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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1933
Page
2
National Advertising Representative DEVINE TENNEY CORPORATION lists offices in New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines Atlantis with rates $1.50 and $2.78 for services.
The editorial urges Judge Malone as successor to the late Congressman Edward B. Almon. It touts employment gains from RF C money, noting 3,300 workers and $90,000 in Morgan County, plus $7,500 pending. It argues Malone will relieve unemployment and serve all people.
In a monthly contribution Mrs Roosevelt urges adoption of the twentieth amendment to the federal constitution to ban child labor. She notes twelve states have ratified and argues legislatures should vote next year, tying the issue to family welfare and economic fairness.
The speaker urges voters in the Eighth District to elect Malone, arguing he will be an honest efficient public servant who supports Roosevelt's New Deal policies for the Valley. They oppose backing a political machine and insist Malone will align with the era of change and represent the people.
Arthur Brisbane recounts Grover Whalen steering New York garment industry negotiations as David Dubinsky and Julius Hochman address 60,000 workers. He notes NRA pressure, labor energy, and the looming clash over wages and conditions. John Szabo, a shoemaker with two wives, killed himself for their graves.
J. E. Addicks, the NRA representative in Alabama, remains calm under heavy questioning and fatigue. He steadily wins thousands of Alabamians to the NRA standard despite temporary hardships and long hours.
A truck driver is found wrapped in a brown blanket with a necktie indicating he was forced to strangle himself. The piece notes a distant oriental execution tale cited by Marco Polo as precedent.
An American studying in Berlin recalls a Nazi strike over a swastika salute, leaving him deaf. The piece notes U S prosecutor Medalie and grand jury questions about naming leaders tied to gangsters, plus inflation concerns as the dollar drops and markets rise.
Story from a circus trainer recounts a night fire in an elephant car and how lions tigers pounced on cage bars from the blaze. It also follows trainer notes on Ethel the lioness her cub and the struggle to care for the distressed mother and orphaned offspring in winter quarters.
A lioness named Ethel reacts with aggression and indifference to her cub after I reintroduced it to her cage. The cub grows into a lively, playful presence while the mother remains distant, suggesting unresolved bonds and the limits of animal behavior knowledge.
The Tennessee Valley Poultry Association forms a committee to solicit advertising for its annual show catalogue this fall. Miss Alice Stockton from the state Sun conducts a training class at Moulton Heights Baptist church before proceeding to Athens Route 2 for another session. Mr and Mrs Ben Collier of Clarksdale Mississippi visit relatives here as J D Proctor and son Willard depart for Columbia Tennessee. Mrs Frank Harris returns from Courtland.
News exposes a 1933 NEA item noting three Chicago race track employees sentenced for doping horses while fans recall prior dopings. The column humorously jabs at social fashions of nudist colonies and other topics, ending with remarks on Cuba's new president Cespedes.
Fragmentary text hints at a story involving a brooding Noness and a desired young one but provides no clear events, names, places, or outcomes to summarize into a newspaper card.
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