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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
4
The piece argues against multiple taxes and urges a single comprehensive tax. It notes rising prosperity and suggests income and sales taxes as current main methods while hoping for a future unified tax system. The Alabama legislature faces intense scrutiny as taxpayers await its decisions.
A terse editorial lashes metropolitan leadership, asserting no tolerance for delays or excuses. It demands decisive action and direct accountability from city officials amid mounting public concern.
The piece discusses pending questions for Alabama lawmakers on public health options education plans and state debts. It notes the Keller Memorial Bridge debt and its annual cost to Decatur and outlines allied support from legislators Clifton Almon Forrest Burleson Vernon Bem and others.
The essay extols the Catskill mountains near Pine Hill as a future hub for air travel with New York City access from high hills, claims roads and water supply remain pristine, and predicts mass airplane use and seasonal boarding. It cites Trotsky predicting world war and Japan-Russia conflict, urges staying out of war, and notes wartime finance and bootleg tax issues.
A patient with athlete's foot improves after a new doctor notes asthma history and tests for allergic sensitivity. The ointment base triggers irritant dermatitis. after removal and a tonsil operation, the feet heal. The tale warns not all eruptions are athlete's foot and underscores patch testing for allergies.
The article notes Mr Choate warns that bulk or key whiskey sales would undermine Treasury efforts to curb bootlegging, while others express confidence in his intelligence and integrity.
A quirky composite text blends verse and dialogue with reflections on a pond frog, a CCC camp teacher, a judge, and a sunburnt speaker. It juxtaposes nature, religion, and social commentary in a playful, unfinished style.
The report notes oil deposits discovered in Brazil only 800 feet down would have excited Americans in the past. It argues such ventures now risk government taxation of 50 to 60 percent after death, discouraging enterprise once seen as the basis of American prosperity and growth.
Senate today takes up miscellaneous legislation and resumes a probe into the power industry by the lobby committee. House considers a Mississippi River seabank bill as the Ways and Means Committee examines the tax bill.
Desk sergeant John Barton at Chicago police station loses patience with a cat mascot named Mae West. The buxom feline chose a cigar box as a sleeping quarters and, after climbing in, gave birth, adding more trouble for the sergeant over the past year.
Judge Goddard of Billings, 82, a Montana constitutional convention veteran, completed two qualifying rounds in the Montana amateur event at Great Falls. He posted 36 hole qualifying score of 233 as he prepared for match play against fellow golfers.
In Omaha July 29 the romance of motorcycle officer Leslie G. Chamberlin and his nurse resumes after a five month pause. He was injured in an accident and later married the nurse in the hospital. A speed crash and escort drama followed as she joined him back at home and work. His condition remains hopeful.
In PENGUINS PLEASE NOTE JOSE, Calif, July 29 AP only residents near the South Pole will observe a partial solar eclipse next Tuesday. The event follows a partial North Pole eclipse last June and a total lunar eclipse about two weeks ago. Dr. W H Wright of Lick Observatory notes central lunar eclipses are accompanied by darkening.
Vin cent Lopez recalls early hardships and travels from Spain to New York. He credits Marion Bent for a smile, discusses shifts from noise to melody in dance music, and praises tango rhythms while noting gratitude to ladies and patrons who aided his rise on Broadway and in Buffalo.
A collage of aphorisms on flatter, truth, and belief. It rails at superstition, mocks gossip, and hints at profit motives and social virtue. Notable lines reference the Blue Eagle and AAA, and remark on women's speech and prudence.
A narrator reflects on life costs and simple tasks like pruning trees while a humorous mispronounced English lesson unfolds. A man boasts four college degrees as a claim to teaching business, highlighting communication missteps.
A garbled column fragment hints at humorous takes on funerals and domestic life. The text mixes joke phrasing with unclear references to wives and daily tasks, lacking coherent events or names to anchor a full summary.
The speaker blends astrology numerology and mystic color theory with a belief in a long music career. He cites Persian blue as his lucky color and claims colored lights enhance musical illusions. He notes vegetarianism and uses numerology to test song titles, blaming poor arithmetic for any inaccuracies.
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