Decatur Daily Highlights 1912 1917 Founding Editor
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1941
Page
4
Mixed National Vantage Points on War, Economy and Louisiana Politics
The column notes a naval depth charge warning and mockery of wartime tactics, rising optimism on fall farm prices and production forecasts, and a New York pepper stock story. It surveys shifts in U S recruiting plans, Louisiana government reforms led by Earl Long and the lingering Long forces with two Louisiana senators remaining influential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Congress
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Earl Lot
South
State Supreme Court
Earl Long
Nate Collier
Punch
Ed Howe
Rebecca
Klang
Fifth Ave
New York
Lyman Beecher
Abe Martin
Anon
Brandon Sun
Jack Warwick
George Bernard Shaw
Dolores Anderson
Hollywood
Don Herold
Lana Turner
H. Klurfeld
Russia
N. Y
Decatur Survey Aims to List All Housing Units Tuesday
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce plans a Tuesday morning survey to enumerate every house apartment and room as new residents arrive with airfield expansion and a war plant south of Madison County signaling increased demand and housing needs for the coming period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
War Chemical
Madison County
Old Gene Barazen Keeps On Like The Brook
A compact tribute notes Gene Barazen’s enduring presence, comparing his steady, unending influence to a brook. It highlights continuity and a lifelong example without dramatic turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Barazen
Valley plans to attract tourism and diversify industry
Officials urge continued work to diversify industry and build recreational facilities to attract tourists as wartime defense boom ends. They warn against slipping standards of living once big plants wind down.
Spearheading U S 31 completion debate in Alabama
A column appeals to John Temple Graves to address editorials urging reconstruction relocation and completion of U S 31 affecting Alabama and Tennessee. The piece argues the route benefits Birmingham Cullman Decatur Athens Ardmore Pulaski and travelers, urging Graves to share a clear nonpolitical road map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Temple Graves
Alabama
Tennessee
Graves
Efits
Birmingham
Cullman
Decatur
Athens
Ardmore
Pulaski
Mr. Graves
U. S. 31
Defense chiefs clashed over new weapons division woes
Washington reports the new weapons division struggles to finance operations from the old ordnance department amid delays and inefficiencies. President Roosevelt backs 37 brigadier general nominations, while internal politics show CIO influence and Republican defections shaping defense legislation and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Ordnance Division
Ordnance Department
Statistas
Ordnance
Wan Department
German dissension and Russia report stir congress talk
At the President's conference a lawmaker cited reports of German internal dissension. An authority said reports from Russia suggested conditions there were likely worse. Farming classes are not cooperating with war policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
Alabama Wins Large Army Contracts Amid June Expenditures
Alabama's defense contracts and expenditures for June 16 to June 30 totaled 2 397 536 dollars. Lincoln Mills of Huntsville received the largest award for 1 250 070 yards of cotton tent duck at 353 875 dollars. Lanett Bleachery in Lanett earned 295 155 dollars for cotton cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
National Defense
Alabama
Office of Government
Lincoln Mills
Huntsville
Lanett
Defense
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
Army
Algernon, Blair
Montgomery
Brookley Field
Mobile
West Point Manufacturing Company
Langdale
F. L. Bray Construction
Atlanta Selected as Regional Civil Defense Headquarters
The Office of Civilian Defense in Washington disclosed by telephone that Atlanta has been chosen as the regional headquarters. Mayor Roy Lecraw was asked to submit four names for the national office to select a head for the Atlanta regional office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington
Roy Lecraw
Lecraw
Fisher Brothers Co founder Fred Fisher Dies at 63
Fred Fisher eldest of the Fisher brothers and co founder of Fisher body corporation died today at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He was 63 and had suffered a heart ailment. He had been in the hospital several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fisher
Detroit
Fisher Brothers
Fisher Body Corporation
Henry Ford Hospital
Fisher
Weka
Reducing diets debated by Elinor Guthrie Neff
An article analyzes the Harper’s Bazaar nine day diet claiming 480 calories per day with grapefruit tomatoes and coffee. It questions safety arguing a 1000 calorie plan is safer and notes rapid weight loss patterns and the need for longer reducing periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’ S
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Health Pamphlets
Readers can obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets at 10 cents each by sending a 10 cent coin and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening in care of the paper. Topics include Three Weeks Reducing 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Tde
A Will Without a Way Reflections On Life And Wit
A collage of humorous verses and reflections. It contrasts aging and courage with patience and springlike wisdom. It also includes anecdotes about friendship, race, marriage, and everyday manners presented in a light editorial tone.
Opera Star Yes 20 Long Years At Metropolitan
A witty quip notes an opera star has sung at the Metropolitan for two decades. An admirer jokes that recognition comes with experience, while a proverb about growth contrasts growing with swelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Madam Butterfly
Weather Wars and Political Pie Satire
The poem satire riffs on weather forecasts and political rhetoric. It lampoons a Statesman who promises dry weather and critiques misleading statements about costs while a waiter jokes about pie. A playful exchange highlights public cynicism and pop culture tropes.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Notes and Trends 1941
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway trends and press coverage in 1941 noting backwoods theatres experiments and mixed reviews of all Negro casts and Offenbach music on 52nd Street. He mentions Paper Mill Playhouse seraphina and Manpower among other titles with commentary on newsreels and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doe
John
Decatur
Walter Winchell
Dany Mirret
Westport
Conn
Offenbach
52Nd St.reet
Manhattan
Broadway
Indian Neck
Paper Mill Playhouse
Hudson
G. Raft
EB. G. Robinson
M. Dietrich
Ann Miller
R. Vallee
Rosemary Lane
Miller
Cheese Puff Sandwiches and Daily Menu Plan
A historic menu list describes cheese puffs as open-face sandwiches with a puffy topping, plus a full daily meal plan including breakfast of stewed pears and poached eggs, luncheon carrot salad, dinner braised short ribs, and bread buttered with enriched toast.
Widow Tallmadge's hens gain halos of red eye lenses
In Lynxville Wisconsin July 14 W Tallmadge shows 100 hens fitted with red celluloid lenses held by an alum bar to curb cannibalism. He claims the red tint makes others see red and stops attacks on injured birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Fremont
Napoleon
Reader's Digest
Liberty
Sen. Wheeler
Lindbergh
Lynxville
Wis
W. Tallmadge
Tallmadge
Birmingham Leads Nation in Navy Recruiting
The Birmingham district recruited 88 volunteers for the week ending July 5, the highest in the nation except for New York. Commander R B Miller, head of recruitment, said New York had a larger total but could not disclose its figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
R. B. Miller
Miller
New York
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