Decatur Daily Publishes Afternoon Edition Details
The Decatur Daily prints each afternoon under Valley Printing Co. with W B Skelton as managing editor Jamin Bloodworth editor and business manager. Associated Press titles and reprint rights are noted. National advertising reps Frost Landle Kobo listed for distribution.
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Decatur Daily
the Valley Printing
B. C. Skelton
Jamin Bloodworth
Asiness Manager
Frost, Landle & Kobo
Alabama Governing Fight Ends with Miller Deficit Victory
The Montgomery Advertiser lauds Governor Miller for forcing fiscal truth on the Alabama legislature amid a staunch deficit debate. Audits show the debt exceeds twenty million dollars, supporting calls for income and sales taxes to balance the budget and fund schools and roads.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Miller
All Is In the Mind Honor the Swiss A Little War Beginning
Column by Arthur Brisbane notes a political and social mood in early 1932. Commentary contrasts Swiss neutrality with looming conflicts as Germany faces domestic political choices shaping future events.
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Germany
Everything is comparative across history and current events
The piece surveys death penalties and hellish imagery from Ravaillac to Milton, notes a New York vagrant seeking pity on William Street, praises Swiss readiness and Swiss safety slogans, cites Manuel Azana backing a Spanish air force, and reports Bolivian Paraguayan war mobilization, German elections with party shifts, plus a New York killer suicide tied to a woman in a badger game.
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Ravaillac
Henry the Fourth
Hell
Lucifer
Milton
Heaven
Paris dress salons scare American buyers with short autumn skirts
August 3, 1920 report notes Paris fashion previews cause concern as skirts are said to reach near knee length and short. Red River boundary dispute between Texas and Oklahoma rises again with potential U S Supreme Court appeal and possible Spanish treaty influence. Local items include promotions for L K Wiggins to Montgomery plant and Montgomery triplets Grizzard visit. Mrs Graves travels to New York for fall millinery stock. Lillie Mae Tidwell returns from Tennessee trip.
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Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
United States Supreme Court
Spain
Criminal breaks in and threats amid false outrage
The report describes a burglary with a man declaring dishonor and threatening violence while accepting cash. Police discover counterfeiting gear and counterfeit photographs labeled as "badger" images. The piece notes crop failures and a Wall Street upswing with cautious investors near lows likely to buy later at higher prices.
Olympic Records Reach New Heights in Los Angeles
Olympic athletes in Los Angeles break records as nations compete before the end of the Games. Many participants have left or are on their way, while farmers along transcontinental railroads report long crowded trains passing the ranches.
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Los Angeles
Correct phrasing and scope in Shakespeare praise
The note argues that the object should not be restricted by other or else phrases and uses the example Shakespeare is the greatest of all English poets. It cautions against qualifiers that limit the comparison to other poets.
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Switzerland
Miss Warren Guest at Warren Home on Moulton Street
Miss Marjorie Warren of Moulton is visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Rufus Warren on Moulton street for a stay.
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Marjorie Warren
Moulton
Mrs
Rufus Warren
Moulton Street
Hardships from the Federal Wage Pinch Hit Washington
Washington faces deep hardship from congress driven economies for the fiscal year starting July 1. Furloughs up to 24 days per worker cut pay, while higher paid staff suffer 8.5 to 20 percent reductions. Civil service excesses since World War I are blamed, with many layoffs and dismissals looming as costs press on.
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Ashington
D. C
Washington
Congress
Uncle Sam
Hoover
Cerebellum Key to Athletic Skill, Dr Clendening Says
In a physiology lesson, Dr. Clendening argues the cerebellum powers athletic finesse. He explains how golfers, tennis players, and especially baseball players rely on cerebellar coordination to track balls, time their movements, and place a glove precisely, without heavy calculation.
Dr Clendening Pamphlet Offers Inexpensive Guides
The editor notes six pamphlets by Dr Clendening are available for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Send requests to Dr Logan Clendening care of Central Press Association at 1488 East Twelfth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation and Infant Feeding.
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Clendening
Logan
Central Press
Association
East Twelfth _ street
Cleveland
Do Not Let Go of Your Trousers Says Tailor Letter
A customer receives a humorous note from his tailor about holding up trousers awaiting confirmation. The exchange includes a joking dig about bills and wealth, with a running joke about banks and following biblical figures.
Jumbled School Texts Mix Riddles and Jokes on Language
A collection of garbled classroom verses and quips touches on Babel myths, wordplay, and social lines. Phrases parody language, instruction, and student chatter with absurd definitions and witty exchanges among pupils and adults.
Fragmentary comic dialogue and verse from a 1930s page
A garbled newspaper fragment features verse about a wormy chestnut tree, a furniture pitch with a half price catalog, a drunken Kansan firing at a clock, a punchline about killing time, and a joke exchange about stories. It paints a slice of humor and modern life through brief lines.
Intoxicated Man Delays Dance Night At Local Eatery
A young man intoxicated after a dance enters a restaurant and sits as a friendly waiter serves him. The man asks if the dance is over and then walks away, suggesting the evening’s outing continues elsewhere.
The Guest Who Knows When to Hang Up
A sharp line notes the real culprit in a social scene is the guest who fails to exit. The author jokes that the worst offender is the one who cannot tell when to end a call and leave.
Farm Board Extends Over One Billion Credit to Cooperatives
The Federal Farm Board has extended more than 1.019 billion in credit to cooperative associations and price stabilization corporations. Carl Williams, board member, said the extension follows methods similar to those under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act for emergency support of railroads and banks. He warned the attack on cooperative marketing has begun and urged producers to organize to defend their institutions and gain market equality.
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United States
Durham
N. HB
Federal Farm Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Williams
Farm Board
Are Pennies Legal Tender and Judas Silver Value
The question asks if pennies are legal tender to settle debts and what the United States value would be for the thirty pieces of silver referenced in Judas’s betrayal of Christ. In the U S pennies are legal tender for debts, including large ones, up to the amount of the debt. The thirty pieces of silver’ value historically is uncertain. if valued today as silver, the amount equals thirty silver coins times current spot price for an individual coin’s weight, though historically it was a specific sum whose purchasing power varied by era.
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United States
Judas
Christ
Porto Rico
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