Germany’s War Prospects and Political Quarrels Across Nations
A compilation paragraph surveys wartime shifts with Finland out of the war and Norway vulnerable to Nazi advance. It notes Spain’s denial of Nazi safe havens, appeals for Argentina’s stance, and American bets on an Allied push through Germany. It mentions Dewey, the St Louis Browns crowd, and a tirade about German unemployment myths and Tirpitz repairs. It questions Alabama’s Bradford act vs War Labor Board and warns Germany’s possible gas use.
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Bradford
War Labor Board
Alabama
Postwar cotton outlook questioned in southern economy
Washington economist Arthur C. Bunce reports in a Federal Reserve survey that expanding cotton processing and industry in Texas and Oklahoma could stabilize producers after the war. He notes Brazil's export impact, suggests crop diversification, and foresees domestic price support while competing with world prices. The piece discusses shifting farming practices beyond single-crop reliance.
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South
Texas
Oklahoma
Arthur C. Bunce
Washington
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
Bunce
Brazil
War wisecracks fade as election ballots loom in Pennsylvania
The piece notes German invincibility claims, Eisenhower’s likely response, and a Pennsylvania presidential race tilt. It reports Roosevelt leading 53 to 47 four years ago, current polls showing a 52 to 48 edge, and 560,000 absentee ballots to soldiers marines sailors coast guard and others. Counting starts noon November 22 delaying final results if close.
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Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Willkie
Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
Norris of Nebraska Father of TVA Remembered by Valley
The Tennessee Valley honors George W. Norris, Nebraska senator and father of the Tennessee Valley Authority, praising his courage, honesty, and insistence that the people come first. The Nashville Tennessean lauds his vision and the TVA charter reflects his value of the greater good for all Americans. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce telegraphed gratitude for his enduring public service.
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America
Norris
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
George Norris
Nashville
United States
Senate
Nebraska
Deratur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commmrce
House Rejects CIO 35 Dollar Unemployment Relief Plan
Washington reports a sweeping House vote against all pressure ideas for post war unemployment relief. The 188 to 54 tally dismisses the CIO plan and Senate compromise, arguing six billion dollars in state funds suffice. Leaders vow no individual blame due to teller votes, with Truman sidelined and Doughton pressing tax policy under George. The piece notes labor and veteran disputes, the political landscape, and expected conference outcomes.
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Washington
House
Europe
Senate
Baruch
Congress
House Ways and Means
Doughton
George
Truman
Roosevelt
CIO
Pacific City
Ers
Montana
Murray
Organized Labor
AFL
Revival draws responsive crowd in Crestview Florida
Andrew J Jones describes a ten day revival led by Pastor R. M. Judkins in Crestview Florida. The congregation stood for a revival call and many joined or rededicated, with children praying eagerly and some adults dedicating their lives to Jesus. The event pleased the pastor and attendees.
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Jesus
Jones
The Art of Fine Cookery By Dr Logan Clendening
Dr Adrian Gibbs notes a guide cooked six trout and Dr Clendening emphasizes improving nutrition via cooking. He argues housewives should shop for skills and urges practical cooking education over vitamin fads and theory. He praises American French and Mexican cooking and cites Brillat Savarin on American influence.
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Adrian Gibbs
Peru
Brillat - Savarin
Hartford
Connecticut
Little's Tavern
New York
Cocoa not narcotic and aids weight gain doctor says
A reader asks if cocoa harms, and the doctor explains it contains no opiate or narcotic drug. The stimulant effect comes from theobromine like caffeine, and cocoa is highly nutritious, useful for weight gain. Sauerkraut juice acts as a mild laxative rich in Vitamin C and helps prevent scurvy.
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Dr. Rice—Archives of Pediatrics
When Romance Is All Wet and Glass Eater Jokes In
A quirky poem by Lyla Myers laments rain ruining romance and turning moods from cute to awkward. A separate joke features a glass-eating circus man who gulps Martinis and chews glass, jokes about the stems being the best part.
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Lyla Myers
Pace-setter mentality and learning from better examples
George Matthew Adams urges individuals to strive as pace-setters in daily efforts. He notes someone always watches and imitates our good moves and triumphs and advises admiring and learning from those who do better to inspire personal progress.
