Roosevelt era reforms and postwar plans discussed in Alabama column
The column argues for action over complacency in war and postwar goals, praising weather for farming in the Valley, condemning pacific talk, and urging broader civic and national effort. It notes Morgan County Tubercular Sanitarium’s progress, tenant farming concerns, Lauderdale cattle at the Tennessee Valley Livestock show, and the Birmingham Industrial Development Corporation forming with J. Frank Rushton Jr. as president.
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Florence Times
Lauderdale County
Decatur
Birmingham Industrial Developpment Corporation
Birmingham
J. Frank Rushton, Jr
Dent
Germans in Turkey Prefer Turkish Camp Over Reich Rule
Half of Germans living in Turkey would stay there rather than return if Nazi Turkey war with Germany breaks out. The remark notes they prefer Turkish custody over rule by Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler.
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Turkey
A. Hitler
H. Himmler
Optimism grows over Japan war timeline in Pacific
The report notes Allied confidence about ending the war with Japan soon, citing Japan’s strong resistance and internal German turmoil. General Stilwell warns that peace in the Pacific may not come in weeks or months and urges stronger aid to China to ease the crisis.
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Japan
Germany
der Fuehrer
Europe
Stilwell
Pacific
China
Pete Gray Seeks Major League Chance with Yankees
The Daily recalls Pete Gray, one armed outfielder, may join the New York Yankees after interest from Naylor Stone of The Birmingham Post. If true, the Memphis star would receive a rare break to prove himself with a top club amid Yankees success and large crowds at Yankee Stadium.
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Gray
Daily
Pete Gray
Naylor Stone
The
Birmingham Post
New York Yankees
Memphis
Yankees
Uncle Sam
Yankee Stadium
Return to Brest Stirred Memories of WWI Port
The Huntsville Times recalls American patrols entering Brest as a homeward port after Germany’s defeat. The author notes muddy trenches and Pontanezen barracks, 12 000 flu cases, and Gen Smedley Butler improving camps before soldiers finally left for home. Brest’s status shifts from final destination to a campaign stage.
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Brest
Reese Amis
Huntsville Times
France
Germany
Times
Pontanezen
Smedley D. Butler
Congress Eyes Unemployment Aid Bill as War Worker Wages Debate
Washington reports detail a debated plan to provide up to 35 dollars weekly unemployment compensation for war workers, framed as a potential minimum wage. Backed by CIO Kilgore advocates and ally Truman, the proposal faces state sovereignty concerns and likely delays. Byrnes and George offer alternatives under federal or state responsibility.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Military Affairs Committee
Dewey
NRA
Congress
George
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
White House
Baruch
Vandenberg
Revival Ends With Eight Additions In Morgan County
The Morgan County Union Grove revival at the Baptist church closed Friday night adding eight members five men three women and seven baptisms plus one by letter. Visitors included Rev Elison from West Point and Bro Davis from Birmingham.
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The
Baptist Church
Elison
West Point
Bro. Davis
Birmingham
Pfc
Jas
Ralph Cobb
Columbus
Ohio
W. R. Lemley
C. C. Willeut
Gyd
Bessemer
Spearamily
Ella Smallwood
Howard
Mear Hartselle
Margaret Prince Whisenant
Nashville
Jane King
Decatur
Betty Jo Edwards
Helen Lemley
Huntsville
Kathryn Thomas
Marvaline
Joe Beavers
Somerville
Coleman Dunn
Laura Jackson
Elmer Jackson
Loretta Tabors
Florida
J. C. Edwards
Mildred Yancey
Trixy Jackson
Zelma Irvin
Mobile
Morgan City
The Road to Berlin fronts distances listed
The Associated Press reports distances to Berlin from major fronts. Russian front stands 322 miles from Warsaw, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, and French line 629 miles from Reims.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Cintheux
Dominican Republic Opens Oldest Highway in Americas
The Dominican Republic unveils the continent’s oldest continuously used highway, highlighting its historic route and enduring role in regional transport. Officials note preservation efforts and the road’s significance to local commerce and heritage.
Wartime Advice On Lice Prevention And Treatment
Dr Clendening reviews lice types head and body and outlines removal methods for clothing and skin. Emphasizes steaming or boiling clothes applying powders benzene and modern preparations phenyl celosolave and benzyl celosalve for body and head lice control.
