Bible thought and civic notes from Alabama press
A mixed Tidewater of quotes and local items: a Bible verse reference, Alabama political notes on white voters and Sanford’s game, clean-up week in Tuscumbia proclaimed by Mayor Beasley, statewide job demand figures, gardening advice from county agents, reflections on wartime diplomacy, a mosquito-proofing contract for Wheeler Lake homes, old editorial jabs at youth enlistment and lawmaking, and commentary on CIO plant seizures and dictatorship.
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Wheeler Lake Shore
Hank Crisp Tribute Game Ends In Tight Inter Squad Standoff
The Hank Crisp coached Alabama lines could not be pierced by either the white or red backs in a Saturday inter squad clash honoring Hank. Sanford's Sandy made the crucial field goal, securing the slim victory margin as no blocker for his kicks has been found.
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Hank Crisp
Hank
Alabama
Sanford
Toe
Sandy
Economic Outlook Promising as 1939 Views Rise
Business leaders in Decatur report gains in the first two and a half months of the year with a better national outlook. They say the year has a head start and may offer more than 1938 and perhaps match or exceed 1937.
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Decatur
Curing a Malaria and Mosquito Breeding Warnings
The notice outlines a questionable home malaria treatment using quinine and atabrine with step by step dosing. It urges consulting a doctor and stresses stopping mosquito breeding and reporting drainage problems to health authorities.
Decatur Chamber Aims for New Secretary by March 31
Fifteen directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce proceed slowly in choosing a replacement for Gilbert White who resigns effective March 31. The group seeks a trained man with a proven record capable of selling Decatur and the region both to outsiders and to residents as it plans for substantial growth in industry and agricultural marketing.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert White
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Deutache Resolution
Dusseldorf
Ludendorff Publishing Company
Nazi Party
Nazi humor and propaganda in wartime America noted
Washington reports describe Nazi and Communist material circulating in the United States. A Nazi pamphlet reinterprets David and Goliath as Aryan myth, while a Communist guide on social events and propaganda circulates with tips for gatherings and radio listening.
Warning on Trichinae Spread From Undercooked Pork
The Public Health Service warns about a large U S infection risk from trichinella spiralis carried in undercooked meat. Heat kills the parasite, but frankfurters and hamburgers are common sources. the meat inspection service cannot feasibly test all animals. A 20 day freeze at five degrees below zero is required for foods typically eaten uncooked. Doctor Clendening will answer questions via his column.
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United States Public Health Service
United States
Meat Inspection Department
The Model Husband and Other Comic Exchanges
The comic verse and dialogue sketch a pompous perfectionist husband and a string of witty exchanges. Bits on work, purchasing power, and a diamond twist conclude with a humorous memory stone tale.
Incomplete Report Promised by January First 1940
A fragment notes Downtown Jifts seeking greater influence and control, with a promised report due by January 1, 1940, suggesting ongoing development and potential gains for supporters.
Disease parasite incidence in autopsy studies reported in St Louis
A St Louis pathologist examined about 1500 bodies at autopsy and found roughly 16 percent showing the disease. Symptoms include facial swelling and severe muscle pain. No known way to kill the parasites once muscles are invaded. The safest advice is to eat only fully cooked meat.
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St. Louis
Progress in epilepsy study and treatment noted
The article reports appreciable improvement in understanding epilepsy. It notes firmer differentiation of epilepsy types and reclassification of many cases. It highlights luminal as more effective than old sodium bromide for controlling convulsions.
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Pamphlets Available From Dr Clenden ing
The editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets are now obtainable for 10 cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Infant Feeding Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Prophecies of Mother Shipton and the missing lines
A 15th century UK list of prophecies attributed to Mother Shipton is discussed with one prophecy failing to come true, leaving all but the last two lines unfulfilled. The text notes the publication date before America’s discovery and boasts that nearly all forecasts have materialized.
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Mother Shipton
England
America
The New Creature In Christ And The Renewal It Brings
A devotional meditation on 2 Corinthians 5 17 describing regeneration as a divine work yielding a new life. The old sins fears and burdens pass away while a believer gains a new understanding hope perspective power and joy in Christ.
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God
Christ
Congress Actions Today Senate and House Debates
The Associated Press reports Senate debates a government reorganiza tion bill at noon. The House resumes debate on the Interior Department appropriation bill at noon. The Interstate Commerce Committee begins a hearing on a bill to authorize training of 20,000 civilian airplane pilots at 10 AM.
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The
Associated Press
Senate
House
Interior Department
Interstate Commerce Committee
Prophecy of wonders in eighteen eighty one
A fragment declares in prophetic verse that by eighteen eighty one rivers will float iron and gold appear from stones. Carriages without horses will roam and water and air will host humans. England will grant rights to Jews as the world ends.
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England
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Europe’s rising tensions
Walter Winchell recounts a Capitol luncheon with Vice-President John N. Garner and senators, noting his humor and political jabs. The column surveys Mussolini plots, Hungarian anti Semitism, Nazi censorship, and Europe’s brewing crisis as Italy presses for territorial gains and Switzerland faces threats.
Heroin Smuggling Rise Linked to German Factory
FBI tracing a surge in heroin into the country to a German factory. The plant now runs on an eight hour shift and has increased production tenfold, yielding in one week enough heroin to supply the world for five years.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Loyalist Spain's Fate Delays Mediterranean Munich Plot
Axis powers aided by Downing Street press for crushing Loyalist Army in Spain before a coup against France. Chamberlain supports the Cassado Miaja Madrid clique to speed the plan.
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Munich
Spain
No. 10 Downing Street
France
Chamberlain
Madrid
Poland Shifts Stance Over Colonial Issue Amid Warsaw Riots
Three weeks earlier Poland formally offered to side with France and Britain on the colonial question, conditional on France confirming willingness to guarantee military aid. The report frames this as an international double cross following protests outside the Nazi Embassy in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
France
Britain
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