Hope the Bombers Oust Franco and Tackle Red Mountain Plans
A Nashville letter discusses Franco's regime and calls for Allied action in France urging oust. It notes President Truman and De Gaulle may meet to improve Franco-American ties. Birmingham plans a tunnel under Red Mountain to ease Alabama highway hairpins. An American soldier jailed for punching nine German POWs is praised by some as deserving a medal. The piece questions Auburn and Alabama football scheduling and recalls Hoover's postwar food relief role. TVA and ICC influence cited in freight-rate ruling favoring the South and West, with TVA reports aiding the case.
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the Post Dispatch
St. Louis
ICC
TVA
Congress
Alabama Liquor Referendum Question Circles State Politics
Editor notes uncertainty on a legislature vote to decide if Alabama stays in the liquor business. Developments indicate Lt Governor Handy Ellis plans to dodge dry wing pressure while a referendum may be authorized.
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Alabama
Handy Ellis
Meat sales freely available at national packing house
Notice states no limit on meat sales at the national packing house due to rising cattle on the hoof and imported meat. Advert reads that any quantity for public consumption will be supplied, with the notice appearing in a Lima Peru newspaper.
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National
Lima
Peru
Light Dawns on Tennessee Tombigbee Canal Fight
The Tennessee Tombigbee Canal faces strong opposition from Memphis and Tennessee lawmakers. Memphis engineers warn the route would divert river freight and damage lower Mississippi terminal investments. Alabama senators Hill and Bankhead back the canal, while McKellar Stewart oppose it, with mobilization planned at Mobile hearings to influence Congress.
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McKellar and Stewart
Tennessee
United States
Senate
Imperial
Memphis
Southland
Lower
Mississippi
Gulf
W. B. Fowler
Fowler
Mississippi River Commission
TVA
Mobile
Army Engineers
Congress
Hill
Bankhead
Alabama
Ocala
Fom & Wa
V E Day Message Urges Unity to Build Just World
The Federal Council of Churches issues a V E Day statement urging Christians to unite in rebuilding a world torn by war. Bishop Oxnam calls for a world of law, economic justice, and racial brotherhood, honoring the dead while pursuing lasting peace.
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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
G Bromiley Oxnam
Timbes
Oxnam
Europe
Heaven
Office Cat tales and rural witticisms from Decatur
A collection of humorous anecdotes from a Decatur audience, including car parking nuisances near homes, a bee fable, a joke about ethics traded for a Hudson, and rural classroom quips. A medical school scene ends with a student’s price question to a famed doctor.
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Decatur
Doctor Doctor
Doctor Friend
Hudson
Washington Definitions Coordinator
A provocative phrase labels a coordinator as a man who turns regimented confusion into organized chaos.
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Washington
Five secrets of happiness money money money money money
A comic scene shows Dennis nervously tucking a dollar through a crack in a boardwalk while a passerby asks why. Dennis explains he is placing money for luck as a playful demonstration of happiness based on wealth.
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Dennis
Warned in Warm Weather Hookworms and Health Risks
A 1945 health column warns of hookworm infestation from walking barefoot in polluted soil. It explains anemia risk, diet effects, and treatment using carbon tetrachloride with safety concerns. mentions alternative drugs and managing roundworms, plus general advice on diet and liver safety.
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Justin Andrews
Georgia
Open Letter to Westbrook Pegler Voices Anger Over Death Tribute
A reader criticizes Westbrook Pegler for venomous attacks on Roosevelt supporters and calls for decency toward the dead. The letter cites wartime sacrifice and mocks claims of government manipulation, urging defenders of democracy to answer arguments without suppressing dissent.
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Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
United Nations
Farm Security Administration
Decatur Man and Wife Debate Shall Versus Will
A local Decatur man explains that his wife insists on using shall while he prefers will. The exchange shows a humorous domestic clash over old fashioned phrasing and modern usage.
Tales of the Town and Wartime Jokes in the Broadway Scene
Walter Winchell reports a fussy producer and a lazy usher at a Broadway shop. Radio announcer Ken Roberts notes a commentator’s Adolf Hitler remark disavowed by his sponsor. Soldiers joke Goering kept all promises to the Jews and describe Midway and a captured destroyer incident.
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John
Wildberg
Lauren Ba
Red Kann
Ken Roberts
Adolf Hitler
Goering
T. E. Brown
Groton
Brown
Hotel executive recalls postwar Germany trip and reparations clash
Georges Jomnier reports a six year marriage with roses enlarged to 33 for a birthday. He recalls a two week Germany trip showing factory work, warm crops, and disbelief Germans see Allies winning. He notes German finance and bankers blaming Allies and fears of renewed war with France. Source date July 4, 1921.
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Georges Jomnier
Germany
Berlin
Frankfort
France
le Courrier du Pacifique
Hospitable hosts and war crime talk mix in postwar chatter
A star visits a stingy producer, the next day Larry Douglas asks about the evening and the host jokes about a second drink. Moscow claims German generals fled to Spain and work as industrial experts, denied by a Falange official. German civilians hear Goering’s dining tale and Doenitz's plea for a new regime. Guderian calls war a football match and wonders when Allied generals will be tried.
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Larry Douglas
Moscow
Spain
U.S
Francoland
Falange
Goering
Doenitz
Guderian
Hans
Beans Sautéed with Onions for a Fall Dinner
Cooked snap beans browned with minced onions in bacon drippings taste sturdy and satisfying for a fall dinner. The simple preparation highlights the beans as a hearty side option.
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Decatur Daily
Ala
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Emperor
Bull Halsey
Franco
Truman
de Gaulle
Birmingham
Red Mountain
Nashville Tennes
Happy Chandler
Chandler
Auburn
Hoover
Junius
Hattie
Mr. Smith
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
B. C
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Homer Draper
St. Ave
Barrett Shelton
Morgan
American Legion Auxiliary
Tom Ratliff
Bertha Timberlake
Frank Cobb
Earl Williams
Voice OF
People
Daily
Reservea
Democratic Party
Blackguard
Bratherskite
America
Roosevelt
San
R. L. Kitchens
West Mesiten
Walter Winchell
Tales of the Town
Lew Parker
Hermann Goering
Decatur Transit
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