Campaign to raise 8000 for Decatur industry drive
Morgan County National Bank president F A Bloodworth endorses the Decatur campaign to secure 8000 for industrial location efforts. Local civic leaders, meeting Friday, will begin the fundraising drive run by the Junior Chamber of Commerce with support from the Industrial Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
F. A.bloodworth
Morgan County National Bank
Bloodworth
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Ala
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Board
Elizabethan Plant Guarded Scene Amid Gunfire
Fragmentary report shows Elizabethton plants operating today as guns guard the scene. Jim Glass succumbs after a fall on apartment steps. The text also covers a Mission Union meeting opening Tuesday, a Memphis pageant, and a lengthy history note on the Woman's Missionary Union with Alabama figures and past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Widely Known Citizen Victim in Mishap Here
Jim Glass a longtime Decatur resident died at Benevolent hospital after injuries from a Sunday fall on hotel stairs leading to his upstairs apartment in the Thomas warehouse building on Church street. He suffered a fractured skull and death occurred last night at 9 15 after being taken to hospital. Funeral Tuesday at 4 30 in Cemetery chapel. Interment in city cemetery Brown directing. Pallbearers named. Survived by widow four sons two brothers one sister. He had been a Decatur resident for years and worked in the car department at Louisville & Nashville shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Glass
Decatur
Benevolent Hospital
Thomas Warehouse
Church Street
Glass
Brown
Ferry Street
Mr. Glass
Cemetery Chapel
George Boyd
First Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Homer Draper
Floyd Morris
Alexander Terry
Thomas Amos
Mike Humphrey
E. E. Forbes
Robert
Frederick Glass
Chicago
Harry Glass
Birmingham
Alvin Glass
Frank Glass
Corbin
Tyre Glass
Memphis
Pink Plant
Trinity
Louisville & Nashville
Cochrane Relives Threat On Life And Family
R H Cochrane president of City National Bank in Tuscaloosa reported his home is under constant guard after receiving an anonymous threat by mail Saturday night. The letter demanded $600 be placed in a stump near an ice plant and warned of kidnapping of his children. Police arranged muffled safety measures as officers monitored the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
R. H. Cochrane
City National Bank
Alabama Bankers’ Association
Cochrane
Rane
Dr Crow Suffers Paralytic Attack
Dr J W Crow, a prominent local physician, was reported somewhat improved this afternoon after yesterday's paralytic stroke. He reached his home near Gordon Drive and Sixth Avenue with aid from a passerby who notified Mrs Crow at church. His right side was affected but he could move a bit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Crow
Gordon Drive
Sixth Avenue
Miss Riley Brings Dollar Bill to Riverside High for May 14
Virginia Riley of the Daniel Producing Company arrives to direct the home talent production Dollar Bill at Riverside High School on May 14 under the Decatur Pilot Club. An interesting and talented cast is gathered for what is expected to be a standout show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Riley
Daniel Producing Company
Riverside High School
Decatur Pilot Club
Delegates Report From Decatur Rotary on Montgomery Meet
Two delegates from the Decatur Rotary club reported on the Montgomery convention today. President Garner and Secretary Harris conveyed findings from the local unit to the district meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Garner
Harris
Decatur Rotary Club
A Wish in Words in The Daily Classifieds
The Daily publishes daily in the want ads the odd wishes to buy furniture rent furnished rooms buy homes lots or automobiles. Read the little ads on the classified page each afternoon to answer for profit and entertainment.
