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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
3
Washington debate asks if a federal law banning strikes is legal and feasible. It weighs constitutional rights, past labor protections like Norris LaGuardia, and potential moves to compulsory arbitration amid partisan fault lines.
A dense grid of crossword clues with numbered across and down hints covering topics from geography to chemistry and language. Included are cryptogram hints at the end labeled CRYPTOQUOTE with a sample quotation and yesterday's solution reference.
A collage of witty exchanges and jokes set in Decatur with quick quips about nylons, weather, laundry, and dating. Farcical lines poke at gender roles, satire, and everyday mishaps with light sarcasm and punchy one liners.
Mrs. Ingold V. Timberlake Sr., poppy chairman of the Decatur unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, announced a prepared corps of Auxiliary members and young women to distribute memorial poppies on Poppy Day. Poppies made by disabled veterans from Tuscaloosa will be carried by volunteers to honor war dead and donations will fund welfare and rehabilitation efforts.
Local Auxiliary members and youth distribute remembrance poppies to raise funds for disabled veterans and needy families. All helpers donate time, with every penny going to veterans in need, part of a nationwide effort by over 100 000 unpaid volunteers. Frank C Turner touts a growing frozen foods industry with potential county impact.
Two carloads of frozen berries were shipped from Baldwin County to midwestern markets yesterday as County Agent...
A collection of quips and verse lines about love folly and humor. Characters Aunt Hetty Uncle Hiram Private Smith and Decatur Man appear in dialog style with punchlines. The notes include a newspaper joke about an English woman losing two thousand pounds and a church crowd tip.
In Morgan County Alabama the probate court sets a hearing date of June 7 1946 on Christina B Eaves petition to admit as the last will and testament of General B Eaves deceased. Notice to Mrs S C Dowdy of Columbus Georgia and all interested parties given.
A 1940s era report by India’s labor investigating committee urges abolition of rickshas calling them a degradation to human personality. It details origins in Madras, wartime licensing, owner-puller dynamics, earnings, living conditions, and health risks faced by pullers across Calcutta Madras Simla and Simla.
A report cites calls for stringent medical testing before licensing, mandatory medical aid provisions, restricted working hours, canteen facilities, affordable nutritious food, and entertainment to ease the workers' drudgery.
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