Inside Fight Behind Primary Turnover And Isolationism Debate
Washington dispatch notes light voting and strong undercurrents in primaries. analysts credit organization as a key predictor, while fatigue with isolationist stances and questions about incumbents influence results. The piece highlights figures like Bennett Clark and Rufus Holman in shifting loyalties.
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Bennett Clark
Hannegan
St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
Cotton Ed Smith
New Deal
Olin Johnson
Rufus Holman
Oregon
Clark
Idaho
Reynolds
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Nye
Gillette
Iowa
Gurney
South Dakota
Tobey
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Ham Fish
Caraway
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mhannegan
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Senate
Signs of a return to normalcy in wartime life
The column argues for a cautious return to normalcy with watermelons barbecues and routine consumer notes. It notes Allied offensives in Europe progress in Normandy Brittany and Hengyang and questions distiller activity while flagging political commentary on the South and Texas electoral candidates.
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Normandy
Brittany
Grand jury probe in Philadelphia promises sensational disclosures
A federal grand jury began a probe in Philadelphia amid promised sensational revelations. Reports mention the Army’s involvement to preserve eight Negroes promoted to trolley car motormen, and discuss international tensions with Germany Turkey. The piece notes the passing of Alabama political figure Mayor Cy Brown and his long local influence.
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Philadelphia
Cy Brown
Alabama
Bereponesy
Education and health as Alabama’s foundation for progress
The editorial argues that Alabama must raise teacher pay and elevate education as essential to economic growth. It laments low teacher wages, calls for view of education as a primary government priority, and links national strength to trained, healthy citizens beyond livestock and farming.
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Alabama
Revival Services At Providence Church Draw Local Crowd
A large gathering from Lawrence County and nearby communities attended the Providence church revival over the weekend with two sermons by Rev. Eddie Anderton of Florence. The revival continues with two sermons next Sunday and a noon dinner, led by Rev. Silas Lane assisted by Rev. Louis Flatt.
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Florence
Silas Lane
Louis Flatt
Ada Patterson
John Burcher
Lyndon Jeffries
Glenn
Mabel Campbell
Howard Odell
Mae Bell Parker
Here
Norene
Gene Parker
Ne- Smith
Will Parker
Moulton
Helen Odell
Town Creek
Tom Parker
Tom Collier
Alabama Legislature Considers Raising Teacher Wages in 1945
The 1945 Alabama legislature debates raising teachers pay as wages are described as too low. The proposal seeks to improve the pay scale for current and future educators amid concerns over compensation adequacy.
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Legislature of
Alabama
The Body as an Engineer in Heat and Health
The article explains the body as a temperature regulator, maintaining about 98.6 degrees despite outside extremes. It discusses heat production and loss, fever as defense, and methods to prevent heat disorders, including salt use, water balance, and sun exposure risks for the elderly.
Community notes from Sheffield and local Navy discharge
Gradie Waldrop were in Sheffield on business. Friends and relatives welcomed H. T. Woods home after four years in the Navy, mostly overseas. An American paratrooper’s jump reportedly drops about $850 worth of gear. Dvinsk is noted as the Latvian flax hub before World War II.
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Gradie Waldrop
Sheffield
H. T. Woods
Navy
Dvinsk
War Bonds Urge Support Amid Rising Expenditures
A compact collage notes war costs and mounting expenditures with calls to buy war bonds. It includes quips about a Decatur clerk, a tariff ice-bottle trick, and a city farmer exchange, all reflecting wartime humor and economic strain.
Flirtation and Folly in a Rural Conversation
A humorous collage of rural banter and city contrasts. Voters file through clever lines about a Congressman and mail, a bachelor’s odd self perception, a pessimist, a bossy landlady, a cash in advance transaction, and a crowd amid a liquor shortage tease. The scene ends with a door left ajar and a comical kitchen-table moment.
Uncanny new radio audience survey device tested
A new device records radio listening on a cash register basis using a taped log to show which stations are tuned in and for how long. Financed by an audit company, the system will measure audience response to programs and is paid by major agencies to test radio popularity.
Help sought to save boy with acute leukemia
A Springfield Ohio man asks Walter Winchell to locate someone who has recovered from acute sympathetic leukemia to donate blood for his four year old son Jackie. The child has had five transfusions in eleven days and needs a type O donor. Art Krumholtz requests broadcasters air the plea.
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Walter Winchell
Springfield
Ohio
Daily Mirror
Jackie
Art Krumholtz
Limestone St
Sacred Harp Singers Gather in Decatur and Surrounding Visits
Several locals attended the Sacred Harp singing in Decatur Sunday. Among visitors were Mrs. Annie Lois Holmes and her baby in Heflin visiting aunt Mrs. Hubert Jinnings. Others like Miss Esther Mae Jinnings and Mrs. Ida Self joined relatives and neighbors across Cullman Somerville Eva Hulaco Camp Carson furlough plans noted.
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Decatur
Annie Lois Holmes
Baby
Heflin
Hubert Jinnings
Merlie Puckett
Somerville
Aldred Childers
Near Eva
Esther May
Jinnings
Tony Ponter
Vista Porter
Cullman
Stringer
Esther Mae Jinnings
Ida Self
Eva
Lucy Johnson
Noel W. Holmes
U. S. Army
Camp Carson
Colorado
Gibbie Dyer
Hulaco
Ida Kinney
Brzesc nad Buglem on the Bug River
The Polish name Brzesc nad Buglem marks the city of Brest Litovsk's location on the Bug river, indicating its geographic reference in Polish.
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Brest Litovsk
Brzesc Nad Buglem
City
Bug River
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