Heflin Arrest Request Filed In Missle Case
Brockton Mass May 6 Howard Coleman city council member asked for a warrant for Senator J Thomas Heflin of Alabama on a charge of violating a city ordinance Coleman filed the form with the city clerk for council action tonight alleging Heflin spoke publicly without a permit during a visit in which he was a target of battle throwing protests He raises a protest against the attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Howard R. Coleman
Coleman
Heflin
Death record reveals Big Korney gang vows crackdown
Report traces a three year crime spree linked to the Big Korney gang. Confessed by Anthony Kalkiewicz, the gang’s meetings at Depew suburb led to multiple holdups, a later execution, and a spree including the Ward J. Pierce paymaster slaying and the Fedders Manufacturing heist where an employee died. John Kwia towski and Kalkiewiecz are jailed. a companion is held but did not attend conferences. Victor Chojnicki’s body was found in a shallow grave after Kalkiewicz’s confession. The gang’s first payroll robbery was 1925 at a Buffalo foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Korney
John Kwiatowski
Anthony Kalkiewiecz
Depew
Victor Chojnicki
Kalkiewicz
Buffalo
Ward J. Pierce
Kalciewicz
Chojnicki
Duffy Silk
Fedders Manufacturing Company
John Perraton
Fedders
Forester Held as Probe Proceeds in Los Angeles Case
Discrepancies in the account of Le land Wesley Abbott a United States forest service employee drive a new probe into the death of a woman whose torso was found in the Los Angeles river weeks earlier. Chemists tested stains inside a trunk and examined old knives found with Abbott after his arrest near Los Angeles on Saturday. Two coworkers said Abbott threatened to kill his wife for living with another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Leland Wesley Abbott
United States Forest Service
Abbott
Here
Ray Martin
Moulton Visitor J F P Crow In City Today
Moulton route two resident J F P Crow was seen in the city today marking a brief local visit by a well known figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. FP. Crow
Moulton
Pickets Marching Before Huge Building
ELIZABETHTON TENN May 6 with five National Guardsmen on duty and machine guns on rooftops the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff plants resumed operations after a strike that began April 15 About 200 pickets marched in front of the plants Will Kelly vice president of the United Textile Workers said two dozen men had returned to work while plant officials said hundreds were turned away as only two departments were fully manned with more than 200 workers Kelly called an executive meeting and a parade was planned to show union activity He alleged a general conspiracy against the union and planned to investigate reports that special police officers pressured members to return to work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethton
Tenn
National Guardsmen
American Bemberg
American Glanzstoff
Will Kelly
United Textile Workers
Kelly
Father shoots to protect home in Amarillo case
In Amarillo on May 6, former Texas Supreme Court appeals commissioner R. H. Hamilton shot and killed Tom Walton Jr. after Walton visited his office with alleged news of a secret marriage to Hamilton’s daughter Theresa. Hamilton waived preliminary hearing, posted 20000 dollar bond, and may plead self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
R. H. Hamilton
Texas Supreme Court Appeals Commission
Tom Walton
Hamilton
Grace Walton
Theresa Hamilton
Walton
Trade Day Plans to be Submitted by Kiwanis Unit
Trade Day committee members of the Decatur Kiwanis club meet with Kiwanis directors at the Tennessee Valley Bank this evening to discuss the plan to be submitted to the board and then to Decatur merchants. The plan will be the second used by the unit and is expected to be more effective than last year’s. The campaign effort began locally and showed early success, focusing on trade concentration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Tennessee Valley Bank
Decatur Merchants
Kiwanis
Pla
Pergy Allen
Quiet Week-End Report From Morgan County Sheriff
Decatur and Morgan county records show a quiet week end with only one arrest. An African American man was held on a charge of drunkenness, according to Morgan county sheriff forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Morgan County
Governor in 1938 There’s No Question About It All
Oxford Ohio May 6 William Emerson Harper a Miami University senior declares he will be Ohio’s governor in 1938 He says I am and has begun a nine year campaign His personal platform is shared with 100 friends to spread his qualifications Harper a Republican promotes the slogan H for Honesty Harper and Happiness and claims descent from the fighting Harpers of history
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Ohio
William Emerson Harper
Miami University
Harper
Fire at Greystone Insane Asylum Endangers Four Thousand Inmates
A fire at the New Jersey state hospital for the insane at Greystone near Morris Plains damaged the main building and forced 1400 patients from the right wing to safety. Officials moved 1000 women from an adjoining wing as a precaution. Fire department staff and attendants evacuated inmates in nightclothes, with some in frenzy, but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. J
New Jersey State Hospital For the Insane
Greystone
Morris Plains
Mrs A B Seely Illness Victim From Montgomery Death
News reaches of Mrs. A B Seely of Montgomery dying after a long illness. At bedside were Mrs M B Workman and Mrs Early Phinizy of this city. Funeral services held this afternoon in Montgomery. The death came after a period of prolonged ill health and was not wholly unexpected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Seely
Montgomery
M. 8. Workman
Early Phinizy
Visitation Day Observed at Southside Baptist Church
Visitation Day will be observed in the Southside Baptist church Friday. Committees will meet at the church at 2:30 o clock Friday afternoon to visit all absentee members of the Sunday school, seeking to interest them in regular attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
Sing Schedule at Bethel Church Near Hartselle
An all day program is planned for next Sunday at Bethel church near Hartselle with morning preaching services grave decoration and a dinner on the grounds followed by a sing in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Church
Hartselle
A Sermon on Granite Souls and Endurance
The sermon argues granite comes from time pressure and fire and that true character forms through time work and hard knocks. It contrasts weak men who avoid strain with giants who endure weight, saying patience endurance and spiritual emotion shape granitic souls.
