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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1933
Page
2
Fragmentary 1912 document mentions names Shelton Blood Shepard and a debate over unemployment in the United States Japan Germany and Italy. It hints at Europe seething and potential war but the text is badly garbled and attribution unclear.
The piece discusses hoarding of currency across denominations since 1930, citing Lippmann on larger bills signaling wealth hoarding by the rich and bootleggers. It contrasts urban wealth with small town life and features a man who chose small town living over metropolitan success.
The article discusses steps to curb hoarded currency and gold. Experts favor public sale of government bonds at appealing rates and a forced conversion of large bills to smaller denominations by a set date or penalties. The aim is to reintroduce hoarded funds into the financial system to support cheap money and liberal credit.
Arthur Brisbane reports the Washington Post placed under receivership due to owner Ned McLean illness and competition from Eleanor Patterson at the Washington Herald. The piece critiques liquor policies and notes global tremors from Japan to Spain, with financial and political tensions across Europe and Britain.
Hon E W Godbey is at federal court in Birmingham. Miss Addie Stausel of Cullman visits sister Mrs Stockton Stewart. John H Green George BE Clayton and R Garrison depart for Anniston for Hood Camp Woodmen of the World meeting. Mrs Horace Beard and daughter Louise return to Newport after visiting here. Mrs John Pointer returns to Newport after weekend with relatives.
NEA Service writer details a looming clash between Roosevelt's political faction and a growing cadre of nonpolitical experts. The piece outlines aid to the president from professors and economists, with politicians opposing rapid legislation and targeted attacks on Roosevelt's advisers.
The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Peter's Episcopal Mission met at Mrs. H. C. Thompsons home with good attendance. Rector Rev. Peter M. Dennis spoke on Indians in North Dakota and thanked the group for five quilts given to the church home for orphans at Mobile. Bishop McDowell asked thanks be conveyed to the auxiliary. The meeting closed with the group continuing work on a new quilt.
Maxwell returns to Decatur city hall after a briefing in Nashville. The attache for Decatur confirms arrival and resumes duties.
The Tennessee River was falling today with a water level of 12.2 feet recorded on the gauge.
The weather bureau records a maximum of 60 degrees and a minimum of 37 for the 24 hours ending at 7 am this morning.
No rainfall recorded during the 24 hour period ending at 7 o'clock this morning. The report states a dry interval with no precipitation observed in the area.
A sequence of light verse style questions and punchlines. The lines play on everyday objects and concepts with paradoxical definitions such as a check returning marked No Punds and a doughnut being a hole surrounded by bad cooking. The piece ends with the idea that a piano is mute until you touch the keys and that Go is intelligence.
A collection of humorous vignettes and quotes from a local column including barbershop banter, nagging wives, collectors, street wisdom, and a joke about a banker and his 17 year old wife. The wit targets manners, work, love, and posterity with light irony.
The National Prohibition Rally Day will be celebrated in Decatur Monday evening March 27 at the courthouse, beginning at 7 30. Sponsored by the local W C T U the program includes a Lambda Pi Sigma debate at Central High School on The Eighteenth Amendment Should Not Be Repealed.
The Morgan county chapter of the American Red Cross promotes a countywide garden program with the slogan that people planting and tending gardens aid themselves and help the country.
A raunchy line about a sister in law with blue eyes and pale gold hair stuns readers as speculation grows over a widow’s forthcoming marriage and the social tension it provokes in the household.
Charlie Chaplin built a fortune close to eight million dollars during the silent era. The arrival of sound films contributed to a decline in his earnings and era atop the film world.
A mosaic of pithy lines on cleanliness daylight outdoor living small chances and ambition. It notes doctors survive with inside information, warns against color blind indifference to long green, and hints that loneliness invites unlikely marriage.
Plain language claims promote Creomulsion as a powerful but harmless remedy. The ad warns no narcotics and urges readers to purchase while alleging money back if not satisfied.
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