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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
4
Feature column excerpt surveys wartime attitudes including anti Japanese sentiment, price control debate, hospital funding forecast, and reflections on Alabama debt. It notes Willkie in Oberlin weighing 1944 nomination prospects, and the South’s pivotal role for Democrats amid national political shifts.
The speaker muses whether the New Deal can endure long enough to become the Old Deal. Congress members may feel relief if a tax plan is enacted, then they face only the question of whether the plan will function effectively.
Governor Sparks weighs increased taxes as Alabama legislature enacts a 10 percent excise on wine and liquor and considers a sales tax hike for old age pensions. He pledged help for better pension plans while balancing public needs and financing across many small levies.
Roosevelt installs James Byrnes as chief executive on domestic war effort with Fred Vinson Marvin Jones and others on a six member superboard. Hopkins retains real authority as Byrnes seeks to streamline policy amid cautious congressional reaction.
Mrs J B Foster announces the arrival of an 8 1 2 pound son named James Taylor at Irwin and Dyer hospital on May 28. Howard Dutton and family hosted Clarence Hill guests. Alton McMillan and Mary Lou Mooney announce a baby girl born May 23 in Panama City. Gussie Naylor moved from Irwin Dyer to Trommer Harris's home. Cecil Hill discharged from St Vincent's Birmingham hospital. Flake Cowan visits husband in sanatorium at Plint. Beulah and Velma Young return home.
The physician explains the anamnesis or history as the patient’s symptom record, past illnesses, and heredity. The medical record includes history, physical and laboratory exams, X rays if indicated, special tests, and the treatment plan. Subdivisions cover statistical data, chief complaint, present and past illnesses, and family history.
A collage of humorous vignettes features a pipe smoking great grandmother and a girl blowing smoke, a minister scolding a drinker near a liquor store, a wry joke about government dependence, and quick snippets about sweater girls, a drunken defendant, and wartime politics in a late era newspaper style.
A fragmented column reports extended family visits including Shelton Cowan in serious condition after a spider bite in Panama City Florida. Others mention trips to Little Rock Birmingham and a Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Smith with relatives and guests.
A collage of aphorisms and dialogues critiques classes like College Professor and Curb while noting war bond zeal. Snippets tease consumer behavior and social norms, pairing humorous exchanges with sharp observations about discipline and modern manners.
Walter Winchell reflects on Broadway’s past charm and the lure of old names, smoky rooms, and Palace crowds. Miscellaneous notes mention a Turkish embassy official over Betty Hudson, Willkie praised, fashion prices, and upcoming shows with Wilbur Evans and the Cristiani Family of horses.
Advisers and American analysts weigh what Churchill should include in his address to Congress. The report hints at Pearl Harbor Day imagery and notes on a Bermuda option amid transfer talks. A House Military Affairs Session quip about yielding by a female Connecticut representative is logged with social notes on Ella Logan and Lord Beaverbrook encounters.
Report notes Senator Nyzi and Joe McWilliams addressing a Chicago gathering. It mentions E Simms Campbells, jockeys Longden and Grohs traveling to Belmon t, and multiple cultural names with varied gossip like Leticia and John Jay descendant claims, plus an ad slogan dispute for Leon Henderson’s radio show.
The Washington Senators emerge as the American League sensation, finally breaking from chronic last place to sit atop the standings. A commentary notes how smoothly a modern Washington organization operates when allowed to function unimpeded, reflecting on postwar planning and warnings from Herbert Hoover about avoiding bubbles of human kindness. An anonymous letters item mocks New Deal floods in the Midwest, framing Heaven as judging the administration while Letters to the Editor claim wide representation of opinions.
A Washington correspondent relates a short Norwegian humor vignette about a town character visiting a Nazi appointed mayor. The man asks what the mayor would do if Germany loses the war and the mayor replies he would simply take off his hat and leave, prompting the hat query about what he would place it on.
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