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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
4
Ollie Schrickle and Willie Lewis made a bicycle trip to Russell's Mill yesterday in a casual local outing.
Amid Mississippi flood devastation a broad push for national flood control gains momentum. St Louis figures urge immediate scientific study and federal leadership, with the Mississippi Valley Association demanding a wide national program to develop rivers lakes and waterways and protect lives and property nationwide.
Decatur citizens look forward to the expected start date for the Cut Mills Company plant, anticipating its operation. Similar good fortune has come to West-Boyleston Manufacturing in Massachusetts.
The Connecticut Mills Company plans a 2 100 000 dollar plant in Decatur with start in June and Cooper-Wells to install new machinery. Alabama's advantages draw East millers, making Decatur first full fashioned silk hosiery mill in the state and boosting Montgomery prospects.
The obituary recalls Brooks Lawrence from Ohio who led Alabama prohibition efforts, turning political tides with strategic alliances and shrewd tactics. It credits him with inspiring dry forces, advancing laws ahead of other states, and shaping Alabama as a pioneer in national prohibition.
An Annis ton Star editorial urges residents to prefer local manufacturers and home goods over mail order and imported products. It argues that keeping money in town strengthens merchants, industries, and local growth, noting campaigns in Alabama and the harm of shopping away from home. It cites Morgan County farm data showing rising cotton and corn yields as evidence of intelligent farming.
Local citizens join with farm organizations to replace half and half seed with better seed for cotton. The program seeks higher quality fiber and greater domestic supplies of hogs poultry and cattle, reducing outside purchases and boosting home farming.
William H Crawford toured the county to gauge sentiment on a third term Governor Smith visits Louisville and the Courier Journal office. The Valdosta Daily Times notes a shift in the paper’s tone from Marse Henry to tea and comments on the paper’s changing reception to political discourse.
Ninety percent of Daily readers engage with the classifieds on page seven, reflecting strong attention to listing details and notices in the newspaper.
Dr. Royall S Copeland urges temperate activity as spring arrives. He warns against overexertion from winter inactivity and recommends gradual increases in exercise such as tennis and garden work to build strength for subsequent seasons while enjoying the season and maintaining health.
A reader asks typical weight ranges for a 16 year old girl five foot eight and a 14 year old boy five foot eleven, with suggested targets about 138 pounds for the girl and 145 pounds for the boy. An inquiry about dizzy spells and ear hissing suggests circulatory disturbance and general health improvement, with a request for a self addressed stamped envelope to receive a fuller answer.
A syndicated opinion piece argues American tariffs on rubber and US control of plantations could be wealth draining. It notes manganese finds in Colorado, and questions Jewish and religious youth groups funding in New York, proposing a unified Young Men’s American Association that crosses religious lines.
When Madame Borodin wife of Russia's representative in China is tried by the Chinese an American lawyer will defend her.
In a tense exchange, Chinese authorities threaten to execute Mrs. Borodin while Russia retorts that any action will provoke a Russian response. Observers liken the clash to two feather beds clashing over a dispute, as guidance from Confucius appears in commentary. Borodin faces expulsion if tensions worsen, with no direct confrontation anticipated.
A Columbia English professor argues against excluding translations of The Arabian Nights and The Decameron as indecencies. He defends reading from them to students amid calls for decency and contrasts with Britain’s government stance on empire and labor unions. Unions may set work conditions but should not paralyze a nation with general strikes amid employer resistance.
The report notes the death of Dr Miette a German scientist once linked to a claim he could transmute mercury into gold. It recalls three years of public excitement and compares the idea to finding gold in a miser's clothing. It also mentions sixteen killed and one hundred wounded in Hindu Muslim riots in British India with editorial snark about British feelings.
Alabama clothing and furnishing merchants plan a June convention in Birmingham to oppose a proposed general sales tax. Decatur merchants will cooperate as lawmakers face a tax that could raise 3 to 4.5 million dollars more, with aims to build a national affiliated organization and discuss merchandising and advertising strategies.
Yaqui warriors clashed with federal troops and raided American ranches along the Sonora border. Reports describe a large scale battle near Magdalena and a raid that led to a kidnapping and a $500 ransom demand. Wounded soldiers and a hospital in Socorro were noted as the fighting spread through Sonora and into northern Mexico.
Details emerging on the river steamer Decatur No 1 which sank at Lock A on Thursday. Work to raise the vessel will begin probably Wednesday with investigation into cargo losses and cause of the accident ongoing.
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