Decatur Daily Opinion on War, Tax, and Housing Trends
The Decatur Daily discusses wartime and postwar issues including gas tax receipts of 1 6013724 in August, highway projects from Memphis to Atlanta, and a Boning ordinance for city planning. It reflects on taxation, housing prospects, and congressional concerns about entrenched bureaucracy after the national emergency.
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Alabama
Chris Bherlock
Atlanta
Chris
Planning Commission
Decatur
Henry Steagall
America
Congressman Steagall
Perkins
Ickes
Delayed Driver Licenses Prompt Public Urge in County
September notes a warm day as residents plan to obtain driving permits. About 10,000 licenses issued for two years may raise fees or delay processing, causing public frustration as the deadline nears.
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Em Jean
Time Conundrum: Time Zones and Fast vs Slow Time
A humorous note reflects on the confusion of daylight saving time with scattered regions using different time schemes. The writer jokes about Western Union possibly tracking time records while acknowledging the difficulty of time itself as it slips by.
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Western Union
Roosevelt signals protective action after Greer attack
President Roosevelt stated at a Friday press briefing that steps are being taken to locate the submarine that attacked the destroyer Greer. The remarks suggest a possible shift toward a shooting war while affirming Navy readiness to enforce protective measures. The incident, likely daylight and with the American flag displayed, underscores the risk and response dynamics in ongoing tensions.
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Greer
Roosevelt
Narrow Escape Near Johnston Street Fire Station
The Daily notes a near collision Friday afternoon as a fire truck narrowly avoided an approaching vehicle at Johnston Street and First Avenue. It urges motorists to pull to the curb when hearing the fire siren to protect firemen and other drivers and prevent injuries.
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Johnston Street
First Avenue
Gasoline Shortage Sparks Price Tensions Across East
Washington analysis reveals oil firms pressuring for costlier tank car use to cover rail shipment limits. Ickes faces a climate of alleged price hikes and rebates as major companies push for higher retail gasoline costs to offset new logistics costs and maintain profits.
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Washington
Sept
Maloney
Ickes
Oll
Unin
Association of American Railroads
Leon Henderson
Henderson
East
Chilean writer detained in Washington hotel room
Senorita Magdalena Petit, noted Chilean novelist composer and playwright, visited Washington at a state department invitation. She was forced to stay in a dingy hotel room facing a court all day after an official told her to wait for an appointment with Congressional Librarian Archibald Macleish.
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State Department
Latin America
Uncle Sam
Senorita Magdalena Petit
Washington
Senorita Petit
Congressional
Archibald Macleish
Late delivery sparks protest ad in Macon papers
La mar Clay Sr complains about late The Morning Telegraph delivery in Macon and advertises in the rival Macon Evening News. He urges Telegraph management to fix service after repeated protests and nonresponse.
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Macon
Lamar Clay, Sr
Morning Telegraph
Macon Evening News
Telegraph
No Extra Postage Letter Sent In 1931
Decatur Georgia reports a mailman charged Broyles no extra postage on an out of town letter with a two cent stamp. The note suggests two cents would suffice for a letter anywhere in the United States in 1931.
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Decatur
Cc. R. Broyles
Broyles
U. 8
State to Inspect Oyster Beds in Mobile Bay
Alabama conservation board to inspect oyster beds in Mobile Bay and hold a session in Montgomery next Monday and Tuesday. A large statewide business will donate old traded-in stores to aid national defense.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advisory Conservation Board
Mobile Bay
New Book on Nursing Career Highlights Reality of the Field
A reader notes Cecilia L. Schulz’s Your Career in Nursing from McGraw-Hill, outlining the profession’s fifty year history, the demanding nature of nursing work, and the structure of 1200 U S nursing schools emphasizing practical ward training plus anatomy physiology chemistry bacteriology nutrition and clinical nursing education with a later Q A chapter.
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Cecilia L. Schulz
R.N
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Publishers
United States
Origins and life of nursing caps and careers
A newspaper Q and A explores why nurses wear caps tracing to Victorian fashion and Florence Nightingale, then weighs nursing career prospects, average life span, pay, and illness rates. It notes high median salaries among nurses and hospital staff illness in 1938 39 and compares with 1985 MetLife data. It also includes medical Q A on mineral oil uses and a note about pamphlets offered by Dr Olendening with titles and prices.
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Florence Nightingale
Army
Navy
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Excess Speed Judgment Cites Reckless Driving Case
The court concentrates on traffic safety as a judge questions a driver about excess speed. A prisoner pleads not guilty claiming thirty miles per hour, while officers assert sixty and cite the busted traffic code. The verdict orders seven twenty in fines and jail until paid.
