Reunion Split Debate Affects Presbyterian Assembly
Two dissenting members warned the proposed reunion under Presbyterians would split the church and provoke bitterness. W. Calvin Wells in Jackson and Dr Daniel S. Gage in Fulton signed the minority report. The assembly faced issues on retirement at 70 and an annuity fund while a broader vote on rejoining the Federal Council was anticipated. The director general of public health in San Salvador was reported campaigning against holding hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Calvin Wells
Jackson, Miss
Daniel S. Gage
Fulton
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Social and Moral Welfare Committee
San Salvador
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Listed For Morgan County Alabama
A Morg an County Alabama legal notice states that William R Speer and wife Hattie E Speer defaulted on a 1926 mortgage with Jemison Company then Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Mrs Hattie E Speer. The 1938 sale at Morgan County Courthouse Decatur will pay filing costs and any accrued expenses before distributing remaining proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Morgan County
William R. Speer
Hattie E. Speer
Jemison & Company, Incorporated
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Decatur
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
5Th Avenue
3Rd Street
Markets Show Modest Decline Amid Mixed Trading
Stocks eased to moderately lower levels as early gains faded. Leading issues fell back while U S government and high grade bonds edged higher. rail and utility shares stayed narrow. Major decliners included Anaconda Kennecott American Smelting and General Motors, with transfers around 500000 shares. In poultry and butter markets, prices held firm with small variances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Rubber Preferred
International Harvester
Standard Oil
N. J. Westinghouse
Generallectric
duPont
Allied Chemical
Allis Chalmers
Sperry Corp
Canada Dry
American Tele
Electric Power & Light
National Telephone
Boeing
Wheat futures rally as North American demand offsets losses
Chicago May wheat edged higher late on renewed buying after a sharp dip to new lows. North American purchases of 800000 bushels helped steady prices though moisture concerns in Kansas raised rust mold fears. May and July futures for wheat, corn and oats showed modest changes from yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Cotton and metals slide in a volatile market mix
World commodity notes show heavy declines in metals and copper while cotton futures hold steady with occasional dips. In New York and New Orleans trading, cotton futures closed modestly down with July and December futures around 8.80 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New York
Legacy of Scottsboro Trials Echoes in Alabama Jury Reforms
The article notes appeals and rulings tied to the Scottsboro case including Nt Norris Weems and Wright among nine arrested in Paint Rock Alabama on March 25 1931 for mass rape aboard a train. It mentions Ozle Powell and Heywood Patterson with 20 year and 75 year sentences and Supreme Court reversals over improper counsel and jury exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praenkel
Melvin Hutson
Morgan Circuit
Heywood Patterson
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Ala
Alabama
Cottonseed Meal Prices and Futures Quiet in Memphis
Prime cottonseed meal futures (41 percent) closed quiet in Memphis with May at 20.50, June 20.75, July 21.25, August 21.75, September 22.35, October 22.40, November 22.70, December 22.85. Sales none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 19 Farm Prices
Cattle 150 head calves 150 with little change. Steers and heifers 6.50-8.00, fat steers and yearlings 8.00-8.50 up to 9.00. Beef cows 6.25 down, cutter cows 4.00-5.00, top dealers 9.50. Hogs 600 head steady to 5 lower. 150-300 lb butchers 7.50-8.10, sows 6.40. Sheep 1,500 head undertone steady. spring lambs mostly 9.00 and down, fat ewes to 3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Dept. Agr
Mrs Mollie Van Sandt Rites Planned At Blue Springs
Mrs Mollie Van Sandt 70 of Decatur Route 2 died at home after long illness. Funeral set for Friday at 2 PM at Blue Springs with Rev L E Toon officiating and Drinkard Howell in charge of burial. She leaves two daughters Mrs Roy E Jones Huntsville and Mrs Ben Bentley Hartselle Route 4. three sons Virgil Clement and Sanford. 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie van Sandt
Decatur
Blue Springs
L. E. Toon
Drinkard Howell
van Sandt
Roy E. Jones
Huntsville
Ben Bentley
Virgil
Clement
Hartselle
Sanford
Boyd, Buford
Hubert Bentley
Joh Roan
Bill Woodall
T. S. Sanders
Special Aldersgate Service at First Methodist Church
A special Aldersgate service will be held Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock at the First Methodist church. Songs prayers and testimonies will be given and the sacrament of the Lord s supper will be administered. A class will be received into the church. Attendance of all members urged for a memorable service in the church s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldersgate
