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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1935
Page
4
Readers in Decatur weigh in on Roosevelt era policy shifts and constitutional reform. The letter exchange argues for a modernized federal role to regulate interstate commerce while preserving liberties, urging a centralized agency to manage economic planning and prevent surpluses.
Decatur Alabama reader laments societal decay and advocates turning to God. He condemns gambling, Sunday baseball, and movies as threats to the Sabbath, cites NRA faults, and urges spiritual renewal through faith in Jesus Christ. R Sloan signs the letter, expressing personal conversion and hope.
Don Hutson receives Alabama's chief athletic honor this year as the University confirms his unanimous favor among state voters and the university's standout athletes.
Thursday night the Decatur Kiwanis Club hosted Moulton Lions Club members for a social. New friendships formed and old ties renewed as both towns learned collaboration advances public development goals. The gathering built goodwill for Decatur and strengthened ties with Moulton.
Arthur Brisbane notes the reported safe return of the Weyerhaeuser child after a $200,000 ransom, argues the criminals are not paid in full due to marked bills and government recording, and predicts harsher justice. He also reports a cross nailed incident in High Point, a deadly earthquake and jackal scavenging in India, US flood control priorities, Nebraska disasters, Mexican resistance to compulsory education, and a Tomatian official executed.
Logan Clendening M D outlines how industrial poisonings are detected and prevented. He notes the recent development of control in the United States and other nations, the role of plant management, protective equipment, and the routes of poisoning through lungs skin and digestive system, with emphasis on alcohol and nutrition factors.
A collage of witty lines and quips unfolds a telephone style dialogue with a game warden, a mistress and maid, youths and friends. The snippets touch on games for children, good behavior, penitentiary jokes, stork lore, love and escape, and a playful mischief about wives and gatherings.
President Hoover visited Des Moines to address 178 Drake University graduates and receive an honorary degree. He warned against a potential political bureaucracy and urged that government jobs go to those who earn them by merit rather than by politics.
An essay describes an Australian emu on a stamp with King George between t he emu and a kangaroo. It notes the bird’s desert habitat and ground nest. The text ends by asking about stamps illustrating Chile’s independence.
Walter Winchell grants his own mock Pulitzers with playful picks. Weather Permitting tops the stage prize while Mercury editors win a journalism school nod. W C Fields anchors a joint film prize, Henry Ford claims a radio honor, and Ye Olde Al Graham earns a letters laurel.
The piece highlights P Webb’s humorous Esquire cartoons with possible political undercurrents, praises the H Tribune editorial satire on the Rudist bill, and credits Dan Parker for witty digs. It also notes Jesse Stuart’s prize poetry and Alex Woollcott’s Anne Lindbergh column, plus Derby reporting by Bryan George and a mix of quippy quotes and gags from various voices.
Rome reports a new serious frontier incident between Italy and Ethiopia on the Somaliland border. Details are scarce but officials say there are dead and wounded on both sides. The affair is noted as less grave than the Ual Ual massacre of December in which many Ethiopians and Lilian fighters perished.
In Indianapolis on June 3 a boy named Kelly junior borrowed a big red bicycle from Elmer Taflinger. He climbed aboard and said he just got it yesterday and must learn to ride quickly. Kelly senior had just won the May 30 500 mile automobile race at the speedway.
Warren Latham, a Spokane plumber and minister, ensures baptism for all in his congregation. He built a portable baptistry carried on his station wagon for members unable to visit his mission.
The Giornale D Italia reported from Rome that Britain supplies arms to Ethiopia and that British officials are aiding Emperor Haile Selassie in various ways. The claims center on official encouragement and military support amid ongoing tensions.
The piece notes Ruth Chatterton’s tin-type coast to coast flight, Kit Carson on prairies, Jim Tully winning for Ladies in the Parlor, and a prize story That Didn't Quite Come Off awarded to Congressman Glassaways New York visit. It jokes about Huey Long and Columbia pictures involvement.
The piece mocks awards across biography satire and media, praising John Anderson of the N Y Journal for readable drama criticism and Parade’s nod to Karl Marx humor. It cites Mrs Roosevelt bio parodies in World Telly, Doug Fairbanks, Mae West gags, Milt Gross, Hauptmann trials, and a critical take on news reels.
An ad touts Feen a mint chewing gum as a non habit forming laxative. It claims salivary and digestive juices release the laxative evenly for gentle stimulation of the intestines and warns against delays in dosing. Priced 15 and 25 cents at druggists.
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