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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1933
Page
1
Stores report bigger trade as deposits outpace payments. Secretary Woodin announced new currency available for state banks through openings continuing tomorrow and the rest of the week, pending state and federal authorization.
The Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank said licenses were issued Monday night allowing 57 Southern banks to resume normal operations Tuesday. Additional licenses were noted for Anniston banks and for Birmingham Dothan Mobile and Montgomery institutions including First National Bank and related banks.
Herbert Haynes of Route 2 Decatur underwent an appendectomy and abscess removal at Benevolent Hospital. He is reported resting well and friends hope he will soon resume normal pursuits.
Morgan county board of revenue met Monday in regular monthly session at the county courthouse. Only routine matters were up for discussion, no business of unusual import came before the board.
Archie Hill of the Hill C Chevrolet Company was in Birmingham yesterday for a business mission.
An Ahualco theater fire started by a high tension wire during a motion picture caused a fatal stampede. Forty one died and seventy were gravely injured as patrons trampled and twenty one were electrocuted when the wire fell on a handrail in the front gallery.
The Morgan County chapter of the American Red Cross promotes a garden program with the slogan Every Family a Garden. It urges planting, seed buying, and canning for winter use to ensure food supplies and community self help.
The Rotary Club of Decatur elected the directors for the 1933 34 term at a Monday meeting. E M Chenault Rev Peter M Dennis Jervis Jones Julian Harris Carlysle Blackwell and past president Henry Cullom will form the governing board. The new board starts July 1 and will elect a president at its first July meeting. A new member Owen Wise welcomed E Jones manager of Woolworths and former member Carl Patterson rejoined active work. The Hobby Fair was discussed with strong school involvement and enrollment used as judging criterion to balance small and large schools.
Luke Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr were arrested on warrants signed by Governor McAlister and granted a writ of habeas corpus their hearing set for Monday morning in Clarksville Tennessee. The two are under conviction in North Carolina for violating banking laws.
Three drastic salary cutting measures were introduced in the Alabama Senate. One would reduce all salaries to 1918 levels with the comptroller empowered to implement the cuts. A second bill would set salaries at existing levels while others could be cut by 80 percent. A third proposal would authorize the governor to fix all salaries not set by law.
Los Angeles report on Southern California earthquake aftermath cites 116 dead and extensive damage. Aftershocks continue to rattle rubble as relief efforts stabilize, downsizing fear for residents and relatives nationwide.
Health officers Co. C. Riker and Rucker Sims of Montgomery surveyed malarial drainage areas in Morgan county over the weekend. The drainage projects planned for the county are expected to provide substantial work for men under the Reconstruction Corporation.
Fifteen juniors organized a Junior Christian Endeavor Society at West Side Presbyterian Church under the pastor. Charter members include Dorothy Dixon Ernestine Gillespie Dollayes McCluskey and others. Officers elected are Ray Edwards president Dolores McCluskey vice president Billie Norwood secretary treasurer Bertha Sue Edwards program chair. Marvin McClusmittee to meet Mrs Hyde Tuesday at 7. Billy Hopper to lead next Sunday’s meeting with the 23rd Psalm as lesson.
A new sewing room in Hartselle funded by Reconstruction funds will open at the church to employ eight women weekly from non earning families. Workers receive $1.00 per day, cloth is from the Red Cross, and garments are distributed countywide.
Public note warns only one day remains to pay income taxes without penalty. All returns must be postmarked before midnight March 15 to avoid additional charges.
Roy Odom now operates the Independent Oil Company service station at the former Decatur Gas and Oil Company site on Sixth Avenue, per today’s announcement.
The county courthouse District One center handling Reconstruction Corporation relief jobs asks applicants to be patient amid over 5000 daily submissions. Certification is slower than intake as field checks and thorough reviews are needed before assignment to county projects. Officials assure every needy case is being handled without neglect.
A neatly dressed white man about 25 died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Union station rest room at 3:30 this morning. A terse note requested his guardian H B Esslinger of New Hope be notified. Coroner Louis Brown ruled death self-inflicted with a Hopkins and Allen .38 special bullet entering above the right ear. Burial plans to be announced.
Clifford Newton 23 was found not guilty of the November slaying of Buck Manus 60 of Eva after a short deliberation. Manus died after an argument over a debt and a blow with a piece of wood at the Newton home.
J. H. Roberts of Route 2 Hartselle was among the visitors from Decatur to egy, sharing travel and social connections during a community event.
Gold continues to flow back into trade channels as citizens respond to Uncle Sam's call. Local banks report steady returns of gold to the treasury, with several thousands of dollars from Decatur alone returning to federal coffers.
Clarence Worley was acquitted by a jury in circuit court on a second degree murder charge in the November 13 slaying of Ross Baber. The case began with a first degree indictment, moved to the jury on the lesser charge, and after about an hour of deliberation the verdict was not guilty. Solicitor Wade Wright and J. N. Powell prosecuted, defense by T. C. Almon.
The American Legion's national legislative committee said it would accept a 25 percent cut in World War veterans benefits. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove Iowa announced the stance, citing economy in government expenditures and alignment with party platform promises.
Mrs Jessie Yates died at her home on Route 2 after a spell of illness. Interment was at Round Top cemetery with Reverends J A Hardin and J O Raley officiating. Sorrow swept the community for a woman highly regarded in Falkville area.
L. D. Hampton of Route 2 Molton was involved in a bus mishap near Decatur. Details are scarce but he was transported for treatment.
Senate Democrats caucus to back the economy bill permitting the President to trim over 360 million from veterans' expenditures and federal payroll. Banks reopen to support payments as Woodin notes stress passing and continued closings to allow backlogs. Alabama cities including Birmingham Anniston Dothan Mobile Montgomery authorized to reopen.
Roosevelt sent a two sentence, 72 word message to Congress on beer that closely mirrored the Democratic platform plank. The capi tol noted the directness and brevity, praising the document that earned a historic place. The platform urged immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize beer and other drinks, within constitutional limits and with proper revenue.
Witnesses fill the courtroom as the circuit sits to dispose of a large criminal bet. Burglary, larceny and robbery cases come to trial with several convictions recorded.
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