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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1922
Page
1
The Shoals Choral Club plans its first concert at the Tabernacle on June 27 at 8 00 PM under Stevens Allsopp Birmingham director The 50 member group promises mixed choruses male quartets duets and solos with a goal to uplift and entertain the Twin Cities community and draw crowds to local venues.
Shop crafts idle for an hour in Albany after plans to present Evangelist George Tucker a free will offering. The crowd at the gates grew large as pastors joined workers to hear the sermon and witness the purse presentation totaling about 575 dollars with extra minutes added.
Conference date set for talks between railroad workers and miners as John L. Lewis signals miners’ willingness to aid. Big Four resist commitment while coal miners expect to join morally and financially. AF of L changes next convention date due to heat.
Judge W. T. Lowe is confined to bed after an ankle bruise caused by a sharp stick during Tabernacle services. Doctors say an antiseptic pack was applied and the infection is checked. He remains resting comfortably and hopeful recovery follows.
An authoritative source says Lenin has had a second stroke and undergone spinal surgery. Specialists discuss a potential brain operation as thousands are encamped near a villa outside Moscow. No large uprising is believed likely if Lenin dies.
A heavy rain swept Cullman County reaching Lacon and aiding crop growth. Farmers report uninterrupted work conditions, quick grass kill, planting on bottom lands, and unusually cured hay. A forecast shower in the Twit-Cities would ease heat and benefit gardens and area soils.
Fragmentary weather note suggests generally fair conditions with potential showers on some days. Mentions uncertain locale Aisbaina and general forecast tone without clear dates or specifics.
Four black men were arrested and detained after a deputy-led drag net chased suspects for a white man named Henderson found fatally beaten near Lacy's Springs. The prisoners are John Bell, Lacy Davis, Percy Patton, and Henry Love alias Henry Sheepskin. Two fugitives still at large sparked neighborhood alarm as authorities pursue justice.
The Alabama Supreme Court convicted Republican probate judge John Curtis of Winston County of corruption in office and removed him at 11 30 today. All justices voted for conviction and he will be disbarred from another office during his term. Governor Kilby to name a successor next week.
Hamburg officials report the Brazilian Lloyd liner Avaro capsized while towed to its dock on Friday afternoon. At least 50 persons were killed and a large portion of the crew trapped. A water report suggests the injured may exceed 100.
Birmingham Alabama late yesterday Solicitor Tate said no date was set for the hearing on charges against city officials. McLendon and Commissioners Cloe and Dickson are named in the Jefferson County grand jury report. Immediate hearing is not expected, officials indicated.
Charlotte police chief Walter B. Orr says the grand jury urged action against an unnamed man for alleged assault on former officer Walter Cuthbertson and for using profane language in public. Orr calls the move a political act tied to the Ku Klux Klan.
Mrs Ford follows her husband to the street as a strange machine arrives. The couple draws attention and fears vanish as neighbors flock to see the horseless carriage. Country folk compare the duo to a circus while the vehicle is kept in the barn awaiting more rides.
Washington June 17 Henry Ford seems close to gaining Muscle Shoals as the House committee backs accepting Ford's offer and a broad majority supports the Ford bill. The steering committee stalls on ordering both the Ford and ship subsidy bills forward amid White House hesitation while Norris says no decision on Muscle Shoals can come this year.
Two masked bandits stopped a Pittsburg flyer between Monessen and Webster Pa, robbed the express car of papers and valuables, overpowered the express messenger and baggage master, then fled in a waiting automobile. Loot value not yet released. railroad company to issue statement later.
Charlie Malone Jr. acquires the gas and oil operations once run by Malone Coal Grain and Motor Co on Second Avenue. The service station and oil tanks will stay at the same location as the predecessor firm.
Alabama produce moves north in large quantities with trains carrying 28 to 31 cars of Irish potatoes, three banana cars, coal cars, and one oil car. From neighboring states shipments pass daily, while South Alabama marketing trials promise to add earnings for farmers this season.
Chicago police captured the five men accused of kidnapping William Kehoe president of the Westside Motor Camp late yesterday. They were reported to have been in a field on the city outskirts at the time of the attempted flogging.
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