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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
4
A wartime column urges total national effort in bond drives and unity between front and home front. It notes 572 city managers, critiques FEPC stance, and stresses duty to back series E and Fifth War Loan goals while praying for Allied victory and a swift peace.
The article quotes Admiral King urging all Americans to buy or increase War Bonds during the Fifth War Loan drive. He emphasizes that bond purchases fund essential weapons and sustain offensives, insisting the war is not yet won and citizen support must keep the effort rolling for victory.
A call urges regional unity in Alabama to boost industrial, agricultural, and commercial growth during wartime. It warns against splits among voters and stresses supporting the national war effort, declaring strike organizers as traitors to the United States and to Allied servicemen.
The article explains the U S electoral college as the source of presidential selection, notes the lack of direct popular vote impact, and discusses state influence, party slates, and potential constitutional changes. It also surveys political dynamics around the Republican ticket Dewey Bricker Warren and California politics.
Albertville’s Corp. Jack Whitley won with an eight minute forty four second flight that vanished over a hill during the Exchange clubs of Alabama event in Birmingham. Other winners include David Adams and Z E Wright of Gadsden Don Thomas of Montgomery Darby Dick Auburn Ralph Ingram and James Sheffield Clay Smith of Athens and Eugene Wolf of Chay.
Dr Clendening explains corn and wart causes and treatments. Hypertrophy from pressure builds corns while removing the pressure heals them. corns respond to proper footwear and cautious debulking when needed. Warts are viral growths treated by surgical or caustic methods or painless home remedies. formalin warns against improper use.
A collection of light anecdotes and puzzles from a period paper. It includes a math based age guess game, a church bulletin joke about Deacon Jones, a quip about smiling with crooked teeth, a nurse joke about a wounded man, and a line about neighbors noticing only after you do something. The tone is humorous and casual, with multiple short items in a single column.
A physician clarifies that phenolphthalein acts as a cathartic unlike carbolic acid. A parent reports a two year old swallowing nonfood items and doctors warn of lead poisoning risk after two hospital cases in six months.
A string of aphorism laden gags unfolds with a bishop in a crowd denying a wedding to a film star. A Decatur wife parades new purchases while a husband jokes about pockets and money. A lawyer grills a witness about a cow and a punchy quip ends with a courteous duck carving remark.
Charles Dickens was compelled to toil from a young age after his father was imprisoned for debt, shaping his later writings and perspectives.
Long excerpted column featuring Walter Winchell's blunt war bonds essay urging patriotic sacrifice and noting civilian paybacks to soldiers. Includes reactions from readers and a corrective congressional Record excerpt clarifying Hoffman's misinterpretation. Also contains letters from service members and Rommel anecdotes.
Soothe itch and rashes with Mexiana medicated powder. Ingredients commonly used by specialists bolster its credibility for everyday skin relief.
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