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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
2
The Decatur Daily notes publication details with Hollywood style masthead lines, dates 1912 to 1917, and post office classifications. It lists staff names Shelton Amin Bloodwor B T Sheppard and notes Associated Press affiliation and advertising representation. Subscriptions are outlined including weekly and monthly rates.
A terse report notes unrest as a large group of workers begins strike actions amid rising tensions over wages and working conditions. Union leaders push for bargaining with management while facilities operate under reduced staff.
The Daily reports Rev J B Berkstresser resigns as pastor of First Baptist Decatur after five years to become pastor of Mig m Baptist church in Sylacauga. Officials say he leaves many friends and a reluctant but hopeful congregation for his new post.
A AP report says General Johnson angrily considered resigning after a recent NRA meeting with the President and officials. The president’s firm stand led to withdrawal of the resignation, while Johnson publicly hinted at mounting tensions and a volatile mood among the public.
A Tampa cigar maker attempted suicide by entering a river and lying among a nest of hornets. He failed to emerge despite pleas and was dragged from the water after bees attacked him. He died around ten with agonizing injuries.
From Montgomery Senator Black is linked to a possible U S attorney general post as Attorney General Cummings nears retirement. Black is noted for probing government subsidies and is viewed by many Alabamians as a strong fit for a Roosevelt era administration.
The Alabama Journal endorses continued farming-method study sparked by the Tennessee Valley Experiment Station visit near Belle Mina. It highlights 1,500 farmers at a rally learning land use, crop varieties, and economical methods to boost yield with less labor and expense, urging more station trials to prove efficiencies and save money for farmers.
The article notes Senator Black, already a notable Senate member, looming as a strong candidate for a cabinet post.
Newspaper notice notes 2 fresh items and a quirky profile of an onion worker’s family. It references public interest topics and a light column tone typical of Arthur Brisbane’s writing.
A columnist notes Ramon Perez, a cigar maker, dying by hornet stings after quitting work, and sage observations by Theodore Dreiser on life and death. The piece also covers a Greenfield NRA wage dispute forcing a factory move, and Ohio onion workers strike with grim images of a struggling family outside a shanty.
The speaker laments families in hovels with leaky roofs and hunger, where fathers and older children work for a few cents to support large families. They express hope that the strikers win and that a new deal will provide needed relief if required.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses postural defects found in freshmen at Yale and across colleges. The Mensendieck system guides slow, exhalation-focused corrections with mirrors, emphasizing breathing and muscle development without weights. Early high school intervention could improve outcomes before college years.
New York’s Sam H. Harris stands as a rare theater showman who rarely appears in his own venues. He selects top material, trusts others to run productions, and yields packed houses without loud rebukes. His elusive style, quiet generosity, and mysterious aura define a notable era in Broadway history.
The American Liberty League forms to defend the old American dollar and vested interests from the New Deal. John W. Davis and former Governor Al Smith are linked with the league, while Smith’s friends doubt his availability. A former Democratic cabinet member likens Roosevelt to Santa Claus, claiming the administration is seen by millions as the greatest Santa Claus in history.
Dr Florence E Meier a Smithsonian scientist notes eight killer rays of ultra violet light bombard the earth daily. The protective ozone layer acts like a belt around the planet, shielding humans from the worst effects.
The editor notes six health pamphlets available for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. The 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.
A brief note translates angstrom units into familiar metric terms. An angstrom equals ten millionth of a millimeter, while a millimeter is one thousandth of a meter, clarifying the tiny scale used in scientific discussion.
Chicago calculates that 14 000 public school teachers and 4 000 civil service workers receive 26 million dollars in unpaid salary arrears, averaging 1 444 44 per person. The cash infusion is expected to trigger a 100 million dollar surge in three days as landlords, merchants, and manufacturers profit.
A historic piece explains a single so called killer ray suppressing one celled algae that would otherwise flood streams and choke watercourses. The article contrasts this moderation with a hypothetical flood of algae that could end human life or force survival on boats and mountaintops.
A brief note describes rays that are unusually small with lengths ranging from about two inches up to several inches, highlighting their varied sizes and noting curiosity about their form.
Next Friday begins the month with an R and fish dealers repaint signs. In New York City ten thousand oyster openers must handle six thousand oysters in eight hours. Oysters breed massive counts. a female lays millions of eggs yearly. One opener recently dead had opened 30,000,000 oysters. The oyster is best at three to five years old and can reach 12 inches. The first raw oyster eater was said to be brave. Oysters are rich in vitamins whether raw or cooked.
