Bible Thought For Today and Political Quips
A clipped, era voice note includes a Bible verse Philippians 4 19 about God supplying needs. It riffs on straw ballots and asks for similes about a North Alabama store selling fishing gear. It comments on Republicans and Democrats needing programs or candidates. It mentions the American Legion committee seeking Bergdolf’s return and punishment, then questions reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Executive Committee
Bergdolf
Cafego Star Attracts All Star Attention At College Football
Readers note George Cafego’s strong form may earn him multiple all star selections despite possible injuries. The piece contrasts Cafego with past stars like Bill Lee, noting continued excellence boosts a player’s odds. It also surveys broader issues about democratic values and the poppy tribute on Poppy Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cafego
Cafego
Bill Lee
Alabama
Bill
Fordham
New York
Follo
America
Democracy
Diversion Protested by The Daily on Tax Amendment Support
The Daily joined several Alabama papers in backing a state income tax amendment. It argued the proposal was fair, quickest, and most effective to bring order to Alabama finances and that funds would be used for needed purposes.
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Tts
Alabama Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Alabama
Chads
the Daily
Dies Committee Secrecy Sparks Turbulent Inquiries
The Dies committee scene on alleged anti Jewish plots remains murky with secrecy and shifting hands. The Tennessee Legion commander pushed letters to committee leaders while Raymond and Bankhead questioned the tale. Observers expect renewed alarms around Danzig amid European tension as Garner and Wallace politics mix with Roosevelt era debate.
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Washington
Plota
Dies
Tennessee Legion
House
Sam Rayburn
Bankhead
Rayburn
Bankhead Ax
Europe
Danzig
Hitler
Jack Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
White House
Vv. P
Wallace
State personnel board to meet on merit system plans
Montgomery Alabama May 23 state personnel board members meet here tomorrow to discuss implementing Alabama new merit system for selecting state employees. J Browder personnel director said he
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Personnel Board
Alabama
J. Browder
Not Possible to Associate Visual Images With Music
In a film piece at a small theater reviewer argues against linking visuals to music. He recalls Sacha Guitry and experiments showing moving shapes to Aida and Windsor images, but finds no true visual musical association. He notes sight and sound are distinct, and lists how taste smell hearing and touch relate, ending with a tongue in cheek remark about disagreeable sensations.
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Sacha Guitry
Oscar Wilde
OFFICE CUT By Junius
A humorous dialogue explores everyday misunderstandings and language quirks. A druggist mix up leads to ice cream, while a clerk and customers discuss competition, collision meaning, and the value of broad knowledge in ordinary life.
No Chance for Older or Young in Decatur Job Scene
A regional spread quotes residents lamenting limited opportunities for both midlife and recently graduated workers in Decatur. The passage argues communities block new entrants as age groups vie for limited roles, reflecting a broader national concern about employment access across ages.
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Decatur
United States
State jobs classification plan ready for board review
He indicated he was virtually prepared to begin the task of classifying state jobs and would recommend employment of technicians to support the effort.
Clendening Publishes Seven Health Pamphlets for Readers
The editor lists seven Dr Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each. To obtain one, send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Clendening in care of the paper. Pamphlets cover topics from dieting to infant feeding and diabetes treatment.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Domestic Bliss Department reveals a suspect letter
A cartoonish domestic scene shows a wife forcing a husband to reveal a letter from another woman after he turns pale. The gag ends with a bill from his wife's milliner and a ponderous question about an owl's wisdom.
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Domestic Bliss Department
Commencement season and the quest for truth in youth
The sermon urges graduates to seek truth through Jesus as witness to truth. It links education with humane and divine guidance, urging students to apply Jesus' principles to race, politics, economy, and religion. It calls youth to come to Jesus to find the ultimate object of truth.
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Jesus
God
Walter Winchell On Broadway Oddities And Laws
A collage of curiosities and laws from around the world as Walter Winchell on Broadway muses on weather by stamp, banned activities in Alabama, royalty of hats, postal quirks in Venezuela, and odd references to Dentists in Poland and a bank for women in Amsterdam. The column lampshades on social quirks and peculiar legalities with a tone of rapid-fire wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Farley
Venezuela
Poland
U. S
Canada
How forty five million Americans lack public libraries
A digest of curious questions and facts exploring library access gaps across the United States. Topics include licensing for druggists in California, quirky language notes, weather phrases, and social observations about fashion, diplomacy, and media figures of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hendrik van Loon
Quiet Shell Dweller Outwits Crow in Old Tale
A storyteller contrasts a silent daytime shell dweller with a talkative crow. A mean young man questions a Christmas card exchange with Miss Brown and a wry remark on a divorced Hollywood star ends the vignette. The moral appears as a line about following conscience.
Notable Quotes On Beauty, Mussolini, Heroes And Virtue
The text railing about American women spending in beauty shops contrasts with mentions of Benito Mussolini’s full name and praises Dr Martin A C of Baby Incubator Coney Island for saving over 7,000 premature babies. It also cites Shaw and Owen on virtue and temptation.
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Il Duce
Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini
Martin A. C
Coney Island
America
G. B. Shaw
Harrison Owen
Origins of quirky terms and historic fashion quirks
A fragmented collection asks why writers call cramp chirospasm and why donkeys appear as Rocky Mountain canaries. It notes Amish bicycle bans, store goggles, and illegal face powders in Massachusetts, linking platonic love to a bank check and citing Beecher on friends' faults.
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Rocky Mountain
Massachusetts
Henry Ward Beecher
Notable Social Roundup From Leighton to Trinity
Miss Kate Lyle and companions returned from Leighton after visiting Mrs. Ben Fennell. Babye Bess Bailey, Alabama University student, at home with Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Bailey for holidays. Robert Grey and relatives spent Sunday in Athens. Margaret Chenault and friends stayed with Mrs. Rayburn Neville in Trinity. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh earned world praise for his New York to Paris solo flight.
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Kate Lyle
Marion
Katherine Boswell
Leighton
Ben Fennell
Babye Bess Bailey
University of Alabama
Mrs. W. C. Bailey
Mrs
Robert Grey
Athens
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
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Frese
Er Kational
Ochitage
Wred
Chris
North Alabama
Bolely
Selma Times-Journal
Ienewsp
Werleyright
King
Ayndiente
The
New Deal
Reorganized Committee
Agriculture
Republians
Fort Worth
Congress
Lindbergh
Army
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Junius
Johnny
Niagara Falls
First Ave
John
Walter Winchell
Broadway
France
Russia
F. Murray Taylor
Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan
Fact Digest
D. J. Corrigan
Will Risdon
Premier Daladier
Juarez
Paul Muni
Dallas
Texas
Australia
Amsterdam
Waterloo
Nebraska
Siam
Philippines
Joe Lewis
Seattle
Charleinfeld
Ivy Lee
Hollywood
Rin-Tin- Tin
Decatur Marble & Granite Works
Commir&sion
J. L. Joly
West Moulton St
Decatur, Ala
Frank Lyte
Birmingham
Louis Nebrig
Florida
Margaret Chenault
Mary Katherine Smither
Helen Rauschenberg
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Ithoui Yowa
Pullmans
Pullman
San Francisco
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