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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1934
Page
4
In a Decatur Daily opinion piece the TVA is defended as beneficial to the region, praising Roosevelt and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The column urges local support for civic improvement and joining the Chamber of Commerce to boost Decatur. It notes national ridicule of TVA and encourages reader resilience.
A magazine piece questions Christmas spending on liquor and wonders if a gentleman can resolve the cost dilemma that typically arises during the holiday period.
The article notes hopes for TVA power reaching the valley by early 1935 but acknowledges delays. It remains possible power arrives around Christmas or slightly later, with optimism that supply will come despite the setback.
The Atlanta Journal endorses amnesty for General Robert E. Lee as urged by an Illinois VFW commander. It notes early calls for amnesty and citizenship might have mattered for the Confederate leader, but argues Lee in Valhalla needs neither pardon nor citizenship.
Judge Bayneard L. Ma Jone told the Kiwanis club that Decaturah could become a premier fishing and boating site in the South if the TVA agrees to remove tree-caused umps. The Daily supports the plan, though noting it is large and requires careful handling and TVA cooperation.
The Decatur Pilot Club started the fundraiser with a $45 gift to feed 100 hungry children. Readers are urged to contribute more, stressing the idea that today’s children become tomorrow’s citizens and that civilization is built by efforts like this.
The passage critiques journalists who travel to the Tennessee Valley to “enlighten” the country about the Tennessee Valley Authority. It questions journalists' knowledge of the TVA and taxation and suggests skepticism toward editorial “brain trust” efforts.
The Daily plans to publish Christmas season coupons for the Lonely Child program. The fund, grown to $803.27 since last Sunday, aims to aid the Twenty Five Neediest Cases through generous Santa Claus and Good Samaritan acts.
Newspaper column by Arthur Brisbane discusses Henry Ford returning home and exploring relations with Russia. Otto Kahn is cited for strategic advice regarding tensions and potential conflicts hinted as a streptococci war analogy.
Henry Ford returns to Detroit after a New York visit that blended business with leisure. He met Gerard Swope in Manhattan to discuss new machinery and steel, visited Ginsberg and Levi's antiques shop, praised the daughters of the partners, and recalled meeting his wife 50 years ago as a defining moment.
Dr Logan Clendening describes efforts to synthesize non habit forming substitutes for morphine cocaine and alcohol. He notes alcohol varies in addiction risk while morphine causes severe withdrawal yet substitutes like dil aid _ l d not remain exact wording_ offer comparable pain relief and procaine provides local anesthesia without addiction.
The columnist laments a gray gray day and admits a mood of morbid thoughts while insisting on the necessity to stay lively and write. He ponders his neuroses and long grind of twenty years in the column business and jokes about psycho analysis. He muses on unhappy childhood and small annoyances from grandma.
The excerpt notes a share price rise from a low share value to 3,500 dollars in seven days. A purchase of 1,000 shares could have yielded about two million dollars in that short period, described as quick action, though no shares were bought by the needy newspaperman.
Six pamphlets by Dr Clendening are available for 10 cents each plus a stamped return envelope. The papers cover Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Washington notes reveal munitions makers earned as much as forty seven million dollars in a year with one firm posting three hundred sixty two percent profit in earlier boom times. Otto H. Kahn urged buying General Motors during war days but later advised buying Winchester Arms stock instead.
The account recalls Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels pressing a torpedo maker to accept a lower price. A threat to take over the plant prompted acceptance. The scene reflects wartime government leverage and a separate note on a boy named Stanley Walker battling a streptococcal infection and white blood cells fighting infection.
An army of bacteria faced a surge of blood from a man of type B once victorious over streptococci. Transfusion into Stanley Walker strengthened his weakened blood as white blood cells redoubled their battle against the infection.
When new blood soldiers joined Bleacher's forces to aid Wellington against Napoleon, doctors held a glimmer of hope for the boy's recovery as the fighting continued.
Limestone county has surpassed its Bankhead allotment by about 6000 bales. The 134 crop total is 33 040 bales versus 34 619 for 1933. Even after the government tax on the extra amount farmers enjoy real prosperity and the TVA spends thousands weekly in Athens Alabama.
Persons born on this day may be very quarrelsome and bitter in their denunciation of those who stand in their way. The reading warns of strong confrontations and intense reactions in social and professional conflicts.
In a stark monologue the speaker laments loneliness amid urban upheaval. He longs for a cloistered retreat and a loyal circle, mocks friends at the Waldogt bar, and questions his ego as ten million city souls pass by without care. He jokes of an eye strain that hides no tears and envies others who face the void with ease.
Walter Winchell recalls meeting Dr. Dafoe at the Paradise night club on Broadway in New York. The doctor’s naive charm and simplicity amuse him as he observes performers, from chorus girls to Sally Rand, while noting Dafoe’s modest Canadian salary and his respect for the performers.
A narrator reflects on a figure elevated by front pages and surrounded by ambitious schemers on Spurious Street. The piece critiques media sensationalism and the opportunistic crowd, including Dr. Dafoe’s wary reactions and the reporter’s own slipping sanity amid the scene.
In New York City the famed doctor who saves infants faces gossip from a writer who exposes babies stories. The writer notes public respect for the doctor’s humility and refusal to monetize his fame. The chat reveals mutual admiration and irony in public perception.
A refined figure, fifty one but looking older, asks for a press notice as front pages rail at his genius, and a jovial remark follows about the aspiring new column. The excerpt shows tension between self importance and media attention in a newspaper setting.
The text notes Dr. Dafoe meeting a high church official this week and concerns that a Broadway club photo could offend. A Mr. Davis is pressed about keeping the story secret as papers emphasize it, but Davis claims the stories do not matter and that no image of him will appear.
A speaker declares a shift from silence to expressive froth claiming long-held restraint. They vow to unleash bubbly self expression, shouting through chaos with bells, whistles, and a desire for a bright, buoyant moment.
The speaker muses on self examination and changing voice while contemplating isolation and inner turmoil. He jokes about returning to frivolity, warns of a possible breakdown, and references a lonely cowboy lament as a metaphor for drifting emotions.
A fragmented reflection describes a shaded room with white thoughts and a stark black and white arrangement. The speaker jokes about Julian Green and an ear splitting shriek, acknowledging a fragile mental state in a terse, sardonic tone.
He asks about Sally's pay and learns she receives 2500 dollars each week plus a percentage of gross beyond a threshold. The revelation triggers a strong reaction as others reflect on the staggering compensation.
The doctor describes his limited theater exposure saying he has never been in a club or seen a newsreel. He reveals a fondness for radio and Eddie Cantor while noting he stays up to 9 30 p m to listen and compliments the hosts on their amiable manner.
The Gus Hill Minstrel band will perform at the automibile show this evening. Dr. W P Wilks pastor of Central Baptist Albany may accept a call to Highland Avenue Baptist Montgomery per Daily Montgomery dispatch. Miss Plarma King Florence Normal is home for holidays. Earl Hamilton University of Alabama expects home December 20 for Christmas break.
Dr. D. H. Swengle of the state health department in charge of rural community health has returned to Montgomery after conferences with county health officers.
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