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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1933
Page
2
The Decatur Daily announces its publication details and notes that Associated Press dispatches are used exclusively and rights for republication are reserved. The piece lists staff titles and mentions the port office distribution and printer credits.
A quotation envisions a future where Southern farmers prosper from their own fields and pastures. They eat bread and meat from home, avoid debt, and manage crops with independence, turning cotton into a clean surplus for sale in their own time.
A brief note suggests spring approaches as the calendar turns, signaling warmer days ahead and changes in daily routines.
The writer denounces letters demanding payment by check under threat to pay for others. He says business must be a mutual arrangement for mutual benefit and not a cudgel to ruin those who cannot meet obligations. Honesty should precede financial concerns.
Weeks pass quickly and soon farmers will market a strawberry crop. Cash money will go to growers, as strawberries represent Morpen Countians first real diversification effort. The project aims to prove both nobility and success.
A historical note praises Iowa farmers forming county agricultural councils at neighborhood conferences to solve economic woes. It credits Emer T. Peterson and Rotarian guidance, highlights self help over federal waiting, and frames Franklin D. Roosevelt as a decisive wartime leader ready to act now to restore confidence.
Iowa farmers, through local agricultural credit councils, press for legislative relief on farm mortgage foreclosures. The councils, led by Mr. Peterson, urge cooperation from banks and lenders, emphasize public scrutiny, and favor diplomacy over appeals to Washington, aiming to resolve mortgage disputes as amicable business transactions.
A short syndicated column by Arthur Brisbane titled The Only Just War appears alongside brief commentary on medical education and a playful line about wood rats.
In Hutchison Kansas on March 11, a column extols the University of California medical school and the Hooper Foundation for medical research in San Francisco and Berkeley. Drs Meyer Becks Walker Porter study botulism deafness leprosy sleep sickness and pituitary hormones. The piece lauds public schooling and warns against economy programs harming education.
The Morgan County post of the American Legion held its initial Ladies Night with many Legionnaires and guests in attendance at the Decatur Cafe. Moments later William Farnum stars in Drag Harlan at Star Theatre while Katzenjammer Kids performs at Masonic Theatre. A barred rock hen owned by Pruitt Cartwright wins local notice after laying a record egg and weighing 34 ounces. The Parent Teacher Association schedules a study room meeting at Decatur High School on Monday afternoon.
The column teases discoveries in the Atlantic and high speed travel. notes on cabinet reshuffles, public praise for a new secretary of war, and public reception to radio broadcasts. FTC to probe cigarette price cuts. potatoes cheaper. Senator Fess predicts loosened money flow as business revives.
Rodney Dutcher reports Mr. Murray Guggenheim paid 3,449,850 in gift tax after a lengthy court battle. The Supreme Court ruled a donor relinquishes dominion when control ends, making the gift complete in 1925, upholding the government’s tax. The decision favored the realistic theory over legalistic arguments.
Thirty-two members of the Boys and Girls World Club of West Decatur Methodist Church enjoyed a low mood party hosted by Martha Hames at the home of her parents on Twelfth Avenue West.
Friday night games ran under the direction of Mr J E Wallace and Mrs Wallace the club superintendent. After refreshments were served the children departed discussing their good time.
A collage of snippets on cars and driving life from a roadside observer. Vignettes include cautious respect for taxes on autos, noisy engines, risky driving, roadside humor, and a county officer injured by a reckless driver while attempting to make an arrest.
The passage notes California dairies increased yearly income by over twenty five million dollars while work aids citrus orchards, irrigation, and cultivation. It emphasizes education as key to progress, citing a Talmudic saying about neglecting schools and stressing universities and public schools as paramount for the future.
A lighthearted toast imagines two cars never crossing paths. The quip plays on rivalry between vehicles with a playful spin and urban humor.
The weather bureau reports a maximum of 43 degrees and cooler conditions over the past 24 hours with a noticeably lower temperature trend. local observations note a brisk morning followed by afternoon calm.
A Decatur letter writer urges establishing a Decatur headquarters unit of the National Guard. He cites experience with ROTC and Army Reserves and argues the unit would benefit the city with payroll and readiness for war or peace. He asks citizens to recognize the opportunity and view it as a community credit.
A long personal reminiscence honors Bertha Blair, eldest sister of the author, detailing family history from their father F. S. Blair through to Bertha’s life, character, and community impact. It notes maternal ties Lydia Bowerman Blair and stepmother Violet Huntington Blair, and recalls the family burial at Guilford College.
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