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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1935

Page

2

Austinville Police Chief Bailed After Shooting Incident

J W McDowra chief of police of Austinville posted a 500 bond after being arrested on a warrant charging assault with intent to murder in connection with last Fridays shooting of Guy Long age 20 in Austin. Long was wounded in the right side and reported improving at Benevolent Society Hospital.

J. W. McDowra Austinville Liberty Guy Long Austin Long Benevolent Society Hospital

Family Plea for Help Over Missing Teen Boy

A Tacoma family appeals publicly for assistance in locating 16 year old Jean Com- bit, missing after last Friday near a local school. L H Burnett, a businessman, reports seeing a man in a parked tan sedan with California plates near the school that day, while Comfort, another local businessman, recalls seeing three men in a tan sedan in the area.

L. H. Burnett Tacoma California Jean Comfort Taoma

Missing George Weyerhaeuser kidnappers sighted car

Burnett told agents he saw an automobile at 9 45 a m parked in front of Aquinas Academy near the Lowell school. Miss Lucille Berg described a pupil missing and a classmate saying George was kidnapped, while teachers and townspeople waited for ransom news.

George Burnett Department of Justice Aquinas Academy Lowell Lucille Berg George Weyerhaeuser Eeotat Percy Minnie

Wall Street Steady After Mixed Gold Standard Signals

Victor Eubank reports May markets show Europe’s gold standard anxieties affecting sentiment but prices trend upward. French gold holdings eyed while investors hesitate to liquidate. equities list firms yet participation remains selective as activity options narrow.

Wall Street Victor Eubank York Europe

Roosevelt seeks to curb power trust with utility act

In this fourth piece Rodney Dutcher details the battle over the 1935 public utility act and Title I proposals. It explains how holding companies tied to Morgan and Chase National Bank face pressure to break up or distribute assets while the Securities Exchange Commission would oversee reorganizations.

Rodney Dutcher NEA Roosevelt Ashington Power Trust Morgan Chase National Bank Securities Exchange Commission Senate Committee Publc Itle II Federal Power Commission Federal Water Power Act FPC Interstate Commerce .Commission NBA Service, Inc

Market Tensions Slip as Currencies Edge and Stocks Drift

Traders judged sidelines safest as the spot French franc gained official support in London while the British pound rose against the dollar. Grains and cotton showed limited enthusiasm and bonds edged higher. Shares rose modestly with Allied Chemical and American Can among those advancing. many steels, oils, and motors were quiet and utilities showed minor gains.

London

Breese Aims for World Air Speed and Leg Records

Vance Breese targets the world air speed record at 475 miles per hour in a 16 000 foot power dive and the 362 mile San Francisco to Los Angeles record in his Keith Rider racing plane. He plans next to pursue the Canada Mexico mark and then the world land plane record.

San Francisco Los Angeles Vance Breese Keith Rider

Supreme Court voids farm moratorium and wheat falls

The Supreme Court ruling invalidating the farm mortgage moratorium law sent grain markets lower in Chicago. May wheat and oats futures hit new season lows, with May corn also showing weakness.

Chicago United States Supreme Court

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