Decatur editor urges unity and civic progress amid national strain
In a reflective piece the Decatur Daily calls for civic unity to back industrial growth and TVA aided dock projects. It praises the Chamber of Commerce funding, notes wage politics and tax changes, and lauds Governor Dixon’s fair stance while sharing a humorous Oak Ridge tale about L J Wallace.
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Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Wade
Oak Ridge
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
AT&T profits rise amid higher taxes despite tolls
Analysts found cheering note in American Telephone Company results for the year with net profits of 10.08 a share on common stock up from 9.24. Taxes jumped to 187.5 million as the company reported 950000 more telephones, totaling 17.484 million, showing that big business can still profit with strong management.
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Associated Press
American Telephone Company
Hitler Spain refueling deal may tighten on Gibraltar route
Washington reports Hitler seeks to refuel patrol subs in Spanish ports, shortening travel to the Balearics and edging closer to the Gibraltar shipping lane. While a base-access provision may be tied to a lease bill, announcement could wait until passage.
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Hitler
Spain
der Fuehrer
Spanish
Balearic
Gibraltar
British
Big Rock
Congress Faces Looming Strike Pressure And New Deal Debates
Continued threat of strikes stirs Congress as administration leaders weigh production safeguards if Roosevelt delays action. Talks of a mediation board grow, not under Perkins, while judiciary hearings stay administration-led and may run months. A new census shows farm size rising to 174 acres in 1940 amid a NEA study asserting medium sized businesses outperform both big and small.
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Perkins
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I Am an American and a Park Scene Fragment
An oratorical pledge about loyalty to the Constitution and American ideals is interrupted by two girls in a park asking what time it is, noting it cannot be four o'clock yet because a mother said so.
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America
Miami Beach
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Test of Mental Maturity and Medical Qs in 1930s Column
Logan Clendening examines what defines mental maturity by long term planning and contrasts with instinctive behaviors. The piece reviews floating kidney theory linking to hypertension, rejects it, cites Goldblatt experiments, then quotes Dr Nicholas Sims on surgery. It ends with a Lenten diet note and reader Q A on olive oil facial cleansing and extra systoles advice.
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Walter B. Pitkin
Doubleday, Doran
Goldblatt
Choir practice and the cheeky choir cue in a lit tle church
A jumble of scenes shows a choir rehearsal with a mischievous line about the gates of Hell and a barber vacuuming a child after a haircut. A traveler complains about timetables while porters joke about delays. A moral note on learning from mistakes closes the fragment.
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Hell
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Pamphlets For Sale
The editor notes Dr Logan Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. Readers may obtain any pamphlet by mailing 10 cents, plus a self addressed envelope with a three cent stamp, to Dr Logan Clendening care of the paper. Titles include diet, indigestion, reducing and gaining, infant feeding, and care of hair and skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Duel of Wits on a Table Cloth Exchange
A dialogue unfolds in a playful pantry style where two speakers boast and tease. One declares superiority with a dirtier mine versus yours, another compares ages. Sue asks about Mae’s ideal man, Mae describes a shrewd earner who spends freely, highlighting a social humor about money and virtue.
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Sue
Mae
Doctor Restores Hearing For Four Boys In Belleville
A physician examining 93 hard of hearing school children in Belleville on March 6 restored hearing for four boys. He removed an imbedded bead from one ear, pulled out a lead pencil fragment from another, and extracted cotton wads from the remaining two boys.
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Belleville
Ill
Farms and City Property in Want Ads Offer Choices
Want ads list farms land and city property for sale or rent. Readers may find homes parcels plots and commercial sites among brief notices and listings.
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An old ad promotes FASTEETH powder to secure upper and lower dentures for comfort. It claims no gummy taste or sour aftertaste, an alkaline non acid formula, and denture breath control, with availability at drug stores.
Words Fitly Spoken and Fruits of the Spirit
A devotional urging care with speech and the fruits of the spirit. It cites biblical verses on gentleness temperance meekness and restraint to avoid anger and conflict. The piece emphasizes guarding the tongue and pursuing grace in daily life.
Broadway Gossip and Celebrity Notes From New York
Walter Winchell on Broadway topics blend with society chatter and stage door sightings. mentions include Simone Simon Ann Graham George Jean Nathan Gene Tierney and Richard Watts Jr with various theatrical anecdotes and social snapshots.
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Ann Graham
Paris
Boris Karloff
Patton Theater
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Gene Tierney
Richard Watts, Jr
Michael Arlen
Barney Gallant
Tom Rockwell
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Jock McLean
Stork
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World Telly
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Adverts Creomulsion
An old advertisement warns that chronic bronchitis can develop from untreated coughs and urges using Creomulsion. It claims the product goes to the trouble seat to loosen phlegm and heal inflamed bronchial mucous membranes and notes it contains beechwood creosote and other medicines without narcotics. It promises a refund if not effective.
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Chay
Gly-Cas Helps Mobile Woman Claim Health Revival
Mrs. S Sherman of 1217 Texas St Mobile Alabama credits Gly-Cas with restoring her health after years of failure. She describes relief from gas pains bloating backaches and sleepless nights after using two boxes and regaining normal digestion and elimination.
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