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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1933
Page
2
Local paper notes Associated Press dispatches are exclusive and all rights to republication are reserved. Names of offices and advertising representatives are listed. publication details and contact points for DEVINE TENNEY and corporate offices appear in the notice.
A plan reducing automobile license tag costs opens the way for about 980 000 owners to regis ter their cars and return them to the highways.
The Atmore Advance offers reflections on misplaced vanity and the value of family. It contrasts public accolades with the support and guidance found at home, suggesting that home life often anchors a man better than outward praise.
A Red Cross appeal highlighted by a county family garden program urging local effort to grow food. The article praises the Red Cross work aiding those lacking meals and stresses food self sufficiency as a lesson learned this season.
The Mobile Press profiles Julian Hall editor of the Dothan Eagle as a newly elected member of the Alabama state Senate. He comes from a distinguished Alabama newspaper family and leads the Eagle to prominence under his direction. The article notes his fiery but tolerant stance and commitment to democracy and common sense.
The piece extols Julian Hall as impulsive brave and witty with a fierce sense of justice. It predicts he will become a leading figure in Montgomery and one of Alabama’s top writers, noting his courage honesty and ability to admit error when wrong.
A Gadsden Times News editorial profiles Sidney Z Mitchell of Alabama, head of the Electric Bond and Share Company, noting his rise from a war‑torn farm boy to a leading figure in hydroelectric financing and a major world utility promoter. The piece highlights his role in forming the agency that financed hydroelectric developments, its impact on southern power plants, and the firm’s global reach despite market depressions.
Miami columnist Arthur Brisbane discusses Nicholas Schenck praising a Columbia Pictures film of Mussolini, urging its showing in Congress and schools as a teaching tool. The piece reflects on education, psychology, and historical insight from witnessing the leader’s speeches.
A temporary naval recruiting station was opened at Albany post office yesterday and will operate one day a week until a regular station serves North Alabama. William Herdage of T. M. L. is visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Bailey return from Mooresville. W. A. Curry of Memphis is in the Twin Cities on business. Miss Sadie Hicks returns from a Florida and South Carolina trip.
A collage of quips on advertising limits, umpire woes, theft of a dummy, and old term meanings. The piece wryly notes shifts in public relations and professional titles while hinting at social norms of 1933. The tone is satirical and retrospective on media and society.
A Paris editor proposes Americans buy French champagne at four times cost to fund the debt repayment. He envisions profits for growers and government, with leftovers used to settle the debt. The idea clashes with the American 3.2 percent alcohol limit.
Miss Perkins conducts monthly press conferences to explain employment trends and figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. She teaches reporters how to read the employment and payroll indices, noting January to February changes and long term patterns since 1923.
Dr. Be M. Chenault is appointed chairman of First Aid for the American Red Cross in Morgan County. Classes will begin once the committee is formed and the appointment is finalized.
A collage of light verse and quips on April weather, daily life, and social observations. Humorous lines touch on rain and mood, Beveridge style banter about stenographers, debt, teachers, and a cartoonish joke about a blonde typist. It reflects playful newspaper humor of the era with various nameless gadfly remarks.
A small crowd gathered at Priceville school on Friday to hear talks promoting crop diversification. Organized by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, Rev. B P Collier welcomed attendees before Roland H Gray explained the meeting’s purpose. County Agent Gibbons introduced F O Keller of Hartselle who outlined strawberry association methods and aims, followed by a general discussion on strawberry culture and marketing. Attendees from Decatur included A A Jones, T M Jones, and others.
LACROSSE Va April 3 AP three men were killed and a fourth wounded in a Mecklenburg county private home robbery five miles from town. The dead are Ben Cannon 77 and two nephews Thomas and Bill Cannon Willis Cannon 81 was taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds to the head. Investigators say the robbers lured Ben Cannon to the smokehouse on a meat purchase pretext and shot him then shot the others on the home steps.
The weather bureau reports a maximum temperature of 69 and a minimum of 45 for the 24 hour period ending at 7 this morning.
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