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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
4
Morgan county seeks to change the board of revenue to the board of commissioners while Lime Stone county requests the opposite swap. A full board swap is floated as a potential simplification.
The Huntsville Daily Times editor Pierce advocates a Metropolitan Avenue Viaduct, noting persistent civic improvement efforts have yielded little administrative attention after two years of advocacy.
The writer notes that eastern communists have not commented on a Georgia event where National Guardsmen stopped a mob targeting black residents. They contrast this with critiques of Jackson County courts where black defendants received death sentences, arguing the communists should not expound on southern justice.
The Alabama recount shows Bankhead down six and a half percent while Heflin falls eight percent as ballots from Crenshaw and St Clair Shelby counties are tallied. Total recounts court toward 48,000 of 250,000 ballots. Bankhead gains slight, Heflin narrows.
The state reports highway work shows more road per dollar with a paving contract adding an extra mile without extra funds. Alabama must weigh benefits against costs and consider continuing road building with minimized or offset taxes, amid public debate on gasoline tax and bond issues. The piece cites Luther Liles of Anniston and notes progress on Bee Line highway Wheeler Memorial and Guntersville road, urging continued funding to surface the network.
Central Press staff writer Charles P. Stewart describes the long standing anarchist current in Spain. He notes it rivals communism in anti clericalism and opposes all rulership while criticizing church power as a tax free economic force. He recalls censorship in 1908 and warns Republicans’ leniency may have emboldened Reds.
A daily classified act strategy boosts business for local merchants. Small ads encourage quick sales and steady customer flow through focused, bite sized placements across the paper.
A quirky page recalls riddles and jokes about criminals in Chicago who dodge taxes. The trivia includes quips about refrigeration plants, eggs with guaranteed chickens, and wordplay on biblical commands and family relations.
A compact glossary style note defines predial as relating to landed property attached to soil. It then explains intensify as to make greater in degree and perspicuous as clear to understanding plainly expressed.
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