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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1937

Page

2

Tax assessors study homestead exemption issues in North Alabama

General A. A. Carmi asked to give opinions on home exemption clauses. John M. Maxwell Morgan County tax assessor called the meeting. Roy Johnson Jefferson County was named chairman. Committee members include Herman Longshore and J. W. Rutland. No single rule clears up who qualifies when ownership is shared. The group aims to question the attorney general for guidance and plans to attract neighboring counties to a July meeting in Kee. Alvin Richards hosted lunch at the Lyon hotel.

A. A. Carmi North Alabama John M. Maxwell Morgan County Roy Johnson Jefferson County Ellis Burns Cullman County Johnson Maxwell Herman Longshore Lauderdale J. W. Rutland Colbert Longshore Keee Decatur Alvin Richards Lyong Hotel

Property cleanup outlined for city blocks near Moulton street

The report notes overgrown weeds on blocks north of Moulton street from sixth to ninth avenues with stagnant pools and damp ground. Ditches and grassy fields require spraying and cutting, especially along 9th avenue and around the Silk Mill. Malone baseball park also demands weed cutting.

Moulton Street Sixth Ninth Avenues 9Th Avenue Second Street Moulton Street Bridge Malone

Market Quotation Highlights Mixed Swing on June 21

New York markets opened with gloom from strikes but rebounded as wheat surged and steel shares climbed. Republic Steel says plants will restart tomorrow while several blue chips lagged. Wheat hit the five cent limit on bad weather. corn strong and currencies mixed. Butter and eggs in Chicago wholesale quotes show mixed, steady to mixed trends across grades.

New York Republic Steel Corp Blum Deni Chespeake & Ohio Santa Fe New York Central Pennsylvania Northern Pacific France

Poultry Market Report From Chicago Prices

Poultry live stock listings show a range of weights and breeds with prices. Hens over 5 pounds at 17 1 2 cents, leghorn hens 12, fryers colored 17, Plymouth and white rock 18, barebacks 16, springs colored 19, Plymouth rock 21, white barebacks 17. Turkeys at 4 wwe? ene, white and colored 4 1 2 lbs, small 10. Geese 9.

Chicago Plymouth White Rock Plymouth Rock

Potatoes and Stocks Report From Chicago Market

U S Dept of Agriculture notes potatoes at 176 on track 343 total 0 8 shipments show 1070 Saturday 56 Sunday. California and North Carolina stocks firm others steady supplies light demand slow. Washington Russet Burbanks large grade two dollars per unit.

Chicago U. S

Markets At A Glance From New York And Chicago

Market report notes June 21 with New York stocks down steels weak most of day. Bonds eased slightly, curb trading light. Foreign exchange mixed with sterling firm and franc easy. Cotton steady while sugar faces uncertainty. Coffee improves as Brazilian markets hold. Chicago wheat strong on rust damage, corn higher, grainfed cattle strong, hogs up to 11.65.

New York Wall Street Chicago

Cotton futures steady with small gains in New Orleans

Cotton futures in New Orleans on June 21 show a slight net advance of 8 to 10 points. July opens at 11.83 and closes near 11.97 with highs to 12.02, while Oct, Dec, Jan, Mar, and May contracts trade up to about 12.81 at the front and end of sessions.

N. C New Orleans

Liverpool cotton prices and futures slide in quiet market

Liverpool reports no receipts with spot cotton easing 11 points and quotes for American grades across the board. Futures closed firm with July at 6.76, October 6.79, December 6.76, January 6.77, and March 6.79.

Liverpool

Cattle and hog prices rise in USDA market report

Chicago market data show hogs at 13 000 head with direct sales 6 000 and top 11.65 while lightweights 205-300 lb trade up. Cattle and calves total 20 000 with grain fed steers and heifers strong to 25 higher and weighty steers topping near 14.75 with mixes around 13.50-14.50.

Chicago U. S. Dept

Livestock Market Report With Mixed Prices Across Classes

Yearlings cost 13.75 and 12.90 for Helfer and yearlings respectively while bulls remain steady. Best sausage offerings 7.15, vealers weak with mostly 9.50 down and few selects at 10.00. Stocker and feeder cattle, southwestern bred calves and yearlings, strong and active. Sheep total 8 000 with 4 500 direct, generally steady. spring lambs 12.25 to city buyers and packers 12.00 down, yearlings 7.50-9.50, slaughter ewes 2.50-4.50. Idaho spring lambs and fed Californias unsold.

