Roosevelt vs Dewey in 1944 presidential choice
Alabama Democrats urge support for Roosevelt as the nation faces Europe and Asia in wartime. The piece contrasts Roosevelt's internationalism and peacekeeping plan with Dewey, arguing Roosevelt offers stronger leadership and a firm path to a just peace.
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Alabama
United States
South
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress of the
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Congress of
Dewey
Correc
Our Town Faces Nation Shaping Labor Apathy
An Our Town column observes a town crippled by worker shortages and wage inflation. It notes plumbers, bricklayers, hotel staff, and factory workers shirking regular hours, hinting at a wider postwar economic malaise and potential damage to national production. The piece questions whether a return to work will occur after war ends.
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USA
New York City
France
Russia
Europe
Japan
Local Social Notes Mention Mary Standridge and Margaret Lentz
Miss Mary Lee Standridge spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Margaret Lentz. Mrs Elbert Compton visited, while other families from Austinville Childersburg Aldridge Grove and Decatur were noted. Pvt Harold B Jenkins was reported to be in Rome Georgia hospital and expected to arrive.
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Mary Lee Standridge
Margaret Lentz
Elbert Compton
Elbert Hays
Angus
Austinville
Quentin Lentz
Dawson Hames
Childersburg
Robert Melson
Aldridge Grove
Jim Jenkins
Buddy Hames
Alice Hames
O. T. Speagle
Ramond Fuller
Decatur
Harold B. Jenkins
Rome, Georgia Hospital
Causes of Amblyopia Tied to Chemicals and Habits
In a discussion on toxic amblyopia, Dr. Clendening traces eye haze to unfamiliar chemicals and substances. Alcohol, tobacco, quinine, ergot, and plant exposures can impair vision, with raw liquor posing extra risk. a florist worker and a woman taking salicylic acid and quinine illustrate partial blindness that may recover after changing habits.
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Bulgaria
China
Russia
Italy
Local Residents Visit Families Amid Cotton Harvest Calm
A brief note lists Mr and Mrs Jim Jenkins visiting their son during furlough with his parents. Mr and Mrs Luther Morris and their baby spent the weekend with Mrs Waters’ parents. The community indicates most locals are busy with cotton work.
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Ernest Waters
Poops Tals
Ing Cotton
No clear article headline in the fragment
The fragment presents a stark political opinion urging peace and warning that removing FDR from the White House could trigger a third world war. No verifiable event details or sources are provided.
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White House
Dentists and depravity in a satirical dialogue
A comic snippet mocks dentists as torturers through exaggerated sighs and screams while a dialogue features a deserter and reflections on virtue. A Decatur housewife weighs a package containing bones from a four pound roast, and local minister and clerk discuss depravity in social wit.
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Decatur Housewife
Job Seeker Hears Advertising Call for Handy Man
A man applies for a handyman job replying he is very handy and lives across the street. A clerk seeks qualifications and the exchange hints at the humorous premise of the family avoiding fat or lean foods.
Decatur School Boy Noted For Writing Kindly Verse
A fragment from THIS WEEK'S LESSON speaks on helping others and kindness, praising a Decatur school boy who wrote on. The readable text hints at admiration for the student and a moral lesson about giving joy through helpful acts.
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Decatur
Walter Winchell Tribute and Week in Review Arts
A collage reviews Walter Winchell's enduring American persona and shifts in theater and media. It critiques first nights including Meet a Body and The Visitor, praises The Music Box's family drama I Remember Mama, and notes The Conspirators and other films, radio programs, magazines, and industry commentary from late era critics.
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L. Kronenberger
H. Trip
Mr. Barnes
Music Box
Mama
Svid Ward Morehouse
the Sun
Climate talk to kitchen humor in a bygone paper
A collage of jokes and quips on weather, labor, law, and love. Visual gags include wheelbarrows, bow legs, a black bordered letter, a dead brother, and a diner’s complaint about bad food and service.
Quotations on Courage and Irony in Tiny Snippets
A collage of witty and sharp remarks from Shaw to Stevenson spans humor and insight. Notable lines touch on unfinished romances, vanity, naval misdirection, near death, world leadership, and the fate of ancestors.
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Houssage
G. B. Shaw
Peter Donald
A. Woolcott
Bill Stern
Wendell Willkie
Wm. A. Canady
Anne Sedgwick
L. Stevenson
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