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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1934
Page
2
In balanced view from the Baltimore Evening Sun, Franklin D Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover share policy roots. The piece argues both reacted to similar forces, with Roosevelt advancing programs more aggressively while Hoover acted cautiously.
The Alabama Journal notes the American Bar association's drive to remove criminals from its ranks. It cites cases from Milwaukee Chicago and Arizona highlighting ethics concerns from harboring criminals to ambulance chasing and bankruptcy abuses. It argues reform must come from within and be continuous.
New York dispatch notes the Midtown Hudson project will clear 34th to 42nd streets between Ninth and Tenth avenues with a 73 foot wide terraced plaza. City uses real estate subsidiaries to buy land for municipal improvements, avoiding racketeers and high offers. Hell's Kitchen, famed in song and film, faces a wave of upheaval as tenants depart and old structures fall for the sweeping urban renewal.
News Behind the News discusses rifts inside the NRA over how to handle the cotton industry strike. The piece notes a minority pressing for federal intervention to enforce code compliance, criticizing Johnson's approach, while others defend his steadying influence and question risks of action.
A Better Vision Institute survey finds 22 percent of public school children and 40 percent of college students have defective eyesight. It lists reading tips: use overhead light, avoid direct glare, keep head up, read from about fourteen inches, avoid blurred print, rest eyes, seek prompt examination if vision worsens, and require eye checks for new school entrants.
Eagle readers are invited to submit short paragraphs for Batchelor's Buttons. No byline needed. address items to Batchelor's Button at The Nathan Peele Avenue Home From Gordon: Hooray roads will be shaped again. A mix of quips and aphorisms appears, including weathered proverbs and a joke about insulin makers.
A columnist advises parents on dairy intake for growing children. Teens may resist milk, but calcium is essential for development. Suggests alternatives like cocoa, flavored milks, cream sauces, cereals, and buttermilk to keep milk in the diet. Emphasizes persistent effort to ensure teens consume milk or its substitutes.
A warrant to arrest Archbishop Pascal Diaz for officiating outside the cathedral was issued but blocked by an injunction. Mexican law imposes a fine of 15 days imprisonment or 140 dollars for the offense, with no official comment from Diaz. Meanwhile a Treasury note warns on tax increases amid political maneuvering.
FRANKFORT Ky Hundreds of Kentucky colonels are named by Gov Ruby Laf foon. Art B Hickox of Buffalo N Y is now Colonel of Safety. In Berkeley Harold Goldstein awoke to trousers outside his window and E G Weldon reported a similar incident. A purse $2 50 vanished through a transom. A fish pole burglar was blamed. Leo O Brien on his 16th birthday bought a lock but found a thief had taken his bicycle.
Luigi Spamparti recounts a lightning strike that he says cured his toothache with real high powered electricity. He reports no pain since the shock and plans to visit the village dentist after the storm.
In Browder Kentucky burglars entered the post office and fled with eight cents. Federal authorities were alerted by postmaster W. E. Wickliffe. In Philadelphia Edward J. MaGuire claimed he was mailing a letter but was found by firemen leaning on a fire alarm box and jailed for malicious mischief.
Richard Sandler of Sweden, a Socialist Democrat, is elected president of the League of Nations assembly at its first session in Geneva. He wins 49 of 52 votes, while Eamon de Valera withdraws before the vote in favor of Sandler.
George Tucker reports on proposals to legalize lotteries in New York City to fund relief efforts and tax revenue. Harlem’s daily dividend lottery and Tri Sweepstakes are described, with wagers by agents and a tenant in Harlem who spends dimes for others. A New York girl guides clients, studying baseball records to place bets, while a nearby ballpark looms as a backdrop.
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