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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1941
Page
4
The piece discusses wartime labor draft ideas and state Alabama industry growth. It notes new industries in May and warns of economic safety. It invites building homes in Decatur ahead of Fourth of July plans and urges support for crippled children clinics.
John Temple Graves of the Age-Herald argues for completing the Huntsville to Birmingham highway. He notes Alabama counties along U S 31 rely on its financial and commercial importance and criticizes Birmingham interests for their handling of the route. He asserts U S 31 remains the state’s top commercial corridor.
Columnist Paul Mailon doubts current German Soviet tensions are genuine and suggests the flare up may be American propaganda. The piece notes Reds disrupting defense efforts and hints a break between Reds and Nazis could harm American anti-communist action benefiting Hitler and his plans.
The Nashville Tennessean notes heavy Allied raids on the Ruhr and other industrial regions. It says American airpower expands range and impact, crippling factories and rail yards as British pilots report a growing threat to Nazi industrial power and morale.
Washington reports criticize the Dies Committee and the Roosevelt administration over use of the Labor Mediation Board to pressure unions and manage strikes. The piece highlights subpoenas, past records, and internal disagreements among Perkins Hillman Dykstra and Murray as it discusses goals for defense production and purge concerns.
All Souls Universalist church in Brooklyn plans a fall repaint funded by a parish gamble. Pastor Rev. Cornelius Greenway distributed $325 among members and urged investment with proceeds to be returned in September. A father and son bet on the Dodgers winning the pennant, joining others in the scheme.
Popular interest in vitamins grows as Dr. Clendening explains that vitamins exist in ordinary diets and are found in fresh foods and skins of fruits grains and vegetables. He notes modern preserved foods can reduce vitamin intake and highlights Vitamin C for infants and the role of vitamins in maintaining health. He promises to review other vitamins in detail tomorrow.
In Boonville Missouri on June 17 deputy A W Tally struck out a prisoner with one pitch as the man broke from custody in the county jail. Tally grabbed a cell lock, wound up, and the prisoner was struck behind the left ear and knocked unconscious.
Breakfast includes fruit cup oatmeal a coddled egg crisp bacon toast butter cream and weak tea or coffee. Dinner features broiled salmon baked potato cauliflower lime jello butter milk and weak tea or coffee. Supper offers corn soup macaroni and mushroom casserole peaches cake bread butter milk and weak tea or coffee.
C. C. asks if white skin that has lost its tanning ability can still produce vitamin D. The answer notes that vitamin D can be generated through sun exposure or artificial light.
The note lists seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening available for 10 cents each. Readers should mail 10 cents per pamphlet with a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Clendening in care of the 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 Hair and Skin.
The Tampa Chamber of Commerce switchboard operator ponders why anyone would seek the sunset time for December 10 of the previous year. Her curiosity grows as she considers how such a detail might be used or interpreted.
A vacation romance led to a quick three day courtship and marriage. At the hotel after the ceremony the bride removed a wig and false teeth, then produced a glass eye and asked her husband if he liked pickled pigs feet. The astonished groom was left speechless by the bizarre display.
A visitor marvels at a popular club member who calmed a crowd during a circus tiger escape by calmly entering the cage and locking himself inside to prevent harm. The incident earns him swift praise as a quick thinker and hero.
A weary writer refuses to stop at 2 AM, racing to rescue a 22 year old heroine from a villain. His wife teases him about the young character as she urges him to sleep. The scene captures a tense late night drafting moment.
A petty argument unfolds between a wife and husband about devotion and rumors of another couple. The wife notes the neighbors' loyalty while the husband denies infidelity and describes a clothing mishap that led to suspicions of drinking.
The essay extols an ideal woman as perfect in form intellect manners and health and asks where she is found The text notes a Pneumonia patient requesting food and a nurse serving a spoonful of rice before a final moment of unclear dialogue
Walter Winchell notes on Broadway style and society whispers. Joe Louis plans a ring exit after summer bouts and enlistment is hinted. Doris Duke and Douglas Bogart draw attention and Count von Luckner denies Nazi raiding reports.
A senator pressured owners of three Montana stations in Butte Bozeman and Helena to drop commentator programs as not in the public interest. The fallout left listeners removed from airwaves while Denver and Salt Lake stations continue to blanket the Northwest, prompting sharp reaction.
Mrs Paul Douglas and Mrs Francis T Hunter travel to Reno this week. Sylvia Sidney’s friends fear she has lost significant weight. Rumors place Lindbergh in talks to film his life story with United Artists and 20th Century Fox. Eddie Neal’s widow steps into a role with Tex McCrary’s New York Defense Committee. Leila Ernst of Pal Joey weighs marriage. Diana Barrymore suffers a heartbreak over a familiar reason. Harry James and Louis Prima are in the gossip mill with rival chatter. Ann Rutherford’s new husband is Skitch Henderson.
A detective attended a party at Hamilton Rice's mansion where a Wall Street bucket shop operator was expected to be seized. The event, held for the Free French, coincided with reports that the man ranked high in Free French councils.
The item sketches fleeting gossip about Mickey Walker losing his Kingston club after a prank, Ralph Thomas wedding plans with Mary Brittain, Cliff Smith facing trouble amid showgirl Merry Connors, Lupe Velez finding love, Barbara Evans touring Hollywood with Reggie Gardiner, June Sittar’s sapphire flash, and the Barberry Room’s recent shakeup from a staff change.
Gertrude Bayne, a Brooklyn social figure known for nights with celebrated men-about-town, recalls her mother’s dialect causing laughter. When Lyle Talbert phones, mamma quips "Lyle Talberg phunned" and she calls Tommy Manville "Tommy Mendel."
Gossip from the era hints at a brewing scandal at Camp Upton involving an unnamed officer with an alleged West Coast criminal record. Reports mention entertainers Ginger Rogers Edward Norris and Ann Sheridan tangentially, plus hospital scares for John Roy and a waiter assault on 52nd Street.
A brief, fragmentary exchange recalls a domestic remark about a daughter’s marriage and the husband’s fear, suggesting tension and social norms in a small town setting through terse spoken lines.
A pithy note urges completing tasks today rather than delaying to tomorrow, echoing a common proverb about postponement.
Americans recall Douglas Chandler the former Balti more newspaperman who broadcast from Germany as Paul Re vere and may have relied on Adolph Lewisohn’s wealth. Raf ael Hakim is punched by Alfred Parker in a nightspot after a offer of ten thousand dollars to drop action. Quentin Reynolds’ brother Don injured in motor crash at Kings County Hosp. Norman Gaynor’s son set to marry Edna Jennings at Nassau. John Cuddy defends himself as a reporter noting Hitler interview ended with cordial lines but he recalls hostility to an American.
In a Peg o' My Heart department note, Senator Overton attacks Westbrook Pegler as deceitful and libelous, calling him a “garbage man of the columnists” and labeling his writings as diseased and distorted. The writer’s name is reportedly altered in a stage version of Louisiana Purchase to avoid controversy.
Limestone county men are urged to visit the Decatur Marine recruiting sergeant at the Athens post office through Friday. Eligibility includes ages 17 to 30, white, single with no dependents, good character and health, with parental consent for under 21. The Marine Corps promotes schools, travel, and rapid advancement for leaders.
A bolt of lightning killed Leonardo Dunn, 12, as relatives and playmates watched. The boy was leaning against a tree near his mobile home about 12 miles from the city when the strike occurred yesterday.
In Geneva Illinois a defense program could speed releases from the State School for Girls as two farm laborers quit for defense jobs. A dozen inmates assumed farm work and earned wages credited as good behavior points toward paroles.
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