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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1935
Page
1
The Supreme Court declares recovery act provisions granting the President authority to proclaim code rules over private industry unconstitutional in the Schechter poultry case. The ruling challenges the heart of the NRA and its power to regulate wages and hours across more than 500 fair competition codes.
Tacoma authorities and the Weyerhaeuser family urged abductors to return 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser. A ransom note demanding payment in federal reserve notes gave five days for compliance, and a pocket monogrammed keepsake found near Annie Wright Seminary offered a possible clue to the abduction.
The Supreme Court unanimously declares the Frazier Lemke act unconstitutional. The moratorium intended to relieve farm debt faced opposition after lower courts upheld parts of the law affecting about 12 billion dollars in farm indebtedness.
The Supreme Court unanimously rules the president cannot remove a federal trade commissioner at will. Justice Sutherland states the commission is an administrative body with quasi duties and must be free from executive control, while Justice McReynolds notes separate views on removal power. The decision overrules Roosevelt on Humphrey, a former congressman removed before death for aims of the administration.
May 27 Spot cotton closed quiet five points lower in New Orleans with 509 sales. Low middling 11.65 cents, middling 12.40, good middling 12.85. Receipts 1.08, stock 466,565.
Miss Mary McElroy's plea leads Governor Park to spare Walter McGee, the Ransom gang ringleader, from execution for abducting the Kansas City teen two years earlier. McGee and others faced gallows after ransom paid. McElroy seeking peace of mind urged mercy.
Charlie Webb a 32 year old farmer of Finley Island was wounded in the back of the neck by a shot fired from woods near the Morgan Lawrence county line. He walked to a nearby house for aid and was taken to Baughs Infirmary in serious but not critical condition. Webb could not identify a shooter or determine if the shot was accidental.
Papers filed against Mayor James A. Nelson seek a preliminary injunction to stop the city from completing a PWA loan for a municipal electric distributing system. The case is set for 10 o clock Thursday morning in the circuit court equity division before Judge A A Griffith.
Defense argues 22 year old Jos eph L Steinmetz was drunk and not responsible when his 17 year old bride Ruth was shot to death in a Knights of Columbus hotel room. Samuel Leibowitz contends the arresting officer and crime scene links are a frame up and seeks acquittal on grounds of mental incompetence.
Secretary Harold Ickes denounces the United States Chamber of Commerce as a tool of big business and a Trojan horse for lobbyists. He claims the chamber serves the Wall Street oligarchy and criticizes its attacks on the Roosevelt administration during a Birmingham chamber of commerce speech.
A Birmingham judge’s edict favors bond holders and a conference with the city council is set to decide whether Albany Decatur bond obligations justify a higher tax levy. City officials, led by City Attorney T C Almon, weigh potential effects on the consolidated city’s tax rate and future bond payments.
Comptroller General McCarl released a letter defending the office's audit of Tennessee Valley Authority expenditures. Senator Norris accused the audit of having a power trust attitude and criticized McCarl's stance, while the GAO issued a parallel statement stressing duty over favoritism and urging that the record speak for itself.
William B. Leeds Jr heir to the tin plate fortune was found safe in Fort Lauderdale after going missing in a small craft with his pets since last night. The heir wed this afternoon in Florida, ending the disappearance dispute.
Unofficial returns from Decatur city boxes indicate 708 for and 84 against the three mill tax, about 9 to 1, with county boxes totaling 278 in favor and 87 opposed. Eva precincts show uneven results. Trinity and Lane neighborhoods also favorable, city canvass begins tomorrow noon.
Dr. W. P. King of Nashville, editor of the Tennessee Christian Advocate, gave the baccalaureate sermon for Athens College seniors at the First Methodist Church. The Glee Club, directed by Mrs. Ben Peck and Frank M. Church, provided music. Mrs. Helen Bourne, former Athens College faculty member, spoke at the evening YWCA service.
J A Keller state superintendent of education from Montgomery will speak to the Athens College graduating class in the college auditorium on Friday morning, marking the close of the ninety third year of the institution.
In the Tri state lead and zinc mining area near Picher Oklahoma an outbreak between union and non union strikers was halted by tear gas as Governor Marland sent two companies of National Guard to the troubled district.
The nine year old son of timber magnate John P. Weyerhauser was kidnapped. His parents in Tacoma Washington received a letter demanding $200000 for the boy's return.
Town Creek, near Wheeler Dam, plans to assist in staging the May 30 celebration. Citizens say the event will be the largest in the Tennessee Valley and will showcase local thanks for the dam project. Local businesses will close from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in support.
The Morgan County Training School for negroes will hold graduation exercises on Tuesday night May 28 at 8 o'clock. Prof. J. H. Gilchrist of Alabama State Teachers College will deliver the commencement address. Supt. Geo. T. Woodruff will speak to the students. Seats will be reserved for whites. the public is invited.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer published what it says is the text of the Tacoma kidnap note sent to the Weyerhaeuser family after nine year old George vanished. The note demands cash in various denominations, secrecy, no police contact, and a five day deadline with coded signing.
Athens Als May 27 The graduation exercises of the Athens High School were held at the First Methodist church Friday evening. Miss Anna Powers salutatorian and J M Cannon Jr valedictorian received certificates from Prof J M Cannon Sr. Dr D L Rosenay Jr gave the address to a class of thirty boys and girls.
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