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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1933
Page
1
General Johnson vows to use full government force against major code violators as the NRA faces congressional pressure. The piece notes factory practices undercutting code wages, apprentice hiring below minimums, and strategic shutdowns to evade rules, signaling intensifying codification battles.
General Hugh Johnson said the bituminous coal code will be ready for President Roosevelt's signature tonight with a committee of 18 operators back at work and about three points left to settle. Roosevelt canceled plans to board the Sequoia to witness the code's conclusion. In Pennsylvania rioting wounded 17 as miners face a return to work for 30,000 to 40,000 men.
After the White House coal conference broke up John L. Lewis said an agreement to have a 24 hour code was possible. Operators spokesmen indicated a code would come within minutes. Roosevelt aides stayed with the negotiators and Lewis predicted UMWA agreement in the same time frame.
Columbus Miss September 15 Patterson a Negro was convicted and sentenced to death for the axe slaying of Mrs Hugh Crosby and her husband on their farm near here last June The Crosbys were from a prominent Tuscaloosa Alabama family A purported confession was introduced over defense objections Patterson admitted the killings in court The state sought the death penalty and the trial began Thursday with Judge Jennings I Sturdivant delaying court to Friday morning
Among prominent Birmingham people here Thursday to attend the funerals of the late Dr. N. A. Barrett were Jimmie Jones president of the Birmingham City Commission and Dr. W. D. Dowling of the Jefferson County Health Department. Dr. Barrett who formerly resided in Birmingham was once president of the city commission there and was widely known throughout Jefferson county.
The Y. B and S. of St. John’s Episcopal Church will hold its monthly corporate communion on Sunday at 7:30 a m. The Rev. Peter M. Dennis will be celebrant and the rector will address the young people.
The same election officials who served in Morgan County on September 12 are to serve again on October 3 when the second primary between Baynard L Malone and A H Carmichael is decided. The announcement aims to prevent any belief that new appointments are needed and praises precinct officials for prompt handling of first primary returns.
Cotton movements surged over the Southern Railway in the past two weeks, with Decatur acting as a concentration point. Local agent E S Morrow reported forty cars handled in ten days, citing new rates within 740 miles and expecting broader volumes on other commodities as prices stabilize and codes are adopted.
The Morgan County Board of Education met Friday and did not fill the vacancy from Prof. Henry T. Lile’s resignation. They planned to apply for a government loan to rebuild the Hartselle training school for Negroes destroyed by fire in March 1932.
Prof. O. Hagerman, a member of the local school faculty, arrived in Decatur Thursday night to join the staff.
Mrs Oliver Wade of 615 East Walnut Street is receiving medical treatment at Baughs Infirmary.
V F W Chieftian urges veterans eligible for membership to attend a Sunday September 17 1933 meeting at 2 PM in the courthouse. He notes the post is financially sound with two banks, 56 members, and plans to elect new officers and set biweekly meetings. The post supports an Orphans Home and a service officer and cooperates with the Tennessee Valley Improvement Association.
Washington reports growing violence in Cuba with threats of large scale strikes. State Department cites uncertainty but declines to comment on the worsening situation. Some reports claim troops control Fat Del Rio while no Americans are known to be there.
Camden Tennessee September 15 A Memphis Nashville bus ran off an embankment near the Tennessee river bridge injuring a score of persons. Attendants report burns from contact with the motor broken shoulders and other injuries among passengers.
Morgan countian Baynard L. Malone trails A. H. Carmichael by 226 votes in the eighth district official tally after seven counties were tallied. Malone led Jackson county and trailed in Madison, Limestone, Lawrence, and Madison as momentum grew for his second primary bid on October 3. Malone pledges strong Congress service and valley development.
Edna Reeves Glenn age 21 died at her Courtland Route 1 home at 5 PM Wednesday. Funeral services were held Thursday at Smyrna Church with Rev. Lewis Smith officiating. Interment followed under direction of Highsmith of Moulton. She is survived by husband Lloyd Glenn, father Bethel Reeves, brother William Reeves, and sister Velma Wadsworth.
W M Bimmons and family attended the Madison County Fair in Huntsville last night, joining other local residents for the evening event.
Malcolm Lane son of Hector D. Lane a Courtland resident was badly injured when a shotgun exploded while he hunted near Courtland. He lost two fingers on his left hand and underwent emergency surgery at Benevolent hospital. His condition was reported as unsatisfactory.
Funeral services for Dr N A Barrett were held at Southside Church with Revs Gers ter and Pickens officiating. Interment followed at Decatur cemetery. Barrett, former Birmingham city commission president, had lived in Decatur three years and city offices closed in his honor.
In Montgomery on September 16 a five attorney supreme court bench heard arguments over the Lapsley Lusk salary reducing bill. The measure cut 300000 from the state payroll and had been ruled unconstitutional by Mobile circuit court. A decision date was not announced after today's proceedings as justices recused themselves due to salary implications.
Joe Guyton, a Central High School graduate and sophomore at Mississippi State College in Starkville, returned from the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago on Tuesday and left again Wednesday to resume his studies. He is building a notable record in both scholarship and athletics.
S. R. Pussell of Hartford Alabama arrives in Decatur Thursday to begin duties as the new commercial courses teacher at the local high school.
David E. Lilienthal announces TVA wholesale rates from the Muscle Shoals plant. Municipal distributors can secure power at seven mills per kWh and charge homeowners about 3 cents for the first 50 kWh, then lower blocks. The plan aims to spur wider electricity use with self supporting, self liquidating operations and minimum monthly charges tied to meter size.
Washington reports the 1934 85 cotton program will be issued soon with no change in fundamentals. Secretary Wallace outlines acreage reduction to about 25 million acres and parity price guarantees on past five year acreage. Checks to farmers who plowed acreage are already going out rapidly, with unofficial totals near 75 thousand.
Maritime officials warned of danger as a tropical storm neared Tampico Mexico. One ship believed lost, the tug Gernicalo overdue with oil tankers Don Juan and Arturo. Storm moving northwest across the Gulf of Mexico expected to hit Mexican coast late today. Carolinas ports brace for hurricane center near the coast around the North and South Carolina line tonight.
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