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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1932
Page
4
The Decatur platform calls for locating industry, building a city auditorium, creating and maintaining city parks, and establishing an agricultural market to serve the Tennessee Valley. The platform notes public officials struggle to satisfy all voters.
A brief urging to practice fair competition and mutual support in business. It emphasizes giving good words for fellow traders and notes that fair treatment can help both parties create opportunities. The message advocates integrity and community-minded commerce.
A guidance note urges starting the new year by assembling a personal financial statement like a business balance sheet. It emphasizes tracking direction to protect credit ranking and avoid financial danger, urging immediate action and steady effort to improve past precarious conditions.
A Birmingham traffic critique notes the failings of the northern highway entrance. The editors argue that improving the road into downtown would end the treacherous approach locals fear for motorists leaving Jones Valley. They urge city county and state action to ensure safe, comfortable access.
A historic plea warns poll tax payments deny Morgan county residents their voice in government. From a former strength of 11 050, voting power would drop to 4 000 if poll taxes remain unpaid, threatening roads, schools, and local governance.
John J. Raskob, longtime business leader, now signals a subtle shift in his Democratic Party approach to prohibition. After a harsh four year battle and a crushing electoral defeat, he hints at a referendum plank to let voters decide dry or wet status, promising a more diplomatic stance in the coming campaign.
The Daily reports rapid arrests and street sit-ins as civil disobedience spreads in India. Gandhi's influence grows despite imprisonment while Britain's Willingdon hardens policy, signaling an unstable path to any settlement and renewed national sentiment.
A planter argues for devoting most farm land to food and feed crops instead of cotton. He notes cotton is a volatile money crop, likening it to a stock market ride with abrupt gains then losses.
Twelve years ago today the Decatur schools, closed for two days due to a heating plant accident, will reopen Thursday morning. William Ellis of Jasper visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Newsom. A. H. Giles returns to Tuscumbia after visiting his brother W. T. Giles. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Stout have returned from their nuptial trip and reside at 620 Canal Street. Miss Anne Jones to Judson Thursday night for school duties. Miss Ernestine Carrigem returns to Columbia Institute in Tennessee for schooling.
Arthur Brisbane comments on global unrest and economic strains after World War I, noting bond repudiations, unemployment, and Japan US relations. He cites Japan’s assault on an American consul, debates over wheat giveaways, and the influence of foreign debt via "other peoples' money" as part of a broader sense of world-wide readjustment.
Washington notes that Germany will not resume reparations payments when the Hoover moratorium ends June 30, a matter likely to be discussed in Congress in 1932. The Young Plan advisory committee argues for concessions, while critics accuse the group of disregarding American opinion and pressuring U S debt policy.
Dr. Clendening reviews accessible medical books for lay readers, highlighting four recent titles on blood pressure lungs childbirth and arthritis. He notes Conquering Arthritis by H. M. Margolis as particularly timely and instructive, with a detailed look at chronic arthritis treatment and infection sources. Editors mention six Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each with self addressed envelopes.
Readers recall advice not to invest savings in foreign O P M ventures. The column questions paternalism and argues government should shield citizens from such abroad dealings. It compares to bans on lottery-ticket sales for Irish hospitals, noting some bonds carry higher risk.
Deputy Bill Willoughby arrested two young Falkville men at their homes on burglary charges connected to the Jim Caudill store robbery dating before Christmas. Police say county officers have worked the case steadily since the incident.
Morgan County tax collector Hodges Crow III remains at his Grant street residence today. Officials say the business is not serious and Crow expects to resume work within a day or so.
In Limestone County 1 445 acres were terraced in 1931 by licensed graduates of a local terracing school. Leader W E Swanner assisted 12 farmers to terrace 705 acres. Terracing raised value per acre by 6 with costs under half, yielding more than 4 000 gain. The 1930 school was led by County Agent Belue with J B Wilson of Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
An assortment of folksy maxims and quips on life love and truth. Humorous vignettes include a plastic surgeon tale a church service note and a waiter pun about Sunday service mixed with tangential reflections on knowledge and restraint.
A church school session is recalled with questions about Dan and Beersheba and light banter on couples, milkmen and mischief. A mix of quips covers recipes, politics, crime causes, and a milliner’s price line about hats.
A well cured ham is usually in perfection when one year old. The annual consumption of sugar is 147 pounds. The length of time bread will keep depends on ingredients. The famous honey bread of Germany and France will keep a year or 18 months without drying out or spoiling.
People born on this day are described as star born and mysterious in design and movement. The forecast highlights retaliative tendencies and capability for low cunning and trickery.
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