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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
4
The piece outlines Decatur and Morgan County prospects for 1941 including new homes, industrial expansion, and possible airfield or river terminal projects. It notes wartime production targets, local governance, and the need to balance agriculture with industry while fostering community spirit and Christmas activities.
In our judgment Uncle Sam will experience little trouble enlisting men for service branches and he should also attract workers for defense plants. The message calls for broad participation across the nation’s workforce to support war effort.
Washington report claims the board of tax appeals ruled the father remains head of the family despite unemployment and disability. The notice notes the decision would not require a lawsuit to affirm the traditional family leadership before Christmas.
The piece contrasts Mussolini's boastful stance with new admissions that German planes ferry reinforcements to Albania and dive bombers join the fight. It likens the Axis leaders to a bulldog that yowls when pressed, noting the discrepancy between bravado and reality in wartime leadership.
The Albany Georgia high school adopts a four hours in class and four hours on the job program enabling students to learn trades while in school. Seventeen students, boys and girls, receive training as machinists clerks and technical workers with credits awarded for related study and work. The plan modeled after Jacksonville Florida originated five years ago and expanded to Albany since September.
Congressional leaders report Airplane output lag persists at 15 to 30 percent below summer expectations. Bottlenecks in modern gadgets limit fighter production with magnetos and light armor delays. Navy fared better than Army. supply competition and lack of coordination impede progress. Tammany and other major city delegations supported the President to stave off veto override.
Initial signals show Britain seeking additional destroyers while officials deny plans for another transfer. A major hurdle is President Roosevelt’s struggle to secure naval bases promised in the prior deal, with delays or objections seen in Trinidad, Caribbean islands, and a Bahamas site. Navy and Army officials reportedly share concern regardless of Roosevelt’s mood.
A meditation on Jesus Christ as a simple man born in a humble village who lived without wealth or fame. The piece recounts his minimal worldly credentials yet vast impact, and ties his birthday to the painting They All Follow The Star by Peter Janson, describing a light guiding diverse figures toward hope.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains tobacco effects on the body and heart artery spasm. Smoking worsens angina in those under fifty and may raise attack risk, though after sixty its influence wanes. He notes athletes may have higher angina risk but tobacco does not cause arterial change, only aggravates existing spasm.
Answer explains rosewater is fragrance with no medicinal action and can be added to glycerin as a hand lotion in any amount. Glycerin helps heal chapped skin but is drying, best mixed with boric acid two parts and lanolin sixteen parts and glycerin sixteen parts. toilet lanolin is odorless and suitable.
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets from Dr Logan Clendening by sending ten cents per pamphlet and a self addressed stamped envelope. The titles include Weeks' Eating 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.
Fragmentary remark contrasts ragged beggar and aristocrat as seekers of the Christ, each following their own star and worshiping in their own way.
A Federal district court jury convicted Max A. Wasserman a wholesale novelty distributor in Omaha of violating counterfeiting laws by sale and possession of vending machine slugs. If upheld on appeal, the verdict could stop slug manufacture and possession, with defense attorney John Mullen planning an appeal.
Dorothea Nall, 20, gave police a description of a bandit who robbed the laundry tranch office of about $50. She said the suspect acted like a gentleman, spoke in a cultured manner, and even threatened to kill her.
A list of twelve driving guidelines covers lane discipline signaling obeying signs dimming headlights when approaching other vehicles slowing for railroad crossings keeping the vehicle safe being alert at intersections avoiding intoxication while driving ensuring the road is clear before passing and adjusting speed to traffic and weather conditions. Inattention is cited as a major cause of accidents and drivers are urged to stay focused on the road.
The fragment recalls a string of city vignette moments with characters like Elsie-Jim Tessie-I and a traffic cop. It mentions a driver backing out, a judge questioning a loaded truck incident, a child learning to talk, and a cautious street crossing awaiting a car.
The column blends Christmas humor and social observations as Decatur readers are urged to hang stockings early and enjoy festive traditions. It contrasts Santa myths with practical holiday tips and includes a humorous exchange about a five wheeled car and Grandma’s wisdom.
