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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1940
Page
4
The push to establish a government air training school at Montgomery stalls over price and reimbursement. Local leaders value the project for prestige and business, while taxpayers demand a fair deal after investing about half a million dollars in the airport. Government pressure for rapid rearmament adds urgency to a timely decision.
The Montgomery Journal lauds Alabama for active public cooperation in industrial development to diversify beyond agriculture. It contrasts Alabama with Texas and Kansas where states strive to lure industries to balance farm production, urging continued effort to attract payrolls and new buyers while avoiding overreliance on farming.
The Florida state board of control restricts free admissions to University of Florida games. Officials including the governor, cabinet, Congress members, and some legislators receive special tickets. The Daily questions why exemptions exist while others must pay.
The Daily notes a little known 26 year old New York lawyer, Oren Root, rising in the Wendell Willkie presidential bid. Root reportedly drew heavy mail after joining the campaign and Willkie announced his prominent role in organizing independent Wilkie clubs during the Pocono port political season.
Washington reports Harry Hopkins, secretary of commerce, has become the president's inside political and defense adviser. His expanded role fuels speculation he could lead the national committee or serve as campaign director if Roosevelt seeks a third term. Party leaders weigh his influence amid New York and Midwest tensions.
Mr. Hopkins praises big business leaders for cooperation with the new national defense regime. One insider compares their situation to a man who jumped from a twenty story window, saying he is "doing all right so far" while descending past the ninth floor.
Residents share visits and greetings across families in Decatur Cedar Cove and Neel while attending a Gospel team prayer service. Local names include Lee Brown Shaneyfelt Segars McCaig Wright and Smith families with CCC camp departure and Fourth of July gatherings noted.
Walter Winchell recounts quirky music trivia with notes on Caruso Paderewski Mussolini and others. The piece weaves anecdotes from Beethoven to Ormandy, including who influenced whom, all in a breezy Broadway column voice.
A reminiscence notes how rich musical history intertwines with youth. Dr Samuel Francis Smith penned Am erica at twenty four in thirty minutes while Irving Berlin values The Rosary above his own hits.
A collage notes Roosevelt's regret at not playing an instrument, Herbert's generosity at Lambs Club, Kreisler dodging practice, Texas Guinan’s organ reaction, a student film about music students, Wagner’s vanity, and a remark on the nationalities of famed composers.
The note cites composers Beethoven Mozart and Brahms borrowing or adapting motifs from earlier works. It mentions Diabelli Duport Haydn as sources of influence or direct lift, illustrating how composers reused melodies in their own compositions.
An assortment of onlookers and workers exchange quips about work, risk, and compensation. Narrative snippets touch on trench safety, unemployment, love, and economics with terse, period-tinged banter and a final nod to aviation safety.
A couple in a light squabble escalated when the wife struck the husband on the head with a pie pan during an argument. He recounts the blow as painful yet wry noting the pan contained one of her pies.
Lyla Myers reflects on summer vacations and explains farmers stay at work year round, blessed by daily labor in God’s open spaces, while city workers seek retreats away from noise. The piece contrasts urban vacation desires with rural diligence.
A partial column line hints at shifting to a sturdier section. The author warns repeating troubles invites sympathy and extra woes. The text abruptly mentions a popular device the gadget that gets the most attention these days is the thermo.
A collection of quirky notes about musicians and facts. Carrie Jacobs Bond rose from poverty to perform in a gown made from two lace curtains at a concert. Vladimir de Pachmann reportedly bit his Royal Medal to test its authenticity. A violin comprises seventy pieces. The St Louis Blues royalties persist at about $20,000 after 34 years. General Grant joked he knew only two dimes, Yankee Doodle and another.
State level financial statement issued under 5211 U S Revised Statutes shows demand deposits of individuals partners and corporations totaling 1 160 523 90 time deposits and other deposits breaking down 231 134 27 deposits of banks 102 206 70 and other deposits 1 855 83. Total deposits 2 358 23 and other liabilities 7 684 72 57 51.
A 1940 Alabama Morgan County bank statement lists total liabilities at 2 366 642 23 and total capital accounts including paid in capital and surplus. It notes pledged assets securing deposits and other liabilities and signed affirmations by cashier J W Darrah and notary Bruce L Spencer with directors H R Davis E W Strother and H Malone.
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