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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1933
Page
2
The Decatur Daily Fret announces printing and post office details for Decatur, including managing editor and business manager names. Subscription rates are listed by Shelton and Sheppard with Firm names and addresses for the Decatur, Alabama region.
The line names historical figures Baron Munchausen Izaak Walton and Gaston B Means, indicating a sequence or comparison among notable personalities.
A humorous line notes that a windbag thrives on speaking at length and believes others are impressed when they listen, highlighting the vanity of talkers and the patience of listeners.
Completion of the Decatur to Tuscumbia road hinges on the Muscle Shoals bill’s passage. The highway will carry far more traffic in coming years as Shoals development grows and becomes law, likely making Wheeler Memorial Highway a major Valley and national artery.
Friends of Senator Marvin Kelley of Hariselle regret his county residence but congratulate him on his appointment as counsel in the department of agriculture in Washington. His Tennessee Valley supporters wish him continued success as a government attorney and praise his accomplishments.
The Cotton Stabilization Corporation, a branch of the Federal Board, plans to sell the remaining 19 000 bales of cotton after losing 94 million so far. Excluding these losses, budget balancing would be easier and more assured.
In Washington the bonus marchers rejected a proposed 18 day pay while a former serviceman and congressman urged why some had not come to Washington to serve. He asserted many came to get something rather than to give.
Sheriff James Hawkins of Jefferson County signals trouble for Homewood residents seeking to sell beer under city ordinances. The anti eighteenth amendment repeal effort among Alabama cities appears doomed as authorities warn enforcement will follow.
The state law now bans beer with more than one and a half percent alcohol in Alabama. The Daily questions Georgia loopholes while noting Georgia cities may seek legal avenues to permit beer sales.
Washington says a large federal fund for relief to distress and unemployment will be allocated to Mississippi at roughly 11 million dollars for state highway construction. The plan aims to end pay for work schemes and instead fund permanent, constructive road building under state highway department oversight across the Screeees S06 cen system.
The Baltimore Sun notes Congress granted vast powers to the President amid wartime needs. It warns of potential unlimited authority and outlines possible actions on farm relief, inflation, debt, and policy, while hoping the President uses such power wisely.
Arthur Brisbane analyzes global guessing in 1933 Europe. He notes German misreadings of Britain Italy and France, cites Mussolini and Disraeli as contrast, and questions inheritance of acquired traits in animals and humans, citing brain power and vitamins as vital.
Officials and players of the Twin City Baseball League meet at 7 30 tonight at the Y M C A. Charles Ray stars in An Old Fashioned Boy at the Princess Theatre while Olive Thomas headlines Uptains and Down at the Star.
Shriners from here are set to attend the Shrine meeting in Jacksonville Florida. A special Memphis bound train en route to the convention will stop at Decatur on May 27. Mrs J B Campbell of Humboldt Tennessee visits Mrs O R Johnson. Mr and Mrs Atlee Hoff plan to attend the Alabama Bankers Association in Birmingham this week. W W Rahm leaves this week for business trips to northern cities.
The Girls Auxiliary of the South Side Baptist Church met Monday afternoon at 3 30. Mrs E L Ashford counselor will lead the meeting.
A train of about thirty cars carrying over four million cans of canned pineapple started eastward from Oakland near the San Francisco Bay terminal. The piece emphasizes vitamin value in ripe fruit and the role of sugar in children’s diets, while touching on federal price stabilization and losses from wheat and cotton programs.
A biographical sketch recalls George Nelson Peek of Illinois, a farm relief champion who helped push a drastic emergency agricultural act and championed measures to restore farm buying power. It also notes Thomas W Mitchell, a university economist now in government service, and praises John Collier and Harold Ickes for advancing American Indian rights within the Interior Department.
A column blends editorials on ambition and civic duty with calls to personal responsibility and national focus. It urges self reliance, steady preparation, and building personal paths to goals while noting past US foreign aid and domestic alertness. The piece closes with a light exchange about where the pretty girls are.
Dialogue shows a father scolding a daughter and her suitor as she explains a brief visit. The scene hints at consequences of perceived impropriety and a chorus of objections as the father counts the men involved. A playful tone contrasts with strict parental oversight.
A passer-by pauses to watch an old man weeding his garden and jokes about the widow's weeds. The gardener replies with a quip about wilted blooms and a courteous gaze that sees the garden's blossoms.
A fragmented report recalls a $500 million relief fund aimed at price pegging and a $350 million taxpayer loss. It notes a government lien on 1,557,000 bales and hints at a new administration taking a fresh approach to relief policy.
Rioting farmers in Wisconsin attacked dairy trucks bound for Chicago, dumping about 30 000 pounds of milk near East Troy. Four truckloads were dumped as about 400 farmers clashed with 35 deputies and knocked Otto Marquette unconscious for 20 minutes. Sheriff O'Brien ordered 100 more deputies as the mob patrolled toward Waukesha County.
A string of quips about parent child roles and school life in a small town. A father worries his son would suffer if he vanished while the boy answers with humor about staying and caring for him.
A terse summary notes Vienna top hats becoming a symbol of arrest while in America hats trigger only a test. The Greece-related story reduces to three names Alexander Constantine Insull, signaling a dramatic political episode.
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