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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
4
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The Nashville Tennessean column questions European crisis costs and Nazi mobilization while referencing Roosevelt's stance and local officials. It notes Governor Dixon at a wrestling bout, ponderings on Versailles, and Kenneth Hennessey directing a growing school band amid looming conflict.
A period analysis argues Hitler hesitates yet edges toward war as Britain and France prepare to contain Germany. Stalin and Japan are seen as unreliable allies, Italy disliked by its people, and the US warned against entanglement. The piece predicts a final Allied victory with no return of a Hitler regime.
Washington August 31 an official recalls the hidden talk shaping crisis diplomacy. A senior aide imagines French whispers to Mussolini altering plans to Poland and warns Hitler’s maneuvers could trigger a quick response across northern Italy. He speculates on German Russian exchanges and British appeasement pressures that might delay war for a time.
Officials comment on radio news dramatization of European events. The piece notes Roosevelt listening to broadcasts and hints at White House plans, including a possible arms embargo repeal to aid Britain and France if a war occurs.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars representing about 250 000 overseas veterans vote to ask President Roosevelt to convene a special session of Congress immediately to protect American interests amid the war threat abroad.
Ralph Morgan signals a possible actors walkout amid disputes with the A F of L while Sophie Tucker defends an innocent colleague. Vera Zorina acts in New York, and editorials urge planning next year’s mosquito campaign as locals share social notices and travel plans.
A collage of items from Times Square including Tommy Thompson’s I Lost My English Accent due Sept 8 Putnam's and advance chatter about a London Express repertoire. Teddy Powell and band at the Famous Door on Sept and Ben Marden’s Riviera may close under Fed pressure to name sports patrons.
Turbulence erupts among Tass Reuters Havas and Polish bureau staff at the Associated Press building as old rivalries flare. Domei reporters, dazzled, watch the scene unfold while swastikas appear in a separate incident. Eddie Méades faces boxing high court for alleged slur about Armstrong and Ambers.
The record notes that Mickey Rooney objected to a cover featuring Judy Garland instead of Sidney Miller for the song Oceans Apart. Feist Music planned a Rooney Miller photo but used a Garland image on the front, drawing Rooney’s ire and earning Miller praise from peers.
Reporting from New York papers recalls Lepke’s surrender after years in a hunted existence. The era’s voices mock war as folly and describe crime and punishment with sharp, brutal wit.
From the Sept 1 1927 Daily the 12 years ago item notes the foundation for three new store buildings on Bank street by Thomas E Pride being laid by contractor C BE Malone. It mentions turnip greens samples packed by the Decatur Cannery shown by Ira E Tranter and previews the Kiwanis country store to run Sept 15 16 and 17 with Sim Howell of Hartselle in recent recall.
The article argues for mandatory annual health examinations for children entering school, including dental, vision, hearing, adenoids, and heart checks. It cites New York City rules requiring a health certificate, stresses early detection of tuberculosis and malnutrition, and notes the high rate of dental decay and its impact on overall health and learning.
New York dispatch cites the 1939 World Almanac on European populations in the current crisis. Germany about 78.7 million including Austria and Sudetenland, Italy 42.5 million, Russia 168 million, Poland 32.3 million with Teschen, Great Britain 495.9 million for the empire, France about 111.0 million and 42.0 million for the empire.
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