Bible Thought For Today And Arctic Weather Notes
A Bible thought quotes John 15 13 about laying down life for friends. The item mentions a German freighter leaving a Brazilian port with grain, a ship possibly stuck, and Arctic campaign conditions. It reviews Roosevelt budget talk with Congress, public comments, and Winchell column popularity. It notes Dewey polls, a New York lock story, and political invitations. It also discusses Brisbane debt ideas, South American tourism, and Alabama Blue and Gray games promotion in Montgomery.
Decatur Plans Industrial Growth and Infrastructure in 1940
A 1940 outline urges Decatur to build a river terminal at Decatur on the Tennessee River to draw industry and lower freight costs. It calls for an airport to access airmail routes, a cheese plant to aid farmers and business, and a livestock market between Nashville and Birmingham. The Chamber of Commerce should actively promote Decatur as an industrial site and support existing plants to diversify and succeed.
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Dna County
Decatur
Tennessee
Alabama
Nashville
Birmingham
North Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt budget predicts boom across many industries in coming years
A Roosevelt administration forecast estimates an 18 month outlook with strong growth in radio, cars, home appliances, telephones, fuel, liquor, cigarettes, movies and overall production. Consensus from top economists suggests a sustained upcycle after a brief downturn, with a projected 16 percent rise in stock buying next year and gradual debt reduction notes for 1940.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Wishful Forecast Cuts Through Tax Boom Prospects
The text cautions that optimistic estimates may mask political aims behind forecast figures for tax receipts. It notes the authors of the estimates likely considered upcoming presidential ballots and treats the forecast as an official, composite projection, aimed at predicting a major boom.
Harrison Pushes Independent Budget Inquiry
Senator Pat Harrison advocates an independent congressional inquiry into the budget. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau first proposed the idea on May 27 as a permanent reform to verify figures behind budget conclusions. The plan aims to provide independent knowledge of accuracy rather than accepting figures from general conclusions.
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Pat Harrison
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Harrison
Congress Aess
Decatur 1940 Civic Leaders Back Effort to Build City
In 1940 Decatur and Morgan County advance co awake citizenship with government, civic, and educational leadership standing together. The push aims to transform Decatur into the true city it has long been destined to become.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Medicated Baths at Home From European Practices
Doctor explains European medicinal baths such as Nauheim and Woodhall can be imitated in an American home. Instructions include mixing sodium sulfate and bicarbonate in warm water for a carbonated bath and using a rubber mat to protect enamel. The Woodhall regimen uses small doses of potassium bromide and iodide in bath water with uncertain skin absorption.
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Europe
Nauheim
Woodhall
England
United States
Lincolnshire
Mild cathartic options for regular use
The bulk-producing cathartics are best for regular use such as liquid petrolatum psyllium seed or agar. If psyllium suits you, continue with it. Cascara is the same drug in solid or liquid form, but liquid lets precise dosing by drops.
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C. R
Are Lie Detectors Infallible In Courtrooms
The writer argues lie detectors are not infallible and cites lack of standardization in translating emotions to physiology. They note no court has based a criminal verdict solely on polygraph results and point readers toward John A. Larson’s Lying and Its Detection for further study.
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South America
Europe
South
United States
Western Hemisphere
University of Chicago Press
John A. Larson
Can pyorrhea be cured by home treatment
A reader asks about curing pyorrhea at home and about hernia injection therapy. The reply notes early pyorrhea responds to diligent brushing and tartar removal, with emphasis on brushing gum margins and using small toothbrushes, while advanced cases require professional cleaning or surgery.
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J.C. L
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Pamphlets For Readers
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets by sending 10 cents for one title and a self addressed stamped envelope. The listed topics include Three Weeks Disturbing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Lost Scouts in the Woods and a Wry Office Exchange
A fragment shows two Girl Scouts getting lost in the woods while a series of clipped, wry exchanges unfolds in an office scene. The dialogue touches on work, aging tastes, and a comic miscount of a ten dollar bill, with remarks about social leaders and finance.
Farmer's Wife Warns Druggist About Horse and Husband Medicines
A farmer's wife insists the druggist label bottles clearly to separate horse and husband remedies, fearing harm to the horse before spring plowing. An employer seeks a decisive man, while a bright Decatur youth delays a week to decide. The piece closes with a maxim on the value of focusing on one’s own business.
