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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1935
Page
4
A commentary argues for uniform fuel taxation for automobiles to avoid dealer disadvantages from inconsistent rates across regions. The author criticizes varying taxes as harmful to commerce and suggests legislative action to create a single consistent rate nationwide.
Quiet job market prompts many to seek work opportunities while employers report limited openings. Some applicants describe difficulty finding roles that match skills as competition remains stiff and hiring slows across sectors.
Readers view a series of Snow Queen images highlighted at a notable distance, with emphasis on the intriguing framing and visual appeal. The collection showcases distinctive poses and atmospheric tones that captivate viewers.
The Somerville highway is being built step by step with a $55,000 appropriation. Completion from Decatur to Guntersville would continue the Joe Wheeler highway and boost Morgan County by opening a prime farming area with new market outlets.
Karpis escapes a police trap Sunday after being tagged Public Enemy No 1. The gangster taunted federal agents as he fled, with authorities vowing action and potential capture, while public sentiment swells around the sensational breakout.
The plan moves one cent of the gasoline tax to a state fund and allows counties to allocate another cent to match federal road dollars. The Montgomery Journal notes this could provide about 3 million dollars for road building without raising taxes, leveraging relief funds for maintenance and construction nationwide.
The Alabama senate approved the house referendum measure on liquor controls by 29 to 3, paving the way for a public vote. Governor Graves supported the plan while Sen. J M Bonner fought amendments, and the bill now offers voters broad latitude to decide on beer wine or hard liquor under state control.
A 1930s style column by Arthur Brisbane profiles Boulder Dam and the era’s grand engineering feats. The piece blends vivid imagery with promotional narration about the dam’s scale and significance for electricity, commerce, and regional pride.
The writer travels from Flagstaff to Boulder Dam canyon noting the marvel of engineering and a six hour Los Angeles trip by Jimmy Dixon. Contractors, led by F T Crowe, aim to finish by 1938 with a 165 million dollar project, funded by power contracts and railroads, promising quick water storage and government savings. The piece reflects on national pride, race, and future settlement.
Secretary Ickes states the Boulder Dam project uses four million two hundred thousand cubic yards of concrete to create a vast power plant and reinforced canyon walls. He envisions monuments twenty miles tall with apartments and airplane landings, while noting the epic work will outlast centuries and may yield a power output far beyond Niagara.
Logan Clendening outlines diabetes as a disease of nutrition caused by impaired glucose use. He explains glucose formation, liver storage as glycogen, and how excess glucose appears in blood and urine unless properly oxidized. The piece notes dietary adjustments and the role of kidney processing in expelling excess glucose.
The article describes a planned nationwide system of elevated highways from Miami to Seattle with airstrip ready segments. It highlights Boulder Dam as the tallest in the world at 726 feet, its arch design spanning the canyon and creating a reservoir. A wildlife refuge will protect birds while permitting fishing in the reservoir. The piece compares other dams like Sauteé in France and Owyhee in Oregon as part of the era’s grand hydro projects.
The editor notes six pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening can be obtained for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. 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 story describes traversing the Black Canyon walls via anchored rock, 60 feet deep, with cables spanning the canyon. Open swinging platforms carry people and materials, crossing 1200 feet per minute, four times to Arizona side. A tunnel 50 feet diameter channels water under 600 feet of pressure to turbines making up to 1.8 million horsepower.
Pseudo economists urge hand labor over machinery. The Boulder Dam wall alone rivaled ancient pyramids in mass, needing centuries of Egyptian methods and vast tunnels and steel to complete. The piece argues against returning to antiquated methods and for modern industrial progress.
The article touts Boulder Dam's immense scale with a reservoir of 30.5 million acre feet able to flood 30.5 million acres one foot deep and cover New York State one foot. It describes spillways capable of 525000 cubic feet per second, compares hydro output to Niagara and Dnieprostroi, and invites readers to visit the site to see U S engineering leadership.
Walter Winchell’s column samples prison escapes, Broadway tributes, and pop culture riffs. It notes San Quentin misfires, Dorothy Thompson’s Germany exile, Dr. George Pierce Baker’s influence, dogs in photos, editors’ reminiscences, and a 1935 White House marriage rumor involving Anna Roosevelt.
The passage notes Luigi Pirandello, winner of the Nobel Prize, spent 25 years struggling for money for ravioli and wine, suggesting the $40,000 prize hardly compensates. George Jean Nathan argues in Passing Judgments that boorish art and failed first nights plagued earlier times, though risks of life in traffic existed for theatergoers then.
Newsreels show two fighting bulls roaming a rolling ship as sailors face a choice to be chased overboard or gored. Two toreadors struggle to lasso on the slick deck while Hollywood eyes the vivid spectacle for film potential.
Constance Cummings and Peggy Conklin, stars of Accent on Youth and The Petrified Forest, were friends during their chorus work in The Little Shows. Manhattan appears striking in foul weather as fog enshrouds the harbor while iconic towers loom.
In a faded courthouse ledger entry a witness recalls suspect Bruno Hauptmann implying he knew much about the Lindbergh ransom case. The author notes a years long suspicion, newspaper familiarity, and a tense exchange with Hauptmann during trials and police pursuit.
Ninety two manufacturers of cotton goods lost a round in court against the 36 hour work week and higher minimum wages set for their industry by President Roosevelt. Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the District of Columbia Supreme Court denied a preliminary injunction to block the amendment to the cotton garments act recently approved by the president.
In Quincy Massachusetts on January 23, 7? a firefighter named Matthew Burns spent 14 months crocheting a bedspread. His colleagues teased him until they learned the handmade piece is valued at $500, prompting a change in attitude.
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