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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
2
The readable text shows names and roles in a newspaper staff lineup and advertising staff in New York and Detroit. It mentions BOUELTON and SMELTON and BENNER and BLOOD WORTR, plus JOY REMJAMIN and SHEPPARD as business managers.
A dated paragraph envisions the South flourishing when farmers reap bread from their fields and meat from their pastures, free from creditors and oppression, asserting economic independence and self reliance.
A fragmented note discusses domestic considerations and speculative questions about economic policy and prices. It mentions screening the house again and wonders how abandoning the gold standard might affect fly swatter prices. The text blends personal reflection with broad economic pondering.
The article reports General Dawes delivering a harsh remark to a crowd of unpaid teachers. It notes calls for his return to Washington to answer for his conduct, suggesting motives of notoriety rather than any constructive purpose.
An error announced J Bibb Mills of the Anti Gaboon league as a candidate for Alabama convention to repeal the eighteenth amendment. It was clarified the candidate is Dr J B Mills of Ozark who says he is running on a dry platform.
A记者 notes the cotton market opened higher and a seller moved a large stored supply, aiming to clear debts and put money back into circulation. The rapid turnover suggests inflation by money in circulation as other buyers gains access to funds.
Mebane agencies seek a reciprocal arrangement with Tennessee to allow Alabama vehicles into Tennessee and vice versa without extra revenue enforcement. Tennessee has enacted a law allowing interstate loading near the border, signaling end to longtime tensions and recent changes in truck enforcement policy.
The Hunleville Register reports four polls on beer legality with a 10 to 1 lead for drys. Beer remains illegal in Alabama, pushing potential tax revenue to Florida and Tennessee where beer is legal, while Alabama faces treasury losses.
The Florence Herald reports based on Army Air Service experiments that a falling body never exceeds 118 miles per hour before hitting the ground. Speed rises to 118 mph after initial acceleration and then remains constant due to air resistance, not increasing until impact.
Washington reports the house passed the Shoals bill to create a Tennessee Valley Authority to operate Muscle Shoals. The plan covers flood control navigation power and dam projects with a 50 million dollar bond issue and 10 million immediately. Roosevelt backing paves the way for rapid adoption and regional development.
Arthur Brisbane reflects on Chicago awaiting June expo celebrating a century of progress. He casts the city’s ideal beauty as the embodiment of charm, saying the winner will wear the crown for the exposition despite glamorous appearances.
An essay contrasts charm standards in Latin countries and Chicago, noting hair growth, bridal weight, and beauty myths. It cites Paris wax replicas and varying body modification practices. It also envisions a future rail travel shift from heavy Pullman cars to light high speed coaches across the nation.
Visionary talk of a 150 to 200 mph earth surface train and 500 mph air travel favors rapid future transport. Pullman’s Crawford touts light cars and a weight cut by 80,000 pounds using aluminum to debut at the Chicago exposition in June. Polish Jews urge boycott of German goods amid postwar tensions and recall past horrors.
The Morgan county jail is under quarantine after the discovery of an alleged small pox case by a prisoner in the county bastile. The employes association of the Tennessee Valley Bank chain met in Sheffield on Tuesday with 57 in attendance.
The piece sketches party tensions over inflation policy amid Roosevelt era shifts. It highlights Republican leaders Mellon Mills Reed as inflation foes and Senator Thomas’s evolving role in shaping and selling the administration program.
House Peters headlines at the Princess in Silk Husbands and Calico Wives. Police warn drivers to avoid using a cutout device within city limits.
Jacob Ruppert advocates keeping beer distinct from whiskey to promote temperance and national welfare. He argues the saloon culture created by mixed drinks forced brewers into a difficult position and warns prohibition could make gin and whiskey national staples. Politicians largely opposed the idea previously.
A collection of jokes and quips on world leaders bankers lawyers and science. Notes on Premier MacDonald Roosevelt and Herriot plus a zinger about University of California scientists achieving 459.1 below zero and a humorous line about watching Ella Boole read reports of 3.2 beer. Conductor Stokowski hosts an invisible orchestra.
A collection of humorous bits and quips about business woes social diversions and misadventures. The pieces include a shopkeeper fearing ruin a waiter in a hotel dining scene a minister and attendant exchange a gray hair remark and a pine for humor about a drowning rescue turning to a dead body find.
A dialogue at a drug store features Miss Johnson and Mr Swanson handling stamps and small talk, while Agnes and Alfred discuss recovery and a marriage proposal. Janet notes a change in behavior after illness. A joke about two philosophers bound by a long silence provides comic relief, and a social remark highlights women’s marital prospects tied to appearance and employment.
A county and city garden contest committee plans six divisions for entrants. Three classes are for town gardeners and three for rural, with prizes in each class. Entry deadlines are May 10 and the contest closes about June 20 depending on weather.
Mrs Fannie Sims spent Sunday with her son W R Sims and family. Miss Frances Stewart and Rosa Nell Stacks visited Mr and Mrs Leonard Hames. The Stewarts spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs J K Puller. Friends held a quilting and egg hunt at the home of Oo W Parker Saturday afternoon. Bertha Fuller and sons were with Hubbard Couch family Sunday. J H Puller and Maggie MacCullouch visited Decatur Monday. Onnie Mars is home ill with flu. Lonnie Fuller visited Andrew Stewart family Sunday morning.
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