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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
4
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Public debate on aiding Britain highlights figures like Hitler Kuhn and Lindbergh urging non intervention. Local progress includes traffic lights at Bee Line intersections and interest in driving to Pryor plantation for Crimson clover fields. The piece mentions convoys, dock security, and Walter Winchell’s article. Senator Russell signals rejection of convoys except in emergency. The piece also notes St. Louis Cardinals vitamin B during spring training and railroads embracing the Tennessean streamliner. First Baptist Church marks two years of Rev. Waterhouse leadership with a centennial year planned for 1942 and a $20,000 bond indebtedness noted as outstanding but not due.
The editorial argues that growth in Gadsden and Decatur comes from sacrifice, investment, and planning. It lauds Gadsden as Alabama’s Fourth city and celebrates Decatur’s diversified industry, river assets, and hospital plans while urging steady foundation work to attract capital and raise living standards.
Washington reports growing calls for war and a decisive turn in policy. The House defeated an amendment to bar Roosevelt from gifting Axis ships to Britain by 161 to 131, signaling stronger prowar sentiment and an easier path toward broad mobilization. Treasury officials loosened on Henderson’s tax plan while executives weigh morale and profits against defense needs.
The article notes severe shortages in rubber and wool due to Balkan logistics and German transport issues. It warns that supplies cannot reach Germany timely while British planners target railway centers with a new bombing campaign and pursue bomber deliveries from Roosevelt.
Cole Springs group met at Mrs D W Stringer home with twenty five members. Miss Rowe demonstrated hanging and arranging pictures while winners were named for the dress revue. Massey club met with Mrs Price Bryant. dress revue judging named Mrs Okle Owen and Mrs J W Morris as winners. seventeen members attended.
Editorial argues Decatur can grow to 30 000 or 40 000 with sound reasons and active citizen effort. It stresses that cities are built by their residents, not imposed from above.
Infra-red rays provide deep heat to treat rheumatic pain, neuritis and stiff joints, with repeat applications every few hours for deep congestions. They soothe nerves, improve blood flow, and aid healing of pulled muscles and sprains, using two wavelength lamps and focused reflectors.
A narrator recalls a friend’s autumnted cottage plan to collect the best things in life. He imagines hanging the finest pictures and books, framing the best poems, planting the best flowers, and building bird houses to attract the finest birds by a lakeside porch.
Readers ask about a leg sore that won’t heal and possible varicose veins. A second question concerns eyelashes thinning from irritation or infection and potential mascara effects with treatment options.
The editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets are available for 10 cents each. To obtain one, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening in care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks’ Using 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.
A fragmentary monologue about choosing the best things as a lifetime pursuit, describing it as an enduring hobby and ideal. A brief courtroom exchange hints at a prisoner and Judge O'Flaherty with a photograf likeness, alongside a seasonal complaint about clothing in summer versus winter.
A comic exchange recalls a summer morning scene with a Southern gentleman in the first local aeroplane. The dialogue shifts to a note about the audience discussing their operations as the piece ends with a racially charged phrase about darkies.
A humorous dialogue shows an inventor selling a rapid tooth-pulling method and a new coin collection box. The device sorts coins by metal, with silver slipping onto velvet and copper into a bell, promising huge profits from churches and a fortune from the idea.
Notes from Walter Winchell on Broadway discuss editorial cartoons and Pulitzer outcomes. Packer's 1939 NY Mirror cartoon of a praying child closely resembles Jacob Burck's 1940 Chicago Times winning image. The column mentions awards, political figures, and the Britain First slogan linked to Oswald Mosley.
Belgep wins for union racketeers pieces while Jay Racusin earns hopeful mention for exposing Nazi agent Westrick. Herr Westrick fled the US as reporters like Sid Boehm and Hearst crew receive praise for diggings that led to gang convictions in New Jersey. The Pulitzer panel withholds for Hemingway and awards the best play to There Shall Be No Night with Finland as its backdrop.
A Dixie Tighe column in the Post notes a taxi driver’s tale of woe. Miss Virginia Faulkner and Mr Collier Young respond with compassion by directing the driver to Reuben's and buying pate de foie gras worth $25 for him.
New York journalists endure a law forbidding press shields on cars while covering stories. Some groups like the DNB in New York ignore the rule, using large press shields on their vehicles despite regulations.
In Daladier's new book France Speaking he claims the collapse stemmed from leadership flaws. He cites a snubbed tank program as evidence that Gamelin did not like tanks and hindered modern defense.
At the Stork Club owner Billingsley tried to dodge a loud drunken guest. The pest cornered him in the kitchen and confessed a $500 debt to Sherman. The rest of the piece notes a humorous take on a British warship Malaya avoiding damage by laughing at the Italian Navy.
In the Mirror page 10 column 3 yesterday a signed piece titled Attention Mr and Mrs Rip Van Winkle drew a quip from Pancho who urged the spelling as VON Winkle.
The piece notes a local ham known around NBC for stunts for Norman Corwin Ed Byron and others Critics say he will do anything for an acting job. He once leapt from his chair at a Radio City luncheon toward the rear of the store. Actress Vicki Vola offers a playful explanation that he may be making an important fan call.
The sign off quotes critics who branded bonds as liberty and sacrifice while opponents recall Liberty Bonds rhetoric. The exchange frames a wartime funding argument, contrasting government finance with personal freedom.
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