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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1931

Page

4

Drivers' License Law Origin Tied to Alabama Groups

The movement for a Drivers' License Law is led by a coalition of Alabama groups led by the Alabama League of Municipalities and the Birmingham Safety Council. City Commissioner John H. Taylor chairs the group in cooperation with the Safety Council. The plan mirrors the Uniform Vehicle Code and seeks to adopt a two-act framework focusing on licensing and traffic rules. Safety education remains a key goal amid shifting fatality trends among commercial and private drivers.

Perkins Prewitt Birmingham Safety Council Alabama League of Municipalities Mayors and Commissioners John H. Taylor Birmingham National Conference On Street and Highway Safety Secretary of Commerce Hoover Lamont Department of Commerce American Automobile Association American Electric Railway Association American Mutual Alliance American Railway Association Chamber of Commerce of the United States National Association of Taxicab Owners National Automobile Chamber of Commerce National Bureau of Casualty and Sarety Underwriters National Research Council National Safety Council National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws American League of Municipalities the Safety Council

Dream of Two Million for Birmingham Couple

A Birmingham soda jerker and his wife discuss plans if they inherit two million dollars. They envision travel, education, buying clothes and a home, plus a yacht and European shopping spree. The husband aims to study art and invest, while the wife dreams of Hollywood trips and luxury items.

Birmingham England Benny Hoglan Glenard California Hollywood Mary Pickford Norma Talmadge Europe Paris Benny

Alabama Senate Seat Seen as Republican Pawn in National Fight

The Alabama senate contest surrounding ex Senator Heflin and John H Bankhead carries national implications ahead of the next presidential election. McDuffie signals a Republican plot to gain Congress while Thompson papers accuse the race of becoming a pawn in party strategy. The old guard Republicans and tariff debates echo in Heflin’s actions on the Hawley Smoot bill vote.

Heflin Senate John H. Bankhead Alabama McDuffie Congress Thompson Frederick Thompson Bankhead Thompson Papers Republican Pary Old Republican Guard Old Guard Borah Committee On Finance

Leaderless World and Spain's Turmoil in 1930

Arthur Brisbane surveys a world without leaders with Georgia showing a model committee of one hundred to spur progress. He notes Spain’s religious crackdown with Cardinal Saenz deported, then extols advertising as a driver of prosperity and praises Milwaukee’s anti crime stance amid a national wave of crime.

Georgia

Scarcity of Big Game and Political Crime Across Nations

The piece contrasts crime focused in politics and police with Russia's decree to educate and reuse defective children. It argues the Russian order places the state first, then the child, praising America for caring for the deaf, mute, blind, and mentally weak in the aim to aid children.

Russia

Headache Causes Explored By Dr Clendening In Notes

The article discusses headache as a common ailment and explains how skull structure fluid balance and various eye, nose, and brain factors contribute. It notes that many remedies give only temporary relief and warns against dangers of long term drug use.

Logan Clendening

Cardinal Mundelein Named Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal

George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago recently returned from Rome where he attended the dedication of the College for the Propagation of the Faith and was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in 1895. He has held multiple posts, including titular bishop of Loryma, auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn, archbishop of Chicago since 1915, and elevation to cardinal in 1924. Born July 2, 1872 in New York City, Mundelein declined Annapolis to join the priesthood and studied in Rome, becoming one of the youngest bishops in modern times.

George Cardinal Mundelein Chicago Rome College For the Propagation of the Faith New York Loryma Brooklyn St. Mary's of the Lake Mundelein, Til

Whispered Bomb In Pocket Sparks Fatherly Banter

A mosaic of jokes and vignettes unfolds from a small town page. A patter of whispers about dynamite and Casey, a father’s quips on looks and money, a neighborly jibe about a husband, a comic toast to Aunt Minerva, and a poignant poem about a Gold Star Mother at a white cross. Two men debate hell, then turn to Isaac Goldstein for the final word.

Elizabeth Hart Isaac Goldstein Isaac

3 A DAY Critique and Evanish and Appulse Concepts

A brief academic note defines 3 A DAY critique as careful analysis of literary or artistic production. Evanish notes describe disappearance or ceasing to exist. Appulse explains a driving toward impact or approach.

Evanish

Classified Ads Offer Help With Buying And Gelling Problems

A reader is advised that Classi- Hed Ads provide solutions for buying and gelling problems. The notice promotes using the ads for guidance and assistance.

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