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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
4
The column surveys voting machines in Tuscaloosa Decatur and Cullman, anticipates Truman veto on tax bill with congress likely overruling. It notes rising Alabama education spending and population growth in Decatur, reflects on Henry Wallace’s 1948 campaign views, and recalls Coolidge’s nomination moment.
Unanimous Alabama house vote backs a labor curb bill despite President Truman's position. All but one member favored the compromise measure now headed to the senate, then the White House. The bill balances labor rights with public interest safeguards and aims to preserve both strike and nonstrike rights.
The article urges vigilance as polio season nears and urges readers to follow the health officer's published don’ts to protect children, noting little is known about polio and advising adherence to official guidance.
Pegler debunks a supposed appeal titled American Labor Demands a Jewish Palestine. He argues the declaration is a political smokescreen by a few New York unions led by Joseph Schlossberg James Bielsow Max Zaritsky, not a genuine AFL CIO national stance, and warns unions meddle in non labor politics, citing past actions on drafting and foreign policy.
Ordinance No 454 fixes the grade of Endlam Boulevard from 18th Avenue East to 19th Avenue East in Decatur Alabama. The grade is set per blue prints by City Engineer Carlot h file on record with City Clerk. Adopted June 2 1947 by City Clerk Pettey and Mayor Summer.
A humorous section outlines Catherine the Great as a famous party giver with ten rules for guests. Rules cover rank, demeanor, conversation, games, moderation, gossip, and leaving the room, with penalties including water drinking and poetry recitation. The piece ends noting the six o clock whistle conquers tiredness.
A reader offers a wry note praising a witty hello girl figure, calling out playful gay wisecracks and claiming she has seen through suitors from the start. The message is signed by Mrs. Fred Todd.
A brief item notes a local attempt to sell a new line of sweetened drinks at Upwell in Norfolk was unsuccessful, with drinks put under the counter and pitched to each customer, selling out in a few hours. The snippet includes unrelated vignettes about trains and a chatty classroom exchange.
The page lists across and down crossword clues in mixed phrases with numbers and hints. It includes a cryptogram quote by SENECA and a note about yesterday's puzzle answer and a King Features Syndicate attribution.
A collage of conversational exchanges features a bank teller, a farmer, a tourist, and couples. Moments include parking constraints, a dogwood tree, a church altar, a bark-based ID, a moon crater compared to Rhode Island, and a birthday surprise with anticipation.
Walter Winchell notes a star studded Madison Avenue scene with Mrs Earle escorted by a rookie officer on Park Avenue. Laura Z Hobson limps to the bank amid La Jay Lerner and Marion Bell in bright company. Lucille Ball, Dezi Arnaz, Renee DeMarco, and Runyon Memorial activity attract showfolks while chatter at the Chateaubriand and Riviera venues and Father’s Day gifts spark gossip.
Memos of a Midnighter notes a London stage-door Johnny sending gifts to Oklahoma dollies and orchids, while Jackie Daniels flaunts a 1500 dollar sparkler. Nora Morales headlines Glen Island Casino on July 3, and a few showbiz scoops touch on Cash, spring fashion, and Broadway chatter.
The Fashion Fair at the Garden runs twelve to twenty one with a musical comedy style show produced by Leon Midoff. Front-page items include a councilman allegedly on the take and a charity lemonade event. James Farrell’s letter on Communists Fascists urges reprint, Don Hollenbeck begins CBS press critique, Claude Thornhill’s There’s a Small Hotel, Jean Sablon on CBS, and The Modernaires at the Paramount with Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume.
The New York Mirror profiles Serge Winkler, a copy boy who aims to publish tabloids. He works to learn the business, earns 28.50 weekly, and rides a limousine to a seaplane, while living alone in a three floor Rue de la Park penthouse. His father is president of Press Alliance, owner of a pre war chain of French gazettes.
A columnist details a chaotic rooftop scene in Manhattan with a poker game on a West 50th Street house roof and photographers on hotel terraces. Descriptions include a solarium above a hospital, life rings and portholes, and a high noon woodist gathering on Park Avenue, noting planes flying low over the city.
The column notes Riviera earnings of 196000 in the first three weeks and mentions celebrities like Ida Lupino, Adele Mara, and Lucien A. Jones. It references Frank Carle on NBC, Collier Young reports, and Broadway troupes moving between venues amid brisk showbiz activity. subway crowding and a humorous anecdote close the piece.
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