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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1932
Page
2
The fragment outlines Associated Press rights and credit rules for republication. It identifies exclusive use of AP dispatches by the Decatur Daily and notes syndication guidelines, with references to national advertising representatives Frost, Landis, Kohn. It resembles a newspaper masthead or policy notice.
A cautious look at investment as a way to revive Decatur's economy, urging concrete steps to shift farm trade to town. Proposes farmer outreach, in town comforts, market access, improved roads, and active involvement in local business, with incentives like annual poultry and hog awards to attract farmers.
The piece notes Germany uses trades schools to place unemployed in better jobs and suggests the United States consider opening ROTC and military training camps to unemployed, with camp stipends to support dependents. It argues such programs could train civilians for military service, curb idleness, and lessen idle hours that breed mischief.
In a witty moment the columnist Odd McIntyre receives the laurel for the day’s best wise crack amid a period of low mood. He quips Happy Fiscal Year in a light, buoyant salute.
Arthur Brisbane reports on military threats and political blame as nations prepare for action. The piece critiques leadership and public mood amid rising tensions and the push for swift action.
European press ridicules the United States for denouncing violence abroad while using tanks and poison gas on veterans gathered in Washington to demand their bonus and relief. Editorials suggest cautious response and warn against fascist style party ideas by Commander in Chief Waters.
The Los Angeles Games begin as 39 nations contest events with the United States leading in championships. Immigrant and minority athletes, including the Taramaru Indians from Mexico, react to the marathon length, arguing for longer distances to challenge the men.
The piece contrasts Pierre Coubertin’s ideal of participation over victory with an American emphasis on winning and triumph. It notes Oxford University’s four hundredth year, its founder and notable alumni such as Ruskin and Locke, and asserts the enduring fame of a few early graduates while many others fade from memory.
A collage of humorous and reflective exchanges about school pride, self made men, parents and children, editors, and social life. Bits include a teacher praising originality, a self made man joke, domestic humor with a beat ing carpet, and a farmer’s quip about poultry yields.
A London dispatch reports the Marquis of Queensbury died in South Africa. Secret service agents reveal a plot stealing supplies valued at $1,000,000 from Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Other notes mention S. O. Nelson traveling to Texas and several young women returning to music study or rehearsals.
Congressman Henry T. Rainey of Illinois urged a general world trade parley to revive global commerce. He warned that high tariffs and restricted exchange have blocked circulation, noting RFC funds lack impact and stressing the need for international discussion despite Ottawa trade talks.
Belgium plans to protect its eastern border against Germany echoing France’s Alsace Lorraine border defenses. The article notes imagined fortifications along a chain of batteries and dugouts and the allocation of substantial funds for the project.
The piece argues against reliance on infantry regiments and ground fortifications in future wars, predicting swift air attacks and chemical bombardments. It critiques French and Belgian plans for underground defense and likens them to bow and arrow tactics after gunpowder. Lord Desborough advocates bimettallism with a 20 to 1 silver to gold ratio as a remedy, claiming insufficient global gold to support commerce.
A historical note cites Australia owing five hundred million pounds to Britain, equating to about two and a half billion dollars, as part of a broader discussion on national debts and plans in Germany France and Britain not to repay the United States.
Miss Amy Johnson, who first flew solo from England to Australia, marries James A Mollison, who set the England to Cape Town flying record. The pairing prompts speculation about their potential son’s future, from aviation to mining exploration, reflecting on human history.
The Alabama Power Company announces Perry W. Turner resigns after two years of executive service. Turner will rejoin the law firm Martin Thompson Turner McWhorter, which serves as general attorneys for the company. J M Resent becomes general manager and vice president, assuming Turner's duties starting August 1, 1982.
A Decatur mother and two children need furniture of all descriptions. Anyone willing to lend items should call 917 between seven and five. The family, in poor health, says the husband and father deserted them.
A fragment notes a satirical take on radio as a marvelous contraption playing night and day. The piece mocks the omnipresent device and its claim of constant entertainment.
A brisk collage shows a homeward joke about bridge parties and cigaret smoke with a sly note on hosiery bargains. An editor greets a hungry tramp and muses on boosting the paper’s sales. A warped exchange hints at romance and a grim execution scene with a final plea.
The text claims blue songs predated jazz in the southern and central states, asserts that the tune for America shares air with God Save the King, and states Benjamin Franklin invented the harmonica in 1762.
Rev. Norton will start a series of meetings on the first Sunday in August at Antioch Church of Christ, three and a half miles south of Hillsboro. The public is cordially invited.
On this day in 1876 Colorado joined the United States as the 38th state. The historic admission expanded the nation westward and reshaped regional development and governance.
The local board of Christian Education will meet Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the home of J. H. Johnston. All members are urged to attend.
The J C Penney Company announces six months ended June 30 1932 net earnings after federal taxes but before preferred stock dividends totaling 2 603 257 46. Earnings available to common after dividends equal 2 005 612 48 or 8 per share, versus 3 614 126 55 or 1 46 per share for the prior year.
Funeral services were held Sunday at First Methodist Church in Athens for Col. M. K. Clements former county superintendent of education and political leader. He died Saturday at his daughter's home in Collinsville after an extended illness. Dr. J. E. Morris and Dr. R. T. Tyler led the rites with Athens church stewards as pallbearers. Clements was a prominent educator and civic figure in Alabama with a lengthy career. Several sons and daughters survive.
Earle F. Oscar of Detroit and Athens was named manager of the Ritz theatre in Athens on Saturday to succeed O J Wade who left to take a newspaper job in Anniston. Oscar formerly managed the Ritz and has broad experience in exhibition and production in the motion picture industry.
In Long Beach New Jersey Mrs Susan Rumer a 30 year old brunette was held without bail on a first degree murder charge for killing Edward Connors 40 of Hot Springs Arkansas. Connors was shot in the head last night in a bungalow rented by Mrs Rumer and her husband a boxing promoter. Police say she admitted shooting him after he allegedly made improper advances.
Dr. Jas. Ry. Hobbs resigns as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Birmingham effective August 31 after 13 years in Birmingham. He contemplates a possible move to become pastor of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville Kentucky but has not accepted.
Rev. E. Kirby of Moulton leads a revival at Landersville with assistance from Rev. C. M. Tyndal of Decatur. The campaigns draw significant attention from local residents.
Word from the war department states George B. Johnston of Hartselle has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the coast artillery.
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