Decatur Daily notes on aluminum drive and local concerns
The Decatur Daily discusses a slow aluminum drive and urges residents to boost Decatur’s share. It reports on daylight saving adjustments, local opinions on jobs, and praising regional leaders like Dr. George R. Lang. The item notes national venereal disease efforts and reflects Alabama’s growth prospects and resource use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Lang
Baker
University of Ala
Decatur
Varis
T.hat
Huntsville Seen as Center of War Arsenal Why
A news magazine spotlights Huntsville and Madison County as a major wartime arsenal hub. It highlights the area’s defense plants, the planned boom for Marshall County, and the broader impact on local industry and employment.
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Alabama
Huntsville
Madison County
Walfare
Marshall
Decatur's Greatest Need A Call For More Homes
The Daily argues Decatur must increase housing to support growth from Valley development. It asserts factories and agriculture won’t unlock growth without sufficient homes for residents and asks readers if they agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
the Daily
TVA Defends Power Program Credit By Senator Norris
The Daily lauds Senator Norris for crediting the TVA with saving England and preventing a severe aluminum shortage that would have harmed U.S. plane production. It argues TVA's timely power deliveries benefited national defense and industry.
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TVA
Norris
England
World in an awful mess headline shocks readers
The Clearfield Progress editor, after juggling headlines on eight or ten international stories, scrap them all and run a five column 72 point page one headline World in an awful mess. He notes the editor’s struggle and invites readers to propose a better headline. The piece highlights newsroom pressure since the new war started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Associated Press
Governor Increases Alabama Highway Patrol After Defense Growth
The Daily notes Governor Dixon moved quickly to boost highway patrol strength in North Alabama to handle defense industry expansion. Additional patrolmen will be stationed at Decatur Huntsville Ozark and Dothan with 25 to 30 new recruits joining soon to train.
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Alabamians
Dixon
North Alabama
Decatur
Huntsville
Ozark
Dotn
Japan moves into Indo China seen as Nazi plot, staff says
Washington July diplomats assess the Japanese seizure of Indo China as a calculated move to extend Asiatic domination. Tokyo may seek consolidation rather than direct major battles, avoiding risk while waiting for weaker Soviet defenses and potential next opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indo-China
Vichy
Mr. Roosevelt
Tokyo
Japa
Arep
Russia’s Pocketed Defense Amid War Propaganda Notes
The piece discusses misleading radio optimism about Nazi advances while a map shows three large Soviet pockets near Luga Smolensk and Kiev, surrounded yet supplied. It notes Stalin remaining in Moscow, partial government moves east, and cautions against rosy reporting as propaganda.
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Hitler
Luga
Leningrad
Smolensk
Moscow
Kiev
Red City
Stalin
Child Attacked By Ape At Zoo Sparks Rescue
In Fort Lauderdale Florida a five year old girl Noann Rich reached near a cage to feed popcorn and an ape grabbed her dress. She then rescued a swan from an attacking bird and wandered away before parents alerted police.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Noann Rich
Noann
WPA Drives Venereal Disease Fight In Defense Areas
With a working fund exceeding 5 million dollars the WPA begins a campaign to combat venereal disease in military and defense industry districts. The effort, sponsored by the U S Public Health Service, will fund clinics and aid local health authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
United State Public Health Service
Correct Diagnosis of Vacation Ailments Is Highly Important
Camp directors should recognize the dangers of early exertion and coarse food in boys on summer camps and seek prompt medical evaluation for bellyaches. Do not dismiss complaints as homesickness or mockery, and avoid giving laxatives before proper examination. Temperature checks and caution are advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman B. Rice
Indiana
Diet advice for a teen male underweight patient
A 15 year old weighing 105 pounds seeks guidance. The physician notes height unknown but unlikely underweight at 16. If no tuberculosis or diabetes, he can wait five years without worry. Recommendation is to increase food intake and try a vacation diet for underweights.
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A. B
Dr Clendening Offers Seven Health Pamphlets for Readers
The editor notes Dr Clendening provides seven pamphlets at ten cents each. To obtain one, readers should mail ten cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of the paper. Titles include dieting, indigestion, reducing and gaining, infant feeding, diabetes treatment, feminine hygiene and hair skin care.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Office Cat and the Hidebound Minds
A miniature editorial rambles on overheated office chatter and stubborn prejudice. It contrasts flexible progress with hidebound minds and urges ignoring opposition to push ahead with needed changes.
