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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1939
Page
4
New York National Advertising Representatives outlines updated subscription rates for carriers daily and mail options. Rates cover daily per week monthly six months and one year plans. Alfans are noted among the representatives with pricing details.
In Decatur a local feature ties fundraiser to school spirit. Advance ticket sales for the Tennessee Valley horse show benefit St. John's Episcopal Church and the PTA while funds also support uniforms for the new high school band. The piece links debt relief, weather quirks, and community projects.
Morgan county continues to wait as the Dixon administration delays straightening the Bee Line highway and paving the Decatur Guntersville road. Despite efforts to engage officials, only minimal encouragement has emerged, with a hint that progress might come around 1941 if efforts persist.
A general debate unfolds in Montgomery over a suggested compromise stock law. Supporters say a vote will end controversy and that Alabama needs a stock law. Critics fear fencing costs, but proponents stress human life over debts.
The National Cotton Council aims to restore cotton's prominence by convincing consumers, especially Southern women, that cotton is stylish to wear. Success hinges on marketing to women who control much of consumer spending. without it, cotton faces the largest market losses.
Washington dispatch reports Mr Roosevelt’s advisers expect a European break within ten days possibly leading to war or appeasement. British and French leaders face a delicate choice amid Hitler’s propaganda and Poland's exposed corridor, with analysts split on outcome and cautionary diplomacy.
A speculative note suggests Roosevelt might have met British and French officials en route to Europe in Newfoundland but lacks confirmation. The piece weighs appeasement risk, Hitler’s shift from dove to lion rhetoric, and Washington’s cautious peace stance with a view to possible bold moves against Germany.
Mrs C O Foote visits relatives and friends in Birmingham. Lawrence Frahn is ill with malaria at home. Louis Hoff recovering from tonsil surgery. Mr and Mrs Early Phinizy and children return from Horn Springs Tennessee. Mr and Mrs J F Lovin to spend a few days in Birmingham.
Aug 23 report from Berlin notes the Russian communists leading in multiple areas. Civil service officials meet jokingly with mock Heil Hitler salutes as part of the day’s chatter and reaction to the Rot Front banner.
A fast paced recap of show business chatter mentions the Eddy DuchinMary Anita Loos affair the August Belmont twins the Smith College president rumor and a wide range of figures from Dorothy Hall to Lepke amid a general tone of sensational speculation in a Broadway gossip column.
New York faces a historic moment as judicial doubt grows over a possible wrong execution. Two men were tried last winter for Patrolman John Wilson’s killing, with a third in Auburn. Arrest of Nunzio Romano in Pennsylvania shifts belief toward Romano as the shooter, suggesting Joseph Sberna may have been innocent. The developing story promises new disclosures this week.
A garbled item links Bee Palmer inventor of blue songs to a Hollywood executive marriage and a pending China separation. It mentions an ex cop suspected in a $70,000 Long Beach heist, unclear Edison references, and Judge Hardy film figures amid rumors of Lepke Buchalter.
The vice-president of a railroad, married to a woman ten years his junior with two children, faced a romance involving a man whose surname resembled a milk firm. After months of deliberation they told the husband he was initially tolerant, then decided a divorce would allow the wife to marry the other man, W. P. while the rival was A. B. The full details are expected to unfold in a future report.
The report notes Fritz Kuhn, head of the Rat aio, receiving a gift at a fair pavilion the night before a Dies hearing began. Facilities reportedly locked as the event commenced, with mention of Richard Berlin as Cosmo’s head man.
A brief, stark line recalls a distant greeting now tied to the memory of a concentration camp. The phrase highlights how language shifts when history or atrocity is recalled, signaling lingering echoes of past cruelty in present discourse.
Notes from hotel salons and stages reveal Priscilla Lane and Oren Haglund wed six weeks ago, while J Belford and June Sitar plan a January wedding. Cohan seeks a leading femme for Musical Comedy Man, and labor contracts spark show personnel shifts. Local incidents include a taxi confrontation with Nazi sailors and a forecast about Helen Gleason in Kentucky.
The item lists various public figures and happenings from renovations to oil finds and museum pavilions. It mentions Guy Remington Marie Spaulding Jesse Spaulding Jr Harold Fowler and Bernard Botein with political insinuations. It notes Japan cotton conservation and a Be Kind to Grover Whale a Week joke.
In Brainerd Minnesota three months after Howard Bisiar 35 died at his lake cabin, his German shepherd still guards the door. Friends, unable to find the dog another home, bring him food daily.
The article contrasts rising reading volumes with aging readers and notes a 200 percent increase since 1900. It cites eye-movement pauses, normal reading rhythms, and tests showing nine of ten students improved with expert training. A Dr Clendening pamphlet offer follows with ten cent costs and eight titles.
The sermon asserts salvation comes by belief in Jesus Christ alone, not by baptism or church membership. It cites Romans 4:3 and Galatians 2:16 to emphasize faith as the key, noting John’s gospel repeatedly frames faith as the sole condition for eternal life. It ends with a personal question about belief for eternal life.
Dr Henry J Willingham of Florence will be installed as collector of internal revenue in Birmingham on Sept 1 John W Pharr assistant collector said Federal Judge T A Murphree would preside the ceremony
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