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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1935
Page
1
Tense activity at the J. P. Weyerhaeuser residence near Tacoma signals the family’s possible attempt to pay a $200,000 ransom for 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser. Police investigated alarms and a reported escape attempt as the 6:35 PM deadline loomed.
Mr and Mrs Sam Alexander are summoned to New York due to the sudden death of Simon Patterson father of Mrs Alexander and brother of J S Patterson of Decatur He was known here and had ties to Huntsville chess circles with many local friends nearby.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama announced in Washington that he will seek early consideration of his bill to create a 500 million dollar corporation to aid farm purchases by tenants. He stated the Supreme Court NRA decision has no bearing on the tenant bill.
Greensboro Ala May 20 Colonel Alfred M Tunstall longtime Hale county representative and former speaker of the Alabama House died at home after a two week illness He was 71 and survived by wife Loreine Bedsole Tunstall three sisters and other relatives He was a 1883 Alabama alum and 1884 lawyer who served in the legislature from 1896 with brief senate tenure and twice as speaker He led the 1933 repeal campaign and was known as a sharp parliamentary strategist.
Mrs. M. Pattillo 56, a longtime Hartselle resident and Methodist church member, died at her home. Survivors include husband a Hart selle businessman two sons W V and L C Pattillo Birmingham daughter Mrs Geo Randolph Fort Worth brother Lewis Echols Hart selle and George Echols Fort Worth. Funeral Thursday at 10 conducted by Rev J H Chitwood with interment in Hartselle Peck directing. Arrangements pending relatives' arrival.
Alabama senate finance committee approved a relief bill allocating 20000 dollars from state funds to cover prosecutorial costs in the Scottsboro case. The measure, introduced by Senator Browder, directs costs for Jackson Morgan and Jefferson counties to be paid by the state.
In Montgomery on May 20 the Alabama House, as a committee of the whole, resumed section by section reading of the bulky general revenue bill aimed at about 22 million dollars yearly for the next quadrennium. Debates over amendments stalled over tax provisions and exemptions while education officials announced a favorable report to abolish school book depositories.
The Publishers' Code Committee announced plans to liquidate the code authority once the daily newspaper code provisions expire on June 16.
Bonnie Hill also known as Marion King, 23, of Arkansas, was sentenced by Judge William F. O’Hara to six to 18 years in the state penitentiary for the fatal stabbing of John Irving Pierce, 23, a Jackson Mississippi writer, at the Nut Club last March. She showed no reaction as the sentence was pronounced after a manslaughter conviction. a sanity panel found her sane to stand trial.
Peach and Caddell HOLS attorneys explained HOLC mortgage refinancings to prospective borrowers in Morgan County. Loans up to 80 percent in bonds or 40 percent in cash with five percent bond interest or six percent cash interest. Borrowers have 15 years to repay. Since December 1933 HOLC has issued 30 loans totaling 000 with high county appraisal and legal work.
Charlie Webb, a Finley’s Island farmer wounded by a mysterious shot Sunday near the Morgan Lawrence county line, showed improvement at Baugh's Infirmary. A bullet entered his neck and head, yet he walked 300 yards for help and never lost consciousness. Doctors are puzzled by his rapid recovery and no suspect has been found.
In Ashland Kentucky on May 29 a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train derailed at an open switch. Engineer George Nicholas sixty one from Lexington was killed after being thrown from the cab and striking a box car. Head brakeman Arthur Holder forty six from Russell died from scalding injuries.
Mrs Lewis Namie is resting well at Benevolent Society Hospital after an operation on Tuesday.
Many city business houses will close Thursday at noon to allow staff and shoppers to attend the Wheeler Dam celebration invited by the Tennessee Valley Authority. A list of shops and firms signing the pledge includes Brown's Variety Store Speake Warren Ratliff The Blue Shop Ben Franklin The Griffins Jewelry Shoe Box Booterie Stinson Bros J Ligon A P Tea Co Central Shoe Store J E Wilder Decatur Grocery Second Avenue Henry Norton A Beshara Maxee Dinsmore Bros Dry J C Penney Co H G Hillee Buttreys Dept Store Kuhn W M Bailey L Lesser J Lang Sunshine Cleaners Millet Clothing Co Max Lichenstein New York Hatters and Dry Cleaners Campbell Hodges Wohl's Decatur Savings and Loan Co New Morgan County & Loan Assoc Clem Scott Barber Shop Decatur Grocery Bankstreet J S Patterson A Davis.
Bribery charges against Sol Kone and Daniel Swift, New York attorneys, for allegedly offering money to Mrs. Victoria Price, key witness in the Scottsboro Case, were not pressed in circuit court as bonds of 2000 dollars each were forfeited for their absence. Also freed was T Peerson of Birmingham, linked as a go-between.
New York reports indicate workers expect no cut in hours and wages after the NRA decision. Johnson, first NRA administrator, returns to White House to aid drafting a plan to continue industry regulation under fair practices codes.
In Washington on May 20 an attempt to pass a constitutional amendment empowering federal regulation of labor conditions across states was seriously considered. High New Deal circles viewed it as a long range program following the Supreme Court decision that struck down the NRA. A voluntary code structure to replace NRA wreckage was studied as a temporary measure.
The United Mine Workers chart a strike threatening 450 000 workers in the soft coal fields. President John L. Lewis calls aides to prepare for a June 17 walkout as wage contracts expire on June 16 and industry leaders seek regulatory legislation to avert the strike.
Price wars flare in New York department stores as NRA restrictions end. Crowds line up for cigarets at 72 cents a carton, down from 25 cents for two packs, while popular book sets in crowded departments drop from 95 to 52 cents.
Three dogs were brought to a dog and cat hospital within an hour of each other and seemed to discuss their operations among themselves. The report notes the unusual scene as veterinarians attended to the pets.
The Nashville Boosters arrived by Booster Special and toured Decatur with local citizens. They met at the Princess Theatre where speakers shared views on Nashville as a cultural and industrial hub and Decatur as TVA centerpiece, then proceeded on a car parade under booster insignia.
Mrs Etta Castell 53 longtime resident dies early today in Decatur Interment will be at Caddo Baptist Church in charge of Priest Funeral Home Decatur Survived by husband W T Casteel four sons W A J and George of Madison route 2 FE of Trinity route 1 three daughters Mrs C C Cassos Birmingham Mrs Dave Alice and Mrs Dottie Lang of Decatur a brother T T Morgan of Trinity route 1 three sisters Mrs Sallie Alexander Mrs Will est Decatur route 3 eight and children
A devastating blast at Twenty first Street and First Avenue on New York Citys East Side damaged a three story building housing a roofing firm and destroyed adjacent shops. Police initially reported six buried in debris with at least ten injured as fire crews fought the blaze and treated victims at Bellevue Hospital. Birds in a pet shop survived as investigators suspected an acetylene tank caused the explosion.
A midweek service will be held at First Baptist tonight at 7 30. D F Green a longtime Baptist leader will deliver an address on Line Deven from 9 Desens BAA point.
The Tennessee river gauge reported a measurement in feet with no rainfall totals shown. Highs reached 87 degrees and lows dipped to 67 over the past 24 hours. Showers are forecast tonight followed by cooler conditions on Thursday across Tennessee.
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