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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
2
Former Louisiana senator Joseph E. Ransdell, who lost to Huey Long in 1928, comes back to the state to campaign against Long. The Roosevelt administration withholds patronage in Louisiana and appoints Long's political enemies to federal posts, aimed at undermining Long’s influence.
Ex Socialist Upton Sinclair announces a California gubernatorial bid. The article notes his party switch from socialist to Democrat, suggesting his motives lie in electoral chances, and highlights a platform plank to cap estates at 50 000 with confiscation of excess.
A reflection on leadership, noting leaders endure loneliness and doubt while facing fear. It argues fear suppresses bravery and ambitions, urging cast out fear to reduce the world’s ills and empower those who would lead.
The passage argues fear is imaginary in the end and urges men and women to cast out fear. It contrasts primal trembling before nature with the survival mindset required in modern times, emphasizing courage over dread.
Baynard Malone advocates a bold eight district program including Dam No. 3 at Town Creek, highway completion, river navigation, dredging, and Muscle Shoals employment while pledging strong Roosevelt administration backing. The piece praises his platform as constructive and voter-supported, with calls to counter opposition in Washington.
ARTHUR BRISBANE reports on a sensational column asserting Germany’s phone call is linked to vast savings claims and religious motives. The piece frames economic and moral themes around currency, politics, and media influence.
Engineers representing Henry Ford met with Secretary Weeks in Washington over Ford’s bid to purchase the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. Capt Joe Gibson of Hillsboro stayed with friends here, Congressman Edward B Almon addressed business men and farmers in Hartselle, and the Bee Line highway through Decatur won campaign support. Miss Sara Pearl Emens attends Woman's College in Montgomery.
The Tennessee river is dropping today reaching a gauge reading of 32 feet signaling lower water levels along the river. Local authorities monitor the drop for navigation and flood risk management.
A trace of rain fell within the 24 hour period ending at seven o'clock this morning. The report notes only a light shower with no measurable precipitation. Local weather observers recorded minimal rainfall and no significant weather events.
A North Carolina pastor drafts church rules requiring regular sermon attendance. The piece hints at humorous side effects like snoring clauses. The text also comments on opera pricing and jokes about aging twins and life extension claims by a Columbia University professor.
In a Tucson area dig Dr. Byron Cummings of the University of Arizona Archaeology Department uncovers six hundred year old Hopi dwelling ruins with floors allegedly burying very young children to keep baby spirits near mothers. The Hopis reportedly continue the custom.
Ten prisoners escaped Shelby county jail by fashioning wooden dummy keys and remained at large Monday night. Sheriff Knox Wooly led statewide search urging officers to be on lookout for the fugitives.
A secret NRA Industrial and Labor Advisory Board meeting reveals capital versus labor tensions as members threaten resignations over the merit clause and labor protections. Roosevelt rejects the draft, pushing for court or National Labor Board interpretation. Cuban and Latin American concerns loom as Pan American talks may crumble. Japan and Manchuria factor into a tense foreign policy outlook.
News reports list ten escapees six white men and four Negroes. Distilling charges tied to Taylor Bush 27 of Birmingham Pratt Northcutt 30 and Ernest Powell 27 two men brought from Speigner to testify in Columbiana plus W T Bratton 51 also charged with distilling. Four escapees from Jefferson County.
A collage of jokes and humorous exchanges features a speaker urging action with grit and lines about sleep talking doctors money wisdom and social missteps. Cast includes a patient and physician a prosecutor a woman at a parsonage and various party and golf personas delivering punchlines.
Mrs. M. Gunstone from Caddell endorses Vinci iron tonic claiming it made her thin, nervous and run-down after birth become stronger and gained weight. The ad cites the product as helpful following delivery.
Judge Harry B. Keidan ruled the two national banks in Detroit were solvent at the time of the February 14, 1933 banking holiday and found no evidence of criminality by bank officers or of secret withdrawals. The ruling followed a three month Grand Jury investigation into the collapse of First National Bank Detroit and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. He noted the government acted to conservate the banks shortly after the holiday and rejected claims of hidden insolvency.
Mrs Homer Stovall is visiting relatives in Nashville Tennessee and Earlington. A moral aside on life compares it to a card game and mentions a student joke about a collective noun with the answer ash can.
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