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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1930
Page
4
Senator Watt Brown argues for a pay as you go highway approach. He notes big bond issues create large departments that must be dismantled after funds run out, implying waste. He claims such plans speed road completion and questions whether bonds can avoid delays while still avoiding lost motion.
The column laments the Boxing scene after the Sharkey Schmeling bout at Yankee Stadium. It argues top fighters fail to meet public expectations, with promoters relying on hype to draw crowds. It suggests newspapers cut ballyhoo to curb weak exhibitions and protect fans from paying for poor entertainment.
Alabama health authorities push for malaria elimination and credit Sir Ronald Ross for insights into the disease. The Florence Times-News editorial highlights Ross’s discovery of the mosquito as a malaria carrier and notes ongoing state efforts, with historical context from local papers.
A profile praise of Sir Ronald Ross, the British medical officer who linked malaria transmission to mosquitoes. Despite groundbreaking work, he faced skepticism, hardship, and neglect, yet his discoveries enabled global malaria control and influenced yellow fever research.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports John Temple Graves II finds romance in Alabama through industry, agriculture, and vast resource developments. He praises northern Alabama and Mobile port growth, argues romance lies in kilowatts and organized commerce, and notes Alabama’s future hinges on statewide cooperation from cotton fields to textile counters.
City pays 300000 in Mexico achievement copyright 1930 by King Features Syndicate Inc.
The Senate and House passed a tariff aimed at helping farmers as cotton wheat and oats slid to new lows. Wheat prices edged under 14 cents, prompting speculation about July crop carryover and the Farm Board's note that June 1929 levels were higher. Henry Ford urged mass production to solve farmer woes, hinting at shifting farm industry dynamics.
John D. Rockefeller Jr unveils a vast New York City project costing $350 million featuring theaters, towering offices, a long Fifth Avenue strip, and a radio grand opera house aimed at serving the masses. Real estate valued at about $200 million.
It is conservatively estimated that weekly receipts from gambling houses speakeasies and rackets reach 5 785 000 dollars. Multiplied by 52 this equals over 300 million dollars per year for Chicago alone. If accurate the national organized crime take would exceed government receipts.
Water stored by the Don Martin Dam in Northern Mexico will be spread over 160000 acres of arid land. The dam is 99 percent completed as part of several big projects underway in Mexico. The irrigation efforts are expected to create jobs for thousands and demonstrate energy in undertaking such work.
The New Jersey Republican convention likely nominates Dwight W. Morrow for the Senate. Analysts differ on vote share with Higgins predicting about 50,000 plurality, Sinnott and Coakley estimating 40,000 to 50,000. Lindbergh’s son in law status noted but his campaign involvement downplayed.
In Greece two thousand years of thought are overshadowed by a violent hailstorm in a district of Greek Macedonia killing 22 people. Skulls fractured by hailstones tennis-ball size shock residents as religious explanations mix with fear. Some Christians view calamities as divine punishment while acknowledging innocent victims.
Standard Oil paid its owners 68 590 901 in the second quarter of 1930, the largest such payout in the company’s history. The market mood was gloomy overall, but investors in Standard Oil saw a bright note as profits were distributed and the firm’s structure stories were discussed.
A June diary entry records a frustration laden note from a former Hippodrome clown Belch Landorf. The writer narrates an upholsterer claiming Hugo wrote Notre Dame by hand and describes a gas line ride to Coney Island with his wife. They stroll Prospect Park and dine on spinach noodles with spiced veal at a Roumanian restaurant on Essex Street.
A columnist notes the dog named Runt as funnier than an essay, recalls an Elridge Street tenement murder scene like Street Scene, and mentions Will C Hogg and the Riviera era figure Frank J Gould. He mentions Gould pursuing French hotels casinos and merges chocolate firms while praising Chic Sale and Dunhill’s rue de la Paix lighters.
A visiting hook and ladder man recalls driving to the Trocadero at midnight seeking a nightclub, a moment that captures a wartime era tale of Paris late hours and urban bustle.
The author contrasts refined humor with the rowdy exploits of a dog named Runt. The piece describes rolling on the floor laughing and bursts of cackling at each outrageous episode.
Floyd Gibbons is hailed as the champion fast talker of the world with no prior record matching him. He excels on the radio but speaks with a slow drawl off mic.
A brief dinner moment finds an English duke in a foyer where weather jokes surface. The exchange underscores that even aristocrats can share ordinary, banal remarks about the damp season.
Washington day book notes workmen wheeled two massive statues into statuary hall set among bronze and marble likenesses of the nation's notable dead Jefferson Davis and J Z George joined by Arizona’s General John Campbell Greenway as the 62nd and 63rd arrivals in 66 years one woman among the group.
A Mississippi delegation places Jefferson Davis among 63 statues crowded in the Capitol Statuary Hall. Frances Willard, Roger Williams, Robert Fulton and others join George Washington and Robert E. Lee as lawmakers consider a larger American hall of fame to replace the overcrowded room.
The article explains three heat related illnesses: heat cramps heat stroke and sunstroke. Heat cramps affect muscles during hard work in heat and improve with rest in a cool place. Heat stroke involves unconsciousness high fever and breathing difficulty and requires cold packs ice and rest in a cool place for recovery.
The excerpt defines laborious as difficult and requiring much toil and painstaking work. It explains lenient as not severe and indulgent, mild, merciful, as a lenient judge. Pretermit is given as to pass by ignore or neglect.
The city of Decatur recorded a full day with no measurable rainfall, ending at seven this morning. Official weather data show a dry 24 hour span and no precipitation reported.
A compact list of guiding maxims urging positive thinking self improvement and harmony. It promotes focusing on the best deeds persistence joy kindness and resilience while maintaining cheerful countenance and helping others.
A string of humorous vignettes and one liners about marriage, superstition, church, politics, cooking mishaps, and public service. The jokes feature a bridegroom, a preacher, a boy, a cookery book, a senator, and a lighted cigarette as social contrasts.
A comic exchange contrasts an inventor boasting of a epochmaking machine with a capitalist demanding proof. A jurist muses on parental authority tied to children learning to drive. A joking retort follows about a dress and a breach of promise suit between spouses. Knocks from competitors are framed as free advertising for merchants.
A religious excerpt cites Hebrews 12 23 27 praising the heavenly assembly and Jesus as mediator. It warns against refusing the voice that speaks from heaven and recalls God’s promise to shake both earth and heaven in renewal.
The Tennessee River level continued to drop today with the local gauge reading 2.6 feet. Water levels in surrounding areas remained steady and officials urged caution for low-lying property and roadways.
The weather bureau today records a maximum temperature of 85 degrees and a minimum of 70. The report notes stable conditions with no major weather events forecast.
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