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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1932
Page
1
The piece outlines driver behavior to reduce risk, noting Alabama lacks a licensing system and urging safer practices. It cites techniques for slippery roads, braking, skidding, and blowouts, advising wheel control, gear use, and cautious braking while stressing caution as wisdom.
In Chicago caucus the Alabama delegation split on the two thirds rule with 16 for retention and six and a half against. Delegates holding one and a half votes did not ballot. State will split its vote on the convention floor.
Hundreds gathered at Cornelian Court apartments as 74 year old W R Smith fell ill Sunday afternoon. His condition remains critical with little change since admission, and friends hope for word of encouragement today.
J Brown a 90 year old Morgan County Georgia born Confederate veteran died Sunday at 11 am at his daughter Mrs D L Ryan Prospect Drive. Survived by seven children fifty five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services at Vernon Monday at 2 pm with pallbearers named by deceased's family.
E. T. Sheppard will be removed to his Johnston street home this afternoon after undergoing an appendicitis operation. He is reported progressing well.
On Sunday morning at St Johns Episcopal Church the soloist was Elizatsth Malone with Mrs EE Graves presiding at the organ.
Alabama’s Rep Almon argues for the soldiers' adjusted service certificates, urging cash payment of the World War bonus. He cites $2.4 billion in added circulation and compares dollar value to 1919 and 1926 levels, while detailing Alabama county payouts and the broader economic relief expected.
Dr J N Baker reported in Morgan County today on a budget shift. The Board of Revenue approved $200 monthly support for Benevolent Hospital’s charity work and reduced the county health department appropriation by the same amount.
Speaker Garner took personal charge of talks between the house and senate on the $2.3 billion unemployment relief measure. He addressed conferees, limiting remarks to emergency relief funds and widening the Reconstruction Finance Corp borrowing powers for construction loans.
Manager Foster, handling Jackie Ausborne, announced on arrival that Ausborne will enter the Southern lightweight tournament in Savannah Georgia on July 7. His first opponent is Patsy McCraw.
The sheriff reported a quiet weekend as officers prepared to catch up after a week spent at circuit court sessions.
An Alabama highway department inspector led a tour from the north into several counties to evaluate a site for a convict road camp. Officials indicated land could be provided at little or no cost as the project aims to improve road maintenance statewide.
In Flemington New Jersey on June 27 the prosecution won its first engagement in the John Curtis trial. Judge Abram Robbins denied a defense motion to remove special assistant prosecutor Harry Stout who had prior access to defense strategy. The session included motions to dismiss the indictment and to compel a bill of particulars.
Will McDonald is sentenced to not less than two years and six months nor more than three years for arson. The charge stems from the alleged burning of a structure in the Priceville area several weeks ago.
Officers report a calm weekend with minimal happenings in county police circles and police court, noting few incidents or cases over the period.
F O Keller of Morgan County Strawberry & Produce Assoc says some growers netted up to 150 dollars per acre on a half crop, with nearly 8000 dollars from shipments to eastern markets. He notes losses from March freezes, cultivation gaps, and late ripening, but praises improved daily car loading for next season.
Attorneys for Fulton Phillips announce an appeal of the grand larceny conviction. He faces a state penitentiary sentence of not less than two years nor more than three years, with no suspended sentence.
Mrs. M. Guyton, superintendent at Benevolent Hospital, is expected to reach here Friday after a vacation trip.
Henry Lewis, a Black man, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for the fatal shooting of Elise Whitfield on the porch of the Lewis home on East Wilson Avenue. The jury returned the verdict after the incident occurred several days earlier, resulting in Whitfield's immediate death from a neck wound.
Bon Kennebrew, a Black defendant, was tried for burglary and received six months at hard labor in Morgan County. An extra 52 day sentence was added to cover court costs.
The Decatur Rotary club held its weekly meeting at the Country Club with an interesting program announced for attendees.
Operatives will take two weeks of vacation starting July 1 and ending July 15. During the hiatus, minor repairs will be completed as the plant undergoes maintenance resulting from continuous operations.
The sweltering weekend spurred travel to beaches pools and rivers as accidental deaths rose to 14 nationwide. Three were killed by autos one by gunfire one by electrocution and one by lightning with Mississippi Alabama Georgia and other states reporting fatalities. George Marshall of Marion drowned after being washed over a dam during a Cahaba river swimming party near Birmingham.
A revival campaign at Southside Baptist Church will begin July 25 and run about ten days. Dr. H B Woodward pastor of Six Nine notes the schedule is not fixed yet but meetings likely will be held twice during the campaign.
Senator Alben W. Barkley denounces Hoover policy in Chicago, pushes Democrats to lift agricultural burden and curb Republican rule. He accuses the 12 years of Republican governance of mismanaging the nation, calling for major reforms to revive democracy and economy.
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