Daily Mail Prices and Subscriptions Offer
Reading notice notes daily mail delivery at one year rate with terms and options. Includes details on mail carrier schedule and payment arrangements for residents subscribing through local offices.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1932
Page
2
When the Southern Farmer Will Come Into His Own
Fragmentary lines envision a future where Southern farmers gain self sufficiency in bread and meat from their own fields and pastures, freed from creditors and market pressures. The text hints at emancipation from oppression and a self reliant agrarian ideal.
Agriculture and Industry Unite for U S Prosperity
The Minneapolis Tribune notes a Senate uptake of Frederick F. Murphy’s speech urging fair exchange for agricultural products to boost farm living standards. It asserts industry must fund and find markets for surplus land and goods to supply 30 million American buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
United States
United States Senate
Murphy
Congressional
Decatur Chamber of Commerce Plans 1933 Budget Campaign
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce launches a $5 000 drive in January to fund its 1933 program aimed at agricultural and industrial development and the Trade at Home initiative. It seeks 400 memberships, noting 87 percent of 1932 pledges were collected and promising future benefits exceeding costs for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Chain of Commerce
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Farm Prosperity Tied To Banks and Industry Action
The editorial argues the agricultural problem spans banks, loan agencies, transportation, and industry. It warns that cheap food reduces buying power for 30 million Americans and calls for national leadership to address farm finance, demand, and policy amid rising world grain production and tropical substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
India
Argentina
Australia
Tropics
Today Uncle Sam's Pay Day
A brief column highlights themes of government payments and civic duty. It reflects on science in work, the balance of head and heart in policy, and the appeal of hopeful language as society discusses welfare and social reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Great Britain
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Latvia
Finland
Lithuania
France
Belgium
Estonia
Hungary
Poland
Science and sunlight boost modern mining efficiency
The piece contrasts war debts and defaults with progress in science in mining. It highlights Sir Humphrey Davies mining lamp advances and John P Bickel's accounts from northern Ontario. Miners endure showers and actinic ray baths simulating six hours of sun, improving safety and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P Bickel
McIntyre Porcupine
Ontario
Corliss Lamont Praises Russia and Its Bonds
Corliss Lamont returns from Russia praising the country and urges buying Russian bonds. Wall Street awaits, as investors who bought Kerensky era bonds may heed his counsel. Lamont dubs socialism a path some sincere people pursue, while noting Russia’s czars did not recognize the U.S. for 33 years after independence. Herbert Swope and others react to his views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
J. Pierpont. Morgan and Company
Russia
Wall Street
Kerensky
Lamont
Herbert Bayard Swope
Mr. Lamont
United States
Word lists and opinions on beauty from New York American readers
The New York American asks learned readers to name twenty most beautiful words. Examples include Ed wiy Markham’s list with Reverberating Coliseum Chryselephantine California and Ruppert Hughes’ Immemorial Translucent Tremulous. The piece explores subjective notions of beauty and power in words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
Edwiy Markham
Coliseum
Chryselephantine
California
Oil field expansion ordered as drills head to site
Officials in charge of developing the local oil field order two more drills, expected within 30 days. The Kiwanis charity minstrel at the Princess theatre last night netted nearly $1,000 for the club's Christmas tree. A record-breaking crowd filled the house, which was completely sold out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
Old Fiddler’s Contest Draws Albany Musicians to Birmingham
Census figures show Birmingham 178806 Montgomery 43464 and Chattanooga 57895. Several Albany residents plan to travel to Birmingham tonight for the Old Fiddler’s contest at the Jefferson Theatre. Local contestants include S. R. Garrison C. M. Clardy W. A. Vantrees Geo W Broadway J. L. Halbrooks Charles Self and J. L. Prosser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Birmingham
Jefferson Theatre
S. R. Garrison
C. M. Clardy
W. A. Vantrees
Geo. W. Broadway
J. L. Halbrooks
Charles Self
J. L. Prosser
Gerrish Christmas Visit Extends to Tennessee Family
Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Gerrish of Summerton Tennessee spend Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 8S Gerrish on Moulton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Gerrish
Summerton, Tenn
Geo
Gerrish
Moulton Street
Mrs Meade Vaughan Plans Christmas Visit to Memphis Relatives
Mrs Meade Vaughan and her young son intend to spend the Christmas holiday with relatives in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Meade Vaughan
Little Son
Memphis
Ireland and United States Ties and War Crime Reflections
The piece asserts Ireland has given more to the United States than any territory and condemns crime, war, and political folly. It notes a tear gas bank robbery in New York, Winnie Ruth Judd’s Arizona execution, and critiques Mills on beer tax revenue versus sales tax. It questions Philippine independence timing and U.S. Asia policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
United States
New York
Arizona
Winnie Ruth Judd
Use Dashes in Place of Parentheses
Instruction to always substitute dashes for parentheses—apply dash usage consistently throughout text. Avoid parentheses in titles and summaries to maintain a uniform dash style.
