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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
2
A clipped historical notice from Decatur Alabama shows a late 19th to early 20th century periodical page with publishing details. It lists the Tennessee Valley Printing Co Inc as the printer and notes post office authentication and date stamps. The fragment includes broken typographic lines and indicates a second class matter registration.
A collection of foreign editorials argues Germany loses the stabilizing influence of President Hindenburg. It cites the rise of Hitler, Austrian crisis, and Mussolini, noting European uncertainty and economic strain. The Gadsden Times, Marteville Times, and others question Hitler’s control and future in the face of Hindenburg’s passing. The piece concludes that Adolph Hitler may no longer lead Germany.
An agreement allows residents of border counties to use roads in the neighboring state. The pact aims to ease tensions from prior Tennessee Alabama talks and permit Mississippi traffic to travel into Alabama. The arrangement seeks broad satisfaction among involved communities.
The census suggests a population rise from 17 000 toward 20 000 and hints at further gains. Officials are optimistic that the city can reach 20 000 to 26 000 with continued development efforts and steady progress outweighing past downturns.
A Decatur citizen notes Franklin Delano Roosevelt retains strong popular support and confidence in his leadership. The piece emphasizes the president’s steady direction and the public’s sense of security during his tenure.
A concise note highlights risk from power and features seasoned elders and a calf aiding a salamander as a curious local scene. The piece weaves themes of danger, age, and unlikely animal cooperation without detailed context.
Tolling bells signal Von Hindenburg’s death as newspapers announce Hitler’s rise to power. Lloyd George recalls Hindenburg’s long service and notes his role in the German defense, with aging leaders still shaping events as Paris falls and a new order emerges.
Dr Barth at Columbia University uses cephalin from a calf brain to study organizing effects in the nervous system. The piece notes the salamander’s five toes and argues a common neural basis linking creatures from cattle to amphibians, suggesting a shared evolutionary foundation.
All living things seem related and there is one consciousness whose power depends on the mental instrument. Intelligence expresses through different media, like music through instruments. Paderewski or Paganini could not play well on an out of tune piano or violin.
Report says a mysterious gas attack left 150 residents ill in Humehsien Manchukuo with fever nausea and unconsciousness. Japanese authorities suspect Russian soldiers may have inadvertently released the gas during chemical warfare worry mounts about a future global conflict.
Dr Logan Clendening explains that fear and emotional disturbance can disrupt speech and sleep without organ disease. He cites stage fright causing temporary speech loss and argues most insomnia is functional, not a sign of mental weakness or insanity.
A 24 passenger Sikorsky airliner powered by four engines shattered transport flight records by covering 1242 miles in 7 hours 53 minutes using 69 percent of its 3,000 horsepower. Built for US to South American routes it could fly Atlantic with one Azores stop and began regular overnight coast to coast service carrying two pilots and twelve passengers.
The treasury plans to issue free silver certificates backed by 62,000,000 ounces of silver purchased for just over $47,000,000. They will be distributed as paper money at a rate of $1.20 per ounce. The goal is to transfer some of these certificates into citizens' pockets.
A revival begins Sunday August 5 at the Church of God in Austinville with Rev Ww Best as evangelist. Sunday morning sermon will be The Light of the World. Phone contact available.
The editor notes six pamphlets by Dr Clendening available by sending 10 cents per pamphlet and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation Rea and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Twelve years ago county office candidates continue tours this week with speeches on Bank Street tonight and Second Avenue tomorrow. Fifteen ballot boxes were moved to Hartselle for transport to remaining precincts as election day nears. Terry Thompson il l at Benevolent Society Hospital with malaria fever. Mrs Pruitt Cartwright and sons plan a trip to Monteagle Tennessee next week. Miss Mary Turley returns home between Peabody summer sessions.
A historical list shows varied prices for eggs butter sweet potatoes onions and vegetables. Items include eggs mixed 12 to 13 cents per dozen and fresh green beans around 1 dollar per bushel with cabbage at 1 cent per pound and tomatoes at 8 to 12 cents per dozen ears.
J. Be. Stone of the Stone-Barnett Lumber Company is in Lawrenceburg Tennessee on a business mission during a short stay.
The schedule lists talks by Rev. Best on The Second Coming of Christ and What Follows for Monday night. Tuesday’s service features a sermon with the subject In There a Hell. Everyone is invited to attend the revival events and hear the themes on soul functions and final events.
A long, scattered Walter Winchell type column notes Hollywood and Broadway figures with playful jabs. It mentions Lupe Veles Polly Moran Joan Bennett Gene Markey Bob Montgomery Miriam Hopkins Ruth Etting and others in a breezy gossip style with tangential traces to Maxim Gorky and Soviet gossip columns.
The clippings mention Bill Powell and Carole Lombard divorcing. A Coffee Pot encounter with Sammy Cruddd and Gussie Godiff is noted. Rumors include Pandro Berman and Eastern columnists, plus remarks about Mrs Roosevelt and Ritz Brothers with a hinted romance.
A host of prominent names including Alexander Woollcott George Kaufman Dick Watts Stanley Walker Helen Broderick Jules Bru latour Hope Hampton Charles Hanson Towne Adela St John Ervine Harold Ross and more were seen dining at the Automat yesterday.
A string of fragmented notes recalls a woman on 43rd Street and Broadway, Irving Berlin, Ellin Mackay, Earl Carroll, and Lew Brown. It mentions a Paramount Studio cop ticketing a newspaperman’s car and a telegram to be collected, with assorted rumors about actors, producers, and fights.
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