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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
4
A collage of briefs and opinions covers labor issues with John L Lewis, dairy breeding plans in Morgan county, tax cut prospects, and traffic light enforcement. The piece also questions Civil War responsibility, atomic policy under Lilienthal, dump location debates, Alabama pride remarks, and the ongoing newsprint shortage affecting U.S. newspapers.
The Decatur Daily notes Henry Wallace could retaliate against Westbrook Pegler after Pegler’s criticism. The piece recalls Wallace’s boomerang metaphor and hints at possible fallout similar to Fay, Bioff, and Durocher cases.
The column warns against treating Hal Boyle as a philosopher of the poor man or any man. It emphasizes his strength as a top reporter who covers diverse topics from playgrounds to hideouts, without claiming a philosophical mantle.
The War Department announced the Medal of Merit for Philip Murray, CIO president, prompting sharp critique of political decorations given to civilians and soldiers during World War II. The column accuses the department of corruption under Stimson and Patterson, cites draft dodgers, and laments the devaluation of honors earned by true service.
The dialogue centers on defining velocity with analogies and examples. Frankie and Jerkie exchange questions and tentative ideas about what velocity means, debating intuition versus formal explanation amid a housing and financial joke about salary and alimony.
A young writer asked a famed editor for frank opinion on a manuscript. After reading, the editor replied with a sharp remark urging her to “put this where your irons are,” implying she drop the work.
In a dialogue Mrs. Moore Why asks about ages and Mrs. Naybor notes that when a woman says she is 35 others remark she does not look that age. The exchange highlights social assumptions about aging and appearance.
A reflective note from Frank Kiernan speaks of a new arrival in the household and his sadness at another mouth to feed. The dialogue features a disappointed candidate and a friend who jokes about voices, ancestry, and family growth with light humor.
A Decatur man reports his wife’s whispering cold that silences her, and the doctor reassures there is no cause for alarm. He notes husbands feel relief as some wives recover quickly while others hope for a few days of the same quiet. A gossiping parlor maid connects the scene to a cobweb and a supposed cause.
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues includes items from 1 to 50 across and 1 to 46 down. The cryptoquote section shows a quotation by OVID and a puzzle by King Features Syndicate. The page also notes yesterday's Cryptoquote: ALL THE AFFAIRS OF MEN ARE HANGING BY A SLENDER THREAD.
Richmond faces a Ward secession threat as the Jefferson Ward Citizens Association calls for Jefferson City independence if a charter change replaces the bicameral mayor system with a unicameral city manager plan. Councilman Emmett E Perkinson says the group will act only if voters approve the November charter measure.
Funeral services were held May 31 at Simcoe church for Minnie C Farmer 44 of Cullman who died May 29 in Cullman hospital. The Rev Geo W Helms conducted with interment in the church cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs Martha Farmer five brothers and four sisters.
A Norfolk newspaper notes a rent advertisement seeking a companion for a wife and uses a playful exchange about seasonal signs. A teacher and small boy dialogue riffs on spring and a quip about sulfur and molasses. A woman writer advises husbands to share chores with their wives.
Walter Winchell surveys postwar America noting the President's Commission warning of a terrifying atomic war possibly by 1955 and urging national wakefulness. He snipes at politicians and media, salutes celebrities amid industry shifts, and calls attention to wartime echoes and economic worries in New York.
A fragment cites a Runyon Cancer Fund benefiting from a Celotex donation of a furnished six room Columbus Circle house plus land nearby. It urges readers in 48 states to send cancer slogans and donations to Columbus Circle New York 19.
A garbled set of notes mentions sun lamp treatments during work hours tied to War Surplus Commission and a Du Pont executive William Landers. Other items reference Abel Green birthday and wedding, Peggy Marlowe education goals, and various celebrity snippets without coherent central event.
Dorthy Blute once captain of the Diamond Horseshoe chorus line works as a camera lass at the Beverly Hills Hotel New York planning 108 conventions this Summer. A bellhop prevented a garment center salesman from leaping from an 18th floor hotel on May 24. The London Daily Mail says Flagstad arrived to have jewelry inspected by customs including rings bracelet watch and ropes of pearls. A political columnist was slugged by a judge the other night for disparaging FDR.
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