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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
2
The item notes publication details for Tennessee Valley Printing Co Inc and Mounts the local paper’s notices. It references an advertising rep and quotes praise for Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink and a public retirement, framing civic life and cultural figures in Decatur Alabama.
City residents await TVA power to restore whiteway and traffic lights across town. Officials anticipate all lights shining again on Keller Memorial Bridge and the improvements could boost safety and curb appeal by large margins.
A Decatur observer notes long lines at TVA offices for employment and recalls a barrel of ice in a doorway as a friendly gesture toward TVA workers. He mentions many similar ice gestures from local businesses since TVA offices opened.
The fragment blames a southern city section for typhoid tied to water service. It calls the health and city authorities and the Alabama Water Service Company to settle the issue. A plan to restore service while sharing costs is suggested, without unfairly forcing the company to pay.
The Selma Times Journal recounts a noted moment at the Wisconsin Centennial Celebration in Green Bay where Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink finished singing the Star Spangled Banner and quietly informed the audience that the bed with that song closed her.
Florence Alabama faced plant closure as 79 workers joined a textile strike, forcing Gardiner-Warring Knitting Mills to halt production. Orders divert to affiliated plants while 5000 workers in the area lose livelihoods and question who bears the cost of strikes. The piece criticizes radicals for precipitating the walkout and leaving workers to suffer.
The piece mocks urban election volatility while praising rural Kentucky resilience. It recounts deaths and violence at a Redbird area vote and cites local clerks injured. The author contrasts southern calm with headlines of fraud and killings in northern cities.
Arthur Brisbane recounts a comical pursuit of a culprit aided by money and public opinion. The column critiques financial influence and public sentiment shaping outcomes.
The account cites fifteen federal agents and a paid tip from a woman as key to Dillinger’s death in a theatre. It lauds the raid as detective work and notes a national reward spurred others to sacrifice Dillinger’s life for $5,000. The piece mocks Dillinger’s vanity and describes his asymmetrical face as typical of criminals.
The article recalls a jailed Indiana farm boy released on parole to help his father amid a broader critique of criminals and a controversial Manhattan movie. It also notes a war department aviation committee urging multiple air force authorities and criticizes past military aviation undersecretaries and wartime aircraft reliance on foreign loans.
Big army and navy leaders resist air force expansion while advocates press for faster planes and bigger engine power. Colonel Lindbergh favors 1,500 horsepower engines, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker calls for 500 mph aircraft. General Mitchell has long pushed similar goals.
Dollfuss unveils silver coins bearing Austria's coat of arms on one side and a Madonna with child on the other, encircled by Magna Mater Austriae. The coin reproduces the Mariazell Madonna and aims to stress Austria's religious reverence, with potential demand in America if no NRA or treasury restrictions block imports.
Brook lyn Young Democrats organized seven motor buses for a day of pleasure. The plan included a baseball game against Sing Sing convicts. A defective brake on the lead bus caused it to crash through a railing into a lumber yard, killing 17 and injuring others, with some of the injured possibly dying.
A newspaper recount describes a man who imitated Steve Brodie by dropping a dummy from the Brooklyn Bridge while dressed as Brodie and being pulled from the water after entering from a tugboat. The tale contrasts the folklore of taking a chance with a failed imitation and warns about hubris.
Dr Logan Clendening explains convalescent serum as the only effective early treatment for infantile paralysis. Serum from recently recovered patients provides immunity against the disease and can prompt recovery, with injections often given with a syringe. In severe cases, the Drinker respirator is advised to support breathing.
Katharine Cornell completes a 31 state tour with record box office, proving the road shows still draw in tough times. Her return to New York marks a final heartbeat of a once great show business and revives a fine touring tradition.
The report notes malaria expanding in Cuba with about 6,000 cases in Santiago. Scientists blame malaria mosquitoes from marshes for spreading the disease and fear a strong campaign against the malaria risk. The passage mentions yellow fever as also being spread.
The piece denounces bankers sending billions abroad after a government loaned ten billion. Germany refuses private loans citing cash shortages for raw materials, while American lenders push more loans to aid Germany. Montagu Norman travels to explain why the US should fund the raw materials program amid fears of creditor folly.
