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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1933
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR lists advertising representatives and city or company names including New York Des Moines and corporate abbreviations. no coherent event or action is clear.
The New York Post has adopted tabloid format to better suit readers on streets and transit. Management says the change adds convenience for office and home readers and does not pursue sensational tabloids, maintaining existing standards while offering a more compact size.
The Daily urges farm readers to drive carefully as cotton wagons crowd southern highways. It warns that driving without lights at night is illegal and dangerous, noting many Alabama accidents involve unlighted vehicles. Riders should ensure lanterns on cotton transport and keep lights on after sundown for visibility.
Article compares crime registration ideas in Los Angeles and Newark New Jersey. It contrasts Los Angeles efforts to deter gangsters with Newark practice of jailing known offenders on vagrancy charges to secure arrests and convictions. It cites Nashville Tennessean remarks on Los Angeles program.
An emergency ordinance in Los Angeles County requires all felony convicts in the last decade to register. Failure to comply carries a $600 fine and six months in jail. Registered individuals must provide residence and support details and report address changes to the sheriff. The City Council and other counties may adopt similar rules to curb racketeering.
The piece urges voters in the eighth district to support Baynard L Malone of Morgan County in the October 3 election. It casts Malone as a candidate of the people, immune to corporate influence, and a strong Washington ally for President Roosevelt. It notes Malone’s broad district reach and rising local backing.
Column notes Mrs Besant death in Manila amid talk on economics and labor. Brisk discussion covers the NRA, unions, gold markets, and copyright matters as of 1983 from Arthur Brisbane column syndicated by King Features.
Obituary notes Dr Annie Besant dying at 85, recalling her Theosophical leadership and her promotion of a supposed New Messiah figure Jeddu Krishnamurti. It contrasts her later years with the era of spiritualism and social work in London. The column shifts to currency, labor politics, and global economic topics, tossing among gold prices, currency values, and NRA era debates.
John H. Wallace Jr state conservation commissioner will deliver an address at Decatur city hall September 27 on conserving the state's natural resources. Albany Decatur Gas and Oil moves offices to Bernstein building on Moulton street. Russell Green on business in Pulaski Tenn Miss Mabel Pride arrives to visit sister Mrs B D Geer on Grant street.
The company announces revised sailings effective October 3 1933 from Boston and September 30 1933 from Savannah. Cape Cod Canal Route will be used between New York and Boston with specific sailing days and hours from Boston New York Savannah. The changes reduce stop-over at New York to six hours and shorten Boston Savannah trips by twenty four hours.
The Tennessee river remains stationary at a gauge reading of 3.4 feet, showing no change in level for the day. The modest rise or fall in river height is not reported, keeping agencies watchful for potential shifts.
There was no rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 7 a m today. The note records a dry cycle for the local area with no measurable precipitation.
In Washington the New Deal era faces new pushes and potential amendments to the securities act. Lawmakers and lobbyists weigh investor protections as Ferdinanda's stock market testimony looms in October. Senator Brookhart and figures like Clifford V. Gregory loom in a landscape of anti banker sentiment and AAA affidavits. Governor Ruby Laffoon invokes God in a Kentucky legislature address.
The column describes divisions among U.S. officials over price fixing within NRA codes. Wallace Roper Dickinson oppose controls while Hugh Johnson remains neutral, and concerns over the impact of the $1 billion RFC plan on NRA efforts are voiced amid wary banking risks.
A collage of quips and quick gags on love money and daily life. Jokes range from engagements and trust to mustard plaster and deferred payments. A running joke about laws and intelligence ends with a playful tease about giving a girl.
A sharp temperature drop was logged today in the area with a cold front affecting breeze and overnight lows. Forecasters warned of chilly conditions continuing through tonight with possible frost in rural pockets.
A longtime admirer from Decatur writes Baynard L. Malone is a dynamic hustler who would energize the Eighth District if elected to Congress. The letter credits him with urban improvements on Second Avenue and Lee Street and urges Morgan and Jackson counties to vote for him, noting the writer already cast a vote for Malone.
A string of cynical quips on economy, rumor, jobs, and celebrity life. The dialogue riffs on depressions era views of work, politics, and social stereotypes with lines about committees, divorce, doctors, Vox Populi, and racial humor.
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