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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1935
Page
4
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions dates February 236 1913 and March 6 1878 with unclear references and places. No readable names or events to confirm. The text lacks coherent facts to summarize a specific item.
A proposal sets a plan to share in decorating the city of Decatur for December 1935 with a target period from December 1 to December 31 1935 if business conditions permit and judgment accepts the present.
In a reflective piece the paper notes the nation’s praise for Franklin D Roosevelt and highlights charity balls funding the fight against infantile paralysis. It cites a Grand Rapids editorial praising the president for charitable letters to a paralyzed boy and Warm Springs access benefiting many children.
An odd fragment notes a long swim and cautions against folly. The text mentions pricing like $5 and $3.39 and references a chain and a murderers syndicate style phrase. No clear event or persons emerge from the snippet.
A 1935 New Year meditation contrasts optimism with the 1929 crash and Lake Superior buoyancy. The essay recalls New York’s midnight revelers, Ring Lardner’s satirical tale, and a London bridge gold tale. It notes skeptical American stock sentiments in 1920 and a Los Angeles bet on counterfeit bills.
A historical portrait of Emil von Behring and the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin. It outlines the scientific path from Klebs and Loffler identifying the bacillus to Roux explaining the toxin, leading to Behring’s antidote approach and the first successful human use in 1891. The narrative notes Behring’s push to mass produce the antitoxin and the transformation in treating diphtheria.
A narrator notes how early humans wary of murder give way to curiosity as they confront speculative mania in Holland's tulip trade the South Sea bubble and John Law's financial experiments in France.
The text recounts a claim about the Rothschilds attempting to preserve wealth through basic bonds from Austria, Germany, France, and Britain. It asserts German and Austrian investments failed, French bonds fell to eighty cents on the dollar, and France devalued the franc, while England fared slightly better, concluding the Rothschilds are no longer Europe’s richest family.
A Chicago arrived addict and drug peddler is seized in New York with two young daughters of respectable families. One girl stabbed herself when removed by detectives and is expected to die. The case highlights the drug habit’s grip, Hassan the Old Man of the Mountains and the spread of hasheesh as a killer. Industrial profits rose 70 percent in 1934 while wages for public utilities and farm prosperity also showed gains.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt leads in stamp collecting and will have sections of his collection shown at the American Philatelic Society meeting. The piece notes varied approaches to collecting, value factors beyond age, and encourages beginners with a hint about Air Mail Special Delivery 16-cent stamps designed by Roosevelt.
Speech questions the idea that increasing revenue requires higher outlays, arguing the soundness of the government’s theory is demonstrably flawed as the year’s total exceeds six thousand million dollars.
The editor announces six Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets 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.
Mexico reports a severe anti religious outbreak with Red Shirts attacking Catholic worshippers. Six worshippers were killed and thirty wounded as a sixteenth century church was filled. One Red Shirt died and President Luis Rodriguez condemned the violence and the punishment of the Shirts.
Morgan Kiwanis Club met last night after installing officers. The February intercity meeting will bring Kiwanians from Athens Sheffield Cullman and Huntsville. A technician to staff the new health laboratory is due tonight from Montgomery. Maurine Powers and Mary Alden Prince in appear in Notoriety. Maria Evelyn Galvin to depart for Baltimore for studies at Goucher College.
Willard L. Hayes of the Wilson Dam recreation department will start a recreational leadership school at Hazlewood High School on Tuesday evening January 8 at 7 p m. The course runs five weekly meetings and is open to anyone over 17. Hayes is already popular in Town Creek.
The speaker criticizes current tax systems and urges elimination of many levies. He argues a single tax would reduce taxpayer burden and government waste across city, county, state, and federal levels, expressing that public discontent will grow until a unified plan is adopted.
Miss Christine Almon will return this week to Nashville where she is attending Ward Belmon t. The musical comedy Matt and Jeff on Their Honeymoon will be at the Princess Saturday night.
Peggy the fox terrier rode along in the Des Moines police wagon after Henry Driscoll was arrested for intoxication. The dog accompanied him to his cell and stayed by his side through the processing.
Squire Richard Lawry challenges District Attorney Andrew Park over prosecuting a bad check charge after the defendant reportedly presented the check. Mrs Mary Simon was brought before the squire on the charge and the check lay on Lawrys desk prompting a confrontation as she asked to inspect it.
Rhode Island Democrats seized control of the state government by winning a Senate majority and seating three Democrats on the Supreme Court, reducing 80 agencies to 11 commissions and abolishing the Providence board of public safety. National guardsmen and state police maintained order as Governor Thomas Green began a second term amid a hurried capitol session.
Hulaco residents enjoyed a subdued Christmas due to cold weather and sickness. Local events include weddings such as H L Tipton and Miss Mona Smith, plus visits from relatives in Guntersville Arab Florence and Searcy Ark. Numerous family gatherings and a musical entertainment by Bud Chambers drew a large crowd.
William Camp 14 rescues his 5 year old brother Lynn from a 30 foot well with seven feet of water in Oakman Georgia. He grabs Lynn, braces himself on the well side, and holds him up until help arrives. Lynn suffers a slight head cut, William unharmed.
A brief earthquake lasting about a minute and a half was felt by residents in Young Harris and surrounding districts in north Georgia. No damage was reported.
Two moonshiners fled as police closed in on January 2 in Wheeling West Virginia. They poured a gallon of moonshine into an open fire to destroy evidence, but the resulting blaze lit the house on fire and razed it before officers could intervene.
A local urging suggests a brighter happier year by sustaining a cheerful "Happy New Year" smile through the other 364 days. It encourages consistent goodwill and positive demeanor as the year begins.
A verse with a New Year resolve urges more giving and less greed, more kindness, and neighborly cheer, plus lines on laughter as life’s lubricant. A humorous exchange at a hotel ends with a quip about signatures. A remark notes success as luck and pluck, preying on others.
A lyrical note invites warmth as winter winds blow. The child figure in rosy feet embodies the new year arriving with promise and cozy embrace.
A burglar on the sixth floor taps a window and speaks to a cradle baby. The infant, aided by a bottle, replies that he cannot walk yet, while the intruder urges the baby to open the window for “your nice uncle.”
A reflective note on solitude and self reliance. The text contrasts living apart from others with the inevitability of death and the routine of societal ceremonies. It touches on the nature of personal resolutions and the human tendency to plan for betterment.
A man and his neighbor sever relations after a box of axle grease was sent last summer with a demand to use it on a lawn mower at 6 am The neighbor retaliated by asking him to use grease on the daughter s singing at 11 pm The exchange ends with diplomatic relations suspended
A brief notice notes that the mother no longer dines with the family due to it being griddle cake season, affecting mealtime routines and gatherings.
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