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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
4
The piece notes politicians mockingly doubt Roosevelt seeking a third term while Roosevelt has stated he would not pursue one. It also comments on China’s war effort and the flooding of plains as a costly military victory aiding China against Japan.
The Tuscaloosa News laments wage policy uncertainty noting that lawmakers have set a wage floor but still must determine how to fund and implement it. The piece critiques politicians for unsure works and urges action beyond planning.
The Daily urges diverting new government spending toward establishing a Negro hospital in Decatur to serve the local Black population. It suggests a community contribution financed by city and county cooperation to provide a site and cash support, with potential government grants. The call ends with a sense of urgency: the time to act is now.
An Alabama editorial decries Northern efforts to push the South from industry and rail on wage and hour reforms. It argues Southern representatives fail to defend regional needs, warning the law will harm Southern workers and industries while bureaucrats and legal tinkering proliferate.
Washington notes a lower than expected disbursement of Wallace’s dollar threshing aid, with March to June payments shrinking from 100 million forecast to about 40 million in June. Officials offer little comment as farmers delay planting choices, while discussions swirl about wage law administration and potential cabinet moves amid 1940 politics.
Edward Dobbin and his five foot black snake entertained passengers on a railroad train prompting passengers to pay 80 cents for the show. The snake then performed at the police station where Turnkey Gary Lyle rewarded it with turkey dinner after the display.
Mrs H S Geer, wife of an oil well driller, noticed a lump in the driver's seat while driving downtown. She later found a package containing two sticks of dynamite left over from well blasting in the cushion, prompting a cautious response to her shopping trips.
Dr Logan Clendening explains sun tanning variability among hair colors and pigment levels. He notes freckles are spotted tan and offers home treatments using lemon juice hydrogen peroxide glycerine and skin oils, plus an emulsion formula. He mentions Dr Klein and Herz book How to Suntan and lists pamphlets available for purchase.
The source describes Dr. Clendening answering general interest questions through his column, indicating a public reception of his advice format and the column’s scope. It establishes the columnist’s role and approach without detailing individual topics or specific inquiries.
A short poem extols the worth of a smile as the cheapest, most powerful kindness. It praises a joyful expression from a loving heart, noting its ability to lift moods, encourage resilience, and echo a heartwarming hug.
A village Brushville exchange shows Johnson speaking with a young city man about a motor harvesting machine said to perform the work of six men. Johnson notes he has little need for such equipment.
A speaker laments wasted work time and notes contrast with women in minimal dress. He jokes that when temperatures exceed eighty degrees, the women show more sense than the men in the crowd. The remark satirically contrasts work efficiency with comfort and dress.
A collection of brief vignettes from 1936 recalls oddities at clubs and social events. A member offers bribes to resign, a fire chief quips about how fast men can dress, and a hostess cheekily pivots to music between dinners. The tone is light and ironic, reflecting casual public humor.
An editorial note observes how opinion writers shape narratives while external stereotypes mold the published view. It notes the tension between author intention and reader perception in shaping public discourse.
The sermon outlines the Spirit's function in redemption, from creation of the plan to applying Christ's blood, clothing believers in the robe of righteousness, and enabling faith. It emphasizes the Spirit's work in drawing, convincing, enlightening, and renewing the will to receive the Gospel.
Mr and Mrs Lester Evans host Monday dinner with son and Miss Marie West. Alma Barker from Athens visits sister Mrs Wilburn Evans. Bob McCarley of Birmingham visits relatives. Edd Evans of Athens calls on mother Jennie Evans. Redus Baugh, Mrs Buford Hardy and Marguerite West gather at Mrs Les Evans and canned beans. Bonnie Romine and daughter visit Sanford Jarrett. Harold Meadows returns from Florida. Ice cream at Lester Evans home. Bonnie Romine and daughter dine with Frank McClung. Jewel Brown of Coxey visits aunt Mary Meadows.
Walter Winchell notes how censors shape film content from Broadway to Hollywood. The piece lists restrictions on dialogue violence, sex innuendo, and withholdings in U.S. cities and international bans, noting examples like It Ain’t No Sin and G Men and quoting bans on scenes, words, and misdeeds.
The document notes varied bans on screen content by region, including Quebec avoiding divorce mentions in Canada, Ohio and Kansas deleting drinking scenes in the US, Massachusetts banning male showers, Australia restricting male baths, and Hungary censoring dusty road scenes to protect tourism.
Ontario deletes a scene of a woman at the opera and Way ne Morris slapping Priscilla Lane triggers censor bans. Foreign bans cover kissing, patriotism, and gun holsters. Mexico bars Hitler and Mussolini in films. England censors ban horse stumble, gas masks and Snow White fear.
A note details censorship practices in the United States and England. It notes forbidden phrases such as love life and carbon monoxide and describes edits to screen and radio content. It cites examples from Chicago and London illustrating how certain terms are banned or altered.
Various countries impose film bans and word edits. Massachusetts bans dancing and gambling on Sundays while Ontario tolerates a mild profanity. France bans gangster pictures. censors strike words like arsenic and buzzard in Canada and Britain. Germany bans Lost Horizon for sacred feelings and artistic soul.
A fragmented note discusses censorship in England and a comic plot where thieves avoid gloves to not teach crime, noting taboos on vivisection and gun imagery in prints.
Guidance outlines that detectives may not be shown hitting criminals and characters should not faint from a condition. In Boy Meets Girl Marie Wilson cannot collapse. avoid implying drug addiction by characters. Flicker scenes cannot show self harm by jumping through a window. instead show contact with the window and follow with breaking glass sound.
The note outlines prohibitions on marriage performed by clergy limits to judges, avoids realistic tenement dirt in films, bans the phrase Here we go again, forbids crooks overpowering a watchman, excludes detailed acetylene torch use, discourages fingerprints talk, bars gun barrel violence, forbids nudity even silhouette, rejects the term bumped off, and bans gangsters twisting a woman's arm.
British boards wipe entire rodeo and steer dogging scenes. In England a kept woman cannot marry a man to avoid sin, Rio de Janeiro bans They Gave Him a Gun for patriotic reasons, Quebec requires Frankenstein revision so God creates man.
A report notes edits by Ontario censors removing lines from Mr. Champ and Four's a Crowd. Plans for a Columbia film titled Burke faced a ban due to in England it implies something naughty. Theresa Helburn of Theatre Guild responded with Burke's peerage as a possible alternative.
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