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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1936
Page
4
Partial OCR reads Call to vote in Shelton. Notices urge readers to come to the Daily office for election returns and to vote their convictions today amid election coverage and ad text from Associated Press credit.
A commentary notes the federal tax plan is not the brainchild of Professor Rex Tug, offering some relief to opponents who argue alternative designs were possible. The piece questions feasibility and urges public scrutiny of the proposal.
Nominations surge for the public enemy No 1 title as Alvin Karpis is linked with the death chair in a high profile case tied to Alcatraz and the ongoing crackdown on gangster figures.
In the city, schools end classes on May 20 marking graduation for a new group of students. The focus shifts to job hunts and college recruitment as graduates plan next steps.
A local young man told reporters that overall conditions were improving over 1935 and attributed the change to one factor: hard work.
The forecast suggested ideal weather for Tuesday's elevon events, yet the day will not be ideal for several candidates. Strong winds and scattered showers may affect turnout and campaigning efforts.
The club notes the Derby has been run 62 times without their sighting, marking another year of absence from the event.
A resident traveled by car to visit a relative on Sunday and observed more model T cars with Black drivers than in five or six years, interpreting this as a return of prosperity.
Cartoon caption notes Noah prepared for flood while lacking an appropriation bill through Congress. The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch comments on legislative delays and preparedness in a humorous historical reference.
The emperor pledged to personally lead troops in battle, but records note he and other leaders faced fear in the face of heavy Italian resistance during the invasion. The remark frames a broader look at courage and retreat under pressure in wartime leadership.
The article notes growing violence with examples like a man concealing his wife’s severed fate and his plan involving rattlesnakes. It questions whether such acts reflect civilization’s progress or a moral decline and cites public concern over safety and social norms.
A Decatur resident mailed funds to Louisville and bet on Bold Venture. The wager paid off as the horse won the derby, returning him more than $40.
In the Selma Times-Journal a characteristically sharp opinion questions parity as a budgeting premise. The piece mocks the idea that parity implies higher spending and suggests it reflects on management.
The piece notes seventh district candidates must cover a wide area from Marshall County to Tallahassee, suggesting a tougher campaign terrain than those in the eighth district. It implies deser by saying some announced and challenged voters may feel overwhelmed by the scope.
Alabama continued to maintain a personal representative in Washington, while per capita federal funds last year showed Alabama at 14.56 dollars. Georgia received 14.04 dollars, with Governor Eugene Tal Madge noted as a New Deal critic. Florida averaged 19.20 dollars per person and Nevada’s figure was not stated.
A chaotic story centers on Zioncheck facing numerous speeding fines and a flurry of issued checks. Officers review the flow of payments amid mounting frustration as the saga unfolds with elusive resolutions and ongoing tension.
The Tuscaloosa Daily News urged voters to elect Mrs Mayfield rather than Mrs Malone, citing concerns over handpicking in national committee races. The paper avoided condemning Mayfield while criticizing the methods used on the Murphy side.
The Administrative and Research Bureau reports a weekly business activity index rising to 883 from 872, with 735 a year ago. Analysts say current levels reflect cautious optimism and caution against using 1928-29 boom figures as normal.
The piece notes Morgan county has some good roads but also many bad ones. It argues improvements are needed in several sections and anticipates year round roads and less bonded debt within ten years. It claims better roads would treat farmers fairly by supplying markets.
A Tennessee senator criticized for suggesting the United States should add 225000 to the Department of Justice appropriation. The piece argues the DOJ combats crime and condemns McKellar's plan, citing general public and penitentiary critiques of Roosevelt era policy.
Society note profiles the bold rise of a woman navigator famed for a swift snap roll icon and a distant gaze as international leaders including Selassie inspire bold ventures across oceans and skies.
The 105 pound Chinese aviator Katherine Sui Fun Cheung rises from a local airport and performs stunts like a snap-roll with ease. Once unable to fly or speak English, she now flies and speaks fluently, logging nearly a thousand hours. China’s people, many eager to learn to fly and build planes, could alter future history if leadership shifts emerge.
The Emperor Haile Selassie, now a civilian, hid on French territory but here is described as retreating to a British protected zone in Addis Ababa. Selassie’s forces reportedly shifted from fighting Mussolini’s troops to confronting white settlers as British guards and Indian troops manned entanglements and machine guns preventing a possible massacre of whites including American officials.
Haile Selassie, while in London visiting King George, allegedly sent large sums of gold to France to be kept there. He is said to expect a welcome in France as the money is converted from gold into francs and spent.
Early wartime musings question a swift campaign in Africa and contemplate English dominance over Africans and other colored peoples. The piece reflects on Mussolini's victories and wonders about the reasons behind submission and murder in expansionist projects.
