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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
4
A compilation of opinion notes cites criticism of press figures and religious attendance, praises free press, and voices wartime sentiment on Nazis and Goebbels. It highlights Jefferson County bond shortfalls, postwar aviation plans in Alabama, and John Sparkman’s Kiwanis talk on the Democratic platform including education aid and civil rights.
The Daily notes Pete Gray a Memphis Chicks outfielder with one arm is garnering attention as several major league clubs show interest in purchasing his contract. The piece compares Gray's effort to a Gallico story and urges owners to give him a chance, arguing a one armed player could boost morale and gate receipts.
A reflective piece sketches an office cat as a symbol of influence in daily routines. It contrasts love and duty behind small morning rituals, breakfast service, and quiet workaday joy or gloom, noting how a single expression can lift or dampen the day.
The article explains perspiration as a growth medium for fungi like tricophyton and microsporon, causing ringworm in moist body areas. It cites Drs. Theodore Cornblec and Esther Meyer and describes how sweat, skin keratin, and drying processes influence fungal growth and prevention measures including antiseptics and a product called Soretone.
A disjointed archival passage depicts characters discussing war, medicine, pie making, and a hanging in China. The excerpt references a Negro man riding a merry go round, a warden’s remark, and a guest waking to an early knock in a Southern hotel with cryptic dialogue and moral commentary.
A medical note asks if heavy alcohol use causes foot disease and answers yes with alcoholic neuritis as the condition.
About half of applications for renewal of B and C ration books are rejected by Southeastern ration boards due to insufficient participation in car sharing pools. Alexander Harris, regional OPA administrator, says some boards fail to enforce the three riders per car rule for home-to-work supplements, though the rule itself remains unchanged.
A broad critique of postwar politics and public complacency. The piece argues that wartime allies and enemies will reemerge in peacetime politics, urging vigilance against subversive groups, partisan rhetoric, and weak leadership while stressing the citizen as the true arbiter of democracy. York notes in England end.
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