Irmingham boosts the Barons in pivotal rally
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1935
Page
4
Movie Celebrities Start Acting Careers Now
Several film stars have begun pursuing acting roles beyond their first fame. They are exploring diverse genres and seeking new opportunities in theater and streaming projects.
Heat Warnings Rise as Temperatures Hit Triple Digits
The forecast warns of extreme heat with temperatures in the hundreds across the region. Residents are urged to stay hydrated seek shade and limit outdoor activity during peak sun hours to avoid heat-related illness.
Earhart Praises Cagney and O'Brien in Devil Dogs of Air
Publicity note shows Amelia Earhart congratulating James Cagney and Pat O'Brien for their work on the film Devil Dogs of Air. Earhart comments that their tasks were dangerous after their doubles completed dangerous stunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart
Cagney
Pat O’brien
Miss Earhart
Messrs
O’brien
Fragmentary Speech on Freedom and Ideals
Excerpt shows a speaker lamenting threats to freedom and ideals in this country. The text hints at defending a long tradition of liberty against assaults to values and national character.
Dr John W Inzer Advocates Bonus at Legion Convention
Dr John W Inzer of Montgomery urges granting a war bonus at the Legion convention held in Mobile. He defends the aid group’s mission to serve those in need and questions why veterans should bear all hardship while outsiders demand action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Inser
Montgom
Legion Convention
Beng
Mobile
Inzer
Legion
Will Morgan Townsman Remembered for Service and Friendship
Will, longtime manager at the North Alabama Battery Company and later at the Water Company, was a substantial citizen of Morgan. He was a good friend and a man devoted to the town’s welfare, leaving a lasting impact on local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
North Alabama Ba Company
Na Water Company
Tur
Morgan
Disappointed or Daily Hints at Melvin’s Write of Art
A former G man hero named Melvin plans a series of art pieces with national circulation. The piece hints at a personal moment and public reception shaping his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Decatur Plans for City and County Works Progress Projects
City of Decatur and Morgan County evaluate possible Works Progress Administration projects. Potential items include Delano Park improvements road repairs to Benevolent Hospital paving needs for most streets sewerage work and completion of the Banks building with material supervision and some labor aid. The aim is to start without increasing indebtedness and channel projects through the local administrations to the Works Progress division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano Park
Benevolent Hospital
Decatur
Banks
Works Program Administration
County of
Morgan
Works Progress Division
We Miss You Daddy Santa Clause Editorial Ringing Across Nation
A Rockford editor wrote about a fatal Minterburn Hill accident and a telegram found on the deceased stating We Miss You Daddy When Are You Coming Home The message was sent by the victim’s child and underscores the lasting impact of a father’s absence on his family and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Virginia
Prattville
Rockville
Rockford
Minterburn Hill
Kilkenny Cats and World War Talk in Congress
The piece argues Mussolini may force war with Ethiopia and discusses Haile Selassie’s fragile hold. It notes Congress seeks adjournment, nervous breakdowns, and the desire to go home. It mentions Paramount Publix stock and a high legal fee paid to Louis Levy in a private settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilkenny
Mussolini
France
England
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Nye scorns bill amid talk of prosperity and corporate plunder
Senator Nye of North Dakota denounces the Paramount Publix bill as a return of prosperity to a few and a national racket by firms in trouble. He notes the Choate controversy over a $2500 bill after 30 years of study. In Moscow, Noskov falls with a parachute, Krasikov saves both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nye
North Dakota
Choate
Moscow
Noskov
Krasikov
Heat Regulation in the Human Body Explained
Dr Logan Clendening outlines how the body maintains its core temperature within a narrow range. He notes heat comes from chemical fat burning and heat loss mainly via respiration, excretion, and especially sweat evaporation, with practical advice on summer clothing to aid cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
M. D
Arizona Desert
Office Cat Tale Reports Odd Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a doctor advising a patient to quit liquor and tobacco for a month to improve health while the patient questions the pace of improvement. The exchange includes a cat named Mao and a cheeky line about planning ahead.
The Optimist’s Song and Odd Bits of Advice
A collage of idealistic verses praises the optimist who spreads sunshine and keeps calm in adversity. It notes Friend-Doughbill's $5,000,000 estate and a wry remark on starting the next world with wealth. It ends with quips on habits and social niceties.
