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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1939
Page
4
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A column notes Cincinnati fans’ partisan pride for their baseball club and Neal Bauer of Crosley praising Cincinnati. The piece reflects on patriotism humor and comparisons to national events, urging hometown pride and civic loyalty as healthy for all communities.
The Dothan Eagle directs readers to Ed Field who says Chauncey Sparks could be available for the next Alabama gubernatorial race. The note hints at major contenders including Ben Russell Haygood Paterson and David Bibb Graves with a Dixon era governance outlook.
The state announces 140 highway patrolmen will be on duty over the Fourth of July week in Alabama. Officials urge safe celebrations on highways and at gatherings while noting most accidents stem from carelessness or stubborn misjudgment.
A reader asks James Rankin whether a Tennessee scout obtained the Tide coaches plays and uniforms. The query suggests a possible insider leak and seeks Rankin’s clarification.
The city urges residents to display garbage cans and cooperate with a new incinerator based collection system. Stores expect brisk trade as bins appear on sidewalks. ordinances authorize enforcement if needed. Officials urge incinerator visits to learn operations and public assistance for efficient, scheduled pickup.
A Montgomery Advertiser explainer traces the origin of Dog Days to Sirius the Dog Star. It notes the term marks the hottest part of summer with periods of heat and leisure, and explains heliacal rising and setting with dates from July 3 to August 11 as common reckoning.
Roosevelt derides moderate Republicans who opposed him on the silver devaluation deal while his own supporters clashed with him. The disagreement over silver prices and neutrality policy spilled into the cloakroom as Sen Pittman delayed neutrality action and Sen Borah met quietly, with voices noting potential fallout for next year’s elections.
A June 28 note corrects a press gallery error by removing Senator Carter Glass from the list of lawmakers who fostered silverite and money moderate cooperation. Glass opposed raising silver prices, saying he would support it only if paired with a plan to devalue the currency, a pairing that was later voted separately.
Senate appropriations hearings released transcripts show Interior Secretary Ickes and PWA assistant H A Gray admitting that self liquidating public works projects proposed by the president may not actually recoup costs. McKellar O Mahoney and Adams offered skeptical remarks as the panel weighs invisible spending legislation.
Mrs Lela Grubbs Hall had her tonsils removed on Wednesday and is reported doing nicely. Miss Ruth Banks will leave Friday to spend a vacation of a few days.
Walter Winchell On Broadway recounts Doctor Dafoe at a Medical Association of Canada speech where a governor’s official objected to the five visiting quintuplets. Dafoe retorted, and the scene grew heated as talk turned to the Queen. Lowell Thomas notes on Cassini’s assault by five Virginia sportsmen and jokes about five to one sportsmen. Betsy Ross and Betsy references surface in Coq Rouge. Orson Welles and Congress members discuss WPA relief and Federal Theatre funding on the American Forum of the Air. Welles urges feeding the hungry plus arts projects to give men reason to live.
The column reports a reader claiming rumors of Mr. Whitfield's death are true as of now. It notes Whitfield has been missing with his plane since April 1938 and that a supposed hideout at his father's Virginia barn has been checked with negative results. Local letters indicate he may be back in town.
Edward Warburg, noted charity promoter and benefactor to welfare groups, was stopped for speeding on his way to the fair. The officer asking his business, Warburg replied charity, prompting a sharp retort about unemployment.
A New York group threatens boycott of the Yankees after Red Rolfe writes for a local gazette linked to Communistic connections. They demanded Rolfe stop writing, citing freedom of the press as the meeting’s focus. Rolfe denies being a Communist. his syndicated sports column praised by competitors.
Report circulates about invitations to meet Their Majesties at the Fair being leaked to the public. Rexford Tugwell allegedly heard an announcer claim the couple was presented to the monarchs, yet Tugwell did not receive an invitation.
Eddie Cantor defends the comic while Alexander Woolcott scolds him for lack of humor. John Montague shoots under par at Utica Country Club and cards 70 on a 71 par course. Brenda Bernie and the Lads premiere at the Astor Roof as Rollin Kirby plans a return to the Post page. A society matron’s coast trip hints at a new actress in the making.
Lou Holts recounts a tale of a well trained fox terrier named Sam. The dog fetches a cigarette request accidentally funded by the dog having money for the first time. The master notes the canine’s deviant mischief ends in an amusing misunderstanding.
Miss Elizabeth Malone returned Thursday from Memphis Tennessee. Miss Ida Belle Timberlake has returned to Stephenson Alabama after visiting relatives here.
Milwaukee June 30 The Town of Lake plans to gauge refinery smells by sending a committee to St. Louis Michigan to visit refineries and sniff around. The project seeks 80000 dollars for the study.
A sermon urges that the Luke sixteen parable teaches every person will face core kingdom principles such as the value of common things water prayer and church missionary spirit. It argues that now is the acceptable time to heed these lessons before final judgment and regret.
Dr Logan Clendening reports doctors lack a cure for fever blisters and canker sores but notes a potential preventive link to smallpox vaccination. He cites a patient whose recurrent lip eruptions ceased after vaccination, suggesting a possible definite cure referenced in Northwest Medicine 38:15:1939.
The inquiry from a reader asks if craving raw carrots indicates cancer. The answer states cravings for carrots or other foods are not cancer signs, though carrots can cause yellowing of the skin in some cases.
The editor notes Dr Clendening provides seven pamphlets on diet indigestion and constipation reducing and gaining infant feeding diabetes feminine hygiene care of hair and skin. Each pamphlet costs 10 cents plus a three cent stamped return envelope to Logan Clendening care of the paper.
In Chester a driver suspected of drinking admitted to City Physician H. C. Donohoo that he had a couple of beers but claimed it did not cause his unsteady walk. The doctor was convinced when the man unhitched two wooden legs.
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