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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1933
Page
2
Born July 4 1672 at Plymouth he rose from local schools to Amherst College. He served in the Massachusetts House and Senate, became lieutenant governor, governor, and then vice president, later president of the United States before declining to run in 1928 and retiring in Northampton Massachusetts.
Calvin Coolidge dies after a career seen as among the nation’s greatest. Born on a Vermont farm, he rose to the presidency after Harding’s death in 1923, guided postwar rehabilitation amid scandals and economic strife, and won reelection in 1924 by about 7 million votes.
The 1927 climate favored a Coolidge comeback but he announced on August 2 1927 that he would not run for president in 1928. He cited health hazards and a desire to step back from the campaign path while pursuing policies favoring cooperative marketing and opposition to price fixing.
Kiwanis leader Governor J. K. Lewis says towns determine recovery by citizen action. He cites Decatur examples of shopping choices and urges residents to awaken to supporting local jobs and products for broader prosperity.
President Roosevelt would receive a great welcome at Decatur as locals have saved presidential cheers for a long time. The greeting reflects long anticipation for his visit.
The notice reviews writings by King Feacurce with author Arthur Brisbane cited. It mentions a 1962 publication by Copprigtt and lists titles including The Parasite Crab A Poet Is Here and related commentary on knowledge and suffering.
In a 1933 column style survey, the writer notes Japan's demand after bombing Shanhaikwan and Chinese resistance, remarks on a sheep killer, a tearful Iowa foreclosure scene, Mrs. Roosevelt planning a book, Masefield's poetry, Freud’s dream theories, and a hopeful Wall Street uptick amid public help to corporations.
Norman H. Davis appears well ahead of rivals in the Roosevelt cabinet post sweepstakes. The longtime Democratic official and Wilson ally is linked to Governor Roosevelt and known for prior service in Wilson’s administration. Hoover once used Davis as an unofficial observer, notably at Lausanne, amid talks of German reparations.
Dr. Adrian Gibbs lists humorous and practical medical resolutions for the new year touching on vaccination, honesty with doctors, blood pressure awareness, stomach pain, family nagging, diet, and daily sun exposure, reflecting a lighthearted health column style.
The record notes concerns over the federal deficit reaching 1159 million dollars with six months receipts of 1022 million and outlays of 2182 million. It contrasts this with foreign budget balancing and questions the durability of the gold standard for the United States.
The L N Railroad announces a 1921 capital plan of 33 million dollars for new equipment and improvements, the largest in its history. Olive Thomas to perform at the Princess Theatre on Saturday in Darling Mine, while Harris Broadus returns to Marion Institute. D D McGehee ill at home on Lafayette Street.
Special item notes Bertie Oden of Rock Creek is improving after several days of illness.
A dated aphorism asserts that a poet without love is both a physical and metaphysical impossibility attributed to Carlyle.
The note quips about borrowing handbills and circular letters as ads in a home paper. It recalls a holiday crash with an elevator and riffs on Christmas shop timing and a jokey mention of a groundhog, implying anticipation of seasonal news and humor.
A collage of quips and jokes contrasts perseverance with fate and jokes about marriage. It includes a Washington style epitaph pun about Solomon Pease, a gag about a new maid, and a classroom joke describing a skunk that eats asparagus.
A critical column questions the 90,000 payment to examiners funded by public accounts and the 130,000 tax expenditure. It accuses the governor of grandiose programs and costly literature orders while denying real improvements, noting past audits and 1931-1934 legislative funding.
The article asks how high the earths atmosphere extends and who discovered the link between sea tides and the moons motions. It outlines curiosity about atmospheric reach and lunar influence on tides.
The passage notes three points: the earth does not extend above 100 miles, the Phoenicians are credited with a discovery, and the earth’s weight is estimated at 6,000 billions of billions of tons.
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