Daily family donates to Red Cross both Albany and Decatur
The Daily staff contributed a day's pay to the Red Cross with the funds split between Albany and Decatur chapters. Mrs. L. K. Wiggins left for a six week visit with relatives in South Alabama. Kimbrough of Birmingham spent the weekend with his parents. Garner Pride is on furlough from Camp Pike. Mrs. B. S. Moore, guest of Mrs. Lewis Pointer, has returned to Birmingham.
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Statewide campaign boosts hopes for gas tax receipts
In a statewide election climate the gasoline tax receipts are expected to stay solid through the summer. Officials anticipate steady revenue as campaign activity continues and motorists maintain fuel use.
Describing Simple Voting Convenience and Party Labels
A brief note extols quick voting by marking the party symbol without reading long candidate lists. The remark emphasizes party regularity and familiarity with known names to speed the ballot process.
Limestone County Rejects State Plan to Pay Bee Line Paving
Limestone County rejects a state plan to cover half the cost of finishing the Bee Line highway. Officials say funds are unavailable, though the project should be completed as soon as possible with state support.
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Gulf
Bibb Graves
North Alabama
Congress
Sunday School Attendance Shown To Aid Morality
Data cited from a religious periodical and the New York Bible Society suggests Sunday schools greatly reduce youth delinquency. Judge Fawcett reports 4 000 boys under 21 facing offenses with only three Sunday school members among them, and 62 of 1 902 parolees returned for parole violations.
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Judge Fawcett
New York City
Fawcett
Franking Privilege Abuse Questioned by Senators
The Daily cites concern over Senator Heflin publishing in The Congressional Record a lengthy account of his actions since entering Congress. The piece notes the document could cost government funds and fill 11 pages, urging voters to consider such abuses when voting.
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Selma Times-Journal
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Census figures show Alabama cities closely bunched
Preliminary Alabama city counts reveal near ties among Dothan Decatur Florence Huntsville and others with margins as small as 24 people in the top races. The Montgomery Journal notes Birmingham Mobile Montgomery and Gadsden lead the state while several smaller towns in the five thousand-plus class are listed yet awaiting final figures.
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Birmingham
Gadsden
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Selma
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Tarrant City
Jasper
Andalusia
Eufaula
Lannett
Roanoke
Talladega
Troy
Union Springs
Is Jay Walking Carelessness or Lack of Law Knowledge
The Selma Times Journal weighs whether jay walking stems from carelessness or ignorance of traffic rules. It notes New York City plans a test case to enforce the pedestrian ordinance, arguing enforcement could save lives while questioning pedestrians’ understanding of signals and crossing rules.
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New York
Whalen
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The Roscoe Machine and State Gaming Oversight
The piece argues that paying Roscoe machines by chance is bad training for youths who gamble away hard earned money. It contends a competent state government should investigate and enforce existing slot machine regulations.
Change in Bible text sparks debate on jealousy of God
A London Daily Express report notes the International Commission on Bible revision replacing "jealous" with "Loving kindness and mercy" in the commandment about God. The piece argues a jealous God clashes with modern cosmology and mentions witch trials and the dangers of misreading scripture. It contrasts Mussolini's asserts of power with pacifist ideals and comments on European unity.
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New York Day by Day Reflections on Life in Print
Arnold Bennett muses on the periphery of life noting that small ordinary details reveal character. He jokes about fear of police and the barber’s scream while confessing daily routines and fantasies of stage glory.
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New York
Arnold Bennett
Intimate Self Portrait From Arnold Bennett Words on Train Platform
Columnist offers a quirky self portrait listing habits and memories. He notes teetotalism happiness in life, multilingual ability, limited social circle, and a long anecdote of family ties, hats, canes, and hair. He admits fondness for flattery and fear of clubs.
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Arnold Bennett
Washington Day Book sketches from the capital society
Washington notes describe Pat Sullivan tossing a hat to a senate page for a morning bravo, plus society items about Mrs. Hoover buying 50 gilt Louis XV chairs for the White House East Room. Other items mention Miss Elizabeth Steiner, Miss Loranda Prochnik, William Delano, Col Billy Mitchell, Dolly Gann, Claudel, and Milhaud’s Columbus opera.
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Washington
Pat Sullivan
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Billy” Mitchell
Army Air Service
Billy
Capital Society
Boxwood
Middleburg
Dolly Gann
How's Your Health at Lung Facts
A health piece emphasizes the lungs with facts on structure, numbers, and breathing. It notes the lungs have five to six pounds total weight, ninety square yards of inner surface, and breathing rates of sixteen to twenty per minute.
Outremer and Incurious Fractious Define A Day
The entry defines Outremer as the region beyond the sea and foreign countries. Incurious means not inquisitive or eager to know. Fractious describes someone unruly peevish or rebellious.
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Outremer
Legion auxiliary district meeting linked in Huntsville
Mrs. Kenneth E. Thomas returned to Jasper after a week visiting relatives. The American Legion auxiliary district meeting was held in Huntsville on Saturday. Mrs. J. W. Boetler of Richmond Virginia visits Mrs. D. D. McGehee. Mrs. Rufus Peerson and daughter Constance toured to Florence to visit Mrs. Robert Peerson.
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Jasper
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American Legion Auxiliary
Huntsville
J. W. Boetler
Richmond, Va
D. D. McGehee
Rufus Peerson
Constance
Florence
Robert Peerso
Legion Auxiliary to gift care kits to state servicemen
Three thousand Kansas servicemen in hospitals this month will receive care kits from the American Legion auxiliary. Each kit contains needles thread scissors and buttons to aid in personal repairs and comfort during recovery.
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Kansas
American Legion Auxiliary
Roundup of quips and quibbles from a social page
A collage of jokes, snippets, and witty exchanges covers schooling, theater, romance, and daily life. Characters include a judge, a prisoner, a small boy by a gate, and a movie director, with lines on moderation, honesty, freedom, and social norms.
Hebrews 9 6 11 The High Priest and the two tabernacles
The passage contrasts the first tabernacle with the second, where the high priest enters yearly with blood for sins. It states the Holy Spirit indicated the way into the holies was not yet manifested while the first tabernacle stood, serving as a shadow of later reform.
Population estimate in Philippine non Christian area
Provincial governors estimate the non Christian region of the Philippine archipelago houses 1,265,785 people.
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Phillipine Archipelago
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