What a Man and a Sun Tan Lesson
A humorous verse warns of sunburn after trying to impress with a suntan. It ends with a cautionary twist about vanity and pain. The piece notes Walter White of the Los Angeles Children’s Home Society promoting a Sunday broadcast on illegitimacy stigma and ends with a classroom exchange about knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Children’s Home Society
Los Angeles
Persistence Advice From a Stone Cutter
The passage urges perseverance when repeated efforts fail. It compares steady hammering to eventual success, noting a rock may crack and split only after many blows. The message encourages not quitting, continuing determined action despite lack of immediate results.
Household humor and busybody chatter in parlor exchange
A wry dialogue sketches social pretenses and household chores as a group of characters comment on fashion, lawn care, and a maid’s surprise visitors. The banter touches on manners, curiosities, and small domestic observations with punchy one liners.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Dish on London Gossip 1941
Walter Winchell reports on Broadway society and political rumors from 1941 including Harry Hopkins London plans and possible affairs. The column names Violet Cripps and Lady Anne ONeill, mentions Sally Sears Barclay Warburton III and Teddy Powell, with lighter notes on Bette Davis and Jane Withers.
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Harry Hopkins
London
Anne O'Neill
Violet Cripps
No Foreign War Committee
Hig-Head
Frickson-Untermeyer
Abbey-Guinan
Renover
Barney Rosses
Sally Sears
Boston
Park Avenue
Barclay Harding Warburton III
W. K. Vanderbilts
Band-Fuehrer
Teddy Powell
Marguerite James
Lindbergh
Mexico
Tex Reiber
Sam's
Books and gossip trace Red Decade and Hollywood moves
Eugene Lyons’s American Mercury announces The Red Decade due August 28 name dropping Commmies in theatre film and literature. Celebrity notes cover Chaplin King Russell Judy Canova Mayors Bellamy Bryant actors McCloy Mae Murray and others with rumors of elopements contracts and new projects.
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Mercury
Eugene Lyons
Bobbs-Merrill
U. S
Littee Fields
Dr. Chaplin
Jean King
Midtown
Hitler
Jane Russell
Howard Hughes
Judy Canova
Honolulu
Frank Chapman
Doctors Hosp
All’s
Ralph Bellamys
Goebbels
Verloren
Farley Syndicate Fights For NY Yanks After Slim Reversals
The Jim Farley syndicate, once deemed out, has broken attendance records in baseball over ten days and now seems unbuyable. A barroom squabble at Dinty Moore's saw Old Jim break it up, while Milton Douglas wed a Gothamoiselle widow a month ago. Prince Serg Obolensky’s new crush is model Shirley Ellis and Tommy Tucker’s recording stirs talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Farley
N. Y. Yanks
Dinty Moore
Jim
Thrush Milton Douglas
Warners Back Eddie Cantor Show Banjo Eyes
Warners will support Eddie Cantor's program Banjo Eyes though his last show dates back thirteen years. Cleveland Amory, ex Harvard Crimson editor and contributor to the Sateve Post and Atlantic Monthly, serves as an Intelligence man at the War Department. He plans to wed Cora Craddock at Lynchburg Virginia on September 14. Ted McMichael of the Merry Macs promotes the same ditty with horned car alerts. Ann Schrafft, candy heiress, shares news with friends. Town elephants reportedly see pink Frank Bucks.
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Warners
Eddie Cantor
Banjo
Cleveland Amory
Harvard Crimson
Satevepost
Atlantic Monthly
Cora Craddock
Lynchburg
Ted McMichael
The
Merry Macs
Ann Schrafft
Army seeks 14500 volunteers for Alabama air warning
The U S Army through the State Defense Council called for about 14 500 volunteers to man 710 aircraft warning stations set to begin by the end of August in Alabama. Stations lie every six miles with 20 crew per post and observers within 15 seconds of a telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Army
State Defense Council
Alabama
Richard Gimbel
O. H. Kyster
Ppt
Joe Dickerson
Frank M. Dixon
Kyster
Tampa
Fla
England
Army
Gimble
Police chief disgruntled as city jail funds vanish
Santa Monica police report $5500 disappeared from the department safe over the weekend. The money was placed there by a department store, and investigators pursue the theft amid embarrassment caused by the loss. George Webb, brother of Chief C E Webb, is noted in relation to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
C. E. Webb
George Webb
Government Non-School Employment Tops Two Million in 1941
Census estimates show state and local governments employed over two million nonschool workers in January 1941. Monthly payrolls for nonschool employees reached about $198 million.
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France
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Walter Winchell
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Daly Mirror
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Rochester
Charlie Ansley
Lunt
Fontanne
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Australia
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Marian Miller
Queen
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Irving T
Wall Street
Jane Withers
Stork
Bridgeport
Ward Morehouse
Louise Stanley
Errol Flynns
Lili Damita
Baron Empain
Juan Les Pins
Cannes
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Larry Clinton
Bobby Warren
Lullaby Lane
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