Decatur News Briefs Touch Local 1912 Topics and National Echoes
The item mix covers local Decatur concerns and national issues. Talks on highway contract timing for U S 31, city street resurfacing on Moulton street, and a 700 citizen funding push via the Chamber of Commerce. Roosevelt defense plant strikes and the Marine Park WPA project are noted, plus reflections on William Allen White’s life in Reader’s Digest.
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Moulton Street
City of
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Marine Park
WPA
William Allen White
Current Reader's Digest
Sage
Emporia
Kansas
Berlin
Quentin Reynolds
Collier's
Lisbon
Supreme Court
RAF
Dorothy Thompson
Britain
U.S
Metopera
Alabama regulatories in doubt as court ruling looms
An Alabama legal dispute over a Geneva county case upends state regulatory power. The court of appeals upheld a Geneva court ruling that only the legislature can exercise police powers, threatening boards from health to conservation with nullified rules. The attorney general may take the case to the supreme court, risking widespread regulatory impact.
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Geneva County
Alabama
Court of Appeals
Geneva Court
Lawson
Supreme Court
Conservation Department
Birmingham
James J. Mayfield
State Board of Conservation
Tuscaloosa
Senate
Ickes
Hitler
Wheeler
Bennett Clark
Hiram Johnson
County Boards of Revenue
Morris Memorial Singing Observed At Mc Kendry Chapel
The Morris memorial singing will be held at Mc Kendry Chapel on Sunday March 16. The annual event attracts a large crowd with a full day program and noon dinner served.
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Morris Brothers
McKendry Chapel
Post Office Money Order Window Closes Early in Albany
Postmaster R. T. Sheppard announced the Albany station money order window will close at 5:30 PM daily, except Saturdays when it closes at 12:30 PM. The order shortens afternoon hours to accelerate handling.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Post Office
Albany
R. T. Sheppard
Stockton trio causes street chase in Omak
Gary Stockton Dyer Stockton and Pau line Bonner jumped into the Stockton car on First Street. They started the ignition sped through a stop light and were stopped only after F. J. Shuler outran the vehicle and braked it. Gay aged 3 1 2 was the senior of the trio.
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Omak
Wash
Gary
Dyer Stockton
Pauline Bonner
Stockton
First Street
F. J. Shuler
Gay
Damon Runyon
Colyum
New York
Myrna Loy
Sam H. Harris
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ken
Stage
Berne Marshall
Roosevelt
Bob Quillen
Survivors to testify on BAL plane crash near Atlanta
Depositions from eight survivors of the BAL sleeper plane crash near Atlanta on February 26, which killed eight and injured eight, were prepared for presentation to a federal investigating committee. Eddie Rickenbacker alone remained unable to prepare a statement.
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Atlanta
Here
Eddie Rickenbacker
Farm land and city property listed in want ads
Want ads reveal regular listings of farms, land, and city property. Reading through the classifieds shows available parcels, plots, and real estate opportunities for buyers and investors.
Acne Treatment by Thyroid Aid Proposed by Dermatologist
A dermatologist proposes a new acne treatment claiming fat nutrition links and thyroid extract aid. The method emphasizes careful dosing under physician supervision, gentle washing, and avoiding face irritation with non medicated soaps and oil applications, with improvement expected within weeks to months.
Acne Pimples Suppression Through Diet and Local Care
Warnings against vigorous local treatment as it worsens pimples. If the comedone core is removed early, eruptions may be prevented. after formation, minimal handling is best. A low fat diet excluding butter cream fatty foods and milk products improves acne over five to six months.
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Fritz Wiedemann
Hitler
Sam Goldwyn
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Hmf
Window glass filters ultraviolet rays in sunlight
The reader asks if sunlight through window glass is as beneficial as outdoor sun. The response: window glass blocks ultraviolet rays, reducing some benefits discussed previously in the column.
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M. R
Dr Clendening Sells Seven Health Pamphlets For Dime
The editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at 10 cents each. Readers may mail 10 cents and a self addressed envelope to Dr Clendening in care of The pamphlets include Three Weeks' Diet Reductions Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Diabetes Treatment Feminine Health Hair Care.
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Clendening
Vogan Clendening
Walter Winchell On Broadway Fantasy and gossip mix on stage and politics
The column blends rumors about Mrs Jimmy Walker's divorce denial by a judge, Broadway gossip about Betty Bruce and Barbara Stanwyck, and riffs on Howland Spencer, Ruth Etting, Sam Goldwyn, and various public figures. It notes newspapers' influence, legal quirks, and radio era media personalities with sharp, period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Walker
Hizzoner
Betty
Het
Wayne King
Betty Bruce
Howland Spencer
Krumplbow
Father Divine
F. D. Ro
Fred Allen
F P. A
Driving Message and Roadside Anecdotes in Brushville
A humorous montage discusses driving safety and speed limits with sayings like If you Drive Dont Drink and If you Walk Dont Drink. Characters reference toll bridges and collisions while a Gateman calls out prices and bystanders joke about luck and jaywalking as the story weighs car mishaps and nocturnal oil burning.
Jokes and sayings about social roles and humor
A collection of quips about gentlemen pedestrians engineers brides and weddings. Dialogue bits include a writer who writes insurance a modern girl meeting the wolf and a wife remodeling stories as they go.
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King Feature Eradicate, Inc
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