In 1922 July news, H O Day of Como Texas visits Mr and Mrs Henry Day. He previously lived in the county but now resides in the southwest. Earlier court action reports show four men arrested by U S Deputy Marshals Bass Davidson and Bowling on contempt of court tied to a federal injunction against railroad strike picketing.
Mrs. C. M. Chance and her daughter Maude have returned to their Birmingham home after visiting Mrs. G. C. M. Platt.
Miss Lulu Gernett has just returned from an extended visit to schoolmates in South Carolina and Georgia. The note records her travel and social engagement with peers in the two states.
Athens Alabama July 25 Special CCC boys in a local camp work daily on terracing and drainage of washed farm lands. The two hundred fifty youths use modern methods and invest thousands of dollars in benefits across the county as terraces and drainage are completed.
The narrator notes vivid city characters a raw boned Max Baer type at a restaurant and Bob Brinkerhoff seen on the Plaza steps in a sunlit moment. Brinkerhoff wears an ash gray suit with a red rose, then trips and tumbles toward a dove gray limousine in a dramatic street tableau.
The Kiwanis bulletin announces an open meeting at the regular club rooms in Decatur. Kiwanian members are asked to assemble at noon and may express themselves during the session.
A fragmented weather note recalls rainfall data and a weather observer's report. The text shows incomplete statements and missing measurements, leaving the rainfall conclusion unclear while hinting at data collection irregularities.
A striking likeness is observed between banker Jules Bache and novelist E Philips Oppenheim. Both share chubby rotundity, similar walk, facial recessions, and carry gold headed walking sticks. Each wears a rimless detached monocle with a port hole fixation.
The prototype head waiter Theodore Starvis, once captain at a London hotel, serves Oppenheim in New York. Known for suavity, he masks a cultured scholar fond of classics and international affairs.
The 70s era performer DeWolf Hopper remains active as a romantic figure in Chicago, continuing to appear in public and entertain audiences with his nostalgic stage presence.
A rapid montage of Hollywood and Broadway notes including cabs restricted in New York after September 1, actors changing parties, lawsuits and marriages, plus gossip on Mae West censorship hints, Mae Clarke romance decay, Vincent Riccardi attorney, and Lupe Velez publicity moves.
He travels to New York for engagements and spends large sums on telephone calls and telegrams. During his latest stint he sought to avoid the familiar "Casey at the Bat" routine, but sponsors insisted on it, making the ritual his 3,000th rendition.
The Charles M. Schwab estate on River Side Drive is described as the town’s best kept private mansion with a landscaped terrace and ivy towers, reputedly costing a quarter million annually. Nearby the Andrew Carnegie house on the upper East Side remains as it stood after Skibo’s laird passed, one of Millionaire Row’s last high fenced mansions.
The green gabled Clarke mansion on Millionaire Row stood out as the town’s grand showcase. The narrator visited as a reporter and recalls the private elevator operated by push buttons and a side-wheel butler, a striking symbol of opulent gadgetry.
A fragmented memoir style note describes hurriedly shouting to a companion about a match while others pause for sodas at a 42nd Street drug store. The author mentions alarm clocks set an hour late and signals the upcoming boat rocking season.
The piece notes the Will Hays code aimed at moral guidance for films, indicting movie executives for not adhering to it. It mentions celebrities Kate Hepburn Laura Harding Lew Ayres Ginger Rogers Ida Lupino Alfred Delacambre and Jean Harlow, along with gossip about divorces romances and industry figures.
The article recalls a Hollywood triangle amid reports of a married star halting a scandal while MGM actress aligns with a writer who changed his stance. It notes Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy, and rumors of a divorce, plus a musician’s link to a multi studio gossip scene and Will Rogers quipping about Shirley Temple eating carrots.
A collage of rumors and pop culture notes includes Rudy Vallee not divorcing but separating, David Ross adopting Major Bowes theme songs, Dorothy Mackaill's ex Neil Miller in real estate ads, West Coast wealth fueling San Francisco Communists, and Wall Street plotting a London pool with a September plug. An observed Ford bumper reads Please pass quietly as the driver naps.
T R Harrison of the H and Machine Works returns to his posts following a week of illness. He was reportedly absent from work but is now back in his duties.
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