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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1937
Page
4
Public notice from Tennessee Valley Printing Co Inc dated February 26 1912 and July 1 1917 with details about second class matter and post office registration in Decatur Alabama Shelton Benjamin Blood and Sheppard listed.
The Daily thanks Senator Black for his letter but questions the hospital site near Decatur Alabama. Veterans Administration surveys supported a center near Decatur to serve southern Tennessee and northern Alabama, but an announcement placed the hospital elsewhere. The Daily urges clear accountability and urges that political influence not override the geographic center for veterans care.
The article notes delays in paving the Decatur to Guntersville road and slow work on the Danville to Decatur highway, hindering year round travel and connectivity between the towns.
The article argues that recreation, boating, and fishing boost local income and productivity. It highlights crowds on the canal, the national appeal of leisure activities, and the belief that expanding facilities will attract travelers and raise prosperity despite tax concerns.
The piece analyzes New York legislators and Governor Lehman amid a controversial dog racing bill. It questions constitutionality and revenue, notes a Albany hearing, and contrasts New York with Florida and Texas gambling laws. The author argues dog racing provokes moral concerns but compares it to other gambling forms.
The road to Adhtinville has been completed and residents express gratification. Huie Motor Co. sale announced to L. Siegeber of Cullman Motor Company. new firm will handle Hudson Overland Essex and Chevrolets. I O O F lodges hold memorial services at city cemetery for deceased members.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains burns are common at home and that tannic acid, first proposed in 1925 by Edward C. Davidson, coagulates surface tissues and creates a largely sterile wound. A boiled tea solution, containing tannic acid, is touted as the best domestic dressing until a doctor arrives.
A brief comic exchange in which an older boarding house resident quizzes a new sculptor about his profession and then asks him to carve a roast of beef, underscoring the idea that everyone has 24 hours daily to use. The piece pivots on humor about time and usefulness.
A garbled newspaper fragment collection includes quips on fate and virtue by Grenville Kleiser, a jab about a suitor’s ill fitting armor, a mother tongue joke, a tax official death, Wallee wrath, and a boss promising $5, with a brief note about a subscription rat.
The passage compares gambling in different settings and argues against gilding or excusing it by associating it with horse racing, stock brokers, or other signs. It suggests no moral distinction between venues, condemning gambling as iniquitous regardless of presentation.
Editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets available by mail. Each pamphlet costs ten cents and requires a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feed Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Clerk hands chief a ten dollar bill and refuses five dollar change. Boss growls keep the change and bury another income tax collector. Jerry boasts of a new country home Lumbago for a creek in the back. Preachers hold protracted meetings. Evangelist conduct. Small Girl asks for candy while Junior offers a sticky kiss.
A line from The Houghton Line notes that more patients in U S hospitals suffer mental diseases than from all other illnesses combined Though about employment prospects the piece observes some business girls may escape by marrying out of their jobs.
A fragmenting mix of aphorisms and jokes contrasts with a population statistic. A Fisherman recounts a near miss with a giant fish while a joke about a wetting follows. An aside notes over 20 000 new laws last year in the United States and a Quebec City population rise to 147 639, up 17 045 since 1931.
Dr. Ludwik Zamenhof created Esperanto in 1887 to serve as a universal language. The movement grew with about 45 countries forming Esperanto groups and World Congresses held yearly. By 1917 his death did not halt spread as stamps and nations honored him, including a 1927 Russian issue.
Senate in recess. Judiciary committee votes on Roosevelt court bill. Interstate Commerce committee considers Wheeler Child Labor bill. House considers minor legislation. Agriculture committee continues farm program hearings. Labor committee resumes Ellenbogen Textile bill. Railroad retirement hearing continues. Yesterday the Senate approved an inquiry into propaganda on public power issues and the House considered the Interior Department appropriation bill.
Ninety six boys and girls will graduate from Athens Junior High on Friday at 9 30 in the school auditorium. J M Cannon general superintendent of city schools will be the speaker. Reverend R L Harrell will give the devotional and Douglas Presnell class member will give the welcome address. Diplomas will be presented by Prof John W Wilson Jr principal.
Walter Winchell notes patriotism tax tricks and a San Jose law about drunkenness. He recalls covering the Hindenburg disaster, Jersey cops detouring motorists, Kilgallen and Kilgallen kin, and the press’s rough treatment near the Holland Tunnel during a Lindbergh kidnapping chase.
Mary McCarthy ridicules New York Drama Critics while Richard Lockridge of the Evening Sun is misidentified as the New York Daily Mirror. Robert Montgomery tells 2 000 actors that cine mags agree to peace as Night Must Fall plays at Grauman's Chinese Theatre amid large picket lines outside and inside the venue.
The Screen Actors Guild avoided a strike after winning concessions while giving up some demands on loan outs and three year contracts. A Hollywood editor blasts coverage and reveals details about a police lieutenant guarding Walter Winchell, noting no police radio car is used. The itemary ends with Jim Kilgallen described as a key figure in the scene.
A police press card identifies Nick Kenny as a contributor for a New York Mirror. Report says Kenny, once a local writer, moved to the big city after starting a radio column that boosted his profile.
A limo with a chauffeur arrived at the 45th Street Theater. A man in a silk hat and tails, and a glamorous woman in a stylish wrap stepped out. Two shop girls remarked on the couple's wealth or heavy credit, catching the neighborhood eye.
Mrs. Watson Barrett writes of the Hindenburg in a Broadway gazette praising its majesty and rhythm as a great mass of silver lights. Vernon Duke notes Manhattan limits, citing inability to make love in a taxi.
Andrew Griggs, 69, a farmer from Athens, Alabama, was released in Inferior Court after prosecutors dropped charges in the death of Charlie Starford. The case said Griggs shot Starford during an incident sparked when Starford attacked Griggs' wife with a knife. The report adds a superstition about hair regrowth during the moon’s waxing.
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