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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
2
A long courtroom scene centers on Bis Beauty describing the shooting as her father’s defense unfolds. Local clergy, hospital transfers, and community notices fill a busy Decatur day with appointments, visits, and civic events.
The region logged scattered heavy showers over the weekend. Montgomery power services were briefly disrupted but overall damage remained minor with rainfall totals across cities from .01 inches to 3.48 inches at Miller's Ferry in Wilcox County.
Crowded courtroom hears self defense claim after a gunfight following an arrest related to a Black worker. 19 year old LSU student’s father and she describe a confrontation with Harrington who fired during the dispute. State says Harrington did not shoot. deputy notes five rounds from Vance’s public safety item and no bullet from Harrington’s weapon.
The market edged higher with steel shares in the lead and most sectors advancing modestly. By mid-session gains broadened before profit selling trimmed the advance, highlighting buying in carrier shares and optimism over wage- rate rulings. Notable movers included Santa Fe, New York Central, Southern Pacific, Great Northern preferred, and Baltimore & Ohio.
Rev Mervin Roselle of Minneapolis Minn will address Central Baptist church this evening at 7 45. He represents Northwestern Bible School and will perform vocal and instrumental music after a southern state preaching tour.
Olive Everett, 11, identified a photograph of a man later linked to the park encounter. A local named “Kenny” Anderson, 7, described rope tying lessons. A 500-strong search found four Boy Scouts assisting, locating the victims in a 40-foot Baldwin Hills ravine with ropes around their throats and shoes neatly lined nearby.
Maude Estelle Ward aged 3 died at 6 20 this morning at the Hartselle route 3 home after a several day illness of colitis. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hobson Ward who are seriously ill. Funeral services will be held at Gum Springs at 2 pm Wednesday with Rev J H Chitwood. Burial by Drinkard Howell of Hartselle. Surviving are the parents two brothers Harold and Hobson Ward Jr two sisters Laverne and Mary Nell.
Funeral services were held in Athens this afternoon at 3 for Mrs Earl Wilson who died at her home there at 7 Monday morning. Mrs Wilson was widely known and her death caused widespread sorrow.
Officers reported at the quarterly conference Sunday night that Memorial Drive Methodist Church showed splendid growth and encouraging progress during the period.
Rev F L Aldridge pastor of Memorial Drive Methodist church will address the Rotary Club of Hartselle at the Wednesday noon meeting. His topic will be Attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wardlow of 903 Beach Street, Decatur, observed their forty second wedding anniversary. Relatives and friends including Rev. W. L. Spearman and several Wardlow and Osburn family members visited to offer congratulations.
Futures closed steady with mixed readings across middling grades and strict lines. July contracts at 6.76, October 6.82, December 6.81, January 681, March 6.83, May 6.85.
Poultry prices steady across multiple classes with hens, roosters, turkeys, ducks and geese listed. Butter and eggs also firm with overall prices unchanged. fresh graded firsts and storage packed grades appear in current receipts and car listings.
Major blast unit closures at Cambria mills threaten two week shutdown as hundreds of state police seal roads. Warrants name Hall of the CIO for alleged destruction plots including bridges and mills. Back to work drive gains tempo in Mahoning valley and Calumet area amid indictments and arrests.
Mrs. W. B. Booth of Athens remains critically ill at Benevolent Hospital in Decatur following the birth of a son three weeks ago. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Lawson of Athens.
The Alabama Supreme Court issued several rulings including writ denials and overruled appeals. Notable actions include ex parte Homer Newton certiorari denial and mandamus petition overruled, along with multiple extended opinions and overruled appeals from circuit courts in Jefferson Walker Etowah Calhoun and other counties. Athens connection noted with Dr and Mrs Booth in Hart selle context.
New York stocks rise modestly with gains in steel and rail shares. Bonds mix with U S government issues improving. In commodities oil and related ties rebound while foreign exchange remains near unchanged. Cotton futures in New Orleans close steady with July at 12 11 13 and other months near 12 26 to 12 38.
Liverpool on June 29 reports 4 000 bales traded including 100 American with moderate activity and prices down six points. Quotations show American strict good middling around 7.76 and good near that level.
U S Department of Agriculture notes mixed potato prices with Southern Cobblers steady and overall supplies liberal while demand slows. Hog prices fall 10-15 below Monday’s average. top at 11.90 and most hogs 11.25-11.85. Cattle and calves show strong grain fed demand, with steers up to 15.75 and yearlings around 12-13, baby beef leading gains. sheep near steady to lower with spring lambs around 11.50 and ewes 3.00-4.50.
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