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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
2
In Smelton a dispute over rights related to a local business involves manager Cansanin and executive J Sheppard. The case centers on ownership claims and control of operational rights amid ongoing negotiations.
A wry aphorism notes that the trickster rarely grasps the point when mischief returns to the prankster, turning the tables on the offender.
Construction records in the South show a 100 percent increase over the average, with another 700 percent gain needed to return to normal. The note highlights the rapid growth in output and the varying pace of recovery across areas.
The Daily says TVA current at cost makes restoration of the White Way likely and urges officials and business leaders to unite on a proposal. It asserts availability of TVA power will ease the plan to restore the old street and attract business without major extension.
Early season market notes report cotton trading in Decatur at a little over 13 cents per pound for middling grade. Traders note the market is not yet at a level for a secure gain as harvest nears.
In discussing uses of New Deal projects, the author notes President Roosevelt visited drought areas and faced public signs demanding water. The Tennessee Valley Authority shows immediate benefits like payrolls and power, but the broader aims include cheaper power, better navigation, flood control, and a transformed South as envisioned by Roosevelt and his advisers.
A Dothan Eagle note recounts a youth whose death certificate exists though reports say he lives. Officials state no signs of life were found upon examination and the coroner arrived to determine the case. Further details remain unclear in the fragment.
A dramatic incident ended with a youth waking after presumed death as the doctor acted swiftly and a coroner’s death certificate was signed. The event highlights the importance of life-saving courses ongoing this summer by the Red Cross.
A Californian columnist lampoons Florida exaggerations about corn and insects. The piece jokes that tall stalks grew overnight to pine-tree height, then fell from decay, and quips about Westbrook Pegler’s mosquito remark, concluding with a warning against further fish yarn contests and Florida crops.
Public health effort by Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service endorses Dr Cummings Health Code for motorists. The guidelines warn against sitting rigidly, gripping the wheel, staring ahead, driving fast on rough roads, straining legs, and overlong driving sessions.
Professor Millikan speaks on modesty as part of today’s news roundup. Arthur Brisbane commentary and Associated features highlight key ideas and public interest topics.
The funeral for Hindenburg drew no Hohenzollern presence while the United States sent a wreath. Italian reports promise a Mussolini heir, and Austrian news hints at Dollfuss widow developments. A Dionne quintuplet update and medical cautions follow, alongside debates on modesty and women’s golf attire in New York.
The text cites Montesquieu and Darwin on modesty, then cites Robert A. Millikan as warning against dictatorship and technocracy. It contrasts rising secondary school enrollment from 1890 to 1930 with unemployment among 10 million American adults, questioning the durability of the American dream amid new leisure and social change.
The article explains how pollen levels rise from mid August, peak around August 24 to 26, then decline by mid September with autumn rains, lingering a bit until early October. It highlights ragweed plants as main culprits and suggests hay fever victims plan vacations to avoid peak pollen periods. It notes editor's note offering Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each.
O O McIntyre reports that sidewalk cafes have become a lasting urban trend in New York. From Bustanoby’s to Cafe Royal and beyond, pavement tables multiply along Fifth Avenue and Broadway as patrons sip under striped umbrellas. Prince Mike Romanoff moves from cafe to cafe while avoiding unpaid checks and keeping up his bravado.
Dolfo reports Pope Pius addressed twenty members of the German Catholic youth society. He condemned the German national movement as lacking common sense and urged continued Catholic practice. He stated there is no sense in the term positive Christianity, yet he blessed the German people.
Vincent Pisano aged 20 and Oresto de Roberto aged 21 hid in a top floor Brooklyn boarding house when two gunmen climbed a skylight and fatally shot Pisano in the abdomen and de Roberto in the head. Both men had police records and prior convictions.
Elijah Stuart, 27, was sentenced to death in the electric chair for murdering his daughter Dortha, 4, in Houston. A jury found him guilty of first degree murder after he confessed to strangling the child to obtain about $1,000 from life insurance to support her twin sister and to plan their future.
