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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
4
The text notes no response from 25,000 Nazi supporters in the country to a plan offering transport to Germany to live with Hitler. The author also states no reply is anticipated.
Critics mock pre-legislative speeches by Black Belt allies who claim to back fair reapportionment yet refuse to define fairness. The piece doubts sincerity and warns real reform will come only when it is evident.
Neighbors cheerfully expect a grand Christmas as towns nationwide light up with festive displays. Santa appears in windows and courthouses while people share happy moods and plans for good spirit and cheer this season.
A battle over location of a planned veterans hospital shifts from Montgomery to Birmingham or North Alabama. George L. Martin of General Gorgas Post argues home service for Alabama veterans favors Birmingham, citing 84.8 percent of white Alabama veterans live closer to Birmingham or Montgomery. He insists the fight centers on placing the facility where veterans are served, not politics.
The Daily criticizes the push to move a planned veterans hospital from Montgomery. Past plans shifted from Decatur area to Tennessee and Tuscaloosa, then another Alabama hospital proposal arose. Congressman Hill, then Military Affairs chair, steered the project toward Montgomery amid dissatisfaction with Washington.
From the Daily of December 10 1926 Mrs J B Fleming hosted the Canal Street Rock Club on Friday afternoon The Ferry Street Rock Club gathered this week at the home of Mrs Clyde Hendrix Scout Wiggins guard of Albany high gridiron crew will lead the team next year He will be a senior next season J W Clapton head of the Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Company has been reelected secretary of the Southern Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Dr Clendening discusses how sensing pain involves complex nerves and zones. He notes heat and cold spots map differently, reveals dissociation of pain from pressure and temperature, and highlights the tongue as highly sensitive while intestinal pain remains poorly understood.
Washington observers warn that the Public Works and housing programs will pour out funds at their peak next month, even as business and industrial production rise. Analysts foresee rearmament spending adding to the fiscal accelerators while Treasury and the Federal Reserve consider tightening credit to curb a possible inflationary boom.
A collection of dated popular myths and misstatements debunked by Walter Winchell on Broadway. It covers topics from population figures and famous landmarks to science, history, and entertainment with brief corrective notes.
Some top economists softly urge President Roosevelt to cancel at least half of Public Works allotments and restrain USHA spending while trimming promised rearmament to essentials. They note legal obligations bind the programs though they may be economically unfeasible and suggest he could scale back unformed rearmament plans. The record indicates no final decision on a rearmament program.
Economists close to the president acknowledge the facts but think the situation may be less ludicrous than it seems. They expect a diminishing rise in business activity after January and a potential spring rebound, with caution on steel and consumer goods production and possible cuts in Hopkins relief spending to avoid excess government outlay.
The president will personally decide the ultimate policy actions. It now appears likely he will alter certain expectations, including rearmament, and handle changes quietly to avoid signaling a shift in policy.
Governor Graves appointed E. W. Gibbs of Birmingham to the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. Gibbs replaces N. G. Hubbard whose term expired and who was ineligible for reappointment because he is not currently in the drug business.
Wheat germ concentrates provide vitamin B and aid deficiency linked conditions such as paralysis neuritis and anemia. They do not replace calcium found in milk and cracked wheat bread, and no reports show harm from prolonged use. Editor notes seven Dr Clenden ing pamphlets available for 10 cents each with SASE.
A humorous vignette shows three bold men failing to gain support for a state gasoline tax increase as they brainstorm at a soda fountain. The scene (Soda Jerker and patrons Claude Clarence and Charlie) plays on resistance to fiscal plans.
A humor piece notes a well known man announcing mortgage level finances while riding about town in a luxury car. A Brushville doctor uses a rug on his old hood as an errand boy mocks the scene. The narrator warns holidays and Sundays pose extra traffic danger.
A joke riff about a fruit salesman and a butter salesman debating truancy. One claims to skip class by sending an empty envelope to the correspondence school, a punchline about avoiding study.
A collage of holiday cheer and quips tied to a Wall Street crash era mood. A beggar pleads for help while a suspicious lady recalls past losses. Snippets reference stars in the sky and a prison guard’s joke about a chef for a fraternity.
Fragmentary line claims there are 44 states in the United States with a mention of Kentucky and Massa. The readable portion suggests a misstatement about states. No clear event or person is established from the fragment.
The excerpt discusses Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Virginia as commonwealths and emphasizes etiquette and striving to be our best beyond simply doing our best.
A roundup of misstatements and corrected facts: Darwin’s theory on human evolution, Klondike location, larynx function, iceberg colors, Black Death current status, and Hays Office censorship in a film scene.
Limestone County care Miss Louise Benson and parents moved to Birmingham last Thursday. Several local families visited kin in Carey and Arnmore Tenn. Rev George Brown preached at Carey Baptist church and Mrs Zera Smith with children visited Ardmore Tennessee this week.
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