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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1930
Page
2
The 1929 fiscal year close report lists 1,364 determinates and 2,899 indeterminates. Life termers reached 424 the highest on record, with 254 serving ten years and 127 under twenty years. Indeterminate sentences vary widely with many counts, and the exact totals for that category are not shown due to the diversity of terms.
Road safety advisory instructs pedestrians to stay to the left on highways and avoid the center of the road for visibility and safety.
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce board reviewed the group’s finances at its Tuesday session in The Decatur Daily offices. It found that if local pledges from the joint campaign with the Decatur Industrial Board are paid as promised, most financial difficulties could be overcome soon. The meeting also discussed civic and industrial goals with the commercial unit taking an active role.
Ed Thompson of Hillsboro Route One was summoned to Birmingham by the illness of his sister Mrs Alice Thompson who suffered a paralysis stroke last Friday. News of Mrs Thompson illness will be received with regret by North Alabama friends. She was born and raised in Hillsboro and later lived in Decatur before moving to Birmingham five or six years ago.
County Sanitary Inspector C. L. Parham, home sick with an abscessed car, was able to go out today after several days of confinement.
Edith Little of Birmingham, president of the Rebekah state Assembly of Alabama, spent Tuesday in Decatur conducting an all day school of instruction in the secret work of the order. She remained for Bessie Rebekah Lodge No. 61's regular meeting and then traveled to Athens to meet Rebekahs there, staying at the Hatchett home on Prospect Drive.
A. T. Hanson of the Tennessee Valley Bank returns from Camp Hill Alabama after being summoned due to the death of his father H. K. Hanson a prominent citizen of that town. Decatur friends extend their sympathy in his bereavement.
John Peek, a longtime automobile salesman, has accepted a position with Hill Chevrolet. He has been with B S Motor Company for some time and starts his new duties there Thursday.
Rev George Boyd announced today that special services are planned for Sunday morning at the First Methodist church.
Rev. George E. Boyd pastor of First Methodist church has returned from a week visit with relatives in Huntsville.
In a tense domestic drama Carmel confronts Elanda Lee about missing jewels and a forged lord. Elanda rejects police help, Carmel locks her in, and Mamie calls Greg Du Pont to bring a detective as Greg arrives with a rescue plan. TO BE CONTINUED
Mrs Alexander and Lady Baltimore Cake featured in a culinary menu listing breakfast items such as orange juice chilled ready cooked cereals coffee and toasted bread with butter. Luncheon dishes include egg salad cream potatoes bread and buttered beets with peach jam lettuce and relishes.
The May fete planned for Tuesday at Athens College has been postponed to tonight. The theme is Cinderella and hundreds are expected to attend the event this evening.
Col. Pablo Sidar commander of Mexican air forces died when the aircraft attempting a Mexico to Buenos Aires flight crashed into the sea near Porto Limón Costa Rica.
Company E commanded by Cadet Capt. L K Andrews Union Springs won the Tuscaloosa Rotary Cup for best drilled infantry company at the University. Gov Bibb Graves awarded a sabre to Capt Andrews and sponsor Miss Marjorie Hawkins gave prizes to each member. The unit includes Cadet Aly J Schweitzer Tuscaloosa Lieut Norwood Coker Tuscaloosa Lieut W J Merrill Anniston and Second Lieut D A Robertson Birmingham.
In Cullman a Kiwanis meeting drew about 150 members and guests from across North Alabama. Governor David Edington of Mobile gave an inspirational talk and praised Cullman Kiwanis hospitality during the evening program.
California athletic officials outlaw the flying tackle amid concerns after Gus Sonnenberg, renowned for executing it, proved exceptionally skilled in matches. The ruling prohibits its use in state competitions.
The Pan Presbyterian alliance divided into eastern and western sections will report to the Charlottesville assembly that the next meeting will be in Belfast in 1933. Four representatives per 100000 communicants up to 300000, then four per additional 200000, with 16 from the Southern Presbyterian Church. The western section shifts powers from the Council of All Churches in America, planning new arrangement. Reformation Sunday 1930 will focus on The Protestant Reformation and Its Doctrine of a Personal God.
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