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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1938
Page
4
A writer argues for a healthily structured tax situation to attract industries to the county. He promotes financial prudence, urges a future Alabama bill requiring a concurrent tax to repay bonds, and frames debt prevention as a duty to future generations.
The June 14 election mostly reduces to county issues while Arizona’s Florence penitentiary faces operating cost shortages. Prisoners are reported to be going hungry due to expended funds.
The statement asserts that, to date, Herr Hitler has taken no actions justifying the United States surrendering helium resources to Germany, framing a stance of noncooperation and warning against concessions.
A number of people show interest in an Alabama legislature move to pass a fair trade practice act but overlook federal court actions against similar Minnesota legislation.
A reflection notes that rumors harbor inaccuracy and ignorance and that time spent verifying them often reveals no factual basis. The author emphasizes skepticism toward rumors and suggests deliberate scrutiny to avoid false conclusions.
The railroads inform millions of workers of a 15 per cent wage reduction starting July 1. If business justifies the cut, workers should accept it. If not, the move is ill advised and protest may follow. A past error in Decatur still haunts some workers.
A Savings Refunding of the $230 000 Morgan County bond issue reduces interest from 5 percent to 3 percent, saving thousands yearly. The issue dates to 1908 and partially funded the courthouse rebuild. Over ten years, the county will retire the debt and end the obligation, easing tax burdens. The board of revenue is praised for retiring $40 000 in bonds and improving the county’s financial condition.
Mrs J S Patterson returns home after Birmingham visit. Mrs J G Hamilton attends Elaine Kitchens and Geo Vail wedding in Birmingham. Eugene Gibson to graduate from Alabama Military Institute Anniston May 25. Miss Lila Webb visits then returns to Memphis. John Patterson announces candidacy for Morgan County state representative.
Roosevelt receives private White House briefings noting a faint life in business. A new treasury federal reserve policy is mentioned as placing a floor under stocks while full effects may take six months. Registered securities issues by U S Steel and others could set a market trend in weeks.
Mr. R's economic nurses report no fear in bank conditions. Despite this depression era doubt, inventories are being worked out as consumption exceeds production. By late summer the inventory factor should be eliminated and tax bill benefits are anticipated, easing official pessimism as new dealers appear more confident than last fall.
Unclear plan outlines management labor collaboration to plan production wages and prices. Biggers reports confidential Census talks with the White House and President about unemployment, aiming to pool production with stable project commitments, despite past obstacles with CIO leader John Lewis.
The piece notes the shelving and revival of a major WPM housing plan, with Morgenthau McDonald and Jessie Jones opposing at different times. It discusses the Mordecai Ezekiel $50 million dwelling unit corporation idea, likely blocked by local chambers of commerce. It also covers a push to resign Roper and a proposed new Bureau of Industrial Economics in the commerce department and possible state department reshuffles.
Dr. Logan Clendening reports the American Dietetic Association notes 2300 hospital dietitians and outlines the growing role of dietitians in public schools clinics colleges and student housing. The Washington Conference on College Hygiene urges trained dietitians oversee student feeding and serve as consultants. Hospitals and medical schools may add courses to train dietitians who become teachers and hospital staff consultants.
A fragmented humorous dialogue shows a grocer and a man named John. The gag lines reference jokes as proof of a good wife and spats, with a comment about a five year kiss gap and a shooting incident. The text reflects light domestic humor from an old newspaper cartoon.
A garbled collage quotes poems and lines about care and restraint in medical settings. It includes a dialogue fragment about a towel in a patient s mouth and a phrenologist remark on gardening skills, mixing verse and stray notes from a newspaper snippet.
Readers may obtain seven pamphlets by sending ten cents per title and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening care of this paper. Presets include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feed Instructions for Diabetes Feminine Ten and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
A humorous panel features quirky exchanges about a West Coast ticket for $100, with Chicago three day hangs over, and punchlines about drinking, virtue, and youth. Characters include Nifty Miss Sweet Young Thing Fond Auntie Doctor and Nurse, plus a Father Son dialogue.
In Chiloquin Oregon on May 17, Jake Polin shot his dog after it had fits. The dog later reappeared with only a creased skull. Mrs Polin fainted from shock.
A sermon emphasizes loving enemies as Christ did, citing a Spanish priest executed for blessing his tormentors. It argues believers must practice forgiveness, turn the other cheek, and give more, to achieve spiritual victory and see the kingdom come.
A research institute at Georgetown University in Washington DC began functioning last year, housing 57000 human and animal brains for study and experimentation.
The piece weighs how newspapermen view screen journalists. It lauds Hildy Johnson as lively but criticizes ink lure and editors who crave sensationalism. It notes Lew Ayres and Edward G Robinson examples and ends with on set newsroom satire and a nod to real-world boss power.
Lee Tracy impersonates a reporter in the film Clear All Wires. He portrays a high pressure prima donna in Moscow and uses Katzenjammer tricks to fool Soviet officials while a New York Times writer tries to scoop the story.
The piece notes cinema satire on newsroom practices as two rewrite men were removed from a theatre following a dispute over how headlines were presented. It references Robert Benchley and a Crawford Gable film as examples of newsroom misfires and editorial clashes.
Cumberland Maryland councilmen waited two hours for Mayor Thomas W. Koon to arrive for a key tax rate measure. The mayor, who is also a physician, finally arrived announcing a birth: "It's 4 girl."
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