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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1939
Page
4
The piece notes National Cotton Week and debates a Decatur river terminal’s potential value to the city’s industry. It questions economic policy moves and mentions government aid figures while reflecting on postwar trade and political tensions.
An essay argues that advertising will revive cotton economics by funneling pennies from farmers to dealers, viewing ads as essential income. It stresses that past legislation and market changes failed to save cotton, and advertising now offers a path to financial stability for farmers and the broader cotton industry.
Officials vow to double efforts as the mosquito breeding season nears malaria risk. The message urges all agencies involved in mosquito and malaria control to ramp up action this year amid ongoing combating efforts in the valley.
The passage urges better coordination among TVA, Alabama, Morgan County, Decatur, and local communities to define tasks and responsibilities. It stresses a forward plan to control malaria and mosquitoes, dismissing past excuses and insisting that success requires joint action and clear boundaries.
Alabama politics show a rare clash as Governor Dixon pushes for an Uninstructed delegation to trade on freight issues while Speaker Bankhead hints at a presidential run. Friends signal a deliberate movement, banking on patronage and concrete offers to voters amid debate over the delegation outcome.
The city reports $11 000 more bonds bought reducing bonded debt to 1 591 600 not counting 66 000 sinking fund bonds. Excluding sink fund bonds the debt is 184 000 below August 1 1936. Interest on that amount is saved for city operations and ultimately the city may owe no bonded debt.
Washington gossip notes accelerated White House interest in housing and railroads as likely targets for new policy. Mentions low cost housing, mortgage rates, reconversion funds, and potential 2 percent railroad equipment loans. Details labor and AFofL dynamics involving Perkins Lewis Green and Tobin amid Haiti dispatches and a cement bid anomaly.
The ads note a house fee line and a phone contact to reach the Ad Taker at number 46 for placing advertisements. The text provides minimal context beyond contact method and service reference.
The column surveys a craze of eating live goldfish by students at various colleges and weighs health risks. It then compares this fad to historical dances of hysteria, warning that war hysteria may spread as a dangerous social contagion.
A collection of humorous lines from a radio variety segment includes a boastful yet light roast of literacy, a wary general and engineer exchange about a river bridge, a wedding squabble, a poolside chat, and a spoof anniversary exchange.
Mrs B C asks about making acidophilus milk at home. Answer states acidophilus cultures can be bought at a drug store and added to unfermented milk.
Dr Clendening offers seven pamphlets at ten cents each. Send ten cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening in care of thaper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feed Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
The sermon urges youth to set a clear life aim and pursue it with purpose. Christ's journey to Jerusalem shows mission, cross, and crown as core motive. Use the Bible as guide and prayer as link to God to keep life on a Godward path.
ST AUGUSTINE Fla May 22 A fisherman named W S Britton cast from an inlet bridge losing his $45 watch with the fishing line. That is bad luck. Three others witnessed the moment as the line snapped and the watch disappeared.
A humorous exchange frames domestic life as a war of wits over germs and money. The speaker jokes that her husband believes money, not kissing, spreads germs, highlighting playful marital dynamics and financial tension.
A reflective poem describes a delicate Southland romance now tempered by regret. The speaker recalls a spring road trip with a loved one, green trees and jonquils, and a separation that leaves memories and dew on flowers as lasting souvenirs.
Insky recalls starting with nothing but his own intelligence while Hojack jokes about a rough beginning. The exchange hints at early career struggles and benchmarking.
Walter Winchell reviews the Broadway week, noting new shows The Poet’s John Mason Brown, The Brown Danube, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Life and Death of an American, and Others. He mocks or praises acts, radio bits, and personalities including Nancy Carroll, Jack Kirkland, Colbert and Stew, Zenobia, Gone with the Wind, and Bob Hope, with brief notes on broadcasts, press items, and stage writers.
Weeks later a second line from the same bridge snagged the same watch. Britton warns that is bad luck as no fish have appeared and the watch is rusted beyond repair.
The piece cites actors and figures inclining toward Hollywood and London contrasts while Elsa Maxwell Annabella Ann Sheridan and Frank Murphy share quips. John Gunther defines propaganda as news to supporters and a lie when aimed at you.
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