Decatur notes and editorials weigh debt and gas plans
The piece surveys Alabama and Tennessee fiscal health, noting Alabama debt aims to fall under 40 million and Tennessee’s drop below 78 million. It applauds Decatur street resurfacing and public service gains while cautioning on national tax burdens and gas prospects for the Tennessee Valley.
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Decatur
Grant Street
Tennessee
Alabama
Miller
Chauncey
Clarm Sound
Long Distance Experts Criticize Alabama Demonyms
A Alabama Journal decries writers who say Alabamans instead of Alabamians. The piece cites Associated Press editors and dispatch filers, noting many are Atlanta based, and ends with a sharp simile about a mule that knows better but does not care.
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Abama Journal
Alabama
Associated Press
Decatur Wins Copper Plant as Alabama Sees New Industry
The Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Co plans a Decatur copper fabrication plant ushering Alabama into a non ferrous metal era. The Alabama Journal hails the decision as a milestone, noting multi million dollar investment and large payrolls and calling Alabama a future hub for copper processing alongside steel and aluminum efforts in Mobile and the Tennessee Valley.
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Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Calumet & Hecla
Calumet and Hecla
Consolidated Copper Company
Alabama Journal of Montgomery
Alabama
Decaturge
South
Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company
Mobile
Listerhill
Tennessee
Donovans Senate Bid Faces GOP Objections
Westbrook, Aug 30. Pegler lists the New York Republican machine objections to Maj Gen William J Donovan's Senate nomination. He argues leaders fear Donovan's superior ability and warn against replacing him with Hugh Drums, while denouncing labor unions and detailing Donovan's wartime service and papal honors. He notes anti Catholic and anti Jewish insinuations and defends Donovan against smear tactics.
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New York
New York State
Republican Organization
Machine
William J. Donovan
United States ‘Senate
Donovan
New Republic
Soviet Russia
Yugoslavia
Billovan
Balkans
Senate
Hugh Drums
Tom Dewey
Drum
State Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Marter
United States
William Green
Frank Hogan
New York County
Joe Fay
Ickes, Hopkins
Sidney Hillman
Incere
Syracuse
New-York
Vatican
Spellman
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Herbert Hoover
Smith
Franklin. D.' Roccavelt
Years Ago Today and Political Rumors of the Time
A column recalls rumors about evangelist Bob Jones requesting a $3,000 guarantee for a meeting here. It also notes social events in Willoughby with several bridge parties and visits, plus criticisms of Republicans and Democrats over 14 years of floor-sitting after a convention, naming Donovan Drum Lehman and La Guardia as potential nominees.
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F. J. Tyler
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
Selma
Brownie Warden
Rock
Frances Oakley
Nashville
Hilda Harris
Minnie Albes
Sam Blackwell
Grant Street
J. T. Jones
Carolinas
A. T. Grayson
Gurley
Kate Hardage
C. L. Saunders Ari
C. L. Jr
Georgia
South Carolina
B. Beard
Marjorie
East
News behind the News Washington on religious conflict in Russia
A Baptist preacher from Atlanta and an AFRO American Methodist Episcopal cleric critique Soviet religious policy and communist ideology. They warn against state control of churches, censorship, and propaganda while arguing Christianity rests on truth and unity against division tactics used by communism and Nazism.
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Washington
Atlanta
Russia
Stalin
Stak
Elks Convention
America
United States
Walter Winchell In New York Tale of Two Cities Snapshot
Walter Winchell reflects on Brooklyn and Manhattan coverage in New York Confidential a forthcoming book with Lee Mortimer. He recalls Chicago roots and views of New York’s theater nightlife while hinting at future installments Chicago and Hollywood Confidential.
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Jack
Marianne de Graft
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Chinatown
Harlem
Park Avenue
Broadway
Chicago
Variety
New York
Mortimer
Grant
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Mirror
Masticate the Facts to Foil Dictatorship Propaganda
The text urges strict truthfulness and inherent accountability for misstatements. It warns that repeating falsehoods feeds dictatorship and calls for relentless scrutiny of facts to prevent manipulation and propaganda.
Mead Faces Likely Loss as Dewey Gains Edge in New York
A political forecast predicts Senator Mead will suffer a decisive defeat to Governor Dewey in the New York gubernatorial race. Ex-Gov. Lehman is seen as strong Democratic rival but likely to trail by 200,000 to 250,000. Generals Drum and Donovan face uncertain fates with Donovan losing party support at the convention.
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James Mead
Tom Dewey
New York
Herbert Lehman
Mead
Hugh A. Drum
Dewey
McKinley
William
Wild Bill
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
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Total
Neve
OPA
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Petrillo
Marshal Tito
Ben A. Green
Tuscaloosa
Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook
Mli
New York Stock Exchange
John W. Davis
J. P. Morgan
Davis
Lehman
la Guardia
la G
Paul Mallon
Sally
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Platt
Federal Reserve System
North Alabama
Walter Winchell
John Jacob Astors
Virgo
Gustav Walley
Faith Dorn
Jay Rossbach
Sophie Gimbel
Athalia Ponselle
Armando
Hortense Wilson
Lancaster
William Richter
Wall Street
Bradley
Jessica Dragonette
Joon
Pelham
Heat Inn
Claire Anderson
Miami Beach
Dan’Chertoff
Warners
Gladys Gastfriend
Jacquéline Dalya
van Johnson's
Ex Ecstasy
Tad van Brunt
New Paramount Find
Connie Haines
Buell Freeman
Bud Sweeney
Warbler
Connie Sheldon
Bob Olin
Walter
Winchell
Meates
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
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