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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
4
A fragmented editorial scape discusses faith quotes from Hosea, taxes, British resolve, TVA cabin leases, weekend cabins, urban heat and traffic, and wartime readiness. It questions unemployment tax reform and frames social insurance as a public duty, noting calls for four billion navy funding and public resistance to perceived cost.
A Tuscaloosa News piece notes Alabama towns Mobile Athens Decatur Greensboro and Hartselle reversing daylight saving time. Farmers and rural merchants resist the shift citing longer workdays and farm rhythms. The article also discusses Nathan Straus and the U S Housing Authority facing criticism over integrated housing and funding, blaming opponents of President Roosevelt rather than addressing program flaws.
The piece notes Morgan County corn prospects are brighter than in many years while musing on various subjects including aging, Marshal Petain, and reform efforts. It mentions Alabama carpetbag bonds sold to Minnesota and suggests a hypothetical Alabama Minnesota football game could recoup the bond costs.
In Washington economists from the State and Commerce Departments draft pooled purchasing and blocked dollar schemes to counter Nazi and Fascist competition. Roosevelt may appoint a new government department to steer the project as rival plans clash. Congress and Navy debates surge over a Stark scale expansion, while Hitler expands weapon buildups and contemplates Britain invasion via canal and channel bombardments.
Haygood Paterson state commissioner of agriculture and industries will address the National Scalemen's association in Paterson on June 22.
Nine Methodist church members from Southwest Alabama called for U S aid to the Allies and a compulsory military and economic service program as a defense measure.
An editorial discusses the humane trend in treating crippling conditions like spastic paralysis. It highlights gradual training at clinics such as the Neurologic Institute in New York, where patients learn to move and walk through focused exercises and visual cues. The piece notes improvements are possible though not curative and promotes Dr. Clendening’s pamphlets offered by the paper.
A collage of anecdotes and musings, from praising the good in others to a reforming pickpocket seeking honest work. Includes a dinner-table mishap about guests stacking dishes and a tongue in cheek note on Texas name confusion turning into taxes.
A woman enters with five children and seats them while a sailor stands. He offers his seat. she replies that all the children are hers and insists the trip is no picnic.
A reflective note laments the era of radio programs and social motion. It argues people seek solidity in life beyond transient sounds and crowds, warning that failure to grasp this will breed a deeper global unease and unrest.
A bold focus on strength and capability, highlighting a theme of overcoming task size with large skilled workers. The piece emphasizes resilience and manpower in meeting challenging labor needs.
A reflection on finding a natural career fit and then working hard at it as a near sure path to success and happiness, suggesting fulfillment follows when alignment and effort combine.
The text reflects on meekness as a primary sign of conversion and inner peace. It contrasts swift change with lasting tempering of emotions and lists related virtues such as humility resignation and kindness. It notes storms pass but meekness slowly and steadily endures.
In Dallas on June 20 officers R. T. Whittle and C. W Cole refused to arrest a drunken husband on his own premises. The wife dragged him to the sidewalk and he was moved to public property. He was later placed in a police car and taken to jail.
A guide notes the castle has stood for six centuries with no stones altered and no replacements made. A visitor quips that they likely share the same landlord, implying a continuous, unchanged ownership.
A brief exchange between two New Yorker readers notes a fine sunrise this morning. One asks if the other saw it while the other laments being in bed before sunrise.
Mary dotes on jazz and swing bands while Jane and Junior praise the music. Mother enjoys mystery tales, and Pa laments he cannot afford more music.
A brief comic scene shows a young man entering a barber shop asking to dye his mustache. The barber politely asks if the man brought the dye, highlighting a humorous exchange over grooming expectations.
Broadway gossip column captures social whirl with stars like H B Warner Beulah Bondi and Walter Winchell detailing hotel lounges clubs and street scenes. Notes include Ben Bernie moods Eric von Stroheim and Rex features at Mayan Fay Armando palsmists and the Wor studio crowd with Kaufman and Warner Brothers industry chatter and nightlife quips.
Witty barroom snippets pair with restaurant notes from New York venues. Quips about diners and actresses mingle with menu highlights from The Grotta Azzurra Kavkas Kavkas Rialto and Baked beans at Rialto. Readers glimpse celebrity banter and seafood specials across city eateries.
Groucho Marx yields a literary face in This Week with quips about wives and dancing. A hurry war ending idea cites Merrill piloting a war plane with Broadway detective Johnny Broderick handling a machine gun. Beth Brown’s All Dogs Go to Heaven piece gains reader support as police raid a bar at the Fair.
Merchants sign 134 trade day pacts as a heat wave hits Decatur with 93 degrees. Mrs. Mary Broadus and daughter plan a Toronto trip to attend the Baptist World Alliance. Junior Order of American Mechanics groups plan a Swan Lake picnic Thursday. State highway bids invited for Bee Line paving and Decatur Courtland surfacing. Uncle Daniel Woods death reported from Los Angeles. Mrs. L. A. Hobart visiting Asheville. Miss Virginia Speer ill with appendicitis. Mrs. Alice L. Potter seriously ill in Danville area. Sam Nelson Jr. and son head to Danville Illinois. Local figures travel to Hartselle for aunt’s death. Gene Tunney Tom Heeney bout tickets cost 40 dollars, approved by boxing commission.
New Orleans on June 20 a bride Mildred Claasen waited as Emile J Morano Jr retrieved a duplicate license from city hall after leaving the original with her for safekeeping. The couple then married at the church.
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