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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1939
Page
4
Amid turmoil in Birmingham a tax on cigarettes sparked debate and a proposed revamp of power rates stirred the city. Readers are reminded to consider their community impact and the role of dialogue in public affairs.
Sergeant Alvin York attended a San Francisco fair where locals planned a cocktail party in his honor after General Pershing named him the war’s top hero for single handedly capturing many Germans. A Tennessean ally persuaded Californians to pivot plans. Three U S mule veterans from France named Bessie Butch and Tinle head home for a Slumbia mule show next April.
Since rising to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has faced a string of bumper crops, while Mother Nature frustrates economies. He carries on with resolve, believing crop policies will eventually benefit Americans despite acres being curtailed.
A phrasing suggests the amendment vote presents a clear go ahead from the public to the legislature. The source notes an apparent approval trajectory and momentum toward formalizing the change.
In the dining room at Hotel Lyons the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce served pie as a backdrop to a screening of a picture on Alabama’s wonders. The piece left viewers with a revived sense of home and state pride urging Birmingham residents to return for a larger audience viewing.
The Layman's League of St John s Episcopal church held a meeting this week with wholesome discussion and many suggestions for improving the city. Members voiced the common feeling that Decatur should move forward and be willing to assist in making progress while hoping for more open discussion and ideas in the future.
The Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium requests community support to expand to 78 beds, noting current 42 beds operated with six counties and state subsidy. In 1936 the facility treated 120 patients as demand rises, and donors are urged to provide essential equipment for new bed units and general needs to battle tuberculosis in north Alabama.
Washington watchers discuss McNutt as a potential Roosevelt aide or 1940 candidate while debating Byrnes social security readjustments and cost of living impacts. Lodge amends the plan to factor living costs, complicating southern gains, as senatorial maneuvering hints at a Gainer Gar ner reconciliation.
A column notes Mrs Rayburn Neville of Trinity and her sister Mrs FP Rauschenberg visiting. Julian Harrig plans Montgomery trip for the Alabama Bar exam. Miss Terry Anderson of Memphis visits her aunt Mrs T A Cuddell with more social chatter from Opel and Opel area society figures.
Wallace Beery recalls in vivid detail the 1918 U boat raids near New York Harbor and Cape Cod. Submarines sank ships, mined cables, and fired on Orleans as crews fought to save civilians and vessels. The account highlights Bastin’s escape, Bastin’s capture and internment, and early use of radio telephones by subchasers.
After notable peace time voyages to the United States the famous U boat Deutschland sailed again as a raider under Kapitan-Leutnant Erick Eckelmann replacing Koenig. The vessel measures about 300 feet with five to seven torpedo tubes and fifty mines, includes two decks, and has Atlantic crossing range plus three months operation off the New England coast.
The account notes that U boat crews capturing ships did not mainly seek fuel or supplies as prisoners were taken mainly of officers while the most valued prize was a dozen or more crewmen rather than ships.
At bridge on Wednesday night Miss Lila Mae Jolly rests well after an operation for the removal of her appendix at Benevolent Hospital.
The U 152 attacked the Navy transport Ticonderoga. Lt Cdr J J Madison attempted to ram the submarine but missed by twenty feet and was wounded. The raid killed most of the Ticonderoga crew, leaving only twenty two in a lifeboat four days later. Muller and Fulcher, prisoners, helped report the U 152 surrender in Hardwich England.
The submarine issued an SOS following the sinking of a vessel. Survivors were rescued after the attack.
Naval Reserve volunteers man 110 foot submarine chasers to counter U boat attacks in World War II style action. They fired depth bombs of 300 pounds TNT from U guns or rolled them overboard behind air wagging chasers to deter raiders. Four original subchasers appeared in the film Thunder Afloat.
Aboard a subchaser a portable phonograph enabled a shipboard radio broadcast of records to the fleet. A sailor praised the idea as a million dollar concept and a promising use of radio telephone for entertainment at sea.
The piece proclaims sin as the divider between people and God and as the root cause of conflict sickness imprisonment and loss. It urges reflection on iniquity and its effects on home and society. It emphasizes that sin alters relationships and moral balance.
For years Dr. Edmund Jacobson in Chicago has urged relaxation to treat high blood pressure. He notes blood pressure rises with vascular contraction and activity, and falls with rest. A half hour of seated relaxation can drop pressure by about 24 points, with best results lying quietly in a calm room.
C E G asks about medicinal value of alfalfa tea and medical recognition. The answer notes alfalfa tea has no known value until recently when alfalfa was found to be a source of vitamin K aiding blood coagulation.
Readers may obtain pamphlets by sending 10 cents per title plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening. The list includes Three Weeks Fetching Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The sermon argues sin separates people from God and from others, and only God’s gift through Jesus Christ removes sin. It emphasizes faith over works and urges acceptance of salvation despite limited understanding, comparing belief to trusting in a car’s operation.
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