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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
4
A garbled pastiche from newspapers includes quotes on religion and progress, hints at Decatur civic campaigns, and mentions Boy Scouts anti mosquito effort. It references Cotton Week, school building plans, and regional tension with Europe while noting local figures and events.
The Quins remain popular in America as American mothers closely follow the King and Queen's visit with keen interest, as if the children were their own.
The Daily notes expected advantages for salesmen using Decatur as a traveling headquarters in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. It argues savings in transportation and favorable shipping rates, urging citizens and the Chamber of Commerce to showcase Decatur to visiting salesmen and grow payroll and industry.
Decatur's official Clean-up Paint-up Repair-up and Plant-up week features a Thursday start at the Civic Center on Ferry Street. The Home Show runs Thursday to Saturday with 2 PM and 7:30 PM sessions, highlighting modern conveniences and home livability as the city announces a new incinerator and garbage collection plans.
Washington May 24 Roosevelt shows surprise at Byrnes over chatter of a vast new spending program. A plan to create a separate public works financing agency would channel funds to municipalities for hospitals and sewers via debentures, bypassing the treasury and budget. Berle backs the idea as a novel financing method with action likely before adjournment.
The article notes ongoing internal strife at the Securities and Exchange Commission affecting leadership stability, while part time farmers challenge revenue rulings on farm loss deductions. It discusses Roosevelt and Morgenthau tax behavior guesses and Tax Collector Helvering’s potential departure, tied to health and influence from Jim Farley on the 1940 audiphone.
Mrs. Herman Schmidt reported a peculiar scene in Archer Nebraska as she found five baby turkeys being mothered by a cat. The mother hen sat nearby in her nest as the cat tended the brood.
In Blythedale Missouri a bull owned by Jerry Roche died when its nose got caught inside an empty gasoline bucket. The incident occurred in May and officials described it as an accidental death caused by the animal’s curiosity.
Brief jumbled column items include Leach of the 47th Street Station House with a sensational Broadway White Slave story and midnighters. Anne Mitchell of Greenwich linked to Rajpipla’s Maharajah. duPonts ranch near Reno amid questions. US scribes abroad on King George trip. Bertrand Taylors facing trouble. Jesse Livermore juniors anticipated. Life magazine profit expected. Treasury official Hanes denies resignation. White House sleuths hunt Hitler informers. editors joked by Raymond. publicity stand critique. rumored DA Geoghan succession to Harold Kennedy. Nelson Gladwin's chatter. Argentina canned beef note. Elliott Arnold’s next book. Hollywood studios reading galleys. Stork Club deb blew kiss to Lancius Beebe. Gallup in Europe. socialites as fair guides. critics mock a supposed dictator New Deal.
Mary Martin and Fred Drake of Harper's Bazaar stand firm against elopement rumors with Winthrop Rockefeller. A Hellzapoppin actor faces a bigamy charge on the lam. Detective McGowan guarded the Hope Diamond’s famed owner, Mrs McLean, amid superstitions. T Chatfield, son of a Marquis, plans July wedding to Marion Harvey of Casa Manana fame. Tom Mooney’s fiancée, soon to wed after a divorce, is the widow of a West Coast multi millionaire.
A collage notes bad press around Lord and Lady Lindsay and British reporters. It cites Mrs Roosevelt bed making tales, Hanfstaengl’s mother proselytizing, theater free tickets, Hall followers, Roberts and Owen J. Roberts promos, Gov James, the Dick Merrills deal, Luce’s non backing, Satevepost editors on Krivitsy, and a Roosevelt era political commentary ending with a question about Roosevelt’s current speech.
Monte Carlo drops its girl-show as New Jersey bookies get 24 hours to quit the state. Agent Frank Orsatti denies winning 36,000 on Challedon’s Preakness. claims it was 46 Gs in cotton. Richard Watts Jr. prepares for China rest. Wolcott Gibbs foresees Yankee Doodler return on July 4. John Wright to be free soon to join Charlotte Milburn in a mid aisle. A. Coster Schermer’s group apologizes for disappointment, not dividing. Goodrich Tires offers 100 for the Russian noblewoman in the Novelette. Leading lady of Maedchen in Uniform gets Hollywood offers. Nancy Carroll: Sunday in Hollywood, Stork Club palms and gossip.
The item notes Mrs. Charles Eyster departing for a visit in St Louis Missouri. John A Thompson plans a Memphis Tennessee visit. Rev E N Hart will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Albany High graduates. L B Wyatt improves after an auto accident. Miss Bernice Himes hosts a bridge party. Mrs E J Polhill visits Birmingham with relatives.
An endocrinology note discusses using a hormone ointment rubbed into the skin to stimulate breast development. Early cases show rapid apparent growth, suggesting skin delivery may enhance ductless gland hormones, though human results remain uncertain and hormones must be stabilized in the body.
The sermon urges youth to seek a God given purpose beyond chance. Jesus showed ultimate purpose by serving and giving life for the world. Belief in Christ transforms life into a radiant journey as one becomes God’s child and a new creation through the Spirit.
Mrs Homer George was carried to Benevolent Hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs Bob Ward of Cedar Cove were in the community Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Russell Peck visited Mr and Mrs Charles Lipscomb. Several attended Decoration at Blue Springs. Mrs Jack Leeth went to Mountain Sunday for the Decoration. Mr and Mrs Dewey Bowen were in Hartselle on business. Freeman Leeth visited Jack Leeth Sunday. Miss Catherine Peck spent last weekend with her parents. Will and Doc Smith visited their father T C Smith Friday. John Earl Smith was in Hartselle on business. Friends and relatives celebrated Henry Fowlers birthday with a large crowd and bountiful dinner. James Palmer was in the community Saturday.
The amusing yarn centers on James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. No printer in England or the U.S. would set the job due to its unique spelling and longhand manuscript. A Paris printer unable to read English finally handled the work.
S S McClure will revive McClure s in about four months. Tamara Toumanova and N Karson showbiz stars eye upcoming projects. Locals tout strong tea as a hangover remedy. Mrs Wm P Lear wins abrogation May 6 at the Supreme Court. Calypso singers start at Cafe Society. Brenda Frazier and Pietro Arno romance rumors persist. Jane MacDonald to wed John Philip Sousa III. Jessie Simpson romance with James Steward revisited. The John Roosevelts infanticipation noted with due July 6. Mr.
A reflection on resilience linking hardship to hope as every cloud is imagined to wear a rainbow, suggesting optimism remains through adverse times.
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