Bee Line on Sixth Avenue Improves Town Look
The completion of the Bee Line on Sixth avenue south adds to the town’s appearance and provides temporary jobs.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1933
Page
2
Pickfair Romance on the Rocks in Suit by Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford has filed suit against Douglas Fairbanks claiming the couple’s romance failed. The Fairbanks marriage outlasts many of the era’s showbiz unions, as the movie world’s cycle of light and romance continues to falter on the docks of public life.
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Pickfair
Mery Pickford
Douglas Fairgo
Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
OWA Efforts Highlight Civil Works In Morgan County
The Daily lauds the Civil Works Administration in Morgan County noting progress toward county projects. It emphasizes that many job quota workers are already at work and compares development to building Rome and a park system.
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OWA
Rome
Decatur
Morgan County
Civil Works Administration
Court Says Louisiana Supreme Court Defines What a Newspaper Is
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that a Shreveport periodical, The News, is not a newspaper for legal notices since it did not subscribe to or employ a news service or reporters. The ruling voided a property sale ad published in The News, cautioning that notices must appear in a recognized newspaper.
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Anniston Star
Louisiana Supreme Court
Daily Legal News
Shreve- Port
Louisiana
Shreveport
Associated Press
International News Service
United Press
The
Star
Alabama
Japanese Copycats Hit American Industry, Selma Times-Journal Warns
The Selma Times-Journal reports that Japanese firms copied American locomotives, machinery, valves, and parts, flooding markets with cheap imports. The piece warns of harm to U S manufacturers and calls for serious action to counter the rising copycat threat.
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Selma Times-Journal
the Times
America
David Harums
Yokohama
Tokio
Osaka
U. S
Pacific
Etakistica
Copy- Cate
Ehoport
Ameri
Wodehouse’s Today Feature and Brisbane Syndicate
A compact syndicated item notes a Wodehouse story in today’s page and mentions Arthur Brisbane as the contributing writer. It references fertile lands wasted and a boy on a water tank, signaling a reflective or satirical feature.
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Wodehouse
Wodehouse, Water, and Rail Tales Roil Arizona Brief
The column reviews P. G. Wodehouse January Cosmopolitan story Thank You Jeeves noting its wit and advice for writers. It then shifts to Southern Pacific Sunset Limited travel through Arizona near Tucson and Colton, highlighting water, deserts, Boulder Dam, and a dramatic water-tank ride with Investigator Monk whose patrol exposes harsh realities of rail life. It ends with a brief obituary mention and a Texas murder case with lynching rumors, yet moves on to the sheriff's car as the suspect dies en route.
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America
Wodehouse
Cosmopolitan
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
Arizona
Tucson
Colton
San Bernardino
California
Palmdale
Victorville
Valley of the Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
Mojave Desert
Gulf of Mexico
Boulder Dam
8. L. Monk
Southern Pacific Raiilroad
Hollywood Lights
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Monk
Sonny
Roosevelt weighs changes to securities act amid Wall Street push
In Washington scenes, Roosevelt weighs potential changes to the securities act as banks resist registration and claims of misrepresentation liability. White House confusion over new emergency bodies emerges, while Attorney General Homer Cummings pushes a national repeal of police third degree practices amid landmark prosecutions and reform talk.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Wiggin
National Emergency Council
Consumers’ Council
NRA Consumers’ Advisory Board
AAA Consumers’ Counsel
White House
Frank Walker
Colonel Howe
Mary Rumsey
Homer Cummings
Department of Justice
Cummings
Connecticut
Israel
Bridgeport
NEA’ Service, Inc
Fiddlers Contest and Kiwanis Show Highlight Eastern Star Night
The Eastern Star hosts the Fiddlers Contest at Princess tonight with a large crowd expected while Kiwanis Minstrel promises greater success than last year. Katherine McDonald stars at Star theater in My Lady's Latchkey amid varied local notes on theater, travel, and Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks divorce plans.
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The
Eastern Star
Kiwanis
Katherine McDonald
Star Theater
Offbeat Tales and Quips From a 20th Century Page
A collage of humorous lines and snippets touches on a scientist noting plants respond to extended light, a treasure remark, marital quips, a New York panic rumor, and social maxims. The piece weaves jokes about pride, debt, hunger, publicity, and public life with playful dialogue and aphorisms.
Glo ve business cited as boon amid remarks on sleep remedy
The dialogue notes a glove business benefit and a wife’s odd speech, followed by a cartoonish exchange about a sleeping mixture. A druggist claims they include an alarm clock with every bottle, promising a humorous cure for hard times and nerves.
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