Decatur Daily Reflects on Constitutional Reapportionment
The Decatur Daily comments on Alabama reapportionment mandated by the state constitution. It cites reader reaction and Birmingham News praise for the paper’s stance while noting Morgan County’s lack of gain or loss under current rules and the broader defense of constitutional government.
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No Tonger
Roosevelt third term plan meets arithmetic limits
Washington reports Jim Farley and John Lewis conclude Roosevelt cannot be reelected without renomination. Lewis predicts impossible for a president to be reelected, influencing Wheeler’s bid. Congress hears praise for Roosevelt, while Berle advances treaty work and Illinois water-diversion rumors surface as St Lawrence talks progress.
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Supreme Court
Plan to hold primaries in every state on a single day
Editorial discusses a candid plan to unify party primaries across states on one May day with National Committee support and state funding limits. It notes potential delegate selection by national and rank and file, a convention for platform adoption, and Florida’s debate ending with Garner forces gaining ground.
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Florida
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Broadway Talk Sparks Debate On Gone With The Wind Rivalry
Walter Winchell On Broadway reviews audience chatter about Gone With The Wind versus Birth of a Nation. The column retells industry anecdotes about Griffith asking for funds, actors finding Broadway work, and quips from Chesterton Jordan Howe Hoffmann and de Croisset, reflecting showbiz opinions and wit.
Jones to Receive Federal Judgeship Despite Turned-Down DC Bench
Jones, chairman of the House agriculture committee, is expected to secure an appellate seat elsewhere after declining the federal district bench in the District of Columbia. Charles West, long seeking a new-deal job since Ickes era, may run for Congress in Ohio's 17th district. Harrison’s budget investigation move was delayed, with several appropriation bills nearly set for House action, while a locust plague could have been staged in Washington if the budget inquiry had been released.
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Local Notes and Births From Trinity Area
One year ago today a dog believed to have had running fits attacked Floyd Shelton two year old son of Arthur Shelton on Trinity route one. Mrs Helen Rauschenberg is confined at home with illness this week. Ben Dupont returns to Evansville after visiting relatives. Frank Harris in New Orleans reports their daughter Ann Francis improving after tonsil surgery. The baby of Damon and Mrs J E Yarborough is named Evelyn Ann after birth. Leon Elkins and family now reside on Twelfth avenue. Margie Paul is ill. Will Lainon returns from Athens visit. Evelyn Ann born to Damon and Mrs Damon Blackwell on January 16.
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Critics Question Majority Rule On 1939 Best Film Choice
The New York reviewers defend the ballot system for best film, noting Gone with the Wind led early while the eventual winner was later chosen. They argue critics differ from ordinary voters and defend their independence amid public wrangling and political stances.
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Picturesque Quote Mix Sparks Debate In Mirror Interview
A quoted exchange from Dan thedencer and San Shaw appears in the New York Mirror interview with Candide. The remarks touch on carousing fights and moral contrasts and recount a claim about 300 marriage proposals over five years.
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N. Y. Mirror
Detective sues over shadowing case in small town plot
A private detective hired to tail a wife suspected with a lover loses track after the couple enters a theater amid a divorce drama. The tale recalls a filing by a detective against Bob Topping as Gloria Baker’s groom, tied to alimony disputes.
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Executive Insight: The Manager Who Avoided Seeing All
A famed executive explains his success by admitting he avoided perceiving every detail he studied. His strategy valued selective focus, trusting key metrics and trusted teams to handle the rest.
Somerset Maugham Visited By Returning Celebrities
Readable notes indicate renowned writer Somerset Maugham was visiting as celebrities returned to public attention. The fragment hints at social appearances and possible press interest during a guest appearance or tour.
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Somerset
How Colds Respond to High Altitude Flying
A medical column discusses that high altitude flying can worsen head cold symptoms by congesting the nasal passages and impairing ear pressure, but suggests inhaled helium with oxygen may mitigate effects. It notes pilots’ ventilation practices and considers pollen and dust show surprising airborne presence at altitude.
Abdicating Kings and Humble Jests in Wartime Courtship
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor joked over a bridge hand with Somerset Maugham as partner. Duchess quipped of a poor hand and kings that abdicate. A Tennessee soldier, Harold L. Neely, is praised by officers as a national-hero exemplar. Robert H. Jackson’s first day as U.S. government lawyer is noted with a quip about Justice Felix Frankfurter. A job-seeker tells the attorney-general he learned law from Frankfurter, then is challenged to claim he unlearned it and earned common sense from the AG.
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Tennessee
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Frankfurter
Officer sacrifices to save crew in Army Air Corps crash
Assistant Secretary Louis Johnson reports on a Lowry Field Colorado incident where a plane failed at 11000 feet in a storm. The pilot ordered three to jump at 8500 feet, then 8000 feet as the craft sank. Corporal Kenneth Seaman died when his parachute failed. The officer bound to his controls chose to die with his command.
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Army Air Corps
Lowry Field
Colorado
Kenneth Seaman
al S. Army
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Health Pamphlets
The editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at ten cents each. Readers may request any title by sending a dime and a self addressed stamped envelope, to Dr Clendening in care of this newspaper, listing titles such as Indigestion and Digestion, Infant Health, Diabetes Treatment, Feminine Hygiene, and Hair and Skin Care.
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Clendening
Rne
Cobb Portrait to Join Alabama Governors Series
A portrait of Governor Rufus Wills Cobb, twice chief executive of Alabama, will be added to the governor portraits when the capitol corridor renovations are completed and the paintings are rehung.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rufus Wills Cobb
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