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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
1
From Besieged city of Irun to its outskirts rebels storm trenches and push toward the suburbs as Madrid reports fighter raids. La Pasionaria appeals for aid in Paris while diplomats seek to limit the war's reach.
Frank H. Walston, 31, of Dexter Kentucky, a rigger at TVA Pickwick Dam, died from injuries after a 30 foot fall from a crane mast. The death marks the sixth fatality since construction began.
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will install officers this evening at Lelia Cartwell Sevon Hall on Bank Street. A previous notice misdated the event as Thursday night. officials urge all members to attend the ceremony tonight.
Washington experts and utility executives clashed over government owned utilities as yardsticks for the power industry. John E. Zimmerman criticized the TVA program as futile while E F Scattergood argued public ownership shapes rate standards. Bonbright Mosher urged caution on regulation and municipal power growth.
Reports from Athens Alabama indicate continued army worm damage across the county following heavy rainfall. The worst damage appears in fields where powder and spray mixtures were not properly applied as cotton gins begin operating countywide.
Everett Harper of Falkville route one died Tuesday at 3 PM in Benevolent hospital from pneumonia. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harper and had three brothers Grady Arthur and J D. Harper. Funeral at Union Hill near Eva at 2 30 PM conducted by Rev Joe Brown with Drinkard and Howell directing burial.
William Reynolds Spight 75 prominent and wealthy Decatur figure dies at home after long illness. Burial at City Cemetery with Brown Funeral Co. in charge. Survived by sister Mrs Seneca Burr and several relatives. He founded Brock and Spight Wholesale Grocery and Home Oil Mill and served as deacon and Bible class teacher at Central Baptist Church.
The Osservatore Romano denounces Father Charles E. Coughlin as a liar and betrayer in a speech aimed at President Roosevelt but says he may continue political activity if he avoids denouncing public authority. Vatican circles disapprove of the Detroit priest though they approve his economic interpretations of papal teaching.
President Roosevelt travels by train toward Des Moines for drought relief discussions with seven state governors led by Governor Landon of Kansas. He will meet governors from Iowa Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma Minnesota and Wisconsin and confer with staff before a Hannibal dedication and a Springfield Illinois stop.
The National Youth Administration funds in the 1936 37 school aid program place Decatur atop a 10 county district with $584 for white students and $329 for negro students totaling $1147 for the county. Allocations per city include Decatur Colbert Sheffield Tuscumbia Cullman Franklin Jackson Lauderdale Florence Lawrence Limestone Athens Madison Huntsville Marshall Albertville Morgan.
An all-day Sacred Harp singing will be held at Gum Spring Church eight miles east of Hartselle on Sunday September 6. Everyone is invited to attend and bring song books. Dinner will be served on the ground at noon.
Mrs. Lida Ruth Southworth 40 former wife of Billy Southworth manager of the Memphis Baseball Club was found dead at her Columbus Ohio home today after two years of ill health
Des Moines flags line the streets as residents prepare for a joint Republican and Democratic meeting tomorrow. The event aims to discuss political parity and unify local voices in the lead up to ongoing civic discussions.
Four relief workers died and five were injured when two trucks on route ten in Chesterfield County caused the Falling Creek bridge to give way. All the deceased were Richmond residents and members of the Citizens Service Exchange, a mutual aid group of unemployed and part time relief workers.
Carbon Hill Alabama September reports Sheriff H G Mitchell now believes bullets that killed Marcus Stoddard and his family came from Stoddard himself, not his wife. Neighbors found the burning beds after the deaths and the sheriff cited their information for a revised view.
Motorists report getting a "kick" from crossing the Joe Wheeler Dam as the new roadway allows traffic to pass the structure.
Washington reports reveal officials debunk the old belief that oysters are only good in certain months. Fred F Johnson explains summer oysters are edible though spawning reduces fat, with growing demand and plans to market winter-caught frozen oysters. R H Fielder wrote a biography of an oyster and new cooking methods spread among housewives.
Navy divers will comb Lover's Cove in La Jolla to find the heavy instrument used to batter Ruth Muir 48 a Y W C A worker to death Monday night Police Chief George Sears said. The search aims to trace the weapon to the attacker.
A Riverside worker Ruth Muir, 48, was found killed on Lovers Beach in La Jolla. Investigators believe a sex crazed assailant struck at night and dragged her to a ravine. Detective Captain Harry Kelly said a San Diego flight of inquiry focuses on a killer seen nearby.
News comes of the death Tuesday in Dexter Missouri of Orison H Harris 50 a former Decatur resident Survived by his widow and six children all of Dexter three sisters Mrs Houston Napps San Antonio Texas Mrs O L Newsome and Mrs E R Young of this city Funeral and burial rites held at Dexter today Harris left Decatur about 20 years ago to reside in Missouri
Local businesses will close from 3 to 4 PM Thursday to honor William R. Spight a prominent church and business leader. The step follows an announced funeral service and reflects Spight's impact on the community.
President Roosevelt unveils a revised budget showing a 2.097 billion dollar deficit for the current fiscal year with receipts of 5.666 billion and potential relief expenditures. He notes drought relief needs and possible work relief cuts, plus revenue losses from invalidated taxes and the bonus passage altering the outlook.
At Pine Valley in Clementon New Jersey the United States led England in three of four matches at the 86 hole foursome halfway point. John Goodman and Scotty Campbell were 5 up on Hector Thompson and Harry Bentley while Reynolds Smith and Ed White led 1 up on Jack McLean and John Langley. Gordon Peters and J Morton Dykes trailed 1 up to Charles Yates and Walter Emery and Harry Givan and George Voigt stood 4 up on Alec Hill and Cecil Ewing.
In Detroit on September 2 a second panel of 100 veniremen was summoned as jury selection for 10 men charged in the Black Legion execution of Charles A. Poole progressed slowly. The first panel of 92 was near exhaustion. 42 remained to be examined and nine jurors were seated when the court opened.
Billy Watson infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Watson died at the parents home in Belleview at 5 30 o clock Tuesday. Funeral services will be conducted at Oak Grove by Rev. Emmett Byars with interment there. McAfee and Young directing.
The University of Alabama extension director Dr. R E Tidwell announced a Decatur center with two years of registration work at night classes from six to nine o clock five nights weekly. The project, supported by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and local education officials, requires a minimum of 100 students and aims to offer credits toward a college degree.
Philadelphia report of Magistrate Jacob Dogole hearing Belford Davidson 88 accused of habitual drunkenness and striking his mother. A spectator identified as Sidney Davidson attacked Belford with a left to the chin and multiple blows after the magistrate upheld a six month sentence. The magistrate stood by his remark.
The Tennessee river gauge stood at four feet with no rainfall in the last 24 hours. Temperatures reached a high of 93 and a low of 69 as Alabama and Tennessee forecasts show lingering showers and partly cloudy conditions in scattered areas tonight and Thursday.
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