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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
2
The Decatur Daily notes over half the city owns homes and cites the Decatur to Guntersville road as boosting Morgan County farm lands. The piece argues improved access helps farmers reach markets with produce, promising greater yields and economic growth.
A cotton planter visits The Daily office and approves Roosevelt administration farming ideas. He says government actions on cotton price support are beneficial and expresses broad farmer support for the president, urging continued experimentation for results.
The Alabama press argues Congressman William Bankhead is the best choice for Speaker of the House, noting his long service and leadership. It counters McDuffie’s withdrawal and predicts Alabama unity to back Bankhead, seeing him as a proven New Deal ally and political power in Washington.
A Decatur Chamber of Commerce message applauds the group for benefiting the city and its outlying trade area of about 100000 residents. It notes thousands of friendships formed and a cost of only a few cents per resident, urging continued backing of the body’s projects.
Arthur Brisbane reflects on public suspicion and security themes in 1904 commentary. He questions trust in institutions and the meaning of safety, linking societal anxieties to political and cultural currents of the era.
The column notes Wall Street rising prices and heavy volume while forecasting a possible dollar decline. It cites actions by President and Secretary Morgenthau and discusses propaganda fears, farm labor tensions with Japanese workers, and U.S. land ownership concerns in Japan and the Salt River Valley incident.
The Ministry of Justice seriously proposes letting condemned criminals choose to kill themselves, citing ancient ideas. The piece contrasts this with modern practice of execution and questions public respect for law if self murder were allowed, noting Socrates as an example and a murderer as another case.
Logan Glendenning outlines the key diet components for steady childhood growth. He stresses ample protein, minerals especially calcium and iodine, and vitamins including C and D, drawn from eggs milk fish vegetables fruit juice and fortified sources to build a nutritional reserve and speed tissue development measurable within weeks.
Strolling thoughts on late summer city life mix fashion names, entertainment figures, and light social notes. The column references Beatrice Lillie, Martha Wilchin ski, Windsor McKay, Lucius Beebe, the DeMarcos, Postmaster Parley, and Victor Schertzinger with casual witticisms about fashion, gossip, and longing for exotic escapes.
President Roosevelt plans to aid farmers by lending twelve cents per pound on cotton held for better prices. Senator Thomas notes cotton value tracks gold, with gold at thirty five dollars an ounce boosting cotton worth nearly twice as prices rose. The NRA and General Johnson earlier endorsed a ten percent cut in hours with a ten percent pay raise, now included in the cotton garment code to spur prosperity.
The workers propose a 35 hour week as sufficient under current purchasing conditions. They note a 26 hour week would leave 138 hours weekly for sleep, amusement and self-improvement, contrasting with the old 12 hour daily six day schedule.
Florence Ala Aug 24 AP The Library at Florence State Teachers College saw heavy use in the summer session with 29 503 books checked out. Students averaged 60 books each as demand focused on history literature social science and fine arts. A single day totaled 903 checkouts.
Alabama farm foremen who supervise work on rural rehabilitation farms are invited to a two day agricultural short course in Auburn on August 29 and 30. The notice was sent by Thad Holt state resist administrator and R K Greene rural director.
Readers may obtain six Dr Clendening pamphlets by sending 10 cents per item plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation Rope and Gaining Infant Feed Instructions for the Treatment of Orthahena Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Mrs B B Pickens and daughter Miss Marjorie Miller visit Mrs Martin Phelan in Chicago. Polly Robinson visits friends in Vevay Indiana and plans to return next week. Mrs Sydney Anderson from Tucumbia returns home after visiting daughter Mrs A M Roan. Marguerite Clark stars in Scrambled Wives at the Princess Monday. Dewey Goode and family visit Tanner. Mr and Mrs D D McGehee return home from Vinemont. A two day rehabilitation program led by Dr L N Duncan and Dean M J Punchess aims to lift destitute farm families off relief and toward independence.
An evocative portrait of commuters at Grand Central between five and six as they spill from trains. After eight hours of city life, nerves tighten, hunger gnaws, and small frictions erupt into sharp quarrels and shrieks from exhausted travelers.
New York sees a major labor action as about 8 000 workers stage a strike over wage and job conditions. Organizers say the action targets key industries affecting city services and local commerce.
In Manhattan, the most anguish comes from tattered old women cast aside on the scrap heap. They linger in dark doorways and shadows, motionless or searching for a niche to rest. They haunt curbs and alleys, scavenging scraps from others’ discarded meals.
Walter Winchell notes from Paris to New York reveal Greta Minsen in custody in Paris and a flurry of show business chatter. Stars like Doris Duke, Amy Leslie, Alva Johnson, and Noel Meadow appear in playful reports of legalities, productions, and scheming backers as the industry moves toward new projects and benefits.
The speaker reflects on bruised humanity amid city nights and a longing for past beauty. A cashier in Times Square is described among roving diners and degraded appetites, as the piece contrasts human hunger with animal delicacy and social masks.
A man in a stylish suit with a boutonniere exits Pierre's this afternoon heading toward the avenue. He pauses by the hotel, then rests on a park bench, as a bystander comments that he likely has more thoughts to brood over.
Wynne Gibson reports tremors after a Small-Time Cavalcade at the Music Hall. J D Williams collapses in the Hotel Edison lobby and is hospitalized in critical condition. Carl Pouch returns as Hollywood head waiter amid celebrity chatter and theater buzz fills the Capitol and Boulevard venues.
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