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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
4
A lighthearted, fragmentary column muses on bachelor life and summer heat. It mocks dieting promises while advising health rituals, sunshine, exercise, proper sleep, and mindful eating to free time for work.
Health officials underscore efforts to curb a paralysis spread in the region. The statement affirms trust in local medical care and notes Alabama’s reputed quality of health services, stressing ongoing preventive measures and public awareness.
The text notes the Spanish rebellion as a test of claims between sea and air power. It mentions a British gunboat routing a Spanish rebel plane that was misbehaving, marking a first score for deep sea advocates in this comparison.
The belated apology by Father Coughlin to President Roosevelt is judged insufficient to erase the stigma of his past words. He is portrayed as a temperate failure in leadership and unlikely to regain national prominence, as Americans question his suitability for public influence.
An Alabama viewpoint cites Metropolitan Life figures showing wives face higher widow odds than in 1920 as mortality improves more for women. The piece argues against new taxes, urging reductions in existing levies and opposition to a sales tax to ease state burden.
Analysis notes longer widowhood for wives when they are younger than husbands. If both are 36, a husband dies first yields 16.9 years as a widow, while a wife dying first gives the husband 14.3 years. When the husband is five years older, widows average 16.6 years and widowers 11.7 years. remarriage would shorten these durations. Mortality among widowed virgins is said to differ but precise adjustments are unavailable.
A collection of light anecdotes and one liners from a Brushville workplace to a Great Britain painter, featuring witty exchanges about work, love, and daily life. The pieces mock pride, patience, and practical jokes in a breezy, old timey style.
Mrs M M Rosenall visited Huntsville this week. Miss Minnie Bass returned to Nashville after time with her sister Mrs Bertha Morris. P W Williams of Hartselle was a business visitor Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Gerald Teasley and baby returned from Georgia visit. Mr and Mrs Jack Parks and Mr and Mrs Louis Speake are vacationing in New York and Canada. Mrs C D White was a Nashville visitor. Mr and Mrs Luther McConnell spent days with county relatives. Mrs O GC Park and daughter Martha returned from Starkville Miss visit. Mrs Rosa W Clay and daughter Martha Claire plan to see newly purchased Washington street.
Kenneth F. MacDonald of Montana says 14,000 coyotes were killed last year under a 2 dollar bounty. He notes an Canadian Indian reportedly raised coyotes sold to Montana hunters for one dollar then resold at the 2 dollar bounty, crossing the border.
Dr Logan Clendening reflects on early fears about women athletes and dress. He cites 19th century medical views warning that stiff clothing and restricted exercise harmed health, contrasting with modern evidence of stronger generations and greater athletic freedom for girls and women.
Detroit July 2. The Rev Charles E Coughlin publicly apologized to President Roosevelt for calling him a liar in a Cleveland speech asserting the remark referred to candidate Roosevelt not the President. He said he spoke in righteous anger and still respects the President but urged he be supplanted in office for the nation’s welfare.
In Washington stamps are being prepared for the Philippines to commemorate the 33d Eucharistic Congress in Manila February 3 7 1937. Six denomination sets will cost 65 cents total with sale starting mid October and orders after Oct 1. Local dealers may supply sets at face value if missed. Germany issues a purse for a horse race stamp in Munich July 26 sale proceeds to the racing association. Sweden raises foreign mail rates prompting a new stamp set.
Vatican officials and Father Charles E. Coughlin held a transatlantic telephone exchange that sparked speculation about influence on the radio priest after his harsh attack on President Roosevelt. A reliable source said the call occurred last week as Coughlin publicly apologized for words used in accusing the president and tied to Townsend old age pension supporters.
Beer drinkers in Cullman face a shortage after recent raids seized beverages sent to Birmingham for chemical analysis. If the samples show more than one half of one percent alcohol, warrants will be sought against sellers.
In Tacoma on July 24 T Sasaki, harvesting, pulled a plain carrot from his field and uncovered a buried gold chain with a $30 gold nugget at its end. He believes the treasure was dropped about fifty years ago and plans to keep the findings.
A high American prelate says Bishop Michael Gallaugher of Detroit will testify in examining Father Coughlin's radio crusade tactics in the United States. The prelate notes Coughlin's recent claim that President Roosevelt is a lie caused a painful impression in the Vatican and that the pope may prefer a replacement.
Walter Winchell column notes substitute writers and a stream of vignettes from 1934 including Kilmer’s grave in France and Pope Benedict XV newsreels. The piece moves through encounters with celebrities such as Knute Rockne, the Prince of Wales, Hoover, MacManus, Ripley, Will Rogers and others, all recounted in a bustling Broadway voice.
Reporter notes rain soaked scene at Lloyd George residence with Godfrey Thomas avoiding comment. A camera crew confronts wild dogs as a polite local guides the situation. In London pub Green Dragon and Chesterton Belloc exchange words about an Americanism loco.
Under a copper Tangiers sun Marshal Lyautey of France decorates heroes of the Morocco Legion. One chap with a beard like a black banner stands out as a fighting priest who recounts saving an entire company in a soft brogue saying The name in Donahue.
Near Kingston New York a reporter trails a farm house murder scene where a housewife was killed. A wary farmer confronts the reporter and an old roadman recalls the farmer wore two different suits on the day of the crime. The farmer is described as convicted.
A vivid collage recalls Al Capone demanding 500000 for a supposed biograph in Chicago while Legs Diamond laments quitting rackets in Philadelphia. Jean Engels is described in a dressing room with champagne, and George Horace Lori mer faces a rare interview with Collier's editors in New York.
An ascetic-looking man who aided publicity days discusses writing fiction. when asked why not now he replies with encouragement. The narrator identifies the gentleman as Damon Runyon.
A gala ball game in Brookfield Massachusetts pits the Athletics against local lads to honor Connie Mack and George M. Cohan. The event features Cohan being introduced on the air amid a foul during play.
Local residents and visitors include Judy Moulton out of town on vacation, Mrs. Robert Peacock of Livingston visiting her husband, J P Miller couple taking two week trip south Alabama, G D Bynum and Pinkey Hopkins from Hickory Grove, J N Howell of Pisgah, Nat Almon planning a new home on the Moulton Decatur highway, J E Counts of Mr Hope in town, Allen Jackson and Gallard Counts of Mt Hope visiting, Rosie Aston of Town Creek on business, L W Gentry to Athens on business, W B Mahan and P Sargent of Russellville in town briefly, and the hospital distributing infantile paralysis spray countywide.
The Lawrence County Board of Education met in Moulton Alabama to offer for sale $60,000 worth of warrants to fund new school buildings. Brokers from Birmingham Atlanta and Montgomery participated with Mark & Company of Birmingham purchasing. A large building program will fund several new structures and additions in the coming months.
Lew Stibbs a Lebanon farmer revises the tale of the goose that laid the golden egg saying heat two weeks ago caused a sitting goose to abandon a nest of nine eggs and he later found eight goslings in the west. He attributes the event to the sun.
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