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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1939
Page
4
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A collage of local reflections on faith, progress, and economy in Decatur Alabama. Mentions of Chauncey, the sunlit days, pests, naval responses, recruitment trends, airline growth, Decatur’s population goals, and TVA island plans. Highlights include Kiwanis officers Johnny Caddell and Marvin Rankin, forest resources, and Limestone County WPA workers aiding crops.
The article laments Alabama bond interest payments and argues the same funds could improve public services. It notes Northern cotton manufacturers pressuring wages in the South and aiming to raise freight rates, framing it as a continuation of history.
Smithsonian researchers tied to TVA digs near Wheeler Lake Alabama report discoveries of over 20 habitation sites revealing large prehistoric populations. Finds include shells fish remains pottery and human bones showing extensive trade with Missouri Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico. The report notes early Shawnee Cherokees Chickasaws and Iroquois hunted the area while white settlers arrived later.
Washington reports President Roosevelt unveiled a three billion dollar public works program funded outside the budget and debt limit. Senate foes balked at debt expansion, yet Wheeler’s railroad lease item was revived as part of the administration tactic. The scene left Congress speechless and critics astonished at the tactic.
The piece criticizes proposed export import bank lending and future self liquidating public works financed by government loans. It argues such schemes shift money power from Wall Street to Washington, echoing Berle’s ideas, and warns of a new type of capital democracy with concealed expenditures and self financing projects.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains how tuberculosis varies by life stage from infancy to old age. Infancy sees lymphatic and bone involvement with strong household transmission, while nutrition and environment shape outcomes. After adolescence death risk rises, while mid age shows acquired immunity and lower mortality. An elderly man’s persistent infection can still contaminate descendants.
A bustling street scene mixes sermons and city life as preachers, a deaf plaintiff, and a lawyer discuss a fender bender on Second Avenue. A judge teases about hearing, cars, speed, and the trouble of crashes, while a salesman hawks a three car garage unit.
The editor notes Dr Logan Clendening offers seven pamphlets at ten cents each. Readers may order by sending ten cents in coin and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Clendening care of the paper. Titles include Diet, Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Diabetes Treatment, Feminine Hygiene, and Hair and Skin care.
A collage of witty lines and dialogues includes a woman calling divorce papers liberty bonds, waiter exchanges about a steak, warnings about dreading fire and old flames, drinking habits, male stereotypes, prophetic business talk, income concerns, moonshine, and sailors at sea with a seasick passenger.
The Daily Sermonette presents Romans 12 1 urging believers to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God this reasonable service. The concise devotional emphasizes dedication and spiritual discipline for readers in their daily walk.
The passage reflects on Pauls influence shaping church revival since Pentecost. It praises his enduring model of devotion and mission, noting his life and letters as for Christ, and imagines a world revival proportionate to returning to his teachings.
Miss Liza Lee Miller visits aunt Mrs Law Lamar in Selma. Miss Elizabeth Malone visits relatives in Memphis Tenn. Miss Ethel Harrison returns from Columbia Tenn where she visited relatives. Clayde Hendrix returns from a business trip to Montgomery. Frank Kirby recovers from tonsillectomy. Mrs John Bragg suffers flu at home on Grant Street.
Walter Winchell reveals quirky facts about Coney Island from its false island status to the origin of the hot dog and Feltman’s 1871 restaurant. He recalls figures like Babe Ruth, Flo Ziegfeld, Johnny Weissmuller, and General Pershing, plus showmen, laws, and local lore.
Onlookers discuss memory of prior identity and a baby’s resemblance. A speaker complains about truthfulness while Mrs. M remarks on the baby’s charm and Mrs. H notes the adoption of the child.
A quote suggests middle age may be defined as a stage when you feel as well as you ever did in a day or two, framing life as a tool for enduring brief, improving spells. It reflects a reflective, humorous take on aging and wellness.
The notice promotes Want Ads as a quick method to buy sell or swap. It touts convenience and value for readers seeking to trade goods services or opportunities locally.
A cheeky remark about a French man at a wax museum lifting skirts. It mentions a dime store joke and ties to a political claim that Coney Island voters once helped Grover Cleveland win the presidency.
Pipo and Zipo, pinheads in the World Circus Side Show, earn 75 cents per head. The Pal lenbergs, bear trainers, and the Arleys, perch act, wed despite differing nationalities and language barriers. A Half Moon Hotel barber shop employs a female latherer.
Charles Feltman, grandson of the Feltman founder, patents a toy machine gun firing BBs at a Coney Island target. Empire and Saratoga race tracks bid for a Coney barkers. The Brooklyn Gas Company tank looms at Coney as four mile boardwalk costs surge. The "Underwood Hotel" nickname covers the boardwalk stretch where boys and girls are romantically themed.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kelly and children of Austinville were weekend guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Wilson Kelly. Oscar Hills and family attended the singing at Evergreen Sunday. Mr and Mrs Pruitt Johnson and Bettie Joe of Mt Tabor were in the community Monday. Ira George made a business trip to Cullman Saturday. Will and Tolbert Bird were in Cullman Saturday. Louis Pruitt on business. Dock Gray in the community Monday. Mrs Ira George called on Mrs Wilson Kelly Monday. Raymon Hogan visited Johnnie George Sunday afternoon. Miss Edna George returned home after weeks with her brother Charlie George of Mt Tabor. Misses Mildred and Mamie George spent Sunday with Vada Cooke. Mr and Mrs Dewey Pool and children called on Mr and Mrs Guy Miller Sunday. Mrs Letha Roberts spent Monday with Mrs Mattie Kelly. Miss Lois George attended Sunday school at Pleasant View Sunday.
Classified advertising promotes practical buying and selling through phone contact 46.
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