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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1933
Page
2
Three highway workers near the Tennessee North Carolina line were killed in a ditch cave in a recent accident. The incident drew national attention as Floyd Collins era rescue efforts captivated newspapers and a flood of calls for updates overwhelmed offices.
The column asserts NRA will end December 31 and predicts NIRA will replace it with stronger policy. It argues Roosevelt will not abandon the policy and that the nation is moving away from low mood toward brighter prospects.
The Saturday Evening Post highlights a Arkansas law forcing bond holders to exchange old bonds for new at a lower rate, with the state winning in courts so far. If Arkansas can alter bonds unilaterally other states could push similar changes, provoking investor redress efforts and potential receiverships over revenue streams.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Schnader resisted a quick settlement and sought Supreme Court permission to press Arkansas to repeal its Wills Act. Arkansas bond holders meanwhile sought to tie up state funds as security for payment. Investors nationwide will monitor if states can shield themselves from private suits and alter bond terms.
A brief opinion column by Arthur Brisbane discusses the idea of saving money and a reporters union challenging credit practices. The piece reflects 1933 syndicate commentary on wage and industry issues.
Europe doubts the United States will collect war debts while readers hear defense of American restraint. The piece also profiles Sarazen the golfer, noting his six championships, training ethos, and Mussolini’s gaze at his energy. It raises public debt and national credit questions tied to Roosevelt era policy.
The piece reflects on Europe’s war toll and U.S. recovery potential. It notes new observations by Michelson, posthumously completing his work, suggesting the speed of light varies by as much as 12 miles per second from the traditional 186,284 miles per second, challenging a fixed constant view.
The piece recalls Nobel laureate Nobel Michelson's early work on light speed and Earth's rigidity, then shifts to the Palm Beach arrest of Gerard Bakker found clothed, or rather unclothed, while reading two esoteric volumes. Police took him to jail, while Bakker mused humanity’s clothing origins.
Montgomery warehouses hold 35,543 bales of cotton, down from 50,968 last year, but the current bales are valued at 1,750,000 dollars versus 1,425,000 dollars previously, signaling higher prices despite reduced volume.
A NEA Service column notes federal control over the distilling industry with price and labeling rules and looming foreign competition. It cites Free samples as a public relations tactic, Mrs. Roosevelt promoting cheese, and whispered saboteur fears in Russian relations, warning of possible 1935 break.
A miscellany of verse and jokes appears here with seasonal reflections. Lines urge living with Christian virtue beyond Christmas and feature quips about town life, radio tastes, cigars, cards, manners, and social mishaps. The mood blends pithy humor with light moral sentiments.
The Philokalean Literary Society of Central Junior High held its weekly meeting in Gordon Bibb School auditorium. Robert Buchanan presided, electing Charles Boley as the new vice president. Members Goode Caudill Tee Timberlake Doris Nunn participated as the debate featured the resolution Children Should Not be Taught the Falsity of Santa Claus with Alma Milam Harold Bowers against Nannie Reed Watson Clyde Murphy. The club plans to meet again next Thursday at St Johns Episcopal parish house.
MONTGOMERY Ala Dec 18 W J Baldwin appointed general assistant of the state board of administration in August has resigned to accept a position with the Southern Amnesite Asphalt Company of Birmingham He will base his headquarters in Montgomery and had held a part time post with the firm before taking the state job.
The Tennessee Valley area will lead Tennessee in cotton and cotton seed production this year per F W Gist agricultural statistician estimates. Morgan County Revenue Board seeks sealed bids to reconstruct about six miles of macadam road on the old East Hartselle Pike. A cross country run involving nearly all Morgan County schools is under review by the county teachers organization athletic committee. Lewie Hardage A Q Edmundson and Comer Ezell home for Christmas from Georgia Military Academy. Hardage coaches the Academy football team which recently won Georgia’s state championship.
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