Decatur Daily reflects on defense, labor, and national news
A 1912–1917 Decatur Daily column surveys labor strikes and defense spending, praises Fourth of July planning, promotes a national defense series, weighs Wilsonian talent, notes Luke Sewell as Alabama's first major league manager, and highlights patriotic drafts and Boys Town training efforts.
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Decatur
Alabama
Ander
University of Alabama
St. Louis Browns
Luke Sewell
Sewell
Cleveland Indians
Busy schedule of events in Decatur and Morgan County
Decatur and Morgan County prepare for a busy period with a Kiwanis Horse Show on June 27, a patriotic celebration with boat races on July 4, and the Alabama Press Association gathering July 19–20. June through July 4 efforts target a $2,500 United Service Organizations quota.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Alabama Press Association
United Service Organiza
South urged to boost power to fuel defense needs
A federal official says the South must raise power production by twenty percent within two years to meet defense requirements. The piece argues industry balance with agriculture will end the region being an economic stepchild and notes the hoped postwar return of private investment, while warning against towns relying solely on defense jobs.
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South
United States
Defense
Aviation Defense and Postwar Prospects Raise Hope
An editorial argues air power will decide victory over Nazi Germany and that the U S will pour billions into plane production. It notes training of British pilots, labor cooperation, and a larger postwar aviation industry with widespread commercial growth.
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Washington
United States
Willkie May Chair Civil Service College Plan
Washington reports a congressman hints at bills for a government service college modeled after West Point. Wendell Willkie could be named chair of the board, with links to a Maryland preparatory school cited as the concept’s home. There is no campaign angle claimed.
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Washington
Oklahoma
West Point
For. T
Wendell Willkie
Civil Service College
Maryland
Willkie
New York
Leland Stanford University
Columbia
Nichols Murray Butler
Johnny's Absence Note Misfires in Truant ploy
A pupil named Johnny skipped school and forged a note from his mother to justify the absence. The attempted excuse claimed Johnny tore his pants, signed as Mrs. Jones, revealing the misrepresentation. The incident highlights the humor and risk in forged parental notes.
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Johnny
Mrs. Jones
Pledge for Young America booklet spreads in Grand Rapids
The Graphic Arts Association of Grand Rapids Michigan has produced a patriotic booklet distributed free to local youth. A colored educational movie shows the booklet’s development and printing. The pledge speaks of passing the torch and meeting future challenges with Americanism.
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Graphic Arts Association of
Grand Rapids
Michigan
America
Summer Exercise Advice From Dr Clendening
The column argues moderate outdoor activity suits most adults over 40, warns against overdoing it, and questions the value of specialized muscle training. It cites Sandow as an example of big muscles not equating to health, advises simple walks and outdoor sports, and notes exercise may not cure constipation or significantly aid weight loss. It also includes reader questions about calluses and a light joke exchange.
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Sandow
Uderneath
We Will Fortify Minds and Build a Strong American Citadel
The text proclaims devotion beyond rights and duties, urging cooperation across divides. It calls for fortifying minds against doubt and propaganda, arming with the sword of truth, and with God’s help, building a citadel to preserve the American Way of Life.
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America
Dialogue Snapshot of a Courtship Exchange
A brief exchange shows a father demanding assurance before approving his daughter's marriage while the suitor promises to provide a receipt. The lines reflect a barter style wedding negotiation.
Car troubles with Edison lights and Firestone tires
A man travels with a car having a failing light and tire. He asks a merchant about lights and tires and receives the replies Edison and Firestone, highlighting brand names in a lighthearted exchange.
Dr Clendening Offers Seven Health Pamphlets For Readers
The editor notes seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening are available at 10 cents each. Send 16 cents for a chosen pamphlet and a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening care of the paper. Pamphlet titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Edison and Firestone in a Car Prank Recalled
A dealer recounts Mr Edison and Mr Firestone being in his car with Henry Ford. Burroughs, sporting white whiskers, leaned from the vehicle and joked to the merchant that he would crown him with a wrench if he claimed to be Santa Claus.
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Mr. Edison
Mr. Firestone
Henry Ford
Mr. Burroughs
Santa Claus
Izzy Ellison
Irving Ellison
An Autobiography of a Day’s Dabbling Failing
A fragmented personal sketch recounts experimenting with horn guitar piano radio building plumbing painting writing and brief dabbling in various arts. The narrator reflects on slipshod effort and finding no lasting success in these hobbies.
Power shortage threat to Alabama defense plants
Alabama Power Company warns that unless drought relief comes soon a general curtailment of electricity use in industrial plants will be required to keep defense industries operating at top speed. Voluntary curtailment has helped but is insufficient for the emergency. Relief hinges on widespread heavy rainfall across Southeastern hydro electric watersheds.
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War Department
Birmingham
Ala
Defense
Alabama Power Company
Carrier pigeon survives train headlight strike in Ohio
A frightened but unharmed carrier pigeon was removed from a shattered headlight of an eastbound Pennsylvania train traveling about 70 mph near Lima Ohio. Trainmen say the bird was likely struck between Fort Wayne Indiana and Lima.
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Lima
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Ind
Portraits and tall tales from Walter Winchell on Broadway
Walter Winchell laments misread headlines and editorials while sharing humorous vignettes from Broadway life. He recalls Lou Gehrig Gene Tierney Oleg Cassini Martha Stephens Kemp Victor Mature and George M Cohan as emblematic figures and notes the era's cultural shifts and wartime rationing.
Jersey fire prompts sabotage claim amid Camp Nordland dispute
The authorites deny sabotage while in Yorkville locals boast the blaze was a response to Camp Nordland's closure. If negligence caused the fire insurers may withhold payment. if sabotage is proven, payout is required. Hoover reportedly addressed agents about such fires.
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Jersey
Yorkville
Nordland
G-Man Hoover
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