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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1941
Page
4
Classified notice records the post office at Decatur Alabama as second class matter and lists dates February 26 1912 and July 1 1917 under the act of March 6 1878 and related filing.
Local editorials call for sacrifice and defense support, praising Christmas spirit while urging vigilance. Communities in Morgan County rally for Red Cross drives, housing efforts, and defense industry work as Alaska and Limestone County projects are noted. The Daily and Gadsden Times urge shielding children from war’s grim realities with wholesome, hopeful sights.
A 1941 Washington dispatch reports that President Roosevelt’s peace conference between management and labor ends without a closed shop agreement. CIO and APL unite to back a three point plan. the fourth point freezing the closed shop is dropped by FDR amid charges of pretext. Green and Lewis soften as they join forces over labor policy.
In Birmingham on December 26 a prankster covered his shoes with soot and made dusty prints up a downtown wall in front of cleaning janitors. One janitor quips the boss must have been drunk tonight as they return with mops and buckets.
The division of vital statistics in the Bureau reports that nervous disorders can cause greater physical weakness on average than most diseases, second only to tuberculosis and serious heart issues.
A columnist criticizes public figures who frighten Americans over health and nutrition scares. He argues most Americans eat well, urges practical dieting like "Like Mother used to make," and cites personal health and family anecdotes to dismiss widespread nutrition panic.
The editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets priced at 10 cents each. To obtain one, readers should mail 1 cent, a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp, and requests for pamphlets listed as Diet Infant Feeding Diabetes Feminine Hygiene Hair and Skin care and other titles.
A compilation of humorous lines and poems contrasts domestic tasks and travel dreams with social quips. It includes jokes about a taxpayer and a politician and a pastor welcoming a repentant backslider, highlighting lighthearted everyday scenes.
A cobbled set of wry quips on aging and persistence. A salesman touts West Texas as a garden with water as the key. An East Texan retorts the need for Hell. The piece reflects on army morale shifting with activity.
A young man ordered two dozen roses for his fiancee aged 24 and added a card with a playful line. The florist agreed to add an extra dozen as a gesture for a good customer. The marriage has not yet occurred.
Census factory reports show more than 6 million knit union suits produced annually in the United States. The market persists for heavy old fashioned styles despite trends toward lighter undergarments.
A collage of Broadway anecdotes, jokes, and society notes from Walter Winchell style columns. Mentions George Jessel, Waxey Gordon, District Attorney Dewey, Navy posters, William B. Bankhead quote, and street scenes around 57th Street with Rosemary Lane and Priscilla in Broadway theater districts.
Charlie Binfeld delivers a short joke about a penny producer who calls in a long‑absent extra. The producer offers little pay but frames the job as a good deal, telling the extra to eat a sandwich while on set.
Jack Miley recalls Lindbergh predicting, in a letter to Walter, that if America enters the war he would be among the first to fly in defense. The note compares Lindbergh’s resolve to Colin Kelly and hints at public opinion shifting from jeers to support.
Berlin reports that the German high command has identified the British vessel sunk by a German submarine as the Unicorn, a 14,000 ton supply and repair ship not previously in action. The high command also said 23,500 tons of British shipping, including three merchant vessels and a large tanker, were sent to the bottom of the Atlantic between Gibraltar and England. The British denied any carrier losses and noted an auxiliary vessel torpedoed while guarding a convoy.
A heavy wind and rain storm struck Southwest Louisiana causing seventeen injuries, with five hurt severely. Damaged areas include Mamou and Morrow where several homes were demolished and property damage estimated at $15,000.
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