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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1936
Page
4
A Tennessee Valley newspaper commentary defends youth employment and TVA power, arguing youth deserve chances to work and buy needs. It criticizes age restriction as unjust, notes demand drives jobs, and urges broad citizen cooperation for prosperity.
A voter urged Morgan county residents to exercise 9 000 potential ballots and let the majority decide. The message pressed against minority rule and called for participation on election day June 9.
The piece notes 1935 taxes on petroleum and products reached about $1.127 billion, while crude oil value was near $976 million. Since 1921 crude value rose 19.7 percent, tax costs about 935 percent higher, with historical figures cited for 1921 and 1983 comparisons.
A Wednesday Daily advertisement by Friends of Bob Simpson accuses the paper of deceit over reporting that John Sparkman was invited by the Democratic organization to speak for the party and that he accepted. The piece questions whether Simpson accepted or is awaiting an invitation, contrasting his apparent interest with Sparkman’s actions.
The Gadsden Times notes a new committee of four business leaders led by Newton D. Baker aims to widen opportunities for about eight million Americans aged 16 to adulthood. The group seeks practical steps to empower youth and foster a beneficial national movement.
The essay argues for completing the Decatur to Somerville to Guntersville route as Morgan County’s essential farm to market link. It laments two decades of slow progress on eastern Morgan roads, citing unmet promises and insistence that officials must act to honor public faith and connect the hub of Decatur with eastern towns.
A collection of quips on work life, unemployment, marriage, and daily woes. Jokes touch bosses, riveters, office life, free speech, and aging. Names and places are sparse but notable lines include remarks on weather, news, and Pareto humor about money and effort.
Alabama four at large Republican delegates leave for the Cleveland convention without instructions to back any candidate. The state convention elected T. J. Kennamer to replace O. D. Street as national committeeman and Mrs. Roy Wates as national committeewoman. The executive committee was authorized to pick nominees to cope.
Tahlequah Oklahoma May 21. Students preparing for graduation from Tahlequah High School came from the hill with no telephones. The science and industrial arts class is installing a laboratory telephone system to remove that deficiency.
W. G. Meredith, owner of a rattlesnake in Stuart, Florida, confesses the horn on the reptile is a rooster spur grafted by himself. He stated he expected it to grow, describing the stunt as a hoax.
Dr Logan Clendening reports from a New York skin clinic that over a hundred patients with unusual skin changes and hair loss tested positive for arsenic. Cases span cosmetology, candy making, wallpaper, paints, insecticides, and fruit industry exposure. Some patients used unprescribed tonics while Congress blocks fruit washing rules. A diabetes patient reportedly benefited only after a pancreatic pill containing arsenic caused poisoning symptoms.
A reader asks if vegetables like radishes cucumbers onions tomatoes cabbage and relishes are safe after ulcer treatment and whether yeast mixed with hot water and sugar harms ulcers. The answer states ulcers may recur and rough vegetables should be avoided until five years symptom free, and yeast does no harm to peptic ulcers.
The piece surveys how new bankruptcy act amendments require trustees to investigate causes of railroad bankruptcies and report grounds for suits against directors. It cites limited actions by judges, rots of Roosevelts aides and political maneuvering ahead of the Democratic convention.
New York reports say Gov. Al Smith will avoid the Democratic national convention and permit an alternate to sit with the Tammany delegates. In Washington, officials credit the claim though it remains unconfirmed.
Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia since 1930, has joined the International Order of Royal Exiles. The article notes his 1891 birth, 1916 regency with Empress Zauditu, and coronation, plus reforms. It mentions Italian forces ousting him to foreign soil and displays a stamp image of the uncrowned regent.
South Carolina will average license fees of $2.52 for new car licenses after November 1, the lowest in the nation. Trucks under two tons will average $5.63. The reduction follows a 1936 legislature action to cut highway revenue from licenses roughly in half.
When Mrs. Matthew Kersch sued for divorce she obtained a temporary restraining order preventing her husband from disposing of property. Kersch asked the court to order her to pay him temporary alimony. This may seem trivial to some but it is serious business to Kersch, his lawyer says he needs the money.
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys celebrity entanglements and show business whimsy. It lampoons a high profile elopement, a New York lawyer’s open affair, scandals among actors and directors, and humorous street anecdotes from the entertainment world.
Jeffrey Bernard heads Gaumont-British to a secret marriage staged after a brief romance with a Jersey heiress. Anne Kresge and Walter Macfarlane intrigue as a romantic threat while other notes mention a wedding flash, Toscanini's farewell photo incident, Tarzan retakes, and snippets from Freddie Allen’s prison tenure with caricatures of famous performers.
The United States Civil Service Commission invites applications until June 10 1936 for Junior Civil Service Examiner with a 1620 dollar annual salary less deductions. Applicants need a four year college course with 118 semester hours or be senior students under conditions. Exam includes a mental test and a general test. Information from H Yarbrough secretary at the Decatur post office.
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