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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1938
Page
3
Britain’s PM Neville Chamberlain pressed the nonintervention committee to secure a Spain truce. A subcommittee signaled good prospects as France blocks arms flow, potentially advancing Anglo Italian cooperation and broader European appeasement amid Franco and Mussolini’s pressures.
Central Press Beauty Column offers home care tips for summer hands. A hand pack with egg yolk and benzoin fades freckles with repeated use. Avoid hard water, use bath oil, and leave lotion on to soften skin. Clean nails by rubbing soap under them before washing, then apply lanolin lotion to keep hands young.
The Cedar Creek area hosted a community singing Thursday night enjoyed by a large crowd. Local residents shared visits and weekend gatherings with families including the Hills, Childers, Holmes, Walkers, Burns, and Hardee families in the Morgan County area near Hartselle and Antioch.
The article notes Germany’s technicians were considered more valuable to General Franco and thus a greater threat to French and British interests in Spain than Italy’s legionnaires. It reports no signs of agreement between the two Spanish factions on withdrawing foreign fighters or on a truce. Mussolini pledges to push for complete victory for his side.
A partial list of across and down clues from a 1938 King Features crossword puzzle includes entries such as 1 Frozen dew, 21 Little girl, 5 A brass wind, 22 Celestial instrument, 27 Ironworks, 8 To make city in amends for Prussia, 10 A cipher, 28 A blockhead, 11 Exposed, 31 A plexus, 13 Habitual drunkard, 33 Uncommon, 15 Travel by, 34 Buildings automobile for hay, 17 A member of a lobby, 36 Bulky and, 37 A fall flower, 19 Letter C, 99 Negative, 2 Rowing implements, 11 A youth, 8 A bench for, 12 A substance used on the feet on vio, 4 Toward sinows, 5 Exist, 14 Sign of the, 6 Freely infinitive, 7 Puts forth energy, 15 Medicinae Baccala, 24 Letter N reus abbr, 25 Behold, 16 Large web, 26 Stories of footed birds adventure, 18 Storage crib, 29 Secure, 19 A child, 30 Raise, 32 Fourth note, 20 The Sunday of the scale. Copyright 1938 King Features Syndicate Inc.
Instructions describe using thumb and forefinger to grip fingertip edges and pull them to a fine point. The maneuver aims to lengthen and taper the fingers, likely as a grooming or technique tip. The text emphasizes careful handling of gloves and precise finger shaping.
Orders set 2750 Alabama national guardsmen to join the third army maneuvers in DeSoto National Forest Mississippi from July 31 to August 14. Guardsmen from the fourth corps area including the 167th infantry and the 117th field artillery will participate.
Italy records the lowest per capita meat intake in Europe at 35 pounds annually. The statistic highlights Italy as the region's lowest consumer among European nations.
Rev Vernon Rich of Huntsville led services at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church sharing simple salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. He explained baptism as an act of righteousness and outlined biblical paths to salvation citing John 6 24 and Philip in Acts. He announced a series on Tribulations and the Second Coming beginning Tuesday morning.
In Los Angeles on June 21 a man known as Barber John Vienna, who believed his wife to be dead for 27 years, learned she was alive when she walked into his shop. He filed suit for divorce citing the unexpected reunion and the years of assumed widowhood.
June 21 Hampton News reports Brad Byars to stand trial for the March 13 slaying of Dr Reuben Barnes widow Mrs Barnes 42 who died in Winfield Alabama. Barnes also indicted for his wife s murder and is hospitalized at Fayette. A witness Sam Haley heard the final screams before three shots.
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