Cotton Reduction Program Aims to Support Prices
The 1934 1088 cotton reduction plan is presented as the sole method to keep cotton prices above production costs, urging participation to stabilize the market and sustain grower incomes.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
2
To A Good Start In 1934 Sales Rise Compared To 1933
A merchant notes the first day of 1933 grossed under 19 dollars while the first day of 1934 nears 150 dollars. The contrast offers food for thought and a mood of rejoicing.
Roosevelt Backed as Nation Rides Recovery Wave
The article warns Congress against opposing President Roosevelt and urges loyalty to his recovery program. It urges investigation of critics and criticizes calls to disrupt the administration, arguing the public supports Roosevelt and expects decisive action.
Sterilization Decree in Germany Sparks Debate
An editorial from the Emporia Gazette discusses Hitler's order to sterilize 400,000 Germans, labeling it a drastic policy. The piece questions civilization’s stance on protecting or enabling the unfit to reproduce, highlighting alarming implications for heredity and social welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Emporia
Ken. Gazette
Miter
Hap
The Realists Warn of Decline and Hitler’s Knife
The piece argues that intelligent people breed less and weak minds multiply, forecasting a collapse within a thousand years. It cites Germany and Hitler as a stark example of swift, brutal policy to address perceived societal decline, noting global observers await outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
Judge McCord weighs presidential bid with Mrs McCord’s wish
The Montgomery jurist Judge Leon C. McCord again contemplates running for governor. In a Birmingham Post letter he stresses his wife’s wishes will heavily influence his decision and rails at critics who doubt his reliance on her counsel. He invites support from wives and mothers who consult with their husbands, while omitting those who do not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon C. McCord
Montgomery
Judge McCord
Birmingham Post
Old
Virginia
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
Congress Resumes as Roosevelts Programs Stir Debate
The seventy third Congress opens amid support for President Roosevelt and calls for party unity. A high altitude gas balloon test aims to reach 15 miles, exploring the ozone layer. Pu Yi is installed as ruler in Manchukuo as Japan extends influence in Asia, while Kansas faces a fatal shooting as Prohibition politics loom. Ruth Bryan Owen becomes Danish minister and the Monroe Doctrine shapes diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of the United States
Roosevel
Roosevelt
Fordney
Marine Corps
Settle
Navy
Mary
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Denmark
Owen
Roosevelts New Finance Shape Shapes War on Banks
NEA report notes the RFC to underwrite 25 to 50 percent of industrial loans, expanding treasury risk as banks face tighter controls. It cites liquidity gains from deposit insurance and looming patronage pressures, plus whisky import relaxations and a Naval Observatory timing error to fix in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
Treasury
Roosevelt
Naval Observatory
NEA Servicess Inc
Albany Chamber of Commerce Officers to be Elected
The annual election of officers of the Albany Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday night. Emancipation Day observances by Albany and Decatur negros included a parade and church services. Louis Bowen and other labor speakers are slated to speak at Carmens Hall tonight. Agricultural implement buying reported across the county as farmers prep land for the next crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Phooey Long
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Albany
Decature
Louis Bowen
Labor
Carmens’ Hall
Four Fined in Police Court Session for Drunkenness and Violations
Four persons were assessed fines in Wednesday's police court session. Two were fined for drunkenness and dis orderly conduct, one for a prohibition violation, and a fourth for drunkenness.
Slate Returns Home After Holiday Visit
D. B. Slate arrives back at Long Island City New York after spending Christmas with parents Mr and Mrs William Mosley on Line Street. Mrs Slate will remain for several days then join her husband in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Slate
Long Island City
N.Y
William Mosley
Line Street
Long titles and shifting roles in 1934 politics and culture
A collage notes Huey Long to cap incomes at one million dollars a year, Ford downplays money motive, LaGuardia comments on mayoral fitness, a London scientist on body height shifts, and Walt Disney in a British Who's Who entry with the Prince of Wales. light satire on fame and omission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Disney
Prince
Wales
NEA Service, Inc
Monroe Doctrine pamphlet urged for South American statesmen
The piece advocates reading a pamphlet on the Monroe Doctrine by Sir Frederick Pollock to counter anti Yankee biases. It cites Georgia Governor Talmadge insisting vehicle licensing not exceed $3 per owner and notes California's earlier adoption of the same cap to avoid harming the auto industry and owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
South America
United States
Frederick Pollock
Talmadge
Georgia
California
Offbeat Jokes and Vignettes From a Humorous Page
A collage of light humor ranging from weather and work to romance and odd jobs. Snappy lines include a Texas rain wish, a golf club quip, and a bashful auntie with a ledger of unusual uncles, plus a bill collector’s stake in politics.
Grass fire at Alabama Hosiery Mills baseball park
Fire departments responded Monday afternoon to a grass fire in the baseball park at Alabama Hosiery Mills. The flames were extinguished before causing any damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Farm Prices and Shipments Report From Birmingham Market
Hay prices and shipments list Johnson and Timothy grades with steady demand. Poultry eggs and prices paid by jobbers show steady markets. butter fat and cotton seed quotes unchanged. Grain, cattle, hogs, and peg market details indicate light receipts, steady to higher cattle, and strong hog pricing in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U. B
Johnson
U. S
Timothy
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