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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
4
A fragmented note explains Associated Press republication policies and provides stray figures about states' gains in 1985. It references the South Atlantic group and compares regional shares of the nation s retail business across Pacific Coast and mountain states, with broad growth context.
Florence Times warns that hundreds of Tri Cities children now own skates bikes and scooters and must stay on sidewalks away from traffic. Parents and police should cooperate to prevent injuries or deaths by enforcing caution and supervision this post holiday season.
The 1935 retail sales total reached 33.16 billion dollars, up 32.4 percent from 1933, with 3.96 million workers employed and a payroll of 3.62 billion. Volume 2 and 3 provide state level data, city sizes, and industry groups.
A festive New Year greeting encourages pleasure and profit in the year ahead. It emphasizes enthusiasm for daily work and zest in life, promising joy in work and ample fun in leisure for the reader.
A collage of 1937 wishes and reminders plus short dialogues and poems. The piece blends New Year hopefuls, gratitude for life’s trials, gossip folklore, and light quips about prison life, parrot swearing, and Liberty in New York Harbor.
Mr and Mrs Luke Sharp and children of Louisville Kentucky visit relatives in Mt Tabor. Mrs David Whitten able to be out again. Mr and Mrs W R Reaves ill. Shirley Moore of Lacey's Spring visits Roy Moore family. Charles Moore joins for a week. Gene Ryan and Mrs George Riselle stay with sister Grace Reeves. Tom Riley and family move from New Center to Ryan house. Mrs Sray Chas Anders and daughter Mary of Hartselle also in the community.
The 115 year old Christ Church in Massachusetts held its first watch service since George and Martha Wagton watched over its past service on New Year’s Eve. The Dec 31 vigil resumed with prayers led by Hythe, the president, and King George.
Ard stewards of the Moulton Methodist Church will convene a business meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock. The session aims to discuss church affairs and upcoming activities with attendance expected from church members and officers.
In a Brisbane era reminiscence Walter Winchell is portrayed as a top Park Row reporter who schemed for scoops. The piece recalls a Mitchell Sullivan fight stunt, his Chicago Meigs office encounter, and a dinner where Vincent Lopez clumsily announced the guests. It notes Walter’s sister Alice Thursby as a key advisor in his later career.
A veteran journalist recalls a sportswriting moment where he filed a dramatic exclusive, then returned to his hamlet to top it with a witty piece about rivals’ arrest. The rivals were jailed briefly and had no wire story until their release hours later.
The subject, a man with extraordinary physique and a noted appetite for wood cutting in the Catskills, also possessed a remarkable brain. He suffered heart attacks starting last year and was said to have posed for General Sherman’s statue, though friends later doubted the claim and he reportedly denied it to avoid questions.
The column notes Brisbane becoming editor-in-chief at the Daily Mirror. It recalls an early meeting in Publisher Meigs office at the Chicago American and a pause between trains en route to the West Coast. It mentions visits to Victor Watson, managing editor of the Chicago Examiner.
A sports interviewer faced a language barrier with a famed Japanese Jiu Jitsu champion. Signs and gestures escalated into a moment where Brisbane was knocked off balance and flew through the air, ending in a bruised but humorous memory of the encounter.
Washington portrait stamp features General Nathaniel Greene second in ability to Washington. A former Quaker preacher’s son, he joined the revolution in 1774 at age 32 and rose to brigadier general in Rhode Island. He saved at Brandywine and won key victories from 1780 at the South and at Eutaw Springs. Georgia and the Carolinas rewarded him. Congress awarded a medal. He retired to Rhode Island, died in Georgia in 1786 at 44.
Dr Clendening reports a method by Dr John L Dorsey of Baltimore to quit tobacco with lobeline sulphate. The plan uses one eighth grain after meals and additional doses as needed, with withdrawal described as easing after a week. Benefits include heightened smell taste and appetite change, especially for heavy smokers. milder cases may quit with willpower.
Residents report holiday visits and family gatherings across Gadsden, Decatur, and Huntsville areas. Guests include the Lamon and McCulloch families, with extended relatives from Neal, Basham, and Pleasant Hill joining in at several homes. A Macedonia church service is scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM led by Rev. Bynum.
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