We Still Believe in Santa Claus Myth and Politics
An essay by Ivan Clyde Lake, Kiwanis Club president, argues Santa Claus myths shape economic, political, religious thinking. It links enduring belief to faith that rewards follow effort, notes partisan bias, calls for broader brotherhood and responsibility as 1932 ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Clyde Lake
Kiwanis Club
Minocqua
Wisconsin
Mr. Lake
Santa Claus
Kiwanis Magazine
Sala Pase Sind
Eigen Claus
Promised Land
Shelby
Shelby County
Judge Head
Hoover
Roosevelt
Morgan
Alabama
Shelby’s
Morgan County
Smith
Decatur Garden Club to Regale Christmas Decorations
The Decatur Garden Club announces prizes for its annual Christmas decoration contest. The group’s persistence amid obstacles is praised and expected to keep Decatur in festive, pretty attire this season with community support from The Daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Garden Club
Decatur
Prohibition Fades as Taxes Rise and Green Money Debates Begin
Arthur Brisbane discusses moving beyond prohibition to a national sales tax and currency reform. He weighs government debt and inflation fears, favors green money effects, and notes the scale of US obligations while touching on Japan China Manchuria and railroads in a concise editorial summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
A Treasury
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Traylor
Clean City Drive and Local Purchases in Albany
An Albany sanitation drive begins under the new sanitary department. The city may buy 1,000 metal garbage cans from the government to sell at wholesale to residents. Morgan county school children donate eggs toward Christmas health seals. J A Buttrey to improve and occupy the Adams home on Jackson street. Groceries report price decline. Mrs. R T Sheppard to visit Gadsden relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Department of
Albany
Morgan County
Adams
Jackson Street
Twin Cities
J. A. Buttrey
Christmas Office Cat and Moonlit Mischief Exchange
A humorous dialogue sketch features office workers and a servant demanding payment while a grandparent tells a tale of moonlight and moonshine. Interactions cover mischief, hospital jokes, hotel life, and a homework snag between a traveler, clerk, and family at a dinner party.
Colonel House cabinet picks spark unlikely yet interesting speculation
Charles P. Stewart surveys Col. Edward M. House’s suggested Roosevelt era cabinet. He questions feasibility of names like Newton D. Baker as secretary of state and Cordell Hull for treasury, while noting Baruch for war or Traylor for treasury and Cohen as a navy candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. House
Roosevelt
Newton
Secretary of State
War Department
Owen D. Young
House
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Treasury
Congress
Capitol Hill
America
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Wall Street
New Yorker
Stock Exchange
Navy
John 8. Cohen
Atlanta Journal
Annapolis Naval Academy
William J. Harris
Georgia
Trial Shots and Quips on Daily Life
A humorous collage mocks modesty and social norms with lines about disarming nations, pajama visits, fashion fits, and marriage timing. It fixates on playful observations from a stage-like vignette, riffing on everyday quirks and punchlines.
Witty Quips on Life and Prison Jokes From a Lively Chat
The column riffs on parole, crime, gossip, and family humor. A jail term pun hints at reform through behavior while a beauty parlor is a hub for gossip and vanity. A playful Dad and Junior exchange ends with a pun about letters following A.
Correct Use of Exclamation and Question Forms
Guidance on punctuation urges an exclamation after strong emotion and notes options for a rhetorical or interjected emphasis. The guidance emphasizes correct tone and form with varied sentence endings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur Daily
Bunéay
Deostur
Als
Premesser Valley Printing 00, Inc
Decater
Shelton
Ratter
Benjamin Bloodworth
Eastor
Sheppard
Associated Press
Ews
Rational Advertising
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
New York
Chicago
God
Atticus Mullins
Montgomery Advertiser
Judge Cage Head
A. P. Sloan
Japan
Rigg Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
China
League of Nations
Manchuria
Union: Pacific Railroad
E. M. Harriman
Pennsylvania
United States
Sino
Shlosloi
Santy Claus
R. T. Sheppard
Gadsden
Willie
Mr. Penny
Mrs. Penny
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Stag
Carter Glass
Wilson
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Justice Department
Tommy
Dad
Junior
Sterchi
Majestic Radio
Walnut
Ays
Sterchi’s
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