Earthly tyrannies boon met disaster in ancient prophecy
A collage of era notes discusses politics and public life, including references to Daniel’s prophecy, a professor in Africa, the 1940 presidential campaign, and Alabama patrol training. It comments on courtesy as a factor in public service, John L. Lewis’s CIO rise, tobacco tax enforcement, and maps for Decatur with four Alabama cities shown.
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Daniel
Alabama
John L. Lewis
CIO
Decatur
Alabama Fans Eye Rising Stars From News Editor Says
The Birmingham News sports editor notes Alabama backfield artist Jimmy Nelson may become a Southern sensation next year. Fordham 1939 plans are discussed as a plentiful idea. The Tide tangles with the Rams in New York next fall. The crash when those ine i oop can be heard all.
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Alabama
Zipp Newman
Birming News
Jimmy Nelson
Fordham
Rams
New York
Decatur’s Duties and a Call to Opportunity
An editorial pleads for Decatur residents to consider a distant but more profitable chance for agricultural and industrial growth. It compares Mor City’s potential, urging envisioning a smarter, trainable workforce ready for factory work.
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Decatur
Decatur Roadmap for Regional Growth and Debt Reduction
The piece urges Decatur to lead a regional survey within thirty miles to compare towns like Hartselle Cullman Athens Moulton Courtland and Parkville and attract industry. It calls for debt reduction lower taxes expanded health facilities and stronger education to erase disease and attract investment while encouraging a positive civic image to draw visitors and new business.
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Hartselle
Cullman
Athens
Moulton
Courtland
Parkville
Decatur
Europe on edge as power balance stalls in 1939 talk
Washington reports a stalemate view of Europe where a balance of power keeps peace for now but risks repeated economic and political crises. Hitler’s speech is seen as a campaign move aimed at Roosevelt, stirring isolationist friction while German mobilization numbers are discussed and policy maneuvers in Congress are outlined.
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Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Europe
Miller
Poland
Danzig
Hitler
Britain
Schutzstaufel
der Royal Furore
Royal Guard
National Guard
Roosevelt
Goering
der Parore
Roosevellt
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Mussolini
Michael Evans
Atlantic
U. S
Hester Robinson
W. G. Krivitsky
Ratzis
Red Army
Look
Eleanor Holm
Preseasonal Hay Fever Advice for Spring and Fall
A medical note explains timing for pre season hay fever prevention. Spring pollen from grasses and trees triggers symptoms while ragweed causes autumn hay fever. Vaccines or pollen solutions are given by injection weeks before onset and may require year round treatment in resistant cases. Not universally curative but worth trying.
Memory Keeps Days Safe in a Quiet Cabinet
A reflective verse about time passing as days and nights become years stored in a memory cabinet marked Yesterday. The piece compares memory to a key that unlocks the past, shaping how we recall moments and events.
The Vicious Circles Cartoon Sketches and Office Banter
A string of humorous dialogue sketches including a couple arguing over the family finances and a stern wife, a morning caller asking for the husband, a professor waiting for order in class, and a job-seeking graduate in an office. The pieces play on economic and social pressures with light satire.
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Pamphlets For Readers
Editor notes Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets priced at ten cents each. To obtain any pamphlet send ten cents in coin plus a self addressed stamped envelope with a three cent stamp to Dr. Logan Clendening care of the newspaper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Never Will You Hold Me by a Poem of Charles Divine
A fragmentary verse image centers on a university graduation question about pay and a lyrical speaker resisting comforting gestures. The piece contrasts grim scenes with a brighter songlike chorus, suggesting longing for a final, bound moment before parting.
Helping Hands From The Lines Of Labor And Love
Lyla Myers reflects on the quiet dignity of labor through worn hands. She praises mothers and workers whose rough fingertips symbolize care and duty, arguing every hand deserves honorable toil and that compassion from toil defines beauty.
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Lyla Myers
Love and Unity Across Denominations and Races
A sermon urges Christians to love one another as God loves them, linking love to salvation and urging kindness across religions and races. It warns against punitive simplicity and stresses shared purpose, mutual help, and unity in faith and humanity. The speaker cites Shelley’s Love Philosophy to illustrate unity.
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God
Church
Shelley
Walter Winchell On Broadway The New York Scene
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway chatter with reviews of Nazimova in The Mother and Wuthering Heights stage and film versions. He notes Time's critics circle stance, praises Juarez and Confessions of a Nazi Spy, and previews Beauchamp-like portents from Hollywoods weekly pages and public figures.
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New York
Uncle Sam
The
Night Watch
Mme
Nazimova
Karel Capek
John Mason Brown
Wuthering Heights
Edith Barrett
John Emery
Merle Oberon
L. Oliver
Times
Mr. Atkinson
Time
Dep't
N. Y
Broadway
Hollywood
Hedy LaMarr
Juarez
Rockies
Bette Davis
Paul Muni
Mexico
Cisco Kid
Lady
Kentucky
G. Raft
Ellen Drew
Hoss
Republic
Richard Dix
Gail Patrick
Kitty Carlisle
Yvonne Printemps
Congress Activity Highlights Senate and House Sessions
Senate aims to discuss stream pollution at noon and hear AFL President Gareen testify on Wagner act amendments at 10. Foreign relations panel returns to neutrality hearings at 10:30. Slum clearance bill before labor at 4. House reviews interior department appropriation and veterans pension bills at noon. WPA committee resumes hearings on New York City relief setup at 10:30.
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Senate
Fisherman’s Paradise in Seymour Declares Holiday
Seymour Texas, May 1. The west Texas town with 2700 residents is a ghost city as schools and courts sit idle. Only skeleton crews patrol and respond to emergencies while the mayor proclaims opening day of Lake Kemp fishing a holiday for the prairie community.
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Seymour
Texas
Kemp
Moore Brothers Vie For Granite Falls Mayor Seat
Granite Falls election heats up as brothers compete for mayor. E. E. Moore and C. G. Moore, both bankers, are the two candidates in the upcoming race.
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Moore and Moore
Granite Falls
N. C
E. E. Moore
C. G. Moore
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Uope
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Foreign Relations Committee
Clark
V. P
Lucas
Illinois
Pittman
Japan
France
W. M. Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Mediation Board
Leiserson
NLRB
AFL
Noah
Toa Bony
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Merrill Wyman
Harvard
White Mountains
Cate Junius
Mr. Kulper
Charles Divine
Danville Road
Walter Winchell
Robert Taylor
Bert
Wm. Allen White
Lord _Beaverbrook
Basil Rathbone
Marlene Dietrich
Lord Lothian
Chamberlain
Peasement
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Fritz
Alice Faye
Bernie
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Rep. Smith
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Viscount Halifax
London
Grover Whalen
Bojangles
Edward Everett Horton
Crosby
Arthur
Johnny Brooks
John Anderson
Dixie Tighe
Peter Arno
Arno
Cables
Clare Boothe
Sourpuss
Hellzapoppin
Congress
Associated Press
Fisherman’s Paradise
Tennessee
Decatur Daily Building
Bob Sheppard
Addison
Stoneville
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Checkerboard Store
Moulton Street
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