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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1932
Page
2
Decatur Daily records indicate business and advertising details with names such as Suelton and Benjamin Baker. The text lists corporate roles, advertising representatives Frost Landis Kobo across Atlanta New York Chicago, and various carrier options for daily and mail subscriptions.
A Selma Times Journal editorial urges taxing bodies to relieve railroads, arguing their earnings to tax ratio harms private ownership. It cites 1932 figures and contrasts highway and waterway funding with rail taxes, while noting Governor Miller’s highway promises and favorable paving news for North Alabama regions.
The Colbert County Reporter hails Governor Miller for fulfilling campaign pledges as work begins on paving the Decatur Tus Cumbia road, praising him as evidence of redemption of promises from his campaign.
Montgomery lawmakers in an extraordinary session push for an income tax measure. House and Senate committees approve the plan with few remaining details and expect voter approval in November. Limestone County residents recently endorsed the amendment, joined by other regions and farm and business groups.
President Hoover in campaign talks for re election is unlikely to dwell on past hardships. He will instead emphasize future policies and his so called noble experiment proposals, avoiding direct critique of Harding Coolidge or his own early administrations.
The piece notes the intense atmosphere around Montgomery during the summer heat as lawmakers clash in a vigorous discussion. It frames the scene as a sharp reminder of the legislature's charged environment.
A 1932 King Features feature by Arthur Brisbane highlights a themed city and its stage of shows. It references six Black Bulls and a hundred Beauties as part of the Hollywood spectacle.
A vivid tour of Los Angeles sights in one day highlights Norma Shearer with Mia Thalberg, the Olympic village housing sixteen hundred athletes from over thirty nations, and visits to Mary Pickford and Eddie Cantor. The piece notes Cantor in a bullfighter costume and other film figures like Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, and Samuel Goldwyn.
Cantor proclaims the bulls real as Franklin the bull fighter and Doug las Fairbanks guide a corral tour. Six black bulls shake horns and paw the ground while two long-horned brown steers stand with them to prevent intra herd fighting.
The piece explains how a matador uses a moving banner to lure a color‑blind bull, forcing it to charge while the fighter stays still. It mentions Douglas Fairbanks pointing out the weak spot and describes the dramatic, unsafe scenes with Cantor in a miscast bullfighter role amid flashbulb images and risqué campus imagery.
A school mistress wakes two sleepy girls and forces them to repeat I am a naughty girl while a third rouses and also repeats the line. It is revealed the roused student is Eddie Cantor who has sneaked into the girls dormitory.
Twenty five Tennessee house members set up headquarters in Decatur to block ratification of the women’s suffrage amendment. More lawmakers are expected to arrive as consistent rains disrupt Alabama cotton crops. Dorothy Patterson returns from a long southern trip.
Miss Cynthia Davis visits Miss Lucile Lawler in Brownsboro during the week. fr H C Ayer left Sunday for a two week visit to relatives in Columbus, Ohio and Buffalo, New York.
Cantor asserts in reply to questioning that while Satan may have influenced his drinking, his decision to come to the sacred place was his own. The exchange highlights a defense of personal responsibility amid the investigation.
Irving Thalberg with Louis B Mayer asserts modern films must offer audiences a must-see experience. Eddie Cantor promises a provocative show featuring a bullfighting act with six black bulls two long-horn steers and one hundred women in black nightgowns to attract crowds.
Mary Pickford Fairbanks, busy with a new picture, shows calm indifference to six black bulls and a hundred young ladies while hosting twenty four cakes for her niece and a clever three year old girl who shakes hands twice with everyone. Cordiality prevails in California as officers greet visitors with polite questions.
Miss Pickford’s picture Secrets begins this month and will finish in October. Douglas Fairbanks, after a South Sea Island film, starts in three weeks for China and will shoot footage of long haired Chinese tigers in caves.
Helene Madison of Seattle and three other American swimmers won the women's relay in a dominant relay race. Madison was the last to swim, expected to close any gap, and the United States finished first with Japan placing second and third. Excitement rises as Olympic events unfold in sunny times.
President Hoover's acceptance speech drew heavy attention to the prohibition section with wet and dry debates dominating headlines. Economically his stance contrasts with Democrats, while readers favored his prohibition remarks over the Walker case spotlight and sports pages.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses preventing sties and aborting a threatened sty. He explains lid hygiene, boric acid washes, and eye douches, plus a controversial homeopathic remedy pulsatilla recommended by a colleague. The piece notes few scientific defenses for abortion of a sty and offers pamphlet offers from the doctor.
A collection of lively quips and dialect jokes from a historical page includes a doctor and patient exchange, a judge and defendant moment, and humorous exchanges about marriage, work, and family. Notes on posters and jokes reflect social humor of the era.
A reflective sermon excerpt argues against lying and bravely facing trials. It cites biblical figures including David and references to Pilgrim's Progress, urging honesty, resisting the devil, and condemning excuses as lies. The piece condemns self deception and encourages steadfast Christian conduct.
The Ninth Street Methodist church will award credits Sunday evening for the course Organizing For Christian Education in the church taught by Dr. R. T. Tyl. The sermon topic for Sunday evening will be Going Away From Jesus by Rev. C. M. Tyndal and in his absence Rev. R. Sloan will preach on The Deaf Hears at Sunday morning service.
Owen Wise, state rehabilitation representative, returns home after a highly successful clinic held by the Society for Crippled Children and the rehabilitation department in Sheffield. Seventy six persons were examined, with two visiting orthopedic surgeons and several physicians from Colbert and nearby counties in attendance.
The weather bureau records a maximum temperature of 86 and a minimum of 63 for the 24 hour period ending at seven o clock this morning.
Lincoln spoke for about five minutes delivering his Gettysburg Address. In 1881 Alexander II of Russia was assassinated on March 13 and President Garfield on July 2. Paul Revere was the third child of Apollos Riveire. the surname was changed to Revere.
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