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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1935
Page
4
Morgan County health records show 107 tuberculosis cases. With each case costing about 5000 dollars from case start to cure or death, funding a sanatorium would save lives by isolating TB and reducing contact risks, accelerating the 6000-dollar pledge to establish a 60000 dollar institution.
Arthur Brisbane reports on President's plan and issues around preservation. The piece discusses long lasting value of natural resources, potential land use changes, and policy implications for national property rights.
Cotton rental payments will start again in the near future, a hopeful note despite the current dreary weather.
Notice urges residents to pay poll taxes by February first to aid schools and prepare for the upcoming wet and dry question vote in about a month.
County leaders stress two priorities the opening and operation of the Tuberculosis Sanatorium and the annual Chamber of Commerce membership drive. They urge support for both efforts as essential investments in the community.
In Rockbridge county Virginia no Confederate veterans remain this year and no anniversary dinner was held by the Lexington chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Lexington, home to Washington & Lee University where Lee taught after the war, marks the end of an era as the thin gray line dwindles.
The text discusses Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s trial, asserting guilt and debating an insanity defense to avoid the electric chair. It argues the state has a strong case and questions whether an insanity plea would reveal a sane mindset if rejected by the jury.
The Morgan County Board of Revenue approves a 1 980 000 monthly appropriation for the first year of operation of the Morgan County Tubercular Sanitorium. The plan calls for 4 million more to equip the institution funded by about 45 000 county citizens with 6 000 additional dollars raised. The Daily notes this as a significant countywide action.
The Daily urges caution as Washington contemplates adding several hundred FBI agents amid praise for stamping out organized crime and kidnapping. It warns against bloated payrolls and questions future demand for career operatives while commending current intelligence and courage.
Ban Simeon California dispatch notes rain floods green pasture Hereford cattle numbering ten thousand thriving on the ranch with alfalfa oats and grass while praising Pacific coast climate and beef prospects. It contrasts Russian aviation with U S political plans including payroll tax pensions for the old dependent children and public health aid. Dr Sukenik in Jerusalem uncovers six thousand year old graves predating Moses and Job at Old Jerusalem.
Dr Logan Clendening reviews historical and modern diabetes care, noting how patient attitudes have changed from dread to manageable lifestyle changes. He contrasts John Rollo’s 1791 diet focusing on animal foods and fat with today’s emphasis on moderation, vegetables, and diabetic bread plus reduced fat to improve outcomes.
Fragmented streets of dialogue reveal social gossip and sharp wit. A bright clerk answers an amused old lady about retail requests while others remark on privacy and the glare of fame. The dialogue touches on home life reputation and tabloid appetite.
The passage contrasts ancient beliefs of superiority and violence with a White House discourse during a Holland Society dinner. It notes Rooseveltian ties to Dutch ancestry, references Dutch poets and the Kopjes, and ends with a San Quentin prison riot involving inmates fracturing a warden’s skull and kidnapping parolees.
The text explores using a prison like an island exile to reform six thousand inmates. It recalls failed English schemes in Australia and other places to send convicts away to live and work, suggesting a cold island to foster discipline. It argues such a plan could redirect energy from crime toward productive labor.
The note announces six pamphlets by Dr. Clendening obtainable by sending 10 cents per title and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Logan Clendening care of the paper. The titles listed are Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Officials say four San Quentin prisoners were directed by Clyde Stevens, now jailed, in a fatal escape plot. Stevens reportedly led a bank robbery campaign aiming to outdo Dillinger, supplying guns used to wound two parole board officials during the incident.
OAK RIDGE headline notes weekend visits from Norman Sparkman and Loyd George partygoers near Rocky Ford. Judge Jones, Price Morris, Pruitt West, Clara Wynn and Mary Lou, Stella Jones, Erby Thompson, Clyde Howard, Walter Griffith, Juston Mabrey and others are mentioned. Church singing planned Sunday afternoon January 27 with song books requested.
A playful dialogue questions generational debt and linguistic identity. Parent and child debate why terms like bees be or fleas flee and why flies fly, using punning exchanges to explore language and responsibility across generations.
A reader sends a wry note about Luther Tally of Verona Mississippi who, at 25 engagements and 25 weddings, remains single past 50. The quip mocks courtship and warns of falling couples as youth jokes about love and marriage in olden times.
The piece samples quips on shifting morals and public figures. It contrasts women using fags with safety pins and laughs at a bragging man who fails to plant records. Jasper jokes about a tight rope act and a man’s prayers as a measure of worth while referencing Edison Ford and the Wright brothers.
Walter Winchell On Broadway column reveals newsroom deadlines for lead and paragraph material in the New York press scene. References to Mary Kirk Brown, Ben Nett, Rex O’Malley, Rudy Vallee, and local theater notes show the lively gossip atmosphere around Broadway and journalism.
Eddie Cantor arranged to speak on the first direct telephone link to China with his segment from New York while Sam Goldwyn would speak from Hollywood. Cantor preferred staying in the office to avoid travel and still noted the novelty and humor of the event.
Residents discuss the sheriff's big Nellie dog and its brood, Kathleen Norris eyes luncheon at the M E Church, and rumor of a courtroom sighting. Reporters fixate on a prosecutor’s table, noting Richard Stockton's lineage as a point of interest.
A tense pair discuss entering a dark room with the girl fearing the space and her partner offering solidarity. The dialogue hints at underlying unease and closeness as they move forward together.
Last Thursday night the P T A held its regular meeting in the Trinity school auditorium. The session opened with the invocation and was presided over by the chairman.
President Mr Parker presided as E C McDaniel Gilbert Fowler Miss Maertha Grayson Emens and Mr Millican spoke on Religion In Relation to the School Child Tiliteracy In Alabama and Characteristics of a Teacher A routine business session followed then adjournment The P T A announces a chicken supper at the school Tuesday night.
A reader recalls a prior poem about a lost child by Mrs. Morrow and asks where to obtain it. Grace Perkins mentions the poem was not printed, and Dick Himber notes a minor lyric switch from "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" to a 1934 version in the Valley of the Moon.
Rumor says Mae West plans a legal action against Earl Carroll’s touring Vanities for a sketch lampoon. The show reportedly failed, bringing trouble to Carroll. Mentions Nashville Tennessean editor and Columbus State Journal editor as sources.
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