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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
4
The Miller administration era brings change as Mr. Peach joins with John Andrew Caddell to form the Peach and Caddell law firm. Peach plans time in Montgomery before moving his family to Decatur to establish their future home.
Friday marks the final day for poll tax submissions. Citizens are urged to complete payments to avoid penalties and ensure their eligibility for upcoming elections. Authorities emphasize the importance of timely action and provide payment options.
The article warns voters may regret not voting as the prohibition modification question, a regular item for 15 years, will be decided this year.
The Daily notes its editorial praise for Winchell's World War column published Wednesday. Readers who missed the piece are urged to look it up now as it promises to be very interesting.
Page two summary urges Decatur Morgan County citizens to read the Chamber of Commerce year in review. It stresses public service by local citizens and invites critique to improve future efforts and highlight achievements for Limestone Lawrence and Morgan counties.
Rep Crawford of Michigan urged an amendment to extend RFC life. Chairman Steagall allowed no opposition yet Crawford spoke to showcase his fight. The committee grew irritated and shouted the amendment down, illustrating the public relations of delay.
John H. Peach, a former Sheffield attorney and advisor to Governor Miller, plans to cast his lot with Montgomery County figures, signaling a notable shift in De wcatur politics as he aligns with local interests in the Ten t Valley area.
Aviation columnist W B Courtney reports a grim view of U S air progress with foreign leasing and idle orders. He cites air mail scandals and doubleedged contracts that cost Aviation Corporation and United large losses and forebode a decline in domestic service and possible loss of air supremacy to Europe.
Fifty three years ago a good American mother held a small baby who would become Franklin D Roosevelt. The piece praises Mrs Roosevelt and the President and questions U S reliance on the League of Nations and a proposed world court. It urges skepticism about submitting U S matters to foreign judges and foreign tribunals.
The piece lauds Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt for helping relocate poor families from two room hovels to modern homes with amenities. It argues the expense is worthwhile and contrasts her philanthropy with other financiers like J Pierpont Morgan who plans to sell six art works for about 1.5 million dollars. It mentions Rubens and Lippi works purchased by the Metropolitan Museum and notes Cologne’s cathedral alongside a crucifixion painting in Cologne.
The article notes New York experienced zero degree weather on Monday while northern and western regions see even colder. It explains oceans store latent heat as a giant heat bottle and release it in winter, preventing widespread freezing and keeping Earth habitable.
New York drivers strike in defiance of union rules disrupting shipping and business as snow crippled city. Strikers protest an injunction issued by a judge forbidding action, with labor leaders denouncing the stoppage.
Dr Logan Clenden ing explains rickets prevention and treatment through vitamin D sources. Sunlight aids vitamin D production but northern climates limit exposure. Cod liver oil and other fish liver oils provide vitamin D, with 3 to 6 teaspoons daily recommended. UV irradiation of ergosterol in vegetable oils creates viosterol, enabling irradiated milk as a rich vitamin D source in infant feeding, aiding calcium and phosphorus utilization to prevent rickets.
A brief note reports union men attempting to interfere with nonunion workers, signaling tension between labor factions in the area. No further details on locations or individuals are provided.
The text argues that if union members have the right to keep nonmembers from work the government should declare it. It contrasts union influence with nonunion rights and asserts prosperity depends on stable business.
In Laurel Mississippi on January 31 Ouida Keeton 33 held in Jones County jail on a charge of aiding in her mother's murder was moved to South Mississippi Charity Hospital. Officials said she is not in radical danger and the move is for custody needs and better conditions due to the jail's heat issues.
Federal officers investigated possible ties between Barker Karpis gang members and the death of a police officer in St Paul. Evidence aims to link members held in the kidneying of Edward G. Bremer to the officer’s killing.
A gunman wounded a man during a $30,000 payroll robbery in front of the South St. Paul post office on August 30, 1933. Authorities pursued suspects as the victim was treated at a local hospital.
A Decatur man muses that knowing a woman's point of view could make a good husband yet cautions it may not. Neighbors recall a saxophonist and a quarrel over words as easier to explain human flaws than to fix them. Mrs Higgins reports her husband tried to strike her this morning in a dialogue with Doctor Ah.
A word puzzle traces tangible through removing letters while preserving meaning. Dialogues show family tensions and social commentary with Decatur figures, journalist remarks, and a cryptic exchange about financial power and race.
A regional humor piece features exchanges about manners and family, with a Decatur man recalling a moonshine habit and a scratched face. Old Jed explains his daughter attends a local school and his wife is practicing a controversial lesson, hinting at frontier life and humor.
Walter Winchel and a Baltimore correspondent hawk preachers and romances while notable names like Katharine Hepburn and Eileen O Donnell appear in tentative interview chatter. Rumors mix marriages, reunions, and legal skirmishes as industry figures and socialites hover around column chatter.
The fragment mentions James Doorsey reconciliations, Vinton Freedley courting S Goldwyn to borrow E Cantor for an October musical, and Margaret Bourke White's camera destroyed by an accident during F D R exclusives. Peggy Joyce suffers an infected throat. A Harlem stabbing involving Teddy Bunn remains unconfirmed. Morans involved with an artist in hoop injuries and hospital mentions.
A mix of society gossip and show business upheaval surfaces with Valerie Sinclairs expectant May baby, Karl Carlisle at center stage, and a wild Dali inspired party. Paramount shakeup looms amid a court decision, Manny Cohen exits, and 8th Avenue subway workers protest pay.
At 1025 St. John's Place Brooklyn Supt Wilentz uncle of David A Wilentz the Jersey Attorney General faced a tenant issue with Reilly who moved out The new tenant Hauptmann is linked to the case June Clayworth of Universal Pictures travels to be with the man she will marry in March after his divorce A K Mills ad exec is secretly engaged to Marion Tiffany Sportas
Robert Golet of the social register promotes two room apartments and solicits tenants in person. Will Hays blocks Post Road for crime content while Whistling in the Dark is praised for revealing a murder trick. A Press Photographer’s annual affair at the Commodore on Feb 8 promises a grand time.
A garbled snippet shows someone describing being taught in the morning to use a fork for eating and remarks on what has been learned. The text reflects informal chatter about daily habits and manners.
Citizens surveyed on the street discuss replacing the word dollar with dolor. The casual remark reflects playful language reform ideas echoing in public discourse.
Dayton attorney Rowland H. McKee attracted notice after publicly declining tickets for a presidential birthday event and remarking that any Roosevelt ceremony would oppose a birthday ball. Local reports note his involvement in the discussion amid funeral references.
The era of glam and grit unfolds with Henry Hannen Swaffer controversy recalled as Lillian Foster returns in The Eldest. Elizabeth Wilson inherits wealth while Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels plan a New York tour. Sid Howard loses rights to February Hill. John O’Hara scolds theater circles. Mary Bertrand Taylor seeks stage work. a smoke alert at the Coliseum cues a fan-packed show. The Nico Yanker headlines loosened ads as London links drift to America.
Mysterious chatter links Mrs Ogden Phipps and former wife Mary Nolan to a Reno rehearsal. Merle Oberon’s husband phones from Hollywood with 1665 dollars. Marshall Field’s unraveling hints at a forthcoming wedding item. Prince Lichtenstein and S N Behrman clash over a needed retraction while Bruno Hauptmann’s initials flicker in coded notes.
Global appeal to women with a fat reducing regimen. Take half a teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast for four weeks. The ad claims daily use brings energy and bright eyes and offers money back guarantee at Goldel's Drug Store and Caddell Drug Co.
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