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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
4
The notice states rights of republication for six dispatches, credits or not credited to this paper, and reserves rights for special patches herein. It is a general publication产权 notice ensuring permission for reprinting latest news materials.
Decatur debates airport river terminal and hotel plans while Alabama prospects, tourism, and farm markets are discussed. Community column cites Nelson road progress, fireworks regulations, and school funding needs amid local business and cultural observations.
After five years of steady rise, 1938 income tax revenue fell eleven percent according to the Commerce Department. It cites declining prices and reduced production, while critics blame taxes and labor laws on business. Congress could remedy or risk further lower returns.
The Alabama State Chamber of Commerce marks its second anniversary this week and highlights its role in promoting industry and marketing Alabama farm products. In 1938 Alabama saw 39 new industries with $10 million in capital and $2 million in plant expansions, aided by the chamber. Buyers from other states are currently being brought in to purchase Alabama cattle described as top quality in the West.
The note contrasts Dothan and Birmingham carnivals and urges public cooperation with the street department. It stresses garbage collection cooperation and the incinerator project as essential for a cleaner, healthier town.
Secretary Harold Ickes hints in Look magazine that Roosevelt may seek a third term, prompting speculation on Ickes own future in the cabinet or the White House. The remark stirs discussion about political ambitions and cabinet loyalties.
The Talladega Daily Home reports the Illinois senate rejected a proposal requiring ten days notice for strikes. The piece questions whether strikes are fun for employers or workers, arguing strikes bring misery and criticizing any view that calls them enjoyable.
The Statesboro Herald profiles A. Mixon known as Boooler who uses about a dozen rubber bands cut in centers to create worm like bait. He ties bundles to the hook and when jigged in water the bands mimic wriggling worms, claiming three years of success catching trout.
The London Times special edition praised the United States as a beacon of freedom and cited it as a debt owed by free nations, drawing astonished reactions from European aristocracy and American observers alike during the royal visit. Grover Hall of the Montgomery Advertiser notes the surprise among Jefferson's heirs and European elites.
Washington reports Tom Corcoran secretly shifted into a suite at the Interior Department to assist Secre tary Ickes and ghostwrite materials for his Sunday statement. The move follows tensions with the Treasury over a new public works program and a broader fight over a potential third term for Roosevelt.
The Garner, Hull, Farley, Wallace and other factions appear inactive to offset Corcoran Ickes backing a Roosevelt third term. Only Ickes has publicly endorsed a third term. Bystanders warn against repeating the Look article and fear overzealous commentary.
An excited Seattle woman phoned the Post-Intelligencer saying she mistook daylight hours and believed it was night at 9 am. Reporters clarified that 9 am is indeed morning and daylight saving can make mornings appear darker.
Logan Clendening summarizes three arthritis types: infectious rheumatoid type with symmetrical joint involvement, degenerative arthritis in middle-aged overweight patients, and gouty arthritis with overweight individuals. Treatment prioritizes diet for gout and weight management, rest and splinting for the first two types, and heat and climate therapy in hot, dry regions like Arizona and New Mexico.
An old friend encounters Woodrow Wilson in England and jokes about being mistaken for a minister. Wilson says he has been treated like one after waiting six months for salary in a prior job. The scene shifts to a fiancé revealing happiness and plans to provide for his wife's welfare. He asks how it happened, darling.
The answer advises standing on bare floor to avoid shocks from brushing, notes that brushing generates harmless magnetic electricity, and recommends changing the patron's psychology by saying This is good for you rather than sorry when a shock occurs.
Readers can obtain seven pamphlets by sending 10 cents for a single copy and a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Logan Clendening in care hnper. Pamphlets include topics such as Three es in Diet Indigestion and Contradiction Infant Feeding and Diabetes care Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The speaker recalls a bright angel who falls for a dull lover, noting a folly in loves and the value of small details. He adds that little things can cause big differences and emphasizes vigilance over minor actions.
A jokey dialogue riffs on marriage and insurance with puns about life and fire insurance. A line from Health Digest notes Lansing Michigan as a notable operation. A quip asks what time it is when the clock strikes 13 and jokes about fixing a clock.
A salesman persuaded Mrs. Coolidge to purchase a large medical reference for family use and she did not inform her husband.
A census taker urges a respondent to give the correct age for unemployment records. The reply mocks the form and requests the age be written illegibly, noting the woman is a spinster aged 43.
A stenographer notes the typewriter bell rings at line ends to cue a powder break. She finds most work engaging when full attention is given to completing the task and maintaining focus.
The column extols the power of scripture describing God’s word as light and lamp guiding souls from darkness, a fire that scorches error, a hammer that breaks stony hearts, and a mirrors revealing spiritual condition, with urging faithfulness and baptism.
A compilation of popular fallacies and debunked beliefs linked to fashion care, literature, critics, cigars, television, Shakespeare, science, and daily habits. It lists claims about stain removal, origin of phrases, critics’ fame, smoking appetite, TV invention, birthmarks, dental decay, fly growth, fasting, Hollywood patriotism, and naps, with brief clarifications.
A roundup of popular myths and corrections covering music charming snakes, earthquake counts, winters, book bindings, olive oil quality, blond hair trends, film box office, and gender in the U S Army. It notes contrary facts and examples for each claim.
A postwar patent records S R Calthorp of Springfield Mass for a streamlined train. The claim notes immediate grant after the Civil War, with emphasis on early engineering ideas from that era.
The notes debunk several myths including Elizabeth's hair, chalk composition, Big Ben nomenclature, Suez Canal origins, ancient canal history, germ nature, and gender communication patterns with concise corrections and context.
The remark claims crying signals weakness in men and cites famous masculine figures who reportedly shed tears, contrasting cultural expectations with examples of public figures known for emotion.
The piece argues that seed in proper soil yields growth and that God’s word, when preached believed and obeyed, produces Christians. It emphasizes that seed equals harvest both in nature and grace and that the word remains constant through the New Testament era to today.
The remarks attributed touch on Jefferson Davis era views on slavery, a claim that Chinese immigrants cannot naturalize unless wartime service, and Carveth Wells comments about the Arctic. The text cites Confederate leader Lee opposing slavery, a claim about Chinese naturalization tied to military service, and Wells recalling extreme Arctic heat and mosquitoes.
The text disputes several widely told notions. It argues dogs do not only get hydrophobia in warm months, claims Siberia resembles the Mid West with minerals forests and agriculture, and corrects the Pocahontas tale stating Matoaka saved Captain Smith and Pocahontas is not her real name.
The note corrects a common misattribution about Washington and entangling alliances while contrasting Jefferson’s stance findings. It also contrasts tea and coffee caffeine content and comments on the label Casanova as a compliment and the historical image of the famous lover.
Mr and Mrs Frank Lyle motored to Florence and were guests over Sunday Fred Bloodworth Jr went to Atlanta for summer school at Emery University Miss Wilma Janet Patterson visits sister in Birmingham Miss Kate Frazier daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Frazier wins Algernon Sydney Sullivan service award at the University of Alabama Harris Broadus visits his mother in Columbia Tenn Sunday Miss Mary Darnell spends Sunday with friends in Birmingham.
In Miami on June 13 a politician demanded special access to the roof top jail elevator and warned the operator he could lose his job. The operator, undisturbed, learned the man was a trusted employee with a year to serve.
Omaha park officials face a $128 monthly meat bill for lions and bears at River View Zoo. Park Commissioner Roy Towl proposes trading some animals for deer and elk to cut feed costs, while smaller animals would eat hay.
June 13 report from Boston notes two Harvard scientists urging infant vaccination to bolster defense against smallpox. They describe immunization as protecting the cradle of humanity and stress early trials as essential to reduce mortality and disease spread.
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