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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1941
Page
4
The piece argues for broader aviation mobilization and national resolve, noting Roosevelt's broad support and Lindbergh's stance. It highlights wartime needs for pilots and materials, USO fundraising in Morgan County, and TVA power policy with Lilienthal defending power conservation to support aluminum and aircraft production.
Washington May 31 reports the army trails in tank production and warns of a looming shortage ahead of summer maneuvers. Chrysler Baldwin American Locomotive plan slow but steady output. 90 to 60 days to medium tanks, no trainer tanks yet, and critics urge civilian management and defense reform.
Brig. Gen. E L Gruber commandant of the army staff schools at Fort Leavenworth died suddenly of a heart attack while playing bridge at the age of 61. He once wrote the field artillery song The Caissons Go Rolling Along while serving as a second lieutenant in the Philippines.
The Want Ads feature farms, land, and city property listings regularly. It highlights available parcels, real estate opportunities, and local listings for buyers seeking rural or urban plots.
Mr. Lilienthal emphasizes sacrifices to reduce power load are required not due to TVA errors but for the larger national defense effort in which TVA is contributing. The explanation stresses that sacrifices are necessary and that the TVA has not let the public down.
Dr. Logan Clendening explains hyperinsulinism as a recently recognized condition where insulin producing cells in the pancreas overreact. A case describes a 29 year old woman whose attacks, hunger, tremors, and sweats prompted sugar intake, with surgical removal of a pancreatic growth restoring health and normal sugar levels.
Mrs Geo Bendall continues to improve at home in Mt Hope. Neal Parker, son of Mr and Mrs Gordor Parker, injured forehead in a fall at his grandmother Artie Jackson's home. Mrs W A Pickens suffers neuritis. Mr and Mrs Reynolds Counts of Miami are visiting Kansas relatives. Russell Smith and Edward Young return from Auburn. Viola Speake of Moulton visits J R Dukeminier. Ora Mae Mitchell, Auburn student, returns home Thursday. Mrs J Tg Speake and girls also noted.
In a column a reader asked how appendicitis could be diagnosed with no pain. The answer cites fever, high white blood cell count, and an abscess on the side. Surgery revealed an appendicular abscess and diseased appendix.
Sciatica is a neuralgia of the sciatic nerve. It may arise from arthritis, sacroiliac joint dislocation, or focal infection such as in teeth or tonsils. Often no cause is found. Best treatment is manipulation, massage, and removal of the focal infection.
Readers can obtain seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets by sending ten cents per title, plus a stamped self addressed envelope to his care. Titles include Three Weeks Using Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
Misses Cora Lee Margaret Estelle and Viola of Moulton visited here with Mr and Mrs J R Dukeminier and with Mr and Mrs Guy Steenson of Decatur. Miss Wenona Beasly is ill at home. Mr and Mrs S E Counts and Mr and Mrs Gaylord Counts of Miami Fla motored to Decatur. Dewey Bynum and children Margaret and Wilda visited her parents Geo Bendall. James Jackson and twin boys of Auburn are visiting his mother here. He will return to Auburn to resume studies this week. Carolyn Sneed of Russellville is spending the week with her grandparents S E B Counts.
Alabama highway patrol reroutes heavy trucks through Calera and Clanton toward Montgomery as of May 31, guiding freight traffic away from central routes. Detours affect intercity shipment times and grid traffic near key junctions.
A dated civic caution lists common slow driving hazards from tailgating to failing to signal. It warns drivers about curves, hills, unsafe brakes, and inattentive behavior with a humorous quip about a Decatur resident who names his car Opportunity.
A salesman offers to show a vehicle as a pedestrian notes the scene amid cars. A motorist keeps both hands on the wheel while a woman nearby hints at family roles. A nurse and doctor discuss patient charts, and a maid jokes about Miss Agnes taking domestic silence classes before her marriage.
A description notes a person performing a jump from the Empire State Building in New York. Details are limited in this fragment, with no confirmation of outcome or safety context.
The Public Service Commission forwards a recommendation to all motor carriers to ease congestion in the Child ersburg area. The guidance aims to reduce traffic buildup by adjusting routes and schedules.
Walter Winchell reflects on exile and memory with musical poetry and jokes. The column recounts Greek humor, Milton Berle meeting Jean Sablon, and a Hearst press anecdote about pilfered news. It closes with a Rome broadcast critiquing political commentators and Winchell’s sharp wit.
A Washington night club column highlights a Neptune interlude performed by Wash ington baritone Jack Quigley who studied vice with a noted mentor.
A descriptive piece uses the 17 foot minute hand of the Metropolitan Tower clock to illustrate how each minute can advance personal goals. It urges seizing every minute to push work, start letters, build friendships, learn, or renew faith, affirming yesterday shapes today and tomorrow.
A fragment describes a bad diet idea sparked by a pick led driver in a traffic jam. A wife notes her cucumber salad from last night and a husband agrees with the approach.
A brief comic exchange shows a daughter asking a mother to wait for her father, while the mother explains she cannot talk due to a bad cold. The scene captures domestic humor with a touch of family warmth.
In a terse public note the speaker aligns with opposition in wartime rhetoric. The sea is framed as a shield against Nazi aggression, suggesting drownings as a grim but inevitable outcome for the enemy.
Alley-Opp recalls a joke about two acrobats who never worked in New York visiting the Met Opera House by mistake during a layoff. They marvel at the vast venue and the orchestra, then react in disbelief as the opening strain seems to echo their own act.
A noir line depicts a jilted lover who reclaiming a car, quarrels with a woman, and triggers a symbolic diamond conflict before slinking away. The tone is sharp and cinematic reflecting mid century gossip.
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