First Methodist Church
Sixth Grade Finals Held At Hartselle School
The sixth grade graduating exercises for Hartselle Public School take place Friday morning May 20 at 9 o clock. Program items include Class Song A Life history by Coy Stephenson Jr salutatorian Virginia Glascock and other performances with awards and diplomas to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Clase
Jeasle Nelle Lee
Coy Stephenson
Virginia Glasecock
Helen Suen
Harry Cu F
Will — Margaret ~ Jr
Reuben Lima
Minnie Lee Hartselle
F. EB. Burleson
Mae Atkinson
Christine Black Ruth Neal Britnell
Rebecca Colling
Jewell Cocke
Virginia Ginescock
Wilmoth Groover
Margaret Giles
Iva Jean Hardiman
Jesale Nelle Lee
Helen Polytinsky
Margaret Parker
Loretta Puckett
Minnie Jo Riggs
Anna Mae Shaneyfelt
Lola Belle Tunstill
Elizabeth Speakman
Katherine Grey
Mary Lailie Scott
Jane West
Katherine Lawrence
Warren Brindley
Jimmie Bennett
Harry Currier
Laverne Collins
Jack Hendrix
Hami Hampton
John D. Long
Alvin Martin, Jr
John Lee Stephenson
Coy Stephenson, Jr
Alabama Supreme Court Decisions March into May
The Alabama Supreme Court handed down numerous decisions including affirmations in Annie Lane v Bruner and Smythe v City of Homewood, and reversals with remands for First National Bank of Birmingham v Haynes. Overruled certiorari petitions in Rex Finley and Melvina Cornelius, with several cases extended or remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Anderson
Nancy Lane
Charlie J. Bruner
Houston Circuit Court
Equity
Thomas
M. Louise ~Yood
Lockwood
State Pork Mutual Automobile Ins. Co
Court of Appeals
Paul M. Smythe
City of Homewood
Jefferson Circuit Court
A. E. Pate
Admi
Lila
Pate
Tuscaloosag
Brown
Stice
Helen Venable
Stoe
Jefferson
Knight
John T. Thompson
Chilton County
Chilton Circuit Court
First National Bank of Birmingham
Cleve Haynes
Phillip
Rosa Ross
Frank Russo
Alias
State
Bessemer Dig
Youngerman-Reynolds Hardwood Co., Inc
T. J. Hicks
Autauga
Franklin Johnson
M. A. Long
Escambia
Thomas J. Arledge
J. D. Pittman
Louis Walton Seenernt
Circuit Court
Clint White
State of
Shelby Circuit Court
North River Ins. Co
Claude Flippo
Lauderdale Circuit Court
Dixie Fire Ins. Co
Claude Filippo
Lauderdale Law and Equity Court
Rex G. Finley
Rex Finley
Alabama
Mike Gideon
State of Alabama
Melvina Cornelius
Mattie Brittain
Commercial National Bank of Anniston
City May Seek Full Amount in Tax and Insurance Dispute
Municipal taxes for 1934 1935 and 1936 were collected by the tax collector at the city’s request. The casualty company offered 50 percent of the claimed sum, but the city rejected the offer. Insurers indicated they would pursue litigation to have the matter tested in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casualty Company
Mor an county high school finals May 20 pageant
Graduating exercises at Mor an county high school will be held Friday night May 20 in the noon auditorium. The program will be a special pageant. Diplomas will be presented by principal W. P. Snuggs to the senior class. Valedictorian is Mattle Sue Oden and salutatorian is Wilford Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran County High School
W. P. Snuggs
Mincipal
Wilford Bailey
Jock Bean
Leeman Gibson
Wind Glasscock
Harold Johnson
William Cooper McClanahan
Dan McCoy
William Robert McCutcheon
Jack Norris
DaComa, Circus Acrobat, Recalls Half Century Under Big Top
Art DaComa recaps nearly fifty years with major circuses from Panama during Canal digging to Guayaquil during yellow fever to Mont Pelee eruption in Martinique. He describes accidents in Paris Kentucky, violent town fights, and the DaComa family’s evolution from The DaComa Family of Acrobats to the Flying DaComas with careers mentoring performers like Bessie DaComa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art DaComa
Frank A. Garden Circus
Panama
Guayaquil
Ecuador
DeComa
Garden Circus
South America
West Indian
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Paris
New World
Venezuela
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Santiago
Lima
America
DaComa
John Robinson Circus
Frank A. ‘Robbins
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
John Robinson
Hey
Rube
Bristol
Tenn
Australia
Bud Atkinson
Orrin Bros. Circus
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
da Comas
Dan Shelby
Wallace
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Adam Forepaugh
Barnum
Ringling
Flying DaComas
Bessie Lance
Bessie DaComa
Old Age Insurance Q&A Clarifies Benefits and Employment
A summary of Social Security Board guidance covers how to apply for CA appointments from the Civil Service register, eligibility for retirement benefits at 65 based on 10 years of wages, why 65+ workers aren’t insured under Old Age Insurance, and that job insurance exists without an age limit. Lump sum Old Age Insurance claims are approved about once every 30 seconds of each working day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Board
U. S. Civil Service Register
Bureau of Management
Washington, D., C
