Decatur Daily News Highlights and Publication Details
The item notes the Decatur Daily’s afternoon publication schedule and weekly Sunday issue published by the Tennessee Valley Printing Co. Inc with founder editor W. B. Shelton, covering years 1912 to 1924. It references archival post office dates February 9 1912 and July 1 1917 under the 1878 act.
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Decatur
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Shelton
Decater
Alabasca
Decatur Voices On Roads Parks and Scout Movement
A Daily reader letter laments senseless horn honking and urges action. It notes Roosevelt daylight saving and the defense highway bill funding Bee Line and Wheeler roads. The piece discusses Deleno Park traffic use, future park plans, and urges support for Boy Scout activities in the Tenpeasee Valley council.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Deleno Park
Daily
Decatur
Pending Housing in Decatur for Defense Workers
Decatur faces a critical housing shortage as the Southern Aviation School and a defense arsenal draw workers. City officials plan a housing authority, but long term options are uncertain while hosiery mill workers have only temporary accommodations.
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Decatur
Southern Aviation Rn School
Defense Arsenal
South
Madison Coun
Decatur Local Chuckle Over Secret 151st Engineers Move
In Decatur townsfolk laughed at a Daily decision not to publish details of the 151st Engineers movements. Military authorities kept the information silent while residents and company members shared unofficial updates.
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Britain
Russia
Africa
Rase
Decatur
151St Engineers
Decatur High Band Trip During Milwaukee Visit
A fragment notes the Decatur high school band and its Milwaukee excursion amid a blackout. It mentions the Princess avoiding an open stage during the outage and hints at the event's illumination and upcoming outcomes.
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Milwaukee
Decatur High School
Preparing for the War Tax Bill Now
The speaker warns Americans will face the largest tax burden in history to fund wartime efforts. A time to plan ahead is urged as 130,000,000 taxpayers are identified as owing the bill and must prepare before payment begins.
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Uncle Sam
Red Army Inflicts Heavy Toll on Eastern Front
German figures after a successful eastern front operation cite 4,000,000 Red army killed or captured, with Berlin silent on German losses. The article notes Red losses to date and claims Stalin’s forces have halted Hitler’s advance, buying critical time for Allies to prepare.
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Eastern Front
Red Army
Red Communique
Russia
Britain
United States
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Stalin
Adolph
Call for U S 31 as Alabama military highway
A letter from Decatur urges upgrading U S 31 from Athens to Pulaski and straightening the Decatur to Cullman segment. The writer argues the road serves military and commercial needs from Chicago to the Gulf and should receive rapid federal and state attention.
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Decatur
Muscle Shoals
Mobile
Shoals
the Shoals
Puntsville
Birmingham
State Highway Department
Washington
Alabama
U. S
Athens
Pulaski
Cullman
U. S. 31
Roosevelt diplomacy and naval moves raise war prep talk
Washington reports on Roosevelt plans and Henderson led price controls with talk of a three to five member board. Debate over a large expeditionary force, Navy movements, and domestic economic council ideas frame a tense wartime policy discussion.
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Roosevelt
Henderson
OPAX
Carter Glass
Senate
House
London
Wheeler
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Sunday School Class Picnic at Delano Park
Mrs. Jack Bentley and Mrs. Lillie Couch hosted the Memor ial Drive Methodist class with a picnic at Delano Park on Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 6. Many games were played and refreshments served to Jackie Wayne Bentley, John Henry Turney, Richard Penn, Joan Martin, Joan Woodruff, Robbie Grantland, Myra Grantland, Martha Owens, Doris Dean Shirley and Patricia Edwards.
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Jack Bentley
Lillie Couch
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Delano Park
Jackie Wayne Bentley
John Henry Turney
Richard Penn
Joan Martin
Joan Woodruff
Robbie Grantland
Myra Grantland
Martha Owens
Doris Dean Shirley
Patricia Edwards
Line for Big Pay Ends in Jail for Loiterers
In Mobile Alabama a handyman quits his job to join a shipyard line rumored to pay well. A police patrol moves in and arrests the men in line for violating the city's move on ordinance against loitering.
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Mobile
Ala
Loierers
Toughen Up Americas Dr Heiser urges preventive health thrift
War Time Health Message to America reviews Dr Victor G Heisers Toughen Up Americas stressing physical stamina as vital to leadership. It highlights chapters on food sleep exercise germ conquest and self restraint with examples of Halifax Massachusetts health reforms and rapid public health gains.
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America
Dr. Heiser
Victor G. Heiser
Americas
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Publishers
Doctor Heiser
Doctor McCollum
Meiser
Heiser
Massachusetts
Halifax
The Mail Comes In And The Day Brightens
In a lively business day scene mail arrives with envelopes that may hold checks orders or hidden stories The reader imagines possible contents and the daily thrill of letters and invoices Shapes of jokes about tailoring marriage and memory punctuate the office banter and film patter style quotes.
闲谈与词汇趣味对话剪影
8s 的对话中出现彼此评价与日常琐事的闲聊片段。 Willie-Dad 讨论 twaddle 的含义 父子间关于休假与疲劳的对话 Dillpick 和 Gunbusta 以幽默回应 坐窗就餐与分量关系成为轻松议题 还提及季节服装对蚊虫的影响 以及对美德与诱惑的反思 结束于 Decatur Women 的对话断裂
Business Is Business and The Golden Rule
A reflective verse contrasts commerce with ethics urging balance between work and humanity. The piece urges occasional rest from toil and calls for camaraderie among colleagues. A brief dialogue notes drought in the West and a forecast of peak Canadian war production later this year.
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Department of Commerce
Walter Winchell On Broadway Inside Sports Writers
Walter Winchell profiles prominent sports writers and editors across the country. The piece highlights figures from St Louis to Waterbury, notes breeding grounds for talent, and details unions and rival associations while recounting anecdotes, quirks, and career moves in midcentury journalism.
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Dan Parker
Popular Sports
Marentene W
New York
San Francisco
Bob Considine
Baygrounds
Washington, D. C
Tilden
St. Louis
Bill Corum
Sid Mercer
Wilbur Wood
Big City
Bill McGeehan
Waterbury
Jim Hurley
Jack Reardon
Bill Murphy
Clarence Cassin
Brass City
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New York News
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Joe_ “‘Williams
Memphis Flash
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Bill MccGeehan
Frankie Graham
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Elijah William Cunningham
Stanley Woodward
New York Herald Tribune
Rnufus
Woodward
Red Rennie
Rutherford Rennie
Dan Daniel
New York World-Telegram
Daniel Margowitz
Hype Igoe
Herbert Igoe
East Side
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Turf Writers’ Association
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