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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
4
The piece argues for Red Cross support and Christmas charity while noting WPA roll decreases and cotton sector gains in the South. It questions uniform speed laws, labor board reforms, and Santa related state payrolls, and criticizes party platform timing on freight differentials.
Washington December 15. A conservative forecast of the coming session notes many will be said but few enacted. A farm program with minor changes, rearmament and tax reforms debated, anti monopoly moves, social security tweaks, labor relations amendments, and a possible reorganization bill.
In a rambunctious note from a local scene, Decatur honors long serving figure John Peach who, amid a storied public career, is playfully dubbed a triple threat halfback and nicknamed Puzzy during a Lion Rotary charity football game.
Frank Dixon declares he will run his administration with no eye to political futures. He asserts that Alabama voters will back him to remove the influence of peanut politicians from the ballot.
The vote shows best result in continuing crop control is not in parity subsidies or hare cotton. South farming increasingly emphasizes livestock, dairy, poultry, eggs, grains, and soil renewal through crop rotation as it adapts under government policy.
The piece argues unemployment is America’s central problem and that temporary government jobs won’t fix it. It urges a permanent plan, citing England’s steady support for the unemployed and warning that instability harms the broader economy.
George Devine of Manceville visits his parents on 10th avenue south. Mrs H O Troup Mrs J D Ligon and Mrs Virginia Graham return from Birmingham. Mrs William Moseley Jr leaves for Birmingham for Christmas. J D Bush Jr of Birmingham Southern to spend holidays at home. Ben Hur slated to appear at the Princess Theatre soon.
In Bentonville Indiana on December 18 a fox drive guided by airplane will raise money for a Fayette county high school to buy an electric scoreboard. Guns and hounds will be taboo and captured foxes, if any, will be auctioned off. Sponsors expect to raise more by selling lunches to hungry hunters.
Police Sergeant William Dever aimed to help a man in trouble but his shot misfired injuring an innocent bystander and prompting an investigation by city authorities.
Dr. Logan Clendening discusses neurasthenia seen as nerve exhaustion and the modern view that fatigue stems from emotional tension. He notes the Weir Mitchell rest cure as a traditional effective treatment, emphasizing rest isolation and overfeeding, with massage and physiotherapy as supportive elements.
A jumble of cartoonish dialogue sketches and gags features a clerk asking for a raise, a wife singing in the yard provoking a neighborly scene, and a bride-to-be pondering pre wedding worries. The lines mix office whimsy with domestic humor and radio quips.
A man attempted to ease an injured cat by shooting it, but the bullet passed through his foot instead. The incident centers on the failed mercy act and the resulting foot injury.
A court story recounts a New York lawyer sent to St. Louis to interview a client in a Missouri case. The telegram reveals the client is Jenkins and the lawyer is Smith, who forgets the client's name, prompting a humorous mix up.
Beph and Zeke trade bravado as one claims five ducks felled from a flock. The other quips about a recent frog hunt and jokes about superstition and a potato charm against rheumatism. A chilling Christmas morning image lingers in their exchange.
A sharp briefing in the capital district targets a long serving senator with leadership questions. The scene shifts as hotel staff note a change in management, while the former manager remains on duty after a recent marriage.
Walter Winchell on Broadway recounts a Nazi customer in a beer garden and a Dutch waiter in New Yorks Stork Club scene. Beatrice Lillie and Sally Braberry tour local sights while Sherman Billingsley and Hoover appear among G- Men. Footnotes discuss Christ mas Seals events with Mrs Roosevelt and Kitty Carlisle, Billie Holiday, and Lincoln Hotel verbatim misgivings. Deputy Sheriff Matthew Larkin and ex cons describe Sing Sing and Leavenworth. A gossip column touches on press agents and four seats.
Rev Warren led the monthly appointment at Morgan County Forrest Chapel with Bro Marvin Bridges preaching in the afternoon. Numerous parishioners attended. The column lists visits and social gatherings including Mrs Mose Whitten and children in Hartselle, Pervis Cox with Cassie West, Hodges Vinson from Lawrence County, L J Sandilin with Seldon Higdon, Ben Roberts family from Neel, Lucille West with Ollie Sybert at Oak Ridge, and Ozelle West in Danville. Billie Fred Story ill, Elmer Lee visit to Lebanon, Almon Story ill in Baughs Infirmary, and a wedding supper at Rocky Ford for Frasier West and spouse.
A large crowd attended Cotaco high school's senior and junior teams in Trinity on Friday night. Notable attendees included Hubert Brooks Truitt Tomlinson Cecil Brooks from nearby towns who stayed with the Brooks family after the game.
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