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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
4
Arthur Brisbane discusses modern race and movement metaphors with references to Japan and Jesse Owens sparingly, framed as a column on athletic and social tempo. The piece critiques Aryan myths and includes a bold caption about rights and authorship.
The Decatur edition champions a proposal to establish a University Center, arguing it would be the area's most important educational step and could attract an industrial plant and hundreds of jobs. The piece weighs civil service debates and Roosevelt's New Deal, praising reforms and critiquing Republican opposition.
Dr. Arthur B. Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority announced Memphis that the TVA plan could turn the region into a top recreation hub. North Alabama communities, including Decatur, see great potential in lakes forests hunting and fishing to draw thousands of visitors with TVA cooperation. The paper urges launching a campaign to attract tourists to Decatur, the island city of the South.
John H. Bartlett a former Harding Civil Service Commission president and Coolidge Hoover aide weighs Democratic performance on civil service law enforcement in a New York Times letter. He argues Democratic records show some superiority and offers measured critique of both parties.
Morgan county board of revenue to secure interest on Alabama highway bonds through 1926 aiming to free bond money for a single road building project. Athens College president Dr. B B Glasgow to speak at Southside Methodist Church service. Huntsville Independents set to meet YMCA Industrial League team at Malone park. Local social updates include visits and illness notes.
The piece reflects on Europe’s preoccupation with Spain’s civil war and Berlin’s Olympics while noting a Chinese disaster in Kiang-Si. It highlights American athletic versatility, Morris’s decathlon win, and praise for Japanese swimmers, stressing oxygen as the body’s horsepower and efficiency over possession.
The article notes Taguchi's victory in the Berlin 100 meter swim with a new Olympic mark, surpassing Miyazaki as a fellow Japanese competitor. It emphasizes breathing technique, stamina, and the superiority of American relay success highlighting teamwork and cooperation.
A description notes Jesse Owens, a United States athlete of African descent, delivering outstanding performances and victories that elate supporters and challenge Nazi racial ideas. It references a newspaper image showing Adolf Hitler reacting with astonishment and questioning Owens' Aryan purity.
The piece lauds Finnish endurance and Iso Hollo who won the 3000 meters steeplechase, then shifts to a provocative contrast on American immigration policy, proposing selective entry and economic arguments about labor and thresholds of population. It critiques restrictive laws and envisions large scale foreign settlement.
NEA Service reports Panamanian presidential election turmoil with multiple liberal and reform parties and two main candidates Juan Demosthenes Arosemena and Domingo Diaz Arosemena. The electoral process involved disqualifications and a July 7 recount giving Arosemena a 42 000 to 40 000 win amid legal disputes and threats of force. U S troops under a treaty could intervene to preserve order.
The piece laments harsh immigration policy saying brave entrants once admired by risk and enterprise are now barred. It argues deceitful individuals slip through while honest effort is discouraged, portraying a shift from admiration of courage to exclusion under new rules.
The text asserts Texas’s intensively cultivated land could feed the world, estimating a population of fifteen hundred million or one billion eight hundred million. It frames Texas as capable of sustaining far beyond its own current residents.
United Airlines announces a new package to carry couples from San Francisco to Reno for a single fee that covers round trip air travel, a marriage license, officiant, wedding dinner, hotel, and breakfast for two.
Acting Fire-chief William Fallon, while patrolling St. Louis, spotted a fire under a rear seat of a car. He alerted a filling station, called for water, and drove away at full speed to reach the blaze.
A Missouri notice states the Raffety Gin Company posted a 25 prize for the first bale of cotton sold in the area. W. E. Fragier, rival gin operator and farm owner, sent in his first bale and received 26.
A reader letter mocks a Jewish couple with a baby at the movies warning they must quiet the infant or leave. A whispered exchange about “rott en” film prompts a quip about Pinch the baby. A further note laments humans vs monkeys in art of throwing. A young couple exchanges earnest words while a girl dismisses differences in love.
Poem reflects on friendship and shared joy. Lines emphasize loneliness versus shared happiness, with imagery of bells, rainbows, and tears. The verse concludes with a refrain about living not for oneself alone.
In a rough exchange two hobos dispute a shared camp meal, agreeing one will take the pallet to sleep while the other roasts and uses the feathers as a bed surface. The dialogue emphasizes deprivation with three days of hunger and three nights without rest as they split the improvised meal and sleeping arrangements.
A dated dialogue contrasts a boss who issues orders with a leader who inspires and collaborates. It shifts from blame to problem solving and from drudgery to engagement, while a street scene hints at youth facing prices and responsibilities alongside military tableaus.
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes public figures, editors, and ad campaigns from the era. It references Lincoln Steffens as a muckraker and discusses press reactions, London critics, and industry figures like Ginger Rogers and Talulah Bankhead amid a flurry of names, venues, and cultural references.
A mixed dialogue reveals a boating accident and responses by characters Marie and Robert. The exchange includes a note of the coroner being notified and a quip on genius and living, with banter on masculinity and heredity.
A Kinston barber shop ad from a November 1895 paper proclaims “Crinicatural abscission and craniological tripsis, phrenological haircutters and hydropathical shavers of beards,” promising physiognomical work.
In Clearwater Florida a cat once known as a killer of adult squirrels has adopted two orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them with her own kittens.
Shivering fever and chills signal malaria. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic treats blood infection and supports recovery with quinine and iron. Pleasant, harmless, safe for children, available in 50c and 1.00 sizes with the 1.00 bottle offering more value.
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