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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
4
A reader’s collage of notes voices wartime anxieties and local ambitions. The piece mentions WPA projects funding debates, defense plans, and Decatur seeking industries to employ 25 000 residents while weighing national and foreign policy concerns. It references Senator Wheeler and federal investigations, plus local weather and leisure chatter. The overall tone blends civic hope with wartime prudence.
Detroit arrest of Olen Montgomery, one of the Scottsboro defendants, followed by his release after a rape charge was dropped when the complainant declined to sign a complaint. The Tuscaloosa News questions pressure on Alabama officials and notes renewed fear and controversy surrounding the case.
Production rose to a seasonally adjusted high of 117 in July, up 3 points from June due to hurried private orders to beat impending government defense contracts. The long range trend signals continued growth if the armaments program persists as planned, with monthly charts showing varied but improving indexes across 1928 to 1940 baselines.
A readable bulletin outlines driving basics under CARE COURTESY and COMMON SENSE. It stresses watching children and pedestrians near streetcars, observing warning signs at railway crossings, keeping vehicles well maintained, and driving with safety, courtesy, and common sense in mind. The piece includes stray dialogue and example scenes illustrating cautious behavior.
Government nutritionists promote milk as a near perfect food providing protein fat and carbohydrates along with minerals and vitamins. A quart daily for children and at least a pint for adults supports vitamin A calcium phosphorus and overall growth and health, with milk's energy value comparable to lean steak and various other common foods.
A Decatur man claims he will never own a motor car and lists his wife as the car owner. A local doctor’s prescription has circulated for months, used as a railroad pass, dance invitation, driver’s license, wedding invitation, employer note, and piano music in the evenings. A humorous family exchange ends with a quip about sons growing up no wiser than their father.
Alabama farmers received generally moderate and reasonable price changes for products in the month ending July 15, according to the state crop reporting service.
A reader asks for a full table of foods with vitamin mineral content and macros. The response notes such tables exist in cited works including The Balanced Diet and Wolf The Human Fuel and Peters Diet and Health along with USDA Bulletin No 29.
The editor notes Dr Logan Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. Send 10 cents plus a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Clendening in care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reduction Diet and Infant Feeding among others.
Eddie Cantor narrates a personal diary of Broadway memories from 1916 to 1936. He recalls kidnappers turning into friends, Buddy DeSylva’s ukulele hits, Fannie Brice moments, Will Rogers quips, a 1929 Wall Street crash, meeting Deanna Durbin, a London benefit, NBC Red Cross broadcast, and a Boystown visit with Father Flanagan, urging Margie to organize the notes.
The Rock Spring Presbyterian church revival began Sunday in Mt Hope Lawrence County with day and night services led by Rev. Covington of Cookeville Tennessee. A Roberson family reunion was held last week and will be repeated annually. Local families and relatives gathered, including Kathryn Smith and daughter, the Laramore and Quinn families, and others visiting in the area.
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