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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1936
Page
2
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A dated menu lists breakfast items such as fresh apricots cereal and creamed chipped beef with graham muffins and coffee. Luncheon options include tuna salad toasted muffins and tea. Dinner features sweetbreads and bacon on brochette creamed noodles cucumber jelly salad and red raspberry shortcake with milk and coffee.
A vintage recipe describes muffins made from eggs sour milk butter sugar graham flour white flour baking powder and soda. Beat egg, mix with sugar salt and butter then combine with milks and flours. Bake in muffin tins at 375 degrees for ten to fifteen minutes.
New York June 20 steady close for selected industrials with many issues sidelined while steels motors and farm implements posted small gains. Transfers about 350000 shares. grains rose on drought signals and some department store and bonus spending notes influenced activity.
New York markets show steady stocks with industrials in the lead and a quiet recovery. Bonds are irregular and foreign exchanges mixed while commodities such as wheat and corn show gains amid a parched corn belt. cattle and hogs remain nominally steady.
In New Orleans on June 20 cotton futures closed very steady with net gains of 13 to 16 points. July contracts traded around 12.18 to 12.26, October near 11.55, December around 11.50, and May near 11.51 with varied quotes across months.
Cotton totals 17 000 bales with 10 000 American in sight. Prices rise with American strict and various grades listed. futures show steady to firm, July at 6.57 and October noted.
Chicago reports mixed potato trading with 58 cents on track 246 and total US shipments at 656. New stock remains steady while demand improves. Arkansas Bliss varieties show strong US No. 1 prices around 3.25 to 4.40 in fair to good condition. Oklahoma and Alabama listings follow with US No. 1 prices in the 3.25 to 3.40 range and notes of decay in lower grades.
Butter prices ease to 13 461, unchanged. Eggs remain unsettled with local extra firsts at 21 3 4 and 22 1 4. Fresh graded firsts local 21 1 4, cars 22. Current receipts around 21, storage packed extra 23, storage packed firsts 22.
Chicago livestock markets show steers and yearlings 25 40 higher with some up to 50 in late sales. Heifers rise 25 or more as fed offerings stay scarce. Cows dip early then close higher. bulls 25 lower. Vealers up 5 70, mids heavy to extreme top near 9.75. Lambs 15 25 lower. springers 25 50 down, yearlings scarce. Hogs limited supply, 250 300 lb butchers 10.00 20, top 10.40, holdovers about 500. Market uneven but active overall.
In Lincoln Nebraska June 20 7 a plan to stop Senator George W Norris from seeking re election emerged. Senator Arthur H Vandenberg announced he would campaign for Republican nominee former Congressman Robert G Simmons in Nebraska. President Roosevelt urged Nebraskans to keep Norris in the Senate despite his recent alignment with the New Deal.
After Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling, Harlem witnesses erupt over the loss as crowds surge toward the winner’s dressing room. Schmeling credits a tough, strategic bout while manager Joe Jacobs notes the plan and counterpunches that defined the fight.
In Pittsburgh on June 20 physicians attributed the deaths of Mrs. Catherine Weinbrenner, 75, and Richard McGowan, 54, to the excitement of listening to the Max Schmeling and Joe Louis boxing match. Both died of heart-related causes.
Robert Hunt Moore a telegraph operator from Memphis collapsed during the broadcast of the Schmeling Louis fight and died of a heart attack. The incident followed a tense broadcast as punches flew. Moore was reported dead last night.
In Detroit on June 20 the black community reels from the setback to Joe Louis and the double trouble at his home. His 65 year old stepfather Patrick Brooks lies gravely ill from a paralytic stroke hours after Joe’s knockout by Max Schmeling. Lonnie Louis remains philosophical noting the loss may spur Joe.
In Lubec Maine grief struck as parents prepared to bury 12 schoolchildren drowned when a 14 foot dinghy capsized on Lake Gardner during a picnic. Five of the 17 aboard escaped including the operator Calvin Lundin.
Dallas golfer Jack R. Munger led Freddie Haas Jr of New Orleans two up after nine holes in the Southern Amateur Championship in Memphis. Haas showed trouble with approaches and appeared nervous around the greens as Munger played slowly and measured his shots.
The report shows 15-25 higher in some categories with medium grade light weights up more in instances and sows advancing to unevenly higher prices reflecting variable demand and supply dynamics.
House stays in session while Senate wrangles late into the night over a compromise tax bill. The measure imposes a graduated rate from 7 to 27 percent on earnings not distributed to stockholders. Chairman Doughton defends the bill amid broad opposition and a 211 to 76 party split, then sending it to the Senate.
Representative Marion A. Zioncheck of Washington State planned to contest the District of Columbia authorities bid to confine him as dangerously insane. Relatives will hire counsel to represent him before a jury at a June 26 hearing on his mental condition.
Weekly Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus appearance to the disciples after the crucifixion and resurrection. It emphasizes the spiritual truth of the suffering, death, and gospel of repentance, the great commission, and the promise of power from on high guiding believers.
Police detain Joseph Huneault and a woman after eight Montreal children are stabbed with a hypodermic needle. Carmen Choquette, 10, and others report being struck. suspects deny involvement as officers question them.
Governor Bibb Graves of Alabama finished talks in Washington with federal project officials and planned a meeting with Secretary Perkins over state troubles. He said the Alabama conferences were satisfactory but offered no firm announcements. Graves carried a report on the Dalrymple beating in Gadsden and hinted at a possible statement later.
Decatur competitors reached the semi finals in both singles and doubles at the Colbert county district junior tournament held this week on TVA National Park courts. Crad Pettey fell in the singles semi finals to Frank Morrow of Tuscumbia 6 3 6 4, with Morrow winning the finals. Doubles saw William Eyster Jr and Julian Bibb Jr exit in the semi finals to Red Nunn and Joe White of Madison county. John D Sharpe and Pred Gary of Colbert county claimed the doubles title. Six counties competed as WPA backed the event with school TVA officials and Kiwanis clubs aiding the tournament.
A married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Caseel Elliott, dangled from sixth floor window ledges in Norton Virginia as flames trapped them. Firemen from the fifth floor windows pulled them inside to safety while other occupants escaped via stairs.
The Tennessee Valley Authority appraisal of more than $35,000 for 600 acres owned by Le Roy McEntire was increased by $1,200 after a commission hearing. T. C. Almon represented McEntire. 540 acres lie in Limestone County and 60 in Morgan County.
The theory of a triple murder gains support in the garroting of Mrs. Feely and her two young children. Martin Feely, University of Pittsburgh instructor, remains the husband and central figure, while Robert W. Buckley, Mrs. Feely’s brother, disputes police conclusions that she killed herself and the children.
Washington analysis notes the 1936 race centers on candidate personas rather than platforms. Landon portrays a homely, self-made Kansas man appealing to farmers and small towns, while Roosevelt is praised for charm and direct masses outreach. The piece warns New Dealers must tactically frame these traits to win votes.
Decatur notes William Dennis will leave Saturday for Camp Westmoreland to serve as a counselor. J T Flagg of Florence eager for the Tennessee Vesley Horse Show June 26. TVA official Lawrence Fly intends to attend if possible. Local hospital reports Sam Frank improving after surgery while Dr Greer is seriously ill. Various residents travel to Tennessee, Kentucky and Texas for visits and events. Congressman Thomas S McMillan wins re election with no opposition and joins Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Budapest. Police seek a suspect who stole $104 from Bank Street Service Station. Three cases heard in police court: fighting, drunken driving, and disorderly conduct.
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