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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1943

Page

4

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President Roosevelt faces wartime labor strife and public impatience

The article argues Americans tire of strikes during war and support strong measures like wage freezes. It critiques agitating labor leaders, defenses of industrial peace, and praises Alabama's Bradford bill while urging swift action against disruption in war production. It links public mood to policy over vetoes and labor unrest.

Pegler Roosevelt Fide Washington Alabama

Awakening of a New Patriotism in War Time

A wartime sermon reflects on divine providence and national renewal. It urges humility, faith, and a rebirth of American patriotism, stewardship, and social democracy as the war expands awareness of liberty, pandemic of wealth, and moral duty. It cites The Atlantic Charter and calls for deeper civic responsibility.

Poland Czechoslovakia Greece America British Commonwealth of Nations United States Red Cross

Allergies Through History And The Nature Of Sensitivities

Dr Logan Clendening traces allergy concept from Hippocrates to 19th century case reports, describing hay fever, asthmatic reactions to plants and animals, and the term allergy from natural sensitization. He links serum reactions from diphtheria antitoxin in 1898 to modern understanding of different energy responses to foods and substances.

Medical Q and A on abdominal pain and home remedies

Doctor explains that a hot water bottle may help simple abdominal cramps from enteritis and can localize pain in suspected appendicitis. If pain persists after several hours, a doctor should be called. cathartics are discouraged.

M. Z

War costs and faith unite a divided people

The speaker reflects on war demands as blood and treasure for the Lord’s House, praising thrift, unity, and Christian ideals. He warns against sectarian walls and anticipates returning soldiers whose first words are God and Mother, urging a gracious welcome from the community.

David God

Office Cat Office Cat by Junius

People form habits that groove mental and physical structure. older habits are harder to break like ruts in a road. Getting out of ruts is tough, and the piece argues that American resolve at home is not fully mobilized for the war effort.

R.T. Liston Justice of the United Hippocrates

Vision for a blessed world and wakeful America

A fragmented speech urges the church to return and prove the war a great blessing for free people. It calls awakening for America, urging strength against enemies and a place for the circumcised and uncesa, promising a world under divine favor.

Church

Draftee and Camp Visitor Exchange Jokes in Decatur Scene

A fragmentary dialogue depicts Ruth on a motor bike, a crash at sixty five, and flirtatious exchanges between a draftee and a camp visitor in Decatur. A joke about a honeymoon scar ends the fragment with a punchline.

Ruth

Decatur Sunday School Teacher Encourages Kindness

A Sunday School lesson emphasizes making at least one person happy weekly. Junior reports visiting Aunt Mary and making her smile, showing the practical impact of the teaching.

Decatur

Memoes of a Girl Friday and Broadway Gossip Notes

Walter Winchell On Broadway reports busy social chatter from a John Gunther farewell party at Miriam Hopkins and various Hollywood whispers. It notes war ends possibly by 1960, Rudolf Hens in mental care in a British castle, Nazi generals confined on wealthy property, and industry tidbits about Dorothy Pinto and Elmer Davis.

Mr. W John Gunther Miriam Hopkins Sutton PI Germany Rudolf Hens von Arnim von Thoma

Broadway scoop mix of showbiz chatter from New York pages

A digest of entertainment gossip and industry moves from New York figures like Tommy Manville Tex Mc Crary Jack Benny Fred Allen and Connie Russell. It notes Brisson in Barly to Bed contract status Readers Digest film ambitions and sinewy fashion and social notes from the club scene with references to the Stork Club and Conover models.

Tommy Manville Jack Fred Allen Benny Fred Detroit Carl Brisson Connie Russell Journal-American Wellesley Vassar Barnard

Enemies test weak points and future security

A cautionary note on vigilance across sectors urging protection of the weakest points to prevent larger risks to tomorrow. The message emphasizes that every action can influence future outcomes and that enemies exploit vulnerabilities.

Expect the Best Prepare for the Worst

A exchange mirrors a weathered maxim about opposition helping rise like kites against the wind. The scene shifts to a mourner's quip as the Scotchman admits he is one of the mourners. A debt of ten dollars is noted as owed by the deceased.

Refugees Not Heavily Weighted by Doolittle Flight

The Chinese piloted bomber carrying 64 personnel and 8 hidden refugees reached India after the Chungking flight following the Tokyo raid. Doolittle asked how such a load could lift off, Moon Chin answered with a grim joke that refugees never weigh much.

Doolittle Chungking India Tokio Moon Chin

Broadway Glitz and Dangers Behind the Curtain

Charles Kraft, dancer in Early to Bed, lost a rent coin the cast covered. Angela Greene appears in ciggie ads for Dunhill Fleetwood and Philip Morris. Anna ten, at Doctors Hosp, and Vinton Hayworth of CBS staff are linked to Hollywood mocks. A studio raffled a $4,000 mink coat won by director J Pasternak after a $1 ticket spree.

Broadway Charles Kraft Angela Greene Dunhill Fleetwood Philip Morris Anna &Ten Doctors Vinton Hayworth CBS Ginger Rogers Rita Hayworth H’wood Studio J. Pasternak

Out of Log Photos Demand Surges for Soldiers and Sailors

The item notes enormous demand for press photos from studios due to soldiers and sailors. It mentions The Snark play by Owen Davis produced by two press agents Yokel and Faggen, and references the Irving Trust. It also covers Naval Academy bearing, a Strand usher, Kennedy, and a joke about lipstick shortages and Hitler’s Funeral March.

Owen Davis Yokel Faggen Irving Trust Tammany M. Kennedy Naval Academy Strand Annapolis NBC Hitler Jimimy van Heusen Dixie Cynic

Revival Begins at New Cannan Bast Church

The New Cannan Bast church starts a revival on Sunday July 11 with services at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm continuing through July 46 Rev ET Jean pastor of Seve Street Baptist Cullinan will evangelize, described as a former home missionary to Cullinan county.

New Cannan Bast Church Andeah T. Jean Seve Street Baptist Church Cullinan Jean Cullmnan County Reyelt Pepper

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