Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1944

Page

4

Local Voices Urge Readiness For Postwar Needs

A wartime column urges readiness for postwar needs including a tubercular sanitarium in Morgan County, public support for TVA, and a broader defense budgeting stance. It lauds Finland and warns against naive pacifism while endorsing Patton’s replacement context and McCarran plan for international air lines. It notes Lister Hill’s TVA loyalty and calls for a statewide repeal vote on income tax.

Morgan County Tubercular Sanitarium Morgan County Sanitarium Flint North Alabama

McCarran plan would create All American Flag Lines

Washington reports outline a postwar air policy bill by Senator McCarran proposing to break up Pan American and create a single central company, the All American Flag Lines, to run inter-oceanic air business. Existing lines would own stock but be limited to 25 percent. Trippe might head the new line. The plan aims for a government directed monopoly under private ownership to outpace foreign lines, while keeping mail subsidies as a condition.

Washington Senate McCarran Bennett Clark America Ocean Airways Juan Trippe Pan American Trippe Civil Aeronautics Board Wallace Berle State Department United States

Local Family News from Hatton and Lawrence County

Mr and Mrs Austin Beck hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for Mrs Flora Maye Becks grandfather Rus sell Childs age 83. Attendees included many local families and friends from Russellville and the community. Also noted were Ruthie Warren and Will Victory wed on Wednesday night and residents Walter Killingsworth and J W Johnson with kin.

Austin Beck Flora Mare Beck Norene Christene Parker

Parmone Acid Spray Used in Beer Production

An acid spray labeled Parmone is now applied to beer production to control premature drop and improve fruit yield, a method noted for its impact on trem treae management and fermentation consistency.

Diet Rules For Expectant Mothers Reconsidered For Health

An article debunks the old adage eat for two, explaining that the fetus adds about twelve and a half pounds over nine months. It emphasizes increasing calcium iron and quality protein rather than quantity, noting calcium aids teeth and bones, iron supports blood and baby stores, and a high calcium diet is safe.

Lenten Reducing Diet By Dr Clendening

A historical diet plan outlines a 450 calorie day for Lent. Breakfast uses apple sauce corn flakes and coffee with no additives. Lunch features cheese milk toast with a cheese-topped toast bake and a lettuce salad. Dinner proposes baked stuffed lambs heart with mashed turnips and baked grapefruit and coffee.

Nolley Overcame Handicap To Succeed In Writing

A discourse on Nolley who, though blind, learned by hearing at Hopkins University where he joined the editorial staff. He proved his skill with a typewriter to win a staff position over sighted competitors and pursued writing as a vocation after leaving school. The piece urges perseverance despite physical or mental handicaps and emphasizes aspiration as the measure of worth.

Leonard B. Molley Johns Hopkins University

Poise and Other Oddities in a Wry Social Minute

A quirky survey defines social types such as Poise, Go-Getter, Cynic, Proof Reader and Chorus. It then threads through anecdotal notes on whiskey shortages emergency bottles and a series of publication tidbits including a socialite misnaming, a June book choice, and commentary on magazines and Palm Beach.

Walter Winchell on Broadway and Rumor Mill

Walter Winchell’s Broadway column rounds up rumors about Col Roosevelt and Mary Churchill, Elliott Roosevelt’s alleged social circle, Capt Clark Gable’s upcoming mission, John Roy Carlson’s draft status, and various Hollywood figures. The piece notes subversive links, payoffs, and studio money talks amid a flurry of unverified claims. It also mentions draft board changes, taxishifts, and graft allegations involving a New York newspaper staffer.

Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Winston Churchill Mary Elliott WAC Clark Gable John Roy Carlson 52Nd Street Lonergan Tresca

Dies to be given radio time to reply to reports

Rep. Martin Dies will air Sunday evening March 26 to refute statements by the reporter. Dies had been sued for libel for 75000 dollars, with taxpayer costs. The Dies Committee is accused of failing to aid indictments of 30 conspirators, as FBI and Justice Department and newspapers did the work.

