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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1940
Page
4
The Daily notes Florida trips offer the same Bunburn results at no cost. It critiques daylight saving as unpopular in Alabama, cites Tuscaloosa and other cities reverting to standard time, and urges governors to avoid proceeding with time shifts while praising highway safety at local events.
A compact note describes a community with strong faith in snakebite remedies guiding urgent actions and hopeful outcomes, highlighting how belief shapes decisions and communal response.
Washington dispatch outlines the 1940 presidential convention turmoil as Garner resists nominating Roosevelt by acclamation. Jim Farley urges roll call to place Garner in nomination, while ex-chairmen of the national committee split on third terms. Garner plans to vote for neither Willkie nor Roosevelt.
Montgomery notes rising demand for skilled labor as national defense expands. Alabama cooperates in establishing refresher courses to restore former artisans to proficiency, targeting men who left trades for other work during calmer years.
Oldtime remedies discuss salt pork plugs to stop nosebleeds and prevent recurrence, with notes on causes and risks. The column answers first aid questions on heat exhaustion and eye irritation, and provides a vacation diet for underweights including meals and beverages.
In Woodstock Illinois the public library says two titles The Gates Ajar and Woman's Friendship were found Aug 6 after being 49 years overdue. Fines of 500 dollars per book apply for each unpaid. Workers renovating a demolished building uncovered the volumes with borrowing cards beneath a floor.
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets from Dr Logan Clendening at ten cents per title. Send ten cents for one pamphlet along with a self addressed stamped envelope to the editor in care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks' Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Weatherman H K Kilbert in Florence South Carolina noted three inches of rain during a heat wave but airport data showed only .80 inch. An investigation revealed his son had left a garden sprinkler running directly over the rain gauge.
A humorous verse urges an aging reader to drop worry and wear a bright grin. It promotes Doctor Cheer as a cure for mental ills and an upbeat view, ending with a lighthearted jab as a father-son exchange about a girl in dim light.
A Decatur statesman wins favor with women by opening each speech with a boast that he arrived before any woman in the audience was born. The same page also notes a humorous exchange about literary fellowships and reviewer quips.
The page captures snippets from a women's club meeting and street chatter. A sock donation note to Red Cross, a nickel driven music machine, a boy dodging an old lady, and light quips reveal social humor and everyday tensions of the era.
In a terse parlor conversation Ruth notes Amos's blunt view of Frank. The exchange reveals tension over Frank's self view and Ruth's lukewarm disagreement, leaving the mood uneasy.
Dick Powell recalls Hollywood history and trivia from Mack Sennett to Mary Pickford, Chaplin salaries, early film clubs, and the Hollywood scene including studios Edendale to Paramount, noting shifting social life and prolific press, with a mix of fact and wry commentary.
The piece traces cinema history along the Pacific coast from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara and San Fernando Valley with mentions of Tom Ince, Mack Sennett, and early studios. It highlights a Santa Monica freight depot rail line, a Doorway to Hell gangster cycle by Rowland Brown, and Darryl F. Zanuck, plus anecdotes about Wallace Beery and Gloria Swanson riding in an underslung luxury car.
Whitely Heights in Hollywood earned fame as the first movie star colony. Actors built luxurious homes using day labor to cut costs, leading to oversized structures with thick retaining walls, extra rooms, and extravagant features like minarets as the era’s wealth surged.
Charles Kessell and Charles O Bauman once owned the New York Motion Picture Company and spent a million to build a Culver City studio. They were blocked from the MGM lot when inspecting the plant. Ground was given to their manager by realtor Harry Culver. The manager’s dispute led him to use cowboy extras to police the site. A settlement followed. Joseph Ferdinand Antoine Plateau, tied to the University of Ghent, started it all in 1935 with a phenakistoscope disk device that spun to show a single moving image.
The first color film debuted in London in 1909 and reached Madison Square Garden later that year. Censorship traces to 1896 with the Atlantic City release of Passion Dance featuring a doll named Dolorita.
A playful narrator quotes a cocky rooster teasing about knowledge and tricks. The scene references eggs and a truck bearing the sign Smith's China Store, suggesting a playful urban anecdote about mistaken identity and clever deceptions.
A playful dialogue unfolds as a wife laments being seen only as a cook while the husband retorts that a few meals would change that view. The exchange reads as light domestic humor from a humorous column.
Stembridge owns over 7,000 guns once used by C. B. DeMille stock actors. A cockeyed fowling piece nicknamed Ben Turpin shoots left shoulder right eye. The article notes munitions with brass knuckles, a spring dagger, and bayonet blade, plus film industry quirks about muzzle loaders, armor, and set errors.
A lawsuit was avoided when a character played by a famous comedienne shared a name with a prominent real figure. The legal team warned that auto license and telephone numbers require careful verification to avoid citizen objections.
A terse note on the urgent need for accurate phrasing of death sentences in different states and in specific trials. It highlights editors and writers pressing for speedy, precise wording amid deadline pressure.
A widow sues a major studio after the firm bought a batch of 1890 photographs of unknown people from a junk dealer and displayed one in a room. After settlement the studio learns the pictured man was stabbed in such a room, prompting questions about the death.
A large family reunion was hosted at James C. Roberts home on July 29 in celebration of his 65th birthday. Attendees included Laddie McDonald family Parks McDonald Elkin Roberts Harp Seldon Harp Virgle Wallace Therrel Wallace Joy Cheatem Luke Roberts Lewis Sandlin Orval Roberts Laverne Knighton Lois Wallace Hythen Long Ara Smith Sterling Smith Clarence Smith C J Roberts Erby Roberts Pet Roberts Parlene Livingston and others. A noon basket lunch was served.
Daily Want Ad reports strong demand for rentals with good apartments in market. Listings emphasize quality options and quick occupancy.
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