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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
4
Publication note indicating second class matter at Decatur Alabama from 1912, with dates 1917 and 1875 act, AP syndication rights and re publication restrictions. Text fragment references news dispatches credited to the paper and reserve of special rights.
A long folklore story about an Italian prize fighter facing Jack Dempsey is recounted. The piece, tied to wartime ironies, notes Italian history’s failures and Mussolini’s overreaching bluff, contrasting bravado with a cautionary record.
The article recalls how Dr H Spurgeon faced a bleak London Christmas season. Reading Luke 2 and the angels song, his mood shifts to joy before addressing his congregation. The narrative contrasts spiritual joy with a world marked by destruction and war.
The veterinary surgeon plays a ranking role in reducing bovine tuberculosis and thus human cases in the United States. The program began with federal meat inspection in 1906 and tuberculin testing, which slaughtered cattle with positive reactions. England pursued a weaker policy, leaving bovine TB high. the U S achieved dramatic declines in cattle TB and related human risk.
Readers may obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets. Each costs 10 cents. send 10 cents plus a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening, care of this page. Titles include Three Weeks’ Diet, Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The scene features a Christmas program with a playful exchange about a dove eyed flea and a choir singalong. A Decatur teacher ponders whether causing hurt or pain is worse while a prayer seeks grace and joy in the birth of Jesus. A farmer’s joke about scarecrows closes the skit.
James Edward Hungerford reflects on changing meanings of success from wealth and fame to health and spiritual fulfillment. He traces goals from becoming president to aging with purpose and finding God, while a doctor disciplines Pat on a strict diet.
Fragmentary text references starvation used as a method to extend life. It notes extreme conditions, likely historical or literary context, without graphic detail. The passage presents a stark, survival oriented tone and hints at ethical implications.
A reflective passage extols the Bible as unshaken by wars, sieges, and tempests, enduring while empires fall and minds shift. It celebrates the Bible’s universal reverence, scrutiny, translation, and defense, then shifts to warn against idleness and urge purposeful action and anticipation of the future.
Virgil Kirkpatrick and son Gil bert of Birmingham spent the weekend with relatives. Mr. and Mrs Charlie Steel were Sunday guests of his parents. Mrs Nannie Stovall visits her sister Dana Crowe. Danville Evan game drew locals Saturday night. Harold Nelson and family were Sunday guests of Claudie Gibson. Miss Lee Nell Looney visits sister Pearl Crowe. Leonard Eddy is sick with measles. Ozell Pittman and children visited Dewey Hogan Saturday. A shower for Mrs Ottis Dutton gathered many friends at Dana Crowe's home with gifts and refreshments.
A crowd of Broadway figures and Paris and Hollywood luminaries parade through Walter Winchell’s column. Mentions include Ethel Barrymore Martha Raye Chico Marx Frankie Hyers Priscilla Lane and Beavorbrook’s C V R Thompson. Notes on Orson Welles Doris Dudley June Havoc and Dewey stir chatter as politics and showbiz collide in New York.
The city streets bear witness to a curious mix from a stylish station wagon marked Belleigh Acres at 57th and Broadway to snow and slush dampening travel. Miami Beach ad brilliance stands out amid winter blocks while pop up Christmas card shops brighten dreary corridors. A hosiery shop window proclaims Do Your Christmas Shopping Girly and Carnegie Hall Apartments trumpet a Pi- line.
Morgan County reports multiple family visits over the weekend. P K Kirby and family visited Essie Kirby in Johnsons Chapel. Dewey Ledlow and Fred Betterton stayed with Nellie Ledlow near Hartselle. Bill Mullican and family guests of J T Rose in Long Bottom. Gene Harlan born November 22 to Ralph and wife. Irby Betterton from Birmingham visited relatives. Lester Wooten of Union Hill visited Golson Maddox's family.
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