War Department George Patton Seventh Army Washington Associated Press Capitol Patton General Patton Haiti Rome Martin Dies Dies Dies Committee FBI Dept. of Justice

Selznick releases long film with intermission

D O Selznick will release Since You Went Away longer than Gone With The Wind and it includes an intermission. Hedy Lamarr jokes her husband John Loder sleeps everywhere they go. George Hurrell plans acting in Eugene O Neill film The Hairy Ape as photographer. Eugene Lyons leaves American Mercury to start Hillman Publications Inconsistency Dept. Many lawmakers who backed a simple tax return supported the soldiers ballot. Sylvia Sidney tied to Luther Adler circle seeks to keep them content. Added label The America Pacifists.

D. O. Selznick Hedy Lamarr John Loder George Hurrell Eugene O'Neill Hairy Ape Eugene Lyons The American Mercury Hillman Publications Chums Luther Adlers Sylvia Sidney Star America Pacifirsts

Secret marriage rumor shadows Powers model case

A Powers model allegedly wed an officer now stationed in Trinidad and faces an annulment suit. Meanwhile Art Tatum is announced to earn a weekly G at the Yacht Club starting May 20. The Humphrey remains mentioned.

Powers Trinidad Art Tatum Yacht Club Humphrey

Walter Winchell Attacked by Legionnaire Editor

Editorial in the California Legionnaire blasts Walter Winchell for exposing subversive influences while praising his wartime stance. It labels Gerald L. Smith as aiding disunity and prolonging the war, asserting Winchell defends loyal Americans regardless of race or politics.

The California Legionnaire of Walter Winchell U. S Winchell

Editorial Attacks on Rankin and Internal Enemies Commented

The California Legionnaire editorial questions Rankin and others, likening critics to loathsome ghouls who victimize a buried child’s jewels. It mocks Senators and Representatives for libel immunity, arguing public war debate is tedious while attacking private citizens is light work.

Rankin California Legionnaire United States Naval Reserve

Campaign statement hints at sedition trial witnesses

A statement claims Mr Dies will summon thirty witnesses when probing broadcast recordings and scripts. The note ties the campaign to discredit the group to upcoming trials of thirty alleged seditionists, suggesting headlines aim to create reasonable doubt.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nik Decatur Anakaie Ada Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc W. R. Shelton Decatur Michelangelo Henry Ford Henry Europe Finland Russia Lions Club of Morgan County Lion Headquarters Dinsmore’s Second Avenue Lister Hill Tennessee Valley Authority Hill House of Representatives TVA Congress Progressive Congress Hil Senator Hill Montgomery Senator McCarran Nevada the World Cee Tennessee Valley McKellar Montgomery Journal Nashville Tennessean Tennessee Kenneth McKellar David E. Lilienthal Senator McKellar Lilienthal Tennessean McKellars Ed Crump Memphis Crump Nashville Greater Wol Mississippi Kentucky King Feature Syndicate, Inc Stalin Badoglo Badoglio Germany Britain Foggia New Hampshire Willkievtes Dewey Lawrence County Hatton Flora Maye Beck Finlan Dr. Clendening Diplomatic Corps Arthur Martha Junius Tetter Clendening Earth Loyd’s A. B Angus A. C Gov. of Mass Natalie Hammond France H. E. Bates Atlantic-Little, Brown Gypsy Markoff Lisbon Barney Gerard Chas Washburn Mag Miami Beach Palm Beach Postal and Western Union Broadway Bogarts Sam Maceos Galveston James Crowleys Charles Hughes Detroit Athletic Club Lyle Talbot Judy Cook Vaughn Paul Deanna Durbin Joy Barlow Billy Grey Sylvia Froos Allan Kenward Phyllis Baxter Mitchell Ayres Frankie Carle New York Hartford Accident and Indemnity Compan Insurance James L. Rankin State National Bank Bldg Morgan County National Bank Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication