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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1941
Page
4
Fourth of July plans and civic appeals gain momentum
Local notes urge raising funds for USC appeals, boosting Fourth of July festivities to attract visitors to Decatur. Articles praise civilian defense plans, labor and political debates, and public sentiment turning against disruption while wartime efforts shift into high gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Not Far Away War Threat Looms Over Labor Polity
The editorial argues the United States must prepare for full war mobilization or risk Hitler triumph, noting Congress and labor appear slow to act while defense strains on the Pacific Coast prompt calls to clean house within labor leadership and curb corruption across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of the United States
Keynes views on inflation in U S spending policy
Washington reports that economist John Maynard Keynes believes price inflation is inevitable and critiques U S policy. He cites three points: curb installment buying, accelerate government bond sales, and enact faster, deeper tax rises. He notes inflation here reflects price increases rather than monetary expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Maynard Keynes
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Keyhes
U. S
Britain
Nazis suspected near Greenland threaten Atlantic patrols
The text reports evidence of concentrated German submarine activity south of Greenland and possible bases for hit and run operations. It notes limited detection, potential supply links from Germany, and mentions Ambassador Winant and Hess in Britain. It also references German activity in Spain toward Gibraltar with workers and expanded consulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
Spain
Gibraltar
Love and War Seeks Separation Over German Broadcasts
Stella Peters sues for separation from Herbert Peters asserting distress from his imitation of Hitler at parties and nightly wake up calls to hear German short wave broadcasts. The case notes her French descent and Herbert's German birth with a court reserve on decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adolf Hitler
Stella Peters
Herbert
Thorne’s hole-in-one spoiled by distracted groundsman
In Portland on June 11 Mrs. Nettie Thorne scored a hole-in-one but the groundskeeper cut a new hole and removed the flag from the original as the ball rolled in. The miscue left her alleged ace uncounted and left bystanders amused at the timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Nettie Thorne
Local Figures Preview a Plan Amid Turbulent Times
The text mentions the Murrays the Brophys and the Prankensteens as key actors. It hints at tension and a battle to steer events away from a destructive path that overwhelmed others who were unprepared. Specific outcomes or dates are not provided.
Spotted Fever Perils From Wood-Ticks in PA and NY
Medical note discusses Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in Pennsylvania and New York, tick transmission, and the role of animal hosts. It describes outbreak timing, incubation, symptoms, tick bite dangers, and prevention including vaccination and tick removal guidance for adults and children.
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Rocky Mountain
Pennsylvania
New York State
Rocky Mountain Region
Texas
Pacific Ocean
California
Canada
Treasure of the mind outshines buried riches in a call to imagination
The piece recalls SAS Charles B. Driscoll offering prizes for letters about buried or sunken treasure, noting thousands answered. It argues true riches lie in ideas from geniuses and everyday ingenuity, urging Dig for treasure in your own mind and share mental wealth with the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Driscoll
Captain Kidd
Henry Ford
Medical Q and A on fistula eye wear and benzedrine
A reader asks what causes fistula and if it turns to cancer. answers say fistulas arise from infection and rectal fistulas are curable by local anesthesia, not cancer. Another reader asks about sun glasses with polarized lenses. response notes they resist breakage and can be custom fitted. A third asks if benzedrine sulfate tablets harm the heart or nerves. answer warns they are dangerous and affect heart, blood pressure, and nervous system. Editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each by mail.
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Congress
New York Stock Exchange
Charles Evans Shughes
Jay Gould
Wilie Bioff
B. K
Clendening
Logan Clendening
A Soldier's Soliloquy on Cash and Vices
A fragmentary verse expresses a soldier’s wish for cash to buy beer and cigarettes, trading debt for simple pleasures. The speaker imagines spending the money to gain happiness for another year, reflecting wartime scarcity and personal craving.
