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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
4
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The piece mixes seasonal themes with local civic and political jottings. It mentions Montgomery traffic signs and paving, Decatur celebrations and charity games, local officials including Cy Brown as ex-mayor, and comments on railroads and public questions. The Daily references weather, industry growth, and a call for careful driving during Yuletide.
A brief, disorderly poem fragment describes walking along Second Avenue with two young children singing and skipping. It contrasts light street imagery with political sentiment about Hitler and wartime propaganda, noting American opinion and the idea of a blank check.
A pecatar pastor urges each congregation member to do at least one act to ease someone else’s burden this Christmas. The message emphasizes shared duty and practical kindness as a fitting holiday ethic.
A Saturday visitor in Decatur overindulged and wandered between sidewalk and street attracting many onlookers. The piece muses that strict liquor laws and changing social norms have reduced visible drunkenness in modern America.
The Decatur area reports notable progress in 1940 despite national unsettled conditions and a wary business outlook. Leaders set goals for 1941 including new industry, expansion of existing industry, diversified agriculture, distribution by major firms, and public works such as a new school system, hospitalization, air field facilities, river terminal, marina park, and street paving, with 1942 as a fallback if needed.
Washington observers flag a heated push to fold aid to Britain into domestic defense funding. A midwest senator group threatens a historic clash, while Hull program revival and Argentina treaty aim to shift hemispheric defense. Leon Henderson praised for price controls by Roosevelt.
A holiday reflection recalls world violence and religious hope. The author cites Luke 21 tearing at headlines and seeks a return to faith as humanity faces suffering, calamity, and the promise of redemption this season.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains frost prevention for glass eyes using boric acid solution. He discusses tomato nutrition highlighting vitamins A B C and riboflavin, noting tomatoes' broad dietary value and cautioning on iron-rich vegetables. Also covers spider vein marks on skin and a dermatology treatment, plus an iron-rich foods quick list.
Fragmentary religious verse noting the divine presence in believers. The text invokes Christ in the soul and asks for habitation of the lowly sunlit heart with a brief archaic prayer.
Editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. To obtain one send 10 cents in coin and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Lowan Clendening care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks’ 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.
Local call number 46 assists in crafting a concise effective Want Ad. Aiming for a short clear message, the service guides applicants through key details and preferred wording. The goal is a briefer ad that attracts responses without extra filler.
A compact listing of across and down crossword clues with several entries and partial phrases. It includes hints for tasks such as soaking in, minerals, undulating forms, hogs thighs, and various other standard crossword prompts across multiple numbers. The text ends with a note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.
A festive collection of lighthearted verses and quips. Includes jokes about doctors advising water, army contractors, a six foot five soldier and a playful exchange with a shoe shine boy. Ends with a pair of maxims on pessimism and optimism and vanity versus imagination.
A pair of nostalgic poems contrasts holiday gifts with their meaning and the warmth of returning home at Christmas. The verses reflect family, travel, and shared joy with a gentle, folksy tone.
Walter Winchell On Broadway reports a busy first night for the Group Theatre season with mixed reviews for Retreat to ?asure, praise for Edith Atwater and Hume Cronyn, and critique from the Sun and Post. Other entries note The Magic Lanterns Santa Fe Trail and Love Martin in film, with comments on The Living Dead and Ellery Queen.
A collage of quips and witticisms attributed to figures from Mil ler to Lincoln and Mar y. The lines mix politics, humor, and social observation with playful misquotes and period voice.
Western Washington and Oregon grieved as cleaning began after the Pacific Northwest's worst windstorm in two decades. Two deaths are confirmed with about a dozen injuries, a ship disabled, several buildings smashed, three airplanes wrecked, poles toppled, and numerous trees uprooted amid widespread damage.
New York December 23 The National Board of Review lists the ten top American films for 1940. The picks include The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men Our Town Fantasia The Long Voyage Home Foreign Correspondent The Biscuit Eater Gone With The Wind and Rebecca.
The noted stage cowgirl Lucille Mulhall, 56, died in a collision between an automobile and a truck near Guthrie Oklahoma yesterday. Passenger Jean Breezley, 45, also of Guthrie, was killed in the crash. Mulhall retired from the stage in 1917.
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