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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1932
Page
8
May 1 crop conditions in Alabama indicate agricultural activity lagging. Wheat, oats, potatoes, peaches, and pastures all below last year’s levels while corn planting runs slightly later. Milk and egg production near average but labor and fertilizer use down. cotton seed used as fertilizer rises.
Bankruptcies declined in North Alabama in April per U S District Court records. The month total was 196 versus 280 in April 1931 and 207 in March 1932, with Birmingham leading at 149, and Gadsden 24, Florence 10, Huntsville 6, Aniston 5, and Jasper and Tuscaloosa 1 each.
In Clanton Alabama on May 24 more than 400 dogs were given anti rabies treatment in a city drive to stamp out the disease that has appeared locally as dogs are treated out of season by order of city officials and health authorities.
A short guide claims headaches can be alleviated in three minutes using a remedy called B.C. prepared by a registered pharmacist. The article describes B.C. as a blend of several ingredients and contrasts it with other reliefs, asserting fast action.
The page shows a dense crossword puzzle with numbered clues and answers in progress. It lists Across and Down entries such as 6, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and many garbled segments, including references to trigonometry, tin symbol, compass point, flower, fruit, and various wordplay prompts.
Walker gears up for Seabury as the investigator’s expose of municipal graft nears its climax with three portraits of New York’s dapper mayor and Seabury.
The school nearly completes March payments for teachers. Checks issued for the remaining seventh month while grammar school principals wait for high school pledge payments to the Extension fund. Cooperation keeps schools running nine months.
A new 38 room clubhouse is under construction atop the hill on the Mars Milky Way estate near Pulaski following the destruction of the old 17 room structure. The old foundation is reused for a nine room residence and a five room office. Stone material is supplied by R L Parsons Lumber Company.
William Jay as committee counsel outlined a seven day stock market pool operation tied to the stock exchange and brokerages. The text names prominent participants and notes a $12,683,000 pool investment with Meehan of the primary brokerage sailing to Europe before a senate hearing due to illness.
Bob Catlett commander of the post urged all members to attend a discussion of important business at the bank building today.
A Chevrolet roadster with the R. L. Parsons Lumber company painted on the side was stolen last night from Mr. Parsons garage on Moulton street. The exact hour was not known. he had parked the car there about ten o clock.
The Bonanza quartet will attend Courtland tonight to appear on the program of a community singing event.
Circle 2 of First Methodist’s missionary society clarifies that the Fisk Jubilee Singers will appear June 2 at Riverside High School under mission auspices in the program Heaven Bound. They will not perform at the Negro Methodist Episcopal church where a separate Heaven Bound show is staged by oral talent.
The sheriff's office announced that no arrests were made last night or this morning by the sheriff's forces.
Miss Grace Voss and her mother Mrs M S Voss with her brother Tidwell left last week for a visit to relatives in St Louis They will pause in Bowling Green Nashville and Lebanon on the return trip Miss Voss plans to return Monday May 30th
William Dennis son of Rev. and Mrs. Peter M. Dennis is able to be out after a slight illness at home.
County finances will be under the spotlight at the Alabama County Commissioners Association annual convention in Birmingham July 27 to 29. The event will gather county commissioners board of revenue members and probate judges for discussions on fiscal issues.
Attorney General Thomas E Knight received permission from the supreme court to reply to the petition of counsel for six men condemned to death in the Scottsboro attack case. Knight will oppose the petition asking for a review of the case and may file his reply before Friday.
The local American Legion post will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 o'clock in the Tennessee Valley locality. The notice urges members to attend the session and discuss post affairs and upcoming events.
Seven of the nine Tennessee Valley counties posted higher cotton yields in 1931 compared with 1930, per the final state cotton crop report. Statewide output fell to 1,384,865 bales in 1931 from 1,444,886 in 1930, with totals given in running bales and linters excluded.
In Talladega on May 24 an angler named Weldon baited a rock and killed a large fish after 15 minutes of failed attempts. Ed Bush witnessed Weldon luring the fish at Jacks Shoals in clear water. The fish floated lifeless after Weldon retrieved the rock.
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