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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1935
Page
4
The public senses value in law enforcement as federal and state authorities coordinate to pursue criminals. The text argues for a united effort under Uncle Sam to root out crime and empower law abiding citizens to aid in the cleanup.
Observers compare several fresh car designs as dealers showcase multiple model lines. Shoppers evaluate styling, features, and pricing while industry analysts note shifting preferences and potential-market demand.
Claims for divorce surge in Hollywood with rapid filings. Report notes reporters risk capturing the wrong names amid the swift cases while courts process petitions and involve attorneys from local firms.
The President looks happier and heartier than in 1932, a striking contrast after the hardships endured over the past two brief years.
The Daily proclaims the McGilathery Addition youngster as the newest 1996 Citizen. The youth wins multiple merchant awards in December, with congratulations extended to the Owens family.
The Daily invites readers to inspect newly installed AP news wires that deliver world news three hours faster, with continuous service from seven in the morning to three in the afternoon and occasional after hours for major stories like the Alabama Sanford game.
Washington pledges stronger crime penalties amid record convictions as the nation forecasts a continued criminal wave. The Daily lauds Arkansas rural electrification plans with Arkansas Power and Light, aiming to boost farmer purchasing power and farm income for broader national prosperity.
Today’s column questions privilege and power in a suspenseful frame. It critiques German action and quotes Colonel Lindbergh on liberty and rights, while signaling a broader debate over who governs whom in modern politics.
The piece notes President Roosevelt labeling the ultra rich as over privileged and urging lifting the under privileged while dimming the former. It contrasts with T R s wealth curbs and mentions Alfonso of Spain and his daughter Beatriz with fiancé Torlonia awaiting a papal audience that was canceled for private reasons.
Rome Madrid and European editors wonder about the Vatican stance as Spain's hostile attitude toward the Catholic Church looms. The Pope may have canceled an audience for reasons personal, not reflecting on the former Spanish monarch, Alfonso, who clings to hopes of restoration.
The article accuses a major foreign power of orchestrating the assassination of Sergi Kirov and blames Hitler's Germany as the killer's financiers. It argues Stalin remains Russia's central figure and pledges strict retaliation against perceived fascist foes.
Colonel Lindbergh’s positive identification of Hauptmann’s voice and his claim of guilt may sway jurors and influence the outcome. A El Paso baby story notes a premature infant’s survival against the odds, with a mother who has vanished, while the infant remains tiny yet thriving under care.
Scientists at Columbia University and Bell Telephone laboratories report reviving sheep killed by electric shock using the sheep's own heart as a power source. The animal dies then quivers and regains a heartbeat, repeatedly with no pain. They say it might be theoretically possible to electrocute and revive a human.
The piece notes 1935 shows slow change and widespread uncertainty. It argues few possess the inner spark to act and warns the government doubles debt by issuing bonds causing taxpayers to pay interest on the government's funds. It targets workers and contractors as those bearing the cost.
Logan Clendening argues that despite fad diets, a balanced mixed diet best meets the body’s needs. He notes historical evidence of great cultures thriving on variety and warns against extreme diets that deprive the body of essential substances.
The speaker questions why the government issues bonds to borrow money labeled as government debt and then uses that money to pay others to work. They criticize financiers advising the President to avoid money printing, arguing it would cause inflation and that bonds ensure the people bear higher costs.
A columnist argues the President has strength of will and urges restraint on spending. They suggest pledges to limit public outlays and bond issuance, warning against excessive borrowing to avoid high interest costs while noting the country’s income would cover large expenditures in good times.
Sam Lim Ming a Chinese man, plunged from a fourth floor hotel window and crashed through a restaurant skylight onto a party table. He was only cut and bruised, while the dinner was ruined.
Six Dr. Clendening pamphlets can be obtained by sending 10 cents per copy plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Logan Clendening care of this paper. 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.
The Mt Tabor home demonstration club meets at 1 PM Friday at Mrs W E Ryan's. Sing day is on regular first Sunday. Families visit for Christmas, including Cartee Moore Hartselle and others. A baby boy Robert Carlton junior was born to Carlton and spouse. School resumes Monday after two week vacation.
New York police report a 82 year old man known as Diamond Dick, born Richard Fisher, jailed for 30 days after conviction for attempting to pick a drunk's pocket. Authorities say he once caused alarms by biting diamonds from cravat pins while swaying among subway riders.
Colonel Jacob Ruppert head of the United States Brewers Association says a national advertising campaign will glorify beer as a beverage. He hopes it will boost consumption enough to justify bringing back the 5-cent glass.
A collage of wry vignettes and jokes about life on a journey. Entries include observations on manners in public transit, work hours, a widower in a small town, a sheriff pursuit, and a quip about a bandit. Pithy exchanges touch on class, gender, and language with humor and regional flavor.
Walter Winchell on Broadway presents a nostalgic sketch of hobos with slang terms and class labels. It explains the origins of the word hobo from hoe boy and lists various monikers such as The Cosmic Kid and The Bulgarian General used by transient workers along with notes on notable figures like James Howe Eades.
The article argues hobos work mainly to secure a road-stake rather than for virtue. It asserts they use work like a shotgun, avoiding long-term attachment. Francis Bacon is cited to claim family obligations impede great ventures.
The text describes peculiar symbols on box cars, grade crossing signs, trainsheds, and barns that signal others about where to hide or panhandle. It mentions uses to evade authorities like sheriffs or railroad bulls, identify vagabond activity, and time slow freight movements.
The report describes many bees traveling between New York and Chicago aboard trains, using the dining car area to rest where refrigerator piping provides a makeshift bed during the journey.
The favorite Hobo tunes include Portland County Jail Pie in the Sky Rock Candy Mountain and Wabash Cannon Ball. The line on Rock Candy Mountain revels in playful age words about alky streams cigarette trees and bulldogs with rubber teeth.
A hobo contrasts with a bum noting he uses city streets to gain audience for charity. He argues people only give when they are watched by others.
Dr. Ben L. Reitman of Chicago, author of the Second Oldest Profession, explains hoboes avoid fancy meals and prefer coffee and hambur ger pork chops stew when traveling. His new book Box Car Bertha, on itinerant women, will be published this winter as discussions continue on who is king of the hoboes.
A historic copybook of Ben Franklin aphorisms faces waning use as modern readers resist old time cues about labor and thrift. The collection reflects 18th century ideals that clash with contemporary attitudes toward hustle and self driven success.
A concise proverb-like line notes that typical men face difficulty achieving success unless they maintain integrity and steady conduct. It emphasizes consistency as key to advancement and moral balance.
A witty remark noting that a hobo favors reading over violence, illustrating a pacifist or satirical view of communist critique. The line critiques extremist methods by contrasting literacy and action, reflecting a period voice.
C Halk Reynolds, chairman of the Tournament of Roses football committee, denied a published statement that LSU would be barred from the Rose Bowl while Huey Long is connected. He said he had not been questioned on the point and that selection of the eastern representative is not controlled by the committee. Pasadena has not barred Huey Long or any Southern team from the Rose Bowl.
Atlanta January 7. chairman Jud P Wilhoit of the Georgia Public Service Commission circulated a suggested complaint form to southern governors and public service commissioners to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission aiming a south wide attack on freight rates. The move follows a governors conference in Birmingham where Wilhoit was directed to send the form to Alabama Governor Graves.
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