Dissolution Notice of Axis Partnership Suggested
A pald headed Duce urged Virginio Gayda to issue a dissolution notice for the Axis partnership amid wartime discussions.
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Virginio Gayda
Axis
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1940
Page
4
Editorial reflections and local progress notes from Decatur
A collage of editorials and local observations discusses growing optimism for the Bee Line Highway, farm market efforts at Decatur’s curb market, debates on abolition of the poll tax, and local church announcements. It notes improvements in Grover Hall’s writing, critiques on a Florence Times headline, and contrasts farming profits from milk and cotton with market prices and transport costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News & Observer
Decatur
Night air raid shadows reach English towns
Fragmentary report notes bomb hits on Premingham and Sheffield as wartime tensions rise. The account suggests the war has drawn nearer to English civilians despite being fought abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Premingham
Sheffield
England
Santa's Agent The Daily to Publish Christmas Letters
The Daily will publish all Santa letters received between now and Christmas in the annual Christmas edition on Christmas Eve. Letters should be mailed to Old Santa care The Daily as early as possible to ensure publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily
Santa
the Daily
Song nominates Mussolini joke on sports page hit parade
The Daily’s Nashville Tennessean feature spotlights a humorous ballad sung to A Tisket A Tasket. The lyric imagines Hitler in a casket and Mussolini joining him, reflecting wartime boisterous satire of Axis leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daily
Nashville Tennessean
of All Places
Hitler
Windsor as ambassador debated by British and American presses
Windsors London reports intimate the Duke of Windsor will not be named ambassador to the United States. The Daily wonders if Britain could not look elsewhere and avoid a precedent of a former ruler living in Washington with a native-born American wife at the embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Windsor
United States
Washington
Windsor
England
Hugh Charles
Ross Parker
Irwin Cash
Scotland
Glasgow
Britain
Italy under pressure as war morale cracks emerge
Dispatches describe Mussolini facing military reverses in Egypt and Albania and rising domestic anxiety. Reports quote Italian prisoners and guards pressed to crack down on pessimists while Greek and British advances intensify, signaling a potential turning point in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Egypt
Albania
Italy
Sidi Barrani
Yas
Press Accuracy and Slacker Money Critique in Morgenthau Remarks
The piece critiques press inaccuracy and Morgenthau’s charge of slackers holding U.S. government bonds. It discusses bond ownership by federal agencies banks and individuals, notes Palm Beach misplacement, and cites Treasury figures as of June 30 1939 with a caution about accuracy and differing tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Commission
NDC
Navy
Ickes
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthal
Treasury Department
Palm Beach
TM Morgen
Sea Island
Georgia
Federal Reserve Banks
New Deal
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Morgenthau
Bishop Dagwell Responds To Remark On Mrs Dagwell
In Portland Oregon on December 14 the Rt Rev Benjamin D Dagwell Episcopal bishop of Oregon accepts a speaking engagement. He then learns the caller meant to invite Mrs Dagwell and replies that there is no Mrs Dagwell, noting his own oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Richardson, Jr
Mooresville
Decatur
Bibeck
Portland
Ore
Benjamin D. Dagwell
Oregon
Alice Wallace
Bruno
Decatur Daily Want Ads Prompt Daily Interest Reading
Classified readers are invited to peruse the Decatur Daily Want Ads for day to day value. The notice emphasizes ongoing interest in listings and opportunities across multiple categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Reading Demands Grow for Students and Adults
Dr. Logan Clendening notes that today’s readers—from schoolchildren to college students—face far more material, with silent reading replacing oral reading in classrooms. The Ophthalm-O-Graph and Metron-O Scope measure and train reading habits, revealing speed, fixations, and comprehension to raise efficiency.
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Health Pamphlets for Readers
The editor notes seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening are available, each priced at 10 cents. To obtain any pamphlet send 16 cents plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Clendening care of this, with a three cent stamp. Titles include Three Weeks on Diet and Indigestion and Constipation among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
OFF ICE CAT OFFICE CAT
Humorous column sketches various street scenes and putative quotes about driving safety and daily bumbles. A wife, a railway gatekeeper, and a salesman trade quips amid a noisy city street setting. The piece plays on informal banter and absurd requests.
Leap Year Girl and Local Jokes in Decatur Oddities
A Fragmented Decatur page presents riddles and quips about love jealousy parents and daily life. Jokes touch on mother in law testing dresses radio ranch dialect and a teacher’s lessons with quick one liners. The piece includes a stray line about a local woman testing a frock and staying happy.
Metaxas seaplane anecdote and other Broadway gossip
Walter Winchell on Broadway compiles short vignettes about Metaxas piloting a seaplane, Dorothy Thompson’s clubroom quip, Mrs. Miniver author’s reaction to Ambassador Kennedy quotes, and public figures in Miami delivery arrangements. The column weaves jokes, theatre chatter, and wartime song notes with local color and sharp one liners.
War correspondent Woollcott and Macy's Santa tale
Heywood Broun recalls a warfront anecdote about Alexander Woollcott while William McNutt narrates. The piece shifts to Macy's Santa Clauses with Pass Le Noir and John Regan on cone floor. Children ask ridiculous requests as sales girls tease the Santas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heywood Broun
Alexander Woollcott
William McNutt
Western Front
McNutt
Woollcott
Alex
Maude Adams
Peter Pan
Macy's
Pass le Noir
John Regan
Pass
Joan
Mr Claus
Path to power traded for shared joy on the road
A narrator notes that ambition comes at a cost of fun, as the man who often secures influence may do so at the expense of enjoyment. Others who enjoyed more fun would trade places with him for a chance at balance.
Persistent Intercessory Prayer Appeal and biblical reflection
Dr Edwin Wyle urges learning the art of intercessory prayer as the Christian duty across ages. He emphasizes persistent supplication for God's Kingdom and recalls biblical examples, calling readers to heed Jesus' instruction and a Christmas season appeal for prayerful action.
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Edwin Wyle
Jesus
Heaven
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