Local North Alabama Daily Reflects on 1936 Progress
The paper notes 46 years of service, celebrating steady industrial growth in Decatur Alabama. It highlights Ingalls Iron Works, packing facilities by Decatur Ice and Coal, and Cooper-Wells expansion. It lauds full employment in 1935 and anticipates further gains in 1936 under stable management and a public minded press.
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Epk
North Alabama
Harry Walker
Alabama
Ingalls Iron Works Company
Decatur Ice & Coal Co
Cooper- Wells & Company
Decatur
America
Rich
Tennessee_Valley
Cecile DeMille Built Fame From Twenty Thousand Capital
Cecile B DeMille the moving picture producer says his first company began with twenty thousand dollars capital with two friends investing five thousand dollars each. They could not sell the remaining share but within two months he was worth millions and learned that opportunity often comes when pessimists doubt.
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Moving Picture
Hey
Feld
Borah's cool stance fuels speculation on presidential bid
The Idaho senator Borah shows unusual calm toward the Townsend old age pension plan, prompting talk he may seriously seek the Republican nomination for president. Traditionally hot for or against measures, Borah now wants time to assess public support and the proposal's fate.
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Borah
Townsend
Idaho
Senator Borah
Bee Line highway story of Alabama road gains
Alabama highway system finally earns tourist recognition as the Bee Line grows in use. Pathfinders sought a Jackson highway route with Huntsville Florence and Columbia debated in Louisville. Bee Line backers pressed on, resulting in the durable concrete thoroughfare now in use.
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Bee Line
Jackson Highway
Louisville
Huntsville
Florence
Columbia
Decatur Chamber Focuses on Industrial Progress in Report
The chamber of commerce will hear an annual secretary’s report next Tuesday detailing a vast amount of detailed data and highlighting industrial efforts that have advanced Decatur materially. The report emphasizes growth, investment, and local economic development.
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Chamber of Commerce
Governor Graves Faces Tax and Budget Clash in Alabama
Governor Graves weighs how to handle tax returns and state appropriations as Alabama faces pressure for more spending while two million citizens oppose tax increases. The editorial argues against a sales tax and urges cutting government functions to balance the budget without overburdening taxpayers.
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Govenor Graves
Graves
Alabama
Bankhead Backing in Alabama Senate Vote
The piece urges voters in Alabama to support Senator John H Bankhead in the U S Senate race and notes likely contest in the Eighth District between Bayne Malone Archie Carmichael. It frames the election as crucial to farmers and the South and mentions other state and local offices on the ballot.
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Washington
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Malone
Decatur
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Huey Long Ghost Haunts Today’s Big Talk
Arthur Brisbane surveys a dramatic broadcast day with Huey Long’s ghostly rhetoric, Mussolini elaborate explanations, and Hitler vowing eternal leadership as the International Copyright notice colors the scene.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Huey Long ghost taunts Democrats in Louisiana election?
A garbled historical fragment riffs on Huey Long’s posthumous presence in Louisiana politics and shifts to Mussolini's Ethiopia war. It mentions deceased Long, a spiritualist claim, and a hypothetical 1920s era campaign contrast with a living administration, then pivots to Ethiopian air raids and British actions, ending with a grim note on bombardment damage.
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New Year Message Reflects Axis Ambitions and Turbulent Plans
The piece surveys Hitler's New Year rhetoric and the Axis stance on Versailles repudiation, Japanese naval aims, and Kemal Pasha's Ankara aviation drive. It notes fears of war’s disaster, pacifist critique, and Turkey's two percent salary tax funding $18 million in aircraft, signaling rising regional tension.
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Hitler
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Kemal
Ankara
What Congress Is Doing Today
Congress convened at noon and stood adjourned until Monday. A neutrality bill was received, and the Senate heard remarks on late Senators Long and Schall. A night session was recessed for President Roosevelt's annual message. House actions included swearing in four new members and adjourning to a joint night session with the Senate. Bonus groups met to push for early action.
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Schall
Roosevelt
HOUSE
Senate
Athens Bank to pay five percent liquidation dividend
In Athens Alabama January 4 special Harry Taft liquidating agent announces Farmers and Merchants Bank of Athens will pay a five percent liquidation dividend on January 20 1982 The bank closed in December 1981 and this distribution brings total to 20 percent paid to depositors to date The liquidation will continue for another year with a likelihood of another dividend within the next twelve months
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Athens
Ala
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Harry Taft
Man Climbs City Hall Window Fence Stopping Jump
Mark Patton, 65, stepped onto a seventh floor ledge at Philadelphia City Hall and balanced. Women screamed and men called for police before Sgt. Philip Hoffshain pulled him inside by the coat tail. Patton claimed he was simply getting fresh air.
