Decatur editor laments growth plans and wartime ethics
The Decatur Herald notes local planning efforts by the Decatur Garden Club and Huntsville for dogwoods, housing plans, and a WPA park project. It urges Decatur-Gadsden to boost Chamber funding, with current pledges under 5 500 toward an 8 000 goal, arguing money is needed for city growth despite wartime anxieties.
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Decatur Garden Club
Hunteville
Seity of
Decatur
Gads- Gen
Teady
Chamber of Commerce
Deccatur
Anniversary honors Governor Benjamin Meek Miller in Alabama
Alabamians pause to honor Benjamin Meek Miller who led Alabama from 1931 to 1945. The 1964 observance notes his calm leadership during crises and his enduring status in Camden and state history.
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Alabama
B.M. Miller
Feem
Bam
Townsfolk Outline Big Foundation for Industry
In a bold statement residents pledge to build a strong foundation to draw new industry and investment, aiming to make their town a competitive hub. The effort centers on collective progress and community leadership.
Is It Fair to Delay Defense Production?
The piece questions fairness as select service, national guard mobilizations, and huge wartime spending press workers and groups pause production. It argues government aims to maximize output, while labor disputes over affiliations threaten efficiency and national sacrifice.
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National Guard
CIO
AFL
Sons and Daughters of
I Shall Arise
DeWitt Mackenzie War Correspondent's Fierce Schedule
The Daily presents the first of two pieces on DeWitt Mackenzies life and his extreme daily routine as he fields war dispatches for the Associated Press. He rises at four, trains to the office, studies dispatches, and writes daily for 800 newspapers nationwide. Millions read his column each day, a responsibility he bears with few comforts.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Associated Press
the Daily
Mackenzie
Ister
New York
United States
Daily
New Yorkids
Look
John Kirby
Columbia
Mary Barton
Jimmy Kelly
NBC
Les Brown
Okeh
Adam
Defense mediation board proposal touted in Roosevelt plan
Washington reports a proposed federal mediation board to handle defense labor disputes. It would include four labor, four management, and three public members led by Bernard Baruch, with no compulsory powers, and was tied to wider White House mediation efforts amid mixed reactions from AFL CIO and CIO leaders.
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Washington
Mrapy
Hitler
Federal Mediation Board
Labor
Vidury
Bernard Baruch
Lloyd Stark
Missouri
AFL
CIO
Labor Department
Labor Board
Hillman Organization
National Industrial Conference Board
Patterson
Dan Tracy
Florida
APL
Executive Council
William Hutcheson
The
Carpenters Union
Tracy
Hillman
Labor Policy Advisory Committee
CTO
Phil Murray
Murray
CTO Industrial Council
Automobile Industry Council
Ford
Mr. Murray
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Neath His Banner A Christian Call to Accountability
A sermon-like meditation asserts that true Christianity makes Christ owner of life, not a mere rule book. It compares believers to a ship under a captain who must report to the owner, balancing life’s voyage and storms with a clear accounting before the Creator.
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Oliver W. Holmes
Christ
William Hendley
Miss Winnifred Payne Cites Pushing Incident in Court
Evidence from Philadelphia traffic court on March 13 shows Miss Winnifred R. Payne did not rely on the judge’s word that someone pushed her car from a legal parking lane into an illegal one.
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Philadelphia
Winnifred R. Payne
Sugar as a Quick Pick Me Up for the Athlete
Dr. Clendening cites JAMA findings on golf to link blood sugar dips with fatigue and lower scores. He notes sugar at lunch or holes seven to nine can improve efficiency, explains muscles use sugar, and jokes about a pie wagon at the tenth hole.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Sansum
Santa Barbara
The
American Medical Association
Paul Michael
Oakland
California
Fragmented dialogue about family pets and duties
A scattered exchange features Junior's dog being debated as a type, Mother pronounces him an upsetter, and Boss and Rastus discuss the meaning of a building cornerstone. The dialogue touches on sleep timing for a baby and hints at a new rapid firing rifle, with references to welfare and a teacher’s note.
