Alabama News Notes and Rumors From Decatur Column
The Decatur Daily reports on Alabama politics and local industry notes. Visitors discuss the Tennessee Valley potential and mills boosting wheat farming, while The Princess theatre plans a glamorous reopening next month. The piece also weighs dry versus wet governance and hints at Chauncey Sparks possibly backing a referendum plank for governor.
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Alabama New Magazine
Chauncey Sparks
Hf Sparks
Alabama
Judge Sparks
Decatur Considers Entertaining Flying Cadets at Start
The Daily reiterates that Decatur should plan entertaining events for the air training school when it opens in a couple of months, as part of community support for the flying cadets.
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the Daily
Decatur
Daylight Saving Debates Hit Alabama Cities Again
Alabama city administrations again debate daylight saving measures amid delays and refusals. Officials grapple with timing and policy alignment as communities respond to daylight saving questions.
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Alabama
Graves urged to champion U.S. 31 in Alabama
The columnist criticizes John Temple Graves for not yet voicing a broad stance on U.S. 31, the main commercial highway through Alabama. He suggests Graves travel across Alabama and neighboring states to study and advocate a straightening and streamlining effort for the route.
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John Temple Graves
U. S. 31
Alabama
Graves
Tennessee
Kentucky
U.S. 31
Pay As You Go In Decatur Public Finance Debate
A Decatur civic note argues for pay-as-you-go government amid rising public needs and tax pressures. It calls for better taxation to fund services, warns against opposing taxes while seeking matched funds, and urges residents to support revenue measures for city progress.
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Dixon
John J
Decatur
Wallace Emerges as Likely 1944 Roosevelt Successor
Washington reports Vice President Henry Wallace is becoming the practical heir to Roosevelt in 1944. He attends key defense and economic meetings, leads a price plan once called the Wallace Plan, studies postwar economics, and gains broad support from New Dealers for single headed defense control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Senate
Agriculture Department
Mr. Wallace
White House
Supreme Court
Douglas
No fourth term talk by New Dealers dismissed as facetious
The article notes no discussion of a fourth term has surfaced in any quarter and that New Dealers view the idea as facetious.
Democratic Senator Wheeler Seen as Independent Candidate Prospect
The article notes Senator Wheeler appears positioned to run in 1944, aligning with Republican CIO director John Lewis. His unorthodox stance may push him toward an independent party rather than leading the Democratic New Deal coalition.
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Wheeler
CIO
John Lewis
Committees Named To Lead Local Prayer Efforts
The Business Men's Christian group announces committee heads for outreach roles including General Chairman J M Pickens Usher head Tom Willingham Prayer Meetings Richard Roberson Publicity Roy Poff Tent W C Vaughn Music Emory Keith Finance Forney Steenson Entertainment W D Free Visitation Geo Collier Special Service D D Gibson Sec Treas A B Pickens Other homes join cottage prayer meetings ahead of the evangelistic event with gatherings set for Monday through Friday at stated times and streets.
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Business Men’s Christian Group
J. M. Pickens
Ushers
Tom Willingham
Richard Roberson
Roy Poff
Tent
W.C. Vaughn
Emory Keith
Forney Steenson
W. D Free
Visitation
Geo. Collier
D. D. Gibson
Treas
A. B Pickens
Louis Bell
Johnston St
B. L. Gilbreth
Eighth Ave
West
Dorothy Dunnavent
West Moulton St
C. E. Malone
Jackson St
Alyce Hendon
Sixth Ave
Yoo-Hooing Lesson For Hoos Soldiers Parade
In Port Matilda Pennsylvania on July 21 locals recall Uncle Sam's soldiers passing through. A chorus of yoo-hoos greeted about 30 truckloads of troops but the girls received only smiles in reply.
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Port Matideda
Sam
Yankee Doctor in Paradise described Lambert’s win over hookworm
Dr. Lambert’s two decades in the South Seas curbed hookworm and yaws from Tahiti to New Guinea. The book "A Yankee Doctor in Paradise" recounts his use of carbon tetrachloride treatment and mass clinics, facing native witch doctors and the dramatic decline of hookworm by 1930.
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Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Health Pamphlets for 10 Cents Each
The editor lists seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening available for 10 cents apiece. To obtain one, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Clendening, care of this paper. Titles include diet and digestion topics and infant feeding.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Teeth display temptation and public decorum clash
A playful vignette set features Jack admiring a dental display while Virginia cautions against public tooth picking. A fired Alabama printer is noted for misprinting Pace as Face. Scattered jokes and quips touch on race, temperance, romance, and canine humor with quick punchlines.
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Jack
Virginia
Alabama
Sound Business Advice From a Local Exchange
Dialogue portrays practical ethics in a lighthearted piece. Mary Lou questions a date while Helen describes a new man with a fatherly approach gradually pushing boundaries. The exchange offers a moral on diligence and integrity in everyday work.
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Mary Lou
Helen
Origin of dollar sign traced to pesos abbreviation
The dollar sign's origin is debated. Some link it to a monogram of U S, others to a P over S used in early peso abbreviations. The dialogue notes a floorwalker suppressing personal notions during business hours.
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U. S
Cutie
Floorwalker
Actress cites wedding joy amid party exit
A movie actress said she was losing her punch as she hurried away from a cocktail party. She declared she is marrying the man she wanted to marry and quipped about others wanting someone else. The remark notes an older man’s view on money.
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Temperance League
Vice League
Chilon
Edmund Wilson
Ollie M. James
Olin Miller
Stalin
Clare Boothe
Lee Shippey
Reader’s Digest
Paul Gallico
Walter Winchell on Broadway Prade Mark Registered
Walter Winchell notes Broadway activity and previews openers in New England Maine and Gloucester with comments on It Happened On Ice and The Getaway. Mentions actors Ginger Rogers Alan Marshall Burgess Meredith Mantle and others in a broad show business roundup with political and radio notes.
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Walter Winchell
New England
Broadway
Gloucester
Brock Pemberton
Mr. P
Owen Dayis
Maine
Music Hall
Tom
Harry
Ginger Rogers
Ginger
Alan Marshall
George Murphy
Burgess Meredith
Meredith
FBI
Public campaign to boost consumption of fresh peaches
Dennis M. Doyle of the Surplus Marketing Administration announced a week long effort from July 21 to July 28 to raise home use of fresh peaches. Alabama peach growers and foods trades join with the USDA to promote consumption and home canning as part of defense nutrition goals.
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Dennis M. Doyle
Surplus Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Foods Trades Industry
Alabama
United States Department of Agriculture
America
National Defense Conservation and Nutrition Program
Revival Underway At Flint Baptist Church
Rev Grady C Morris of Gardendale opened a week long revival at Flint Baptist Church with a strong start. Pastor Rev George F Brown invites public attendance for services held twice daily at 10 am and 7 30 pm throughout the week.
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Grady ‘C. Morris
Gardendale
Flint Baptist Church
George F. Brown
Big Onions Grow in Morgan County Displayed
A Morgan County farm display features oversized onions from the Alice A Suit farm near Cole Springs. The Yellow Wax Bermudas variety drew wide attention as the soil and crop conditions were noted to yield large specimens, highlighting Morgan County’s truck crop potential.
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Morgan County
Alice A. Suit
Cole Springs
Morgan
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