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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
4
A partial readable fragment notes Decater post offices and mentions Shelton editors and AP staff. The text references blood worta and advertising representatives, but details are incomplete. The item suggests a local notices context with Associated Press republication rights and business staff names.
A satire on party platforms imagines a family drafting its own platform. Father would be wise and loyal, pledging stable budgets, transport, and honoring laws while a home grown take on prohibition exposes tensions between personal liberty and public policy. The piece critiques two major parties and public debates on temperance.
The piece argues Democrats may back re submission of the eighteenth amendment while Republicans push it already. It warns prohibition is a volatile issue with bootlegging fears and questions federal versus state control. The Daily favors a federal approach over patchwork laws and doubts past measures solved bootlegging.
The piece cites 1900 650 million dollars and 1932 over 42 dollars per person, noting increases to 4.82 billion in 1931 and 5 billion in 1932. It argues voters in Democratic and Republican regions react differently to spending, urging the man in the street to vote in November.
A fragment notes a public focus on a political plank whether to build or tear out of the platform. The line about “that” subject dominates discussions with 120 million people saying the issue is now far more crucial than the times demand.
The Ladies of Westminster Presbyterians and Central Methodist plan a baseball game on July 14 to raise funds for their churches. They expect a large turnout despite a hot afternoon sun and invite support from the community.
The column reports on Roosevelt delivering two rounds of impressive flying, while Senator Reed pushes a plank promising self harm avoidance. The piece reflects political controversy and Brisbanes commentary on public figures and safety pledges.
At Convention Hall Chicago on June 30 crowds watched army bombing planes over the lake front in a dramatic night flight. The display featured close formations and daring maneuvers, described amid public commentary on defense and fear of aerial attack.
The piece describes dramatic stunt flying by Army Lt James Parker amid mock air warfare in which ground forces must rely on air cover. It quotes football star M. Meigs praising the risks and posits a political plank on foreign entanglements and debt, arguing platforms target a minority.
Charles Dana Gibson's Life in the Chicago Herald Examiner features a persuasive prohibition page. He argues liquor can be controlled by public will and urges newspapers to publish the appeal widely for clarity and cu rrent persuasion.
Mrs. Will Wyker returns from Pulaski Tennessee visit. Claibourne Halbrooks and daughter Margaret depart for Detroit. Miss Mary Williams, widely known here, now in Asheville North Carolina. Mrs. John McGehee improves at home on East Vine Street. Charles Montgomery at bedside of newborn son Albert Montgomery in West Albany. Oskaloosa College Iowa awards honorary Doctor of Divinity to Dr. L F Goodwin of Albany. Columbia fans revive fast semi professional baseball circuit by fundraising to field a team.
The article portrays a push for repeal as a political tactic and shows women active in public discourse on prohibition. It notes attitudes toward governance and social roles, with references to letters to Chicago officials, suffrage figures, and public demonstrations including women crossing waterways and distributing tracts while promoting temperance.
A Chicago hotel tale reports a newlywed bride crying as her husband doubts her happiness after their wedding day. She returns his words with silent resolve, offers her ring and engagement to him, then jumps from a window. Her act shocks bystanders while the husband faces a lifelong burden of regret.
Washington coverage on Borah and Garner clashing over prohibition and repeal planks as GOP factions reel. Borah’s stance triggers a GOP split while Garner shifts the party toward a dry program, drawing Western progressives toward Roosevelt or staying wary of the wet policy.
Dr Logan Clendening explains that ulcers are rising in apparent frequency due to better diagnosis. Exploratory surgery revealed few ulcers, shifting views to acid dyspepsia in earlier days. X ray with barium meal now outlines ulcers and delays in emptying, aiding location and differentiating from gallbladder disease.
Compilation of motivational lines and jokes including lines about resilience and courage. Adds quips about trust in brighter skies after rain. Includes a satirical quip about a light touch and a bank teller joke. Concludes with a doctor patient exchange on nourishment.
A brief exchange compares an idea to a germ and a mind reading parasite. Dolly questions marrying for dancing. Polly notes Jack is clever at bridge, in a snappy, light conversational tone.
Fred Wehrenberg declares he does not carry receipts for his theatres. Receipts are secured in time-lock safes and transported to the bank by armored car. He warns highwaymen he is tired of robberies in a Globe-Democrat notice from St. Louis Missouri.
Cartoonish dialogue shows artists lamenting their works hung beside dreadful pieces in the Cat Luncheon Club exhibition. Snapp jokes about creditors while First Artist complains his portrait paired with a daub. Third Artist notes the trend as he joins the crowd.
A Paris mother with a small boy at the Louvre scolds him at Venus and warns about consequences of biting. The boy corrects her saying it is a boil. The exchange pivots to reflections on envy and jealousy as poison in life, with related lines from Nannette and Jeanette about marriage.
A splendid program is arranged for the community sing at 7:30 this evening at the Central Methodist church. Church officials will host the singers and the program includes quartets, chorus singing, tunes, duets and other features. A large crowd is anticipated.
F B Martin, Danville vocational agriculture teacher, stresses Irish potatoes as a fall crop. He cites July August weather and seed quality, and describes a treatment using ethylene chlorhydrin to hasten sprouting. Process includes soaking harvested tubers for 24 to 36 hours before planting six inches deep, at 24 to 36 hours after treatment, to boost yields at a low cost.
Local singer C. E. Lowery says the community expects the biggest sing of all tonight at Central Methodist church. Elaborate plans aim for a great crowd and strong turnout for a night of singing.
A Decatur man using the name Hoyt McKay was jailed in Madison County after a search before entry to a cell where two women prisoners were held. Fifteen grains of morphine were found on him. The women, Lillian Clemons and Billie Bynum, are Decatur residents and are also in custody on narcotic charges.
The Alabama Athletic Commission was advised inspectors will not be charged the federal admission tax. The ruling came from the deputy internal revenue collector in Birmingham.
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