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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1936
Page
4
The passage cites Benjamin Bloodworth and T Sheppard with Associated Press attribution and mentions Professor Moley as a Democratic administration spokesman. It notes no clashes between national guardsmen and civilians in recent years, praising troopers for courtesy, absence of tear gas, and no gunbutt beatings.
The note urges drivers to prevent accidents by driving reasonably and maintaining control of their vehicles. It emphasizes thinking while behind the wheel and playing the game fairly and sensibly.
A Florida press note argues Huey Long influence in Louisiana wanes as lawmakers move toward closer Washington Baton Rouge cooperation. The piece suggests Huey Long organization diminished to one man after his death.
The article notes gradual expansion in Decatur with the city clearing long standing debts. New housing appears for the first time in years, signaling rising employment across local industries and a march toward a town of about 26,000 with expectations of a bright future.
Mahan, self described member of the trio that abducted the Weyerhauser child, was being taken to prison to begin a 0 year penitentiary term. He remarked that the structure was an asylum, noting crime does not pay and that Uncle Sam will stop kidnaping and break up organized crime.
An Associated Press report from Huntsville notes a Birmingham deputy was struck by a gun butt during a militiaman on duty incident after a guard said a wisecrack. The episode followed a disturbance with tear gas in the square and sparked calls for a military inquiry into whether actions were justified.
The essay weighs Mussolini’s move on Ethiopia as a mixed impact on civilization. It notes European divisions over sanctions and League of Nations responses while arguing Italy sought lands and resources, straining relations with neighboring powers. It questions the world’s framing of conquest as beneficial or harmful.
Column by Arthur Brisbane analyzes power moves as The Atlantic faces internal strife over Eckner's role while global events loom. Mentions Mussolini's empire and massive military plans. Copyright notice appears as a filler in the syndicated piece.
Chicago readers hear about the first real passenger airship crossing of the Atlantic as air travel enters a new era. The piece notes optimistic progress in aviation, threats to pioneers like Dr Eckener from Nazi Germany, and asserts the enduring spirit of the German people despite dictatorship.
The text envisions a future where Americans host Dr Eckener and invest in giant air ships while mass producing small planes. It notes the Hindenburg’s arrival signals ocean air travel conquest and forecasts thousands of planes, England and Germany expanding fleets, and the airspace becoming a vast layered roadway with no need to repave.
The text recalls Henry Ford facing doubters when he targeted 10 000 cars a year. He not only hit that mark but surpassed 1 000 000 annually without shaking bankers' trust. It notes lenders would back him with large sums, yet Ford finances himself, having earned at most $30 weekly by age thirty.
Analyzes Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopian railway control and declaration of an Italian empire. Quotes inflammatory push toward conquest, critiques British stance, and warns about rising radicalism and dictatorship influencing global politics.
Physician Logan Clendening notes newspapers overemphasize medical breakthroughs at meetings like the American Medical Association. He warns many reports are speculative and may be unsafe, citing past missteps with X rays and urging caution before adopting new treatments. Editor’s note offers seven pamphlets for 10 cents each.
The article warns that the public interprets medical meeting announcements as final treatment. Medical professionals understand otherwise, and the gap between signaling and availability risks misinformed care access for conditions like neuralgia angina pectoris or infantile paralysis.
A collection of humorous snippets and snippets of dialogue from Brushville style chatter. Items touch on advertisements dogs dancing and a snow man check, with wry takes on life insurance revolvers and weekly humor.
A local man reflects that luck seems tied to spring as he chases energy amid fatigue while attending church with his friends.
Senator Black announced definite information that a southeastern regional Social Security Board office will be established in Birmingham. The new office will serve Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina Mississippi and Tennessee.
In Chicago on May 12, police deferred Percival Knight’s arrest after finding him in the ring during a wrestling match. The state athletic commission suspended Knight from attending boxing or wrestling events in Illinois for one year.
Montgomery officials reported a tentative decision to move the annual Alabama high school music festival to a different city each year instead of holding it in Montgomery every spring. The choice came after the opening concert for this year's event last night at the festival.
A visitor notes Brushville seems healthy yet reveals a cemetery crowded with doctors and undertakers who died from broken hearts. A bald man with whiskers sits with a child who asks if the man’s head is upside down.
Walter Winchell on Broadway recalls past feats of journalists and the enduring spirit of American reporting. The column vignettes moments from the World and Times, notes censors, and recounts Maisie Clemons’s on air mix up with the American rewriter, ending with a blush over a mistaken beat transfer.
The piece notes tightened censorship in Ethiopia as Haile Selassie moved to the front. It contrasts AP coverage with other outlets struggling to relay foreign dispatches. One cable quips about the “principal eight ball” fronting the morning, another mentions a “king pin off” flipping forward.
A London Daily Express note from Beaverbrook era indicates the Emperor plans a swift air trip to the front. The page and column reference suggests imminent travel for frontline assessment amid ongoing tensions and military activity.
Laurence Stallings in Djibouti learns Dessye will be bombed. He cannot warn Ethiopians openly, so he wires a coded alert to his cameraman Al Waldron and other reporters, telling them to “Confetti coming. Duck it.” The team stays ready for action.
The piece highlights William Burke Miller who crawled into Floyd Collins cave to feed and interview him earning a Pulitzer. It notes a figure nicknamed Skeets, once associated with Pulitzer and the New York World, failed as a writer and radio singer but became a well liked NBC executive.
The piece recalls Frank Jamison in Trenton who beat rivals by feeding a Governor’s desk flash to the editor minutes before others. It notes his charity work with the Citizens Family Welfare Committee and references Pulitzer winners like Walter Littledale racing for scoops at Greenly Island and the Times wire.
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