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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
4
The piece discusses the ongoing biennial Census of American Business covering 1934 and 1935. It highlights Atlanta’s recovery progress, aims for full city representation, and notes the impact on attracting investment and broader national perception. It urges timely completion and publication nationwide to favor Atlanta’s standing.
The Administrative and Research Corporation of New York reports weekly business volume at 73 for the week ending May 23, down from 866 the prior week and 724 a year earlier. Steel production holds at 70 percent capacity while auto demand slips but miscellaneous stock and ore shipments rise. Freight moves improve with ore shipments totaling 683 406 cars.
The Southern Rice Industry issues a playful look at June weddings noting 790000 pounds of rice will be used for celebrations. It mentions 166000 young brides age around 22 this month and the equal number of men digging up courage and wedding costs. It urges couples to remember anniversaries.
In the eighth district voters push back on the idea of Florence receiving special TVA benefits tied to Congressman Simpson. They question how Florence’s gains would affect the rest of the district and whether industrial expansion can be shared fairly. Supporters offer no clear response to these concerns.
The Daily notes concerted efforts across the United States to gather business census data for 1934 and 1995. It cites the Atlanta Journal, urging prompt city business participation, and recounts how Atlanta mobilizes with whistles, bells, and rallies during census periods.
A Dallas gathering of former Morgan and Lawrence county residents formed a Native Alabama Centennial Club with over 50 members. They endorse John J. Sparkman for Congress, noting his overcoming hardships and his long lineage in public service, including Judge Stephen M. Sparkman and early ancestor James Wilson.
Arthur Brisbane weighs Imperial praise for Hua Hoa while Uncle Sam slumbers in a satirical current events column. The piece questions modern military rise and political power under a playful headline tone.
The piece notes men over 90 leading New York City G A R processions, stressing thinness as a factor in longevity. It argues against war, citing General Pershing and Mrs. Roosevelt, and features Reverend Bell predicting unlikely future US UK conflict, suggesting unity to prohibit war as beneficial for business.
President Lewis of LaFayette College argues wars would end if monarchs who voted for war faced front line trenches. The passage references Napoleon, Charles XII, Alexander the Great, Caesar, and a Bohemian king, suggesting courage alone cannot end war without changing the animal nature of humans.
The emperor of Annam, a Buddhist high priest, faces a clash with his Catholic wife who had their baby baptized. Buddhists seek Nirvana while Christians dream of eternal paradise, highlighting a religious contrast within the imperial family.
Five million Buddhists in Annam react with excitement and indignation as the young wife defies the emperor’s consent. Rew, formerly Mademoiselle arie Hua Hoa, daughter of a wealthy landowner, grew up in a French convent and seeks to see her baby in the next world rather than merging him into Nirvana.
The Queen Mary did not win the ocean race against Normandie but established a 25 hour record of 766 miles. Foy forced the English entry to slow, denying a repeat of the Titanic’s error, while France remains trans Atlantic champion as Uncle Sam listened by radio.
The profile spots John J. Sparkman, tracing his rise from a farm boy to a respected national figure. It frames his career as a guiding legacy for Alabama youth amid American conflicts and national progress.
An article attributes rose fever to grass pollen in early summer, not roses or fever. It outlines allergy basics, three main groups respiratory digestive skin, and notes individual sensitivity. It suggests avoidance strategies and protective measures like allergen proof encasings and window air filters for relief.
A Senate vote of 36 to 30 backed a Florida canal from the Atlantic to the Gulf while southern lawmakers blocked Passamaquoddy tide project amid Maine opposition. The remarks touch on politics, wealth, and shifting economic ideas in a era of reform.
A historical remark notes that exposure to Karl Marx and Lenin's embalmed remains influences Russian opinion and suggests the nation’s vast resources and army could become as capitalistic as desired in a future generation or sooner.
Alexander Arnold Bal derama awoke under a locomotive in a Los Angeles rail yard with heat mist around him and no memory of how he ended up there after a night out. He explained to police and a hospital surgeon that he had been out late the previous evening.
Editor notes seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening may be obtained for ten cents each. Include a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp and mail to Dr Clendening care of this paper. Titles listed include diet reducing, indigestion and constipation, infant feeding, and feminine hygiene.
A jumbled page blends jokes about smiles as value with fables and quips. It includes sketches of conversations, light banter on literacy and vanity, and humorous exchanges from various personalities. Noah, Ararat, and a Bugle appear amid lively civic and social vignettes.
Walter Winchell shares quirky facts and trivia from 1936 Broadway lore. Items range from hooch lore to canaries in Manhattan, odd laws, famous names, and ad man Claude Hopkins, all presented in a brisk, humorous column voice.
Aliquippa police report arresting a robbery suspect but the culprit escaped with their car and guns. Patrolmen Shea and Padovich said the suspect fired at Shea four times. Chief Ambrose fired both officers in response to the incident.
In Macon on June 2 Joe Stripling reported his cows broke into a storehouse and ingested sodium nitrate fertilizer while seeking common salt. All four cows died from the accidental poisoning.
A historical advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a two in one cure for malaria and blood builder. It claims quinine destroys infection while iron strengthens blood, with wide usage and safety for children. Available at drug stores in 50c and $1 sizes offering more value.
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