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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1935
Page
4
Publication notice states G Abee Valley Printing Co Inc holds rights of republication for material originally printed around February 24 1912 and July 1 1917 under the act of March 6 1876 with reserved republishing privileges.
An editorial discusses Decatur's desire for the state to assume a $100,000 bond to fund bridge construction and achieve equal footing with state projects. The piece notes the city has paid interest and urges state approval to relieve Decatur from the burden, referencing broader highway plans and intercity development. It also mentions a separate 1994 editorial on life insurance benefits totaling $27.1 million paid to families, highlighting Birmingham and Mobile distributions.
The Daily urges insurance as a safeguard amid warnings from Alabama forestry officials about increasing forest fire risks in northern and central Alabama. Readers are urged to prevent fires from campgrounds and roadside tinder while noting historically severe summers in 1924 and 1931.
Unclear fragmented OCR text references Mussolini and England with Japan. no coherent event or identifiable entities beyond generic political figures. Unable to extract a factual news item with measurable details from the fragment.
Arthur Brisbane surveys British armament plans with 750 million dollars for ships and adds Italy and Ethiopia to the stakes. He notes Japan’s literacy edge and child-rearing contrast, GE’s 13 000 degree flame claim, and cautions on road safety and League of Nations control in Africa.
Secret Service agents say Chicago faces a rise in counterfeiters and urge vigilance as they outline measures to curb the fake currency trade linked to organized crime figures including Capone.
The Forestry Commission warns landowners that simple rules on proportions are crucial to prevent woodland damage from fires. A small amount of caution can avert serious harm to woodlands, the commission says.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains tired weak and toxic patients as functional, not organic disease. They are called neurotics or constitutional inadequates and need consistent care to avoid unnecessary surgeries and tests. He cites Darwin as an example and urges awareness of nervous-system roots.
The text recalls Capone’s stance on counterfeiting during his Chicago reign saying he forbade it to keep the town's name clean and avoid government attention to the "honest beer racket." It compares studying crime to opening nested Japanese eggs, with one layer revealing another.
The Associated Press notes a Dallas loop advertises sixty cents an hour for beer. Patrons pay one cent a minute and may drink as much beer as they can in sixty minutes for sixty cents. A witty line could echo the pricing quip with a grab for value or caution.
The Rock Creek singing school ends its session Friday afternoon with a concert inviting all, especially singers. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Anthony McKee from Decatur and Mrs. John B Holmes with son Odho. Several families visited relatives, including the Oden and Matthews households, and Arthur Oden of Pie Bluts Ark plans a visit to his grandmother.
Mrs Theresa Muller files suit against James Roosevelt's yeast company in Newark alleging machinery vibration rattles her windows and shakes plaster. The case frames the plant as a neighborhood nuisance while nearby social notices mention local visitors and travel.
A fragmented excerpt features lines about Janine and a call to bring joy home to a place in the heart. Quoted phrases hint at dawn and sacred hours with a reflective tone. A courtroom aside questions whiskey intake, then a wit says half-wished wishes double troubles.
A quirky column notes a flirtatious exchange and a streetcar scene where a man gives a seat causing a fainting reply. It then mentions a scientist claiming a one pound weight on the moon would spark discussion, ending with a light tease about a June wedding.
Goodman Ace writes today's guest column for Walter Winchell from the Kansas City Journal-Post. He recalls career moments with Bonfils and Tamman, meeting Mae West, and a tale of a vaudeville review that earned him a raise before a later rescission. He also notes his mother’s reading and plans to visit Saratoga in August.
Gene Fowler chronicled Tammen and Bonfils as figures who made newspaper history. The author notes Tammen’s colorful appeal over Bonfils while acknowledging Bonfils’ practical lessons, both valued for shaping the era and craft.
The passage recalls Tammen arriving in a drama office and threatening a theatre manager to rush advertising copy. He is praised as the original man who chased headlines, once knocked down in California but calmly rose and apologized. It illustrates his instinct for front-page impact and fearless reporting.
June and a clerk discuss living costs and groceries as a playful exchange. A mother’s cloth samples become pen-wipers for a small daughter, underscoring household humor.
A mosaic of wry exchanges and quips about living standards money relationships and manners. Lines feature a caricatured Scraphanger-Madam debate on fortune and friendship a doctor announcing paternity a drunken sailor a storm scene a skeptical clerk and quips about couples and marriage.
In Stonington July report Deputy Fire Chief Edgar William is elected borough warden but plans to keep deputy post. Chief Frank J. Shannon remains as fire chief with the borough warden above and the deputy chief in the middle of the chain.
Clever attorneys and dignified judges swarm the Denver district attorney office after a personable young man charged with larceny vanished. He had been paid two to four dollars for a group photo taken recently, but the prints never appeared.
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