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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1936
Page
8
Police hunt an elderly white haired man linked to the murder of a woman whose charred body was found in a thicket atop a Vermont area peak. A 22 caliber revolver found near the scene and travel records tie the woman to Boston and Brattleboro locations while a Greenfield train ticket suggests the man followed her.
Williams reports Mrs Hurley traveled from White River Junction to Greenfield and Brattleboro before being killed Wednesday. Investigators note a possible robbery motive after a store owner described a roll of about 500 dollars. Lawrence waiter John Elston may be asked to identify the body and suspects handwriting on the Brattleboro register. He says a wife he married in Salem may be connected and details of a 1932 claim surface.
May 25. Reports from the Alipore observatory said a monsoon weather system with heavy snow battered Everest in Tibet. The peak remains unclimbed despite efforts by the British team.
Evangelist Duke C. Jones preached on A Cry of Jesus on the Cross at the First Christian church. He said Jesus knew his purpose and that the world needs salvation, urging workers for missions and gratitude for Christ as God’s gift of love.
R. T. Scarborough said R. W. Scudder, supervisor for Jackson Madison and Marshall counties, is taking a two week vacation with his son and daughter in Birmingham. Glen H. Long of Decatur will fill in during Scudder's absence.
Fort Lauderdale reports a woman died after use of an iron heat treatment device by inventor P. Dettra. Mrs. William J. O’Leary 43 of Chevy Chase Md died hours after removal from the box like apparatus at a sanitorium. Bond set at 2500 pending inquest Friday. Also, Addis Ababa executions total 53 since the city fell to Italy with 39 for robbery and incendiarism and 14 for other crimes.
Mrs. Ollie W. Towles national councillor of the Daughters of America will address the Winona hall meeting at 7 30 PM Thursday. She will outline the unit’s work and provide instructions on achieving its objectives drawing keen interest from local members.
Washington May 25 Representative Randolph Perkins of New Jersey died at Georgetown Hospital at 7 30 a m EST. A Republican, Perkins had represented the seventh New Jersey since 1921. He was 64 years old.
Poppies of remembrance will be distributed in Decatur Saturday by a large corps of women and girls organized by the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Earl Williams announces the Poppy Day plan with team captains to cover city locations. More than ten million poppies nationwide are to be distributed, with proceeds supporting veteran relief and rehabilitation programs. The Decatur poppies were made at the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The article describes a MART summer print frock worn by Mrs. H. C. Phipps to the New York races. White Roman numerals stand out on a navy blue background, with a white silk faced neckline and collar. The outfit includes a camel hair sports coat and a white straw Homburg with a veil and navy grosgrain band.
Clarence Thompson a 38 year old Delaware County man was executed in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary for the slaying of Mrs. Vivian Hoopes in Linwood Pennsylvania. He was convicted in March 1935 after an attempted break in by Thompson and a neighbor Thomas Truitt led to gunfire and Mrs Hoopes being fatally wounded.
Mrs. Joe Bob Mitchell said her husband the Auburn junior and Alabama Polytechnic Institute athlete signed a contract with the New York Yankees and was en route to the Norfolk farm of the American League club. He starred as halfback in football and center in basketball and was on the track team this year.
Several hundred workers staged a sitdown at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company early today and went back to work hours later without explanation. Police arrested 29 union Good year employees for violating the Ohio anti rioting statute tied to a prior demonstration. Plant No 1 activity ended quickly while plant No 2 protest lasted several hours.
George Lewis, a Half Moon Bay resort owner, pulled eight bottlenecks from the sand to keep bathers from cutting their feet and uncovered eight bottles of 25 year old whisky. He suspects the finds are relics of prohibition era rum running.
Andrew E. Potter resigns as mayor of Gulfport Florida to preserve his WPA position. He earned 10 dollars a month as mayor and 75 dollars as assistant foreman on a WPA pier project.
Earl Payne indicted for a statutory offense by a Morgan County grand jury in February is in the county jail after a Sunday night transfer from Blairsville Georgia where he was arrested at the request of Morgan sheriff's officers. Deputy Sheriff Aaron Walton returned the prisoner today.
Miss Anne Elizabeth Vaughn daughter of J H Vaughn of Decatur Alabama will receive her B S degree in home economics at Berea Colleges commencement on June 1 Miss Vaughn arrived at Berea four years ago from Central High school Decatur She has been active in Pi Epsilon Pi Dramatic Club Agriculture Home Economics Club Home Economics Club Alpha Psi Omega Y W C A and Philosophy Club and serves as chairman of the Alabama state group and assistant business manager of the 1936 Chimes senior annual She also was president of the Dramatic Club during 34 35 and directed the senior play this year
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