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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1933

Page

4

Decatur Daily Transcription Notes Postal Listing

Fragmentary OCR notes from The Decatur Daily showing a postal listing and dates related to a March act. The text references Decatur and New York with unclear order and misspellings.

Chamber of Commerce Seeks Local Assistance

Community urged to join the Chamber as Decatur markets growth and business support gain momentum through active membership and local cooperation. Community leaders emphasize the organization’s role in economic progress and civic engagement.

Chamber of Commerce Decatur

Friends Forgetful in Heated Moments of Service Rendered

In tense disputes, people may overlook favors and professional help once offered by friends. The piece reflects on gratitude, memory, and the social dynamics of returning favors amid conflict.

Dancing masters reveal new Mira pose nod to NRA

A witty note from The Huntsville Daily Times reports that New York dance teachers unveiled a new step called the Mira in honor of the NRA movement. The joke suggests everyone shows their best foot forward.

Huntsville Daily Times New York NRA

Alabama and Auburn Set for 1933 Football Season

A calendar view signals the approach of football drills as Alabama and Auburn prepare for 1933. Both programs lost star players Jimmy Hitchcock and Johnny Cain but expect to field competitive teams with new depth and the state’s strong gridiron tradition.

Alabama University Auburn Jimmy Hitchcock Johnny Cain Tigers Tide

Suppressing News Sparks Debate On Publicity Value

The Gadsden Times notes that New York interests attempted to suppress a heat wave story. Newsrooms rejected withholding the fact as improper and potentially harmful through exaggerated conditions. The discussion highlighted publicity's double edged impact.

Gadsden Times New York

Malone Gains Backing As Working Man’s Candidate

In Jackson and Morgan counties strong support grows for B L Malone as a congress candidate. Opponents question polish while supporters cite his hard work from humble beginnings and his service to farmers and laborers, urging voters to ask the working man about Malone.

B. L. Malone Morgan County Congress Malone Washington Eighth Edward B. Almon

Mussolini and Dollfuss expected accord swirls in Europe

Arthur Brisbanes column surveys postures in Europe as Mussolini swims to meet Chancellor Dollfuss aboard a Adriatic yacht and hints at possible understandings. He also weighs Prohibition repeal momentum, lottery concerns, and a Russian scene of 100000 children gleaning grain as famine shadows loom.

Dollfuss Austria Hitler Adriatic Mussolini Europe Thomas Jefferson Russia Ruth Boaz

Newspapers Publish Heat Wave Facts Against Suppression

The text recounts city papers resisting attempts to hide a heat wave. It notes the New York Times argued silence would fuel rumors of mass daily deaths, stressing that facts speak for themselves and rumors distort reality.

The New York Times New York

Albany Oregon misdirected mail redirected from Albany

Albany residents discover another Albany in Oregon with 7000 residents in Linn county. Louise Glaum stars at the Princess in I Am Guilty and Bebe Daniels at the Star in The March Hare. The season's first bale of cotton ginned by A Bernstein from K B Holland. lint sold for 13 cents a pound. Asbury Malone back from St Louis.

Albany Oregon Linn County Louise Glaum Princess Bebe Daniels Star Theatre March Hare A. Bernstein K. B. Holland

Behind the Scenes in Washington and Prison Life Notes

An assembled column mixes political chatter and crime lore. It discusses Professor Moley planning actions against racketeers, Al Capone’s weight loss in Atlanta penitentiary, labor politics under Perkins, and Roosevelt's Cuba stance with Hull and Welles. It notes leaks at the Labor Department and hints at internal friction in the NRA era.

Wyshington Professor Moley al Capone Atlanta Perkins Green A.F. of L Miss Perkins Labor Department Labor Advisory Board Léo Wolman Johnson

DeFord Couple Goes to Tennessee for Visit

Mr. and Mrs. R. M. DeFord departed yesterday to visit friends and relatives in Tennessee, continuing their customary travels between home and kin across the region.

R. M. DeFord Tennessee

Missionary Society Holds Meeting at West Decatur Church

The West Decatur Methodist Missionary Society met Monday afternoon at the church. Mrs. Puryear read Scripture, Mrs. D. S. Hurst led prayer, and Mrs. Hames conducted a Bible study lesson. The group closed with the watchword.

Missionary Society of the West Decatur

Moral in a Zoo Fly Lesson from Lincoln Park Aquarium

Chicago zoo guards used electric screening and scent lures to trap flies feeding them to fish. director Young faced backlash as the stunt aimed to teach a lesson about waste and pest control. The incident highlights ingenuity, ethics, and public reaction to animal care experiments.

Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo Young

Office Cat and Witty Epigrams Aboard a Patched Playbill

A collage of humorous lines and cartoon captions shows a stage card style with jokes on salt, silence, job hunts, fashion, manners, and love. Quips touch on propriety, politics, and everyday foibles, including a traveler’s share of anecdotes and a buffalo anecdote about warmth and observation.

Pair arraigned in police court on fighting charges

A black man and woman faced police court Tuesday morning for fighting. The man was given a small fine and the woman was released.

Welfare offices plan doctor payments for relief staff

Alabama Relief Administration outlines a system where doctors are paid for services to RF C employees, with payments requiring social service division approval. They urge timely notification for proper investigation, include obstetrical cases, and ask RF C employees and families to cooperate to avoid confusion.

Alabama Relief Administration Social Service Division Social Service

Second Bale Here Brings Nine Cent Cotton Price

Elmer Sharp of Decatur Route 2 delivered the second bale of the 1933 cotton season on Tuesday. The bale, weighing 540 pounds, was ginned between 2 30 and 3 p m at the Patterson Gin Co and purchased by that company for nine cents per pound.

Elmer Sharp Decatur Patterson Gin Co

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