Humility Opens Doors and Christmas Rules Affect Merchants
A Bible thought links humility to mercy. State employees get a short Thanksgiving break, with a longer Christmas planned by Governor Dixon. Montgomery merchants warn Christmas trade will dip under the new Dixon rule on gifts for department heads. War economics raise prices on officers and regalia. Hitler and Stalin are noted as strategic missteps. A campaign idea suggests limited popularity for widespread plenty. Local engineers boast of strong guards while music education grows with school bands. Baptist leaders appeal for gifts to Troy orphanage from hay to beans, admitting broad support.
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Montgomery
Dixon
Dancy Lectures to Be Published in Book Form
The Montevallo lectures funded by Miss Unity Dancy will be issued as The South to Posterity. Freeman's lectures for the Dancy foundation at Alabama College include an introduction by A W Vaughan and praise the foundation's goal of advancing English and literature in the South.
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Dancy
Unity Dancy
Montevallo
Montgomery Journal
Douglas
Freeman
Alabama College
A. W Vaughan
Unity D Dancy
Morgan County
Alabama
Traffic to Nashville for Title Commodore game
The article notes heavy car traffic toward Nashville for a big college football game and recalls a past Rose Bowl push involving Vandy. It mentions one local turkey grower who refused to sell his flock for Thanksgiving, citing projected weight gains through Christmas as a profitable delay.
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Nashville
Vandy
Sandy Sanford
Alabama
Roosevelt Economists See Industrial Boom Amid Debt Debate
The Roosevelt team projects industrial output to rise to 124 percent of normal in November and to 127–128 in December, with gains in employment payrolls rail traffic and construction. They warn of possible mild post year end re action while noting strong steel capacity use and rising inventories. International trade remains below prewar levels despite modest gains with Canada Japan and neutral Europe.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Tennessee river bridge opening plans and local transfers
One year ago today readers learned plans for the opening of the Tennessee river bridge began, with community events in Morgan County. The sale of five brick stores in Moulton by S M Thompson to M Carrier of Punta Gorda Florida was announced by BL Malone. Mr and Mrs Hipps visited Morgan County for the first time this century, and Leon Nichols, who spent the past year in Silver City New Mexico, is expected home December fifth. The Mothers Club scheduled its regular meeting on Friday.
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Moulton
S.M. Thompson
Co. M. Carrier
Punta Gorda
Fla
BL. Malone
Wi Hipps
Morgan, County
Mr. Hipps
California
Leon Nichols
Silver City
New Mexico
Applying First Aid To Home Injuries
A health guidance piece by Logan Clendening M D outlines medical first aid for emergencies such as fainting poisoning burns and head injuries. It describes assessing signs of life staying calm keeping the victim warm and a basic chest compression method with a cycle of two seconds compression and one second release.
First aid guidance from Dr. Clendening column
Dr Clendening advises general interest questions answered through his column. Instructions cover: controlling shock for injured, treating severe and simple burns, poisoning responses, cold exposure, frost bite warming, and artificial respiration for asphyxiation.
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Clendening
Local social calendar and weather notes from Decatur
Mrs R Summer and Mrs H R Speake hostesses. Mrs A Steinhart of Greenville arrives Friday to visit a daughter. Mrs W B Marktein Mrs John Pointer of Florence and Mrs Joe Bradley of Huntsville visit Mrs W K McNeill. Miss Mary Wallace Smiley ill at home. Dr H C McRee county health officer surveyed northeast county. No grid title games. Decatur records 72 degrees as warm spell continues.
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A. Steinhart
Greenville
W. B. Marktein
John Pointer
Florence
Joe Bradley
Huntsville
W. K. McNeill
Harmless sure cure for head lice debated
Q and A discuss treating head lice with hair clipping for heavy infestations and making a scalp saturate of equal kerosene and vinegar kept beneath a bandage, then combing out nits daily until gone. The calorie query lists beef six ounce glass 110 calories, ginger ale six ounce 100 calories, diabetic bread slice 250 calories.
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W. E
Diet and treatment for pellagra confirmed
The answer states a complete cure using nicotinic acid. Prevention diet includes meat potatoes fresh fruit and vegetables. The text outlines diet and confirms successful treatment for pellagra with nicotinic acid.
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B. C
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Popular Pamphlets
Readers may obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets priced at 10 cents each by sending 10 vente'in coins and a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening. Titles include Three Weeks’ Acting Diet and Infant Feeding among others.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
De Wet captured as British forces press revolt claim
25 years ago today December 1 1914 reports General De Wet captured in South Africa amid rebellion charges while Austro-Hungarian and German units continue to push into Serbia as World War I unfolds.