The article contrasts Mussolini’s plans for Ethiopia with British power, noting propaganda showcasing Haile Selassie in Paris and Italian schemes to modernize Ethiopia. It discusses Italy's potential roads, schools, jobs, and suppression of slavery, while mocking English hesitance and Cromwellian reference. It ends with a brief note on Bold Venture winning the Kentucky Derby at 20 to 1.
Dr Logan Clendening reports University of Iowa findings that slight Vitamin A deficiency in children correlates with backwardness in school and reduced night vision. A Swedish study in a seaport showed far fewer cases, linked to fish oil intake. Supplementing diets with cod liver oil and carotene improved night vision and school performance.
A reader warns about taking 15 drops of soluble iodine daily to lose weight and asks if it is safe. The assistant cautions the dose is high and could cause iodide eruption of the skin over time. Another reader asks about a cyst on a 15 year old’s neck below the ear. The answer explains a cyst is an encapsulated fluid collection and discusses possibilities including a sebaceous gland cyst or a branchial cyst from vestigial gill structures.
The article describes Victoria Falls on the Zambezi with a 300 to 400 foot drop, known to locals as Mosi-oa-Tunya meaning "smoke that thunders." It notes David Livingstone first saw the falls and mentions stamps from British South Africa and Southern Rhodesia including a silver jubilee issue during King George V's reign.
A jumble of humorous ads and quips features a landlord threatening a rent raise to Mr. Dillingham and a line about the early bird catching the worm. A farmer and onlookers riff on cattle and cowlets while a gag about quitting smoking surfaces in a wrestling chatty scene.
A collage of quips on money fruit noses and manners shows a Brushville man arguing a money driven world, neighbors and merchants bantering about product ends and the nation’s mood, with a fading humor about dice and liquor as winter wanes.
An apprentice jockey, unknown in the derby, relishes Bold Venture's victory. Jes sel, a youth, declares he will not pass the Hitler test as an Aryan while noting the owner is not 100 percent Aryan. The race prompts mock prejudice about doping and mocks the crowd's gullibility. The Shah of Persia once doubted the derby, suggesting speed is all that matters.
The article cites a remark that it made you hot last summer, attributed to a local figure during a discussion on the heat issue. No further details are provided in the available text.
A local note urges readers to advertise in the newspaper for any family events or personal news and jokes about sharing glad news publicly. It pokes fun at informal methods like circulars, slides, or posters and ends with a playful bite about flattery.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Proulx fear their seven year old daughter Mary is kidnapped after she vanished yesterday A neighbor saw the child with a man on Main Street yesterday adding to the concern of local residents and authorities in Waterville Maine.
Walter Winchell On Broadway column shares quirky trivia about history and show business. It notes strange facts from cigars to Cleopatra and Noah Webster, adds jokes about Addison Ababa telephony, Edison, Chaplin, Technicolor, and Hollywood as a borough-like place.
The article notes time givers on the phone change roughly every 30 minutes. It says a phone firm claims letting a baby hear the time signals can calm them, but only from 6 to 14 minutes before the call disconnects. It also mentions Rebecca West’s real name, George Santayana’s literary status, NBC’s announcer school, Delancey Street’s naming, and Evander Childs High School’s Hebrew department head Florence Townsend.
A jumble of trivia recounts famous skulls used in Hamlet by Geo Frederick Cooke and Ed win Booth with a molar minted in gold now at The Players Club. It notes telegrams to Bombay, a 19th century ballerina in short skirts, Raleigh spelling, McDonogh Day flowers, feeble minded myths, and quirky film prop roles.
Washington reports government spending reached 6 billion dollars for the first time in the current fiscal year as of today May 5.
Personal effects of the late Mrs. Margaret Steel Cox were listed for public auction from her former Mobile home. Among items, Maya plaited hair earrings, a cameo pin, and China spittoons. $88,000 in bonds and $12,000 in coins were found. Co administrators First National Bank and Merchants National Bank advertised the sale set for May 18.
Washington May 5 A campaign of propaganda to delay the administration tax bill was charged by Chairman Harrison during senate finance committee hearings He read a letter from the Institute of Meat Packers urging recipients to buy a railroad ticket to Washington and stay there and to testify before the committee The chamber of commerce spokesmen were cited in the probe seeking to stall the legislation
Lucy Harris nine year old known as Babe in the Woods slowly improves in a St Johns hospital after twelve days wandering snow swept wastes. She lost both feet to frostbite but doctors preserve her left hand as circulation returns. Her uncle Chesley Harris led searchers to locate her near New Melbourne.
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