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Harry Brokaw
Sorrow in the right of way as Oscar Shay dies in rush
An incident description notes Oscar Shay speeding across a railway crossing as gates were down and his funeral is set for tomorrow. A drunken rider on a double deck bus remarks about safety while headlamps dimmed and driving legality are questioned. Slewczynski mentions his son preparing for college with boxing lessons.
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Oscar Shay
Biggins
Slewczynski
Spicersville Item-Action Reflects on Poison Case
In Spicersville the Item-Action comments on a case where a mean rascal allegedly fed poison to Jimmie and notes Fordham the dog as a harmless casualty. the piece implies local judgment and scrutiny of the criminal act.
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Spicersville
Satan
Rascal
Jimmie
Fordham
Boy recalls mud on bug gy-wheel spokes in pre paved days
A reader notes how difficult chores were in the past counting the task of cleaning mud from 64 bug wheel spokes before paved roads. The comment contrasts modern car washing with historical rougher duties and humor.
Ceylon Holds Major Share of World Cocoa Nut Acreage
The Department of Commerce reports Ceylon possesses about 1 100 000 acres of coconut palm land, equal to roughly 14 percent of the globe's total acreage.
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Ceylon
Department of Commerce
Notes on Broadway Humor and Gossip by Walter Winchell
A compact column recounts backstage quips and street mentions from Al Jolson to Jackie Gleason and Benny Venuta. It blends Broadway color with wartime jabs and social jests, including anecdotes about passersby, performers, and Nazi-liberty riffs, all colored by the era's mood.
Hollywood Romeo’s Girlfriend Struggles in New York
A famed star’s gal friend returns to New York and endures three months of hardship. Pride conceals her misery as she goes hungry and cannot buy a dress while her Romeo’s birthday gift arrives amid a sour separation.
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Hollywood
New York
Romeo
Wealthy Sam Riddle Praises Star Steed and Quips on Cost
Sam Riddle, described as a wealthy sports man, boasts of his star horse Tard Kitchener with a $20,000 price tag. He chats with Joe E. Lewis about appearance and value, while a humorous aside plays on the idea of spending to look good and the quips about money and prestige.
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Sam Riddle
Kitchener
Riddle
Joe E. Lewis
Mr. Riddle
Joe
Dramatic news from London and Broadway circles
Robert E Sherwood arrives in London as a new World-Telly drama assassin will be chosen from three men. The Herald Tribune seeks a temporary drama critic. Dicl Watts Jr returns from Russia. Eddie Cantor shifts to promoting Banjo Eyes. Galveston wedding plans for Alice Faye and Phil Harris. Hemisphere warns a pickpocket over scoops and $150 allegedly taken.
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Robert E. Sherwood
London
World-Telly
Herald-Trib
Dicl Watts, Jr
Russia
Schubert
George Abbott
Joey
Eddie Cantor
Ida
Banjo Eyes
East Side
Galveston
Houston
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Hal Shermans
Woody Hermans
Hemisphere
Local families gather during holiday weekend in Lawrence County
A long list of residents and visitors from Montgomery Florence Hamilton Russellville Decatur Moulton and Birmingham spent the holiday here with relatives. Names include Counts Smith Cunningham Fennell Pickens and others as revival services and hospital visits punctuate the county scene. The local high school plans to open Monday morning.
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Guy Counts
Decatur
J. A. Counts
Emiine Martin
Willie Sue
James Jackson
Hamilton
Harold Pickens
Patsy
Murray
Ken
W. A. Pickens
Glenn Swallows
Hoyt Pickens
Florence
J. R. Dukeminnier
Wyatt
Birmingham
Lula Devany
Russellville
Dewey Bynum
Margarett and
Wilda
Geo. Bendall
Leon Cunningham
Chattanooga
James Fennell
Lula Fennell
Lucy Mae
Nell Cunningham
Hattilene
Rayburn Jackson
Bobby
Donald
Moulton
J-Ty. Counts
Ralph Agee
Courtland
Lincoln Counts
Eriel Sibley
Jack Smith
Childersburg
Geo. Smith
Margarett Bynum
Russell Smith
Fayette
Billy Smith
Navy
Norfolk
H. P. Smith
Clay McClung
Mattie Mae Martin
Wheeler Smith
Guy — Stenson
Lowell Whitworth
Gilbert Speake
Cullman
J T. Speake
James Thomas
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