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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
5
A detailed 1940s style kitchen guide presents a ham mousse and jellied meats menu designed to serve twenty. It covers beef broth preparation, gelatin setting, cream sauce, mold decoration with truffles and vegetables, and a full day plan from breakfast to dinner with salads and cold service.
Washington reports Governor Alf M. Landon warns of forces alien to American government seeking to destroy the country. He praises teachers in a telegram to Mrs. Eleanor Gridley and notes a looming drive to raise a 3 million dollar campaign fund with 1 certificates shares in campaign stock.
William Mitch, president of the Alabama State Federation of Labor, was named to lead the campaign in the southern states for industrial unionization of steel workers. Philip Murray announced the nationwide effort under John L. Lewis plans.
The appointment centers on opening Mitch's headquarters in Birmingham. Details indicate strategic placement for operations and outreach in the city and region. Further information on leadership and timeline was not provided in the fragment.
Arthur Gooch, 27, convicted kidnapper of two Texas officers, was executed at McAlister Oklahoma state prison when the first federal Lindbergh act kidnapping death sentence was carried out. The hanging occurred at 5 06 am before a crowd of about 360 including eight women. Gooch’s death cell farewell to his six year old son urged him to avoid trouble. He abducted Paris Texas officers R N Baker and H R Marks and brought them to Oklahoma. Roosevelt declined to intervene.
A phrase from the record suggests an aim to render nugatory a law that was carefully considered by the congress. The wording implies an effort to undermine or void the statute through legal challenge or interpretation.
The excursion steamer Tashmoo struck a rock half a mile from the Detroit river channel on a moonlight cruise and sank in 18 feet of water at Amberaburg Ontario. The 306 foot vessel carried 1,400 passengers who remained calm as crews attempted to save her. Coast guard and Amherstburg tugboats towed the ship to the dock where it settled to the bottom after most passengers disembarked. The White Star Steamship Company owned Tashmoo. it may return to service before season's end.
Alabama cotton ginners at their annual convention in Birmingham vote in favor of soil conservation as a main southern goal. They oppose the Toomer act taxing cotton ginning, with J. T. Martin noting funds would go to the Auburn extension service, not soil conservation.
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