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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
4
Public notice states metered matter and dates for Decatur Alabama post office inclusion. Federal authority under March 6 1878 governs republication rights with Associated Press credits noted. This notice reserves all rights to republication of telegraphic dispatches and latest news published herein.
The Opelika Kiwanis Club organized a "Spend The Day" program hosting 77 soldiers from Fort Benning and Camp Forrest. Local families provided meals and hospitality, with 16 states represented and guests from as far as New York City.
Washington reports confusion over Franklin Roosevelt's nerve diplomacy in the Far East. The treasury and state departments refuse to disclose license or shipment details to Japan, keeping actions secret for strategic reasons. Price legislation progress faces tough questions as Henderson defends his stance while Senate attacks mount. Industrial concerns push Congress on defense programs amid tax burdens and preemption fears.
Dr Logan Clendening outlines hay fever relief using pollen vaccines tailored to each patient. Skin tests determine pollen sensitivity, then a gradually intensified inoculation desensitizes patients. Relief varies. climate changes and air conditioning offer alternative benefits.
A collage of quips and anecdotes on time final exam jokes and everyday humor. A line about planning life by Mrs M E Detterline and a schoolyard exchange about grades and history contrasts with the era’s light humor. Several quick vignettes reference work life dating and domestic quips.
The editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. To obtain one, readers should mail 1 cent, a self addressed envelope, and a stamp to Dr Clendening. Titles include Three Weeks' Reductions in a 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.
Walter Winchell on Broadway profiles Pat, a 17 year old English student and son of an officer, training for a future in the British armed services. The piece contrasts his schooling, engineering interests, and admiration for Roosevelt, Churchill, and his king while describing his views on Hitler and the war.
In a rural England village Pat mourns loved ones amid Luftwaffe raids. Two sisters and his doting mother are casualties as Nazi bombs turn his peaceful hamlet into a burning inferno. The piece contrasts past cricket field camaraderie with present grim casualty lists.
A wartime profile portrays Pat a fervent young patriot dedicating his life to vengeance against the Hun. He reasons deeply about sacrifice and is prepared to give up all including his life to defend his homeland amid bomb ravaged England. Pat is one of many English youths shaped by war.
Don Livingston and Edward Derst Jr. fought a giant rattlesnake near Coffee Bluff, Savannah. After firing multiple shots from a .22 pistol, the snake was killed. it measured six feet long and six inches thick with twelve rattlers, described as the dizziest snake battle in years.
In Meridian Mississippi on August 14 a nine year old boy Jack Henson was hit by a civilian car but not seriously hurt. An army ambulance carried him to hospital with a scalp laceration while a second armored division on maneuvers led the escort out of Fort Benning.
In Memphis on an uptown shopping trip, Mrs. R. W. Barton grabbed what she thought was her friend's 7-year-old daughter’s hand to cross a street. Halfway across she realized the hand belonged to a strange man, causing a surprising moment on the busy road.
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