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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
4
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The column surveys Alabama politics with notes on Governor Bibb Graves, Luther Patrick and a stalled national convention push. It mentions Madame Perkins, Cullman County’s cotton output, Tennessee coach Bob Neyland, Rockefeller sidewalks club, and PTA plans for a "Crazy House" show with a $400 pledge toward a Decatur school band.
A retrospective view of southern Tennessee shows a shift from single crop farming to diversified livestock poultry and crops. The region’s prosperity is seen in well kept homes and thriving small towns, with expectations that northern Alabama will follow the trend within a decade.
The ILD disclosed that Jim Orr of Morgan County had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment after a pardons board recommendation and Governor Graves’ favorable action. Critics say the ILD exaggerated victory claims while denying involvement, citing lingering bias in the group.
Herman Bailey from Somerville showcased a 600 pound Poland-China sow at the office on Saturday. He notes a litter of fifteen with eleven sponsored for a "pighodd" and remarks breeders in Indiana and nearby states prove what can be done locally.
Wayland McGlathery suffers tonsillitis at his parents home Dr and Mrs R M McGrath Miss Lucille Giles returns from Sullins College for a month long holiday John Gilbert and Renee Adoree star in The Big Parade at Princess Theatre Arthur Brisbanes Today notes Poland appeals to the League of Nations France and Britain scramble over German forts on the east Prussian frontier The piece questions Allied laxity toward Germany and the Bolshevik threat
A Washington dispatch reports that Germany Italy and Japan have a secret working agreement beyond their anti communist pact. The piece notes Munich era dangers and hints of a broader pre arranged program guiding Axis actions and British responses amid Czech crisis chatter. It mentions Eden Roosevelts meetings and domestic labor dispute reverberations.
A. C. Carlton 53 a Demopolis merchant and brother of State Senator O D Carlton and former legislator Tom Carlton died unexpectedly in Demopolis while returning from a cotton buying trip. The Carlton family is well known in southwest Alabama.
Dr Logan Clendening explains hearing physiology from outer ear to cochlea. He outlines the ear’s parts, how sound waves translate to nerve signals, and key concepts of loudness pitch and timbre. He notes ranges of human hearing and the 11 000 detectable pitches in the cochlea.
A collection of short gags and anecdotes includes a barber using a vacuum on a child’s neck and a joke about a tank in courtship. A Mexican prisoner and jailer exchange notes over literacy as a scrawled message appears. A social quip about high heels ends the fragment.
No remedy or diet is known to raise white blood cell counts. Omitting salt from the diet is harmful. the body needs about fifteen grains daily, and it is nearly impossible to sustain a salt-free diet.
A passage by William Allen White argues liberty requires respect for others and a militant belief in self‑respect. The dialogue contrasts national unity with fighting for one’s own rights and laments American war hesitancy.
Dialogic humor about law at home and a quirky classroom scene. A colonel, a horse named Milisi¢, and a humorous exchange with Hal Cal and others provide a slice of everyday banter. The piece ends with a quip about insuring office furniture except the clock.
Mrs William Bartlett shows slow recovery from a broken arm. A Q Maze visited Lynn Maze. Mrs J W Lynn traveled to Decatur. Attendees from here joined the Ball game at Ryan. Mrs Jack Thompson stayed with a niece in Decatur after a hospital burn. The Gordon family and Daisy Quenn called on Mrs Mid Thompson Sunday. Willis Fowler visited Elvin Gordon Sunday night. Dortha Quenn attended a social at Erline Robinson. Mrs Susie Johnson Lois Lynn Ethel Lynn Marvin Ralph visited Pines Tuesday. Jack Thompson and Marvin Ralph hosted visitors Sunday. Otto Roberts spent Saturday in Hartselle.
Gossip notes report Lindberghs in Germany seen as a future hero, Lindy intimates deny Nazi praise, and Anne Lindbergh’s hostile stance toward Nazism. Victor Moore’s daughter involved with a Long Branch resident. Uta Hagen marries Jose Ferrer in a Missouri Legend link. Annabella divorces Ty Power amid marriage talk. Police warn venues of stranger risks amid midtown theft plot tips. Eddie Peabody’s wife is split from him in a contested divorce. Herbert Harrises scan Reno spa literature as Ira Nelson Morris links with Miriam Wolf.
A miscellany of pop culture and legal snippets. Ken’s December 7 magazine promises exposure of suspected Japanese spying in America while the KKK plans a May drive focusing on anti Unions. Other items note fashion, theater plans, a hotel bill, and court actions in CBS Welles matters.
The New Yorker flags a ban on German advertisers until persecutions end. Bernd Bach, son of a famed drama critic, works as a bus boy at St. Moritz. Glenda Farrell and Tom Lewis from Young and Rubicam are rumored to elope. The U S case against Buckner targets several senators and congressmen. Loretta Young’s name surfaces in a drag scandal. Rudolph Mont Gelas and Catherine McDonnell are noted social figures. Lillian Roth plans reconciliation with her judge.
Tony Duke and Diana Barry surface in a light gossip column about June 1st plans by Ralph Daigh and his editor role at a magazine. Hugh Marlowe phones Lynn Sherman recovering from a major operation in a Hollywood hospital as Andrea Leeds Herbert Marshall discuss their program.
The article notes Park Avenue's new cinema did not open with Champs Elysee as expected because it appears too Parisienne postcardish. It mentions the George and Booths, a Rolls-Royce builder, a New Year bundle, Mrs B’s dad a former J P Morgan partner, Wayne Morris’s fiancée Bubbles Schinasi at 18, Josephine Larkin’s divorce and plan to marry an Englishman, five judges in the Washington DC District Court of Appeals with Henry Edgerton boycotting Japan, and Dorothy Lamour’s pledge to be a mother by Dec 11 in a past interview, plus a space-stealer remark.
Front page items report Time's Man of the Year could be Adolf Hitler and note a ride inside. Also mention a pregnancy at Doctors Hospital, Tom Dewey not seeking 1940 presidency, Dewey Mead as senate rivals, Schmeling visit to US, Gillies firm expanding Peru orders with extra gas tanks, Life granted permission to photo military secrets, Picatinny Arsenal Dover NJ, the Intl Casino wiring $40 000, and DA planning an inquiry affecting hat check union leaders.
A girl shattered a cocktail glass on a lad’s neck after an insult at the Elysée Monkey Bar. The scene follows a string of social tiffs and stage talk, with other notes on payments and insurance orders.
The piece notes divorce talk between Alice Faye and Tony Martin if they do not spend Christmas together. It mentions a celebrity escorted from a Persian Room dance floor for overindulgence and a private school probe in New York.
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