A 12 year old report notes Judge W W Brandon holding a heavy majority in gubernatorial nomination returns as Democrats run a statewide primary and Morgan county Republicans plan to defeat party nominees in November. The county Republican convention named candidates for county offices. W B Markstein is away on business. Miss Amanda Pride departs tomorrow to visit relatives.
Miss Carol Dean Talley visiting Miss Blewer Wallace has returned to her home at Anniston.
Mr and Mrs Claude Hendrix and children have gone to Marianna Arkansas for a week's visit.
Through Stuart's mother brother and relatives the defense argued the unemployed defendant was insane at the time he killed his pretty golden-haired daughter, attempting to sway the jury with the evidence of madness.
Pop Corn Bill, a jovial Broadway character with a checkered vest and bowler, earned fame as a free lunch rascal who devoured bowls of popcorn in bars. He boasted never buying a drink yet remained warmly welcomed, a jester rivaling Wilson Mizner in charm and wit.
In a lively scene at late afternoon, familiar bars on Martinque Doyle’s Marlborough and Considine’s hosted gossip and genial talk as lamps lit the room. The era’s great raconteurs Mizner Irvin Cobb Boseman Bulger and Rennold Wolle were highlighted as celebrated speakers.
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys a whirlwind of social headlines from Hollywood to New York. Notables like Marlene Dietrich and Jack La Rue surface amid divorces contracts and censor talk while theater and film plans spark chatter across studios and stars.
A jumble of names and rumors spans D. W. Griffith, Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, MGM staff changes, and salacious anecdotes. The piece mixes theft legends, legal taunts, actor romances, and production politics, painting a lurid snapshot of early film era notoriety.
In a lively anecdote from the era, Kyrtle Bellew and Scamp Montgomery are linked with witty but ribald quips. Scamp, famed for coined lines like He can't take it and So what, is noted for shaping Broadway humor though later claimed as recent vintage by phonies.
The piece notes slang in decline and revival, citing George Ade's immortal fables from 30 years past. It mentions Eus tace, a mando lin player with jitters, and a "sittin' pritty" quip leading to a drug clerk’s lazy drawl. Billy Baxter alias W E Kountze Jr. sparked slang 25 years ago in a refined revue.
A quirky column notes Tommy Manville swaps cars quickly, Frazier Hunt praises Helen Keller as a favorite storyteller, Joseph V. McKee dislikes circuses, Jose Iturbe’s daughter attends tours, San Sebastian hosts a Hemingway Cafe, Victor Herbert enjoyed French mustard, and George M. Cohan prefers the back row at plays.
Broadway columnist O O McIntyre arrives at the Dempsey party wearing an oxblood shirt and a white four in hand tie. He recounts being shot at twice on the way and remains unruffled despite the danger.
An advertisement touts Painalay denture formula as killing pyorrhea germs in minutes and relieving gum pain. It promotes Relief in a private dental practice and a 50c bottle sold by a drug store with a money back claim.
A reader notes orthographic quirks in glossed terms and abbreviations. Weldon Heyburn’s paper and Major Wyatt Pranks keep a Washington widow waiting while Weldon pursues Pola Negri. Vincent Mulford and Margery Stoddard are described in social notes alongside Norma Shearer and MGM interview chatter.
The passage mocks a 1930s era film scene with Junior Coughlin Shir ley Temple and a stolen picture. It also notes the Patsy Flick role cut from She Loves Me Not and includes jabs at Maxie Rosenbloom and Polly Moran impersonations.
A quoted local note outlines New York Park Department charges of ten dollars for film permits and ten dollars per actor or horse involved in filming in parks. The piece mentions reform critics and censors in a tone reflecting early 20th century opinions on cinema and morality, with references to MGM advertising and a midwest society picnic ending in a mass evacuation.
Malaria attacks warned with chills and fever and urged to use Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. The product combines tasteless quinine and tonic iron to build up the system and ward off attacks, with bottles offered in 60c and $1 sizes.
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