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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
4
A local plea urges pedestrians to stay to the left side of streets while city street crews work overnight to keep roads clear. The FBI is assisting in nationwide police remakings amid traffic law concerns and public safety reminders.
The glee club of the high school will perform on Friday night December 22 and Junior Music Study Club members will present Christmas carols on Saturday night. Plans for Christmas Eve carol singing are not yet set but may include visits to shut ins invalids hospitals if requested.
The Tuscaloosa city and county school consolidation plan stalls as local boards fail to agree. The state had tentatively supported the consolidation, hoping to study outcomes before wider adoption. The writer expresses confidence Tuscaloosa will find a path if consolidation is the right move and notes the community's intolerance for hindrance.
The Morgan County Chapter of the American Red Cross struggles with finances as campaign efforts falter. Officials warn the chapter cannot be sustained on current income and may need to seek new membership to support operations. Aided by lingering crop failures and uncertain future visitors, local leaders weigh recruitment drives and fundraising.
The plight of Finland has stirred nationwide sympathy in America and sparked a swift financial appeal response. Citizens express strong support for aid to the Finnish people, reflecting shared humanitarian concern.
A group of friends of a South Alabama physician dragged in a large bag of game for the doctor’s annual dinner. An agent seized the game as authorities warned on tight conservation rules that could strip hunting of its pleasure.
Alabama editor Grover Hall analyzes the State Board of Pardons and Paroles stance on ending Christmas paroles. Board members say release of noncriminals to work could ease prison congestion while farmers demand reliable labor, sparking national debate. The Times-Journal urges public reflection on politics and labor policy.
Washington reports Hooverian G men confirm Communist and Nazi groups pool to sabotage war supplies for Britain and France. Finnish minister seeks 50 pursuit planes for immediate use, while U S officials limit diversions to aid Finland. Russia buys molybdenum for German machinery, signaling tough diplomacy ahead with Japan and Far East power balance.
President Roosevelt did not seek Taft's guidance on trimming the budget. He warned that many government functions would need elimination to balance, facing pressure from diverse groups defending each program. Taft declined to name functions to cut, avoiding a political furor.
Walter Winchell on Broadway surveys a bustling New York scene from Greenwich Village to Fifth Avenue. It notes venues like Grand Street Settlement House and Ruben Brew, dockside East River melancholy, Central Park scenery, and lively Fourth Avenue chaos amid theaters, artists, and travel bustle.
Street life and holiday bustle frame a chaotic scene with union picketing at a milk bar and window displays on Broadway and Times Square. A sign reads one union at a time please while animated electrics and electric trains attract crowds near 47th and 42nd Streets. Shops decked for the holidays showcase busy commerce as the season nears.
Tesses on Wednesday evening compliment Mrs Cal Howell bride of recent date. E T Brain hurt when thrown by switch engine. Progressive Culture Club met with Mrs Tid well. Wednesday Bridge Club hosted by Mr and Mrs Perolio and Mr Crawford. Rutledge Thomas ill short illness. Miss Suzanne Javies and Julia Leigh Lynne to return from Ward Belmont for holidays. Miss Clara Berry Hunt home from Sullins College for holidays. George Sisler sold to Washington Senators for 000 in the St Louis Browns. A negro fined $10 and costs in police court for whipping his daughter.
A panoramic slice of late night life shows a Bronx eatery sign musing on the world, a Fifth Avenue window mix of Christmas gifts and gas masks, actors buoyed by reviews and crestfallen by critics, a Broadway producer amid a letter mix up, a penny drive at a 33rd Street post office, a newsvendor near 4 a.m., Canal Street ice wagon, riveters and a Harlem nightscape, a women’s hotel and a West 46th Street art garage, with CBS masts topping the Chrysler Building.
Vivid scene descriptions of Broadway saloons and railroad station crowds as ex toasts and idle locals seek a break. Moon glow over the Hudson River and moodily lit newsreel theaters frame a cinema era moment amid urban nightlife.
The article reflects on historical TB care through John Keats and peers, noting early diagnosis and bed rest as modern lessons. It argues early treatment and infection control improve outcomes, and cites Christmas seals funding by the National Tuberculosis Association in advancing the conquest.
The scene captures the swift scatter of crowds to Broadway as movie houses restaurants shops and street activity fill the area. Central Park South lights blaze as apartments and hotels glow under moonlit skies.
A missing dog barked a false alarm as police and harbor officials hunted Elliott Bay for Chester Peterson. The owner, Peterson, appeared just as crews prepared to drag the harbor, saying he was about to search for his missing dog, lost two days.
Two parcels arrived at the Alamo addressed to David Crockett, the famed bear hunter and Tennessee congressman who died heroically in 1836. Postmaster Dan Quill reported the packages were recently mailed from an Indianapolis publishing house.
The reader asks about short wave machine therapy for rheumatism and arthritis. The answer endorses it as an extremely efficient form of heat and notes heat is valuable in all arthritis cases.
Readers can obtain seven pamphlets by sending 10 cents per title to Dr Logan Clendening in care of this paper. Each pamphlet includes topics such as Three Weeks Reducing 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. A self addressed envelope with a three cent stamp is required.
In Omaha on December 15 a theater prize dinner plate won by 22 year old Miss Adeline Fenel aided her when a would be thief targeted her on the way home. She screamed and fought, causing the thief to flee empty handed leaving the prize plate behind.
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