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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1934
Page
2
The piece discusses a Birmingham killing and reactions from Decatur and Tuscaloosa press. It contrasts mob action with lawful investigation, critiques regional media coverage, and questions fairness and free expression amid national strife. It mentions Mussolini Hitler Venice and examples of censorship and tyranny.
Paraphrased from Collier's, the note says TVA work in the valley has started with visible agitation. The phrase suggests public reaction as power project moves from planning to active construction. No further named people or places are specified in the readable text.
A reflective item notes how the phrase Public Enemy No 1 once signified notoriety but now evokes deadly peril, implying the title’s shift from stigma to danger and its chilling resonance in contemporary times.
A fragment notes Senator Bank entering his first Senate term and capturing local interest in the Valley. The brief hints at notable early work and public reaction to his new role.
Local residents returning from the Midwest note drought there and compare unfavorably with the Tennessee Valley. They say the Valley has much to be thankful for as short crops occur elsewhere, including in Dixie, while the Valley avoids such shortages.
A disputed Fort Payne case centers on a young boy needing leg surgery held back by parents' faith healing beliefs. Medical experts warn the operation is life threatening, while courts weigh community responsibility and parental religious liberty amid calls for court intervention.
Local paper reports on a confusing incident involving Birmingham and Tuscaloosa figures. The piece references a life event linked to a WY and mentions a youthful relation at the South.
Two interesting strikes prompt debate on government stance toward labor. Analysts weigh possible finance of strikers and the broader political stakes in a tense wartime climate.
Walter Winchell On Broadway parody column of Paul Yawitz comments on death, illness, and curiosities. Includes playful asides on melancholy black bile vaccination smallpox hydrophobia castor oil teeth sugar causes and aging body myths with satirical asides about doctors nurses and reporters.
Immunization with diphtheria toxoid reduces disease risk markedly. Tests like the Schick reveal susceptibility, while New York data show cases falling from 14,014 in 1919 to 8,050 in 1928 after schoolchild immunization began. Editor notes offer Dr. Clendening pamphlets on health topics.
The firm paid all striker claims in full including back pay and seeks permission to liquidate and quit business. If approved, Mexican law may have receivers hand the plant to the workers. Other countries, other manners.
In Atlanta leaders of a major textile strike announce they expect federal government backing and funds to sustain strikers, saying the government has pledged "to let no one go hungry." They argue government aid could prolong the strike and even allow workers to seize plants, testing owners' claims workers cannot run industries profitably.
No rainfall occurred in the Decatur area during the past 24 hours ending at 7 am this morning.
12 Years Ago Mrs Phillip Humphrey and Eloise spend the week at Vinemont. Edith Goodman suffers malaria fever at Sherman street home. Mrs R L Parsons visits relatives in Pulaski Tennessee. Mrs Lewis Bradley returns from Huntsville. Dr and Mrs W G Henry of Birmingham return after visiting Mr and Mrs J M Minor. Katherine Parsons will accompany her father to Pulaski for a visit to relatives.
Mrs Kimball Jones and her daughter Mary have returned from a vacation spent in Weaverville North Carolina.
The past 24 hours in the Decatur area saw a maximum temperature of 90 degrees and a minimum of 72, marking a warm day with mild overnight lows.
New York reports Owney Madden as a flamboyant mob figure seen along Broadway as a stylish, gregarious operator. Once sought by the pardon board, he evades scrutiny with legal quirks and public charm, drawing deference from press and society as he moves through clubs and first nights.
The article notes that travelers who once filled royal suites with maids and physicians now sail in a single cabin aboard ship boats. Most no longer bring trunks, preferring only hand luggage, signaling a shift toward a more deliberately frugal and casual ocean voyage style.
A traveler recalls stopping at a roadside exhibit near Long Beach where a man lay in a pup tent beneath a funnel. For 15 cents visitors spoke to him through a tube, the man claiming he was in good shape after 31 days underground and hoping to reach 90.
Ed Howe, long a Kansas drought journalist, keeps working at 81 after quitting at 80. A national weekly pressed him to retire and he finally signed on. He chose to publish under the title About Nothing. Nobody. H L Mencken praised Howe's writings as a high example.
Ed Howe of Atchison William Allen White of Emporia and Robert Quillen of Fountain Inn S C show that a writer can attract the metropolitan editor from modest outposts. Their trumpetings prove the reach of local voices without agents or shop influence.
The piece notes a mix up between Warren Williams and Warner Baxter causing readers to confuse works. It cites eight of twelve respondents who mistake one for the other and mentions a possible name change, while comparing similar mix ups with Fannie Hurst and Edna Ferber over Jewish family life themes.
In a recollection a postcard from Illinois town Streater signed A Mol claimed Dillinger would be caught in Chicago. The writer hesitated to publish, citing family sightings deemed unimportant, noting events ten days before the Dillinger episode.
A trembling passerby complains to a taxi driver after a near miss that felt eternal. The frenzy ends with a command to honk, illustrating urban nerves and street theater in a moment of alarm.
A quip notes that blue skin or proper cold baths warn against their use while humorously praising warm baths. Another saying cautions that certain foods tempt appetite even when not hungry, linking to the playful claim that spinach was born from such persuasion.
European authorities blame ice-water drinking for eye trouble and shrinking eyeballs. Lightning deaths often show no external injuries. Obesity is misread as blood excess. many fat people are actually blood deficient. Death struggle is just uncoordinated muscle action. Apoplexy, intoxication, and opium poisoning look alike on the surface. Housemaids knee results from kneeling on hard surfaces, linked to Jolson's Folly.
Insurance data shows more people died of overeating in a single year than died of starvation in twenty years. The finding highlights rising dietary risks and public health concerns.
The text states gall stone pain is the most severe form of suffering and that the operation to resolve it is not painless, highlighting the harsh reality of medical treatment at issue.
A reader questions the dramatic account of famine cited from Titus and Josephus describing extreme hunger during the Jerusalem siege. The inquiry asks for source clarification and mentions a missing reference to Elmer.
A strange tale recounts a deceased specialist reputedly guiding living patients to relief from stomach ailments through eerie intervention. The story blends folklore with medical superstition and local superstition.
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