Opening Set for Cook Brothers Furniture Co
The formal opening of the new Cook Brothers Furniture Company building is planned for tomorrow afternoon. Other notes include moves by the Caddell couple, a Trinity trip return by Mrs. Virginia Graham for the Young Emens nuptials, a Board of Commerce meeting at the Y M C A, local payroll practices, and high school graduation attire trends.
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Cook Brothers Furniture Company
Virginia Graham
Trinity
Emens
Rotary Hobby Fair and Achievement Exhibition planned annually
The Daily asks Rotary club members to begin immediate plans to repeat the Hobby Fair and Achievement Exhibition yearly after the initial event.
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Rotary Club
Payroll Robbery Reminder and Weekend Check Rush
The Daily notes that payroll involves checks paid by check and states that workers hurriedly take them to the bank on Saturday afternoons to avoid an overdraft charge of 25 cents.
Ohio National Guard Takes Over Columbus Prison
The Ohio National Guard has assumed enforcement of law and order at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. The Daily criticizes prison leadership for failing to quell the Columbus mutiny and welcomes sterner oversight. The piece argues mutinies undermine orderly confinement.
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Ohio National Guard
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Daily
Thomas
University looks to airport as Tuscaloosa growth driver
Dr J Stewart Lloyd urged the Chamber of Commerce to prioritize a modern airport over a new hotel, arguing aviation promises greater civic payoff and could position Tuscaloosa as regional aviation leader, with Decatur poised to follow.
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Tuscaloosa
J. Stewart Lloyd
University
Chamber of Commerce
Tus- Caloosa
Census figures for Decatur urged. verify your count now
The Daily urges Decatur residents to check enumeration as census work nears completion. Citizens should ask family and neighbors about home status, report any missed members, and contact The Daily or submit coupons to confirm entries on the official list.
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Dentur
Drive on Diphtheria Campaign Opens in Morgan County
Morgan county health officials launch an intensive diphtheria drive with Dr H C McRee and Mrs Katherine Jacobs Sewell traveling the county to immunize children. The campaign cites declines in New York deaths and urges parental cooperation to immunize children and prevent future cases.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Health Department
H. C. McRee
Katherine Jacobs Sewell
McRee
Decatur Looks Toward Peace Conference Over License Tags
Decatur Alabama seeks a peace conference with Tennessee officials to resolve current tensions over license tag plates and related differences between the states.
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Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee
Republicans in Alabama Court Upholds Ballot Rule
In Chilton County the county court ruled the Republican rule barring balters is legal requiring candidates to affidavit support for 1928 nominees. A candidate who refused had his papers rejected and lawsuit followed, with the court upholding the committee amid expected higher court review. The case mirrors similar Democratic disputes across the state.
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Alabama
Clanton
Chilton
Balters
Sait
Canada’s Railroads and Russia’s New Lines
A syndicated caption references Canada’s National Railways and Russia’s new rail routes described as Sodom and Gomorrah with a note on New Ganshi. Copyright 1930 King Features Syndicate.
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Canada
National
R. R
Russia
New
Sodom and Gomorrah
New Ganshi
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Hindu Protest and British Air Pact Mentioned in 1920s Commentary
The piece notes Hindu crowds, a bonfire of English cloth, and a plane overhead as observers count 8 000 protesters. It contrasts Hindu potential industrial progress with British imperial finance and cites a new Anglo German air service agreement as Britain cooperates with Germany while the United States sits idle. Senator Wagner pushes prosperity and unemployment relief, urging recognition of true facts.
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India
Wagner
New York
Religion and law in crisis era policing
A historical reflection argues for religion as a tool against communism and anarchy, citing Grover Whalen and the need to balance church and state. It notes the Constitution’s separation yet suggests religious training among criminals and a low atheism rate in the death house, urging reform through faith.
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United States
Grover Whalen
Secretary Lamont Talks With Sir Henry Thornton on Train
Mr Lamont in Washington spoke by phone yesterday with Sir Henry Thornton while he traveled by Canadian National railway. Sir Henry sent regards to President Hoover and the cabinet as seventy one calls were made from the train. Sir Henry runs a government owned railroad that lost money under private management, a fact that may surprise the government.
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Mr. Lamont
Sir Henry Thornton
Washington
Sir Henry
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Hoover
All Russian All-Russian railway links Central Asia to Trans-Siberian
The article notes Russia dedicated a 1,700 mile All-Russian railway costing 100 million dollars, connecting Central Asia with the Trans-Siberian line and illustrating a businesslike approach. It also mentions archaeologists finding ancient Sodom and Gomorrah buried in ashes, with Father Mellon credited for the discovery including skeletal remains and Bronze Age implements.
