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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
2
The notice outlines publication schedule as an afternoon paper except Sunday and mentions subscription rates by carrier daily and by mail, illustrating delivery practices for the Decatur edition.
A garbled press snippet references bees and paper creation, noting association press and content published within the paper. It lacks clear names, dates, places, or outcomes.
Free Publicity Now Will Rogers reviews a Billy Bray style fragment noting that geography sketches offer boosts for communities. The piece hints both commentators excel in their fields and criticizes needless editorial combat when not necessary.
The Alabama department of the Legion names Col T W S Pritchard of Birmingham as national commander for the year and congratulates the Legionnaires and members on the appointment. The new leader is praised as an outstanding citizen and member of the Birmingham community. The department hopes for progress in the coming year under his guidance.
A fragmentary note describes dynamite danger abroad with vague warnings about timing and location. The item hints at bets or biases and mentions Monday coverage, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
The program aims to inoculate about one quarter of Decatur Morgan county residents and beyond. Officials praise wide cooperation by residents and families, noting the campaign reduces typhoid dangers across the region.
The Daily Fold notes TVA opens offices in Decatur, praising the city’s central location for efficiency. It argues Decatur offers the best placement for TVA operations and future expansion, reflecting long-held belief in the site’s advantages.
The cast boasted outstanding stars but Shirley stole the show with a scene that became the film’s hit. Fandom poured praise to the producers as Shirley Temple soared to stardom, though there is hope the sudden fame does not backfire on the healthy young star.
North Carolina governor pardons Luke Lea junior who was convicted with his father of banking law violations. The Daily praises the act but urges harsher punishment for the elder Lea, arguing the younger relied on his father’s judgment and should not bear the same blame.
The article lauds Marie Dressler as a symbol of perseverance whose life story could inspire Americans more than many famous men. It recalls her rise from poverty, her final struggle, and her memorable last words. she is praised for fighting through hardship and earning beloved status in the nation.
The editorial urges careful driving to cut Alabama road accidents, noting laws alone fail to prevent crashes. Emphasizes proper lighting and braking, warns against winner taker rights in traffic, and stresses personal responsibility to safeguard loved ones and avoid hospital trips.
A brief syndicated column notes Marie Dressler’s last public appearance and Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss’ farewell amid global tensions. Autorelated items touch on railway progress and broader European shifts as 1934 news items circulate.
The passage envisions Catskill mountains where air stays pure and humans, aided by flying machines and automobiles, migrate to elevated regions. It contrasts soaring mobility with rail travel, notes cost gaps between rail and auto trips, and critiques NRA and Uncle Sam’s finances as insufficient to curb competition.
The obituary notes Marie Dressler died after a bold struggle with illness at age 62. It recalls her rise despite losing youth’s looks and a 14 year battle for work with Ziegfeld not renewing, yet she became a top earner in film.
A medical essay argues that fear anger and self-love underlie emotional distress that yields functional, not organic illness. It cites cases of a chronic invalid whose heart pain eased after stopping medication and exercising, and a stockbroker whose stomach symptoms faded after divorce and returning to work.
A historic session praises the Greek church for recovering vast riches from churches and cathedrals now under government control. The depots reportedly hold hundreds of millions in precious objects, sacred images, ikons, solid gold frames, and silver doors. An image of the Virgin is described as encrusted with over two thousand diamonds, many stolen.
Charles L. Flick reports savage anti religious outbreaks in Austria rivaling those in Russia. Nazis fire on priests in Carinthia for refusal to allow gun nests in churches. At Leoben Nazis wounded a priest as they opened fire from a church belfry. Heimwehr troops delayed artillery on the church.
EXPECTED HOME Mr and Mrs J M Pettey and children will return the latter part of the week from Kago where they have been attending the century of progress.
Editors note announces six pamphlets available from Dr Clendening for 10 cents each plus a stamped return envelope. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Twelve years ago Mrs. Alice Tillman left for Fort Worth after visiting relatives here. Pauline Frederick will perform at the Princess on Wednesday in Two Kinds of Women. Mrs. T. L. Harris of Beaumont Texas has returned home after visiting Mrs Emmett Himes. Miss Mary Daniell leaves for Florence to visit Miss Katharine Meré. Miss Mildred McQuigg and family guests with Mrs. Walter Exell. Orville Clune spends today in Moulton.
H. L. Tribble was moved from Benevolent hospital to her Madison home following an operation performed two weeks ago.
Dr L G Sturtiivant presiding elder of Decatur district will fill the pulpit at Central Methodist Sunday morning and the public is cordially invited to hear him.
New York reports a historic hospital vacancy crisis as private and expensive sanitariums dwindle. Medical Center oversupply blamed on the new complex era. specialists retreat to home offices and young graduates face hundreds of internship openings with no jobs forthcoming. Dorothy Parker offers sardonic view on the Medical Center’s impact.
Gene Fowler announces a bigraphical book on Mack Sennett titled Father Goose. He will publish a special morocco bound edition for film sets and release the full work from seclusion in ten days.
The article describes how many authors fear writing again after success, with figures like Sinclair Lewis Charles G Norris and Arthur Combs Roche vowing abstinence. Yet the pressure of fame drives them back to the blank page as if compelled by a curse, affecting sleep and appetite.
A collection of quirky facts and anecdotes from Walter Winchell on subjects ranging from early American journalism and Horatio Alger to Irish censorship and New York culture. The notes include humorous asides on marriage superstitions, a Paris fashion tale, and trivia about places and people.
The excerpt discusses sensitivity over ethnic labels and notes Harrison New Jersey had a population pop of 15 600 yet no movie theatre at the time, reflecting on local cultural change and urban development.
A stream of items mentions Phil Regar taking a film role, color superstitions in India, a Memphis surgeon noting more appendectomies, a seed worth more than gold, and old phrases. It also cites a Quinsy fire response, car washing in Fall River, a sit down Hawaiian hula origin, Romania tax jail, and a South Sudan tribal dance likened to the Charleston.
A fragment describes a street scene with a sweet faced blonde drawing attention and a semi circle crowd. A bearded man taps a cigarette stub and walks off as a pale woman signals a plea in what is labeled curb drama.
The writer notes a surge of Dunbar remembrance in Harlem with a Paul Dunbar cafe a Dunbar Boys Club and a Dunbar bank amid past Dayton Ohio Herald ties. He recalls quiting the paper as a copyboy and the staff’s mixed reception of his poems vs later recognition.
A man named Jimmy Walker stood at the Southampton dock as an American liner disappeared into the mist. He sighed, shaded his eyes, and walked away with hands in pockets showing melancholy after friends aboard the vessel left England.
A fragmentary note quotes a writer's line about predicting columnists' futures while a garbled phrase hints at someone tormenting or pressuring another for attention in a front parlor setting.
A small group of salvationists sets up on a 48th street Broadway corner to urge passersby to seek salvation, offering pamphlets and brief talks amid the busy street scene.
Authorities release a report claiming survival is possible without a brain. The remark, noted with irony, questions long held assumptions about brain necessity and raises debate among experts.
It was announced that Elder T. G. Waddell of the Baptist church and Elder E. Berryhill of the Holiness church will hold a series of debates at Shoal Creek church beginning Sunday, August 5. An interesting series of discussions is anticipated.
Norpeinfall was reported in the Decatur area for the past 24 hours as weather officials note localized precipitation. The brief note records rainfall in the vicinity without detailing amounts or impacts.
Miss Leta Trotman has returned home after spending six weeks in Jasper and Birmingham.
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