Americans Ready to Expand Navy Despite Disarmament Debate
The Anniston Star argues Americans favor building up naval strength to treaty limits amid Japan’s threats and France’s unfriendly stance. It notes past Washington measures and argues the United States should pursue defense while others balk at disarmament, highlighting the cotton reduction campaign and farm effects. The piece cites farmers signing acreage contracts, processor taxes, and price shifts in cotton markets as a test of supply management.
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The
Ster
Washington
England
France
Japan
Teesey
Wallace
Roosevelt
Decatur
Navy pledge to maximize strength under treaty limits
A terse wartime remark vows to keep and improve the navy within treaty bounds. The speaker notes no other nation will implement a new reduction and asserts the need to make the navy the best permitted under current agreements.
Praise Roosevelt and contrasting Hitler in a 1883 column
Arthur Brisbane surveys Roosevelt’s civil service reform praised by 15,000 postmasters and contrasts Nazi Germany’s planned state controls. He notes coal wage code talks and reflects on a Vienna newspaper story tracing Chancellor Hitler’s Jewish ancestry through the Prague line.
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Roosevelt
Hitler
Vienna
Alexander Basch
Polna
United Aircraft News and Economic Outlook in 1930s
The piece highlights United Aircraft Company achievements and rising air travel times, noting 12 daily airboat flights Chicago to New York and a five hour trip. It cites Charles E. Mitchell and the National City Bank, plus Boeing, while discussing Bastille Day celebrations and oil regulation under the recovery act. It also covers Wall Street gains, office rental demand, and European loan sentiment.
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Hitler
United Aircraft Company
California
United Aircraft
Chicago
New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Boeing Air Company
Britain urged to anchor pound to the American dollar
The piece argues Canada favors tying the pound sterling to the American dollar rather than to the French franc or other gold currencies. It notes competition with American producers and cheap dollars as a factor in Canada’s stance.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
Canada
Soviet Russia
Russia
Japan
NEA Service, Inc
Hoover Blames War Prices for Slowing Business
Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce says price effects from World War II era slow business. Henry Ford offers to lease Muscle Shoals nitrate plants. Weeks says government may consider any reasonable offer. May Allison stars in The Marriage of William Asche at the Princess. Mrs. Nash and children of Memphis visit Seneca Burr at Seneca Springs. Irene and Lougene Clem return from Lexington Kentucky.
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Herbert Hoover
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Weeks
Washington
May Allison
William Asche
Charles Nash
Memphis
Seneca Burr
Seneca Springs
Be Kennedy Returns From Birmingham On Goodrich Business
Be W Kennedy of Goodrich Silver town is returning this evening from Birmingham where he has been on business today.
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BE. W. Kennedy
Goodrich Silvertown
Birmingham
Roosevelt fights human nature in economy and policy
Roosevelt faces pushback on codes and prices as industry slows and farmers hesitate to cut acreage. News notes help and hindrances from Washington, with Perkins and Johnson cited, amid looming global blocs and Soviet outreach. Mrs Roosevelt’s Maine visit and White House quirks add lighter flavor to a tense backdrop.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Ashington
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
Washington
Five Men Sentenced to Death for Sabotage in Restaurant Soup
Barbs Govier court sentenced five men to death for placing wire nails and hair in soup at a local restaurant as an act of sabotage. The judge called the crime a dangerous assault on public safety and ordered the executions.
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Govier
Visitors Here for Garri son Parents on Wheeler Highway
Mr and Mrs P I Jones of Mobile visit Mrs Jones parents Mr and Mrs B R Garrison on the Wheeler highway. The couple stay as guests and tour the area during their visit.
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P. I. Jones
Mobile
Red Cross Life Saving Course Success in Decatur
Kyle Frazier reports Morgan County thanks Decatur Daily for publicity that boosted a water safety course. Last week 25 students completed the lifesaving program, enabling seven county examiners to conduct classes and award completion emblems.
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B. M. Bloodworth
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Morgan County
Red Cross Life Saving Committee
Kyle Frazier
Women Voters Urged to Support 18th Amendment Repeal
Mrs. W. B. Edmundson, chairwoman of the W. O. N. P. R., appeals Morgan County women to repeal the 18th amendment. She frames the issue as a state rights battle, urging repeal to prevent federal influence on Alabama’s private customs and noting post repeal, Alabama can decide wet or dry locally.
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Morgan County
Alabama
Massachusetts
New York
Tennessee
Roosevelt
W. B. Edmundson
Teachers Betrayed in the House of Their Friends
The piece attacks state leaders for wasted spending on elections and propaganda, criticizing tax favors and a luxury wasteful administration. It cites Supreme Court condemnation of lawbreaks and a looming $20 million deficit, arguing teachers are being asked to bear new taxes for schools.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
George S. Houston
Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund
Jewe
A Chorus on Driving, Parking and Cars
A satirical piece mounts a car culture critique with voices from a family and a motor club. It lampoons unsafe driving habits, parking woes, road etiquette, and the drift toward detours and impatience on the road. It weds humor with a wary view of modern mobility and safety.
Traffic lessons from a red light in life
A man explains that traffic behavior mirrors life. Caution and slower approach to problems prevent turbulence, while rushing toward a stop leads to shocks and damage. The analogy compares drivers at lights to people facing life challenges and delays.
In Our Garage Item List of Damaged Goods
A catalog of misplaced household items listed by a speaker with lingering nostalgia. The inventory includes a boiler, kettle lid, Maggie’s broken plates, a chopping block, a knuckle bone, a phonograph, lingerie, a bare mattress, grandma’s bustle trunk, a rat trap, a demijohn, yard items, a dropped table lamp, tomato cans, washing line, demobilized pants and derubberized hose. The car remains in the shop.
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Maggie
Grandma
Johnny
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