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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1933
Page
2
The notice lists advertising representation across major cities including New York Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Des Moines and Atlanta. It outlines subscription rates by carrier and by mail with daily weekly monthly and yearly options.
The piece urges readers to calculate how to comply with the Blue Eagle requirements, implying current noncompliance among those not already living within its terms. It emphasizes preparation and adjustment to meet the standard.
Within three months Alabama farmers will receive 900 million dollars from cotton harvest proceeds and an additional 10 million dollars for acreage reductions. The payments are expected to significantly impact commerce across the state.
The steel industry shows leadership in joining Blue Eagle and aligning with NRA codes. Early critics fear big business will resist, but pressure and voluntary action are bringing major firms into line, signaling NRA program momentum and potential success.
General Hugh Johnson cites influx of codes and depleting Blue Eagle supply as signs of recovery program progress. Americans praise the NRA movement for jobs and prosperity while acknowledging some who face economic disruption and a need for broad participation by industry and consumers.
The piece notes that Roosevelt era policies affect not only economics but politics. It claims patronage is less generous than expected and many Republicans still hold offices under Democrats. The article ponders how these dynamics will shape the administration’s future success.
Leaders complain that Republicans hold offices Democrats deserve. President Roosevelt has many issues to manage, but for next year’s elections the political stakes are real and acute for incumbents.
The piece questions American fascination with endurance events like walkathons and bridge solitaire, quoting Meridel le Seur on boredom writ large. It argues society should pursued purposeful work and constructive activities to combat anticlimactic fixation on time-killers.
A county campaign piece touts Malone's role in securing 100000 for unemployment relief and road projects. It claims 3300 jobs from RFC programs and urges support to back Roosevelt’s nationwide Valley development. Emphasizes Malone as capable, nonpartisan representative for the Eighth District.
Arthur Brisbane notes Mussolini’s planes and two submarines reaching United States waters as a warning of European reach, criticizing US defense spending on outdated battleships. The column contrasts resilience of a rescued bird and mocks Nazi anti-Semitic claims about Jesus, urging caution and reflection.
The narrator recalls Ethel the lioness who killed her cub after a litter and later fought a tiger in the arena. He details his attempt to rehabilitate her through diet, training, and patient exposure, including a severe injury to his thigh when she attacked him during a rehearsal.
About 2 500 people visited Malone Coal Grain and Motor Company show rooms on Saturday evening to see the latest Buick models. The item also recounts a trainer Clyde Beatty diary style tale about a lioness named Ethel and reflections on animal training.
An editorial notes Germany revising old penalties to impose open disgrace. A stepmother accused of cruelty is shown marching the streets reading I am a liar and an unnatural mother. The Frankische Zeitung prints approving photographs of the woman.
British tourists witnessed in a German cabaret a nineteen year old non Jewish girl seized by Nazi storm troops. They cut off two long plaits, shaved her head, and marched her with a placard reading I have offered myself to a Jew. The episode highlights Nazi hostility to Jews and coerced public humiliation.
The Prague gathering will weigh relocating Germany’s 600000 Jews as a solution and then discuss the fate of Germany. Dr. Hans Luther praises Hitlerism as a curb on Communism, while the piece notes historic exodus effects and a closing image of Caterpillar tanks crossing terrain.
The government staged its inaugural all union aviation festival last Friday. A large bombing plane resembling an eagle dropped a small tank from the air. The tank descended via a gigantic parachute, landing safely at a distance.
Russia announced plans to match capitalist progress and then demonstrated mass parachute jumping. Forty six aviators jumped from aircraft with thirty six graduates from the Soviet parachute school and ten from a bombing plane, as part of a show of power amid tensions with Berlin.
General Johnson states the NRA will apply rules evenly and notes churches with three or more employees fall under NRA regulations. He does not specify whether churches must display the blue eagle emblem and says a boycott against industries ignoring the NRA would not apply to churches.
A forecast notes NRA aims to enforce union labor rules nationwide, affecting steel and auto industries. Employers entering NRA control may not reserve open-shop arrangements, signaling broader union influence over industry practices and labor relations.
NEA Service reports on internal AFL- CIO tensions between United Garment Workers and Amalgamated Clothing Workers led by Sidney Hillman. Green of the AFL faces pressure at the Labor Advisory Board while inflation worries grow in Congress. A Philippines junket for Tydings is postponed as others react to funding and security concerns. IRWIN of U S Steel awaits Don Richberg as NRA proceedings unfold.
William Sullivan departed Sunday night by motor for Chicago to attend the World's Fair, signaling a civic journey to the event.
A newspaper ad promises quick relief from violent headaches with B C a blend prepared by a registered pharmacist. The product claims fast action for headaches muscular aches colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages at drugstores.
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