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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1944
Page
4
A devotional excerpt from Romans is followed by war updates. The FTC probes cigarette shortages and Nazi threats, with Eisenhower’s plans praised. Reports discuss a looming matches shortage and public worry about air raids and Christmas in wartime Britain and America.
A large House agriculture subcommittee plans a weeklong fact finding session to examine cotton's future as foreign competition and domestic synthetics threaten the U S cotton industry. Leaders consider price supports export subsidies and international market sharing to stabilize demand and prices for growers.
A December 5 Washington briefing notes pessimism after the election. Corporate leaders fear higher taxes and delayed expansion, while unions face pressure from Petrillo leadership and wage demands. Authors warn against unchecked power, warn of inflation, and urge balanced policy, investment, and debt management for a strong postwar economy.
Westbrook Pegler argues against trusting the Soviet communist government, citing Maurice Thorez’s return to France, U.S. wartime saboteurs, drafts for union leaders, and perceived Kremlin influence. He warns that cooperation with Russia risks betrayal and urges readers to doubt optimistic peace prospects.
Distressing discussion by Dr. Logan Clendeningen on infantile eczema its typical course and the futility of drastic diets. Practical measures include weekly scalp washing long sleeves and stockings protective clothing and careful handling to limit dander exposure.
The reader asks about saccharin as a sugar substitute and two half-grain tablets per cup. The response says taste governs amount and asserts saccharin has never harmed anyone regardless of quantity.
The column surveys current stage and screen fare with Billy Rose’s Seven Lively Arts in Philadelphia, A Bell for Adano with Frederic March, Meet Me in St Louis starring Margaret O’Brien, Something for the Boys, Bowery to Broadway, and The Last Ide among others. It notes radio and press opinions, critiques, and cultural tidbits including March of Time, Blond Fever, and quips from notable figures, ending with a sharp jab at Hitler's fate and a nod to political and artistic commentary.
The speaker recalls a historic agreement between Communist Russia and Nazi Germany that preceded the war by nine days. He says praying for peace with Russia is fine, but cautions that current records do not support lasting cooperation in good faith.
Los Angeles reports the Dorsey trial remains muddled in its second week with prosecutors citing insufficient testimony to convict Tommy Dorsey Mrs Dorsey and Allen Smiley over an August altercation with attorney Jon Hall. Jesus Castilleon the guitarist featured as a potential key witness faces a murky record.
Frank Maury Jeffries 70 a Georgia native and longtime Birmingham business figure died Sunday at a relative’s home burial planned at Forest Hill after funeral services. He served 29 years as district manager for the International Shoe Company and once owned Dixie Lumber Company.Strainberry Hill plantation near Eutaw, Alabama, was his retirement site.
Frances Gibbons, 17, Deatsville, Alabama, is among six 4-H girls awarded a $200 college scholarship after winning the food preparation contest sponsored by Server Inc in Chicago.
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