Idaho

Abductor Charged in McGinnis Case Faces Death Sentence

Hansford Million, 18, accused of abducting George W. McGinnis the Twin Falls Idaho veterinarian. McGinnis was taken in Utah by two youths, driven into Wyoming, bound in his car, then left in a canyon. If convicted under Lindbergh law, Million faces possible death. trial to be held in Utah.

George W. McGinnis Twin Falls Idaho Hansford ‘Million Cheyenne Laramie Wyo McGinnis Utah Wyoming Million Central Press

Steel strike turmoil shadows Ohio Pennsylvania mediation

In Warren Ohio Judge grants Republic Steel a restraint on strike pickets amid a sweeping steel labor standoff. Gov George Earle enforces martial law in Bethlehem Works while C I O mediators meet with heads of Sheet and Tube Republic Bethlehem Inland Steel in Cleveland.

Warren Ohio Lynn Griffith Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Republic Steel Johnstown Great Cambria Bethlehem Steel George H. Earle Pennsylvania Federal Mediation Board Cleveland C. I. O. Chieftains Sheet and Tube Republic Bethlehem Inland Steel Company Charles P. Taft Lloyd K. Garrison University of Wisconsin Edward F. McGrady Youngstown Sheet and Tube Mahoning Valley Purnell Youngstown Campbell Struthers Hubbard Ralph E. Elser Ray L. Thomas Thomas Martin L. Davey Earle Davey Lewis Lee Pressman John O David McDonald Steel Workers Organizing Committee van A. Bittner Swoc Chicago Elser

Decatur Diary Reports Local Social and Civic Updates

Decatur community notes a 7 30 p m meeting of Rising Sun Lodge A F and A M pres ent. Kiwanis attendance second in Alabama for May. numerous visits from Hartselle Nashville and Cullman residents. church revivals and social visits across Decatur. several town residents travel and return from trips. injuries and baptist revival details. local business and court activity include a busy police docket and ambulance transfers.

Decatur Kiwanis Club Alabama Decatur Ozark Club

Revival Ends with Baptism at Local Church

A northern revival closes after a morning sermon by Rev. C. L. Dobbs and a Sunday night discourse by visiting Rev. Smith from Hartselle on The Church of Jesus Christ. An impressive baptismal service followed, with choir music led by W. R. Wallace. Rev. Smith argued the church existed before Pentecost, defined Baptism as an ordinance, and urged believers to follow Christ in baptism. The revival concluded with Rev. Cobbs officiating the baptismal ceremony.

C. L. Dobbs Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Smith Hartselle Church of Jesus Christ W. R. Wallace God Jerusalem Rev. Smith Christ Jesus Cobbs

Alabama Rainbow veterans elect state president

Veterans in Montgomery Alabama adjourned their annual convention after choosing Myles Simpson of Birmingham as state president.

Montgomery Ala Alabama Rainbow Division Myles Simpson Birmingham

Police aid man with iron lung on train to hospital

Chicago June 21 A police detail prepared to rush Frederick B Snite Jr to a hospital as his iron lung observation car reaches the city tomorrow morning At Billings Memorial Hospital nurses are ready to transfer him from train to ambulance for treatment Former Notre Dame University student Snite is the patient

Chicago Frederick B. Snite,Jr Billings Memorial Hospital Notre Dame University

Wanted energetic man to take over established proposition

Small classified notice seeks an energetic man to assume an established industrial and ordinary proposition with salary and commission. Address Box 72 at The Daily. Also a sale notice lists 217 East Moulton and J No. Incumbrances for Mrs A B Lampkin at 609 Canal Street.

E. Moulton &J. No B. Lampkin Canal St

Cardui Promises Relief for Many Women

Many women report Cardui eases monthly suffering including cramps and nagging pains. The remedy claims to strengthen the whole system and improve strength from food, with home use guidance and availability at drug stores.

Cardui

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