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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1938
Page
4
A snippet notes ministers ignoring popular music miss a phrase about a heavenly land where greetings replace farewells. The item mentions Edley MEMEFR and the Associated Press context but lacks clear event details or dates. Atlanta, price tag $8.79 appears incidental.
County leaders argue the malaria survey undercounts public awareness and stress full funding. They urge continued, careful expenditure, insisting citizen action will reveal the true spread and scale of the disease.
The Hartselle city administration under Mayor J. P. Hodges cut bonded debt from 121000 to 52000 in four and a half years and lowered total indebtedness from 129000 to 54000. The piece praises the progress and predicts full debt elimination within three to four years, urging wider adoption in Alabama.
The Tuscaloosa News criticizes Alabama politicians who accused Governor Graves of delaying Lister Hill’s sea service. The paper notes Graves intended to appoint Hill once he was ready, while Hill, as House military affairs chair, sought to influence the war referendum outcome.
A fragmented extract notes governors and state representatives in the northern United States discussing a study of government states and their roles. The text references New York and oral states as part of a broader inquiry into state governance.
The passage argues the South has become a growing industrial region and may resist unfair federal laws. It notes Southern influence in Congress and a push for fair freight rates to support Southern manufacturers against discriminatory charges. The tone asserts the South will no longer be passive in securing its economic interests.
A Cleveland street accident leaves a 24 year old woman unconscious after a car hits her. A panic driver writes to the paper asking what will happen to him, urging drivers to plan a course of action and face responsibility. The Tri Cities Daily suggests drivers map a response in advance to aid accountability.
Workmen took copper trolley lines from the North Alabama Traction Go and hauled them away for junk. Albany council expects Second Avenue paving to begin this year with an estimated 13 000 to 15 000 dollars needed. City forwards about 1300 dollars to cover interest on a 50 000 bond for the highway bridge project. Mr and Mrs W B Edmundson plan to attend a council meeting in Tuscaloosa. H M Thompson travels to Palm Beach on business. Miss Louise Vaughan of Moulton visits in West Albany.
Washington reports on President Roosevelt arranging a seek good will meeting with NAM leaders and big industry figures. James Roosevelt and labor leader George Harrison as key mediators, with no firm agreements reached and no further talks planned, while debates over tariffs and politics echo in the background.
The National Guard Association of Alabama will hold its 1938 convention at Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday Adjutant-General John C Coleman announced.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses how most parental attitudes shape a child’s eating. He notes candy lacks minerals, emphasizes milk eggs vegetables fruits cereals, and says appetite issues often reflect illness or parental habits rather than the child.
A collection of jokes and moral quips on life, marriage, work, and everyday kindness. The notes weave pithy lines about service, recognition, identification, and social foibles through short exchanges and cartoons.
A Boston reader recalls a springer spaniel reacting to trick dog footage on screen racing the baseboard sniffing the screen and searching the room for the pictured dog. The tale suggests dogs may perceive moving pictures as real objects though such responses are rare.
Dr. O. Boatman, president, announced plans for a new library after receiving a $50,000 anonymous endowment. The gift becomes available once $40,000 is raised from other sources, with expectations to secure funds soon.
Alan Jan 14 reports J. W. Cordell of a rope factory in Goodwater expanding with a walking-stick branch. He cites automobile accidents and aging as factors in a rising cane demand, though he offers few details on age influences.
A brief, dialogic exchange captures a barber chair request for a shave and a haircut. The speaker asserts a wish for simple dignity while contrasting adult freedoms with children’s playful innocence.
Gossip column sketches Broadway personalities and society figures in New York. Vallee, Mischa Auer, Barthelmesses, Lawrences, Cotillo, Elizabeth Young, Nathan, Broun, Countess di Frasso, and Bernie's club appearances mingle with club slang and a Christmas note from a correspondent.
In fashionable venues J J Raskob tests roulette wheels with a magnet while court cases swirl over Freddie Bartholomews pay disputes. A Midtown vignette recalls a club worker threatened with dismissal for refusing a bribe. a diamond ring found after a firing prompts questions of honesty and retention.
Descriptive notes describe a drinking cup marked The Brass Rail at a police station on West 47th Street. The Palace Beauty Shop at 50th and Broadway is owned by ex Met Opera singer Anthony Lopez. Observers note transients, the 59th Street skyline at dusk, graffiti at 57th and 6th, and dawn Broadway litter with dead flowers and faded bodies.
A string of jumbled quotes from Paris and Miami Beach venues lampoons society. Snippets tease social climbers, wealth, and flirtations with caustic wit, referencing places like Mon Paris Hickory House Astor Bar and El Morocco with sharp observations.
License Commissioner Moss battles marquee advertisers on 42nd Street citing six of eight cinemas feature Sex in the mazdas. Hollywood radio spies shrink from a month ago as Warren Stokes fades from networks. Eddie Leonard headlines Butler's Taproom while Babes in Arms cast returns to school. Focus magazine teased for next week.
The census bureau reports December cotton use at 433 056 bales of lint and 46 462 bales of linters, down from November figures of 484 819 and 57 565, and below December a year ago which were 694 841 lint bales and 61 036 linters.
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