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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1934
Page
2
A fragmented notice references daily mail delivery options including six months and one year plans, with unclear names Warrier and Well. The text appears garbled, showing multiple repeats of daily and monthly phrases and potential pricing.
The week of May 14 through May 19 is designated as Cotton Week in national push to promote cotton industry and awareness. Officials urge participation by communities and shops to highlight cotton products and farming heritage.
Fragmentary text mentions a local pastor Wilh Be 3. E. Isser and a film play with dates unclear. Further readable details are unavailable in the snippet.
About 000 voters went to the polls and cast ballots despite a lengthy ballot. Limestone residents observed slow counting as state and county results were announced during a matinee at the Vaughen Building, with D L Rosemen Jr providing district coverage for The Decatur Daily. The tally showed few errors in the unofficial vote.
The Birmingham Post says the next House speaker race may feature Senator Harry Walker as a leading contender. Walker, who will join the House next year, sponsored two major measures as a current senator and could be a formidable bidder with strong home support.
Florence Herald reports unsolicited mail deliveries of low value goods on approval have annoyed citizens nationwide. Recipients often pay, enabling the nuisance. A physician once sent a $2 prescription instead of payment and the sender accepted it. The article urges official action to curb the issue.
Bright newspaper column links a Mother’s Day idea to a kidnapping theme and questions blackmail in Russia. The piece, by Arthur Brisbane, remarks on social trends and sensational subjects from 1934.
Health commissioner cites 1 168 maternal deaths in state last year and 3 000 infant deaths within 24 hours and in first month, urging better care to save lives. Opposing notes compare glass enclosures for gorillas to prevent TB spread and call for reform in parole and crime policies amid talk of Dillinger.
The piece argues American loans to Kerensky funds aided white Russians in invading Russia and questions Soviet liability for those debts. It states no Russian government is in default on wartime debts and cautions against pressuring Moscow to pay Kerensky or Czar-era debts.
A proposal to sell two quarts of milk for fifteen cents would undercut farm prices, prompting a critic to liken the idea to Bolshevism anarchy and communism. The speaker even floated New York City selling bulk milk as a municipal venture.
Bad weather impacts wheat yields with heat parasites and dust storms, threatening a potential fifty percent drop. The grim forecast suggests heavy losses for local farmers, while benefiting wheat growers in other countries that escape such failures.
The rise in food costs by up to fifty percent over the past year benefits backers of pro Gude. Yet millions who have faced higher living costs are not pleased, sparking debate about the political impact.
Poem honors a guiding mother figure with prayers and open arms. A reflective verse portrays heavenward supplication and the warmth of maternal shelter for those in need.
A reminiscence sketches Prof Davis a longtime Greek German and Scripture teacher and farmer. Though scholarly and lecturing in Germany he remained attached to his North Carolina roots and farm life. He wore overalls more often than dress clothes and used quirky spelling schemes to speed learning.
The president signed a tax bill raising 417 million dollars in new revenue with lighter taxes for small incomes and higher for large ones. The senate approved a federal credit union system offering small loans at nominal rates to people of modest means.
A Pan American Medical congress report suggests chafed skin eruptions arise from yeast infections fed by sugary perspiration, especially in diabetics. Treatment shifts from drying powders to using phenylmercuric nitrate to kill sugar-loving organisms and prevent outbreaks.
The passage recounts a professor named Davis with varied marriages and a life spent challenging literalist theology. It notes his stance as an infrequent higher critic and his affiliation with a Philadelphia Quakeress. He faced social shunning for his unorthodox views on Christ and the church.
Announcement notes a committee sponsoring a Passion Play film plans to tour Morgan County communities for the Sanatorium at Flint. Rev. J. B. Berkstresser requests invitations be sent to him at box 175 Decatur.
Miss Edith Jordan underwent surgery to remove her tonsils and is reported recovering.
Mrs. Ethel Tubb and Mrs. C. Burdette arrived in Decatur today from Haleyville for a brief visit before continuing to Madison and Huntsville, then plan to return to Haleyville after a short stay.
The editor notes six Dr. Logan Clendening pamphlets are available for 10 cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Topics include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
F O Keller, manager of Morgan County Fruit and Truck Growers Association and the Tennessee Valley Strawberry Association, urged growers to stop shipping berries independently. A Cleveland jobber wire reported many berries shipped outside the association arrived in poor condition and fetched only 90 cents to $1.25 per crate. Carload shipments through the association reportedly command higher prices.
The weather bureau reported a maximum temperature of 89 and a minimum of 65 to seven o'clock this morning.
O C McIntyre lists urban figures and celebrity observations with playful musings on theater, politics, love, and daily life in New York. He names performers such as Marie Dressler and Gene Buck, comments on Mayor Gaynor and Warren Harding, and recalls amusing scenes from street life and Hollywood chatter.
A fragmented excerpt notes Ned Deletombe faking a laugh years before Olsen and Johnson. It references a best seller described as dull and cites old acquaintances who stopped speaking 19 years ago. Also mentions New York church facade at a city corner and a Postmaster General named Parley.
Twelve years ago evidence of road value to farmers along the Hartee to market corridor is shown as produce moves by farmers to market. H. Cline elected chair of the AFL convertition at Carmen's Hall. Albany KnittingMill now producing triple knee hosiery. Albany High School sends six students to the state track meet in Birmingham.
Hatfield Lake on the Bee Line highway three miles south of Athens opens Sunday May 13. J M Hatfield the manager says the lake will be open day and night every day. Modern diving boards and towers stand on the banks and the lake has a gravel bottom fed from a free stone. The grounds are free for use and Sunday school dates or any church organization can have one free use of the pool.
Fragmentary reminiscence notes a person’s dislike of long film programs and music while recalling a first newspaper job paying two dollars weekly. The text also mentions jewelry, poetry readings, and a hotel luggage cart.
A vivid, if fragmented, passage notes Townsend Netcher in a stylish sweater and comments on attire for a wedding era. The narrator mentions a tendency toward period fur furnishings and recalls a grandfather scolding about hair, likening it to a cat’s kittened mess.
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