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!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1938
Page
4
Control agencies are now available to stop the disease, and using them is essential for improving human health in the Valley. The text urges employing these agencies to prevent further spread and advance well being.
The passage argues Heflin's plan would help Cotton Tom by placing two ballots for Heflin and one for the opposition in the box, claiming this is the only apparent way for Cotton Tom to secure a job.
In the Tennessee Valley communities prospects rise as cheaper power may spark industrial growth. Local projects show enterprises expanding with local capital and labor, producing returns and jobs. Decatur stands out for self-made industrial development and hopes for outside investment to boost its rightful regional leadership.
The Decatur physicians surveyed report low malaria tests and positive rates since 1938, with figures suggesting the county’s burden is a minor economic nuisance. The Daily urges reporting malaria cases to health units to aid public awareness and cost containment.
Washington reports a $40 4200 appropriation proposal to form a state department bureau of international communications. The plan includes 20 staff and a two part secret report on German and Italian radio propaganda. Diplomats push for cautious progress amid domestic broadcasting opposition.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 17 to 1 against the Nye resolution. Key liberal allies deserted Nye, accusing him of a position change that would only aid the Loyalist side in Spain.
The genial senator stops reporters asking where the Milton bill to abolish errors in the press passes and if he can obtain the weather reports. The exchange captures his light tone and focus on press reliability.
Footprints of prehistoric mammals were discovered at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The find highlights ancient fauna in a historic battlefield region and may prompt further study by paleontologists and park officials.
A doctor reports Madrid has had no epidemics since the war began and scarce typhoid and dysentery. France’s immunization approach aids Spanish health while housing improvements in London and Switzerland modernize public hospitals and school clinics. A Swiss dry fuel product called meta caused child poisonings, prompting use of inert repellents to deter children.
A quirky dialogue blends humor and insight from a staged scene with lines about false teeth, sharp corners in life, and a humorous courtroom exchange. Voices include a judge, a defendant, Smith, and a mother noting a child’s future auctioneering flair.
A Redbud tree at Platt National Park Oklahoma blooms in November defying its spring norm. The scene highlights unusual plant timing in a regional park setting.
A fragment from a local scene features characters debating modesty and manners. Auntie-Aunty jokes about dirty faces, while Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown stir rumor in a rural setting. Helen boasts about beauty and humor, and a handyman quips about efficiency with logs.
A collection of brief quips and verselets about spring, marriage, bigamy, scouting, and daily routines. The humor relies on wordplay and social observations as characters exchange wry lines and aphorisms.
Pupils at Dulwich College in England study reading aloud while wearing gas masks, a practice described in the article as part of classroom drills and historical wartime preparedness.
A sermon urges applying Christ’s standard of excellence from the Sermon on the Mount. It contrasts easy creed recitation with hard, daily obedience and notes the need to inculcate kingdom principles in life despite cost and sacrifice.
A 1937 column gathers quips about famous writers and figures. It notes Victor Hugo bathing on rooftops, O Henry in Russia, Voltaire’s candlesticks and quarrels with Frederick the Great, Dumas as a cook, Rascoe’s critique, and other literary oddities and anecdotes.
A set of quips and exchanges about Indiana bright youths and editors liking spice. Terhune sought dog stories but editors balked. Wordsworth boasted he could write like Shakespeare if he had the mind, Lamb retorted nothing is wanting but the mind.
A collage of writerly quirks and facts lists Margaret Mitchell rewriting a chapter seventy times and considering Tomorrow Is Another Day, Lloyd Douglas writing with constant music, Elinor Glyn teaching Valentino romance, and other authors such as Rex Beach Samuel Pepys and Sax Rohmer. It notes playful habits and infamous anecdotes from literary legends.
A compact survey of famous authors from Tolstoy to Twain noting varied early education and creative process. It highlights Tolstoy as a college teacher favorite, Dickens limited schooling, Dreiser as backward, Coward as a club dancer, and Goldsmith and Shakespeare with problematic titles. It ends with Twain omitting weather descriptions.
Mrs. Gistie Bishop was the Monday evening guest of Mrs. Cordie Clemons and was accompanied by Mrs. Walter Clemons in attendance.
George Abbott bought the play Brother Rat without reading it to follow the success of Boy Meets Girl. When asked why he would buy a script unseen he said he needed a comedy and would make it good if necessary.
Richard Macaulay who worked on Garden of the Moon buys every pipe he sees though he smokes only cigarettes. Kathleen Norris met her husband while editing a San Francisco society column and called him to confirm his engagement to someone else.
A note clarifies that wages refer to compensation for services after 1936 and before reaching age 65 in included employment. The guidance outlines the time frame and eligibility context for wage calculations under the stated policy.
The Social Security Board determines eligibility for Federal Old-Age Insurance benefits with payments by the Treasury based on board certifications. Arthur J. Altmeyer serves as chair. Lump sum claims may be filed by the wage earner at 65, a surviving spouse, close relatives if no will is probated, the estate executor, or guardian. Alabama has eight field offices in Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Dothan, Gadsden, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa.
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.
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!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.