Decatur Daily masthead and publication details
The Decatur Daily presents its publication statement noting it is issued every afternoon except Sunday by the Tennessee Valley Printing Co Inc in Decatur Alabama with editors and staff including Benjamin Bloodworth Bradster and T Sheppard. It cites Associated Press attribution for re published news dispatches and a 1917 post office registration.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Associated Press
Atles
Alabama electors vote for Roosevelt in Montgomery meeting
Eleven Alabama electors met in Montgomery to cast their ballots for president and vice president. They wrote Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner on separate ballots, then filed multiple certificates as required. The piece notes the electoral system's costs and debates over abolishing it versus the popular vote.
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Montgomery
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
United States Senate
United States
Senate
Electoral College
Washington
Alabama
New York State
New York
College of Electors
Albany Decatur Chamber Meeting Attracts Local Interest
Report on secretarys annual address discussed local matters. Notables visiting included J G Martin and family from Somerville. Miss Pauline Stephenson hosted Epworth League youth. Miss Mary Love returned from Asheville after fifteen months. B A Turner recovering from influenza. Valley Country Club to host December 19 dinner dance. Mrs Cora Poteet and daughter Aileen visited Somerville on business. Dr and Mrs A M Roan to spend Christmas in Tuscumbia. Etoile Barnes to return from Montevallo after attending Alabama Womens College.
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Cora Poteet
Aileen
Fairview
Somerville
If they create any more football bowls we will start one here
A witty remark suggesting starting a local football bowl named Fruit Salad if more bowls are created. The line humorously notes the proliferation of postseason bowls and imagines a homegrown alternative.
Reverend John C. Cowell to Speak at Central Baptist
Thousands will hear evangelist Reverend John C. Cowell in January at Central Baptist Church. The visiting speaker drew large crowds previously and will attract people from many denominations and backgrounds to hear his religious message.
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Cowell
John C. Cowell
Central Baptist Church
Duke Edward Answers Harder to Keep Than Get Shoes $300 a Pair
In today’s feature from Rec. D. and Pat. Office two stairs, heart and back discuss practical matters. Arthur Brisbane weighs in on social topics, noting the cost of a pair of shoes at 300 dollars while copyright details are noted as reserved under King Features Syndicate.
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Duke Edward
King Features Byndieste, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
Edward
Rothchild
Archbishop attack stirs church rift and royal snubs
An analysis roasts the Archbishop of Canterbury for his attack on Edward the former king, while bishops mock the church as schism looms. It surveys wealth and power, notes 1935 American incomes, and recounts Italian bootmaker Pierre Yantoray in Paris. It ends with grim takes on Nazi rhetoric and German peasant life, and wheat price surges.
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Durham
Canterbury
Church of England
British Broadcasting Corporation
Doctor Describes His Own Angina Death Tale
A physician from Needham Massachusetts records his angina attack in real time on kitchen floor notes ending with his death. The piece cites prior doctors who documented diseases in their own lives and mentions fictional depictions of self observation.
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Logan Clendening
Harold Henry Bélermeister
Needham
Mass
John Bostock
Sidney Kuh
Floating steel safes used on Dutch ships in 1921
The article describes oval steel safes built to float if a ship wrecked, carrying registered mail and valuables with special stamps. They were white on iron cradles, linked to the ship’s dynamo to give shocks to unauthorised touch, but the project was abandoned after only partial testing.
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Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Eee
NEA Service, Inc
Christmas Across Scenes in a Whimsical Pageant
A playful collage of holiday scenes from mansion to cottage and highway, celebrating Christmas in heart over glitter. Snappy exchanges between Mrs Busybody and Mrs Newlywed reveal social quirks and wit. The cuttings mix jokes on eggs political economy and a Charleston jail fare.
Family and work jokes from a social column
A humorous dialogue set features Mrs Newly and her fiancé plus a tailor, a customer and an employee discussing routines. Jokes touch on bread, dough, bills, hair loss, fear of failing obligations, cold animals, and wages of a cashier at 175 per month.
Corn Yield In Monmouth County At Eight Hundred Fifty Grains Per Ear
A farmer writer notes that the corn crop in Monmouth County New Jersey yielded ears averaging about eight hundred fifty grains each. He asserts western regions may surpass the east, but calls the eastern yield good and asks readers for their best ear measurements.
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Monmouth County
N. J
Chiang Kai-shek shot for resisting war on Japan
The generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and several generals were shot after refusing to declare war on Japan. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang announced the executions on radio. The piece notes possible Japanese gains if Chiang fights or remains neutral. A French peasant strike threatening Paris vegetable supplies is also discussed, hinting at rising food prices.
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China
Chiang- Kai-Shek
Japan
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Family Disgraces Reflected In Longevity Comment
Lyla Myers laments family disgraces while noting they lived ninety years without fear of vitamin shortfalls.
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Lyla Myers
Ancestral discomfort with modern knowledge
A reflective monologue laments ancestors for lacking health awareness. The narrator imagines they overate, lacked sun therapy, and kept body parts intact, while requesting secrecy about these thoughts. The piece reads as a humorous meditation on aging and knowledge gaps.
Burglar Exchange Over Hearing of Law Office Resident
Two burglars debate attempting a break in with one noting the resident is a lawyer. They ask if anything was lost. the reply says nothing was taken.
Sweet Young Thing and the Oath Debate
A humorous exchange questions whether teachers should take an oath to uphold the Constitution and be required to read it. The dialogue touches on appearances and a political jab about a local figure seen “hanging on a bar.”
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Hal
Private Papers of a Cub Reporter Celebrate Variety Founder
Walter Winchell on Broadway recalls his career and ties to Sime Silverman founder of Variety. The reminiscence details mentorship, financial help, and clashes with Variety staff, plus anecdotes about Texas Guinan, industry figures, Broadway scenes, and a humorous look at theatre slang and publishing.
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CUB
Literary Digest
Variety
Sime Silverman
Walter Winchell
Silverman
Sime
Vaudeville News
Keith
E. F. Albee
Glenn Condon
Vaudevile News
Taxes Paid by Power Company in Athens as TVA Takes Over
The Amoco Power Company paid taxes for the current year in Athens on December 17, totaling nearly $4,000 for lines in the county. Most lines were absorbed by the TVA this year following the Supreme Court’s Asmander decision, likely marking the last local tax payment by the company.
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Athens
Ala
Ama Power Company
Power Company
TVA
Supreme Court of the United States
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