A revival campaign continues this week at Flint Baptist Church led by Rev. I. M. Myers of Vinemont. Myers serves as pastor and preaches nightly while W. R. Wallace of Decatur guides the musical program. Crowds grow each evening as Myers discusses the topic Five Minutes After Death and the public is invited.
A young prowler uses a tag game ruse to dodge pedestrians and snatch purses. He darts in and out of women on the sidewalks and then targets cars at stops by leaping onto running boards to grab valuables. A particular purse was nearly snatched today.
A note clarifies Floyd Gibbons is Raphael Floyd and references Phillip Gibbons as part of the same biographical clarification.
The famed humorist Will Rogers plans a continental air journey with his wife and two sons just before their departure for the Orient. Five days prior he showed sadness at breakfast confessing a wish to see Mary, while his daughter was in a stock near Boston.
The 1912 seaplane trip from Oyster Bay to Wall Street is rapidly becoming popular and often crowded. Passengers and onlookers alike wonder why there is such haste to reach Wall Street in these times.
The actress Mary Pickford succeeds with her first magazine fiction about a stage child in a theater world she knows well. She prefers writing as expression and has stored away a trunk of her writings between film projects.
Walter Winchell writes as Paul Yawitz during his vacation, surveying Broadway gossip. The column mentions Mina Fox canceling her second California wedding, Bee Palmer’s release from hospital, and social figures like Rex Lease with Edna Purviance, plus fashion, politics, and theater news from New York and Europe.
A fragment notes Newport widows amid a vagrancy inquiry involving a merchant sailor on shore leave. It mentions potential family repercussions for Dick Pickering, Hugh's brother, if he consorts with Mary McKenna, Jack Kirkland, and Nancy Carroll, with lingering social tensions.
Chicago stories recount 8S. N. Behrman the playwright of Biography writes candid letters to passengers slated for German owned ships. He disapproves of Chancellor Hitler and uses his leisure to voice criticism of the Nazi regime. The piece notes Behrman's single hobby and his skeptical view of international travel aboard German vessels.
A longtime newsroom acquaintance now ranching in Montana writes western fiction and lives a lavish life. He suffers from a mysterious physiological hypnosis that makes the theater he loves forbidden, causing his hands to erupt in a watery, itchy rash after the curtain rises. He remains minimally affected by cinema.
The British Empire building in Radio Center is likened to a Burlington Arcade in America with haberdashers hat makers and sartorial accessories shops. The clarks are described as Londonish and many are paying guests in an old mansion turned club on upper Central Park West with a Cockney landlady.
A Cockney passenger recalls a spry steward on the Aquatania who, amid a stormy crossing, cheerfully declared I thought the ship had made its last terrific lurch. Beaming in the doorway he added a breezy You are a bit tippy, sir.
Dayne Dawn and Joe Moss are noted in recent headlines with Moss set to perform 106 deb parties this season, many priced between 26 and 73 G. A separate altercation left Phil Harris' drummer with a broken nose and scalp wound. Ursulla Parrott's husband John Wildberg calls Europe weekly, not yet reading Tumult and Shouting released six months ago. Martha Mears NBC Orioles and Sid Brokaw are named with other obligations amid a New York shoe store scene where a Phi Beta Kappa key was awarded but later unwarded two years ago at Barnard.
A lively scene unfolds as sparring partners sought after a harsh stretch. Notables Armand de Lillie Lola Soloman and George Metaxa with Honey Johnson headline the gossip while Geo Bassman and Jeanne Adrian prep for next week. Jimmy Rooney joins Polly Lux in Miami as Harold Lloyd's wife hurried to New York.
A man hires a cab to the Biltmore across the street and receives a long ride with a meter reading of 11.40. He protests being cheated, noting his last visit paid 7.80. The cabbie retorts as the dispute ends.
Fire Chief Lox Sorber has returned from a three week absence spent in the West and attending the national convention of fire chiefs in San Francisco. Mrs. D. D. McGehee leaves for Roanoke for a missionary society council meeting. Miss Louise Collier will return to Washington Sunday after vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Collier.
Mrs J N Sibley of Russellville is visiting Mr and Mrs W H Day as a guest informally hosted at their home. The social note mentions the hospitality extended during the visit.
Miss Garah Blackwell arrived at home today after a trip to relatives in Birmingham.
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