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Decatur
Broadway First Nights Fail to Impress Critics and Audiences
Walter Winchell reviews the week in New York theater and film noting the lack of successful openings since December. He highlights debates over ticketing tactics and industry shifts, mentions cinema trends on the Main Stem, and charters radio and press commentary from Victor Hugo to Robeson.
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New York
Baltimore
DuBarry
Joe
Ethel Turp
Oe Runyon
Flatbush
Ann’ Sothern
Wm. Gargan
Victor
Victor Hugo
Hunchback of
Notre Dame
Music Hall
C. Laughton
Chaney
Zanuck
Bluebird
Nightclub meeting sparks mistaken assumption at home
A humorous exchange reveals Hal misjudged his wife after meeting her at a nightclub. He assumed she was at home caring for the children, leading to a chaotic misunderstanding about where she actually was.
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Hal
Cal
Grammar Rules and a Child Named Lyla Myers
A speaker laments school grammar teaching and notes a clever child Lyla Myers as a budding genius. The verse critiques noun verb adjective and split infinitive rules while praising observational learning from heroes.
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Lyla Myers
Bodies of Three Boys Sought After Ice Tragedy
Police searched the Ohio River for the bodies of three schoolboys who drowned in a dangerous ice dare game. Clyde Slofer 10 died, Paul Spirk 10 and John Usher 11 were missing after the ice broke while they laid a marker stick. A rescue squad found two hats and two small gloves near the scene.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Clyde Slofer
Paul __Spirk
John Usher
Fire from thawing pipes destroys Chicago flat
Joseph Priani used newspapers and a match to thaw frozen water pipes causing a fire. Firemen estimate the damage at 250 dollars.
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Chicago
Joseph Priani
Our Sons Brown Eyes Shine With Innocent Content
A short reflective fragment notes a child with brown eyes, smiling and content, clutching a teddy bear, conveying innocence and quiet happiness.
Pun of the Week sparks Broadway as critics clash
The New York Sun columnist H. T. Phil lips denounces a Broadway show as filth and says he burned his clothes after leaving the theater. Anderson responds in kind recalling Phillips fleeing in shock and burning his britches in the cleansing flames.
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H. T. Phillips
Anderson
D. Runyons
Feud Brought Into the Open in Missouri Dinner War
In Springfield Missouri rival banquets split loyalties between Bennett Clark and Lloyd Stark in a public feud. Clark and Truman drew cheers while Stark drew boos. Governor Stark sent a representative. Stark himself missed the Clark event. Bedford County banquets and Greene County hosts framed the political clash.
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Springfield
Bennett Clark
Lloyd Stark
Pike’ County
Missouri
U. S
Jackson
Ozarks
Clark
Harry S. Truman
Stark
Tom Connally
Tex
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Truman
Greene County Women's Democratic Club
Greene County Central Committee
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Connally
Washington
Charles L. Henson
Fred Moon
Central Committee
Judge Henson
This Week’s Cultural Notes on Political Figures and Humor
A condensed roundup reviews Maurice Hindus from Scribner's Commentator on Stalin and Hitler, College Humor's Braun byline, Heywood's Garbo sketch, C Fields on a typewriter, and Maury Maverick quoted on democracy. It mentions Time’s Stalin profile and a Warsaw piece in American Polish Monthly, noting the era’s bomb‑torn context.
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Maurice Hindus
Scribner's
Stalin
Hitler
Braun
Heywood
C. Fields
Maury
Maverick
Equality
Stephen P. Mierywa
Warsaw
U. S
Cong
Liberty
Nick
Front Page Echoes of War Rumors and Radio Tirades
Fragmented lines report wartime chatter about shells near Bolos and broadcast sounds from the tundra. Mentions of Irvin and Beebe pairings with Soviet and German concerns surface amid muffled front-page tension and partisan rhetoric.
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Walter—Kerr
Warren
Irvin
Tundras
L. Beebe
Soviet Russia
Germany
Honeymoon Bridegroom Charged With Worthless Checks
John M. Riddell a construction worker, arrested on his honeymoon in Brazil Indiana for passing worthless checks. Authorities say the checks given to a bartender for drinks the county clerk for a marriage license and the minister for the ceremony all came back marked no funds.
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Brazil
Ind
John M. Riddell
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