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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
4
A miscellany highlights Fourth of July plans in Decatur and Muscled Shoals, aviation training in Tuscaloosa, a Nashville lake project for Marine Park, and political commentary on Roosevelt court appointments. It notes a Tennessee Valley Horse Show, ROTC graduates awaiting service, and salients on the Robin Moor sinking and prewar U.S. aid patterns.
The Wheeler Lake Yacht Club and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announce a joint Fourth of July celebration in the Valley. Plans include city decorations a grand parade a band contest Alabama and Tennessee talent and speedboat races on the Tennessee River in the afternoon. Citizens are urged to invite friends and plan to stay for the full day of entertainment.
An editorial argues Nazi aggression in sinking the Robin Moor and urges preparedness. It asserts the United States must fight to defend its rights, build defense industries, and endorse convoying and allied air and sea power to halt German domination.
Washington reports friction as the move to reorganize national production through industry committees expands. Fuller and Bunker push for new panels including copper brass aluminum ferro manganese and textiles while anti trust and political cross currents threaten the plan. Roosevelt officials and business leaders weigh the impact on control, pricing patterns, and defense spending amid broader wartime policy.
Washington June 13 Most states in April placed more workers on private jobs than March and cut unemployment compensation. Alabama and Georgia led benefit decreases while Florida showed an increase. Job placements jumped in Alabama Georgia and South Carolina with double digit gains though Florida also rose.
A night crash at Lovell Field Chattanooga killed Corporal W. L. Henley and injured two others. Pilot Lieutenant H. P. Bacot and Private Butirlia survived the crash from a bomber squadron en route to the Twentieth bombardment group. Flames delayed rescue, corpsmen battled the wreckage hours after the crash.
Montgomery June 13. The state asked that prison industries be exempted from an energy conservation program pushed by the Alabama Power Company, citing fears of adverse outcomes if forced into partial idleness.
The column rejects whiskey as a treatment for black widow bites and snake bites, citing circulation stimulation and poison spread. It cites Dr. Hodges advising local antiseptics, sedatives for cramps, magnesium sulfate as antidote, and hot baths. Other items cover dyspepsia diets and miscellaneous humorous Qs and jokes.
A sign in the lobby of The Theatre in Marto Angeles California notes passage phrases from scripture and hints at a prized specimen, a very rare chimpanzee with only two in the country one at the national museum and the other. The curio is referenced amid historic passages about passing.
Readers may obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets by sending 10 cents per pamphlet 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 passenger on No. 204 chats with a porter as the trio recounts a leave overshare. The scene blends wartime slang, a bride hopeful, and mentions Massachusetts Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky’s status as commonwealths while Louisiana uses parishes.
A Decatur man debates nerve and luck in love as a wedding conversation unfolds. A companion notes the scene as they discuss a bride who adores her husband.
Mountain Climber says a rope tied around the waist saved his life more than once. Listener asks about being left hanging and nervous moments. Climber replies he is not nervous, just highly strung.
The column critiques widowly attacks over Walter Winchells Broadway piece and cites documentary evidence of a senator's dealings with Nazi agents. It references Pearson Allen Nationally circulated magazines, Attorney General Jackson, G-Man Hoover, and the book The Trojan Horse in America.
A former Hitler intimates says the dictator had a secret 50 acre retreat near Bogota Colombia. The estate reportedly has a two mile front gate to a flat above ground main house and a five story underground pantry with two years of food. An aide allegedly inspects the site every two months.
A U S mother asks for souvenirs from her son serving in Norway. She replies she wants the eyes of Adolf Hitler. A month later a package arrives containing two eyes and a card reading you will recognize the eyes of your son.
The piece cites Charles Scully recalling a debate with Heywood about how to describe attendance at a big game. The journalist argues against using a generic large crowd phrase when AP reported a slightly lower figure. Brazen quip from Fatty Arbuckle in stands is noted as humorous aside.
Coleman Jacoby accuses Reader's Digest and Uncle Walter's Dog House of miscrediting a line. He says the original phrase was He drinks to forget that she drove him to it and that Pirates rewrote it for August 1989 Sounds in the Night.
Showfolks at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope Pennsylvania hire Katherine Squires and Grace Coppin for Ladies in Retirement. They discover Coppin is married to Byron McGrath of the troupe and Squires was formerly his wife creating a personal stake in the cast.
A Times Square ticket item notes Fritz Lang in nightlife scenes over a frozen old-fashioned. The brief mentions other showbiz and social gossip about cabarets, diaries, and notable figures amid a bustling entertainment gossip column.
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