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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1934
Page
2
The text notes Congress adjourns and an eighty thousand dollar payment to local farmers under acreage reduction. The fragment promises more details to come, signaling government action affecting the region’s agricultural program.
The writer argues that 4 H club work in rural counties near Decatur is as important as urban youth programs. It notes 4 H develops character in rural residents, equating its impact with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in towns.
A note urges farmers to visit The Daily office to obtain application blanks supplied by County Agent W H Gregory at Hartse lle. Farmers must list cotton bale counts and answer questions to prove ownership and return blanks to Gregory’s office.
A brief note reports a turning point as the herdsmen conclude their journey home while the National Rifle Association expresses celebration. The item also references a Christian Science case and copyright dating to 1934.
President Roosevelt cites NRA achievements in an official letter praising recovery gains. The report notes factory output up 50 percent and electric power, coal, and iron production surging, with auto sales rising from 1933 to 1934 and exports and advertising rebounding, framing government interference as a driver of activity.
The piece notes Alabama influence in Washington rooted in ability rather than seniority. It highlights Senator Bankhead's rapid ascent from a first term to a leading agricultural expert as Roosevelt's administration took hold, with emphasis on capability over tenure shaping his Washington standing.
A boys act left a girl dead after a brick strike as two youths face reform school. The piece questions parental responsibility and warns reform is needed to prevent future crime. The writer rejects condoning the act and condemns future violence.
In Alabama preparations for an expected early year referendum election are underway by both wets and drys. Colonel Bibb Graves, to take office in January, pledges a platform favoring prohibition. Decatur theatre programs feature many listed season productions, with 27 of 58 shown at Princess Theatre already and more planned.
The piece reviews the now lapsed licensing provision of the NRA allowing the president to force industries to comply or close. It notes no licenses were issued, the power lapsed at General Johnson's urging, and Congress later trimmed emergency funds. It also recounts a Mineola case where Justice Younger criticized Christian Science as a basis to deny damages.
Doctor Logan Clendening explains word blindness, a visual stuttering where reading fails despite normal vision and intelligence. He notes left brain speech centers, handedness and eye dominance, and reports mirror writing and right-to-left reading. Training to align left-handedness and right-eyedness often restores reading and boosts confidence.
A court hears a case challenging the notion that religious doctrine excuses actions in theft. The judge notes that claiming Christian duty to turn the other cheek and give away possessions does not exempt a party from ordinary American law. The matter may be appealed to a higher court for clarification on religious belief versus legal rights.
French statesmen warn Mussolini may be misled by Hitler as tensions rise. Doumergue claims France seeks peace and fights only when forced, while Germans reportedly favor war. The piece weighs alignment of France England and Italy amid postwar property divisions and historical comparisons to Louis XIV era.
The editor announces six Dr. Logan Clendening pamphlets available for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Topics include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Diabetes Treatment, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Morgan county records released by the state health department show April deaths decreased from March. A baptismal service is planned tonight at First Baptist as revival continues with many candidates for baptism. Lamar Eyster travels to Rogersville on state highway business. Mrs J J Rose is ill at her West Moulton street home. Standard Oil requests Albany city clerk approval to build a filling station on the vacant MCA lot.
France plans to allocate three thousand million francs to build new fighting airplanes submarines and other weapons of defense despite money stringency and hard times. Deputies act to respond to alarm over a meeting between Hitler and Mussolini and warn against war for conquest.
The former dancer Irene Castle, now gray and ardent, champions dogs through a Chicago Deerfield refuge area. She rejects stage comebacks to focus on animal protection, funding, and public talks, aiding lost pets until homes are found. Her advocacy stems from a lifelong bond with canines and a personal skating pond accident memory.
Greenwich Village offers modestly priced cabaret with spontaneous performances. Patrons are invited to recite verse sing or deliver a speech creating an intimate half lit atmosphere and a mood of elegant nonsense.
A narrator recalls visiting Madam Bertillotis the village restaurant later Barney Gallants jazz mosque. Dinner cost five cents and patrons wore paper hats as a mechanical organ played. Tiny Tim and Sonia the Russian cigar girl moved through the aisles. The place felt gay and lively, fueling a vowed Bohemian dream not fulfilled.
A modern cafateria boom lights midtown with angled design and automat history notes. A chain promotes the slogan A Trayful for Trifle highlighting the new dining concept.
The avenue hosts upscale Japanese importing shops prospering with high rentals and well dressed clerks. These stores display neat grandeur though few seem universally unique in employment and style, reflecting a distinctive commercial presence in the area.
A man writes to Walter Winchell claiming to be a reformed former convict seeking help to clear his name and remove a lasting threat to his suppressed past. He describes past crimes, a four year prison stretch, escape attempts, and steady employment under an assumed name. He asks Winchell to intervene and preserve his chance at a normal life.
A narrator recalls starting as a naïve youth and becoming a hardened hijacker targeting bootleggers and slot operators. He reflects on a four year romance that felt like paradise, shaping a life framed by crime, love, and mob era grit.
The piece compares a low mood on the avenue to a haunted feeling as Roy Fox grows into a London institution in his fourth year. It recalls Abe Lyman Hale Byers Harry Richman and Buddy DeSylva from the Vernon Country Club era near Los Angeles. De Sylva's Hawaii room performances and Azusa origins are highlighted with Tom Geraghty’s quip on rhymes.
Tom Geraghty has lived in London for a year as a major demo for Douglas Fairbanks. The Sunny Jim of the studios is seen as a misfit in Hollywood. Several producers offer him work as a scenarist, yet his Irish love of freedom and magnanimity keep him untethered.
A rambled diary-like note from 1934 recounts restless travel on trains with sheep, a joke about bankers jailed, and a mangled reference to Jay Price the monkey slipping away, all delivered in a flippant, humorous tone.
The many friends of Mrs. G. E. Price regret to learn she is ill at her home.
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