Decatur’s Diary Local visits and church notices
Mrs Claude King and daughter Mrs Robert Layton of Leighton stayed with Mr and Mrs J M Minor. Ed Moseley from Memphis attends his mother Helen Moseley’s funeral. Rev L D Patterson speaks at Athens church. Mrs Patterson to address Athens college supporters. United Daughters of the Confederacy meet Friday. Revival music led by W R Wallace beginning in June at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. Lawson Draper recovering from appendicitis in Huntsville hospital. Brock Aycock of Mountain Home visits Decatur on business. Doyce Draper born May 15 to Mr and Mrs Carl Humphrey. H P Still and Guy Drake of Alabama State Employment Service on Haleyville trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Wallace
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
J. Vernon Rich
Huntsville
H. P. Still
Guy Drake
Alabama State Employment Service
Haleyville
Notable ringmaster DaComa recalls touring days
DaComa, a famous old circus performer, reflects on years in Hollywood and across the United States and Canada. He praises his memory, humor, and ability to entertain as he recounts touring with major shows and sharing stories with audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tures
Hollywood
DaComa
United States
Canada
Japanese push toward Hankow in Lunghai line drive
Japanese forces attacked Chiu lishan northwest of Suchow and pressed along the Lunghai railway during a central China offensive. Tokyo attributed the success to a diversion near Taierhchwang and rapid small unit moves from the south, aided by a favorable wind said to hinder Chinese defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suchow
Chiulishan
Taierhchwang
Local Horse Show Invites Decatur Participants
Carson Whitson of the Talladega-Anniston Horse Show Association says a horse show will be staged at Talladega Thursday night June 2 and another at Anniston Friday night June 3. Talladega and Anniston cooperate to provide more prize opportunities for local horsemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Show
Carson Whitson
Talladega-Anniston
Service Set for Chapel in May at Forest Chapel
Rev William Warren new pastor of the Flint Circuit announces an Aldersgate service at Forest Chapel west of Hartselle on Tuesday night May 24 at 730. Circuit churches include Flint Walnut Grove Oak Ridge Moss Chapel and Forest Chapel. Dr M E Lazenby assists as presiding elder. The service marks John Wesley’s 1738 heart experience and follows a district and global Methodist observance. A large crowd is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warren
Flint
Methodist Church
Aldersgate
Forest Chapel
Hartselle
Walnut Grove
Priceville
Oak Ridge
Moss’ Chapel
Tom Speakman
Circuit Board of Stewards
John Wesley
Mr. Warren
M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
America
Open Kiwanis Meeting in Decatur Hosts Visitors and Plans
The Decatur Kiwanis Club held an open meeting at the Tennessee Walter Hotel at noon. Visitors included Bob Healey of Baltimore, Md, Rice and Atkinson of Jackson, Miss, Dwight Wilhelm, and J O Hinkel of Huntsville. Announcements cited club secretary Fred Hunt and T J Cottingham announcing an inter club meeting on June 9 at Wheeler Dam. The gathering closed with a spirited song session led by M R Rankin and J R Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Tennessee Walter Hotel
Bob Healey
Baltimore
Rice
Atkinson
Jackson
Miss
Dwight Wilhelm
J. O. Hinkel
Huntsville
Fred Hunt
T. J. Cottingham
Wheeler Dam
M. R. Rankin
J. R. Daniel
Key Club Picnic Planned by Riverside High Members
Members of the Key Club at Riverside High School to hold a Friday picnic in the Cole Springs area this afternoon. The junior civic group will participate in a community gathering and outdoor activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Club
Riverside High School
Cole Springs
Decatur Fans Expected to Attend Local Events
Money for entries hints at upcoming competitions with several participants from the area. many Decatur supporters are likely to attend, boosting spectator turnout and local enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Also Mentioned on This Page
Torchy
Torchy Blane
Lola Lane
Paul Kelly
Wall Street
By Victor Eubank
Plymouth Rock Springs
N. C. Cotton
First Methodist
Supreme Court
Council
MCHS
W. W. Foster
Decatur’s
Claude King
Robert Layton
Leighton
J. M. Minor
Johnston Street
Dolly Porter
Birmingham
Lucian Bloodworth
F. A. Bloodworth
Edward Moseley
Helen Moseley
A. 8. Pitts
Athens Methodist Church
L. D. Patterson
Tuscumbia Methodist Church
Athens College
Frances Nungester
Lewis H. Knight
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Maynard Layman
Carter Dobbs
The
Daily
Mary Lou Dancy
United Daughters of the Confederacy
T. H. Mullin
Fourth Avenue
West
Lawson Draper
Mr. Draper
Brock Aycock
Mountain Home
Lawrence County
Carl Humphrey
Fifth Avenue
South
Doyce
L. Draper
Japan
Talladega
Anniston
Kiwanis
Tey
Goodyear Lifeguard
Lee and Line Streets
Goodyear
American Cleaners
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!