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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1940
Page
4
A fragmented clipping references a profits tax urgency, a fond note about a ladies’ school club, and stray comments on parks and construction. It also mentions rabies in dogs and a mosquito crop, and advocates compulsory military training highlighting untrained soldiers and war risks.
The article notes ongoing legislative actions and guard bills, plus river terminal plans by the Barge Line of St. Louis and TVA projects. It discusses farm tenancy reforms, the Tennessee Valley development outlook, and a tour by David E. Lilienthal highlighting regional growth and urban parity across towns in the valley.
The Daily reports AP wartime writer Dewitt Mackenzie will return August 19 after vacation. His Alabama circuit dispatches, now a daily feature, are widely read especially by women who seek not only events but reasons and implications for the broader war situation.
The Cullman Tribune lists twelve goals for Cullman County including child welfare, resource use, poll tax repeal, reapportionment, a two party system, election fraud prosecution, an airport, a boys club, stricter traffic enforcement, a National Guard unit, Chamber of Commerce, a library, highway improvements, and other development aims. The Daily criticizes repeal of the poll tax and questions two party viability, citing Tennessee River development history and partisan politics in Muscle Shoals.
British skepticism and American aid debates unfold over Cudahy’s plea to ship food to occupied Europe. Belgians, Dutch, Danes, and Norwegians face starvation as Germany blocks imports. Bill Bullitt’s Paris mayoral stint, Petain’s regime, and German occupation marks illustrated. Johnson tussle with the White House ends with a pending decision. Early pressures Johnson toward returning.
A large crowd attended the Baptist revival last week. Rev. George Brown baptized 12 including his son on Sunday afternoon. Laither Glaze visited his daughter and family, Mrs. Ed Smith this week. Soanes and Bennie Glaze teach Bible school at Mt. Pisgah this week. Rev. Geo Browh and Rev. G. C.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses the refrigerator as essential for American summers, noting its moisture control and odor removal. He offers home guidance on wrapping foods, berry storage, and meat handling, plus a quiz on basic first aid and a sample high calorie diet plan for underweight individuals.
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets by sending ten cents for a chosen title and a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening. The list includes 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.
Morris conduct revival at Sardis Springs this week with 34 additions reported to date. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Miller Boyd to Sardis area and calls on Mrs Brown and children. Anna Ruth improving. Mrs Ira Mears recovering from a cappunkle on her thumb.ующие
A mixed crossword list with across and down clues covering people, places, and terms. Entries include math like fuel college, border, English and foreign terms, animals, and nautical items. The puzzle weaves science, geography, and common words common to newspaper crosswords.
A string of punchy definitions and quips contrasts everyday safety tips with playful misdirections. The piece ends with a wartime banter about a British sailor and American cadets, highlighting humor amid a busy highway forecast.
Comic dialogue quips about a forward woman who imagines farming life and marriage. A contrast exists with civic duty and taxes as a sympathetic voice hints at debt limits. A child mentions Listerine in a playful, fragmented scene.
Walter Winchell On Broadway profile highlights Hollywood trivia including unusual births and places of birth for stars such as Paul Lukas Clive Brook and Olivia de Havilland. It notes marriages at unusual ages and shipboard or train weddings, plus near fatal accidents and death obituaries of actors and legends with scattered anecdotes across studios and eras.
A short cotton crop drives many Southern Black workers to employment offices. A man without fresh clothes or proper wash asks for a job at the Eagle Laundry, admitting he is not yet cleaned enough. The boss offers a candid exchange as the applicant expresses strong desire for work.
Lawrence County MT HOPE items report Roscoe Reed returning home after illness and Wiley Gaston improving. Visitors include Walter Chenault from Decatur and families of Flint Alabama. Revival at the Methodist church draws well with Rev J F T Brown preaching. Guests of Rev and Mrs Warren and departures of Mrs L L Hamilton for Virginia are noted.
Col Walter R. Weaver announced Lieut Col Floyd E. Galloway will command the advanced flying school at Maxwell Field and Lieut Col Aubrey Hornsby will lead the basic flying school at Montgomery Municipal Airport.
Nelson F. Conger alleges in court papers that his wife Ria Conger has an insatiable appetite for politics. He says her repeated failed attempts at election jeopardized his civil service job but did not dull her political sword.
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