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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1933
Page
2
An exhortation to business leaders to uphold the national recovery act by exposing cheats and shirkers. Officials warn that those who refuse to cooperate will face penalties and that the public interest demands self discipline, fair practice, and swift action against violators.
Collier's Weekly editorializes on the National Industrial Recovery Act and voluntary cooperation, noting business leaders respond while penalties are postponed. The piece also praises Rabbit Maranville, Boston Braves second baseman, at age 41 turning 42, for his stellar fielding in a pennant drive and historic infield play.
A lighthearted note warns that vacation ends soon and students face the return to school in a few weeks, urging readiness for the upcoming term.
Madam Kraemer-Bach, French writer who dined with Roosevelt, quotes him on U S stance. She cites sanctions against aggressors, while critics doubt the quotation. The piece contrasts old Europeanpower ideas with modern aerial warfare and France's enduring influence.
The piece argues that real estate foreclosures and empty buildings haunt depressions, blaming no one in particular while noting banks will lend if secured. It lists offered discount rates for bills: half a percent for short terms, three-eights for up to 90 days, and three-quarters for 120 days, though few bills exist.
Banks face a clash between encouragement to lend and government petticoat demands for liquidity. Authorities urge caution while banks must continue collecting loans rapidly, signaling a drastic change in a banker’s life.
Clarence M. Woolley, a busy employer, reports factories in Louisville producing plumbing materials after a shutdown and a department store up forty percent in early August. He praises northern Mexico for its summer climate and travel comforts. Separately Father Coughlin criticizes bank failures as driven by greed, while a Virginia governor lauds public schools and questions a future without education.
An eighteen year old girl, Honor Rose, daughter of a naval chaplain, interrupted a modernist churchmen's conference in England and addressed the clergymen with a remark or challenge.
In 1925 a train yard tiger Monarch escaped the cage amid a Dora Donk the mule tragedy. Clyde Beatty describes cutting a side hole in a stock car, three and a half feet square, and using a shifting den to trap Monarch while camels wavered in fear. Dora Donk dies, and the narrator confronts the bloody scene as Monarch feasts.
NEA Service notes Secretary Ickes and other cabinet heads pressing for rapid progress in turning $1.206 billion in grants into jobs and operations while PW A personnel gaps hinder delivery. It also cites critiques of NRA codes and an anecdote about recovery politics.
A reflection notes that young people find worship lacking and seek truth through art and philosophy. It claims Shakespeare shifted art and philosophy toward human interest rather than religion, then adds a naval chaplain’s daughter will face social judgment about appearance as she ages.
A Clyde Beatty circus narrative describes a tiger named Monarch escaping and fighting, then returning to his cage as lions dueling with a tiger unfold. Rogue the tiger battles Prince and Caesar in a three lions vs one tiger sequence. Copyright note follows.
The Daily announces plans to publish a Sunday edition within the next month. The Bob Jones meeting tabernacle will be erected in one day by volunteer labor as announced by the executive committee. Bessie Barriscale stars at Star Theatre in The Breaking Point. Anita Stewart plays the Princess in Sowing the Wind. Lois and Bella Rudolph of Selma visit aunt Mrs. W. C. Bailey on Ferry Street. Mary Edmondson and brother Jesse visit friends in Louisville Kentucky.
A column notes California governor vetoed state income tax law as unsound in principle while a reformer push discusses blanket codes for nudists. It jokes about husbands and a self washing dish concept as researchers at Ohio State study better china ware.
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