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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1932
Page
1
In Lyons France heavy slides buried apartment houses on the hillside after explosions and fires. Rescuers found cries from debris and pulled a woman pinned by a beam to safety. Twelve injured were rescued before a larger slide struck, blamed on heavy trains melting snow and undermined subsoil.
Fair weather and moderate rains aid Alabama planting from Baldwin to Lauderdale. Northern areas near halfway and southern areas nearly done. Farmers cut fertilizer costs by plowing under hairy vetch and Austrian peas. Loans for food and feed crops benefit 18,895 farmers. Beef, dairy, poultry and sheep improvements noted. 10,000 baby chicks placed in Conecuh. Potatoes expected to move to market mid May.
Plans for the commencement season at Central and Riverside high schools are set. No medals will be awarded this year as they were withdrawn temporarily. Senior class night at Central high and Riverside high is scheduled for May 26, with Riverside graduation May 30 and Central graduation May 31 both at 8:00 p.m. Speakers include Judge J. Pred Johnson of Florence and Rev. R. Bland Mitchell of Birmingham. Diploma delivery by board member F. S. Hunt and A. H. Hoff respectively.
The U S consulate at Nagasaki Japan was bombed at 11 40 this morning. Henry Hitchcock the consul said a crude bomb was thrown into the office entrance starting a fire. The fire was controlled with extinguishers and a garden hose. Police investigation is underway.
The non jur y term of the circuit court opened today at the court house with Judge W W Callahan presiding. The session lasts two days and will finish Tuesday afternoon.
Pauo is described as a typical modern American co ed who, through ancestry, becomes princess of a South Sea island group. She is the heroine of the new tropical love romance The Sacred Eye, running serially in The Daily today on page 3.
Report notes secrecy around Col Henry 5 Breckinridge aide to Col Lindbergh during a Pittsburgh stop. Major Thomas G. Lanphier at Selfridge Field refuels his ship after flying Breckinridge there. Breckinridge evades reporters during the stay.
Three Benevolent Society representatives H T Gill W R Spight and D D McGehee appeared before the Morgan County Board of Revenue this afternoon seeking an appropriation for maintenance of Benevolent hospital. The board met at the courthouse to consider county finances and road projects and took the request under advisement for a decision this evening.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, 68, described as a wealthy widow, was found dead in her bed with feet tied and bed coverings, in a ransacked apartment. A friend discovered the body and police say the head was crushed with a heavy instrument. Police seek Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wright who moved out last night.
Depositors of the First National Bank both saving and checking accounts must file their claims. A published statement appearing in The Daily directs the date before which all claims must be filed.
Four white prisoners were moved to the Huntsville jail by Morgan County officers late last week due to unsafe conditions at the local jail. All Morgan County white prisoners are sent to Huntsville for safety.
Decatur Kiwanis club again sponsors the Kiwanis camp at Vinemont with George Lawrence leading planning. Dates are not set, pledges are being gathered to send boys, some as subsidized or sponsored by Kiwanis members. Details forthcoming after a committee meeting this afternoon.
Two governors Albert Ritchie of Maryland and George White of Ohio will win delegates this week. White is set to gain Ohio's 52 votes via Tuesday primary and Ritchie Maryland's 16 at Thursday convention. Roosevelt’s camp expects about a dozen more votes today from Arizona and Wyoming, with additional delegates anticipated tomorrow in West Virginia.
Franklin D Roosevelt told a Tennessee group at Warm Springs that all would be well after the Democratic National Convention. The Tennesseans reported strong support and predicted a boosted Democratic margin if Roosevelt is nominated, noting Tennesseans would back him decisively.
The Cripple Children's Society of Morgan County plans a county wide meeting to organize a unit serving cripple children in all areas. Rev. Peter M. Dennis is listed as 2 vice president of the Alabama Society for Cripple Children with the state divided into eighteen districts Morgan Cullman and Blount placed in the fourth district.
Henry Collom has returned from a weekend motor trip to Tennessee. He visited multiple towns and reports a pleasant, uneventful journey with no major incidents during the travel.
Five young Chicagoans Ione Adame Tom Barry Pilly Lightner Larry Olcott and Jay Bruce arrive in Papeete Tahiti aboard a South Seas voyage They include a newspaper worker a radio writer and a co ed As they prepare to depart Larry notices a mysterious fellow passenger Miss Whitney but she snubs him The city desk banter and Crew politics unfold as the tale continues on Phase Three.
An archaic passage recalls a journey from Chicago to a palm-studded tropic region near the equator. It reflects on distant eras when cannibal feasts were part of local rites and a fifty-cent piece signified a measure of spending in that distant past.
A husky naval officer and police clashed while attempting to serve Mrs. Thalia Massie with a subpoena as she sailed for San Francisco. The scene ended peacefully. Massie and party were aboard the Malolo while Clarence Darrow watched.
Here Today reports J. M. Lawson superintendent of education Limestone County visited Decatur on current business during a daytime trip.
Morgan county delays tax deadline through a Wednesday extension after an agreement between Hodges Crow tax collector and Baynard Malone judge of probate. About 1 200 delinquent taxpayers face payment with penalties possible if properties are not advertised in time. The extension has reduced delinquents from about 2 000 to 1 000–1 200 as citizens praise the action.
Warden Ed Swope of New Mexico state penitentiary announced Albert B. Fall would be released today after the Columbia supreme court decision, making possible the freeing of the former secretary of the interior without immediate payment of the $100,000 fine. The fine remains a judgment and may be collected later if Fall can pay.
The sheriff's office announced a peaceful weekend with no arrests on Saturday or Sunday. Sheriff "Bud" Davis spoke at the courthouse confirming the tranquility of the period.
Market figures show January six sixteen and six twenty nine for New York and New Orleans respectively. Subsequent months March May July October and December present values around six dollars with slight gains and declines.
A grass fire burned a vacant lot at 518 Gordon Drive East near noon today. It was the first fire alarm answered in the month and caused no damage.
The Decatur Daily publishes a new serial on page 3 titled The Sacred Eye by Bruce Griggs. It promises exotic settings and romantic adventure as the story unfolds east of Suez beyond Kipling’s realm.
Former Alabama Governor Thomas Kilby, en route to Birmingham, denounces Senator Hugo Black for evasive positions on major issues and defends his own stance on the senate race. Kilby accuses Black of concealment on compensation and prohibition and questions Black’s support for a referendum and Democratic principles.
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