Compromise debate over Alabama reapportionment and poll tax
The Daily weighs The Tuscaloosa News plan for reapportionment and poll tax retention. It argues for a balanced approach to give more representation while preserving the poll tax as a stabilizer in white government. It endorses compromise over zero-sum tactics and urges action in the next legislative session.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Black Belt
Alabama Journal
Montgomery
The
Senate
United States
State Unite
House
Roosevelt on wages and prices in a strife economy
The column argues prices stay high as strikers push up wages while production falls. It contends only about 20 percent earn the high wage, leaving 90 percent unable to bear higher costs, urging a broader solution to wage-driven price inflation.
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Roosevelt
Columbus
Miss
Price and war notes mix with home front advice
A wartime column discusses inflation fears and price controls with predictions of up to 15 percent rises in four months. It offers government guidance on conserving goods, adopting thrift measures, and shifting living habits while warning of looming large-scale military maneuvers across the nation.
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Leon Henderson
Senate Committee
Bureau of Standards
Lawrence Singing at Courthouse in Moulton Sunday Night
The Lawrence County community sing will convene in the courthouse at Moulton Sunday at 10 oclock p.m. Aug 10. Contest singing from county schools and quartets from out of county are expected with invitations to all residents to attend.
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Lawrence County
Moulton
Clock Work Daylight Saving Mixup at Central Standard Time
In Augusta Georgia on August 7 a railroad worker explained he read about Daylight Saving Time and set his alarm for midnight to advance the clock. He woke at 5 a m thinking it was one hour earlier, only to find the railroads still ran on Central Standard Time.
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Augusta
J. Cy Douglas
Farms and City PropertyListed in Want Acts
The notice notes farms land and city property regularly appear in the Want Acts list. It suggests this may be routine documentation rather than unique filings.
Calories Burned in Sports and Daily Tasks
The article explains calorie use for daily life and sports, noting averages for active and inactive women and how different activities like skiing swimming dancing and manual labor consume calories per hour. It lists figures for activities from sewing to stonemasonry and highlights that muscle tension drives high energy use.
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William Engel
A. Knopf
McKendree Revival to Begin Sunday in Chapel
A revival starts Sunday at McKendree chapel with an 11 o clock opening service. Jesse Roberts will lead singing and assist his father Rev J H Roberts the pastor during the campaign.
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McKendree's Chapel
Jesse Roberts
J. H. Roberts
Dr Clendening promotes seven pamphlets for readers
An editor notes seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening available to readers at 10 omnis each. To obtain a selected title send 10 cents with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Clendening in care of the publication. Titles include Diet during three weeks, Inination and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Diabetes treatment, Feminine Hygiene, and Hair and Skin care.
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Clendening
Attorneys Take Ten Day Vacation From Draft Boards
Have Vacation Athens Ala Aug T W W Malone Jr and Thomas G Steele Athens attorneys and clerks in charge of the two draft boards of this county are enjoying a ten days vacation at Miami Beach Florida Miss Martee Armstrong and Dan Shannon are in charge of the two offices during their absence.
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Athens
Ala
Aug
T. W. W. Malone, Jr
Thomas G. Steele
Miami Beach
Florida
Martee Armstrong
Dan Shannon
Valley reporter obituary and odd local notices blend tragic and quirky
The Valley reports Uncle Darius Kilgore’s death after a hayloft accident, while the Owens Herald notes free admission for children under 13 at a Saturday matinee. Kirksville Star cites Ed Bogstad’s arrest over alleged domestic assault. The Winston Argus lists a sewing club gathering at the Baptist church. Morton Advocate records A K Roble found dying after a severe injury. A stray dialogue exchange and misc phrases intersperse the pages, including garbled type and casual commuter notes.
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News Valley
Darius Kilgore
Owens Herald
Royal Movie Theatre
Kirksville Star
Ed Bogstad
Winston Argus
Sewing Club
Baptist Church
Morton Advocate
A.K. Roble
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Miss Unconscious
Walter Winchell recalls Vera Milton the Dumbest Girl on Broadway and contrasts her era with today’s Hollywood. He profiles three contenders for Miss Unconscious Sylvia McKaye and Evelynne Moriarity, noting their infamous lines and missteps in show business.
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Lee Mortimer
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Vera Milton
Vera
Mr. Winchell
New York
Miss Malaprops
Hollywood
Hollywood Contender Blanche Grady Tells Of Industry Pressures
The article profiles Blanche Grady, a former John Powers model now earning about $150 weekly on a Paramount stock deal. It notes her early Hollywood days included a date with a notorious man who warned her about his private etchings and urged caution.
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Lovely Blanche Grady
John Powers
Paramount
Hollywood
Wolf
Thrifty talk and a tale of four marriages
A comic scene shows a quarrel over purses as Mrs Skjold reveals her first husband and four others. Mrs Neerby and the gos sip exchange misheard confidences. An angry customer finds a button in soup while a waitress jokes about the violinist who kissed her violin good night.
Confused Banter Over Love And Plans
A playful dialogue shows a young man and woman debating age and marriage as a Scot and his wife discuss dinner. The exchange touches on opportunity and achievement while miscommunications loom, ending with the husband joking about calling at six and reclaiming his nickname.
I Did Not Drink A Vaudeville Tale Of Helen Grey
A brief humorous tale recalls Helen Grey from Bridgeport who moved to New York to join a chorus line. She declines cocktails and caviar during a party saying she never drinks. Bonnie Clare a red headed show girl later jokes about calendar differences and holidays in Cincinnati and New York.
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Helen Grey
New York
Bridgeport
Park Ave
Alde
Cincinnati
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Queen City
Bonnie
Morgan County Florette Social Notes
Mrs Harold Waugh and Mrs W B Fergerson and daughter Anetta of Decatur spent last Thursday with Mr and Mrs G C Vincent. Miss Lorene Gordon is able to be up after an appendicitis attack. Mr and Mrs M G Peck and daughter Jo and Mr and Mrs Russell Peck of Pines visited Mr and Mrs J Eral Peck. Ivey Weaver called on Eral Peck. The Waughs were weekend guests of the Vincents. Mrs Nancy Coney visited her daughter Mrs Alex Dunn Sunday. Garnett Dement and Houghton Tucker of Decatur were in the community Saturday night. Mr and Mrs J Eral Peck attended church at Six Mile Thursday night.
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Harold Waugh
W. B. Fergerson
Anetta
Decatur
G. C. Vincent
Lorene Gordon
M. G. Peck
Russell Peck
Pines
J. Eral Peck
Ivey Weaver
Eral Peck
Nancy Coney
Alex Dunn
Garnett Dement
Houghton Tucker
Six Mile
Farm Bill Proposed To Relieve Crop Surpluses
Senator Bankhead and Senator Eastland introduced a bill to refund duties paid under the 1930 tariff act. The measure would allow refunds if the importer or assignee used the value plus import duties to purchase and export surplus farm products grown domestically.
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Washington
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Eastland
D.-Miss
Rattlesnake Threat Dropped By Bethlehem Woman
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania a three foot rattlesnake confronted Mrs Ethel Sherer as she returned from huckleberry picking. She restrained the reptile with a stick while her daughter Dorothy beat it to death, despite warnings to avoid excitement due to heart trouble.
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Bethlehem
Ethel Sherer
Dorothy
Aid Urged Montgomery Registrants for Civilian Defense
Adjutant General Ben M. Smith urged Alabama selective service registrants who have been deferred from military service to volunteer full assistance to state and local civilian defense agencies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ben M. Smith
Alabama
Selective Service
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