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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1940
Page
4
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A stitched together column surveys wartime politics and civic concerns. It touches on tax comments, census figures, river races, river terminal readiness, British raids, German war aims, public publicity, local defense programs, and regional timing changes as the editor reflects on community resilience and national policy.
The piece outlines proposed amendments to the National Labor Relations Act aimed at abolishing the current Labor Board, creating a three member presidentially appointed board, separating prosecutorial duties, defining bargaining rules, restricting violence, and setting a six month lookback on back pay claims. It argues such changes would bring industrial peace and clearer governance.
The article argues underweights need substantial effort to gain weight, lists two potential causes including tuberculosis and diabetes, and promises three days a week publish of a 3500 calorie diet plan with balanced nutrients. It also includes reader Q A on asthma, carbonated water, and mouth acidity with simple checks and explanations.
A string of humorous vignettes appears from a storefront manager to jokes about pajamas and a drug store narcotic wrapper. Silly exchanges include a pajama card claiming superior quality, a boy correcting a time question, and a math quip about dozen and million.
In a reflective piece Lyla Myers contrasts old misers and bank vaults, valuing hidden riches and a cradle as a treasure. It juxtaposes debt as a hard burden, noting paying it with assets is the way business operates, even as it ends with a vague note about wealth and time.
The dialogue discusses borrowing for a new building and machinery to boost revenues while covering interest. It features a riddle about a mail carrier and ends with a note that want ads change like the weather, urging daily reading.
The editor announces seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each. To obtain a pamphlet, send 10 cents plus a self addressed envelope with a 3 cent stamp to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Fritz Loeb aged 45 a key figure in Germanys air force and the four year plan died in the air according to DNB the official German news agency other sources say he was killed in an airplane crash in Berlin June 25 1941
Walter Winchell On Broadway recounts a June 19 DNB Germany broadcast heard in New York at 11 p.m. The piece mocks the idea of a sixth column and cites suspected Nazi groups, a German aviation club in Manhattan, and rumors of MPs in British camps. It notes FBI control and naval strength as needed to defend America.
A Chicago banquet drew German-American groups praising Nazi victories in France. The report notes plans by Communists to oppose H R 5138 to fingerprint all aliens, plus Bund officials detained then released for lack of evidence.
A reader laments sluggish U S defense planning urging immediate action and blitzkrieg readiness, while another letter salutes Decatur Alabama for its water works and the stewardship of J D Hardy and Elbert Kitchens, noting the 4,000,000 gallons daily supply from the Tennessee River and the city’s 120th anniversary context.
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