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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1944
Page
4
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The column notes a playful critic of drink habits, reports the Chicago Cubs firing and hiring Charlie Grimm after a seven game run, and mentions broader wartime shifts. It highlights changes in military entertainment pricing for British soldiers and discusses Allied expectations and German delays in the invasion plan.
The article argues Germans may spare no territory, predicting Rome could fall to a rapid Allied advance. It notes the Allied front within about 16 miles of Rome, with momentum from Western and Eastern fronts pressing the German defenses.
Brigadier General Charles Hillman refutes claims reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that thousands of U S soldiers will be blinded or deafened by the war. He says misinformation about these conditions is circulating and that none of these rumored outcomes will occur.
Morgan County targets a Fifth War Loan quota of 1,379,000 surpassing the Fourth Loan amid strong local support. In the prior campaign residents and industries invested over 2,000,000, with small investors urged to put in 551,000 or more, proving every 25 dollar bond counts toward securing the county’s top state award.
The article reports Petain urging France to avoid choosing sides as a major clash for France looms, noting a shift from urging loyalty to Germany weeks earlier. It also discusses British and American views on an approaching invasion involving sea battles and air combat, with German naval strength described as insufficient for a decisive naval fight.
The piece argues that industrial North and East dominate U S politics while the South and West receive only crumbs. It warns that without a united regional coalition the South and West remain minorities in national affairs and influence.
The piece argues Allied leverage over Turkey has ended as Allied strength grows. It asserts Turkey must choose sides with no neutrality, warns that those remaining neutral or backing the Axis will be treated as Nazis and Japs after the war.
A report from The Opp News recounts Mayor T. R. Harrison making a very good impression on a Montgomery visitor during a trip with Solicitor Bowen Simmons. The group met several Capitol Hill figures including Howell Turner James Heustess Leon McCord Ed Reid C. M. Stanley Doyle Buckles and Judge Walter B. Jones and Walter Bragg Smith in Opp and Montgomery.
A humorous vignette on Memorial Day and Independence Day sharing a weekday, a hunter’s horse mischief, and a church scene where an elderly parishioner seeks help guiding herself down steps after a lighthearted misunderstanding with the clergyman.
A Memorial Day meditation honors departed heroes and urges renewed dedication to preserve liberty. An anecdote recalls a Scotchman in a railway waiting room debating a no smoking sign and a corset advertisement, highlighting humor in daily public notices.
A small town observance marks Memorial Day with spring work finished and families returning to honor soldiers. The scene includes a band, children with flowers, and solemn graves on the hill as neighbors share memories before ending the day. Also a grim incident at a state hospital shows a visitor joking about prisoners while a patient is teased.
In a reflection across cemeteries at home and abroad, the piece asks if our appreciation and resolve to safeguard liberties equal the price paid by those who died. It then presents a pair of racist dialect lines contrasting Black figures with sanitized ideas of race.
Washington reports Southerners seek to kill the Fair Employment Practices Committee in the Senate after House support. FEPC combat follows a poll tax fight, with FEPC complaints showing 78 percent from Negro workers, 10 percent from Jews, 7 percent aliens, 5 percent other origins. Malcolm Ross notes continued Jewish discrimination in war work.
The piece explains how prenatal care, including regular exams, blood pressure checks, urine tests, and pelvic measurements, reduces eclampsia risk. It cites hospital data showing fewer eclampsia cases after 1940 and outlines treatment generally limited to bed rest, kidney-friendly diets, and blood pressure control under a doctor's direction, aiming to save the baby.
The FEPC, tasked with addressing job discrimination in wartime industries, acts only on complaints and does not rule over social biases in restaurants, buses, or public spaces. It cannot force hiring in war plants and has not canceled government contracts over discriminatory practices, though it originated with the War Production Board and now operates as an independent agency.
Some injured skulls can be repaired by tantalum plates, a rare metal noted for strength light weight and corrosion resistance, offering potential advances in cranial surgery and prosthetic fixation.
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A reader recalls a childhood encounter with a neighbor pretending to be a crazy woman and a prank by a neighbor who mimicked her voice. The letter also praises Price Gray for a thriving 30 by 40 foot garden near Falkville’s telephone exchange and notes Andrew J. Jones as a friend.
The 22nd annual encampment of the Alabama department United Spanish War Veterans will open in Birmingham on Sunday. Commander in Chief Guy A. Boyle of Indianapolis and State Commander Augustus Mackey of Birmingham will attend. The two day convention will nominate officers Sunday afternoon and elect them Monday morning.
Walter Winchell’s column surveys Broadway scenes with short reviews of Career Angel Dream with Music and other plays. It notes Vera Zorina with Ronald Graham and Bette Davis in It Happened Tomorrow style items, plus radio and political bits and quips from The Press Box and reflections on wartime public discourse.
Washington May 30 A bill to extend price controls through 1945 faced a Senate floor fight over a cotton amendment that the OPA warned could cost consumers up to 350 million dollars annually. The banking committee approved amendments including a Taft plan to limit food subsidies after June 30 1945 and to require congressional appropriations for future subsidies.
Mrs. G. W. Lindsey and Mrs. Guy Smith hosted Danville Home Demonstration Club meetings. Topics covered included farm home naming, home and farm safety by Miss Rowe, dry cleaning at home, and Victory gardens with food preservation demonstrations. Members signed pledges to cooperate with government leaders to curb inflation and collected extra leaflets. refreshments were served.
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