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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
4
A reflective column critiques Roosevelt's actions on prices and calls for concrete measures. It argues for education reforms, public works like a Decatur pool, and efficient civil service while noting air war tactics and China Japan dynamics. It also comments on newspaper print rates and a stalled anti fratern ity bill in Alabama.
Senator Byrd heads a congressional payroll committee urging immediate discharge of 300000 federal workers to cut non essential expenses and avoid tying manpower from military service. The Daily prints an unsigned reader letter section on reactions to air training planes and wartime strain.
Washington discusses the McKellar bill and court packing scenarios as Supreme Court decisions vex and polarize. FDR’s chance to reshape the bench is weighed against Senate and House barriers, with predictions on patronage effects and political reform.
Mrs A W Roan and granddaughter Betty Thompson visited Hartselie Saturday. Floyd Stidger reports from Russell Island in the South Pacific. Clarence Stidger and Kenneth with Eu gene Terréll and Doris Ann of Laceys Spring visited Mrs Alvin Lawrence. Oscar Sanders and Leon Owen shopped in Hartselle. Louise Stidger spent Sunday with her mother. Johnnie Thompson, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Thompson, was in Hartselle Friday. Robert Moore drills a new veil on his farm.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains nerves neuritis and neuralgia in plain terms. He distinguishes motor and sensory nerves, defines neuritis as possible nerve injury and neuralgia as pain from nerve irritation, and notes goiter treatment Q A adds practical army and eye care guidance.
A wartime exhortation poem urges workers to roll up sleeves and build weapons and subs to defeat enemies. It contrasts patriotic duty with criticisms of pretenders. The text includes a June Bugs slogan about square meals and a quip on early rising and wealth pretense.
The text explains encephalitis as a brain infection caused by a germ affecting brain cells. It mentions a nickname sleeping sickness due to prominent symptoms and references symptoms and cure uncertainty, though details are incomplete in the excerpt.
A Decatur man recalls arriving with a single dollar seven years ago and using it to begin his ventures by telegraphing home for funds, illustrating a rags to riches tale. He also quips about longstanding folklore, old hats, and the humor of keeping certain groups in poverty.
A distressed man visits Memphis rent control administrator Frank Sturm seeking his landlord’s identity. He explains he never paid rent after moving into a vacant house about nine years ago, leaving the landlord's name unclear.
A Decatur mother entered a room to find her daughter on a soldier's lap. The exchange included the daughter quipping that she sat on him because the mother warned to sit on anyone who got too smart.
A poem by Florence L. Snow speaks of faith and miracles in dark times. An unrelated joke notes a Decatur man at a restaurant responding to a waitress with a quip about finding his meat.
Walter Winchell rails against isolationists and fascist sympathizers as war looms. He notes figures linked to the National Workers' League and former Silver Shirt circles facing indictments while urging action on delayed trials. Detroit is highlighted as a hub for Axis plotting and unrest.
The House considers a resolution to unseal the ten year old McCormack Committee records which investigated un American activities. The papers, kept sealed for diplomatic reasons, reportedly include material on Jap interests and involvement of Nazi agent George Sylvester Viereck whose second trial is due. The move could provoke national impact and relates to prominent Americans associated with fascist contacts.
FBI evidence ties a Packard Company strike to the Ku Klux Klan and allied outfits. The Klan’s ties to the Bund included a joint meeting at a New Jersey Bund camp to seal their alliance. Edward James Smythe helped arrange that merger and was later indicted on sedition charges.
Gerald L. K. Smith staged a rabble-rousing act in Buffalo amid cheers as he trampled a replica flag he described as internationalist. The flag, tied to Revolutionary War imagery, represented the Continental Army’s fight for American freedom, and the moment drew sharp reaction from spectators. Former Congressman Martin L. Sweeney was highlighted by Pearson and Allen, with a string of lawsuits against Pearson dismissed, ending with him dropping the case.
A boy named Junior received a note asking the teacher to excuse yesterday’s absence, stating he has a new baby brother and that it was not his fault. The line underscores a humorous school diary moment and the family event behind the absence.
The Chicago Tribune hails Passport to Treason as sensational and revealing about Nazi plots on the home front. The review notes startling discoveries and chilling sabotage possibilities, echoing past critical stances on wartime reporting.
The article accuses a Florida Tennessee anti-labor campaign backed by hate groups and led by Joseph Pe Kamp of the Constitutional Educational League. It notes the DOJ labeled the group a mouthpiece for seditionists and questions why authorities have not acted to curb Kamp's activity.
The NC senator R R Reynolds praised a pro Nazi sheet linked to Gerald Winrod and added propaganda from Domenico Trombetta to the Congressional Record. Reynolds had previously refused to delete the material when asked, noting he has long lauded such figures.
A letter inserted into the Congressional Record by Rep Howard J McMurray cites a voter claim that Rep Lambertson defended Axis appeasement. It alleges Lambertson disdained allied nations and notes his son earned 125 a week at Fort Riley before returning to farm duties.
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