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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
8
A Berlin correspondent paints life under wartime rules with blackouts, rationing, and censor and a people who adapt to shortages. Prices for caviar and vodka are noted, as are coupon clipped butter and bread. Despite hardship, Prussia’s efficiency keeps spirits up amid wartime strain.
The Associated Press reports temperatures warming across the nation except in New York and New England. Bangor Maine cools in 40s while Houston Maine records 39 and Burlington Vermont 45 as Albany New York falls to 43. Elsewhere highs reach the mid to upper 90s from Cincinnati to Fort Worth with mixed readings.
The article notes rising Allied air attacks on German targets and warns Hitler faces a difficult phase as weather, including rain fog and wind, likely disrupts military operations after September begins. It mentions 1101 German raiders down since June 18 and over 800 since August 8, with early autumn conditions looming.
A 1920s style practical guide urges thin women to gain weight with a quart daily rich milk eggs cereals with sugar and cream and green salads for minerals. It warns against overdoing dieting and promotes a balanced diet for wellbeing while criticizing overactive lifestyles and offering knee care and skin treatment tips.
The piece explains how tidal streams in the Straits of Dover complicate cross-Channel invasion plans. It notes only expert knowledge breaks the channels and that shallow English shores add danger. It emphasizes that bad weather timing would worsen the Nazis’ supply and reinforcement efforts after landing.
The University of Alabama’s 110th fall session begins September 9 with freshmen in the new auditorium. Upperclassmen report September 12 for registrations and physicals, while classes start September 16. President Foster cites wartime tensions and urges continued education for national progress. He notes wartime rationing, a French camp education program, and English language classes among the camp offerings.
Alfred Raymond of Chicago, a former volunteer ambulance corps organizer with the French army, describes a Dresden area internment camp holding 18,000 French Polish and Belgian officers and men. He says water supply relied on a nearby town of 6,000, and water was limited. He was held three months and released last Friday, reaching Geneva.
Londoners cope with air raids by staying awake through the night as German bombers pass overhead. Citizens compare the experience to a grim theater show with searchlight gardens and flying danger. The piece blends fear with a strange, vivid awe as they await further blows and reflect on personal peril.
Russell Terry son of Professor W J Terry of Hartselle won a special Gulfport Military Academy scholarship for high scholastic record after the regular contest ended. He will be a junior next year and aims to win the full scholarship while remaining active in sports and popular among peers.
The USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine partners with Alabama to remove diseased and abandoned peach trees in Decatur. The effort, ongoing for months, targets Phony Peach Disease and peach mosaic to stop spread, with no charge to owners for consent-based removals.
Senator Wheeler of Montana accused British economist Sir George Paish of claiming to have made the United States enter World War I. Paish denied authority and said his remarks were personal. The exchange featured Wheeler demanding Paish’s expulsion and a London denial labeling Paish a private figure.
Robert S. Kline of the U S Department of Agriculture with office in Decatur is in charge of this work.
The text extols the newspaper’s advertisements as both factual statements and symbols of good faith. It invites readers to study them at home in comfort and quiet, avoiding pressure to buy from loud or confusing pitches.
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