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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1935
Page
4
The speaker notes that nearby towns are joining organized baseball and suggests the local impact will grow with the summer season. The remark hints at anticipation and community interest as outdoor games approach.
Roberta Nicholson, Indiana’s only woman legislator, argues money cannot mend broken hearts and introduces a bill to make filing or aiding civil suits for breach of promise, alienation of affection, or seduction a penal offense.
Morgan County surveys show 1934 cotton output rising despite pessimism about prices. Ginned cotton graded 184 percent strict middling, 552 percent middling, and 264 below middling, underscoring calls for higher quality and prices. County aims to cut acreage to boost production efficiency and yield stronger grades.
North Alabama friends praise H. D. Burnum of Decatur for his selection to the new highway commission praise his engineering work with the State highway department and forecast his greater value to the state in the higher office
Readers praise the Dionne Quintuplets photo feature and the Life magazine picture story on their life and development. The article notes the appeal of the family and the audience reaction to the sisters’ progress.
The paper announces a new AP backed service delivering the latest local, national, and international news. It emphasizes accuracy, timeliness, and reader trust, stating it is not the biggest paper but a dependable camera on daily events.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce begins its annual membership drive aiming for four hundred new members. The group emphasizes prudent spending, service over extravagance, and fiscal health since 1931, inviting both current and prospective members to support industrial and agricultural development in the Decatur area.
Governor Graves urges swift action on an eleven bill PWA plan. He warns time is business time and Alabama must modify laws to maximize federal funds, noting $88 million could come to Alabama from a $4 billion national program while everyone pays their share regardless of receipts.
Arthur Brisbane reports on a day of civic activity highlighting collaboration between the president and the mayor. The feature notes a Russia trade angle and a university birthday milestone, with syndicated features and rights reserved mentioned in passing.
The article reports Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia discussing a public works project along the East River to build a roadway and park, employing thousands and potentially encircling Manhattan. It cites support from government money and notes long term citywide benefits and a monument to both leaders.
Physician discusses how reduced sunlight amid winter smoke increases rickets risk. Cites studies on skyshine and sun altitude, noting Cleveland and other cities’ pollution levels, with guidance for outdoor time and geographical variations.
W C Fields headlines the film It’s a Gift at the Strand Theater in Hartselle arriving Wednesday. Baby LeRoy co stars with a cast including Kathleen Howard and Jean Rouverol as Fields’ schemes unfold from a New Jersey grocery to a California lemon grove road trip.
The editor notes six pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening are obtainable for 10 cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. The titles 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.
A collage of witty bits and captions about fashion fear, a stenographer who ran off with money, an epigraph about Major Brush, a Decatur woman and mother exchange, and jokes about debt and Uncle Sam. The miscellany reflects early 20th century humor and social commentary.
A humorous collage of cartoonish exchanges and quick witticisms. The bits touch on money lessons, old time grandmas, library pride, frugal tastes, and social scenes with playful banter about weather, transport, entertainment, and domestic life.
Walter Winchell muses on stage greats who died young or in glory. He notes Duse Bacon Leitzel Pavlova Nijinsky Belasco Hopwood and others, contrasting dramatic exits with lingering fame and the lure of leaving while still at peak.
A mourning crowd recalls Charles B. Dillingham at 66 and Russ Columbo, killed at 26, amid Hollywood’s harsh aging of stars. The piece notes Dillingham’s past triumphs, the Globe cinema shift, and Studios’ room where out of work veterans await daily wages.
A retrospective look at silent era icons Valentino Jeanne Eagels Jack Donahue Hal Skelly Gregory Kelly Isadora Duncan and others who rose to fame on stage or screen only to die young Their deaths left a lasting ache in Broadway and Hollywood communities and sparked lingering questions about life in the spotlight.
A local man notes gambling has enriched few and impoverished many, and he suggests that to warm a gathering a party may need someone to break the ice. The remark links social warmth to caution about gambling's effects in society.
The late Charles Gilpin recalled dreading the end of Emperor Jones and feared returning to backbreaking theatre work or unemployment. He suggested a brighter future for a Negro rising in the stage world, noting Bert Williams and Florence Mills would also face hardships if they left the stage.
The speaker reflects on the sorrow of death cutting short lives like Dorothy Dell and others. They argue that writing about those who died supports their point that these individuals were good and are not forgotten, suggesting death grants a fair break to the accomplished.
The second radio officer of the Japanese freighter Ryoyo Maru is under tight guard as secret service agents probe communications he possessed. Customs officials with secret serv icemen refuse to identify him or reveal papers. He was detained after 80 synthetic pearls worth $10 were found among his belongings. The Ryoyo Maru docked in Brooklyn last week after a voyage from Singapore.
Arthur Dutch Misunas linked to the Huband holdup murder and who testified inLegenza and Mais trials was sentenced to 35 years in the Virginia penitentiary awaiting execution today in Richmond Virginia.
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