Alabama Kiwanis and City Growth Reflected in Decatur Talk
The piece highlights Alabama’s growth prospects with Decatur and Mobile cited as examples. It notes campaigns to clean up the old hometown, aviation funding aims, and visiting Kiwanis from north Alabama praising Past Governor Seybourn Lynne for leading Alabama Kiwanis to an international attendance award in 1938.
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Alabama
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Theodore Jackson
Seybourn Lynne
Decatur
Lynne
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
Alaama
Lyhne
Alabama Kiwanis
Clapper Attacks Congress Over Actions Against President
Congress figure Raymond Clapper delivers a sharp critique of lawmakers for slugging at the president and failing to serve the nation. He cites the senate committee’s refusal to vote on neutrality changes and notes hurt feelings by Senators George and Gillette toward the president as political leverage.
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Congress
Raymond Clapper
Clapper
House
Senate
Senate Committee
George and
Gillette
Cullman Stages Strawberry Festival Earns North Alabama Praise
The piece lauds Cullman for staging the Strawberry Festival as an example of constructive publicity. It argues Alabama schools need more money and criticizes bonded debt interest costs, stating Alabama pays nearly $3,000,000 yearly in interest only, delaying debt payoff.
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North Alabama
Cullman
Alabama
Roosevelt clarifies public stance on WPA strikes
The piece explains how Roosevelt’s remarks reflect government attitude toward WPA strikes and how taxpayers fund the relief program. It argues taxpayers favor limiting WPA and prefer private employment, while workers fear losing income if regulations raise required hours.
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Roosevelt
United States
Tennessee farmer tale frames world peace through trade
In Country Home Magazine, a Tennessee man uses a pair of feuding neighbors to argue that peace and prosperity require trade and cooperation. He cautions that economic barriers and mistrust fuel armament and threaten civilization if not halted.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Country Home Magazine
Tennessee
Jenkins
Jones
Japanese silver stash looms in China and U S response
Washington reports reveal Japan seeks 50 million ounces of Chinese government silver held in foreign banks at Tientsin. The stash could fund foreign purchases abroad, while U S Treasury faces a dilemma over forced seizure and diplomacy. Morgenthau's silver purchases complicate policy as London channels most trades. The cache remains the largest Japanese hold in China to date.
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Washington
Tientsin
Japan
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
London Silver Exchange
State Department
China
Morgenthau
London
U. S
Townsend Bill Heats Up As White House Faces Pincer
The administration struggles over Townsend's repeal of foreign silver purchase provisions while eying a policy shift toward deficit spending. Laughlin Currie joins the White House with Keynesian views, intensifying debates with Senator Wheeler who opposes government leases for railroads.
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Townsend
White House
Mexico
Latin America
Japan
Barkley
William Jennings Townsend
Roosevelt
Laughlin- Currie
Eccles
Federal Reserve
Maynard Keynes
Chairman Eccles
Wheeler
Supreme Court
Montana
Senate
Roosevelt-Currie
TVA deal linked to Wendell Willkie insiders move
The Tennessee Valley legislation pact involved Wendell Willkie insiders and a downtown hotel room meeting a month ago. A Chattanooga official and David Lilienthal of TVA reportedly arranged the settlement allowing property purchases and limiting TVA expansion for now. C and S stock rose on the market when the deal was announced.
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Wendell
Willkie
Commonwealth and
Southern
TVA
David Lilienthal
Chattanooga
Device Gauges Our Digestion By Logan Clendening M D
Digestive movement study uses advanced X-ray like equipment to record stomach and intestinal motions. Esophagus shows rapid movement with pulses from heart. stomach varies by health and food type. ulcers alter motion. small intestine churns and absorbs. large intestine moves slowly in waves, with dental and diagnostic insights for disorders. Safety driving tips and light jokes appear as scattered content.
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Small Intestine
Large Intestine
A single seat car and a Decatur humor column
A string of light anecdotes on travel types and dictators versus private cars, local Decatur peevs about parking, and social quips about couples in cars. Other items note a Six Hundred Club meeting, a Berea trip, a student admission, and humorous exchanges about language and a shy warning on appearances.
Editor note lists seven pamphlets from Dr Clendening
Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. To obtain one pamphlet send 10 cents and a self addressed envelope with a three cent stamp to a cane Clendening in care of this pa ho pamphlets. Titles include Three Weeks' og jet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Driving Code Full Of Safety Guidelines
Practical driving rules emphasize control and alertness. It stresses keeping a car under control, driving to stop within clear sight distance, ensuring brakes work, and keeping headlights and taillights functional. The guidance advocates responsible vehicle maintenance and visibility.
Render Unto the Lord A Sunday Stewardship Appeal
A sermon urges weekly giving on the first day of the week as the measure of a believer's devotion. It cites First Corinthians 16 2 and compares under grace to under law, urging all to tithe as prospered, regardless of wealth, to avoid robbing God and receive blessings.
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Paul
Corinth
Church of the Living God
God
Christ
Believe It or Not Oddities Highlight New York City
Walter Winchell on Broadway features Robert L. Ripley collecting astounding New York items and curious exhibits. The Odditorium promises peculiar personalities, myths about the Hudson, Venice style islands, and a tour of uncanny artifacts from poison cabinets to elephant tusks.
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Walter Winchell
Robert L. Ripley
Walter
New York
America
Municipal Lodging House
East 25Th Street
New York City
Hudson River
Hudson
Venice
City Hall
Grand Central Terminal
Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Long Island
Island of
Nassau
Ind
Lucrezia Borgia
Clarence Rivers
Henry Hull, Jr
Wenceslao Moguel
Scarface
Yucatan
Mexico
Helen Martin
Kansas City
Tony Ruscigna
West Indies
Hananuma Masakichi
Meudon
Odditorium
Modern Nellie Bly Grace Adams Sets Round the World Flight Record
Grace Adams of New York City arrived at Newark airport to set a new round the world flight record on commercial airlines. She stepped from a United Air Lines plane at 9 16 a m after 16 days 19 hours and four minutes since leaving Port Washington Long Island on Pan American Airways transatlantic clippers.
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Newark
N. J
Nellie Bly
Grace Adams
New York City
United Air Lines
Port Washington
L. I
Pan-American Airways
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