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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1952
Page
4
The Daily notes years of advocacy for a public pool for Black citizens and reports growing public opinion. It predicts progress may come by next summer and anticipates mayoral and council candidates featuring a Negro pool platform in September.
A column argues against split voting for Eisenhower and Sparkman. It urges voters to choose either Democratic or Republican based on belief in leaders, labeling the split ticket idea as foolish and unnecessary.
The piece urges Alabama agricultural agencies and officials to seek swift relief for drought victims. It notes Tennessee's pace under Governor Browning and presses for temporary federal aid as farmers, especially small livestock producers, face continued hardship and must prepare for another year.
While Alabama leads this year, compares show more crashes this Sunday than last year. Patrol reports 27 accidents with 21 injuries and 6 deaths versus 22 accidents, 17 injuries, 4 deaths, and $10,000 damage. Traffic growth and older roads worsen totals, but neglect of safety rules remains the main cause.
The AP reports 16 Republican officials including Eisenhower backers say a GOP victory in November would hasten a federal fair employment practices commission with real enforcement. The group includes a New Jersey governor and several senators and representatives, urging voters to consider FEPC in November.
Drew Pearson warns Moscow orchestrates during American political year. He lists hydrogen bomb tests, Iran turning Communist, and East Germany rearming as Russia pressures Greece and Turkey to shift power and block American influence in the Mediterranean.
The article lists personal lapses such as failing to finish tasks eat properly and organize life. It shifts to Cold War concerns noting Britain’s isolationist trend, France’s subsidy dependence, and Kremlin propaganda as pressures build for a European army.
Montanelli recalls a New Delhi garden party hosted by Pandit Nehru for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. He notes Nehru and wife reception, the liberal crowd, and contrasts with imperial restraint, while detailing the pomp, fashion, and attendees including Nehru, Mrs Roosevelt, and visiting dignitaries.
HAL BOYLE profiles Dr Sara M Jordan of Boston as a modern Florence Nightingale for the tired businessman. She prescribes relaxing drinks, biannual one month vacations, leisurely lunches and naps, plus short breaks between meetings to reduce office fatigue. He argues productivity drops after five hours and imagines an office as home like club with leisure amenities.
A ship voyage brings Mark Twain and Chauncey M Depew together. Twain speaks for twenty minutes then Depew humorously claims he lost the notes to Twains speech, provoking laughter. The page also presents a string of jokes and quips from various scenes and personalities.
A female reporter notes the widow speaks of democracy and poverty as a Scottish military band returns in colonial attire. An English friend comments that empires pass away while the scene fades with pastoral and military echoes.
A Hastings man accepted a money deposit from a woman poultry raiser who claimed the funds were for hens. He discovered the donor was treasurer of a women’s church group and the line about the hens concealed the true source of the funds.
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