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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1935
Page
4
Unclear wartime report fragment references Associated Press coverage. Text is fragmentary with repeated wording and missing details about events, dates, or named persons.
The report details an alleged Italian bombing of a Red Cross hospital in Dessye on a Friday. The writer muses on power, politics, and a deer hunt in Baldwin County, questioning party and government motives and noting a Japanese official’s final say in North China.
A stated plan to hold an event in Atlanta raises questions about security and logistics. Officials, residents, and politicians weigh potential impacts and what is expected from the governor’s visit.
An optimistic note describes a revived Christmas season for an express company, noting improved demand since 1929 and a return to stronger activity after previous years. Santa imagery underscores renewed consumer activity and seasonal confidence.
The report cites detective Hilis Parker discussing the Lindbergh kidnapping. Parker highlights Hauptmann’s possession of ransom money on his premises and questions whether Hauptmann acted alone. No firm conclusion is stated.
Collier's Weekly editorials urge radical revision of national charity programs as corruption fears grow. Roosevelt backs social insurance and private relief, while experts work on old age and unemployment plans amid a shifting embrace of public and private welfare.
A 1930s style column discusses Pope Pius potential sanctuary in Ireland amid Mussolini and Hitler threats. Britain warns of white population dangers in Africa and Europe. Clergy fear treason trials as anti Nazi religious battles unfold and food prices rise ahead of elections.
Dr Logan Clendening argues that fat people may not be a single group and notes debate over exogenous and endogenous obesity. He suggests a controlled study could reveal if water retention or activity differences affect weight, while acknowledging lifestyle factors encourage overeating. Editor notes offer six pamphlets for ten cents each.
Poetic dialogue mocks drivers and tires as a car crash ends a life. A police officer reacts to a fatal wreck while two characters debate romantic advances and a failed invitation in a scene with humor and tension.
Eva High School clubs presented a Thanksgiving program in the auditorium on November 27. The event featured a story of Thanksgiving, Roosevelt proclamation, a play titled Old Time School at Thanksgiving Time, and performances by F H A girls F F A music, Elgin Bowen Dolphus Arrington Donald Johnson Elna Hawkins and S L girls.
Not to pass cars on curves. Drive at a moderate speed. Do not jump traffic lights. Be fair to other drivers and refrain from reckless driving. In city traffic be particular.
Thanksgiving Day saw the Peck family and Vincent children at the Hartselle Decatur game. Joe Jordan visited Alma Johnson. Gilbert Ausborn is seriously ill. Winifred Vincent stayed in Eva with Mrs Hester Morgan. The Peck family visited G W Peck at Florette. Mrs Etheridge Mason visits the area. Mrs G C Vincent and daughter Winifred attended a shower for Mrs Christopher Odeon. Wilma and Edith Peck visited Winifred Vincent during Thanksgiving. Ralph Oden and Dolphus Arrington of Eva were in the community.
In Montgomery Alabama on December 7 the attorney general ruled that filling stations in towns with fewer than 1000 residents owe license fees totaling $8, with $5 due to the state. The order specifies tax obligations for small town gas stations.
Reported plan for five northern Chinese provinces to form an independent government could revive monarchic prestige in Peking. If Japan secures autonomous status as in Manchuria, ex-Emperor Henry Pu Yi may return to the ancestral capital. The Hall of Classics at Peiping, long decayed, might be restored along with other royal monuments.
The Pan American China completed a 16 000 mile round trip over the Pacific with its crew and 150 000 pieces of mail. The mail largely consisted of items sent by stamp collectors. The route home would likely pass via the Azores for overhaul and refueling.
In Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon commuted the life sentence of union leader William Hightower, sentenced after the 1940 Battle of Evarts in Harlan, to four years and six months. Hightower, convicted of murder in Montgomery County, was jailed during a coal miners drive for union recognition.
Jim Tully recalls Walter Winchell and Broadway figures in a chatty essay on New York’s pull, small towns, and the lure of the big city. He muses on writers, actors, and the magnetism of The Big Town, with reflections on Irish identity and urban life.
In New York a crowd near Forty-seventh Street gathers around a Ford with a dusty rear as Jack London and Jack Dempsey rumors swirl. A collection benefits a downed man while onlookers debate the alleged boxing star’s presence.
A garbled collage of quotes and lines from a playlet or comic page. It includes captions about traffic signals, worker chatter, jokes about aging and looks, diner banter, and stray phrases like a solicitor at a front door and a vain pursuit by a boy.
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