Keeping Christmas All The Year Reminder Editorial
A reflection on keeping Christmas all year through civic virtue and selfless acts. The piece urges considering others, reducing ego, and sowing kindness, asking readers to act for a day to test lasting generosity. It also describes regional highway news about the Bee Line, traffic, and calls for road improvements between Montgomery and Dothan.
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Germany orders shirt tails shortened to save cloth
The Selma Times Journal reports a new decree from Germany's economic ministry mandating shorter shirt tails to conserve fabric. Inspectors will enforce the rule with a perverse pride, stringently checking passersby for tail length.
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Bee Line highway meets heavy traffic in North Alabama
North Alabamians acknowledge the Bee Line is one of the Souths busiest routes yet some residents suspect that most traffic originates locally rather than from tourists.
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Alabama
Bee Line Highway
Coldest wave of year chills Albany Decatur area
One year ago today the Daily notes a cold spell with temperatures near zero in Albany Decatur. Vaughn Booth of Vanderbilt is home with his parents in Harteelle. Mrs Grimes and son John D of Sheffield visited here. Arthur Shaw of Tuscumbia guests Robin Thomas. Wyker family spent weekend in Alabama before Rose Bowl practice for New Year’s Day with rain forecast vs Washington University.
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News Behind the Newses Alook at 1938 prospects
Washington report by Paul Mallon discusses economists views on 1938. Forecasts show first half likely to bottom out with unemployment rising to seven to nine million, farm income halving, and prices drifting lower before a potential improvement in mid year.
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Anatomy of the Nails and Their Physiology
Dr. Clendening explains nails as keratinized skin derivatives with the lunula root, nail bed nourishment, and growth timelines. Fingernails outlive toenails, with faster summer growth, greater sensitivity below the hard nail surface, and potential distortion if detached.
Bullhound the New Breed by Leon F Whitney
Leon F Whitney describes Bullhound as a cross of bullterriers and bloodline aiming at a disease resistant tough hunting dog. He notes early aggression required selective breeding to temper scrappy traits. Whitney claims the result is intelligent lovable and capable of fighting when needed but not inclined to seek fights.
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Things I Never Knew About New York and Its Characters
Walter Winchell collects curious NY trivia from the 1920s and 30s, naming figures like Rockefeller, Cohan, Berlin, and Paley. He notes streets, hotels, theaters, and press quirks, including runtimes, rents, and landmark anecdotes about Broadway, Times Square, and notable figures’ habits.
A Day of Heartaches as Toys Fade from the Floor
A Springfield News clipping recalls a child’s loneliness as a parent mourns the first day of school. The piece contrasts tears with busy feet and the doorway warning “No Admission To Children” amid a mood of loss and reflection on deceit in life.
Fragmented domestic banter and club talk from an old page
A collage of dialog and captions shows conversations about money and marriage, an elderly club chat, a deaf member hearing loss, and a note on the North Pole shifting seven inches yearly. The jumble hints at social satire and daily life reflections from a historical source.
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Gilbert Gabriel Receives Bolivar Order in Hollywood
Gilbert Gabriel, noted dramatic critic now in Hollywood, is decorated with The Order of Bolivar by a government Venezuelan body. He had exposed presidential propaganda years ago. Maxfield Parrish was expelled from The School of Industrial Arts as a student for painting a castle on a wall.
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Farce of Witty Debates Between Husbands and Wives
A fragment shows a comic scene with Mrs. Anderson and John debating dreams, gender roles, and absurd threats while a wife mocks a man’s life and a husband jokes about his will and cremation. Dialogue hints at satirical takes on marriage and social expectations.
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Housing may aid steel and drive export growth
The passage notes housing may boost steel demand and support export expansion of military and naval programs. Industry has been scraping bottom, and trade experts expect action to revive activity after a lengthy downturn.
Chicago girl swallows six inch teaspoon during ice cream
Miss Bernice Guerevitz, 17, swallowed a six inch teaspoon while eating ice cream in Chicago. Doctors were puzzled as X rays showed the spoon in her stomach. A surgeon removed it, marking a first in Chicago medical history.
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Bernice Guerevitz
Students Dead in Avalanche on Mount Kenyatake
Three college students were found frozen to death and eight others were missing after a heavy avalanche swept a skiing party on Mount Kenyatake in the Japanese Alps near Osaka. The incident occurred yesterday with ongoing efforts to locate the missing students.
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