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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1935
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes discuss post office service and subscriptions with references to Uncle Sam and a 1911 1912 timeframe. Mentions of Hitler are implied but context is unclear. Contains subscription rates and warnings about mail deficits.
Fragmentary remarks show Republicans rallying under a Defend the Constitution banner. The piece hints at political strategy during dark days of a mission period and references confusion among supporters about constitutional limits.
Senator-elect Rush S Wo of West Winginda will take office Wednesday. Prem dispatches report a peaceful transition with no floor fight promised. The age requirement is not expected to be a point of contest as Wo is the duly listed representative of West Virginia.
Revenue to Alabama appears tied to a broad debate across the state with opposition and supporters debating fiscal measures. The article notes rising tensions and calls for clarity from lawmakers as the public weighs potential economic impacts. The piece references community groups and officials rallying around the issue.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a public faith in the American people's ability to come together. The readable portion references belief in collective capability and national resolve amid uncertain times.
The defense for Richard Bruno Hauptmann signals an appeal to the U S Supreme Court if a New Jersey new trial is denied. They hint crowds in the Flemington courtroom may be a factor. The remark questions how justices could assess the trial.
The weekly letter from the Administrative and Research Corporation, New York, notes a marked rebound in business activity. It reports a weekly index rising to 78.0 for the week ending June 8, up from 66.4, with the prior year at 71.3, and suggests 1936 edges 1984 slightly as business strengthens nationally.
The piece derides Huey Long as unworthy of the United States Senate and accuses him of no credit to Louisiana. It mocks his presidential prospects and suggests his star should fall like a vaudeville act.
The Daily argues the $4.00 daily wage for lawmakers may have sufficed when set, but rising living costs justify higher pay. It cautions the Arnold bill could open a path to further treasury raids if approved.
Arthur Brisbane remarks on Franklin D. Roosevelt and wartime ethics. He weighs U S leadership, Western powers, and fiscal costs in a prescient view of global balance and liberty.
The piece cites martial law in Omaha amid streetcar strike riots and critiques wartime spending and politicians. It contrasts Kemal Pasha Ataturk with Roosevelt, Mussolini, and other leaders, noting pensions, debt, and the looming cost of war while urging older readers to heed dietary advice from Dr. D A Laird.
Medical note explains arcus senilis a white ring around the cornea. It often appears with age but can be found in young people and is more a family trait. A Taunton study of 150 patients shows arcus presence does not reliably indicate arterial disease or Bright's disease, or high blood pressure.
The note outlines a noon lunch and a half hour rest, followed by eating two oranges and water before resuming work. It emphasizes staying hydrated all day with water and afternoon drinks and suggests apples as a fallback if oranges are unavailable.
Senate debates social security legislation and a 501 million tax extension bill while Ocean Mail committee investigates ship subsidies linked to a Saturnalia. House weighs AAA amendments as session coverage notes activity yesterday.
Readers can obtain six pamphlets by sending 10 cents for each title along with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening. The topics include Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Washington June 18 The Guffey-Snyder bill to create a federal framework for the soft coal industry faced a defense from United Mine Workers counsel Judge Henry Warrum who argued the measure directly affects interstate commerce. Kentucky producers counsel J W Norman warned injunctions could block the bill in fall court challenges. Rep Snyder urged speedy enactment before Warrum testified.
Jackson, Minn. authorities disclosed Leslie Day, 30, a highway worker, shot his three children Richard seven Orlow six and six week old Rol and then killed himself. Day had been brood ing after his wife died a month earlier from childbirth complications. A woman caregiver found the infant's body.
Sports writers recall a fox chase in a car where the chase broke up as the pack scattered from the riders and the motor vehicle endured damage, spoiling the amusement.
Net results of the hunt were chalked up today as several scratched weary hunters, several damaged automobiles, several lost dogs and a solitary dead fox.
A fragmentary verse asks if a woman can grow lovely while aging and imagines healing in old trees and worn streets. The speaker wonders who will invent a penny weighing machine to measure self worth against inner thoughts.
A foreman offers a job to a morning loiterer who explains he must carry a banquet in an unemployment parade. The dialogue touches on relief, curb service, and public ownership amid a playful yet anxious mood about prosperity and work.
A nostalgic tour of Times Square and nearby landmarks traces its history from Longacre Square to Times Square. It notes notable figures and locations including the Paramount Theatre, the Public Library terrace statues, and early New York spots such as The Stuyvesant and 55 Irving Place where O Henry lived.
The Sherman Statue stands near the Sth Avenue plaza at Central Park. A historian erred in crediting A Brisbane as its model. the horse Ontario set a high jump record. Broadway derives its name from Dutch settlers who called the Bowling Green area the broad way.
The nine by ten foot six inch wide three story house once home to Edna St. Vincent Millay sits on Bedford Street. The ornate door does not open and the entry is from the rear. The depot stairway near Pennsylvania Station uses rock common to Saint Peter's and Rome’s Coliseum. Arnold Bennett, visiting in 1911, quipped that everything could be found there but the trains.
Colonnade Row is a two story building on the west side of Lafayette Street near Astor Place. It rose over a century ago as a center for ultra fashionables who moved when tradesmen intruded.
Off Fifth Avenue in the 40s mirrors Grand Canal Venice palaces while Gramercy Park area shows Milan styled houses and Park Avenue features London inspired fronts. Near the Brooklyn Bridge the Vandewater Arch greets visitors and Hague Street echoes Hogan’s Alley. Rupert Hughes lauded Batavia Street as the most Dickensy Street in New York Trinity Church stands out as the richest church worldwide.
A quirky dialogue scene opens with jokes about money and fruit. Cruel weathered remarks blend with a coast guard rescue line and a joke about bears and a Wall Street item. The banter shifts between sailors, families, and a cautionary note on fools.
A lighthearted dialogue about terms of endearment and aging airs in a fiction fragment. A man signals regret for uncommitted sins as he speaks to a wife named Geraldine, highlighting playful banter and old time speech patterns.
City Fathers planned marble for the front and plain brown brick for the rear of City Hall, reportedly painting the rear to imitate marble. Columbus Circle once bore the name Bloomingdale Road. Alma Mater's model at Columbia University Library was actress Mary Lawton.
Among other graves in St Pauls Chapel lies George Frederick Cookes an English actor who first appeared here in 1810. The stone was repaired by great actors as the years passed. In 1846 Charles Kean paid for it E A Sothern repaired it in 1874 and Edwin Booth in 1890.
Beekman Place known for its upscale status near the East River in the late 40s and 50s. British Generals met there during the Revolution and allegedly used nearby greenhouses to test and convict Nathan Hale. Washington Square observers call the famous arch Dracula for its baleful twin eyes at night. Christopher Columbus statues stand in two locations in town, one on the Circle and one in the park.
A century ago on the lower East Side All Saints Church kept a slave gallery in the balcony where enslaved people were brought to worship and were locked in for precaution.
A street known as a speedway enforces a 35 mph limit with tickets and fines for violators.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration at 29th Street east of Fifth Avenue earned its nickname from Joseph Jefferson. He told a clergyman a local church refused actor Rip Van Winkle's services, prompting the clergy to mention a little church around the corner and Jefferson to bless it.
In Memphis on June 18 Chancellor John B E Swepstone sustained attorney Ralph Davis's claim that a judgment cannot seize Davis's horse Top. In Tennessee one horse and one mule are exempt from levy even if used for work. The judgment creditor argued the exemption applied only to plow horses. the court rejected that view.
M L Hays warned by a tornado rushed his family into a car and escaped as their home was leveled. The family survived the storm unharmed despite destruction to their residence.
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