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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1946
Page
4
BBC styled clippings report debates on burlesque bans and LaGuardia's orders, a renamed tank corps post honoring General Patton, and FEPC battles in Alabama. Also notes about Pearl Harbor era policy probes, French personnel transfers, theater strikes, and Southern political standpoints urging unity and action.
The article predicts three national industrial turmoil developments. It foresees Congress passing legislation to curb strikes on the nation’s plains and warns without such measures the U S will struggle to recover. It notes entangled management and labor hinder negotiations and idle plants fail to meet civilian needs.
The editorial argues Decatur should launch a chamber to attract industry, comparing Decatur to Thomasville fifteen years earlier and urging local unity and civic effort to avoid losing factories to other towns. It cites lack of a sales-minded civic body as hindering growth and calls for state and national chamber support.
Congress moves to determine the war’s end date as Sam Hobbs, chairman of the judiciary sub committee, says the matter will be addressed soon. Legislation hinges on this date, influencing expirations and postwar timelines.
Morgan county court house opens registration as poll tax payments are due before February end. About 10 000 eligible voters, with 900 ex servicemen already qualified, and hundreds more expected, are urged to register and pay tax. Stronger ballot strength linked to better schools roads hospitals air fields and Alabama recognition as Morgan speaks with influence.
A Washington dispatch argues reporters must verify rumors about officers and their households before publishing. It urges going to the source, quoting accurately, and presenting facts to superiors to protect discipline and morale among American troops overseas.
Birmingham based utility reported plans to spend 4 million dollars this year on rural line extensions and another 4 million on other improvements and replacements. The goal is 3 200 miles of new rural lines in operation by year end, with some mileage added in the latter half of last year.
M M Marshall a furniture dealer from the Wylam area of Birmingham represented Alabama yesterday as President of the Selective Service board. Truman pinned medals of appreciation on board members nationwide chosen by lot. The piece notes 67,327,219 Americans affiliated with churches or religious bodies.
Washington column argues unions hold power to halt essential services through strikes, threatening national life. It contends the public has a fundamental right to live and earn, and urges unions to seek justice through legal means rather than halting utilities, transit, and communications.
Fragmented dialogue pieces on relationships and advice from a past column. Witty exchanges about flirting misreads and expectations reveal gender norms of the era. Short quips cover men, women, and advice from a heart specialist and a gun joke.
The passage argues that external or political pressure can drive wages and prices up yearly until inflation triggers an economic collapse. It warns that the existence of atomic level striking power ensures destruction as an inevitable outcome.
Carol Bruce starred in Showboat while Walter Winchell’s page surveys theatre and radio, noting cast changes and industry trends. The column covers burlesque limits in New York, critics’ takes on plays, and radio personalities like Ed Murrow and Stan Kenton, with industry gossip and book notices.
A collage of aphorisms and quips from diverse figures including Disraeli Buchan Conrad Runyon and Helen Rowland. Thoughts touch on ego minority or majority courage and the vanity of wealth with playful and sharp lines.
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