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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1930
Page
4
Decatur Alabama seeks a 16000 census total though Huntsville district offices report several hundred fewer. The Daily publishes an enumeration blank to capture overlooked residents and promises additions to the tally before closing. Officials stress residents must act now to ensure they are counted.
The Literary Digest prohibition poll prompts a revival of Robert G. Ingersoll’s letters to Dr. Edmund Buckley and Buckley’s reply. The exchange imagines whiskey as a vivid force shaping imagination and sorrow, contrasting visions of its effects and the moral warnings on its consumption.
A fragment quotes Buckley describing a liquid poison hidden in oak staves for forty years. He claims it can be used to put an enemy in your mouth to steal the brain, while calling himself a friend. The text reads as a vivid allegory or warning.
The Daily echoes John Piquet of The American City urging Decatur to invest in long term public works. He argues for a park system stadium airport auditorium and improved streets sewers and schools as essential alongside industry and tourism to attract residents and business.
A Nashville manufacturer, Vernon Tupper, warns that unchecked efficiency can harm workers and the public. He argues for balancing output with wages and employment, noting mergers threaten livelihoods. The discussion cites Henry Ford’s approach of high volume, fair wages, and leisure time as a model.
The notice emphasizes confirming eligibility for the national census, urging residents to respond accurately and avoid missing counts. It highlights the importance of complete data for representation and funding, and advises checking registration status with local authorities.
The note hints at reaching a population or metric of 40,000 by 1940, signaling a broad growth plan and forward-looking objective without specific details.
The state’s plan to complete the Bee Line highway at once is questioned while Governor Graves and Colonel Finnell are urged to render valuable service. The census brings joys and disappointments, yet Decatur shows a dramatic population increase and remains buoyant.
Arthur Brisbane notes anti saloon league claims born of God while Senator Blaine questions the premise. The item contrasts divine authority with prohibition politics and cites a Brooklyn jaw breakers gang case that struck a 67 year old man and stole $9 for a speakeasy.
The Russia flyer Captain Boris Sergievsky breaks the American altitude record for seaplanes and seven other air records. The piece contrasts Soviet plans to field long distance planes with a future air power vision as control of air routes could shape cities and national wealth. It notes upcoming flights from Mexico by Captain Fierro and Colonel Sidar, and reflects on air power, prohibition, and bootlegging links to aviation progress.
At Geneva 27 governments pledged to renounce war but admit no agreement on enforcement. They warn wars will occur despite the Kellogg pact and covenant. Officials say current anti war measures are feeble while India news worsens for Britain with reports of police abuses and violence.
In Cararra Italy Mussolini distributed about 2000 dollars to out of work marble cutters in the famed quarries. The relief reached 192 families with roughly 10 dollars per person helping tide them over seasonal unemployment. The workers sent thanks to the Duce.
In sparkling sunshine the narrator enjoys a polka dotty outing with Meredith Nicholson and plans, reports a falling giant gold tooth from a dental sign, and recalls a mistaken $20 windfall. He chats with Ernest Booth and George Longan before bidding farewell to R. Long for abroad and ends with an evening with his wife to see Bert Lahr.
The article notes writers including Talbot Mundy Irvin Cobb Octavus Roy Cohen and Katharine Norris pursue creative retreats or rigid schedules to craft novels and essays. It cites Mundy taking a slow New York to Liverpool voyage to draft a manuscript and return with it.
Hundreds of rich young thrill seekers visit dude ranches to test their wiles on rugged locals in the pampas. Debutantes enjoy the fun while real punchers face the rough side of the scene.
Washington reports a private yacht race may settle a feud between Ernest Lee Jahncke assistant secretary of the navy and his chief Secretary Adams. The Severn river at the Naval Academy will host the duel between two prominent naval leaders famed for their sailing skills. Adams has international regard as a yachtsman while Jahncke is known locally for his sailing interest.
High government officials plan to settle a private feud on the Severn River with a sailboat voyage led by Jahncke. The former assistant secretary of the navy insisted on sailing alone, without crew, and finally obtained a boat “hatless, in white duck trousers and a gray sweater,” with occasional help from his son.
A discussion of foot health, balance, and mobility notes that standing firm can be hard for flat feet. It explains the foot's complex structure supports both strength and flexibility and how breakdowns cause discomfort.
The article describes how flat feet result from various causes including weak arch structure shoes or injury. It notes arches protect nerves and vessels and that treatment depends on cause. Strengthening with exercise proper footwear and fitted arch supports can help in most cases.
A compact glossary fragment defines 3 terms Fabrikoid a leather imitation used in goods Legislator a member of a lawmaking body Conspectus a general outline or survey of a subject
A jumble of jokes and quips on safety, romance, money, and manners. Lines mock accidents, gossip, debt, and courtship with brief vignettes about theater goers, a deaf or dumb audience, and everyday foibles.
There was no issue of The Daily on May 12, 1929, a Sunday, as printed in the record.
A quotation from Hebrews 7:7-12 discusses tithes, Levi, Abraham, Melchisedec, and the priesthood, arguing that if perfection came by the Levitical priesthood then another priest in the order of Melchisedec was needed beyond Aaron. The text reflects a scholastic theological argument within the epistle.
Berlin reports of personal crisis totalled 1676 last year, more than double the 1928 figure and 13.7 percent higher than the 1928 level, though well below the wartime peak of 1779 in 1926.
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