Rocking Chairs and Hushed Kitchen Days
A nostalgic lyric recalls kitchens with rocking chairs and a child’s stool beside the rocker. The poem recalls illness soothed by a mother’s lap and songs, contrasts small past kitchens with modern ones, and expresses hope for roomier days and calmer, fuller lives.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Trade Mark Registered
New York Newsreel sketches the city’s bustle from Bull's Head Auction Co to Madison Avenue finance, detailing iconic Broadway corners and street life with vintage 1930s images and satirical vignettes of modern temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Daly Mirra
New York
Bull's Head Auction Company
Temple of Finance
Madison Avenue
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Nu Street
Fifth Avenue
98Th Street
Cals
Wilson Electrick
Night patrols and city riders in a Riverside scene
The text sketches night ice radio cars patrolling Riverside Drive and cops with headlights on lovers. A mounted officer peers over a bookie’s shoulder near 50th and Broadway as a racing form is examined. Jitterbuggers, Garden, and Summer Garden moments show staff and patrons in a city night tableau.
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Riverside Drive
50Th and
Broadway
Madison
Vignettes on City Streets and Summer Hopes
The passage sketches urban scenes on West 48th Street with bargain window ads and taunting street crowds outside a busy Eighth Street venue. It notes Forbidden City club promotions, summer-stock hopefuls on 44th Street, and casual social rituals on the Columbia Library steps. A playful kid craft turns to a chalk target marked Crete.
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West 48Th Street
Eighth Street
Forbidden City
44Th Street
Waleen
Columbia Library
Crete
Gossiping Streets and Window Figures at 45th Street
A NYC slice sketches everyday life from Amsterdam Avenue barber shops with a female barber to male manicurists. It notes debs with arched eyebrows, pocket combs at ringside tables, life-size Melvyn Douglas and Merle Oberon figures in a 45th Street window, an insomnia shop, an elderly bench pair, and street kids outside Yankee Stadium shouting to DiMaggio asking for a hit tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam Avenue
Ella
Debs
Melvyn Douglas
Merle Oberon
45Th Street
Park Bench
Yankee Stadium
DiMaggio
Joe
End of the World Promised by Riverside Dr Shout
At night on Riverside Drive a small group shouts Extra Extra, sounding apocalyptic as morning traffic crawls along the express along the river. A soldier stands at the George Washington Bridge entrance offering military protection to those heading toward Fort Dix. A Park Avenue doorman shelters others beneath an umbrella while his assistant helps. A stray line of a gal sun- ends the fragment.
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Riverside Drive
Westchester
George Washington Bridge
Fort Dix
Park Avenue
70Th Street
Hartfords occupy 110 room High Tor estate amid service
The Hartfords reside in a vast 110 room house near High Tor with only a handful of servants. Similar mausoleums could serve as barracks, while Adolph Zukor pays a $2 golf green fee at New City. The piece mocks sensational reporting and journalism fakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Tor
Adolph Zukor
New City
Columbia School of Journalism
The Clever Stocking Ad and Broadway Street Life
A vivid slice of New York street life with a clever stocking ad and a late afternoon ferry from Governors Island. It notes Johnny Broderick the Broadway constable turning down coin to endorse perfume, the blind beggar on Broadway, and Louise King replacing Bea Wain on The Hit Parade as a stranger in the city seeking dates.
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Governors Island
42Nd Street
Johnny Broderick
Broadway
Pretty
Bronde Louise King
Bea Wain
New York
Chaos on Times Square Roof As Two Suspects Are Caught
A morning chase near 41st Street and 8th Avenue ends with two suspects collared after a subway pursuit. One of the bullets wounds a charwoman on 42nd Street. bystanders and barkers report raucous scenes around Borelesk theaters and nearby shops.
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Borelesk
3Rd Avenue
49Th Street
Tra
Bar Mart
45Th
41St
42Nd Street
Broadway
Want Ads Invite Easy Profits for Readers
An upbeat note encourages readers to use Want Ads to grow profits with simple, accessible listings. The brief promotes affordability and ease of use for personal and small business ads.
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