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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1939
Page
4
The fragment mentions Germany and war posture, a Southern League pennant talk, Decatur school band plans for fall, Postmaster Jim Farley and a 1940 convention comment, and a New York World's Fair publicity stunt with a trapped figure. The text blends politics, sports, and media chatter with uncertain attribution.
The Daily repeats advice to Louisville and Nashville Rail Company about decorating The Arrow train. It criticizes the outside appearance while praising the interior as comfortable. The piece urges a distinctive exterior to attract riders and improve the train's image.
The column recalls Secretary Morgenthau hosting President Roosevelt and his party at a weekend clambake. It notes Charley Young’s pledge to provide official interpretation of the event and its hospitality, hinting at regional differences and the hope clambakes become better understood by readers.
The excerpt questions Dothan's population rise by about 5,000 since the last census and asks when definite plans for a negro hospital unit in Decatur will be announced. It notes Eden becoming prime minister might influence war prevention more than U S neutrality act changes.
The Decatur Cab Company conducts monthly safety meetings to reduce driving hazards. Employees attend sessions where drivers hear speakers on latest safety developments. At the last meeting Judge W. T. Lowe Marvin Rankin and Maryland Casualty Company rep Harris spoke. Next month more speakers are planned.
Grover Hall, editor of The Montgomery Advertiser and state personnel board member, says the personnel department did not fire or hire beyond a few staff for its own team. He mocks critics, notes civil service innocence, and warns of potential consequences for board members and associates as political pressure mounts.
Washington reports a mock war in outer Mongolia with about 40 000 Russian and Japanese troops on each side. Both sides have infantry cavalry artillery tanks and planes but no further reinforcements expected. Analysts question the claimed plane losses and note political jockeying over Hatch bill and Garner candidacy in congressional cloakrooms.
The excerpt notes Taft Townsend and other Republican senators wielding influence in the Senate Banking Committee to prune the spending bill despite minority status. Johnson Borah lead opposition to the arms embargo repeal, while a small, unusually united GOP bloc in both chambers pushes to trim major Democratic real bills as passage remains uneven.
The dies committee plans new exposures and may publish contributor names. Investigators say profits have shrunk after recent probes. A New Jersey Bund camp once drawing 10,000 on Sundays now attracts about 1,000.
Exercise improves heart rate, digestion, and circulation and raises blood pressure briefly before normalization. It enhances appetite, digestion, and elimination via increased circulation and respiration while strengthening muscles and promoting endurance.
A humorous monologue on effort and luck, noting blessings require gumption and hard work. It features playful exchanges about family roles and careers, ending with a wry line on footprints in time being likely erased.
A number of matured cotton bolls were found today on the M. C. Lee farm eleven miles from here near Shoal Creek church. The wet weather will delay picking, Mr. Lee said.
In Wilson North Carolina Ernest Lucas reports his dog Jilly is helping curb the canine population. Last December she produced a litter of 14 puppies adding to the count and proving a busy year for the household.
The editor lists seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets priced at ten cents each. To obtain one, readers should mail ten cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this. Titles include Three Weeks Upset Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
A brief passage notes acknowledgment by the gang following a central figure as they close in. The text implies organized pursuit and collective behavior guiding the group toward the trailing leader.
A starry night romance ends with a fading kiss and a vow to remember. The page also includes brief social tidbits from Lyla Myers George and others, plus quirky lines about library interest and clean sport. The closing remark notes the difficulty of deciding what not to print in news.
The sermon states that true loyalty centers on Jesus Christ. When Christ comes first, family college and country benefit, and even in conflicts with lower loyalties the higher loyalty endures. It urges Christians to honor Jesus despite costs.
Senate opens debate on the president's lending program at noon EST. Labor committee hears CIO protests against Wagner Act revision at 10 a.m. Senate-House committee seeks to adjust differences on social security amendments at 10 a.m. House considers minor bills and resumes debate on the railroad bill at 12 p.m. Banking committee resumes hearings on lending at 10:30 a.m. Rules committee considers housing bill at 10:30 a.m.
George Raft shares playful anecdotes and trivia about Hollywood stars and film culture. The column covers kissing on set, types of cinema lovers, costume design nicknames, studio quirks, Hays Office rules, and surprising facts about actors like Bette Davis Jimmy Cagney and Gene Autry with humorous asides on prop materials and on set practices.
The first Hollywood preview shown Thomas H Ince's Custers Fight with Francis Ford in October 1911 at the Oli Hymer Theatre Venice Calif drew attendees Leo Bernhardt Jim Jeffries Nat Goodwin and Ruth Roland. The first newsreel stunt featured a parachute jump from the Statue of Liberty by Rodman Law. James J Car weight champ signed to a ???. The gown worn in Each Dawn I Die and Old Maid marked a first in film attire.
A snapshot notes moviegoing vastness with 15 million nightly attendees and 25 cent American cinema share, while Hollywood earmarks profits. It cites Harold Lloyd wealth, Central Casting extras, average chorus height shifts, and the costly scale of musical numbers, alongside audience demographics and theoretical viewing duration.
A snapshot of film industry trivia noting elephants as high earners on set, directors requiring tall actors for romantic scenes, daisies as top flowers in pictures, and lamps and dressing rooms fixed in place. It also mentions wind doubles, Alberto Valento at Fox, censorship fines, bizarre sound effects, Texas in titles, Paris and Hollywood as title magnets, and eating habits of actors versus writers.
The message notes that fan mail peaks in July and August since children are on vacation. It also explains that the chief electrician on a movie set is called the best boy. It adds that issues on Massachusetts screens run half as long on Sundays as on weekdays.
In Seminole Oklahoma on July 24 attorney James Pipkin owned two goats. One goat gnawed the horse’s tail and was given away to a passerby leaving Pipkin with one goat. The horse distrusted the remaining goat and Pipkin ended up with none.
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