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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
4
An idle curiosity notes that liquor stores are confined to a few Alabama counties and questions how this could affect gasoline tax receipts. The remark hints at tax revenue implications without presenting data or a formal analysis.
City of Decatur and the WPA team up to revitalize Delano Park for better park use. The stretch of property is seen as a prime opportunity to create an attractive public space. Officials argue the park will benefit hundreds of children and enhance Decatur’s image as a growing city.
The weekly index from New York suggests American business runs at 96.2 of normal, up from 86.1 a year ago. Recovery could accelerate with legislation fixing Wagner bill to hold labor unions legally responsible for their acts and disruptions.
The article argues Europe owes the United States thirteen billion dollars from World War financing. It asserts Finland paid its debt but most nations evade repayment, leaving unresolved indebtedness and a risk of renewed conflict. It suggests Uncle Sam’s patience is fading and money is needed to prevent further clashes among leaders Hitler Mussolini and Stalin.
A Tuscaloosa News observation condemns officials dodging taxes and urges equal tax payment by all, arguing public servants, like private citizens, should pay state and federal income taxes in the same ratio. The piece criticizes those who shield themselves from taxation and calls for accountability in public finance.
The writer argues against income tax brackets rising and urges replacing complex taxation with a visible tax, claiming lawmakers and local officials would face scrutiny. They predict increased common sense in America on taxation, warning against multiplicity of taxes and large government employment.
The Gadsden Times argues income tax penalizes effort and favors idleness while tax free securities let the rich evade levies. The Daily notes loopholes exist and law is not perfected. A prominent Alabama attorney warned lawmakers would tighten tax rules as investigations reveal legal escape routes.
From the Daily of June 23 1925 the Tennessee Valley Laboratory warns against striking or shooting dogs head wounds impede tests to determine rabies. Also noted are local personnel changes and travels including Ralph W. Cowart resigning Albany school superintendent to lead Alabama Education Association. Local farms report good Trinity crops with rain needed. A roster of visitors and relatives includes James A Matkin New Mexico. Mrs E R Wolfe Nashville. Frances Dinsmore and Burleson Dinsmore Birmingham. Russell Humphrey Columbia University. Julian Roper Austinville. visits to Cullman and relatives in Danville and Nashville.
Chicago June 3. A banker’s risk and a gambler’s nerve drive prize fight promotion. George Rickard and James Coffroth built wealth through promoters with bank rolls and daring deals, from Carson City movies to Madison Square Garden plans. Rickard’s shift to corporate boards ended promoter independence as Wall Street funds joined the venture.
Mike Jacobs, a New York ticket broker, is said to promote the big Chicago bout with no bank roll, no board of directors, and he keeps fifty cents of every dollar taken in after taxes. He finances ventures himself and bears high risk and high reward in prize fights.
Des Moines dairy owners count cows and find one extra brown heifer among the herd. Unidentified in origin, the cow has become a new resident at the farm despite unclear source and purpose.
Dr Logan Clendening explains that many people have no symptoms from low blood pressure and can live to old age. He notes exceptions with postural symptoms and heat intolerance, often linked to spinal or vascular changes, and mentions benzedrine sulfate as a physician-guided treatment option for select cases.
A collage of wry vignettes and quick quips on marriage temperance flirtation and society from a vintage humor page. Jokes touch topics from auctions and Burns to celebrities and parenting with sly observations and punchy one liners.
A compilation of humorous exchanges covers church, law, love, and social quirks. Awkward misunderstandings and witty wordplay reveal cultural mores through banter about deacons, battery charges, baby tips, hats, and doctors.
In Springwater New York on June 23 a widow Miss Harriet Hunter found the red roses blooming on her wallpaper were dead. A venturesome shoot that pushed through a wall three years ago snapped with the wind and the vine trained along the paper died. She plans to coax another sprig from the bush inside.
A reader from Cleveland recounts a clever crossbreed named Judas used by an Ohio town pounds to lure dogs into nets. Neighbors nicknamed him Judas, and one day his own allies chased him after he stepped from a pound truck, nearly harming him. The tale prompts reflection on canine reasoning.
TODAY Senate debates the war department appropriation bill while the agriculture committee continues Norris flood control and the power bill. House actions include secondary legislation and tax evasion hearings as well as farm tenancy and naval promotion postponement inquiries. The agriculture subcommittee studies a crop insurance bill. YESTERDAY a $1.5 billion relief measure passed and the House voted to create a new method to trial and oust federal district judges. Joint labor committee finishes wage hour hearings.
The question centers on a $13,300 discrepancy in the funds overseen by Paul W. McNutt, then high commissioner to the Philippines. Reports suggest digs into accounting and questions about how money was allocated during his administration.
Reader questions the reliability of a new breath test showing 1.5 milligrams per liter while a man wrecks furniture. The column notes ongoing public interest in the revived William Desmond Taylor murder case and its Page One prominence.
The Decatur Daily notes the death of James Bracken in Italy Texas on June 16 aged 74. Born 1863 near Moulton he moved to Ellis County 45 years ago joining the Windham family in hardware and later banking becoming president of Farmers State Bank. Survived by two daughters and sister Mrs Ward Italy Texas. funeral held June 17 with many mourners.
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