War Aid and Labor Strife Stir Public Debate
A reader from Helena, Ark voices outrage at Roosevelt and Ickes over the Lewis strike. He urges harsh action against John L. Lewis and demands government seizure of mining leadership to save the war effort. He criticizes Congress and the Senate for inaction and warns of danger to national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hitler
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
Senate
Congress
United States
South Pacific
War Labor Board
House of Representatives
John
Sheffield
Helena
Ark
Washington
Smith Connally bill debated amid war labor tensions
The piece analyzes the Smith Connally anti strike bill, arguing it delays six months after the war and targets essential war manufacturing. It counters CIO and AFL accusations as unfounded, notes protections for workers and limits on campaign contributions, and suggests the dispute masks broader labor racketeering concerns.
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Washington
CIO
Mr. Murray
A. F. of
Bill Green
Messrs. Murray
Green
Smith-Connally
Labor Conciliation Service
War Labor Board
Conciliation Service
Murray
Labor Board
Thei
Treasury
Lawrence County Red Hill By Jessie McCaghren
Farmers welcome the rain Sunday as they needed it badly. Several from here attended the singing at Speake and reported a good session. Mrs Bob McCaghren and Jessie McCaghren were Decatur shoppers Wednesday. Most housewives are busy fanning. Jim Royer who has been in Bur-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob McCaghren
Jessie McCaghren
Decatur
Jim Royer
Bur
Nail Polish Eczema and Skin Dermatitis Ruminations
Dr. Clendening explains nail polish eczema among housewives, linking it to dermatitis from various cosmetic chemicals including a formaldehyde sulphonamide resin. The piece notes common locations such as around nail beds, fingers, neck, and face and cites patch tests showing resin as a key irritant.
Local Social Notes Highlight Oakville and Decatur Visits
Mingham visits daughter Mrs Floyd Lowery in Oakville. Merline and Wanda Fay McCaghren stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs J T Borden in Austinv ile. Price Hamilton of Five Points visits Mose Owens. Jessie McCaghren stays with cousins I C Aldridge in Decatur. Health of the community remains good. Ellawee Wigley of Mississippi visits Mrs J W McCaghren. Will Reeves and children visit relatives in Johnson Chapel area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingham
Floyd Lowery
Oakville
Little Merline
Wanda Fay McCaghren
J. T. Borden
Austinville
H. B. Way
Bryand Lowery
Moulton
Ellawee Wigley
Ellawee Aldridge
Mississippi
J. W. McCaghren
Will Reeves
Johnson Chapel
Man's Best Friend and a Fire Insurance Twist
A dog story tells of a retriever rescuing a child from a house fire and returning with the casualty as his reward, then reappearing scorched with a punchline about a damp fire insurance policy. A wartime joke follows about prices rising since the war.
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Smith
Rover
Fragmented Courier Dialog Reflects Shipboard Incidents
A garbled dialogue features guards, a doctor, and a sailor about measles on board, while a shipboard abuser hides behind threats and theft of photographs. A December scene shows a wife refusing to evacuate during a fire amid perplexing exchanges and a lost key.
Rationing Talk and Wartime Wit From a 1940s Page
The column captures wartime sentiment with quotes about food rations and civil duties. It features a Decatur resident questioning bee keeping during emergencies, a farmer explaining rationing, and a lawyer critiquing government boards, plus a Nebraska pastor framing religion as a remedy to worry.
Walter Winchell On Broadway Aids Glimpse Of Duos And Dishes
The column lays out a vivid collage from 1944 Broadway life with snippets on Vincent Sheean, Lee Dixon, Ernie Madriguera, Belle Livingston, George Lait, Martha Stewart, Raymond Massey, Betty Grable, Sid Plabter, Alan Ladd, Gaynor, Dor sey, and nightspot scenes. It sketches wartime society chatter, club talk, and showbiz chatter in New York’s theater and hotel scene.
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Vincent Sheean
Lee Dixon
Oklahoma
Ernie Madriguera
Canary
Patricia Gilmore
Belle Livingston
Evelyn Nesbit
BR Gante
INS
George Lait
Leon
Eddie
After He Has Tried With All He Has It’s God’s Turn
A reflective line on leaving outcomes to God after exhaustive effort. A joke section notes the army’s new rifle fires eight times before loading is noticed. A quip about a ship’s optician and a sailor’s duties ends with a pun about scraping the eyes of potatoes.
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Jack
Nér
Miner George Armstrong Killed at Lewisburg Mine
A miner named George Armstrong was killed yesterday in an accident at the Sioss Sheffield Co mine in Lewisburg. The incident occurred while the worker operated at the site, and authorities reported the death following the disaster.
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Birmingham
George Armstrong
Sioss-Sheffield ¢S & Tron Co
Lewisburg
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Ala
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W R. Shelton
Alabama
Associated Press
Romania
General de Gaulle
Bees Crump
House
McKellar
OPA
Memphis Belle
Africa
George
Tokyo
Berlin
Rome
Arkansas
Columbus, Miss
Commercial Dispatch
Supreme Court of the Land
Hill
Bankhead
TVA
Tennessee
Beanor Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Eleanor
Paul Ni
Eiyils
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Lawrence County
Red Hill
USA
Eczema
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Dr. Clendening
J. M
Sally
Junius
Lapland
Japan
Ethel M. Dunham
Decatur Man
Farmer Jones
Brown
Nebraska
Bester
Loyd
Walter Winchell
Don Wahn
George Jessel
Jessel
WAAC
Stork Club
John Bulkeley
Foss
Betty Grable
Ating
Toy
RKO
Hollywood
Alan, Ladd
Gaynor
Mary Astor
Ritz Brothers
Capitol Theatre
Huntington Hartford
Gene Carpénter
Milton” Berley
N. Y
Hoagy Carmichael
Cole Porter
Jeromé Kern
Morton Gould
Frank Sinatra
Taa
Dorsey
New York
Music Hall
Roxy
Winter Garden
Hanson
Kelly Williams
Broadway
Midtown
Southern Baptist Church
Harlem
Manhattan
Paramount
West 43Rd Street
We Ord
Roseland Cashier
Arctic Sadie
55Th Street
S@ha
6Th
Mr. Hitler
Katherine Grayson
MGM É
John Shelton
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Jackie Gleasons
Annte Colby
WAVE
Sophie Tucker
A. Lackey
Mary Roche
St. James
Tropicana
Goldwyn
North Star
57Th Street
Exec
Gloria Swanson
Médicos
Barney Ross
CBS
Larry Lesueur
Joan Phelps
Jergéns
Decatur Transit
Paul Robinson
Or James Roberts
John D. Wyker & Son
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