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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
2
An early 20th century report notes Decatur City, Morgan County, and Limestone County contributing about $100,000 to a bridge building fund. The piece argues contributors should be reimbursed and that relief from interest and principal payments on the bond issue would ease burdens on local officials and citizens.
The Associated Press ignored William Green president of the American Federation of Labor on Wednesday and stated every effort would be made to avert the general textile strike. The report expresses trust in Green and his stance to resolve the dispute.
About 1500 workers in Gaededen steel mills return to duty after a six week layoff as the plant reopens. Workers pledged no further labor trouble and urged the company to resume operations, assuring families steady meals without fear of further stoppages.
The text notes Capone sought privacy before his capture by the United Bates government and suggests that avoiding exposure protects gang leaders. It implies Capone recognized that years in federal prison might be his fate rather than facing deadly gunfire.
The Daily notes sufficient funds are for the purpose and recalls prior understanding that tolls would be charged to retire the debt. The piece underscores broad support while urging clarity on bridge financing and future toll policies.
About 1500 farmers from Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties visited the Tennessee Valley sub-station near Belle Mina to learn about cover crops, cotton and corn yields, and efficient farming. The rally emphasized smaller, intensive farming, soil enrichment, debt reduction, and better economics for a rising era of scientific farming.
A syndicated feature notes rising hostility to Christian faith if conflict erupts and discusses provocative revival of Hemlock as a symbol. It references a controversial fourteenth pound baby note and copyright terms from 1934 King Features Syndicate.
In a Paris Herald Tribune interview William Randolph Hearst argues Europe lacks funds for a major war and could not borrow from the United States. He foresees postwar depopulation, revolutions, and rise of red mobs, with upper classes annihilated and social upheaval across nations.
Protestants and Catholics in Germany fear hostility to Christianity may spread as in other nations. Von Hindenburg urged churches to preach Christ, but he is dead. August Hoppe argues for a conversion to Christianity as a crime against the German race and calls Germans to reject Christian culture and the Jewish Christian view of sin and pity.
The article recalls the idea in Germany of offering prisoners the option to die or be killed, citing Socrates who drank hemlock and Nero who killed himself after Seneca’s urging, juxtaposed with Tacitus and old customs. It notes how some see this as part of a broader paganist trend.
The author argues that ninety percent of Germans want to preserve the legacy of Goethe Schiller Humboldt Helmholtz Hegel and Virchow. They reject Druids Wo tan Erda Siegfried and the notion of ritual human blood. The message warns against dangerous folly that will pass.
Mrs. Ted Glovier of Moorfield weighs 120 pounds in a community event summary. The clipped text references a local pageant or weigh-in portion of a broader society feature.
Dr Logan Clendening explains that children need a higher energy intake, protein, minerals, and vitamins to create a nutritional reserve that supports steady growth. In infancy and childhood, milk, sugar, potatoes, eggs, cereals, toast, orange juice, bananas, cream, and butter supply the needed carbohydrates and fats, with emphasis on energy and tissue growth.
A newborn named Franklin Delano Glovier weighs 14 pounds, eclipsing the five Dionne quintuplets at birth. The proud father shrugs off explanations, noting no accounting is necessary as weight at birth is no measure of marvel. A sickly infant named Voltaire is cited as a historic example of unlikely outcomes.
A gang of 11 highwaymen surrounded an armored car in New York staging a bold robbery. They used machine guns planted in a peddler’s cart and in parked cars to disable guards and steal four hundred twenty seven thousand dollars.
Report notes robbers fled in three fast cars pursued by armed truck traffic. A machine gun the robbers overlooked fired futilely as police recorded a public street robbery. The investigation details and audits referenced appear incomplete.
Readers may obtain six pamphlets by sending 10 cents per item and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening c/o this newspaper. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Miss Sarah Blackwell returns Sunday from Birmingham where she visits Aunt Mrs. Ed Warren. Miss Ruth Sharp visits relatives in Falkville. Miss Lucile Patterson, guest of Miss Marie McGlawn, returns to Montgomery. Mrs. C. T. Hopper ill at Mrs. Ashford’s in Courtland. Mrs. John McGehee will leave Saturday from Vinemont.
A vast diamond, the fourth largest in the world named the Jonker gem, valued at $315,000 when sold to a diamond corporation after being found by a farmer in South Africa. The firm refused $500,000 for the stone and plans to cut it here for display. Ladies may wear diamonds as large as pigeons eggs, with even bigger stones drawing attention.
New York critic notes James Barton transforming the languishing Tobacco Road into lively stage fare replacing Henry Hull. Barton, long a varied entertainer, delivers a crumbling drunk arc that revived audience interest and drew film interest, while Morton Downey diversifies with a band and radio tour drawing steady crowds.
Walter Winchell column recalls a protest of idle work duties with a 26 cent daily wage joke. Eddie Mellon, ex-waiter and aspiring skater, confronts Winchell with a Kentucky Colonel certificate and a deflated ego amid Broadway rain.
The piece recalls the gritty charm of amateur nights, especially female performers facing hard odds. Performers sing with tense effort, often ending in silence, while audiences react with mixed applause and sympathy amid rowdy backroom venues.
The fragment notes coins and a lack of humiliation in the ongoing conflict narrative, suggesting financial concerns and dignity are not central to the reported events. No clear persons or organizations are identified in the readable text.
At dusk along West and South streets by the water, a quiet scene unfolds with relaxed figures in doorways and dock edges. Men of the ships stare outward, some tipsy and muttering, while others drift into a shared reverie of the sea.
A vivid vignette lists rough timbered eateries with copper kitchens and profanity speckled parrots, shabby missions in salmon pink almshouses bearing comforting inscriptions. Riverfront dogs roam the scene, lean and wary, as if awaiting a cuff, belonging to nobody.
Vaughn De Leath collects ear rings and hails Irving Berlin as a wine expert. Owney Madden buys every new mystery novel on release. W R Sheehan is the first New Yorker with a Rolls Royce. Helen Wills Moody shops Sealyham dog collars before visiting dog shows. Conrad Bercovici hosts dinner parties in his Riverside mansion kitchen. W C Pields resumes juggling routines for an hour daily.
An editorial muses that in gloom one never grows irritable and humorously derides a fashion misstep about inserting shirt studs into a hellcat themed shirt. The item reads as a light critique mixing temperament and style.
Manning Sherwin, a sensitive young composer in Broadway circles, faces rejection and hardship in Manhattan. A former millionaire press agent, Lou Holtz, offers a chance for Mountain Song to be staged in a Hollywood revue with a $200 backstage advance. The song, written years earlier as a satire, is titled She'll Be Coming Down the Mountain.
At the Paramount Theatre Cleopatra plays to the crowd as the Dewey drive influences cinema showcasing moral debates. Boris Morris Publix chief observes the scene while an elderly woman enters with a dog hidden under her coat triggering a rules reminder from the doorman.
The area recorded no rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 7 am this morning. No rainfall totals or notable weather events were reported.
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