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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
4
A garbled OCR style item mentions Russians and Finns in a ten year plan and hints at war with Pinland. It also references Atlanta with wind aid and criticizes its growth compared with other Southern cities, producing a disjointed local note.
A Bible Thought For Today contrasts a Gospel scene of Jesus walking on the Sea with reflections on New Year hopes for 1940. It weighs youth and old leadership in Germany and notes fireworks during Christmas as a rare quiet relief in a tense era.
Rev W E Waterhouse writes on Christmas as a Holy Day not a Roman holiday. He stresses the season centers on the advent of God in human form and calls for worship over worldliness to receive the Bethlehem babe as a path to salvation. He contrasts sacred meaning with commercial distraction and urges renewal of spiritual joy. The piece blends sermonette tone with reflections on faith and season.
A Washington observer muses on 1939 news and the record of leaders and economists. The column critiques unanimity on major events, warns against fascism and communism, and argues democratic capitalism boosted real wages and living standards since 1801, while Britain’s war costs strain imperial ties.
Dr Logan Clendening surveys advances across obstetrics blood diseases neurology dermatology x ray and cancer treatment in 1939. Elective labor induction pain relief procedures vitamin K for hemorrhage and bone marrow diagnosis are highlighted along with Dandy’s selective nerve severing operation and metrazol for dementia praecox.
The piece notes German leaders fear the long war drains resources for peacetime needs and question if swift air attacks can topple British life. While blockade harms, authorities think two more years under current limits are possible, avoiding a risky gamble for a quick peace.
The reader asks if calorie needs align with activity. The reply says activity is only part of the rule and cautions that overestimating work is easy. It notes walking burns about five calories per pound per hour, and warns that any reducing diet causing annoyance nervousness or fatigue is not good.
The editor lists seven pamphlets by Dr. Logan Clendening each priced at 10 cents. To receive a pamphlet send 10 cents with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Clendening care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Aystene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The piece notes Britain's capture of about 300 unexploded magnetic mines and mentions their potential to change naval warfare. It cites Admiralty efforts to develop a countermeasure, with a likely delay of several weeks. The text references Prime Ministerial and royal attention and the dangers these devices pose to ships attempting to reach port.
A Decatur audience parades witty lines about politicians critics and romance. Jokes touch on honesty, timing, marriage, and age with a theatrical flavor and sly social commentary.
An assortment of period humor and anecdotes. A bookkeeper balances a pencil at his ear while a lady asks about foremen, a Irishman proclaims his identity, a teacher's sentence joke and a quip about smiles. The tenor is light, local, and reflective of social gags.
A playful verse recounts a young lady Liam and a doctor exchange with a cheeky line about kissing and force. A meek patient claims visiting a druggist first, prompting a surprised reaction from the doctor as the exchange winds down.
Walter Winchell On Broadway compiles whimsical notes on Christmas legends and customs. It covers differing dates and traditions from Massachusetts to Abyssinia, Holland to Brazil, plus lore on St Nicholas, Santa Claus, and early Christmas cards.
The article notes Queen Elizabeth relied on Christmas gifts to replenish her wardrobe. At her request, subjects offered rich petticoats jewels furs and one of the ladies of the court accompanied the royal response.
fragmentary note describes a patient recalling a druggist's advice and a misstep in seeking further medical guidance. The terse exchange hints at confusion or error in medical direction. No concrete names or places are provided in the readable text.
The passage lists varied Christmas traditions and trivia. It credits Danish postal clerk Einar Holboell with origin of the Christmas seal ideal in 1904, notes Honolulu trees painted white for faux snow, recalls mistletoe truce myth, mentions Danish elves delivering gifts, cites England’s 1644 abolition of Christmas, notes Santa Claus in Indiana once named Santa Fe, and recalls a French court case where a professor paid charity after damaging a child’s belief in Santa.
25 years ago today December 26 1914 Associated Press reports general inactivity on war fronts United States protests to Great Britain over interference with neutral shipping neutrality tensions and diplomatic actions amid World War I backdrop.
In Pittsburgh a humorous Christmas gift from Hap Slater gives Earl Burke a concrete left shoe weighing 50 pounds. Burke must figure out how to carry it while practicing golf shots.
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