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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1935
Page
4
The phrase echoes the drive for independence, emphasizing financial self sufficiency and citizenship rights as core elements. It reflects debates on sovereignty, economic autonomy, and national identity within a historical context.
A fragmented note proposes various language swaps including Song to Italy Town to Russian and Coughlin to Germany. It muses on sending a group to an uninhabited Pacific island where they would shout at each other for their remaining speaking days.
The piece argues daylight saving in Montgomery causes confusion amid a liquor question and notes petitions to repeal the city ordinance. It recalls wartime nationwide time consistency and cautions that modern transport worsens issues, urging legislative consideration of the Whig factor.
Morgan County residents vote Saturday May 26 to decide continuation of the one mill and three mill school taxes. No new tax is involved and the funds support the existing school system. Citizens are urged to vote at their usual polling stations and bring neighbors and family to uphold school terms.
The Opelika Daily News argues young graduates face hardship in public service and compares top government pay to private sector riches. It cites President at 75000 and Cabinet at 15000, judges at 20000, Congress members at 10000, with many earning above ten thousand. It then lists Bethlehem Steel and Standard Oil leaders at 150000 to 250000 annually, plus bonuses, urging readers to weigh government pay against private enterprise.
The piece surveys political clashes and media figures as Father Coughlin and the veto power surface in a sweeping critique. It highlights the clash over a large annual sum and public influence spanning decades.
The piece lauds President Roosevelt's veto address as a historic and powerful moment. It praises his courage in denying popular demand and standing by his principles, noting the unprecedented setting and the sincerity of the message. The Daily views his stance as commendable regardless of the eventual outcome.
The article critiques the Presidents veto of the Patman bill granting soldiers a wartime bonus and questions political impact. It contrasts views on veteran sacrifice versus monetary gain and questions whether calling for equal treatment for all veterans could affect public support. The piece notes disagreement over wartime service versus pay.
The president denounces a taxless spending plan as a financier’s trap while urging justice for veterans. Congress overrules the veto 322 to 98 on the Patman bill, and Henry Ford raises plant wages to six dollars daily benefiting 126000 workers. Frank Presbrey marks eighty with hopeful words for future changes.
A medical journalist notes a social circle touting obscure terms like estivate and borborygmi and contrasts them with common language. He explains how technical phrases translate to plain English, illustrating how complex blood and digestive symptoms map to everyday terms.
The speaker asserts that in his 80 years he has witnessed unprecedented changes. People moved from crawling to flying, from waiting for messengers to instant global communication, and most chemistry knowledge gained since age forty. He calls the past 80 years the greatest era for knowledge harnessed and made useful.
The Detroit priest spoke in New York on Wednesday night and hinted at support for the president though not unconditionally. A three quarters profile photograph emphasized his strong features and concentration, likening him to John Francis Neylan of San Francisco, a comparison both men might accept.
The government plans to distribute five thousand million dollars to unemployed men with wages from 19 to 94 dollars a month, arguing the aim is to help many Americans while critics accuse the program of paying starvation wages and accuse the wealthy of hypocrisy.
Miss Charleen Vice was Friday night guest of Miss Winifred Vincent. Mrs. Annie Black visiting niece Mrs. Jack Reese. Winifred Vincent visited Agnes Bates of Eva Tuesday night. J. M. Russell was a business visitor in Hartselle Saturday. Jack Thompson visited his parents Sunday. Mrs. John Maze is seriously ill. G. C. Vincent and daughter Winifred attended the Eva commencement sermon Sunday night. Oley Freeman Bob Gordon and children attended the Rogersville decoration Sunday. Catherine Peck ill but improving. Community attendees at Blue Springs singing. Nonnie Mason and children visited Mason family at Rock Creek last weekend. Winifred Vincent spent Thursday night in Eva with Mavis Hawkins. Howard Fowler of Antioch in the community Monday. Charleen Vice and Winifred Vincent attended the Eva Singing Contest Friday night.
Henry Wehrimann carried five whimpering puppies to the Woman's S S P C A headquarters to be fed or they would cry. The pups mother Lassie, a stray, was released from jail, and the scene ended with the puppy plea and a pardon.
A collage of jokes and vignettes about mood, work, marriage, and urban life. It weaves anecdotes from Herbert describing a circus hippo to office banter about legal business and a wistful poem urging daily bread and resilience.
Columnist highlights backstage chatter from New York’s entertainment world. Names, marriages, scandals, and industry sniping fill the page as reporters, actors, and managers navigate fame and paydays amid rumors and media tricks.
The column recalls Grace Moore shedding forty pounds with a simple no bread no sugar plan. It notes other fleeting items including a new tune “Chasing Shadows” and a banana oil aroma in a local paper’s Sabbath edition. The Denver doctor behind the dime chain-letter nuisance is linked to personal appearances in movie houses.
A terse courtroom joke features a judge accusing a husband of marrying for money and the husband retorting that if the aunt had money he would have chosen the aunt instead. The exchange highlights irony over motive.
Lowell Thomas, famed news commentator, refused a $5,000 offer from London Express for a second serial of his Lawrence in Arabia memoir, saying Lawrence inspired his first book. He later directed the money to Lawrence's mother in Tibet.
Mrs Elton Reeves appeals Decatur Morgan County voters to cast ballots on Saturday for the three mill tax. She argues the educational measure is essential for children and insists on continued support for learning at Joe Wheeler School.
A petition urges Decatur and Morgan County residents to vote on May 25 to continue the long standing school tax. The letter warns that discontinuing the tax would harm the county’s progress, industrial standing, and educational opportunities for youth.
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