Courage Decatur Rally Against Depression Era Fears
In 1917 18 citizens showed rare courage supporting liberty and victory and now Decatur confronts fear over Depression era economics. The Daily urges steadfast patriotism and community effort, noting Decatur’s assets, past war contributions, and readiness to rebound to top despite hard times.
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Nin
the Daily
Decatur
Eee Ecatur
America
Europe
France
Decatus
Decatur Forges Resolve Amid Civic Warlike Spirit
Decatur residents vow to reform lines and defend their city. Citizens express readiness to mobilize resources and stand firm for prosperity as the town presses forward with determined resolve.
Milwaukee Lets City Run On Cash Basis To Save Interest
Milwaukee started the year with four million dollars in the general fund and aims to place every department on a cash basis. All city revenue goes into one fund with no special accounts, and costs are covered from the general fund as needed. An extra tax funds cash operations, and contracts for improvements can be paid from the fund if sufficient balance exists, delaying bond sales and reducing interest for years.
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Milwaukee
Train of Thoughts for the Sabbath and Other Days
A polemic recounts a mother identified as O Grady and a pleasure seeking family episode. The piece condemns sinful pleasures and contrasts failed marriages with a Christian home. It notes the mother’s arrest, public expense, and eventual restitution while stressing moral judgment and religious outcomes.
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O'Grady
the Cross
Allen
Community appeal extends YMCA support in town
Residents rally for continued YMCA service praising its long history of youth programs. Speakers emphasize the organization touches every class of local youth and deserves ongoing community backing.
Nomination of Robert M. Rawls for postmaster reappointment
Robert M. Rawls editor of the Alabama Courier and Athens citizen has been nominated for reappointment as postmaster at the Limestone county capital. The Garnett block at Bank and Church streets will be improved after purchase by a Necator syndicate. W H Sorber census enumerator for the Fourth Albany ward will enumerate overlooked residents at city hall each evening after seven.
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Robert M. Rawls
The
Alabama Courier
Athens
Limestone County
Garnett
Bank and
Church Streets
Necator Syndicate
W. H. Sorber
Albany
City Hall
Babe Ruth Salary Cut and 1932 Political Outlook
Arthur Brisbane comments on Babe Ruth facing a $10,000 yearly salary cut to 70,000 with rest in winter, and notes Gov Alfred Smith's name being floated for the Democratic presidential ticket. The piece surveys 1932 political dynamics, scientific hopes, Wall Street movements, and a Jerusalem Koran theft.
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Alfred JF. Smith
Gov. Smith
Mr. Smith
The Cisco Kid at Pearl Vaughn theatre Hartselle
Lovers of romance and adventure are invited to see The Cisco Kid at the Pearl Vaughn theatre Hartselle Sunday and Monday. Warner Baxter Edmund Lowe Conchita Montenegro Nora Lane star in a stirring Old Southwest tale with real Arizona backdrops and a dramatic bank robbery sequence.
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Pearl Vaughn Theatre
Hartselle
Cisco Kid
Warner
Baxter
Edmund Lowe
Conchita Montenegro
Nora Lane
Lowe
Fort Huachuca
Carrizo
Carmencita
Kid
Credit Relief at Best A Temporary Expedient
Senator Norbeck says the Walcott bill creating a large treasury loan and Reconstruction Finance Corporation to inject credit will help only temporarily. He notes the plan won’t restore earning power or sustain buying, and warns credit rests on earnings, not the other way around.
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Norbeck
Charles P. Stewart
Central Presse
Walcott
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Peter Norbeck
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Smith Brookhart
Iowa
Senate
Congress
Presidential Credit Corporation
Petrified Forest Location and World War I Flag Note
The petrified forest lies in eastern Arizona covering 36 625 acres. The first flag raised at Chateau Thierry after German retreat is in the National Red Cross Museum in Washington D C. Of the 5 signers, 23 were college bred, mostly graduates.
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Arizona
Chateau Tigerry
National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Education
Air Conditioning Seen Ventilation of Future
LOGAN CLENDENING notes that the United States may adopt universal ventilating systems combining heating and cooling with moisture control. He argues proper airflow will reduce indoor dryness in winter and remove humidity in summer, enabling comfortable year round living and widespread social change.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
United States
Russia
Great Mountain
Pacific
Hofses
Behara Desert
Sahara Desert
W. B. Spooner, Jr
Anniversary of Prohibition Era Begins Nationwide
On this day the eighteenth amendment establishing nationwide prohibition took effect, marking the start of a legal alcohol ban across the United States.
Horoscope of Leaders in New York Charities
Today’s reading notes people born on this day are positive honest and earnest executives with strong convictions and stubborn but sincere minds. It mentions ninety one Jewish charities in New York and a cost of eleven dollars a minute to run them, with eleven dollars multiplied by sixty and by twenty four.
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Wall Street
New York Central
Mellon
Felix M. Warburg
New York
Woman questions marriage for government insurance after shooting
Fragmentary dialogue reveals a woman questioning a marriage as a means to government insurance. The text references a shooting and a concern about dying naturally, with unclear location details and names distorted in the transcription.
Depressing memories of hard times and old humor
A collage of voices recalls 1930s hardship with shortages and frugal living, juxtaposed with sketches of everyday life and race relations. The piece riffs on poverty, nostalgia, and moral anecdotes from a rural or community setting, ending with a grim courtroom joke.
Quotations on character and work ethics from a humorous page
A collage of maxims on virtue vice and daily life noting greatest sins ambitions and quirks. The pieces tease greed pride laziness and diligence while playful lines include a joke about a pen behind the ear and a flea speaking to an elephant after crossing a bridge.
Sing Scheduled At Leesdale Jan 17
A singing at Leesdale school is set for Sunday January 17 at 1 p m The public is invited The Brown quartette and other well known musical organizations are expected to attend.
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Leesdale School
Brown Quartette
Contractions in Formal Composition Debate
The note argues that contractions such as don’t isn’t and haven’t have a place in formal writing while they suit conversational or colloquial styles. It discusses balancing tone and clarity by favoring full forms in formal prose and reserving contractions for dialogue or informal passages.
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Decatur Daily
First Avenue
Johnston Street
Ala
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Alabama
W. BR. Shelton
Shelton
Benjamin Bloodworth
R. T. Sheppard
Associated Press
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Atlanta
Chicago
Mail
Tennessee Valley
BY J. E. Blair
Mobile
Red Cross
Mobile Bay
Yom C. A
Judge Rainey
Moulton Street
Louisville & RE Railroad
New Orleans
A. E. Smith
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
Babe
Ruth
Mr. Rentschler
Westinghouse Laboratories
Archimedes
Harding
St. Augustine
Florida
el Aksa
Jerusalem
Mohammed
Kaaba Shrine
Mecca
Allah
James Bradbury, Jr
Charlie Stevens
Irving Cummings
Fox
Chateau Thierry
Clendening
Bocker Washington White
Bocker Washington
Ted
Jay Cook
Eas
Essie
Rastus
Lorenzo
Vancevile
Ouah
George Washington
Edna
Helen
Sing
Leesdale
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