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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1934
Page
1
Western mining state lawmakers press for inflation linked policies to protect jobs amid congressional effort. The president signals openness but resists mandatory actions as the dispute over economic measures continues.
The BC Group arranged a loan slightly over a million dollars backed by bank assets. Proceeds will go to depositors and creditors after settling RFC payments and National Credit Card clearances. Attorneys prepare title certificates for collateral as a new obligor corporation is formed to limit bank liability.
Senator Bankhead said the RFC approved a loan exceeding 1 million dollars to the Tennessee Valley Bank to reopen its 15 branches. He reported the action Tuesday night and emphasized the bank’s plan to resume full operations.
Mrs. Juanita Nelson Striplin of Ballenger Texas was appointed by the Texas state senate as a member of the Texas Centennial Advisory Board representing Runnels County. Senator Woodward praised the honor and its role in planning the Texas Centennial 1936, while Ballenger notes call her a driven PTA leader and active in local programs drawing national interest.
Prominent Moulton attorney Tom Pettus appeared at the Legion event last night to watch the mat bouts and support local competition.
Worldly quip from Will Rogers praising Los Angeles police for catching criminals in San Francisco May 16 1930s era. He jokes that the ratio of women to men among "notorious ones" suggests policing should arrest men with multiple partners as a solution.
Eighty three students will graduate from Decatur Senior High on Monday night June 4. Commencement sermon will be preached at Riverside Auditorium by Rev. Ira F. Hawkins at 11 a.m. June 3. Dr. T. H. Napier, dean of Alabama College, Montevallo, will deliver the graduation address.
A long OCR item lists numerous individuals including Louis Hoff, Gladys Holder, Dorothy Odom Daniel, Clessie Horton, Harold Wiegand, Frank Hawkins, Mahlon Thomason, Flora Durham, Roy Gosline, Mary Doss, Edward Sandlin, Emmett Gustin, Ora Chenault, Mabel Murphy, Mary Colier, L. M. Aday, Alice Kendall, Charles Edwards, Dudley Byars, Bobby Banks, Henry Blizzard, Billy Dukes, Neal Royer, Evan Russell, Louise Walker, Marvin Yarbrough, Walter Leeman, Beatrice Sivey, Mason Pearce, John Stewart, William Pearce, Johnnie Short, Ray Young Jr, Marvin Eubanks, Julian Moody, James Cardin, Ernest Pappenburg, Katherine Pappenburg, Annie Speer, R. B. Masterson, Garland Lovelady, Gerald Neher, Sarah Buck, Abilyne Draper, Betty Cloud, Charlotte Porter, Gwendolyn Reams, Ruth McBride, Jessie Reynolds, Frances Standridge, Annie Miner, Louise Worley, Willard Tankersley, Ella Burleson, Denas Drake, Mary Coggin, Alma Rice, Elizabeth Phillips, Sarah Harvey, Mary Woodall, Lois Powers, Eleanor Harley, Estelle Hendrix, Thos Earl Bowen, Patrick Jeffrey, Donald Branum, Margeurite Barnes, Evie Matthews, Eleanor Walker, Evelyn Thompson, Martha Samuel, Nina Yarbrough, Mabel Wear, Marjorie Aday, J. L. Harris, Frank Campbell, Rose Speer, Robert Jones, Clifford Pullins, John Garnett, Charles Landers, Clara Mahaffey.
The sad intelligence reports the death of Samuel W Balch of Madison Alabama at age 82. He lived in Madison many years and is mourned by his wife three daughters five sons and a host of relatives. He leaves grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A public invitation announced an ice cream supper at West Decatur Methodist Church Thursday night at 7 30. The general public is welcome to attend.
Grover Cain, Texas filling-station magnate, escaped after more than an hour of captivity when he leaped from an automobile as one kidnapper struck him with a pistol. The abductors fled. Also, two men faced sentencing in a Charlotte mail truck robbery case with a federal verdict delivered in about 25 minutes. Judge E Y Webb condemned the lack of death penalty in such crimes.
The Christian ministers of Athens Alabama state that Judge James E Horton acted with honesty and courage in setting aside a conviction in the Scottsboro case. The Athens bar also endorses Horton, praising his duty and integrity despite public criticism. Prominent local pastors sign the acknowledgment on their own motion.
In San Diego on May 16 a crew of 23 fought a mountain blaze. Eleven escaped, but three comrades were killed when they ran up a trail to safety rather than use the highway. The others pressed on to reach safety as flames closed in.
Geneva May 16 Germany aims to rejoin the international disarmament conference from which it withdrew last year. Italian delegate Baron Pompey Algisi told Capt. Anthony Eden that Germany shows willingness to participate again in negotiations on the arms situation, boosting hopes among observers who feared the effort was dead.
A tornado hit Bibb Graves hall and the old administration building at the state teachers college in Livingston Alabama early today. Two Black residents were killed and two others seriously injured as the cyclone caused extensive destruction.
The Kiwanis Club will hold its regular weekly meeting at noon Thursday in the club rooms on Second Avenue. The business standards committee chaired by John Harlow Sam Thompson and Charlie Y will oversee the gathering, with Walter Clapton as secretary requesting full attendance.
Several applications for absentee ballots have been received at the probate office, but the ballots themselves are not yet received. They are expected almost any day. In the second primary the ballots will be handled by the probate judge, as stated today. Judge Malone was a candidate in the first primary, so Sheriff Bud Davis handled ballots then.
A bulky first class mail packet containing about 3000 citizen names accompanied a petition to Senators Bankhead and Black and Representative Carmichael. It urged Civil Works Administration support for the Morgan County Municipal Airport project and cited 30 percent completion and $25 000 less labor expenses. J T Budinger, former Morgan County CWA administrator, said swift action may follow once the petition reaches the capital.
President Roosevelt told Congressional conferees to demand definite house marginal requirements and FTC jurisdiction on the stock exchange bill. He planned further actions on disarmament bank deposit insurance and silver, while preparing a restatement of the nation's stance on armaments limitation and related policy.
Public Works to review a $20 million loan application by the Aluminum and Allog pany of Chicago for an aluminum manufacturing plant in Decatur with Arkansas materials and TVA power. Past private projects were shelved in favor of public works funds, signaling careful consideration before approval.
White Rose Tea Room will open Friday morning at 413 Second Ave with Mr and Mrs J W McAdams serving regular meals and a variety of candies and sweets. The McAdams recently moved from Millport to operate the business and plan white walls floors and décor with attention to cleanliness and a bright atmosphere.
Still votes defy illness to keep a perfect record of voting in every municipal and county election across the locality.
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