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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1933
Page
2
A vision of the Southern farmer achieving independence from debt and creditors. It imagines farmers owning fields and pastures, producing own meat, cotton, and crops, and selling surplus in their chosen markets, free from masters and external control.
Bill Carr, famed 400 meter Olympic winner for the United States, fractured both ankles in a Philadelphia automobile accident Saturday night. Doctors say his running days are over and his planned European tour this summer is canceled. The case marks an unfortunate end to a great athlete.
The piece notes a shift from the question mark driven campaign to a nationwide call Now Lets Go Everybody praising Roosevelt for removing uncertainty. It emphasizes a move toward common sense and collective action in public messaging.
The legislature passed legislation to hold a direct referendum in Alabama on repealing the eighteenth amendment. The Daily argues the election reflects voter sentiment rather than showing wets versus drys strength, noting many prohibitionists supported allowing voters to express their opinion on the major issue.
The piece discusses immigration in America as a melting pot and cites the Zangara gunman as an example of immigration issues. It also notes a wife died in Florida and mentions the death of a mayor.
The piece recounts Cermak's death by electric chair after an assassination attempt on Roosevelt and contrasts it with a tale of an unemployed Italian American woman who sends $5 in gold and a chain to the President to aid the treasury. It also notes France and Britain facing economic and political strain amid tensions with Soviet Russia and mentions Abram Pitkin's death and reflections on wealth and reward.
The public accepts that President Roosevelt may err yet supports his rapid efforts toward normalcy. He has broad backing, seen as essential to driving the country forward, and his bold activity generates a strong, positive mood nationwide.
A sharp turn in the Congressional Record shows sections once dismissed becoming more engaging as voices and issues emerge from the formal page. Lawmakers spar and respond with pointed remarks highlighting policy shifts and procedural quibbles.
In 1968 material from King Features Syndicate notes a focus on Europe concerns and a discussion on education. It cites a figure of $250,000,000 and references Euripides in a broader cultural commentary.
The Harvard Teachers Association denounces exams as based on a flawed system and argues much preparatory study stifles minds. A father questions value of Greek Latin and math, while a Mohammedan pedagogue mockingly defends all study as training the mind. In Philadelphia a father murders his wife and their three children before killing himself, leaving a final note about divine justice.
Employers and a New York City UMA branch use a machine to test men applying for jobs. The tester holds an electrically wired pencil and must touch dots or perforations as they appear. The machine makes a decision based on the responses.
Pastor Vance A. Gordon inaugurated a revival at Willoughby Presbyterian Church with a large crowd hearing the sermon The Voice of Revival The talk urged a two point path to revival: a true sense of sin as God sees it and faith in Jesus Christ The address emphasized repentance redemption and the role of Christ in renewing lives.
Rodney Dutcher reports that the veterans lobby led by the American Legion faced a sharp setback as Congress moved to cut veteran benefits and federal salaries. He details the lobbying machinery, key figures like John Thomas Taylor, Edward McE Lewis, and Watson Miller, and the shift in power as Roosevelt pushed a large deficit-curbing program.
On March 21 1921 St John s Episcopal church held a memorial service for Major Roy Horton of the Fourth Alabama Infantry. The report notes D C Flippen’s improvement and D C Adams an Auburn student spending Easter with family amid a remark about a psychology suggestion from British experts and the Western branch of an American company.
A collage of humorous vignettes and jokes ranging from medical debt to spring robin sightings. Skits feature a doctor and patient over operation funds, press agents on face cream, a pepper-sauce syringe incident, witty exchanges about dresses and plumbing, plus a chorus of punchlines about gossip, manners, religion, and politics.
Alabama farmers anticipate higher prices and plan to plant more cotton in 1933 than 1932 while reducing corn and other crops. FP W Gist reports a back to the farm trend, with soybean acreage rising and fertilizer sales lagging. Farmers monitor Washington farm relief as they seek a return to prosperity through better prices.
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