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George Matthew Adams
How high can blood sugar rise in a glucose test
The glucose tolerance test uses a fasting blood sample followed by a 100 gram glucose dose. Blood is drawn at 30 minutes and at 1, 2, and 3 hours. normally the 1 hour value reaches about 140 mg per 100 ml, then falls to 80–100 mg at 3 hours. A rise beyond normal indicates diabetes.
Road to Berlin fronts distances update
The Associated Press reports current front lines with distances to key fronts: Russian front 322 miles from Warsaw Eastern suburbs, Western front 362 miles from Breda, Southern France 560 miles from Bourg en Bresse, and Italian front 585 miles from south of Rimini.
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The
Associated Press
Warsaw
Breda
France
Bourg-En-Bresse
Rimini
American convoy skirts stormy North Atlantic to Ireland
An American convoy sails across a rough North Atlantic toward Ireland. A soldier orders a buddy to come up from below while a companion groans and asks to be notified when passing a tree rather than a ship.
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Ireland
North Atlantic
Jeep
Buddy
Do all the good you can in varied circles
A fragmented excerpt recalls Porter asking an aged lady if she is in first class and a brief social scene. The narrator notes fashionable young girls painting legs to imitate hose while older women wear sheer hosiery, hinting at class and fashion norms.
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Decatur
Ala
Crestview
Fla
R. M. Judkins
Ozark
Young Ladies Academy
Hall Smith
Josephine Hegstad
Walter Winchell Trade Mark Registered Notes Of An Innocent Bystander
Walter Winchell notes cover angels street and Broadway shows as World War II entertainment shapes public mood. Reviews mix cinema and radio praise with industry figures, from Mae West to Cary Grant, and include jabs at censorship and propaganda amid wartime constraints.
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Angel Street
Catherine
Mae West
Mike Todd
Niesen
Gleason
Jacobowsky and
the Colonel
Louis Calhern
Norway
Bobby Clark
Anna Lucasta
The
Clicks
Mrs. Carrolls
Elisabeth Bergner
Carmen Jones
Billy Rose
Hammerstein
Hellman
Oklahoma
Spinster Defined in Witty Exchange at Decatur Junior
A playful dialogue features a father and son in Decatur where the boy asks what a spinster is. The father explains with a quip that a spinster is a girl who looks before she leaps and then doesn't leap.
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Decatur Junior
To Be Or Not To Be In A Hitler warlike riff
The excerpt blends Hitler rhetoric with a playful Shakespearean parody. It riffs on fate fate of the German nation and endurance amid air raids and propaganda while mixing German expressions and断 humorous angst. The piece ends with a comic quip invoking Goebbels and a dogged, chaotic mood.
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Hitler
United Press
Himmel
Hess
Berlin
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Finland
Spain
Argentina
Germany
Patton
Dewey
Hyde Park
St. Louis Browns
Brown's Park
William Ritt
Alabama’ Journal
Samoa
Reich
Fuehlerer
Eisenhower
NEF
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Voice OF
People
Andrew J Jones
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Clendening
Earth
E. L
Junius
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
Hollywoods
Cary Grant
Frank Capra
20Th Century Fox
Wilson
Margaret O'Brien
Charles Laughton
Canterville
Mutual
Magnuson
Roosevelt-hooters
Milton Berle
Army
Mail C
Elia Logan
Gina Simms
Jack Haley
Ben Bernie
Stars and Stripes
Cpl. C. Kalish
Reader's Digest
Dorothy Parker
Mag
Reynolds
Life
Paris
Kharkov
Louella Parsons
Betty Hutton
Walter Diel
Don Wahn
Intelligentsia
Corey Ford
Alaska
Aleutians
Collier's
Ford
Dorothy Rice Sims
Damon Runyon
Irv
Navy
Abel
Variety
Green
Ben Hecht
Howard Fast
Arthur Derounian
John Roy Carlson
Richard Watts, Jr
China
le Sagen
Trib
Henry Spetter
D. Runyon
Anon
Lolinson
Errol Fignhn
Shamus O’slattery
Thomas
Evanston
Women's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Petain
Cong. Luce
Winchell
Repubs
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
DER
Decatur Transit
Dry Cleaners
Dugger
Johnston St
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