Lenten Reducing Diet at Hotel Hunt Pasadena
Fifth day of the Lenten reducing diet at the Hotel Hunt in Pasadena describes meals with no seasoning and limited beverages. A Q A section warns that bread and milk provide poor roughage and vitamins, noting possible vitamin deficiencies and offering Dr Clendening pamphlets for 10 cents each.
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Pasadena
Cal
C. M
Clendening
Fragments of Jests and Witty Exchanges in A Classroom
A collage of humorous quips shows a pupil grading herself first in a 30 student class and the father’s remark about a potentially worse score. Other lines touch on cautious romance, misers aiding others, and a playful aside about adults and growth. The passage ends with a domestic quip about sandpaper and wool underwear.
Dialogues on manners and marriage in casual Sunday chat
The excerpt presents light conversational vignettes about entertaining at home in Sunday clothes, kitchen talk among close friends, skepticism about marriage as luck, and humorous exchanges about appearances and conversations at home. It captures social norms and witty remarks typical of everyday life.
Local Notes from Morgan County Lynn Town
Miss Earlene Roberson of Decatur spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs R L Roberson and family. Mrs J W Lynn and Mrs James Lynn and Mable Gatlin were in Huntsville Monday evening. Mrs R L Roberson is ill at home with flu. Hugh Johnson visited Roe L Roberson Sunday. Lawson Lynn is employed in Hartselle this week. Mrs Marvin Ralph and son W C Glenn and Miss Lola Ralph attended the singing at Rock Creek Sunday. Linzie Ralph has recovered from mumps. Miss Bessie Lynn was bitten by a dog Monday. The dog belonged to Dottson Gatlin. Mr and Mrs Lum Maze visited Mr and Mrs R L Roberson Sunday evening. Mrs Agron Maze and Mrs Marvin Ralph visited Mrs R L Roberson Tuesday morning.
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Decatur
R. L. Roberson
J. W. Lynn
James Lynn
Mable Gatlin
Huntsville
Hugh Johnson
Roe L. Roberson
Lawson Lynn
Hartselle
Marvin Ralph
W. C., Glenn
Lola Ralph
Rock Creek
Linzie Ralph
Bessie Lynn
Dottson Gatlin
Lum Maze
Agron Maze
Passage Predicted in Britain Aid Bill Route
Frank Knox secretary of the navy, touring en route to Washington, predicted passage of the seven billion dollar aid to Britain bill during a brief stop in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Harry
Britain
Frank Knox
Navy
Washington
Walter Winchell On Broadway Trade Mark Registered
Walter Winchell on Broadway Notes features famed stars including Hank Greenberg Gertrude Lawrence Ethel Merman Gracie Allen and Nelson Eddy with gossip on fashion, misquotes and socialites drifting through New York venues and theatres.
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New York
Hank Greenberg
Alice
Gertrude Lawrence
Ethel Merman
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Lindy’s
Nelson Eddy
Bruno Walter
Novotna
Met
Interpsichore
West List
Amaya
Zorina
Ann Staunton
Ina Claire
Chinatown Charlie on marriage for style and wealth
Chinatown Charlie jokes that success is marrying the bright one with thick glasses who can now support the dumb one with trim ankles.
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Chinatown
Charlie
Penny Tax Stuns Knoxville Taxpayer
A WPA worker in Knoxville learned he owed the government half a cent after filing his income tax return. A deputy collector explained the department had no bills to give in change, so the taxpayer paid a penny.
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Knoxville
Tenn
WPA
Internal Revenue
Gly-Cas Proved Effective In Relieving Widespread Ailments
Mrs Ruthie Hancock of Albany Georgia reports drastic relief after using Gly-Cas for painful body aches caused by constipation toxins. She says the medicine restored bowel regularity eliminated intestinal poisons and ended headaches and fatigue, improving appetite and energy.
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Ruthie Hancock
Front St
Albany
Georgia
Hancock
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