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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1932
Page
2
An OCR fragment shows the Associated Press masthead and notes on re publication rights. It mentions editors and business manager roles and references national advertising representation Frost Landis Kohn in Chicago. The readable items are partial and lack a clear event.
Arthur Brisbane notes Europe finds cheer, war debt settlement may aid world prosperity, Germany to pay under 1 billion over 35 years. U S may recover financially, beer fights in Senate, inflation talk, and bank lending conditions. Science progress includes a typhus vaccine via flea-tested guinea pig method and 2500x blood cell photography for leukemia study.
Reconstruction era style editorial compares cotton and other farmers’ struggles with high taxes scarce money and falling milk prices. It notes one man farms weathering the blizzard better yet faces cash needs while urging practical enforcement debates on liquor control and repeal.
The Dothan Eagle nominates Bill Dickey, Yankee catcher, for heavyweight championship after a decisive victory. The report notes Reynolds' jaw was damaged and hints Dickey may pursue a boxing career, potentially vacating the title.
Harvard awarded 2205 degrees this year with 693 graduates earning summa cum laude honors. Moses Abramowitz of Brook... is noted among the top scholastic performers.
A physician notes pain remains poorly understood and questions whether pain impulses differ from other sensations. He cites a historic case where mental factors caused perceived pain without physical pathology and wonders why some endure pain better than others. The article argues more research is needed to explain the mind body pain link.
John Minor Pool leaves for Eastland Texas to join K M Tool Co. Mrs J N Callahan and granddaughter Marion visit Birmingham relatives. Miss Trixie Scheer travels to Maryville Tennessee to see her sister Mrs Howard Wilson. Mr and Mrs J O Camp host dinner for Nell Brock Gertrude White and Mary McWharter of Birmingham. Mrs Ruby and Andrie Sebley of Russellville visit the Day couple. Dr W A Rickles returns from Florence after North Alabama Dental Association meeting. Mrs A H Kelley returns from Centreville Mississippi. The J Luther Troxell steamer, carrying KIwanis members, will stay in local service for the season.
Post office customers in Birmingham will contribute over 350000 annually to the federal budget through higher postal rates. Postmaster J G Bass reports about 100000 pieces pass through the Birmingham facility each day.
Jyn, John D. Applebaum of New York, James Wallerstein of White Plains, and James Sloss of Elking Park Pa are cited as examples of educated youths entering a bleak job market. The piece notes fear and stress among new graduates as they seek work, with comments on class advantages fading and anxiety growing for Harvard and other college entrants.
An analysis argues rising prices help farmers only if urban workers gain wages after cost of living. It notes wage cuts since prewar levels and warns inflated prices hurt both labor and farmers. The piece contends inflation alone won’t restore prosperity without buyers among workers and a robust market.
A collection of comic vignettes and dialogue about thrift fashion shifts and quirky misadventures. A wife questions finances after a payday split while a farmer jokes about cotton and dress codes. A manhole incident and a sun advice punchline close the page.
Comic quips and jokes about drinking like a fish and stuck knives in pudding appear as light humor. Characters include Mrs Aldrich and her cook Mary and dialogue between Gerald and Geraldine, reflecting social humor from a past column.
A string of mid century stage banter and moral jabs discusses self discovery, helping others, and fear as a barrier to success. Characters spar over flirtations, social roles, and imagined paradise, ending with reflections on marriage and sincerity amid sly quips.
The first Olympiad occurred in 776 B C. The question asks when the first games were held in Greece and the answer is 776 B C. Also noted are space rules for horse racing and the origin of the term gridiron for football fields.
The Morgan County Medical Association hosted Decatur druggists and dentists for a barbecue at Woodall's on the Moulton pike. Short talks were heard and the next meeting is planned for August. The Northwestern Alabama Medical Association gathering at Cullman on July 14 drew many Decatur physicians.
In Talladega Alabama on July 11 Johnny 12 and Billie 9 are learning aviation basics using a home built ground plane by their father John D Frank garage operator. The mock plane features a single wing cruising at 20 mph a small one cylinder motor cockpit and standard control stick rudder and pedals.
New Merkle Alabama July 11 The baseball diamond at New Merkie school is growing vegetables for the school cafeteria next fall and winter. The Parent Teachers Association supervises cultivation of the playgrounds and more than 200 cans of vegetables have been put up for next session.
R. E. Green claims it really rained fish after a downpour in Sheffield Alabama on July 11. He has a pouch of minnows picked up on the street as evidence. Eyewitnesses Harry Smith and George Webster confirm the strange event.
A quotation about not capitalizing words without reason and a remark on a building collapsing causing mice to desert it. The text also cites Pliny the Elder and John Morley on politics morality and understanding both.
Garden expert Dean Halliday notes lilacs love lime rich soil and vigorous growth with neglect. Prune after blooming to shape a well rounded head. older plantings bloom more. Varieties range from 3 foot shrubs to 30 foot trees, including French lilac and Pipe Purple. Next: Growing Winter Bouquets.
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