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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
2
The passage portrays Johnson as a highly adaptable West Point graduate and fiction writer. It recalls his 1907 boys novel Williams of West Point and his rise as a realist short story author from 1912 to 1916. The text hints the Recovery Act’s fate may hinge on unlikely cooperation.
The American Magazine biography paints General Hugh Johnson as brilliant yet lazy at West Point and a hard working, honest official in the national recovery program. It hails his honesty as a bright shield while criticizing neatness and punctuality, and urges less worthy citizens to imitate his stubborn bluntness and industrial influence.
Nearly 200 convicts at a state mine walked off duty to protest the appointment and dismissal of a deputy warden. Authorities plan to withhold food until the strike ends, underscoring the prisoner's status and control by officials.
A campaign to wound stripes for businessmen seeking to avoid a draft has been suggested to Washington. The text notes that a movement as large as the NRA could harm some people even as it assists others.
City firms brace for autumn demand as energy costs ease slightly and utility outages subside. Local chambers of commerce report improving consumer activity while manufacturers monitor supply chains and labor markets for signs of stabilization.
Governor Lehman calls for drastic action against professional gang elements as Mulrooney urges an American devil’s island and use of the lash. General Butler proposes a forceful plan to deter racketeering, while witnesses fear to testify and grand jurors report gangster spies and intimidation.
A fractured column reports on Harvey Bailey's capture amid U.S. law enforcement tactics, plus quips on crime punishment, political figures, and international events. It notes Sing Sing's warden, Mussolini, Sir John Reeves Ellerman's fortune, cockfighting legalization in Puerto Rico, Gerard Swope on NRA costs, and Manchurian policy, ending with Yellow River floods affecting 175000 and 1000 peasants.
The article recounts Clyde Beatty and Edward Anthon facing a fierce electrical storm during a matinee in Greensburg Pennsylvania 1932. Beatty describes how animals including Venus react to thunder and flickering lights while he attempts a roll over. He rushes the finale to avoid a collapse of nerves and equipment and to keep the audience calm.
John Lawson once jailed for 13 murders, now vice president of Rocky Mountain Fuel Co, aids Miss Josephine Roche in shaping a universal coal code. Roche drove union organizing in Colorado’s coal fields. Lawson’s past as a strike leader and their mutual history with Edward Costigan underscore decades of labor conflict and reform.
The excerpt notes 150000 homeless in one region and 400000000 Chinese fighting Japan or nature, while Grover Whalen and Herbert Swope of the New York NRA committee seek solutions. 2500 makers of infants wear quit, 60000 more garment workers threaten to strike as authorities debate hours and wages. The central question asks what the NRA can do with masses of discontent.
A freak lightning bolt struck the arena during a Greensburg circus performance as a fierce storm ripped through the tent. Animals were corralled back to cages while ushers and staff, led by Jess Adkins, contained the chaos and protected spectators from injury.
A New York tailor shop proprietor shows a blue eagle tattoo causing talk as NRA objectors linger. A Chicago dispatch about a nude dancer behind fans tempts a local debate while tax and auto trends hint at rising deficits and car counts.
Readable items show visitors and residents in Nashville Memphis and Austinville along with regional health staff and a Mississippi trip. The Odd Fellows from Limestone Morgan and Cullman counties hold their semi annual Home District No 2 session locally.
The narrator recalls how elephants complicate storm responses in circuses, noting Greensburg and Salina incidents. He contrasts warned management with sudden squalls, recounting a 1923 Salina storm where elephants caused major disruption and nearly toppled the show. (TO BE CONTINUED)
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