Blind man kills sweetheart and dog after failed relationship
In Boston a blind man For est R. Wells threw his lover Hazel Martin from a hotel window and then killed her dog. He told police he loved her but they could not get along and that it was best for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Forest R. Wells
Hazel Martin
Boston
Helen of Troy
Paris
Figures on US growth show rising employees and Congress
An old analysis notes 1801 US government employed 126 people versus 700,000 today, a five thousand percent rise. Congress grew from 128 to 631, about four hundred percent, while population jumped 2,500 percent, attributed to mothers and politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S
Fingerprint ID Reveals Jacksonville Bond Fugitive
William B. Meade, sought for bond forfeiture in Jacksonville Florida, was identified by FBI fingerprint experts after he mutilated his fingertips. J Edgar Hoover asked Sel Police to hold him for questioning in the Bremer shaving case. Hoover said the burns were severe but identification succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Northampton
Mass
Bureau of Investigation
William B. Meade
Jacksonville
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Sel
Connec Ho
Meade
Hoover
Lobster Embalmed To Prove Catch In Ottawa Kansas
In Pictou Nova Scotia Tone and Myrtle Kelley reported a lobster caught far from home was too large for Ottawa Kansas residents to accept. To prove the tale a local undertaker embalmed the crustacean and preserved it with embalming fluid to show neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pictou, N
Tone
Myrtle Kelley
Ottawa
Kansas
Kelley
Dizzy Dines While Governor Waits at Ballpark
Dizzy Dean ignored the governor to eat a steak before umpiring the Catholic Diocesan championship game between Quin cy and Springfield. Governor Henry Horner waited at the ballpark but commented he had been kept waiting by the legislature before. The Cardinal pitcher ate a steak dinner at a hotel before arriving late in the second inning as Guiney led 10 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Henry Horner
Quincy
John W. Kapp
Guiney
Sausage Consumption Reveals Urban Diet Patterns
Citizens annually consume four and a half billion frankfurter sausages weighing about 400 million pounds. One third of the weight is hot dogs. The passage notes this emphasis on the popular sausage but ends abruptly with an unfinished statement about its significance.
Five and Ten Girl to Wed President's Son
Ki M. Lin son of the President of China and Viola Brown a five and ten clerk have obtained a license to marry. The romance began when Lin left his pocketbook on a counter and Brown returned it. No definite wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ki M. James Lin
China
Viola Brown
Lin
Sausage Makers Mentioned In Quiet Moral Note
A short musing contrasts the eater's ignorance of what he eats with the rare chance he knows the sausage maker. It suggests a playful parallel to the Greeks know thyself motto, adding know thy sausage maker as a twist.
Pleads Guilty In Alabama Forgery Case
Montgomery judge today accepted a plea from Donald Kimbrough a former clerk in a case tied to forging a $35 state warrant issued to T G Williams of the sheriff's office at Eufaula. The Beate Convict proceedings tied to the forgery were held in Montgomery court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Donald Kimbrough
T. G. Wiliams
Eufaula
Walter O Neill remembered at Columbia and Provincetown
The reminiscence recalls Eugene O Neill at Columbia on South Field before Baker Field. his early struggles with promoting a dollar. his Provincetown barn days with Moon of the Carib Bees. the beer party after a revival. and the later success of The Private Life of Helen of Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Abel
Ollie
O'Neill
America
Conversation with Woollcott on writing and rain soaked Broadway
A nightly ride with Woollcott ends with a stroll after he argues a newspaper is not a writer's ultimate goal. Rain fell earlier leaving puddles on Broadway as they share thoughts late in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woollcott
Broadway
Fragmented Dialogue Jokes From A Speechless Parlor Scene
A quirky exchange features a banter of social quirks and misheard lines. Relations mix wit and mistaken intent as the characters joke about alarms, kissing, pockets, moths, and a telephone line. The mother remarks on a hat mishap and a hurried shout in the parlor.
What You Are Counts Not What You Claim to Be
A reflective piece contrasts inner worth over titles with a humorous anecdote about a young author seeking publication. A publisher dismisses work by unknowns while the author insists on recognition. A quip about rising generation and a stray exchange wrap the moral: be what you ought to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Smith
Plaque Marks Whitman Printing House on Cranberry Street
The red brick building in Brooklyn houses the Whitman printing site for Leaves of Grass with a bronze plaque honoring Walt Whitman above the doorway. A barber shop occupies the ground floor. a recent visit yielded a halfhearted reply from the barber about memory of the bard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Street
Brooklyn
Walt Whitman
America
Borry
Hart Crane’s Europe Trip Ends in Tragic Sea Death
The narrator recalls speaking with Hart Crane before his voyage to Europe, describes Crane’s belief that poetry is the world’s faithful craft, and recounts his death after leaping from a liner bound for New York. Crane’s last lines reflect on water, time, and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Crane
Europe
New York
Crescent
Wildean Echoes in Olive Moore’s Impressionistic Notes
English girl Olive Moore channels Oscar Wilde with bold lines on art and love. She argues anger fuels creativity and distinguishes permanent style from fashion, claiming hurt stems from ceasing to love. Her prismlike critique renders analysis as sharp and angular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
Olive Moore
Miss Moore
George Clarke Dismisses Pirandello and McCoy
The city editor quips about Pirandello not arriving on the Normandie and Horace McCoy's new novel, joking that the postman rings only once. He Remarks that sixty reporters seek an author and delivers a wry warning to Mr. McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clarke
Li’ree
Pirandello
Normandie
Cutter Pass
Horace McCoy
McCoy
Nightlife drift and literary dreams in a garbled tale
A stream of consciousness vignette recalls an aspiring author with ideas for books and a night out in town. Max Miller dozes through a floor show while a showgirl places a Keats volume. A subway blackout reveals a reader in darkness, while a blind beggar traverses the murk by instinct and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Miller
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Georgia
Deen
Congreve
Burns
Senate
Paramount- Publix Moving Picture Company
Louis Levy
Ciendening
Governor
Portugal
Luis Vaz de Campens
Campens
Africa
Ceuta
Cameons
Cameens
NBA Service, Inc
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Wagner
Hervey Allen
Columbia
South Field
Baker Field
Hamilton Hall
Anthony Adverse
Celaiee
Jerry
Harry
Maye
John D. Waker & Son
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