Negro youths held for thefts in Athens Alabama
An alleged gang of youths aged 12 to 15 confessed to 17 burglaries and thefts in Athens Alabama. Richmond Allen, a local Black man, is charged with receiving stolen property related to a diamond theft from Mrs Bruce Nelson. The five youths will be sent to the Negro Reform School. Allen’s preliminary is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Richmond Allen
Bruce Nelson
Allen
Cleveland Avery
John Beaty
Frank Hine
Douglas Sloss
Alfonso Sloss
Robert F. Porter
Birmingham
O. P. Flynt
Guy Nelson
Jaffe Department
Trinity College
E. T. Gray & Sons Produce
Gray
Nelson
Avery
Young Beaty
A. M. McConnell
Negro Reform School
J. E. Clem
Big Crowd Attends Holly Pond Singing
A large crowd gathered Sunday for the all day singing at Holly Pond church east of Cullman. It marked the 52nd annual event drawing attendees from Morgan and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Pond
Holly Pond Church
Cullman
Morgan
Counties
County Court Opens in Moulton Amid Large Gatherings
The Lawrence county court convened today in Moulton drawing many residents to the capital. Court drew crowds as sessions began with officials and attendees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Moulton
Athens Grants Right of Way for Power Line
Athens Alabama May 6 special report says the city council approved right of way for Scindons to build a power line to Elkmont and northern county areas. The Power Co does not operate inside Athens, which buys electricity at the city limits and retails it locally. The council recently added a three cent per kilowatt rate for cooking purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Scindons
Elkmont
Funeral Held For Mrs Anna Goodman
Funeral services were held Sunday at Central Methodist Church for Mrs. Anna Goodman 72 who died Saturday at her daughter’s Birmingham home. Rev L F Good off and Rev Jone Susa conducted the service. Interment followed in City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Anna Goodman
W. W. Adams
Birmingham
L. F. Goodoff
Tue Dhendenne Samuel
Jone & Susa
City
Greenleaf Ill At Jackson St Home
The many friends of N B Greenleaf superintendent at the Connecticut Mills will be distressed to learn that he is somewhat ill following a several days at his home on Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Greenleaf
Connecticut Mills
Jackson Sires
Liggett Jury Still Out At Noon Today
Nashville based report states jurors in the Walter L. Liggett case have not reached a verdict at noon. The defendants include a grain dealer and a hotel manager, with a second verdict report anticipated around 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liggett
Nashville
Tenn
Walter L. Liggett
Young Grain
Oene M. Cunningham
New Rotary Committee Named by Decatur Club
The Decatur Rotary club named the new committee to promote cordial rural urban relations at today’s meeting. E. B. Garner announced Floyd Taylor as chairman with T. M. Jones Jr. and Bill Kimbrough as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Committee
E. B. Garner
Decatur Rotary Club
Floyd Taylor
T. M. Jones, Jr
Bill Kimbrough
Rotary club committee ideas to be presented
Members of the Decatur Rotary club will present ideas of objectives for the various committees at next Monday's meeting. Each member is asked to write and file his opinion of the work to be undertaken with the committee chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Banker’s House
J.C. Unit
PF. A. Bloodworth
Jim
Mission Union
Charles A. Hassler
W. M. U. Press Corr
Woman’s Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
J. Carter Wright
Alabama W. M. A
Vic
Wright
Fleetwood Rice
Woman's Missionary Union
Richmond
M. E. McIntosh
South Carolina
Annie W. Armstrong
Maryland
McIntosh
T. P. Bell
Fannie H. 8. Heck
North Carolina
M. A. Gwathmey
Virginia
C. A. Stakely
Washington, D. C
The
Union
Miss Catch
Riley
William
Maroer
Insane
Ernest Lyman Mills
D. D
Boston Street
M. E. Church
Lynn
Mags
Grant of the Lines
Greenleaf
Jackson St
Eben
By Gordon Brown Scheibell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!