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Associated Press
de Wet
South Africa
Davis Family to Benefit from Hospital Tonsil Operation Row
Chicago report notes Mr and Mrs P Jay Davis will face hospital charges for seven children undergoing tonsil surgery today Mary Virginia 16 Jay 14 Joe 14 Myrtle Ann 11 Germaine 9 Robert 8 Richard 6 and Paul 4 The article adds Naomi 26 and Walter 20 are not in the group.
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Chicago
P. Jay Davis
Mary Virginia
Jay
Joe
Myrtle Ann
Germaine
Robert
Richard
Paul
Davis
Naomi
Walter
Thief Steals Purses and Play Tickets in Harrisburg
A thief took two purses containing 74 dollars and two tickets to a high school play. The production is You Can’t Take It With You.
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Harrisburg
Office Cut By Junius
A satirical monologue explores workplace jests and social manners. Characters include Bride's Mother Mrs Blub and Husband's Mother, contrasting rural bluntness with urban scrutiny. A boastful industrial captain and a proud father appear in exchanges about potential employment and virtue.
Defense Closing Sparks Memorable Swim Hole Anecdote
The prosecution and defense rested after lengthy sessions. The defense attorney began his closing with nostalgic imagery of a boyhood swimming hole and balmy air before the judge interrupted, signaling the end of his 15 minutes.
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Clauncey
Visiting speaker tests children with a quip about speech
A visiting Sunday school speaker is challenged by a bright class. He asks what they'd do if he has nothing to say and a small boy quips that stockings were invented in the 11th century but discovered in the 20th, provoking quiet amusement.
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Anorting
Train accident at Decatur station shocks platform
A train roared from Decatur station as a station agent heard a yell and found a man on the platform edge while a little girl stood nearby. The incident includes a quip about a rain and a reflection on finding lovability in necessary work.
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Decatur Station
Broadway gossip mingles shows, unions and ruined careers
Notes on Barbara Haugwite-Reventlow and Woolworth pickets clash over press access while Garbo and Grover Whalen seek publicity. George Abbott openings and Ring Two fail, Life With Father shines as Thanksgiving passes. A temperance hotel lobby hosts a profitable bar, and a Nazi era Vienna tale follows Lionel Royce’s ironic career turn. A former actress recalls a failed romance with an older star.
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New Yorker
Barbara Haugwite-Reventlow
Babs Hutton
Woolworth Union
Garbo
Grover Whalen
George Abbott
Syracuse
Geo
Russel Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Austria
Germany
Kaspar Braujdhofer
Vienna
From Top Rewrite Man to News Photo Plate Carrier
A veteran rewrite man once paid highly by city editors now works for starving wages carrying news photo plates to papers. Reporters in the Fritz Kuhn courtroom recount him as an example of the “curse of drink” harming careers.
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Manhattan
Lionel Royce Faces and Roles Across Wartime Screen
Lionel Royce became a familiar face to American audiences through his Gestapo agent in Confessions of a Nazi Spy and as a mad scientist in Charlie Chaplin Panama after World War I he ascended to the top of his profession
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Lionel Royce
Witty exchanges and social quips in a humorous vignette
A string of comic dialogue scenes features couples and friends. Topics include lipstick, etiquette and prudence, a doctor’s reassurance about dangerous operations, and a Thanksgiving party misadventure. The humor centers on social faux pas and wry observations about relationships.
Young Writer Steve Fisher Recalls Maugham Influence
A Navy veteran turned writer in New York recalls finding inspiration in W Somerset Maugham at a bookstore on 22nd Street. Maugham visits, offers encouragement, and Fisher later achieves magazine success and gains a major film deal after adapting a ten year old story.
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U.S. Navy
E. 22Nd St
Somerset Maugham
New York
Hollywood
Goldwyn
South Seas
Maugham
Mackintosh
Steve Fisher
New York maid flagged by Board of Health after test
A New York couple sent their maid to a doctor due to a rash. They agreed to a blood test and the Board of Health later reported the maid tested negative while the employers did not pass.
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New York
Board of Health
Broadway Glamour Girl Marries Silent Lover
A famous Broadway actress known for glamorous roles married a simple, unsuspecting man from the countryside. To keep her past discreet, she invented an obituary notice for herself, signaling to friends that she no longer existed as part of a bold ruse.
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Sister
Broadway
Stem
Caution Alabamians Against Sabotage in White House Bid
In Montgomery on December 1, Senators Lister Hill and Henry Steagall urged Alabamians to oppose minority efforts to sabotage Alabama’s chance to send Speaker Bankhead to the White House. They warned citizens to be vigilant and defeat any attempt to derail Alabama’s preferred candidate.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
William
Bankhead
White House
Lister Hill
Henry Steagall
Daily Want Ads Brief On Fresh Listings
A compact overview notes that the Want Ads vary daily with new items and notices. Readers are urged to check current editions for changing listings, prices, and opportunities across categories.
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