Wheeler Predicts Roosevelt Seen As Conservative by 1934
Sen Burton Wheeler, former running mate of La Follette, says Roosevelt’s 1930s path will likely be judged conservative unless he moves beyond 1920s liberalism. He argues inflation or reflation is needed to restore farm debts and price levels, notes silver remonetization as one option, but warns about manipulation and index standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Follette
Burton K. Wheeler
Roosevelt
White House
What Tuberculosis Patients Should Know About Disease
Dr Clendening explains tuberculosis can be cured and rests as key to healing. Rest, not drugs, enables fibrosis to repair diseased tissue. Treatment may be home or sanitarium, with six months to two years typical. costs vary from low charity care to private sanitariums, with public aid for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
M. D
Dr. Clendening Pamphlets Offered By Mail
The editor announces six pamphlets by Dr. Logan 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
A Dothan Storefront Scene With Jim and a Death
In Dothan Alabama a colored man named Jim sits eating a first season watermelon on store steps. A friend rushes up with shocking news that Jim’s wife just died of heart failure. Jim vows to show real grief after finishing his watermelon as Uncle Lorenzo chides foolishness and two other locals joke about romance and a candle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Alabama
Jim
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Sermon and Parish Notes
The Patriot of Greensboro reports Mount Moriah Baptist Church with Rev Obadiah Brown as pastor inviting Sunday services and urging congregants to bring the Bible Hymn Book and Pocket Book. The piece also includes a string of local comic vignettes and a short exchange about politics and social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Patriot
Greensboro
North Carolina
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
Obadiah Brown
Moral Manners and Oddities in a Humorous Text
A collage of aphorisms on character and civility, a joke about bathingsuits named as suits, a q a style punchline from a bill collector, and a brain teaser about logical reasoning. It ends with a courtroom quip where the defendant cites a locomotive as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Yung
Mystery Boy Owes Everyone As Town Sees Promise
The report notes a boast about a local boy as the most promising in town while referencing a troubled father and a daughter recalling a night incident. A mirror request hints at identity concerns and ambiguity surrounds the family’s situation.
Program All Set for Junior Day at Central Baptist
Central Baptist church outlines a Junior Day with a 9:30 Sunday school exhibit and a 10:45 preaching service led by Dr James Allen Smith and Mrs Annie Lou Burr. Junior choir solos, scripture reading by Dorothy Rose Swatzell, violin by Frank Lee Chenault, and a sermon by James Allen Smith cap the program with junior teachers serving as quartet members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
James Allen Smith
Annie Lou Burr
Junior Speer
Jesus Loves
Footprints of Jesus
I Cor
Dorothy Rose Swatzell
Prank Lee Chenault
Gillette Gains In Legal Fight Over Blade Patent
Gillette wins a major patent ruling in federal court in Connecticut. Standard Safety Razor Co. is enjoined from infringement and liable for damages and costs. The decision upholds Gillette’s blade patent with a long slot and cut out corners fitting all Gillette razors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Gillette Safety Razorpany
Standard Safety Razor Company
Edwin S. Thomas
United States District ‘Court
District of Connecticut
Standard
Thomas
Patent Office
Thompson and Smith
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Piney Creek Returns to Banks in Report
Piney Creek crossing the road between Mooresville and Decatur and between Tanner and Belle Mina is back in banks again, according to a report made last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Creek
Banks
Mooresville
Decatur
Tanner
Belle Mina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decater
Als
Tamperser Wallet Printing CO
Toe
O. Shelton
Mexjamin Bloodworth
Falter
Associated Ress
Associated Press
Frost, Landis & Kobn
Atlanta
Chicsco
Minneapolis Tribune
Frederick F. Burphy
Ring Features Syndicate
Lee
Arthur Brisbane
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Sir Humphrey Davis
Bernard Shaw
Treland
Montgomery
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mills
Congress
Philippines
Asia
Japan
Wheeler
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D G
la Follette and
Wheeler Progressive
Montana
Noth
Pati
Lorenzo
Yanceyville
Pemeralda
Remus
Andy
Amos Las
Amos
Mandy
Doan
Clematis
Fido
Jack
Aly
Central Baptists
Marvin Hester
Howard Weaver
W. A Bmey, Jr
Jesus the
Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.