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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
4
Fragmentary notice indicates a February 26 1912 matter at Decatur Alabama post office under the March 1874 act with July 1 1917 date. The text includes publication rights statements from the Associated Press and a broader editorial note about unity and progress.
The article lauds Decatur's four day event with strong citizen effort and TVA assistance led by G. P. Banaiza, M. R. Rankin, John McKibben and Miss Harriet Trewin. It celebrates civic unity, growth in North Alabama, and the town’s potential to become a substantial city in a regional rivalry with Mobile, Birmingham and others.
Many return for the day of the 120th Anniversary Celebration as locals note Decatur's rising star. More visitors will arrive before Sunday afternoon, and returning residents say there is no better hometown as they spread the word from all corners of the earth.
The Press Association of Alabama will conduct a get acquainted tour of Alabama aimed at education. Editors from Alabama will visit regions they have not yet seen while editors from Mississippi have likewise not explored parts of their own state.
The Daily argues it is Americans’ last chance to depart England before the war ends and urges those abroad to return home unless compelled by private or official business. It reiterates repeated warnings for Americans in Europe to head home and offers little sympathy for those who remain.
NEA staff correspondent Tom Wolf notes irony in Wendell Willkie’s rise to national prominence, largely brought about by President Roosevelt. He cites the Me Commonwealth Southern holdings and the TVA dispute as springboard events that spotlighted Willkie. The piece argues Roosevelt’s best campaign line is full wartime production and mobilizing all workers for national defense ahead of November.
Colbert county voters head to the polls next week to decide whether to return the county to a dry status. nearby notes reference July 4th safety, national defense aims for 1943 1944, and playful column quips about headlines and Liberty magazine quizzes.
The National Defense Advisory Commission publicized a work deal with Packard Motors for 9000 aircraft engines, 6000 for Britain and 4000 for the US, with tooling taking ten months and peak output at 840 monthly only after 16 months, compared to Ford’s earlier promise.
A discussion on whether diet can dissolve kidney and gall stones without surgery notes that acid ash diets and high vitamin A may reduce bladder stone incidence. It cites studies from England France and Russia, lists foods for acid ash diets, and mentions Dr Clendening answering general health questions in his column. It also includes unrelated items on underweight diets and a brief humor note about free speech in media.
A compact collection of scenes on responsibility and leadership. A dejected boy carries a football past peers while a police officer watches, a hostess jokes about grace, and a father witnesses his eldest son’s first shave marking passing age and responsibility.
Readers may obtain seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets at 10 cents each. To order, send 10 cents by coin plus a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening, care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine etc and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
A railcar vignette features a father instructing his son with a blade, a wife’s faults discussed, a mother reporting a bedtime dig, and a light exchange about sandwiches and a traveler. The piece closes with a patriotic line praising American character amid global standing.
John W. Wilson Jr. was installed as president of the Athens Rotary Club at a Friday luncheon. He named committee chairmen for the new year including alms and objects U S Pitts international service G H Teasley community service R H Richardson Jr club service R C Martin classification E R Shelton fellowship Hill Hayes attendance Walter E Harman program George Leeck Rotary information E R Naylor public information S O Payne boys and youth S M Bowen rural urban M J Easter crippled children F M Hall student loan fund A B McWilliams.
A Greensboro resident, while searching for a litter of kittens, discovered a keg of wildcat liquor in an abandoned chicken house. Sheriff J. G. Kirby confiscated the whiskey and later found six kittens behind the house.
Doorman Frank Arena of the first precinct discovered a live king cobra hidden in a drunken detainee’s shirt during a routine search at the police station. The man was taken into custody and the snake was secured as the investigation paused.
C W Haines, a Los Angeles piano tuner, on his 61st birthday, claims he has sweetened more than 6,000,000 sour notes. He adds he has found in pianos items from love letters to false teeth and even salt shakers and $500 in $20 gold pieces.
Walter Winchell surveys theater and radio in New York and abroad. Mentions Owen Davis drama First Nighters Maine trip and Lockridge's Cobweb Players. Highlights Bette Davis Charlton Boyer Hope Goddard and Lucille Manners plus public figures and media commentary.
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