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Philadelphia
Mark Patton
City Hall
Philip
Hoffshain
Patton
Has Life Span Increased Through Efforts of Medics
Logan Clendening M D argues modern medical science and living conditions have raised life expectancy since Halley’s 1687 table. He cites US 1910 life expectancy at birth 51½ years, with gains at ages 20 40 50 and 70. Improvements stem from food purity birth care vaccination disease control sanitation shelter and weather protection though degenerative disease control remains uneven. A select high income group with access to physicians may exceed average lifespans.
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Logan Clendening
E. Halley
Breslau
United States
Eight year old Pat McClain skates on melting snowbank
McALESTER Oklahoma January 4 an eight year old Pat McClain was found sifting salt from the family shaker on a melting snowbank. He explained he was trying to change the snow into ice so he could skate.
Baby Drowns After Phone Ring In Wellington Bath
A Wellington mother answered a telephone while her 17 month old son Charles Jones bathed. On returning, she found the child had drowned. The incident occurred yesterday, and Mrs. Co G Jones is the mother involved.
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Wellington
Kas
Charles Jones
Co. G. Jones
A Prophetic Vision in Luke 2 The Devout Simeon and Mary's Faithful Heart
The lesson titled A prophetic vision centers on Simeon’s righteousness and devout life as he encounters the infant Jesus in the temple. It contrasts Mary's sorrow and joy, highlighting motherhood’s test of selfless devotion and the fulfilled Messianic hope through Jesus.
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Joseph
Mary
Jesus
Gas stations block offices and fires alter travel plans
A Brushville man laments scarce sites for offices and public buildings as gas stations proliferate. Motorists quickly change plans when fire engines arrive. A driver halted at a railroad crossing heard only the next car crash into his gas tank after stopping to look and listen.
Safe Driving Admonition Aboard Windshield Sticker
A fragment discusses road safety rules urging careful driving and compliance with signs. The piece criticizes windshield stickers for provoking hazard rather than improving safety and jokes that a horn on a Western saddle is ineffective in traffic.
Quirky Brushville Skid Leads to Odd Exchange
On a cold wet day a Brushville man braked hard and skidded onto the curb. A policeman quipped about the skid while the driver corrected a misattribution to his wife. The piece wades through a string of humorous remarks about roads, animals, and commonplace misfortunes.
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Brushville
Revised Nursery Rhyme For Dinner Time
A fragmentary verse tale blends a pie with cherries and a distracted mother. It riffs on aging and birthdays, jokes about private detectives and dogs, and ends mid thought with a crude image of a hog lifting.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Observations Of A New Yorker
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys cultural figures and public figures from Roosevelt to Mussolini. It critiques press coverage and film and theatre trends, warning editors and readers about sensationalism and urging sharper discernment of media messages.
Mayor La Guardia and the artichoke voters riddle
A rough, opinionated quote contrasts Mayor La Guardia with a claim about 12 racket kings running the town. It dubs artichoke voters as largely ignorant, noting 60 percent wouldn’t recognize an artichoke even without Hollandaise sauce.
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la Guardia
Foreign correspondents and the danger of vanity prose
A harsh critique targets Walter Duranty and Vincent Sheean for self indulgent foreign service memoirs. Elsie Ferguson is reproached for delivering a political radio speech filled with clichéd lines. The speaker chides the actress not to utter such foolish phrases.
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Walter Duranty
Vincent Sheean
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie
Wits of a bygone generation and modern media
A pungent broadside targeting Garbo, Stanly Walker and George White, lampooning Hollywood legends, press hounds, Broadway managers, and political figures. It skewers Thelma Todd, Baldwin, and publicists, urging restraint, honest reporting, and less hype around cinema icons.
Loudspeaker Inventor Still At Large In History Repeat
A fragment notes the inventor of a loud speaker heard ten miles away remains at large. It hints that history repeats itself but few listen, reflecting on fame and absence of the creator.
Sanderson to Replace Hester as District Supervisor
Athens Alabama January 4 Cecil Sanderson a former Madison County official will replace A A Hester as district supervisor of the resettlement administration office The local office governs nine North Alabama counties Hester departs this week for Auburn where he will supervise a larger territory
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Athens
Ala
Cecil. Sanderson
Madison County
A. A. Hester
North Alabama
Hester
Auburn
Winter Robin Signs in Willow Springs Spark Debate
Willow Springs II January 4. Ornithologists dispute the old robin signal for spring noting robins linger through winter. Joseph Lippski awaits entomologists' verdict after spotting a butterfly with a five and a half inch wingspan near his home.
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Willow Springs
Joseph Lippski
Murderer jumps to death after choking wife note says I killed her
In Chicago on January 4 Otto Stubba, 35, a waiter, choked his wife and left a note stating I killed her then leaped from their apartment roof. Police found Mrs. Stubba alive and unconscious at their home.
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Chicago
Otto Stubba
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