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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
4
Florida political figure Ruth Bryan Owen faced a beating by a supporter of the wet movement after she backed a referendum on prohibition. The incident suggests renewed debate and swift moves related to prohibition policy amid a heated public mood.
The piece argues President Hoover and Vice President Curtis are the Republican picks, framing any other candidate as failure and urging support as the only viable stance. It hints Democrats will respond later this month.
The state transfers patrols to other regions to improve highway safety. fewer overloaded trucks were seen, but since their departure drivers revert to old risky methods. Officials hope renewed enforcement at night will curb unsafe driving.
The old financier Samuel Insull, once a towering midwestern empire builder, faces immense debt and a modest pension as he returns to his boyhood home in England. The piece notes his vanished fortune and the decline of a once mighty American enterprise, reflecting on an era that may have ended.
The Decatur young ladies announce a Cotton Ball next Tuesday evening urging attendees to wear cotton outfits. Ladies in cotton dresses and men in cotton outfits will attend, highlighting the economic significance of cotton and the South’s surplus concerns.
Railroads nationwide advertise historically appealing excursion offers and low fare options to capture summer travelers. Ticket offices provide complete information as rail lines seek renewed business and broader prosperity for the country.
A reader reports a pamphlet from Prosperity Publishing Company criticizing gold monopoly and financial manipulation as causes of world mood. The writer argues newspapers are not free advertising organs and urges profitable ad investment instead.
Lawrence county reports boll weevil activity as hot weather arrives. Farmers fear crop losses amid low cotton prices, while viewing the pest as a possible scavenger. The piece jokes about a memorial to the weevil in North Alabama and notes past honors in South Alabama.
Senator Hugo Black has won the nomination and will return to Washington for six more years as a leading Alabama voice in national affairs. The Muscle Shoals issue remains unresolved, hindering Alabama industry and Tennessee Valley development as manufacturers delay moves until a solution is found. The public awaits decisive action to unlock regional welfare and economic potential.
Arthur Brisbane notes House action approving immediate cash payment of two thousand four hundred million dollars in bonus certificates. He argues veterans want jobs and warns the plan risks gold standard fears while politics and Prohibition debates complicate acceptance.
The Chicago Tribune front page features Lenin imagery replacing Lincoln and a radical march with red paint. The piece argues that the US may lose freedom if misused, questions prohibition, and suggests States could redefine intoxication while noting the Republican party’s dry core and strategic wet concessions.
The article notes delegates seated in long rows with many smiling faces. While some remark there is no genius among them, the description highlights the temperate, intelligent expressions of men and women. The passage suggests a young Bonaparte under the New Mexico banner might evoke a stronger reaction.
Dr. Logan Clendening examines twin longevity, noting few reliable records and a high early mortality. He cites natural versus accidental deaths, with many twins dying within five years of each other. He discusses heredity, environment, and twin birth outcomes and previews diseases in twins.
Quimby Sewell Jr. will take up teaching duties at St. Peter's Mission. He recently completed notable work at the mission last summer and is welcomed again by its members to continue serving in the education effort.
A group of Kiwanis members from Birmingham did not arrive for their meeting on Thursday. Telegrams arriving here explained they could not make the trip today.
The column blends sharp witticisms about Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci, and public figures. It notes Teagle of Standard Oil shifting to a five day week, Governor Rolph, Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg in film, with curious social asides on orange juice cures and fortune in entertainment.
A small number of taxpayers are paying overdue state and county taxes at the tax collector’s office as a tax sale looms. Between 400 and 500 parcels of property are set to go on the auction next Monday at eleven o'clock.
A compilation of light anecdotes and wisecracks about gardening, manners, actors, politics, travel, and a streetcar conductor. The piece ends with a dark joke about a motorman and his brother’s hanging, reflecting old newspaper humor tones.
A humorous exchange unfolds in a diner where a waiter misreads an order as the proprietor. The dialogue riffs on aging, money handling, and a teacher’s abrupt question about Spain’s wars in the Seven Years' War era.
Mrs J W Holt and granddaughter Miss Bertha Spangle leave for Humboldt Tennessee tomorrow. Mrs J D Jessee hosted a millinery class closing with eleven diplomas. G D Williamson returns from Red Boiling Springs Tennessee after a ten day visit. Mrs Foote and daughter Elizabeth plan a trip to New York and the east. Mrs Guy Moore of Columbus Georgia visits Mrs J Robert Daniel. Mr and Mrs Roy Rhodes of Kangay City visit relatives in Albany area. Lorraine Winton and Mrs G E Phillips visit relatives at Payetteville and Delrose Tennessee. Gene Polytinsky of Hartselle visits Albany and Decatur on Thursday. Miss Marguerite Papenburg arrives in California for a three months stay with relatives. Rufus Warren returns to Albany from a business trip to Hartselle.
A collection of seven humorous exchanges lampoons wartime and social topics. Jokes touch on farming demand, hotel prices, a Berlin moustache, referendums before war, a toddler swallowing a penny, birthday timing, and Prohibition era temptations.
A three year old girl Nancy hears a radio and predicts a future prayer. She says tomorrow night at the same time there will be another prayer. The text also quips that men should be as good as their wives expect or five times better.
Sheriff forces have spent two days moving prisoners to and from Huntsville jail where all Morgan inmates are held for safekeeping awaiting arraignment before Judge.
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