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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1944
Page
4
The article notes that the Associated Press holds exclusive reprint rights for news dispatches credited to it and for special AP dispatches, with all publication rights reserved by the paper.
A miscellaneous roundup of political and editorial opinions plus a tax notice. The piece jokes about Stalin, onions, black markets, and the Willkie plan, then shifts to a tax deadline alert listing 1944 estimated income tax filing thresholds for singles, married couples, and farmers with December 15 dates.
The month seems set to depart with a reputation for windy days. Readers are advised to trim busy help wanted ads and save them for future scrapbook reading.
Lieut. Col. Martin Sommers writes in The Saturday Evening Post that Ernie Pyle gained his status by becoming a G I himself. Pyle shaped his onfield persona, writing as a home front voice with a million questions, blending battlefield accuracy with dramatic storytelling.
In a heart to heart, a Tennessean warns that Senator McKellar aims to dismantle TVA by removing Lilienthal and pressuring House members. He cites votes from Southern senators, predicts further moves, and urges the House to resist what he calls a political assault on TVA’s foundation and its regional impact. The piece frames TVA as built for public good, not political gain, and urges unity against McKellar’s amendments.
Washington March 28 adjusts the tax and spending framework to shift from government outlays to private spending during slumps and restrain boom times. Proposals include automatic tax adjustments, targeted allowances for home building, and government-led incentives for utilities and banks to expand in slack periods, aiming for a balanced, nonpolitical approach.
Washington dispatch notes Congress raised postal money order rates by 66 2 3 percent for six months after the war, prompting banks to cut their own prices and likely increase bank money orders while government figures show massive prior volumes. Bank examples show tiered rates up to 60 dollars. Banks may draw more business from the post office as a result.
Dr Clendening explains the morning inertia as a natural sign of aging not alarm. He notes a brief dizziness and the need to adjust circulation as one rises from bed. The piece cites Dr Starrs test at the University of Pennsylvania to measure circulation response and reassures readers the change is a normal gradual withdrawal of youth energy.
G. D. warns about cleaning the ear with a match. The doctor cautions that improper cleaning can damage the ear drum and recommends professional ear cleaning to protect hearing.
Stool that is tarry and bloody or ribbon like can indicate cancer in the intestinal tract. A complete GI workup including X rays should reveal trouble. While physicians may err, a competent clinician should recognize this condition based on stool appearance and GI findings.
A Wednesday reduced diet lists a 500 calorie plan for breakfast lunch and dinner. Breakfast includes apple sauce oatmeal milk and coffee without additives. Lunch features a cheese sandwich tomato with vinegar and tea. Dinner centers on baked stuffed mushrooms toast salad gelatin and coffee with no cream.
A national fame statesman in Buffalo endures heckling and delivers a parable on opportunity and timing. A merchant explains success to a young man who must jump at opportunities, while other vignettes show school exams, a mother, and charity versus philanthropy influencing choices.
A Decatur man chats with a friend from the country about undertaking bee keeping in an emergency. The friend notes a desire not to miss anything and mentions having been stung in other methods, highlighting practical concerns and cautions.
The dialogue shows a mistress delaying guests Mr and Mrs Smith for a quarter hour, with the maid commenting on the excessive courtesy. It captures domestic etiquette and class tones reflecting a bygone social code.
A column uses satire to redefine common phrases such as Lipstick, Personality, and Infant. It narrates a comic contrast with a racist mule story from a transfer company, ending with a dated, historically insensitive anecdote about a Negro in charge and a mule halted by police.
Walter Winchell’scolumn reviews Paris stage star Ludmilla Pitoeff and the play Decision at the Ambassador Theatre. It also mocks industry figures, praises and pans 1940s films, and comments on press battles and wartime headlines with brisk, period-voice tone.
The Wireless column pokes at civil liberties for alleged seditionists as Roger Baldwin frets on air. Rex Stout and Wm. Agar condemn common sense, while Wm. Shirer accuses Harrison Spangler of dirty pool over using Eire Cassino and the Russian-Polish squabble as a vote lever for FDR. The piece lightly glosses on Liszt gossip, Miver Cugat grooming for film roles, and London raids amid peace-lovers silence. Lidice mispronunciations get noted.
The piece surveys magazine voices including Helen Fuller and John Lardner, criticizing lobbyists and calling out press and political figures. It notes Washington’s political friction, German army depictions by Lardner, and Collier’s Sigrid Schultz’s Nazi blueprint sketches. It reflects on quarrels as a social good per F Crowder.
A worker describes being whipped by his employer and a white man twisting a mule’s tail, with details of the animal being restrained and the injured man taken to a hospital. The phrasing shows old regional speech and implies racial power dynamics in a workplace setting.
A man who was deceived by a fake gold mine defined the term bonanzo as a hole in the ground owned by a champion liar. The remark frames bonanzo as a cheeky, dismissive label for a fraudulent mining scheme and its deceiver.
Bennie states Key was the author of the poem that became the Star Spangled Banner and knew all the verses. The remark highlights Key's literary contribution and his mastery of the song's full version.
The piece collects aphorisms and quips from Beecher, Connors, Belden, Curtis, Laing, Proc tor, Barton, Heine, Holmes, Eden, Chesterton. It presents gender, politics and ideas through brief, pointed lines on schooling, speaking, manners, perseverance, and integrity.
A one day Alabama division convention of the American Association of University Women will be held in Birmingham on Saturday with Dr Helen Constance White, national president, delivering the keynote address.
Montgomery Alabama March 28 Arthur Heustess assistant prison administrator for the state today reported the apprehension of two escaped Alabama convicts James Johnson in Lexington Kentucky and Roy Williamson in Baltimore Maryland.
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