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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
4
The King and Queen will attend the New York world fair, with royal visits drawing praise and some unease. A Birmingham ruling limited cigarette tax issues by ruling out interstate commerce for out of state orders, keeping both state and city levies in effect.
The column blends a Bible verse from Psalms with political commentary on a potential third term, Garner and Jones in Birmingham, airport plans for Decatur, and Tug-of-war over the Tombigbee canal. It cites air show attendance, tobacco tax petitions, and school funding worries, plus a note on sports satire and Vanderbilt Alabama history.
The city of Montgomery outlines a new plan to refund its bonded debt. Officials urge Alabama municipalities and counties to adopt sinking funds to reduce interest costs and eliminate wasteful debt service.
A June spending plan reshapes appropriations starting July 1, reducing consumer goods funding by about 335 million annually while increasing heavy goods by roughly 245 million. The move, explained by Howes, realigns support toward durable goods and defense but keeps the New Deal focus on consumer products as voiced by Roosevelt.
Analysis shows broad, unproven estimates of money flow across 1940 appropriations. Only WPA and PWA have definite figures. Navy and Interior rely on educated guesses. Totals cover $8.33 billion of 1940 allocations, with potential to exceed $10 billion across two years.
The report outlines relief and defense spending, noting 86 percent of WPA funds go to consumer goods, 11 percent to materials, 3 percent admin. It flags a likely $600 million deficiency for WPA, reduced monthly disbursements, and remaining old appropriations. PWA plans shift with peak activity in mid year. defense pays heavy labor share with 85 percent of battle ships cost in labor.
Walter Winchell reports on April in Paris at Leon & Eddie's and Milton Berle misfires. Irving Caesar jokes about his songs and art shows attract elites. Joe Kennedy writes Wagner book. Rothschild family gossip and tax moves surface. Simmering rumors of a theatre closure and international issues ripple through New York society.
Newsweek reports Adolf Goebbels divorce from Magda Goebbels ends with custody to Magda. Court decree requires six months per year in Germany and limited public appearances with Goebbels amid tabloid focus on the couple. Erna Andersen and ice show slot noted for entertainment contrast.
The New York Eyepost fashion feature quotes Dorothy Parker expressing frustration over her name being attached to unuttered cracks. She questions the biographer Winchell and scorns the idea of printed lines about it.
The navy pay and subsistence are set at 211 million dollars while arms and munitions total 78 million. Naval aviation costs 83 million. Agriculture sees large farmer payments as the main consumer outlay, with smaller sums for road construction and farm equipment loans through the department.
The Nation speculates playfully about Fritz Kohn noting that if he loses in U S courts in the present Berlin context the Berlin Ratzis may disown him and reveal his name is Kohn.
Adelaide Moffett, the thrush from the Monte Carlo, ankled into Club 18 wearing a strapless evening gown. Frank Hyers heckled and asked if sabotage occurred as Harriet Brent heats the crowd at The Hungaria with her economics-teacher past. The Fair's Brazilian Pavilion draws attention while the McAlpin Hotel seeks to avoid rent hikes during fair visits. Sister Tharpe's Cotton Club spirituals entice crowds no matter the weariness.
The piece sketches the distance between public figures and crowds as they ride past in city pages. Eddy Duchin mentions a drink called Stewball while George Givot opens with a quip about remembering. Street Scenes notes Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Pershing with Sgt. Mike Donaldson, a World War hero, in a 1950s snapshot.
Doris Free son hints at a favorite American columnist and mentions Damon Runyon whose London columns are the talk of the town. The note wonders why his identity is secret and references a Washington parade and Sidney Howard as well as Carl Van Dor.
Harry Ferguson reports for U P that New Jersey spent 1 250 000 to capture and convict Bruno Richard Hauptmann and executed him with a pennyworth of electricity. Harry Gross in the Herald Tribune lauds America’s polo victory with a playful line about Yankee Doodle in Meadow Brook.
In Wilson North Carolina on June 9 a club president A W Fleming urged newspapers to explain the absence of fanfare at the formal opening of the new baseball park. He asked for clarity about the term fanfare and its use in the event coverage.
Dr Logan Clendening discusses styes in two forms external and internal. External styes are infections of Zeis glands at eyelash bases forming small abscesses with redness and swelling. Internal styes affect sebaceous glands inside the eyelid causing longer, more painful inflammation. General health and debility influence both forms. refractive errors and eye rubbing may raise risk. treatment includes local care after a head forms and general measures such as vaccines and tinted glasses for light sensitivity.
Dr C L Murphree health officer returns from Gadsden where he attended the Alabama Medical Association meeting. Mrs Rayburn Neville and two daughters of Trinity visit Memphis relatives. W F Boswell returns from Asheville N C. Miss Frances Lyle returns to Trinity after visiting relatives. Miss Ernestine Kinsolving returns from Vanderbilt University for the summer.
Readers speculate about a public attendance policy claiming no admittance fee for the forthcoming game. Local officials have not issued any formal statement confirming such a change.
The article states that occasional cloudy urine is usually harmless and due to cooling, causing phosphate precipitation. It reassures readers that phosphates are normal in urine and suggests no doctor visit is needed unless symptoms persist or worsen.
The answer attributes odor to poor cleanliness. Regular washing with soap and water twice daily and rotating two pairs of shoes usually cures the condition. If necessary, soak feet in a formaldehyde solution before bed, using one teaspoonful per quart of water, to aid recovery.
The reply approves using lemon juice in water before breakfast as a remedy but doubts it can cure rheumatism. It suggests that even if effective it would not eliminate rheumatism entirely.
Seven Dr Clendening pamphlets are available for 10 cents each. To obtain any pamphlet send 10 cents in coin and a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. 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.
A baby girl named Alice Frances Foote was born June 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Foote. The family greets the arrival in Morgan County Cedar Creek as relatives gather nearby. Huntsville visitors Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods stay with Mrs. F. B. Holmes’ parents. Floyd Howell travels to Nashville for work, while Woodrow Holmes visits from Hartselle. Elton Howell and Edward visit Herman Burns. W. O. Simmons attend Hartsville for granddaughter Sherry Gale West’s illness in Athens.
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