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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1931
Page
5
Newark Oct 8 The will of Thomas A Edison leaves the bulk of his estate to the late inventor's second wife and to his children and half siblings. Executors named include Charles and Theodore Edison and many listed heirs. The will shows residuary shares may be distributed among siblings and half siblings per need.
Local social notes list Mr and Mrs H M Priest visiting daughter Mrs May in Chattanooga Tennessee. Various residents travel or visit Birmingham Danville Atlanta and Florida for short stays and family events. The Morgan County WCTU unit meets Friday at 2 30 pm.
New York society profile of Mrs. Sam Averell Harriman, widow of Sonny Whitney, and mother of two, detailing her polo season presence, style, and high society marriages. It notes her Paris links, Vanderbilts connection through marriage, and the evolution of her status from Mrs. Whitney to Mrs. Harriman.
At the Decatur Kiwanis meeting next Thursday two nominating committees will be appointed. The club will again present two complete sets of officer candidates for ballot by the membership for the coming year.
The community service committee of the Decatur Rotary Club will lead the program at the weekly meeting on Monday.
Trinity October 29 Special Students of Trinity High host a Halloween party Friday night in the high school auditorium featuring games contests and prizes for best costumes Proceeds aid the school funds.
The weather bureau reports rainfall of 0.63 inches for the 24 hour period ending at seven this morning.
Manuel Azana takes control of the Spanish government amid civil religious tensions. Niceto Alcala Zamora, former republic president, resigns in protest over the national assembly’s order expelling Jesuits and curbing Catholic groups.
Edron Childers, a vocational agriculture student at Eva High School, ginned seven bales from seven acres of D. P. L. 4-8 cotton with Eva Gin Company aid. The seven bales weighed 1280 to 1300 pounds seed cotton each and 538 to 568 pounds lint with an 80 premium on long staple. Total lint 3871 pounds earned 30.96 dollars profit after ginning and seed costs. Premiums covered part of Austrian peas last fall.
Alabama grid star Johnny Cain learned by long distance phone that his sister in Montgomery had a baby boy. The newborn’s name was not yet chosen, making Cain a proud new uncle beyond his football exploits.
St Johns Athletic Club schedules a regular meeting on Saturday evening at St Johns Parish House led by director Eldon Jones The club offers a gym course with young men reporting wonderful results from the program.
The Rev. Peter, rector of St. John's Church, is in Athens Alabama this afternoon for parish visitations concluding today.
Benny Leonard plans a comeback but must begin outside Pennsylvania after the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission refused him a license. Leonard Barrett from Pennsylvania is noted in the report.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct 29 Edward A O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chattanooga to attend the Muscle Shoals Commission meeting says Cove Creek dam is essential to any plan to dispose of Muscle Shoals. He opposes separating Cove Creek from Muscle Shoals arguing the dam is integral to operating Muscle Shoals. He adds the dam is key to Tennessee river basin development and fertilizer industry, and that building it would provide flood protection storage for navigation and spur further dam construction below Muscle Shoals.
The States said a grand jury in session would probe the city administration. Mayor Semmes Walmsley and the commission council would be summoned to testify. The inquiry would cover race horse operations police graft lottery shops and handling of city trust funds. Walmsley was likely indicted on charges of improper handling of trust funds.
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