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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
4
Local columns discuss Army morale, church attendance in hard times, and urging prompt home building to reduce rents. It notes river terminals needs on the Tennessee River and comments on European events via Shirer and McCormick. The piece praises Decatur churches, warns about speed on highways, and urges stability through home ownership with auction-like prices listed.
Fragmentary report notes political figures disputing an elusive figure named Johnson in Alabama. The piece references a North Alabama political scene and mentions a publication tone likened to a news magazine with unclear quotes about beliefs or bets on outcomes.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce says it has tried to keep hosiery mills open and to obtain defense job preference for workers who lost their mill jobs. It calls other rumors untrue.
Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly backed a new wartime slogan replacing old phrases. The eight point aims place the Axis on the defensive and cartoonists seize on the idea to amplify public resolve.
An Alabama advertisement signed by the Mobile County Revenue and Road Commissioners declares Mobile among the three most progressive cities in the United States. The Daily notes Decatur is one of the three and wonders which city is the third, inviting reader curiosity.
In Washington and at home The Daily discusses press treatment of the Roosevelt Churchill meeting and a military blackout on 151st engineers movements. It notes British coverage abroad and questions why authorities did not ensure complete suppression across all outlets. The editors urge better army press collaboration while defending adherence to safety requests.
A critic urges home front support for the draft and explains soldiers feel misunderstood. The piece argues democracy requires informed citizens, outlines how German and Allied forces fought, and calls for stronger morale and accountability from families and communities.
An article discusses canker sores cause and treatment noting uncertainty in medical knowledge. It cites a dentist's Ann Arbor remedy using calcium phosphate and purified bone phosphate in lozenges to relieve pain and speed healing within 24 hours. It also touches on milk nutrition, vaccination, and pasteurization as related health topics.
H. F. S. notes no ideal locations for sinus disease in either Detroit or Atlantic seaboard cities. He says there is little difference between them, and any city near a large body of water is not ideal for sinus illness.
The editor notes Dr Logan Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. To obtain a pamphlet, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Logan Clendening care of this paper. Titles include Diet for three weeks Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The speaker argues the nation prefers no drafted army yet demands a capable force to be proud of and secure. Uncertainty about when or how fighting may arise remains, while public opposition to abroad conflict coexists with the need for a strong military.
A stream of jests and quips from a classroom scene and everyday life. Questions about electrical terms mix with playful misreadings of stamps and dogs. A conductor jokes with a child’s ticket tale while patients and nurses share light banter about ailments and birthdays.
A banker and a gardener envy each other across class lines. The gardener longs for wealth and security while the banker dreams of outdoor ease near trees and roses. The piece ends with a stray line about astrologists predicting that 949 would be the last of Hitler.
Walter Winchell records Wanger defense of Hollywood and American cinema as a free, democratic art form. He praises Hollywood as the world’s style center, notes industry aid to defense, and details studio volunteer work, training films, and U S O efforts led by Zanuck with Aalberg and Mitchell assisting.
Hollywood has contributed to numerous relief campaigns including Red Cross British War Relief Greek Relief and U S drives. The Motion Picture Relief Fund established an 800000 bank account from Gulf Screen Guild Show radio programs to fund a home for indigent and aged workers. Ground will be broken for the first project.
A salesman taunts Mr. Jones about watered stock. The prospect replies the next stock he buys will have four legs and he will water it himself. Wanda recalls a photo worn by a loved one in Spain that supposedly stopped a bullet. Ethel dismisses it with a wry remark.
A Decatur man argues that a safety pin can hold up most items but not a porch swing or hammock, expressing a humorous yet practical skepticism about improvised fixes.
Col Nathan Levine head of Warner Bros sound dept leads the Signal Corps Advisory Council in Hollywood. Major Samuel J. Briskin of Columbia heads a photographic reserve unit formed to respond to active service. The unit includes top cameramen and film producers with WWI service, as Hollywood plans postwar maturation and a revived, trusted American screen industry.
Mrs Trussie Black of Roe Ford visits her brother J Glasgow and Mrs Glasgow. Several from the community attend church in Danville last week. Charlotte June Roberts of Deatur visits C C Roberts family. People attend the Dan te picture show Saturday night. Hal White guests of Charles Maples. Cordie Roberts takes a job in Childersburg. Mrs J M Glasgow improves. Mrs Mary Puckett visits Herman Glasgow. Garnilene Glasgow visits Hilda Aldridge Uptons Chapel. Edwin and Mrs Roberts of Decatur visit C C Roberts. Lolett Roberts of Decatur as Sunday guest of C C Roberts. Birthday dinner for Mrs Bob Long and son Calvin at their home. Zula Roberts travels to Decatur for a few days.
Mrs Gertrude Simon Hirshorn, a housewife, lists liabilities of 1 485 015 20 and assets of 50 in a federal bankruptcy petition. She reports no income for two years no income tax returns and no bank account. Debts largely arise from mortgages dating back to 1929.
A Tuscaloosa firm is erecting six buildings at Camp Shelby in Mississippi with a total price of 41000 dollars.
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