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Wall Street
Russia
Turkestan
Central Asia
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Sodom
Gomorrah
Father Mellon
Richard A Canfield The Gambler Biographer In Focus
New York Day by Day reports a full length biography of Richard A Canfield a famous gambler hailed as a Balzac like figure. The piece notes his violent battles at the gaming table imprisonment and debauched life while highlighting his cultured interests and close friend James McNeill Whistler who is finishing a portrait.
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New York
Richard A Canfield
Canfield
Glamour of Canfield's Gambling Life Inspires Biography
A biographer paints the life of Edward Canfield the famed gambler. His New York and Newport venues drew Four Hundred patrons and a 300000 dollar Whistler sale. Canfield died in 1914 after a subway fall, leaving about a million.
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Jerome
Canfield
Uncle Sam Keeps strict Washington Etiquette in Private Crises
Washington Day Book notes Uncle Sam acts with rigid form even in private affairs. It cites the Gann Long controversy as a familiar matter, then recounts a recent incident involving Dr. Olaya Herrara leaving the Colombian legation on Seventeenth Street, illustrating exact timing and decorum.
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Washington
Republic
Sam
Olaya Herrara
Seventeenth Street
Colombia’s president-elect welcomed with 21 gun salute
As Dr Olaya arrived in New York the protocol faced a knotty question. Officials debated whether to treat him as president-elect or Colombia’s minister plenipotentiary. A reception plan resolved the matter with a presidential salute on landing, then official recognition shifted aboard the train to Washington. If he remains in Washington till June 4 he will receive full honors as president-elect.
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Colombia
United States
Union Station
Legation
Protocol Division
State Department
Columbia
Olaya
New York
Richard Southgate
H. Freeman Matthews
Jose M. Coronado
Washington
Growing Old and Deafness in Later Life
The article discusses senile deafness, its progression from high to low tones, and how aging affects hearing. It notes that true senile deafness can begin around sixty to eighty, with no ringing or dizziness, and cites other causes such as nasal infections, ear tube issues, impacted wax, and dental infections as treatable factors.
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Browning
Rabbi Ben Ezra
Early American Cement Patent Traces to New York Purchase
Historical note traces the first U S patent for cement making to New York state purchase from Canvas White, whose 1618 experiments sparked the American cement industry. It mentions a cannery, a bludgeon, and a bateau as definitional terms within the same text.
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United States
State of
New York
Canvas White
America
May and April Guidance from a Timeless Office Cat
The piece offers personified months advising on manners and temperaments. It includes a note on Edison’s idea of rubber from a golden red plant and reflects on success, envy, and living fully without malice.
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Edison
Right or Wrong Arm Riddle and Tax Plot Parody
A wordplay piece presents a soldier with contradictory arm references, spoofing a right left paradox. It notes a flock of California actors being pinched for beating income tax, with one third spending about fifteen hundred dollars on whisky under entertainment. A misfit gag about a delivery boy and a store manager closes the excerpt.
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California
Entertainment
Coined term pitilacker aims to curb animal cruelty
The word pitilacker is described as a new label for a person cruel to animals. The note suggests such terms may deter cruelty as scofflaw did for bootlegging.
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Scofflaw
Anxious Sufferer Questions Diet Return to Health
A concerned patient asks the doctor how soon he may safely eat foods that upset his stomach. The exchange reflects a focus on digestion and recovery timelines in medical care.
Just as Soon As A Phrase And Its Delays
A compact anecdotal piece notes how the phrase just as soon as delays action and warns that waiting erodes opportunities. It cites lines about America’s past and a Florence visit, then jokes on fashion and a knot hole riddle, concluding with a line about the busy person and boredom.
Two traveling salesmen encounter a modernist farmhouse
Pat and Mike, two traveling salesmen, lost at night in a dark wood, stumble upon a modernist farmhouse owned by an absent minded professor and his mother in law. The men secure work from the household, amid oddities and eerie atmosphere.
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Pat
Mike
Rotary clubs challenge attendance in Alabama May test
Mrs J D Pickens hosted a day at Southside Baptist church for women. Mr and Mrs Paul Rowden will drive to Birmingham to visit friends. At the Alabama Rotary state convention in Montgomery the Ensley Rotarians invited Decatur club to an attendance contest in May. Mrs C V Dupont will visit her sister in Bowling Green Ky later this week.
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J. D. Pickens
Southside Baptist Church
Paul Rowden
Birmingham
Rotary, Clubs of Alabama
Montgomery
Decatur
Ensley Rotarians
C. V. Dupont
Bowling Green, Ky
Hebrews passage on faith and priesthood
A biblical excerpt from Hebrews 4 12 to 16 emphasizes the word of God as living and powerful. It speaks of Jesus as a great high priest who sympathizes with human infirmities and invites believers to approach the throne of grace for mercy and help in time of need.
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Jesus the Son of God
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