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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1934
Page
4
The piece discusses high home casualty risks and calls for safer behavior at home. It cites common dangers such as children near stoves and the risk of slips on polished floors. It frames the home as the most dangerous place and urges vigilance.
The speaker pledges hard work to complete the highway from here to Guntersville, aligning effort with past projects to Tuscumbia and Decatur. He urges action on the long promised road and calls for tangible results for the South.
The county weighs a financing plan for a new jail to replace month to month funding. The editorial urges progress on the jail proposal, noting a potential gift from a benefactor and long term repayment terms.
Florence Herald notes risks at home echoing National Safety Council data. After 100000 accidents studied, home injuries rival auto death rates and falls from stairs, rugs, and tubs are common.
Arthur Brisbane discusses the rise of strong leaders like Mussolini and Hitler, explaining that masses crave belonging and simple formulas. The piece cites Susie the Bengal tiger and reflects on natural living, motherhood, and the need for exercise.
The article lampoons the President as a budget Hamlet asking whether to spend on relief, noting that choosing to fund jobs and food would require Congress to authorize billions more. If approved, authorities might issue inflation bonds doubling the repayment to 18 billion dollars.
The piece argues against borrowing to fund spending, urging President Roosevelt to use direct government money rather than paying interest to lenders. It warns that workers, contractors, and others would ultimately lose as money becomes tied to bond issues and a “bombproof” government debt reservoir.
An English army surgeon on St Helena reported Napoleon’s night pulse 76 and temperature 96 aiding one of the first recorded body temperatures in illness. The piece traces Sanctorius and Galilean thermometers to Allbutt’s modern clinical thermometer and notes Dr. Clendening’s pamphlets now available.
New York gossip notes reveal Exama Lindsay Squier describing Tom Powers writing a new book by automatic writing, with a voice like a breath taking lyric. The entry mentions breaks at breakfast, Mary Brown Warburton, the Paul Whitemans, and topics from Second Hand shops to Chinatown dialects.
Reporters recall Mrs. Wady Townsend once rich witty and stylish who visited the White House. Police say she died by gas self-inflicted in a small room. she was 58, described as lonely and despondent, wiping away past grandeur. Also notes Manchukuo oil interests and Western protests over Japanese oil monopolies.
Britain orders goods worth 40 million dollars as Japan contemplates a move that could erase British anguish. The exchange hints at wartime leverage and potential economic impact.
A newspaper excerpt notes Filipino leaders seeking a constitutional ban on war after independence from the United States. The author argues such a ban is easy to write but hard to enforce, pointing to centuries of inter-island conflict and the likelihood of suppressing the least civilized groups by killing them, i.e., war.
Twelve years ago Albany officers stressed parking rules in the business district. The item notes ongoing emphasis on orderly curb use.
A fragmented wartime note shows Japan urging the United States to acknowledge Manchukuo as a separate entity and to engage with China about oil, indicating a push to shift recognition and imperial rights amid tensions.
The text asserts that war depends on another country’s acceptance of Japan’s force, noting Chima’s desire for peace was overridden and Manchukuo lost. It frames the Philippines' fate as tied to submission to Japanese power and the claim you belong to the Mikado.
The Tennessee river gauge this morning rose to 48 feet and continues to rise. Officials warned of higher water levels ahead as rain bands move through the region and river towns brace for potential flooding.
The period saw a maximum temperature of 59 degrees and a minimum of 44 degrees. Weather data compiled from local stations reflects a typical diurnal swing for this time of year.
Mrs Gilbert White of Mooresville spent Saturday visiting Decatur, enjoying time with friends and touring local sights.
An old fiddlers contest will be held December 13 at Gravel Ridge school house. Prizes are offered to fiddlers, string bands, and harmonica players. The general public is invited to attend.
Horoscopy notes those born on this day favor enjoyment that does not disrupt work. The oracle hints at a disciplined balance between leisure and duties for influential personalities.
Gobind Lal, expert on Afghan ballads and forgotten odd restaurants, and Idwal Jopes once traveled together seeking rare eateries. During Idwal’s stay he praised an Italian scallopine dish crafted by a Sardinian in a dim dining room kitchen, then promised a visit that never happened as I wandered away.
At Whitemans a Lindy act by Os mond O brien drew praise for Beck whose esteem echoed in Harlem. A crowd reacted with warm appreciation as the performance unfolded.
Walter Winchell On Broadway recounts misinformed items from readers and celebrities. The piece notes prank reports about marriages and divorces, a memorial seat at a premiere, and a Marine Corps anecdote involving General Butler and a Boxer era incident.
In Brooklyn a 427000 armored car holdup narrowly misses the crime as assailants flee before police arrival. A machine gun was found in a pushcart and another hidden gun was buried under dirt, with cigarette stubs proving the bandits' tension and fear.
The author contrasts jazz with Bach and Liszt noting Haytiens prefer Bach while Cobina Wright recalls a sable enchantress performing a Capriccio and a Fugue in E Minor. Visits to Eisenach and Weimar frame the reflection as a memoir style meditation on music and memory.
The writer muses on long running shows including Dodsworth and Ariosto in a puppet theatre on Bleecker Street. He praises impresario Man teo and mentions Léo Michel’s nightly social hour for stage folk. A future article on Broadway affairs is planned, but details remain unclear.
Tom Kinsey forwards Mary Pickford’s book Why Not Try God with notes of simple faith and bruised hearts. A Tyler Texas whistler recalls the Golden Rule amid business pirates and a vanished Mickey Neilan adds playful mystery. England’s Quinta emerges as a new literary passion, while Elinor Glynn is revisited in a rechauéé of style.
An old column describes bellhops and express workers tormenting a traveler nicknamed Joe McGee with tricks. Telegraph fears, locked trunks with tinfoil jams, and misdelivered or damaged luggage cause sleepless nights and costly repairs, all while the victim endures repeated harassment away from home.
A famous New Yorker in show business, married, wooed a Central American lover during a Europe trip. The lover used the actor’s friend’s name in letters, deceiving the wife. The Central American woman died in a motor crash, leaving an $800,000 estate to her lover, who cannot claim it. the real beneficiary is the actor’s friend.
Clark Gable and Richard Bartholmess share a Quentin Reynolds inspired joke from the Gold Coast. Three drinkers begin at 10 p.m. and alternate new drinks every fifteen minutes until 6 a.m. When one leaves, the remaining two attempt to guess which companion departed.
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