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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
4
A collage of rural and city remarks from Alabama newspapers covers local speech makers, public works plans, and civic issues. Highlights include apartment projects in Tuscaloosa, flood comparisons to TVA regions, and a Pittsburgh relief office robbers test, plus quick quips about politics and media culture.
A resident criticizes President Truman's habit of acting on his own and on taking advice, while Brown's qualifications as Auburn trustee draw little public certainty. Mobile hosts 10,000 for a baseball game as 3,000 calls flood in about the event, baseball mania crowds papers. The Brewton Standard questions football field legislation and Senator Henderson's plan to boost Auburn stadium capacity to 50,000 with a possible Saturday vote.
The Decature Junior Chamber of Commerce commends its first year under Calvin Pettey and Ned Frazier noting achievements in livestock shows, parallel parking advocacy, and town cleanup efforts. The Daily urges continued progress and support as the group enters its second year.
The article portrays President Truman facing a crucial Friday decision on the Wagner labor act related income tax cut veto and its political stakes. It notes mail from AFL CIO and manufacturers groups shaping views, while suggesting homefolk back the veto or signing depending on impact on production and economy.
Pegler argues Henry Wallace linked with Roerich and Horch in New Deal circles. He notes Wallace backed Roerich’s Mongolian expedition, later faced scrutiny over occultist circles, tax cases, and political protectors amid disputes within the Democratic machine.
Washington dispatch details Vandenberg’s alternative to the Truman admin plan for foreign trade and aid. A congressional committee would assess how much wheat and aid is feasible without hurting the U.S. economy, then dispatch relief within fixed limits.
Factory worker Harry Hughes 25 set two alarm clocks and napped on the sofa when a burglar cut a window screen and entered his Los Angeles home. The thief stole the two alarm clocks while Hughes and his dog slept, as reported by Mrs. Hughes. The piece also notes that spiders use silk to cocoon and trap prey.
Jaundice has many possible causes and often requires hospital tests to find the exact reason. Treatment focuses on rest, a high calorie low fat diet, vitamins, and careful monitoring. procedures may include IV amino acids and injections. Itching may be relieved by ergot preparations or enemas, and antibiotics may be used if infection is present. If surgery is needed, prior treatment improves the patient’s condition for the operation.
Morgan County Rock Creek notes Homer Woodall's new home under construction and Mrs. Will Mason's improvement after illness. Eloise Tanner visits from State Teachers College with family. Several relatives and neighbors, including Arvel McKee and Robert Woodall, involved in a Saturday car collision with minor injuries. The Rock Creek Home Demonstration Club held a June meeting at Mrs. Vista Self's home with roll call on time saving, a planned family supper, a sack exchange, and a sewing demonstration by Mrs. Susie Lewis and Miss Henderson. Refreshments were served. next meeting at Mrs. Chunn's in July.
The silk producing organ of the spider is the spinneret mounted on the underside of the abdomen.
Column recounts Winchell’s edgy riff on Axis sympathizers and refugees. It cites Rita Zucca, Thornton Sinclair, Manfred Curry, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, and Emil Jannings with mentions of their wartime and postwar movements and notoriety. Local angles include Stamford rumors and disapproval of politicians.
The article cites Luigi Podesta and Werner Jannings in connection with Nazi activity and wartime loyalties, recounting Podesta’s postwar U S entry on a Bank of Italy mission, his Forest Hills residence, and Lorenz’s postwar opera return plans. It hints at Nazi associations and cultural figures linked to Germany and Italy.
The piece notes Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe who arrived as a visitor in December 1939 and faced a 1940 deportation order as an undesirable. She allegedly aided German espionage planning, later cooperated with the Justice Department, was detained after Pearl Harbor, and paroled in June 1945. It asks why the deportation order remained or was cancelled and where she resides now in New York.
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