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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
4
Local columns urge paving and housing expansion in Decatur Alabama, promote a federal-aided street program, and support continued convoying of supplies to Britain amid Nazi threats. Letters from Nashville readers criticize pacifist teaching in church youth groups.
The Alabama State Chamber of Commerce will hire a capable individual to gather information on Alabama industries. This data will be presented to the OPM to identify sectors able to take defense contracts and machinery available in Alabama, serving as a between service for manufacturers and the government.
A visiting interviewer spoke with many trainees and relayed a soldier’s advice to begin conditioning immediately. The message urged recruits to tackle physical prep early to meet the Army’s yearlong goal, noting tougher trainers favor those in better shape upon arrival.
Washington May 1 reports say the coal strike dispute centers on Sidney Hillman and John L. Lewis with Hillman defending mediation while Lewis resists. Roosevelt Perkins and the administration navigate the deferred agreement plan amid board policy disputes and defenses of the labor mediation process.
Montgomery May 1. State highway department awards $180 991 worth of projects in three counties. Bids include Vandergriff Construction Co. of Montgomery for removal of right of way structures and Phillips Construction Co. of Birmingham for grading drainage and bridges. A. A. Ballew of Sheffield bids on Cullman Arab road work. Lee T. on Cedar Bluff Centre highway. Scott of Thomasville bids on Cherokee overpass project.
Roosevelt Whitfield, a farm hand from Kinderlous, Ga, hunted rabbits with a 410 shotgun near a swamp and shot a wildcat chasing a rabbit. He killed both animals with a single shot, skinned the cat which weighed 18 pounds, and used the rabbit for a hearty meal.
Dr. Clendening discusses ancient herbals and the banana as a medicinal food, noting high calories and vitamins A B C and G. The column then explores sudden voice loss, suggesting hysterical paralysis and psychological treatment for recovery.
A doctor notes that small navel hernias are common and often close without treatment. The described case seems severe and may require surgery, though waiting until muscles mature can improve permanent relief. Advise seeking a surgeon’s opinion.
Readers may obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets by sending 10 cents per title plus a self addressed stamped envelope to the care of this caption. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation Meducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Diabetes Treatment Feminine care and Hair care.
A collection of wordplay and quips on limits incentives and conversation. Jokes cover self restraint diction repetition and social behavior with punchlines about reputation marriage taxes and acceptance of fate. Notable bits reference a farmer and Wagner and a reporter requesting a fingerprint of speech.
Walter Winchell’s Broadway column riffs on public figures from Edga Ferber to Rex Stout and Lindbergh. It notes gossip about Memos of a Midnighter and Edith Roark’s joint, plus cultural jabs at Cafe Society and Manhattan life.
A cryptic line asks about burning with a flame and references a misery image with an old flame. The fragment hints at a doomed romance or burned memory, framed like a literary caption in a periodical.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a time when money flowed freely and a misstep in burning it changed the course of events. The speaker quotes a line about an old party and a prayer about outcomes, presenting a pensive, clipped recollection.
A collage of items mentions Artie Shaw’s Concerto for Clarinet, Gilbert-Patten’s Mr. Frank Merriwell, Red Barber’s WOR broadcasts, bold nurse George Selwuck’s gunman encounter at the N Y A C hold up, and Sue and Julie Batleys on Ben Bernie. Also notes Frank Buck’s All In a Lifetime Chapter 56 and Hotel Lake Champlain’s Coup a la Peehe with champagne and peaches.
A string of caustic quips appears across sections titled Sounds in the Night and At the Wives and At Enduro and The Stork and Copacabana. The remarks target public figures and social types with sharp, lingering humor. The tone hints at a satirical column reflecting gossip culture and cultural critiques of the era.
Johnny Torrio is quietly out on parole after a two year and two day term at Leavenworth. He says he is through with the under world and will be on probation for ten years.
A Broadway Casanova reflects on love and heartbreak in a witty solo. The performer jokes about falling in love and the inevitable heartaches, comparing romance to eating crackers without leaving crumbs.
E J Rogers, 26, was denied bond after a habeas corpus hearing before Judge A M McConnell. The first degree murder charge stems from the October 1939 killing of 19 year old Sonny Boy Straughter. Rogers was located two weeks ago and remanded to jail. trial scheduled for October circuit court session.
Miss Grace Raines of Greenville South Carolina reports 100 percent satisfaction with Gly-Cas herbal remedy. She says relief from severe back pain improved appetite and sleep after eliminating intestinal impurities.
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