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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1939
Page
4
The National Cotton Council observers expect cotton to rebound to its former prominence, hoping benefits spill to southern farmers who have diversified into other crops since cotton's cash volatility. Alabama liquor laws faces two reform efforts, one to legalize draught beer in all counties and another to hold a new referendum.
Community notes celebrate Delano Park improvements and praise Alabama’s growing manufacturing base from cheese plants to farm equipment. Officials urge city cooperation on garbage containment while mosquitoes decline this summer. Alabama seeks new jobs through Huntsville visitors and Monte Sano Festival outreach.
The Decatur Daily notes anticipation over Mrs. Louise O. Charleton resigning from the state Democratic executive committee. The Selma Times Journal suggests she weighs the party post against her Federal office. The piece hints at waiting for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare convention to decide.
The Decatur Daily notes lawmakers did not adjourn for Morgan county rodeo or Guntersville boat races and questions Baldwin county events. The Tuscaloosa News says logic can sound like a sour note. The paper invites legislators and editors to visit during next year’s Morgan county rodeo to share the clambake.
The Associated Press reports The Daily News quotes Lepke Buchalter as insured for one million dollars. Audiences wonder how a notorious gangster secured such coverage while the government offers a thirty thousand dollar reward for his body.
The writer touts the 150 million fair as the era’s greatest show, praising its artistry and engineering. He notes the crowd handling, valetlike planning, and high value for ticket buyers while criticizing overhyped publicity and some vendor pricing. He cites Futurama, fountain-organ displays, GM exhibits, and Billy Rose aquacade as standout attractions.
A clinic study shows reading delays are less about intelligence and more about environment. Foreign-language homes, limited reading aloud, and older siblings reading for younger children hinder progress, while eye and ear defects can be corrected. Reading begins from necessity and language immersion supports progress.
The reader praises some works but criticizes many pieces as trash, noting modern pieces lack value while old masters like Leonardo and Raphael justify higher costs. Mentioned favorites include Bentons and Sloans, Hopper’s dimensional piece, and George Jessel in New York.
The reader asks for an acute indigestion diet and iron rich foods for anemia and vaccination timing for a baby. Answers cover a boiled cream based diet with soft eggs and vegetables, avoid heavy fats and meat, note several anemia types with diagnosis by physician and iron rich foods, and give a vaccination schedule for smallpox diphtheria pertussis and typhoid with ages.
J. O. G. asks if smoking tends to lower weight. The answer notes weight loss mainly from reduced appetite. Schnedorf and Ivy report in JAMA (March 11, 1939) that smoking slows stomach movements and secretion.
Readers may obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets priced at ten cents each. To receive a pamphlet send ten cents plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Feminine Hygiene The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The diary fragment describes pricey experiences in an amusement area amid late night sights. It mentions a Turkish restaurant with spit roasted beef, a shocking GE lightning show, and miniature electric street scenes. Complaints focus on American Express charges and inadequate short distance travel facilities plus staff dissatisfaction.
Judge N J Bonelli ruled that the employer Benjamin Joe must serve 90 days in jail for wrongly buying liquor and charging it to the restaurant where Yee worked. The case stemmed from allegations that Joe charged liquor to the business.
In this short comic piece the Henpecks attend a movie at a small town theater. Mrs Henpeck teases Mr Henpeck about seat comfort and an outside noise then accuses him of being selfish in a sharp switch of seats.
A quirky note describes a tiny Deluz California post office on an 8 by 10 foot site with no fixed location. A dramatist in the crowd mistook the noise and hid behind a curtain dodging back to parade replies to the gallery. He admits not making a hit while others share the same fate.
A Southern town beginner sent a “big story” to a New York paper and faced a word limit challenge. The telegraph editor replied with a contract to fit the tale in six hundred words, prompting a playful insistence on 1,200 and a final assertion that creation could be told in the concise six hundred.
A dialogue heavy fragment shows Rastus’s devotion tested by danger in a night woods with a constrictor a wild cat and a roaring lion. The speaker laments no shared action and jokes about keeping a shirt clean amid adversity while a judge questions a drunk defendant and an officer cites a penny in a patrol box as proof.
The sermonite explains that Gods will is revealed in His word and through prayer guided by the Holy Spirit. Providences and inner impressions may indicate His path, but never oppose the Bible. Open or closed doors and yielded prayer lead to true joy and peace in the center of Gods will.
From the Daily August 22 1927 notes Miss Jewell Cooper returns to Hartselle after two weeks with sister Mrs Jim Dobbs Miss Martha Porter of Tupscumbia visits Mr and Mrs Charles Wiggins Miss Julia Leigh Lynne leaves Monday to visit friends in Coffeeville Miss Lucille Giles to return from Birmingham this week Cliff Almon attends court in Moulton B M Bloodworth Decatur Junior Chamber urges all members to be present tonight for the weekly meeting.
An all day sing will be held at New Hope three miles east of Wilhite Station on Saturday August 26. A closing concert will follow the singing school conducted by J. M. Chenault. The public is invited to attend.
Alabama health officer Dr. J. N. Baker sustained severe cuts and bruises to his legs when heavy plaster fell from a high ceiling striking his office in Montgomery. He believed the incident underscored the need for a new building for his department.
A tenant asks the janitor to pour alcohol into the apartment radiators to prevent freezing. The janitor questions the plan, highlighting safety concerns as a key issue in a cold night scenario.
Foreign military experts believe a continuous far ranging air raid strategy could form the core of British French Polish defense. Starting from French bases, planes would strike German targets then refuel in Poland before returning for another sortie.
James W. Wilson, pharmacist’s mate in the United States Navy, is visiting his parents here. He has spent four years as a specialist in the eye ear nose and throat clinic at the U S Naval hospital in Washington under Dr. Ross T. McEntire. After a complete Roentgenology course in Washington he will be assigned to a Navy hospital of his choice.
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