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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1941
Page
4
The column reflects wartime public sentiment with calls for leadership from Roosevelt, warnings about Hitler, and statements on mass draft registration. It notes Alabama’s pasture expansion, TVA land leasing prospects, and the tri city potential in the Tennessee Valley. Local cooperation between Decatur and Athens civic voices is praised.
In 1918 the British learned a major naval flaw in their largest ships and by 1941 that vulnerability remained uncorrected, leading to the sinking of the world’s mightiest battleship.
The piece notes vast industry opportunities for 1941 graduates while warning of the tough start they face in the current world. It emphasizes broad employment access but laments the uncertain, difficult beginnings for this new generation.
The author argues that if the fate of America rests on pressure politics by organized minorities, patriotic people should build their own organizations. If one group may halt work and delay defense, another organization should protect constitutional liberties for workers. The idea of momentum building like a rolling snowball is suggested.
Westbook Pegler, the Pulitzer winning columnist, notes the federal grand jury indictment of union leaders Willie Bioff and George Browne for extorting 560000. He highlights Bioff again facing a 100000 income tax evasion charge with a government delay to September, suggesting new indictments loom in New York.
A preacher notes damage to the defense program from strikes and urges readers to write Congress and their senators. He cites local boards of commissioners passing resolutions and emphasizes that thousands of letters are needed to influence action. The appeal centers on demanding representation in Washington from Representative John Sparkman.
Treasury official John L. Sullivan and aides test the new excess profits tax plan with chalked examples. Errors found show corporations could pay less than present, prompting revision by Ways and Means and warning that small and medium businesses bear the brunt.
Raiders discovered a still concealed in a sluiced ditch along the Chattanooga creek near West Thirty-Third Street. Timbers braced the wall, old freight cart doors formed a roof, and a dirt platform with saplings covered the area. Access was via a hog pen with a trap door to the ditch.
The University of Alabama presented the inaugural Grover Cleveland Hall memorial award to Dorothy Belle Buzbee of Bessemer during the 110th commencement exercises. A total of 598 students received degrees as part of the ceremony in Tuscaloosa.
Walter Winchell’s column teases readers with gossip about celebrities and political figures. The piece hints at a looming expose in Liberty magazine and mentions figures like the Duke of Windsor Garbo and Captain Elliott Roosevelt, with references to ongoing fanfare and sensational headlines.
Dr Logan Clendening explains that fresh citrus prevents adult scurvy and that adequate vitamin C aids wound healing and tuberculosis recovery. He cites self experiments showing scurvy requires five to six months on a deficient diet and notes vitamin C supports connective tissue formation and reduces post operative pneumonia risk.
A reader asks if someone with childhood tuberculosis now in her twenties can have tuberculosis without an afternoon fever. The response says it is possible but not probable and advises an X ray of the chest to be certain.
A damaged note describes Dr ententas pamphlets sold for 10 cents each. Readers are asked to send 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr Logan Cieadening to receive titles such as Three Weeks Indigitation and Constipation Infant Feeding and Diabetes care Feminine Briene and The Care of the Hair.
A collection of sensational gossip touches on Ann Reiss and a live mic incident with El Morocco, Glenn Ford’s New York trip, Eunice Healy’s rift with Ziggy Elman and Benny Goodman, Lou Holtzed with Cesar Romero, Jeffrey Lynn and Doris Carson, Peggy Martin’s new partner a Philly judge, Maria Montez amid Mischa Auer and Joyce Hunter, publisher William Soskin and Virginia Howell, and Lowell Thomas announcer Hugh James’s June wedding at St Bartholomew’s.
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