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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1933
Page
2
Advertising representative TENNEY CORPORATION lists offices in New York Chicago Detroit Des Moines Atlanta. The paper dates its printing and filing details with the GER VALIAT PRINTING CO. and notes second-class matter status from February 36, 198% at Decatur office.
A fragmented note discusses farming in the South focusing on cotton, crops, and ownership. The text emphasizes agricultural self sufficiency and the farmer's rising role in the regional economy.
The line contrasts people who are natural salesmen with those who share opinions without basis beyond a substantial ego, implying self belief shapes argument more than evidence.
A nostalgic note celebrates the joy of hearing news from the speaker’s old hometown. It emphasizes happiness that travels beyond distant cities and high places, returning with familiar warmth and cheer. The message resonates with enduring community bonds.
Farmers work fields during planting season as diversification advances year by year and the de Preacion upholds its values and trials.
An agrarian note urges planting an acre of strawberries and persisting if initial year profits fall short. It asserts Morgan, Limestone, and Lawrence counties can derive substantial income from strawberry cultivation alone.
Crude bombs addressed to Franklin D Roosevelt from Watertown New York prompt questions about the sender's motives. The note hints at Zangara's fate and declares the bomber will be found soon. Authorities warn that bomb mail is not profitable or safe.
The Spottsville Kentucky fish yarn contest ends with no challenge as Wyatt Edwards returns to his home to find a 27 pound catfish stranded on the living room hearth after floods forced his family to flee. The Associated Press relays the quirky tale from Kentucky.
The Daily notes a pension issue highlighted by the Columbia Herald. Authorities found a Frenchman receiving a monthly check that exceeds typical pension rates, with details about the original pension and potential incidents in question.
The Herald cites a Paris dispatch reporting a 22 year old Frenchman drawing a US Revolutionary War pension for life through a chain of heirs over 150 years. It notes Raoul Faure, once granted $600 by Congress, died long ago and that the United States may pursue repayment while discontinuing the pension.
The Florence Times cites Alfred M. Bingham predicting a future where cities are rebuilt and poverty ends. He argues the old system collapses, a new, better one rises, and reforming the old won’t suffice. He uses the metaphor of a leaky junk versus a ready ocean liner. Viewpoints stress urgency and rapid US progress toward normalcy.
Miami columnist notes House passage of a Roosevelt plan to employ 250000 jobless for $1 daily with board in national forests. He quotes labor leader Green and critiques low pay while forecasting broader economic strain and rising insolvency.
The piece discusses sensitive topics including Chinese actions and World War II era views, noting that Chinese involvement in wrecking trains could harm innocent Chinese in the U S. It cites Wyatt on Congress power over banks and Roosevelt's leadership, contrasts Andrew Jackson with modern finance, and mentions local banks serving communities. An offhand note mentions a brewer praising Roosevelt for beer actions.
A 1933 NEA piece portrays Daniel Calhoun Roper as the focal point of a looming Department of Commerce reorganization. It describes Roper in the vast offices of the world’s largest building, amid fears of mass layoffs among some 17,000 employees, and outlines his philosophy of government administration and potential interdepartmental coordination with the State Department.
The text discusses whether 3.2 beer can be considered intoxicating if Congress, urged by the President, declares it not intoxicating. It notes the President's wife abstains and questions the logic of excluding a harmless drink from the White House.
Under clear skies about 3,000 Morgan County pupils gathered for the third annual field day. Carl Hendon of Austinville won the health department essay contest with The Fly as his topic. Dr. Henry Martin of Virginia was a stop-over guest en route to Mobile where he serves as assistant bacteriologist.
J. W. Guire of Albany Route ter is noted stepping into the hall in a concise local movement observed by residents.
Wat Boteler and a son from the Hart selle Enterprise visited today, stopping at the local office to brief staff and inspect ongoing projects. The visit highlighted collaboration between Boteler family interests and Hart selle operations in the area.
J E Blair recalls his stepmother’s fierce devotion and moral guidance from childhood. He describes her public displays of affection, protective stance against tobacco, and steadfast defense of his integrity at school and in faith, noting her evolving openness to Theistic evolution.
A collection of light anecdotes about cars and drivers, from parking at cemeteries to mishaps and quirks. Jokes compare bigamy fears, road rules, and engine woes while noting humorous foibles of motorists and pedestrians in daily life.
A lighthearted remark recalls an evolutionist claim that arm hair grows backwards toward the elbow and that ancestors linked fingers to shield the head, with interlocked hands shedding rain from forearms to run off at the elbows.
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