought worse than last year across Wisconsin to the Pacific Northwest. Wheat and crops are often unrecoverable with little rain expected. Western North Dakota and eastern Montana, plus Washington, face serious conditions while spring wheat is at its poorest on record. the South remains dry but manageable for now.
Madrid June 15 Cardinal Pedro Segura y Saenz Catholic primate of Spain was deported this day by the republican government. Guarded by police he left Guadalajara in a government automobile for the French frontier under orders to leave Spain. Mob violence against the clergy accompanied the departure.
A Decatur charity store on Lee Street was entered early Saturday. Nothing appears stolen though cigarettes were the apparent target. A cigarette advertising display remained in the window, supporting the cigarette theory.
Thirty five Presbyterian orphanage youngsters without gear fished with bare hands in a muddy pond. They pulled out 1633 small bream trout and perch over three days to cover 115 charges, but a large catfish allegedly got away.
Middling cotton was quoted here today at seven and one quarter cents per pound, reflecting market conditions for fiber sales and local trading activity.
New York June 15. Cotton futures held steady with July at 8.44 and further contracts shown as October 9.06, December 9.17, January 9.37, May 9.56. Market activity remained subdued as traders awaited clearer guidance.
A copperhead killed on a sidewalk near Westminster Presbyterian church sparked a hunt for the rest of the reptile family. Neighbors, led by Mr Bitderlich, fear more snakes in the area after a child narrowly escaped.
County agents from 38 counties report drought harming crops and pastures across Alabama. Cotton shows poor stands due to cool spring, boll weevils threaten 16 counties, with South Alabama worst affected. A good rain could revive early corn, pastures, truck crops, and bean and pea plantings delayed by drought.
The article lists major ship sinkings from 1912 to 1928 including the Titanic Empress of Ireland and Principessa Mafalda, noting deaths from each tragedy and a later ship foundering off Virginia Capes with 110 fatalities. It references Nazaire France and Porto Seguro Brazil among the disaster sites.
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