Decatur Alabama Newspaper Front Matter Note
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War talk and farm program shape 1941 outlook
The column weighs wartime tensions with Germany and Japan, argues for a five year 1941 farm program, and notes Uncle Sam’s debt prep. It praises Wendell Willkie, critiques Hitler, and predicts strong U S sacrifice if war comes.
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Borong
Italy
Japan
Sam
Germany
Adolph
Army calls rise in county as volunteers urged
The county faces growing army calls with concern that volunteers may not meet demand. Many young men could benefit from service, while unemployed men in towns and rural areas respond to recent U S Army advertising urging enlistment.
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Unified States Army
Alabama Ranks 12th in Influenza Casts
Alabama appears at twelfth in influenza case counts in a regional health ranking that highlights high illness levels. The report notes uncertainty about the accuracy and implications of the ranking for public health planning.
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Alabama
Hitler’s double dealing drives Romanian turmoil says pundit
Washington reports that Hitler uses the Iron Guard and Antonescu to secure Romanian wheat and oil. The analysis claims Hitler backs Antonescu while arming the guards, with 150000 German troops nearby and Romania split into 72 divisions. The piece cites Sima as a fugitive leader and notes Stalin’s covert resistance as the crisis deepens.
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Pauls Message To Rome And The Power Of God
The discourse praises Paul as a great scholar who addressed Rome about salvation through God not Rome’s power. It argues the church today suffers a spiritual inferiority complex and has relegated Christ to a secondary place in thought and plans. It recalls Jesus's crucifixion at Golgotha as central to the message.
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Tarsus
Rome
Christ
Jesus
Golgotha
Michigan
The Doctor's Philosophy Of Treating the Patient
Dr. Logan Clendening reviews Dr. W. R. Houston's Art of Treatment noting seven forms of treatment including diseases with a specific remedy and cases best handled by nursing care. He cautions against overconfidence in cures and stresses treatment may be tentative, especially for arthritis and chronic conditions.
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Macmillan
Houston
Clendening
Loran Clendening
Roper
Calvary and Crude Days in a Decatur Letter
A sequence of old letters and anecdotes shows a shorthand typist altering a dictated sentence, the boss insisting on exact words, and a statuette of mocking faith. The text includes religious imagery, sharp wit about wealth, and a tale of a boy named Tommy blamed on the devil after disobeying orders.
Things I Never Knew About Gambling Then and Now
A colorful historical riff on gambling odds and lore. It recalls dice terms the dice mouse and the Warden manager keeper. It mentions Slapsie Maxie’s Miami casino raid and a swank spot losing $200000 by 11 p m as a vivid example of high stakes gambling culture.
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Slapsie-Maxie’s
Miami
Gambling through the ages at the Gay 90s and beyond
A riotous tour through gambling history notes Fred Brown describing a gambler’s attire at the Gay 90s and contrasts it with today’s racetrack riches. It mentions slot machines, craps, and a Big Eleven, plus the spectacle of racetracks needing vast daily coinage and the enduring lure of cards and risk.
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Fred Brown
Gambler’s Quest to Get Even Ends with Sinister Twist
A traveling tale contrasts gambling across countries, from England’s debts to Germany’s fatal outcomes. In the narrator’s humor, a man visits the races daily for a week and loses eight thousand dollars, craving vengeance and never realizing he began even.
Track craving fuels comic flair from Joe E. Lewis
The joke line about going to the track to get even showcases Joe E. Lewis’s sharp wit and postwar humor style. The playful quote highlights his reputation for brisk punchlines and audience rapport.
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Joe E. Lewis
Tony Martin Banned From Casino After High Salary Draw
Tony Martin earned 3500 weekly at a swank club and kept his wage in the casino cube-tossing annex. Management barred him from gambling for eight weeks but he outsmarted them and lost 25000 at the tracks.
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Tony Martin
Tony
Klobb Sees More Gray Matter In Champagne of Card Games
The remark compares Klobb’s reputation with the intellectual heft of U.S. Senators, implying greater wit in the card game world. The line highlights a boastful view of skill and cleverness, set against Washington’s political scene.
Dice-hurlers face a comic-bet about luck and meals
A famous craps player in a sailor suit frets over a misfired gamble. He nervously shows two fives and a twenty while a friend quips about money for meals and lodging. The exchange turns on a lack of comic bets despite his cash.
Rothstein Foot Dice Gag At Lindys
Arnold Rothstein once appeared at Lindys with a slipper on an infected foot. When asked what happened the foot Joe Frisco quipped that Rothstein had dropped one of his own dice on it.
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Arnold Rothstein
Lindy’s
Joe Frisco
Earmarks of a gentleman and dice games list
The piece notes that the earmark of a gentleman is to win without triumph and lose with a smile. It lists five dice games with quirky nicknames Tat Craps Hazard Knavery Klondyke and adds a humorous aside about more lady horse players and bridge players than men prompting higher canned goods consumption.
You Can Beat a Race but Not the Races
A wry gambling column notes 36 numbers on a roulette wheel and 36 combinations on dice. It advises playing well, keeping a cool head, and avoiding hard luck, field bets, and staying long. It laments legalization of gambling as a vice for many and ends with the proverb about beating a race but not the races.
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