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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
4
A reader column blends a thought for today from St Paul with wartime propaganda urging war bond investment to save lives. The piece notes shortages, peace prospects, and Allied vs Soviet roles, while recounting local incidents and political shifts affecting reconversion and labor.
A column arguing Alabama should use a wartime surplus to pay debts rather than fund new programs. It praises Chauncey Sparks as a prudent figure and urges setting aside money to erase a projected 44 million dollar mortgage by the end of his term.
The fragment discusses taxpayer money funding progress versus old debts and notes a man with a mortgage can act decisively. It mentions arithmetic certainty and a character described as a fellow with a mortgage.
Westbrook Pegler argues wartime labor controls erode civil liberties, claiming unions and political bosses dominate production and restrict workers to support political dues. He decries compulsion, appeals to patriotism, and warns of democratic erosion under Roosevelt administration.
Dr Logan Clendening warns elderly pedestrians to slow down on icy pavements as bones fracture easier with age. He cites statistics showing higher injuries in ages 45 to 65 and recounts a winter accident he witnessed on a train line. He advises cautious walking and notes X rays reveal most chronic arthritis forms.
Walter Winchell trades marks the year with reviews and notes on postwar cinema and radio. Critics praise films like A Bell for Adano and Behind the Enemy Lines while lampooning others such as Falcon in Hollywood and The Seven Lively Arts. Names mentioned include Fredric March Billy Rose Bea Lillie Bert Lahr Benny Goodman and Arthur Godfrey.
The piece condemns movements by private political groups challenging constitutional authority. It argues Congress elected to serve all people lacks courage and conscience of true representatives of America.
A collage of quotes from George Moore J Conrad A Woollcott Will Cobb Miguel Todd The Bryan Democrat Helen Rowland and Benny Goodman spans topics from love and enemy to cowardice and ambition. Each line reflects era commonplaces with wit and social commentary.
Palm Beach hosts Sumner Wells finishing a new book while Janet Altshuler debuts April's Sowing. D. F. Zanuck speaks on Mutual at Nobel Annie dinner. France dispatches from Lee Carson in Hearst papers. Wilder Hobson seeks transfer to Fortune amid Time upheavals. Lilliput indexes Don Iddon as NY correspondent, and radio critics draw ire from a vocal host.
Montgomery promoter Pickens says he never took gate receipts and offered to refund city funds since 1944. He notes he was not invited to last week’s civic meeting and asserts the Blue Gray Association still runs the annual North South game set for December 30 with costs above $18,000 and ticket sales reaching $10,000 by Saturday.
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