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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1936
Page
4
Smith Brookhart former Iowa senator declines the farm labor nomination for the senate and announces he will campaign the farm belt for President Roosevelt. He released a 26 page letter praising the President's opponents. The notice lists Republication rights and advertising affiliates.
Negotiations are in progress to provide music at next fall football games. The Daily notes fans miss the band and hopes officials organize student musicians. Decatur drew 3 000 and 5 000 fans in big games last season, drawn by color and atmosphere.
The Kentucky hanging of a rapist prompts criticism of capital punishment but argues against abolishing it. The Daily notes executions are centralized in most states and suggests local use might strengthen respect for law.
The Daily argues Alabama could redirect excess gasoline revenue to school funding. It cautions against creating precedents but acknowledges unusual Alabama conditions and revenue surplus.
Health notes discuss how Alabama citizens handle heat during a heat wave following pleasant weather. Meteorologists and statisticians weigh regional resilience and the differing impacts across states.
Life Insurance notes that the highest heat mortality occurred in the midwest and north rather than the south. It finds blacks suffer far higher death rates from heat than whites, with regional contrasts showing Iowa and Illinois at a disadvantage compared with southern states. Infants and seniors remain most vulnerable.
The boll weevil invasion reaches Morgan county and nearby Tennessee Valley areas, threatening North Alabama cotton yields. A county meeting of Ala boards and committees discussed public road issues. Albany school enrollment stands at 2,342 per the recent census. Local social notes mention visitors and lodge activities as fall grid prospects dampen with many team members lost.
A short dispatch notes Vimy Ridge remembrance and a king's speech amid wartime tensions. Mentions Spain and Russia seeking influence as global conflict looms. Written in a period voice reflecting international affairs and wartime diplomacy.
The dedication of a grand monument designed by a Canadian artist honors the memory of Canadian soldiers who fell at Vimy Ridge. The king of England speaks of courage as Canadians lie buried or burnt in the monument's vicinity. The piece contrasts the war's horrors with the brutal Spanish Civil War outrages reported by Lord Rothermere and The Friend of the People, noting censorship and reported massacres in Madrid and Barcelona.
The piece laments the rebellion as driven by religious conviction and condemns violence against priests and nuns in Barcelona and elsewhere. It notes the moral and economic wounds Spain will bear regardless of who wins, and questions when the civil war will end.
Reports in English and French papers claim Russia counsels Madrid on civil war and aids the Spanish government by buying bonds while radioing details of a Soviet style regime in Spain. Planes are said to map poison gas factories for Russia friendly states as Europe faces an unsettled future.
Dr Logan Clendening surveys endocrine disorders and therapies. Overactive glands may be treated by surgery or radiation for thyroid cases, with other options like hormone extracts and gland injections explored. Replacement attempts include thyroid extract insulin adrenalin and ovarian extracts, with varied success due to complex endocrine interactions.
A narrator recalls life’s joys and pains while watching the river at eventide. He muses on fleeting happiness and poverty as the sun fades and the tale of life unfolds.
Pred notes Jim had an accident after someone gave him a pet alligator and claimed it would eat his hand. Calvin recalls Grace warning that without studying lessons he cannot become an actor. Henry decides to be an understudy.
A fragment from a Brushville town dialogue explores the Spendmore family status between nobody and everybody. A local quips that marriages resemble developing photographs, then a landlady is praised for saving the gravy with dinner. The talk ends with a reflection that wise people learn from others mistakes.
A humorous blend of old timing rhyme about a minute’s value and brief comic exchanges. The dialogue hits abstract versus concrete, joke lines about divorce and family, and a cradle prayer scene with a boy and a wife.
San Francisco officers testified about strange knocks at the door of Lay Jim a 65 year old Chinese man while evidence suggested he ran a narcotic den. The court sentenced Lay Jim to 60 days in the cooler as the judge dismissed uncertain explanations about knock knock or a prank.
In Oklahoma City on August 19 John Campbell, bank president, locked up and cashing a worker's check inside, received a dime from the man who thanked him for a good cigar. Campbell accepted the token and joked he would buy a fine cigar with it.
A speaker counsels an honorable life by keeping respect for the person in the mirror. A waiter questions a customer about soup, with a quip about not being good unless useful.
Trade Mark Walter Winchell columns itemize Hollywood and Broadway chatter. Mentions involve Janet Gaynor, Mary Astor, Marion Harris, James Cromwell, and others with society, theatre, and film world gossip across New York venues and celebrities.
Readable fragments report marriages and divorces among rich publishers and socialites. Mentions Wendy Barrie Mabel Swor John Killacky Iris Adrian and Mary Kirk Brown with scattered notes on scandals and entertainment events.
The Harry Richman and Dick Merrill flight plans an Atlantic crossing returning home with 25000 ping pong balls in case the hull floats. Other notes mention Jackie (Kid) being told he will not fight again and various showbiz tidbits about actors, films, and a new arthritis remedy advertised only by prescription.
A scrambled Hollywood diary lists Paul Walters of Reno courting a Cohan descendant while The Brooke Shortes separate in China where he serves as a Major with British Marines. It notes Ginger Rogers at the Drake and Ganna Walska planning a long India stay, with other celebrity moves and a Brussels-tinted mood.
New York officials advocate full disclosure in city affairs. Mayor LaGuardia and Park Commissioner Moses debate exhibit housing for the 1939 world fair with Moses proposing a two story glass building and the mayor endorsing open administration.
Lightning struck a tree snag about 30 feet from J. D. Parnell and lifted him into the air in a head over heels flip. He landed with his feet facing the opposite direction from his prior path.
The Daily announces candidacies for mayor of Decatur. James A. Nelson R. N. Harris and J. D. Cloud are listed with appeals for support and paid political advertising from their campaigns in Decatur Alabama.
The Daily runs notice for T. R. Tom Harrison declaring his candidacy for alderman of the City of Decatur. The ad requests support and states authorization of paid political advertising by T. R. Harrison.
Several announces appear for Decatur Alabama city government races. George W. Royer Butler P. A. Hine and E W Kennedy seek seats on the City Council in upcoming elections. H H Hunter also campaigns for Alderman with paid political ad notices.
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