Misplaced Confidence and a Muscular Revival Scene
A rustic revival is disrupted by two scoffing youths who mock miracles as a muscular preacher pauses to question their attendance. A Decatur woman reflects on clothes and hats as she laments in a domestic moment.
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Decatur
Eye on the Price Ceiling Riddles the Contortionist Man
A paragrapher notes a man forced into contortions to cope with rising costs. He keeps back to wall and ear to ground while shouldering the wheel and grinding his nose to stay level under price pressures.
Decatur event ends with unusual job ad and hospital aftermath
A Decatur woman advertised for a cook. a prospective Negro applicant refused tasks including cleaning and laundry. The interview allegedly included coercive instruction to operate a rivet hammer, leaving the woman hospitalized after the next day.
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Decatur
Over-Stuffed Chair Yields Long-Lost Household Clues
The speaker recalls a search for a missing thimble and discovers a trove of keepsakes from the front hall to the spare room. Grandpa’s knife, grandma’s hair net, a magnifying glass, gum, a pencil, thread, and a lamp chain emerge from the chair as a child notes pockets are rifled during Dad's nap.
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Grandpa
Grandma
C. G. Grant
Walter Winchell Columns Guest During September
The column will be conducted by guest writers this month while Walter Winchell is away. The piece highlights entertainers and social figures including Jackie Cooper, the Barry sisters, Claire Weinberg, Merna Douglas, Marilyn Hightower, Don Douglas, Dean Hudson, Herman Ricken, Roseanne Mathews, Jenun Moore, Anna Belle, Elliott Roosevelt, Maxine Keith, Rosemary Warburton, Casilli Adlerberg, Rusty King, a Broadway liquor man, Mr Moonshine Gene Williams, Johnnie Long, Miriam La Belle and others in a panorama of show business and social life.
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Walter Winchell
Barry Sisters
Claire
al Weinberg
Merna
Don Douglas
Marilyn Hightower
Sam Wall
Dean Hudson
Herman Ricken
Roseanne Mathews
Jenun Moore
Anna Belle
Hae
FDR
Elliott Roosevelt
Maxine Keith
Reno
Rosemary
Warburton
Casilli Adlerberg
Rusty” King
Roxy
Moonshine
Gene Williams
Johnnie Long
Miriam la Belle
Hollywood
Broadway and Elsewhere on Jack Lait Now
The column cites White House sources on Henry Wallace’s failed renomination bid and Roosevelt’s silence. It mentions Wallace’s push, posturing, and lack of backing from above, plus unrelated show business gossip about marriages, divorces, and earners like Fred Waring and the Stork Club. It notes Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s daughter Paulina Longworth’s engagement to Alexander Sturm and a hot New York cinema period with packed de luxe palaces.
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Broadway
Jack Lait
White House
Henry Wallace
Jim Farley
Wallace
Roosevelt
Farley
Fdr
New York
Stork
Billingsley
Muggs
Ten Little Indians
Claudia Morgan
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Chicago
Paulina Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alexander McCormick Sturm
Sturm
Westport
Bing Crosby in town recalls early career unpaid debt tale
A casual encounter in a Bay View NJ theatre anecdote resurfaces with Bing Crosby, who recalls dreaming of stardom and a veteran shared memory from a past boss. The note cites William A. Lydgate and a quip about Christopher Columbus as borrowed money theme.
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Bing Crosby
Bing
Bay View
N. J
William A. Lydgate
America
Christopher Columbus
Ohio Meaning from Iroquois Language
The term Ohio comes from an Iroquois word meaning great and is used to name the state and certain regional features, reflecting the linguistic heritage of the area.
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Ohio
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Decatur Daily
Ala
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
Michelangelo
Britain
Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Manchuria
Nippon
Willoude
Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium
CWA
Sparks
the Daily
Pav Mallon
Ani
Sand
Pssa Syndicate, Inc
Beasa
Morgan County Union Grove
W. B. Lemley
Dominican Republic
Etlaletes
By Logan Clendening, M.D
United States
Clendening
Burns
Carbon and Carbide Chemical Corporation
Ater
Steve
Stephen
Jennie
R. W. Carr
Idillehay
Jackie “Ooper
Jack Topping
Lois Andrews
Fred Waring
Wilson
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines. Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Morgan County National Bank
the Morgan Court National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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