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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a reference to the Associated Press founder and national advertising rep details. Mentions subscription rates by car ter, daily, weekly and monthly terms with a year price of 88.38 dollars.
A holiday story notes that two individuals receive happiness during Christmas this year, contrasting with last year when only one person felt joy. The community celebrates the inclusive moment and spreading goodwill.
Fragmentary remarks warn that continued protest and signaling could push the nation toward conflict with Japan. The jumbled notes touch on military readiness and public sentiment amid rising tensions.
The Decatur Pilot Club invites readers to subscribe to the milk fund intended to feed 100 children starting school who would go without meals. The door is open for donations and every contributor is urged to help these youngsters have food for the long school day.
The article marks Arthur Brisbane's 70th birthday next Wednesday, praising his rise from humble newspaper beginnings to a leading figure whose Today column is an institution. The Daily wishes him many more happy anniversaries and continued success.
After Tulane’s victory over the long favorite IL 5 U U football team, around 2000 telegrams of condolence poured in. Will Rogers notes a proposed Louisiana bill to nullify any touchdown goalpost celebration, with an exception for LSU. The Commercial Dispatch mocks Long and suggests canceling the game.
The Daily weighs Alabama Crimson Tide naming history with John Temple Graves and W G Little backing Crimson Tide over Red Elephants. It notes that Dave Davenport first used Red Elephants and that the nickname stuck, sparking debate about tradition and age in college sports culture.
Article fragment notes a sensational headline mix referencing Synsicale Inc and international rights. Emphasizes vast monthly totals of 101 million and a call to halt war talk, with unclear context or complete details about persons or events.
ARTHUR BRISBANE notes that starlings visiting Washington roost in cornices and trees, with 50 relief workers rattling stones all night to scare them away. He argues government bond policy worsens unemployment, cites soaring federal payrolls and debt, and warns of wartime costs and crowding.
An excerpt discusses how the radial pulse reflects heart action and how physicians use pulse readings to assess patient status. It notes variability with emotion fever injury and age, the role of adrenaline, vagus nerve influence, and the idea that slow pulses may imply longevity under certain limits.
The piece argues peace on the Far East border rests on two factors: Russia’s air fleet near Vladivostok and a growing submarine force at its Vladivostok base, paired with plans for Manchukuo to buy a Chinese railway, potentially guaranteeing payment.
A collage of quick anecdotes and wry observations from New Yorks daily scene. Mentions Rae Van Buren Buster Keaton Mary Roberts Rinehart Fred Stone Elizabeth Arden Walter Chrysler Jr and more as they travel fashion entertainments and locals. Includes a Minnesota writing collaboration and a Welcome festival bet.
The writer reports a high Russian official stating there will be no war between Russia and Japan and that Japan waited three years too long. The narrative notes Niagara Falls erosion with another four million pound rock fall on the Canadian side and muses on long term geological changes and possible steel coatings.
The text ponders negligible volcanic activity over eons could flatten Earth, leaving oceans two miles deep and no land. It speculates humans becoming sea dwellers or building canals while noting astronomers’ belief in Martian canals observed via telescopes.
Six pamphlets by Dr Clendening are available for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. 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.
Ensign P. B. Crispell secretary of young people's activities for the Salvation Army visited the Twin Cities today for an inspection. He is based at Birmingham and oversees youth work for the organization.
A vivid line notes that no elephant of actuality or fancy could match the smooth flow of the Tide in 1934, implying a powerful, pervasive current of events or mood captured by the press.
A Joliet Illinois prison raid uncovers a well organized racetrack gambling operation in a cellars. Convicted bettors are named in sheets with horse odds and a small radio. One convict complains of not being paid after a win. The find suggests the need for better respected laws.
At last night’s Kiwanis gathering the club elected E. F. Baird president, W. W. Pussell first vice president, J. F. Levin second vice president, EB. W. Godbey trustee, and C. W. Matthews Cliff Randolph Clyde Hendrix T. M. Dix E. J. Polhill as directors.
W. A. Green has returned to New Orleans following a several day stay with his family in town.
Miss Eleanor Hamil of Birmingham and Miss Orlena Hamil of Troy will spend the weekend with Dr. and Mrs. J. Y. Hamil, staying in the same city for a short visit.
Readers born on this day are characterized by strong native intelligence and keen foresight, described as nearly prophetic instinct. The note emphasizes mental sharpness and intuitive prediction abilities.
After 18 months as Americas fastest broadcaster Floyd Gibbons feared collapse from his pace. Doctors ran X rays and tests, found no ailment, and he walked Central Park and continued a long victory stride before resting five days with blistered feet.
Walter Winchell surveys the early federal crackdown led by the Department of Justice. He notes Capone’s jailing, Dillinger cases, and the Lindbergh Law, praising the FBI division’s manhunts and the impact on organized crime. He highlights J. Edgar Hoover’s leadership and the rise of federal enforcement.
The piece recounts a visit to Horseheads New York by a former admirer nickname Webster who recalls his youth admiring Eugene Zimmerman known as Zim. Zim has lived in Horseheads for fifty years and still draws a weekly cartoon for Elmira while enjoying fishing and hunting. A framed letter written by Webster at age sixteen to the master limner was found among Zim’s belongings.
Hortense McQuarrie Odlum, gifted a Fifth Avenue department store by her husband as a Christmas present, is watched by merchant princes as she shifts from housekeeping to enterprise. She has raised sales and put Grand Duchess Marie in charge of a photo studio with the slogan High class but not high hat.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls nippy days with tingling fingers and blue noses as country hawkers flood city streets. The speaker longs for dusty crossings and cattle guards and Verde-like scents of hot steel from passing trains while picturing a rabbit near elderberry bushes at dawn.
The Bertillon system failed to distinguish two William Wests in Leavenworth. One prisoner denied crimes until fingerprinting proved which Will West was the culprit, confirming fingerprints as a reliable identity method.
The Kelly twins from Bridgeport Connecticut were indistinguishable leading to misidentifications. Both were fingerprinted and sentenced to long terms. Nearby De Autremonts of Siskiyou Oregon also face life terms after a train stickup killing. Cosmetics and dye failed to hide their resemblance.
The four men Whitey Walker Charles C Clinton Flood Jarrett and Alfred Oliv er were identified in a Lamar Colorado bank robbery and double murder in 1928. A fingerprint on the getaway car window linked to Jake Fleagle later in Stockton California led to Ralph Royston George J Abshier and others confessing. the three remain in custody while Fleagle was killed.
The text notes division workers in Washington DC who handle fingerprints ballistics and experiments in invisible ink. They are quiet in the background yet have forged a notable record in convictions for ciphered charred paper, with each man trusted to his line without headlines.
The writer recalls two visits to a crime laboratory showing how invisible ink hides messages and how authorities demonstrate readable codes. They argue criminals should see the lab to deter crime as Scotland Yard contemplates boosting its investigative bureau.
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