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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1939
Page
8
Lawmakers weigh a federal tax on interest from state federal and local securities amid protests. Analysts say revenue could rise slowly and affect bond markets, with estimates ranging from 95 to 179 million yearly on state and local issues and higher rates for federal securities. Opponents warn higher interest costs may hurt states and refinancing.
Revenue Commissioner John Curry reported a sharp drop in Alabama income tax collections for 1938, while Comptroller Ben Singleton projected a year end surplus exceeding 1 million dollars above bonded obligations. Education groups sought about 825 thousand dollars from the fund, and officials warned past surpluses could retire bonds.
A report notes a Stratoliner incident described as a ride to death. Details reference school funds diverted and used for other purposes.
John Ousta of the Bronx used 100 percent home grown silkworms to produce what he claims are first all American silk flags. He began with imported eggs from Turkey in 1935 and after breeding selected the finest moths, yielding 33,000 second generation worms from an ounce of eggs.
In Birmingham on March 21, Willie Williams, an escaped Mobile convict, faces the death penalty for the fatal shooting of City Detective J. T. Moser during an arrest on January 31. Defense argues accident during struggle for the gun as key to his acquittal or death verdict.
Grand Rapids Michigan March 21 Mrs Fritz Tennis plans a trial marriage in the United States after three vows in Fahnenburg Castle Germany. She hopes Fritz a Nazi aeronautical engineer will adjust to American life and secure work in an airplane factory.
The sixth month honor roll for Gordon-Bibb School lists students by grade with teachers named. Included are Junior and Senior First and Second Grades under Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs. Givens, plus Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade honorees across several teachers.
Albany March 21 The Republican assembly approved extending relief to any needy Indian on a state reservation noting the measure does not apply to Tammany Indians. The bill moves to the senate after Speaker Heck stated Tammany Indians do not need relief, prompting taunts about New York politics from Leader Steingut.
Mrs. Sara Cornett, 111, known as a pipe smoking champion, died yesterday as preparations for her 112th birthday party were underway. Florists planned to convert bouquets for burial wreaths. She won a pipe smoking contest at the Texas Centennial Exposition at age 110.
San Quentin officials report a second hunger strike by inmates in two months with about sixteen hundred of the 5300 prisoners refusing dinner in protest. Warden Court Smith says the unrest centers on about fifteen troublemakers and notes plans to revoke good time credits for strike leaders, possibly extending sentences by roughly half.
An ordination service will be held March 29 at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Four deacons G. W. Norwood Eugene Brown Paul Mc Cluskey and Otis Sevars will be ordained. Rev. W. W. Coffey will assist in the service delivering the message.
In a statement a prison official claims troublemakers are behind the unrest while asserting the ring leaders will be punished. He says most inmates only join due to fear of reprisals from the so called big shots, insisting the food itself is not the issue.
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