Alabama’s 1937 Growth Boosts Alabama Industry and Jobs
Alabama in 1937 saw a rush of new industries adding 45 to 50 million dollars in capital and about 5 000 jobs. Mobile led major openings while the Port of Mobile became a Gulf Coast free port. Existing plants expanded and steel production rose in the Birmingham area with new furnaces expected. The outlook for 1938 is bright with renewed industrial development.
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Alabama
Amourtsa
Birmingham
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Anniston
Vanity Fair Silk Mills
Monroeville
Tin, Plate Mill
State Chamber
Roosevelt Warned U S Faces Larger War Mobilization
Washington observers caution the public that the United States may soon engage in a larger ornament building campaign than previously thought. They cite Roosevelt, noting his WWI role as assistant secretary of the Navy and his awareness of national unpreparedness. The world’s shift toward jungle rule suggests the U S should not be caught unprepared again.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Greatest reception awaits Crimson Tide returning from Rose Bowl
Tuscaloosa dispatches say University of Alabama officials plan a grand welcome for the Tide after a tough Rose Bowl game. The team battled a superior foe, earning admiration despite a hard-fought defeat and a season of fortunate turns and tough breaks.
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Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Crimson Tide
Alabama
State University
Roosevelt gift to Latin leaders signals unity policy
President Roosevelt sent unannounced Christmas books to Latin American heads of state with personal notes in English and Spanish. The gesture mirrored his Buenos Aires speech and suggested renewed hemispheric consensus amid rising global tensions. The column also critiques Ickes and notes the obsolete “sixty families” reference tied to earlier depression era power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Nome
Cape Horn
Missing January third 1926 Daily issue
No copy of The Daily dated January 3 1926 exists in the archive. the paper for that day appears unavailable or not on file.
Ickes Sixty and the White House Guest List Mystery
The text discusses Ickes failing to obtain a private unpublished guest list from the White House for a Roosevelt dinner. It notes attendees such as the Du Ponts, Drexels, Biddles and Angier Biddle Duke, and suggests missing names of major business leaders. It adds critical notes about broadcasting libel releases and questions future actions against large employment and business groups.
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Mr. Ickes
White House
John Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
DuPonts
Drexels
Biddles
James Roosevelt
Angier Biddle
Philadelphia
Ickes
Henry L. Doherty
J. Ogden Armour
Louis Swift
Jackson
Time of Colds Approaches and Their Cause
Dr. Logan Clendening explains seasonal cold outbreaks affect about two million North Americans weekly, rising to ten million by February. He argues ventilation and indoor humidity are key, noting dry heated air irritates mucous membranes, and recommends lighter indoor clothing for men, warmer yet humidified, well ventilated interiors.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
North America
Suely
Misfit Musings and Witty Exchanges Across A Busy Day
A collage of quips and reflections spawns humor from daily life. Phrases about home, duty, envy, and routines mingle with jokes about stock brokers and misquotes. The dialogue touches on wisdom, patience, and human foibles through colorful characters and a light vein of satire.
Polar bear cubs born during female hibernation period
The observation notes that polar bear cubs are born while female bears are in hibernation. This detail highlights the unique reproductive timing of polar bears in relation to their dormancy cycle.
Bathing a Dog: Brushing Beats Daily Swims
The article argues that daily brushing keeps a dog's coat clean and odorless better than lake river or sea swims. It notes that swimming in dirty water adds odors, skin slime, and salt deposits, while a tub bath with a thorough brushing achieves cleaning in most cases.
Draftsman Becomes Father Of Denver’s First 1938 Baby
Arthur V. Fant, a Denver draftsman, returns from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas to learn he is the father of Denver’s first baby of 1938. He names the boy Byron Arthur Fant after Colorado all American star Byron White.
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Denver
Colo
Arthur V. Fant
Dallas
Byron Arthur Fant
Colorado
Byron
Whizzer) White
Iowa approves $2 monthly aid for blind pensioner's dog
Des Moines state officials add a $2 monthly dog support payment to a blind pensioner’s aid, part of a total of 386 pension checks. The recipient’s identity was not disclosed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dessie Regel
State Aid To the
Family of Five Boys Move Into An Elderly Neighborhood
In an exclusive district of senior residents a family with five boys and a dog settles in. Grandmother asks to go to the fair and ride the merry go round, while a modern child shows indifference. A husband complains of his mother’s threats as the train departs and the wife quotes a brief, cryptic message she would see him again soon.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Memo Row
Dear Mr W details celebrity gossip and industry gossip from New York and Hollywood. Notes include Lindbergh bio chemistry rumor and Chaplin envelope messages. Mentions Mae West Charlie McCarthy photos and studio girl misquote.
Society Gossip and Personal News From Town
Milly Cummings the nurse of Mrs Lindbergh’s babies expects her own in April. Norman Thomas’s daughter may become a grandmother soon. A Miss Dean’s masseuse Elsa Maxwell is named. Esquire’s next issue due in April inspired by Ripley. Club 18 scene with a starlet and an annoyed orchestra. they played Little Old Lady. The Bakers expect a fourth heir. Hildegarde may go to Versailles. talks are underway. Brock’s Times review of New York City of Cities. Paul Gallico on society girls with a witty line about drinking. Gambling questions about Mr Betting. Grand Central travelogue juxtaposed with news of Japan. Robert Garland now in Shuberts’ press dept. California buzz about romance between a movie star and a So Cal football ace. Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power reportedly talked loudly. Shirley Deane rushed by Didero Rossiere. Marcia Beaton to wed Georgie Stoll soon. Mrs Bob Tonping seeks three quarters of a million in cash divorce settlement. Eleanor Young seen with last year’s no deb. MGM financials due soon. rumors of losses contradicted by reports of $15 million gain. Princeton campus rumor Einstein secretly married Lorraine Woods. Paramount scout connected to a lucky man. Eddie Cantor checks not valid unless signed by Lipsky. Lipsky signed during Goldman Sachs period. Roy De Ruth praised directing Henie in her latest production.
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H. I. Brock
Times
New York
Paul Gallico
Grand Central Station
Japan
Shanghai
Robert Garland
The
Shuberts
California
Univ
Bob Tonping
Jane Shattuck
Bob
Eleanor Young
Princeton
Albert Einstein
Lorraine Woods
H. Rich- Man
Paramount
Eddie Cantor
David Lipsky
Lipsky
Goldman-Sachs
Hwood
Roy de Ruth
Henie
New Year Sermon Stirs Large Methodist Congregation
Rev. J. H. Chitwood of Central Methodist delivered a New Year sermon before a crowded church. He urged looking beyond the seen to unseen truths such as love conscience and God and stressed salvation through grace and personal transformation.
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J. H. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Dr. Chitwood
Jesus
Mary
Quiet Weekend on North Alabama Highways
Reports to state highway patrol headquarters show no arrests for drunken driving and no wrecks over the week end on the North Alabama highway front. Only minimal activity noted as the period passed without incidents or disruptions.
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North Alabama
State Highway Patrol
Cats rescued from six inch alley gap by Chicago police
Police officers John Solberg and Edward O Hayer freed two distressed cats stuck between two garages after a sequence of bait tests from turkey to salmon before the felines finally emerged.
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John Solberg
Edward O’hayer
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