Alabama Extension Promotes Cash Crops Beyond Cotton
Alabama Polytechnic Institute extension service launches a long term program to diversify farming income beyond cotton. Director L N Duncan says goals are to stabilize popularize and market miscellaneous farm products, with Black Belt gains in livestock poultry dairying and peanuts. Cooperative effort aims to boost rural income and local business.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
L. N. Duncan
Prof. Duncan
Alabama
Black Belt
Democratic Nominations and Ritchie Favored Over Roosevelt
The Dothan Eagle and Headland Wiregrass Farmer debate prospects for the 1932 Democratic nomination. They favor Ritchie over Roosevelt, note Roosevelt’s utilities stance, predict a possible Roosevelt-Smith deadlock, and suggest Ritchie as a compromise nominee. Editor Mitchell praised for independence.
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Dothan Eagle
Ritchie
Roosevelt
Thas
Hall
One Thing It Will Do at Lausanne Armament Talks
The American delegation to the Lausanne arms limit talks sails for Europe with strict prohibitions on discussing war debts security pacts naval affairs army size or budget cuts. Congress allows spending 450000, and observers expect the delegation will do one thing likely only spend that amount despite restrictions.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
Lausanne
Europe
France
Congress
Detroit Bull's Eye Standouts in Rough Seas
A recruit expresses disorientation on the voyage as Ro'sur's Mate reassures him. The phrase Detroit Bull's Eye hints at a focal target or moment of aim during a tense scene aboard.
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Ro'sur
Detroit
Advertiser quotes farmer turning cash producer and state service
A Montgomery Advertiser note extols a man who merges farming with cash production, calling it a wiser approach that expands his usefulness to the state during this period.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Washington Merry-Go-Round praised as sharp critique
A reader review endorses the anonymous Washington Merry-Go-Round as an informative collection of essays on national capital figures. It notes the authors, likely city correspondents, expose media bias and press ownership influence, while lamenting some journalists losing jobs. The piece urges readers to consider claims like 80 percent of taxes funding war.
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Washington
20 Years Ago In Dothan Primary Set For March
A city primary was scheduled for March 4 with plurality deciding the winner. J. W. Burkett announced candidacy for councilman from ward tire. Various officials and visitors were noted including U. S. marshal F M Sheehan and deputy W W Pitts. Several residents and out of town guests were listed along with a report of Miss Nepp McLennan’s ailing condition.
Typical American Exhibition Of Morality From The Columbus Dispatch
The piece criticizes Los Angeles for banning Aristophanes Lyssistra at the city’s morality gatekeeping, labeling Hollywood a theatre of moral censorship. It contrasts mass sexy film output with banning a classic drama, arguing the government favors pornographic material over literature and adult art.
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Columbus Dispatch
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Aristophanes
Lysstrata
Nance O'N
City of Angels
Father Stands The Gaff (Moultrie Coenen)
A Northwestern University professor notes that the father figure endures as the family football. He pays the bills but is often mocked by children, who idolize him briefly and later see him as fallible. The piece argues fathers bear this lifelong role, accepting disillusionment as part of parenthood.
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Moultrie Coenen
Northwestern University
Dad
Daddy
Congressional appropriation bills would drain treasury
The Washington Post dispatched a reporter to the Capitol to verify new appropriation bills. He found that if all bills become law, they would total about twenty nine billion dollars in new federal spending, a sum that could strain the treasury accordingly.
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The
Washington Post
Capitol
Selma Times- Journal
Convention Highlights Clash Over Prohibition Referendum
The Anti-Saloon League meeting in Washington drew attention to the Raskob popular vote proposal and the Alfalfa Bill Murray speech, with warnings about the fiscal burden of enforcement. Analysts say federal and state costs, plus lost tax revenue, exceed five million and may surpass a billion if taxation on alcohol rises.
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Washington
Bill Murray
League
Anti- Saloon League
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition Enforcement
Courts of the Prisons
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Coast Guard
Igmann
Columbia University
Srys
How's Your Health By Dr Lago Goldston
Dr Lago Goldston addresses chronic constipation, attributing it to improper bowel function and urging diet, exercise, and regularity. Training the body to evacuate in the morning, choosing foods that bulk and stimulate the GI tract, and consuming six to eight glasses of fluids daily are emphasized, with cautions about harsh cathartics and individual dietary tolerance.
Menus of the Day for Children Packed Meals
The listing outlines a daily menu plan headed by Escalloped Lima Beans MBK for the Children, with corn soup, crackers, fruit gelatin, tea, milk, dinner buttered turnips, corn bread, head lettuce, French dressing, eggless raisin nut cake, and milk. A recipe note lists two cups of corn with three tablespoons each of chopped onions and celery leaves.
Welcome Sign Sparks Debate in Dothan Letter
A controversy over a proposed Terminal Station sign includes Owen Draper of Homewood suggesting a message reading A Hearty Welcome Awaits You At Montgomery 100 Miles From Here and an acrostic involving Birmingham. John Temple Graves, I in Eham Age-Herald.
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Owen Draper
Homewood
Dothan
Julian Hall
Draper
Montgomery
Birmingham
John Temple Graves
E’‘ham Age-Herald
Tax Firm President Seeks Taxi After Confusing Call
A friend of Mr. Howe, president of the Great Lakes Tax Company, requested a taxi. He asked if Mike Hows was there and wondered if the call was about the stock yards, provoking an irate sergeant at the Buard.
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Howe
Great Lakes Tax Company
Mike Hows
Buard
Great Lakes Bulletin
Impossible Aspirations Budget Cut Clash Report
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Senator Pat Harrison pushes for a $300 million budget cut. Vice President Curtis intervenes, raises the target to $500 million, urging continued pressure as the push persists.
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Pat Harrison
Curtis
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Farmers lose out as jobholders aid the rider
Opinion from the Opp Weekly News criticizes department of agriculture and related agencies for not helping farmers. It argues such policies favor the rider over the man in the saddle, noting that farmers used to fare better.
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Departments of Agriculture
Opp Weekly News
Invisible Garments Take Time Travel Trip to Doon
Mary Graham Bonner presents Sundown Stories where John and Peggy wear invisible cloaks and, guided by the Magic Maker, use a backward turning cauldron to set a scene in 1759 Scotland. They arrive at a clay cottage near the river Doon as a baby is born named Robert, fated for fame.
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Scotland
John
Peggy
Robert
Talks to Parents by Alice Judson Peale on punishment
An essay argues against slapping as a way to train toddlers. It notes immediate lessons from physical punishment can cause antagonism and resentment and suggests redirection and substitute pleasures as safer methods. The piece cites dangers like toilet items fountain pens and gas stoves and promotes constructive parenting approaches.
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Alice Judson Peale
Burns Legacy Shaped by Honest Poetic Voice
The article recalls how Burns wrote for simple folk and everyday scenes, praising his sincere and real poetry. On a Sunday afternoon, John and Peggy heard some of Robert Burns’s verses, illustrating his enduring appeal and authentic voice.
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