Decatur views on war, census, and local progress
The column mixes wartime rhetoric and public affairs. It discusses defense spending, Roosevelt, and European conflict, plus pride in Decatur High School Band and tentative census gains for Huntsville and Ath. It notes local industrial growth in Decatur, calls for stable markets for farming, and warns of One Crop risks amid national turmoil.
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Decatur
Shestock
Hartford
Conn
Courant
United States
Memphis
Phei Rochester
N.Y. Democrat’ and Chronicle
President Hoover backs arms buildup amid New Deal debate
Across the nation, commentators praise President Roosevelt s armament speech for its clear plan to rebuild defense. Editors note concerns about costs and taxes, but many say the United States must act now to deter aggression and modernize industry and cabinet lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Daily News
Roosevelt
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ind
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hls
Omaha
Neb
world-Herald
St.Louis Post-Dispatch
Roosevelt plans and German air strength dominate war outlook
Washington reports analyze President Roosevelt's air strategy and Allied plane production versus Germany. It notes Germany producing about 4 000 planes monthly with a goal of 5 000 by September, Britain under 1 600 and France 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
France
House Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Trade talks with Belgium progress despite wartime mood
As German forces advance through Belgium, the State Department trade treaty section pushes ahead with a reciprocal trade arrangement with the Belgian government. The aim is to secure economic ties amid the expanding conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Hitler
Belgium
Automobile humor and warnings mix in Alabama air
A collection of quirky quotes and jokes on traffic safety, personal restraint, and public life. Bits include remarks by Bill on gas use at high speeds, a Decatur mother and cake, a salesman and traffic lights, political pickup rumors, a divorced actor, and a coach’s instruction to a substitute. Also jokes about snobbish hitchhikers, Myra at a farm, and cartoonish observations from The Christian Science Monitor.
Vitamin E link to paralysis sparks hopeful medical chatter
A review notes vitamin E in green vegetables may affect paralysis recovery. Experiments with mother rats show paralysis in offspring abates when vitamin E is added to diet. Clinicians report improvements in muscular atrophy and ALS-like cases, hinting nerve and muscle interplay and renewed optimism about treatment prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Evans
University of California
New York
London
T. G
Dialogue Excerpt on Neighborly Life and Curiosity
A fragmentary exchange discusses borrowing ten dollars and everyday observations. The speakers compare fortunes, noting a neighbor with no car radio or talking machine and speculating about a possible bank account. The tone hints at casual banter amid a broader social scene.
Plenty of money in the banks and car surplus hint
A newspaper item notes abundant bank funds and a prediction that brisk automobile production could yield two or three cars per household or per person in coming years. The piece suggests strong industry growth and rising consumer abundance.
Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets for readers
The editor notes seven Dr Clendening pamphlets are available at 10 cents each. To obtain one, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Logan Clendening care of this. Titles include Three Weeks in a 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
After the Auto Accident They Pull Themselves Together
In a terse exchange Bill recalls a crash and Sant asks about stitches. Joe replies he pulled himself together, indicating no medical stitching was required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant
Joe
Hitch Bribe Explained by Utah Sheriff
Sheriff J E Orrock describes a hitchhike scam in Ely Utah as a transient visits the county relief office and tells a tale to gain aid. The report outlines how the gas line bribe method is said to operate and the local response to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Utah
J E. Orrock
Walter Winchell On Broadway News Memos Buzz and Gossip
A digest of Broadway related chatter notes various celebrities and events. Walter Winchell comments on market rumors German ploys Tony Martin Alice Faye at the Pierre reactions and media moves including NBC plans and Willkie speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. W
Wall
Goebbels
Goering, Et al
Tony Martin
Alice Faye
Pierre
Tony
Vincent Astor
Gossip and showbiz chatter from a Bund meeting and Washington
A fragmenting column records social talk at a Bund uptown meeting with a fan dancer and chatter about Nazis propaganda. It notes editor gossip about Winchell, quotes Time editor remarks, and lists varied entertainment and political rumors from Frances Farmer to FDR, with loose connections to press coverage and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bund
Herr Winchell
Washington
Time
Belle Bakers
Frances Farmer
Frances
Leif Erickson
Lubitsch
Athenia
Claudette Culbert
Claudette
County halts free gas after transient hitching rides
A transient stranded for lack of money or gasoline obtained gas from the county and then used it to hitch rides. Sheriff Orrock halted the practice and the county now requires the individual to prove car ownership before receiving fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrock
These are the last sixty days of sanity
In a New Yorker note FDR warned that the next period would test American resolve and public opinion. The writer laments editorial fear and cites groups described as parachutists undermining morale while praising resilience and unity among readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lippman
FDR
New Yorker
Pelleys
Kuhns
The Hope of Heaven Becomes My Eternal Home
A devotional on Colossians 5 the believer finds forgiveness through Christ Jesus securing salvation and the hope of heaven. Despair is displaced by faith God’s eternal arms sustain through trials even death cannot sever this promised joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Jesus
Christ
Redeemer
God
Heaven
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Great
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Risa
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Enhagen
Bill
Junior
Alabama
Myra
Christian Science Monitor
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Furst
By Logan Clendening, M. D
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City Park
Danville Road
Allied van Lines, Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co. Bank
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Daily Mirror
Lord Lothian
Col. Stimson
Sec’y
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NBC
Dorothy T
Paris
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Groucho Marx
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Poland
Alifornia
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N. Y
Greenland
Irwin Shaw
Draper
Tamara Geva
Strouse
Geo
Mata Hari
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Colleen Ward
Violet Carlson
Australia
Arthur Murray
Hollywood
Roy Larsen
Life
Larsen
Republic Aviation
Dorothy Thompson
la Thompson
Harry Hansen
Leopold
Hope Saroyan
Kaufman and Hart
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad
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Charles Thomases
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