The Averill Harrimans host a yearly Arden party for 52 guests where Herbert Bayard Swope toasts absent friends Heywood Broun in Heaven and Quentin Reynolds in Hell. A separate note says the Duke's courtesy visit to FDR on the Tuscaloosa was symbolic, not tied to Lord Lothian or British credits. It also notes Rumrich, a former Nazi agent, is out on parole and asks why he isn’t deported.
Princess Hohenlohe says her deportation by the Justice Department is caused by a specific fellow activist. She cites a complaint tied to a romance retreat in a distant West cabin camp several months earlier.
E James managing editor of the New York Times summoned detectives to remove three girls who heckled him after he asked them to place the Guild Newsletter in mall boxes rather than on city room desks.
Twelfth Night topped theater receipts last week with Panama Hattie close behind earning 22 000. New York U students plan to honor Danny Kaye with cap gown and honorary degree. The piece mentions George Jean Nathan and a London born Englishwoman allegedly spying for Germany. Archie Stewart, star of the Rebel Ice heist, is a key witness as Bronx authorities pursue the midtown doctor case.
The week’s list features premieres titled Retreat to Pleasure Cue for Passion and The Old Foolishness. John B Kennedy on WJZ notes Anzacs reinforce British units to counter Italian counterattacks with “clocked” as a likely term.
In Current History & Forum a line notes that the gallant work against hardship funds lives beyond income. The remark emphasizes resilience and resourcefulness in facing financial limits.
A man attempts to fit a key in a lock while singing a happy tune. A head appears at a window and a quarrel ensues as the upstairs resident yells to go away and the downstairs man retorts that he is looking from the wrong window.
A brief exhortation to remain calm and steady while aiding others. It encourages prompt cheerful service and kind words to dispel fear, aiming for a productive day. The message closes with a signature-like line attributed to Grenville Kleiser.
A conversation reveals a young man selling a story for five dollars. He explains the money came from an express company that mislaid the cash, prompting questions about fate and fortune in a cautionary joke.
Congressman Shafer of Michigan was among those who urged Congress to stay in session for national safety. The report notes Shafer is taking a cruise to Panama, leaving the chamber unresolved.
The Irving Nethhers bring a Hawaiian maid from Honolulu and encounter delays with Immigration agents seeking approval. The piece notes Hawaii residents are Americans and questions how the Alien Registration Law treats so called aliens including American Indians.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra faces upheaval as Hans Lange, labeled an Aryan, takes control and removes conductors opposed by Hitler ideology. President Edward Ryerson, linked to the Chicago Block steel family, risks Berlin ostracism.
The article notes Lee Wood, Telly managing editor, was fired by publisher George North whose real name is George Hanson and remains unemployed since last summer.
The R. A. F. film shown at Little Carnegie titled In the Air, produced in England in January 1939, features a gag where a character hugs a dog and jokes about Chanel Number 5. The piece also notes a new getter in Buddy DeSylva s Panama Hattie.
In Families: From the Adamses to the Roosevelts Karl Schriftgiesser is praised for writing obituaries in the New York Times. Sam William Son, reviewing in the Times, criticizes passages that “read like obituaries.” Schriftgiesser wrote obits including one on O. O. McIntyre.
A pension plan for former members of Congress gains support as word arrives that a veteran Western Senator, nearing retirement, faces sobering financial need after long service.
Elaine Shepard drawn to fame for catching money balloons at the Stork Club. Readers learn she previously played center for three years on the Olney Illinois basketball team.
Frank Nugent compares a boastful performer to Mae West during a sharp critique noting his head swelled with vanity and bravado in a vivid movie world aside.
London December 21 war risk insurance rates on shipments from Australia and Asia to Mediterranean points were quoted by the Institute of London Underwriters. The BBC said the quotation was the first since Italy entered the war and reflected belief mercantile traffic to the Mediterranean could resume.
National Maritime Union figures show Britain's merchant fleet at nearly 17,000,000 tons, a record high. Howard McKenzie, national organizer who led the survey, says the finding proves the cry all aid to Britain is duplicitous.
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