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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1944
Page
4
The column mixes 1940s political and wartime references with domestic life. It notes campaign openings, labor day labor, rain, and farm debts while touching on German and Italian fronts, baseball pennants, and wartime sentiment as Decatur residents cope with weather and mortgages.
Local coverage notes a Huntsville style campaign slogan and a tense wartime climate. It highlights French occupation attitudes, mixed wartime truth claims, and Allied speculation on Hitler, while Cullman prepares for an eleven-candidate election shaping Alabama’s political direction.
General George C. Marshall declares the postwar American Army should be a small professional force supported by citizen reserves. He cautions that a large standing army has no place in a modern democratic state, contrasting with examples from Germany and Japan while noting the need for preparedness.
The Decatur Recreation Commission earns praise for its practical operation of Delano Park during summer months. ALABAMA-Newsmagazine notes field day after segregation order lifting at Southern military installations, asserting social equality remains unchanged in the region.
H M Sutherland editor of The Dickensorian Clintwood Va declares in a lengthy editorial that he will not pursue reforms further. He recounts a personal history from WWI to New York reform efforts to Virginia politics, ending with a local cow reform attempt that failed by 11 votes and left a cow ringing a bell in the office window.
A Washington report argues Gallup shows Roosevelt ahead by a small margin but Democratic leaders fear loss. It notes fluctuating Dewey prospects, southern doubts, Maryland uncertainty, and the impact of labor and nonpartisan campaign tactics on the race.
Alabama recorded a 12 percent rise in July retail sales from the previous July, placing it among the four states with the largest gains. The Census Bureau notes July 1944 sales were four percent below June. For January through July, sales were up one percent over the same period in 1943. The text also mentions England's art auction practice since the late century.
Dr. Clendening and Dr. Gibbs discuss happiness as a mindset and practice. They urge mindful appreciation of daily blessings and argue willpower can foster happiness, even amid aging and routine concerns. Ruth Taylor closes with a prayer for duty and compassion.
W H argues molasses and sulfur were once valued spring remedies. The J Walter Thompson Company counters with a pamphlet promoting molasses milk shakes for babies due to iron in New Orleans molasses. The spring tonic, once essential, is seen as unnecessary today with better food transport and preservation.
A Labor Day piece by Junius extols the holiday honoring the nation’s workers. It argues progress comes from cooperation between enterprise and labor, science applied to production, and capable management, noting unions helped workers advance and many gains came through political means.
On this day consecrated to the workers of the nation we come before Thee with humble hearts. We seek strength for service to our fellow men and ask not to feel the task is too heavy for our abilities.
A call to defend free enterprise and labor initiative against stifling controls. It warns that suppressing the spirit of business adventure will erode the nation's leading economic position and urges remembrance of Labor Day.
A playful dialogue shows a woman eager to kiss and a man timing the moment by waiting for paint to dry, revealing a humorous domestic rhythm.
Walter Winchell notes reflect on political quips about FDR and the New Dealers, with references to Clare Luce, Vandenberg, Dewey, and Romulo adapting to civvies. The piece blends humor about quotes, politics, and press culture from 1940s Washington.
In the White House two statesmen debated a paper F D R planned to review. One man, an opponent of Summer Welles, had helped engineer her removal. The President corrected the document and signed it, then spoke to both men about serving as St Peter briefly to receive.
Frances Verne of New York, dubbed The Shape by friends, arrives amid a glam presentation praised by photographer Mike Levelle. The Ukrainian newcomer, noted for a polka-dotted swimsuit era vibe, reportedly has a nightlife restraint image. Her bathing trunks and bra allegedly trace to a captured Nazi parachute gifted by her sweetheart.
A New Yorker back from Argentina says most locals are not anti U S nor pro Nazi. He notes many do not take government leaders seriously and quips about their son becoming president, suggesting casual views amid political frustration.
Frank Fay quips at a rear heckler during a Copacabana performance and jokes about birth control as he taunts the audience. The piece also notes a metropolitan newspaper’s $5,000 naming contest for a new daily, with one entrant suggesting The Truth.
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