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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
4
Alabama government reform follows two years of progress
The article reviews Alabama state government under Governor Dixon, noting the outlawing of the parole racket and the establishment of a merit and pardon system. It credits streamlined departments, reduced payrolls, and improved services in education health highways and agriculture, with the state attaining lower borrowing costs and higher financial prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
State House
Shaw
Executive Department
Dixon
Spoils Brigade
Senate lease bill seen passing with limited opposition
Washington report says leaders anticipate the lease lead bill losing no more than twenty Senate votes and obtaining a House majority over 100 after amendments. Barkley and Rayburn assure the boss, while fears grow among opponents and supporters write in about potential war implications. FBI notes on sabotage fears mix with Roosevelts Halifax show and Lindbergh distrust as Truman Smith avoids meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Senate
House
Ita
Barkley
Rayburn
Missouri
South
Nye
Wheeler
Ham Fish
Ludlow
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Keeps Supreme Court Selection Quiet in Public
President Roosevelt creates a private guessing game to delay naming a new supreme court justice while defense work dominates. Inside campaigns heated the process with bar associations and groups nationwide wiring support and opposition, including a counter campaign for Circuit Judge Harold Stephens of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Douglas
Western Union
Harold Stephens
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt's Supreme Court Move Stirring White House Gossip
Rumors circle the White House over a potential appointment to the Supreme Court. General Jackson is cited as a likely future chief justice after Hughes retires, possibly in June. Roosevelt’s picks have created a broad judicial majority across courts, prompting Conservative Justice McReynolds to retire amid the era’s shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Jackson
New Deal
Hughes
Supreme Oourt
Neptune joins United States Navy in CCC camp at Pinedale
Salt Lake City reports Richard L. Neptune of Akron has joined the U S Navy. He is in a CCC camp at Pinedale Wyoming. The Alabama political scene is criticized as spoilsmen attempt to obstruct postwar gains while citizens fund the battles ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Hitler
United States
Salt Lake City
Neptune
United States Navy
Richard L. Neptune
Akron
Pinedale
Wyo
Ductless Glands explored in medical Q and A
A column reviews ductless glands including pituitary thyroid parathyroids and adrenal glands. It covers functions and treatments for overactive or underactive states and notes on calcium, vitamin D, and bone health with sample Q and A interactions.
Hole in One and Humorous Proverbs Take Center Stage
A golfer achieves a hole in one and celebrates wildly while his wife jokes she did not see it. The page weaves in quips about horse trading and cautions against verbose talk. A tavern scene closes with two men leaning by the bar as a proverbial exchange ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchestra
Sammy Kaye
Lindys
Hialeah
Dr Clendening Offers Seven Health Pamphlets For Ten Cents
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets by sending 10 cents for one title plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. Pamphlets cover reducing diets indigestion constipation infant feeding diabetes feminine hygiene and care of hair and skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Conversational Fragments on Drunken raconteur and politics
A pair of drunk dialogue fragments recount a tiny man claiming he once weighed a pound during a burn and a joke about generosity followed by a political lesson. A boy asks what a traitor is and a senior defines traitor as crossing party lines while a convert joins the opposite side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Daddy
Irish and Scots Signatures at Hotel Nomenclature
A humorous vignette shows an Irishman and a Scotsman at a hotel asked to sign their names and nationality. The Irishman writes Irish and proud of it. The Scotsman writes Scotch land fond of it, illustrating a playful clash of identity.
Maritte Holley Recounts Old Pleasure Exertion Phrase
The novelist Maritte Holley recalled a yearsback leisure trip she described as a pleasure exer tion, noting how language shifts with time and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritte Holley
Famous Alabama artist Roderick MacKenzie dies in Mobile
Funeral rites were held for Roderick D. MacKenzie at 10 a m in Mobile. Born in London, he moved to Mobile at eight, studied in Boston and Paris, and spent 12 years in India as a court painter to Queen Victoria. His notable works include The Last Visit featuring Confederate veterans and a Birmingham steel industry pastel series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Roderick D. MacKenzie
MacKenzie
London
Boston
Paris
India
Birmingham
Walter Winchell On Broadway and the Stork Club feud
A San Francisco and Memphis cross talk describes Walter Winchell's push to bar Sherman Billingsley’s Stork Club ally Mr Ross after claims linked Billingsley to another woman. The dispute worsens as Ross ignores a correction and faces fallout amid counterfeit currency chatter and Winchell’s notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Yorker
Helen Worden
San Francisco
Walter
Sherman Billingsley
Mr. Ross
D. Harrison
Memphis
Stork Club
Ross
Winchell
Mr. Winchell
Birth of Ickes's second child hinted in Washington gossip
AP reports on January 21 notes that close friends anticipate Secretary Ickes and wife welcoming a second child in April. The passage also recounts a Lindy’s joke about racing bets and a moment of quiet misgiving from a friend about a third race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Streetwise date ends with sharp retort at dinner
A man orders a chicken sandwich and a Scotcha soda for his girlfriend without asking her preference. She protests wanting caviar and champagne, and he retorts about her upbringing. She fires back that her mother does not feed her but also does not touch her knees.
Night Club Pasts Haunt Royal Palm Club Panel
At the Royal Palm Club Wesley McCravy and Shag Day mourn their staff fortunes noting several waiters once owned night clubs. A spotlight man recalls owning the Silver Slip, while a waiter reveals ownership of eleven apartment houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Palm Club
Wesley McCravy
Shag Day
Wesley
Recalled chat with Fitzgerald in Hollywood
A witness who knew F Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood recalls a conversation in which the novelist admits he had no talent and confesses it took him ten years to discover that fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Fitzgerald
Hollywood
Willkie's stance shocks GOP over allegiance to country
The piece notes Willkie's support for FDR's foreign policy alienating many Republicans who favored party over national interest. It contrasts New York gunfire with widespread dictator violence in England, prompts public anger, and cites FDR's physician saying the president is in best health in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willkie
FDR
Republic
England
America
Ellender Says Aid to Britain Bill Means War
Senator Ellender of Louisiana sharply criticized a Britain aid bill. He said he supported England aid to the limit of our ability, while warning the measure could lead to war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellender
Britain
Law
England
Johnson advocates aid to Britain in letters and writings
The article notes Hugh Johnson urges aid to Britain in letters and a foreign policy view. It adds that in a January magazine he argued for stopping all aid to Britain, a contrasting position not mentioned in the main text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Johnson
Britain
Johnson
Look Magazine Writer Recalls Manhattan Grounding Flash
S O Shapiro of Look recalls a night when listeners on the liner Manhattan heard a flash about being grounded. He notes the ship slipped onto soft sands and jokes Palm Beach is merely another sand bar. The piece ends with a light dig at the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. O. Shapiro
Look Magazine
Manhattan
Palm Beach
Windsors cancel Miami charity events on President birthday
The Duke and Duchess skip infantile paralysis affairs as Royal ties block foreign charity appearances. Surf Club at Miami Beach reschedules Bundles for Britain to attract the Windsors, forcing cancellation of FDR celebrations and costing the Miami event over fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surf Club
Miami Beach
Britain
Windsors
Miami
Mrs Watriss Seeks Brenda Frazier at East 53rd Spot
East 53rd Street column says Mrs. Watriss, Brenda Frazier’s mother, rushed into a night spot to find her daughter who was absent. A bystander quips that Mrs. Watriss doesn’t know where her daughter is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columm
East 53Rd Street
Black-Draught Laxative Promotes Gentle, Aromatic Relief
An ad touts Black-Draught as a leading laxative in the South praised for tone and gentle action. It promises 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents with a tonic laxative ingredient and easy directions.
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