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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1937
Page
4
A clipped quote notes Readline in The Daily remarking on hotel strike costs and civic clubs. The brief item reflects on club efforts for community good and questions the costliness of disputes within local civic activity.
A editorial argues weekends waste energy and time, harming productivity. It claims Monday production charts reveal losses to individuals and the nation. It also warns against too little churchgoing undermining the country’s foundations.
City leaders urge property owners in Decatur to clear weeds and debris and remove stagnant water to prevent malaria. They call for municipal crews to clean city properties and enforce sanitary ordinances to aid the drive.
The Montgomery Advertiser invites Judge Grover OC Hall to visit different regions of Alabama. The appeal notes Black Belt and Gulf Coast diversities and promotes the state as a single, pleasing whole. The piece suggests Hall as a cheerleader for the state chamber and promises notable changes in the Tennessee Valley.
Senator Robert F. Wagner writes to The Sun to correct a misreading of the Labor Relations Act he sponsored. He says the law does not require any employer to sign any agreement and that it sets no blanket mandate for plant unit union membership.
The text discusses unfair labor practices by employers in hiring or employment terms to discourage union membership. It notes that a closed shop is allowed only if voluntary by both employer and majority employees, a practice upheld in many states including New York. The speaker affirms workers’ right to freely choose a union or not, referencing a U.S. Senate discussion from November in Washington.
The senate judiciary committee approved the anti lynching bill but Washington correspondent Rodney Dutcher notes doom for the proposal. The Daily urges Senators Bankhead and Black to kill the measure, warning of a filibuster and a shutdown of senate business to block prese rise legislation.
Four blocks around the Lawrence county courthouse at Moulton are slated for paving soon at an estimated cost of 13 000 with bids to be advertised shortly. Albany Decatur Grotto Club members will hold a barbecue at Long Souci cave on July 4. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted with recent travels and visits, including Miss Alain Bloodworth to Miss Annie Sue Masterson in Boaz and Mrs. Louis A. Neill with daughter Louise returning from Washington. Dr J G Hamilton has come back from a brief stay in Nashville.
The June 20 feature recalls the long running feud between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, contrasting their worlds and temperaments. It notes how envy and differing philosophies fueled hatred before their historic bouts, shaping boxing lore and public personas.
The text imagines James Dempsey and Gene Tunney as they travel to a Chicago fight, reflecting on who might have won in their primes. It portrays their mutual wealth from rivalry, enduring marriages, and a hypothetical chat about two upcoming boxers, with each claiming superiority.
Motorcycle Patrolman Hugh N Wright seeks owner after a billy goat rammed J M Smiths new car damaging it The animal reportedly charged the shiny vehicle after staring at its reflection and fled once its image disappeared.
In Fort Madison Iowa on June 22 a Mrs M L Jones applied for renewal of her beer permit and sent the renewal fee in 20 300 pennies in a large wooden box. Receipts were withheld pending an official count.
Dr Logan Clendening explains the shift from exclusive milk to iron rich additions for infants. Strained vegetables and fruits supply iron, vitamins, and variety, aiding digestion and spoon acceptance while being well tolerated. Packed single vegetables and soups ease gradual introduction and offer early exposure to flavors.
A collage of captions and quips about lullabies, naming a son after Washington, poets, and social classes. It includes jokes on jingle writing, purses, beauty, and a farmer’s boy’s ambitions. The tone is light, observational, and period-specific.
A collection of brief quips and banter between family members and friends. The lines cover themes of trust caution and practicality with jokes about aging luck and daily life. The exchange hints at a magazine or stage humor style from a bygone era.
Smoke blanketed a Columbia street as fire trucks arrived and hoses were laid. Firefighters respond to a kitchen stove flue blockage in an automobile trailer.
E S of Dorchester asks why his bullterrier reacts angrily to its reflection. The writer explains dogs mainly recognize others by smell and hearing, not vision, noting the dog may see a face but cannot confirm its presence by scent.
In Chicago on June 22 a seven mile test between two cars proved drivers who speed to gain time are wrong. One car cut signals and jumped ahead to reach the loop in 23 minutes, while the other observed careful driving and arrived two minutes later.
In Pocatello Idaho on June 22 a pig wandered into a traffic jam. Officer P E Buckland captured the porker after a zig zagging chase and loaded it into the back seat of a car with two women. He declared the animal belonged to one of the ladies.
Walter Winchell notes include marriage rumors and celebrity antics. Ed Wynn Frieda Mierse Virginia Cherrill Lord of Jersey stories, Don Friede gardenia, and Harlow film boosts plus industry chatter from New York and Coney Island.
The reader quips about weekly on air prizes for the oldest joke and a cruel form of sarcasm. John K. Winkler works on two Hartford retreat books including a reminiscence of Dr. T. L. Salmon who aided shell shocked AEF veterans.
A reader notes Horace Heidt’s act with a standout drummer in a sizzling number heard on Wednesday night radio. The column by Zanuck is mocked as comical, and Sydney Spier becomes editor of a new pocket mag Charm.
A visitor from Massachusetts, driving a car with his plates, rushed into police headquarters claiming a heavy perfume smell on the west boulevard. He later learned it came from the city rose and peony garden in full bloom, not a spill.
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