Ladies Bible Class Meeting Highlights Social Bonding
The Ladies Bible Class of Memorial Drive Methodist Church met at Mrs. G C Corley home for a monthly session. President Mrs Corley led with a class song and devotional by Mrs E B Hames, ending with prayer. A Bible contest followed before a social hour with refreshments. Next gathering hosted by Mrs J H Davis. The Alabama Division of the American Association of University Women held a one day conference at Tutwiler Hotel Birmingham with delegates including Mrs H F Sherrod and speakers Dean Agnes Ebien Harris and Dr Helen White. A luncheon included college presidents and wives. Mrs J H Hardy invited attendees to the Regional Conference in Chattanooga April 21–22. The Birmingham area chapter was organized with notable local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
G. C. Corley
Memorial Drive
J. H. Davis
AJA UW
Birmingstam
American Association of University Women of Alabama
Tutwiler
Decatur
H. F. Sherrod
Agnes Ebien Harris
University of Alabama
Helen White
University of Wisconsin
Stewart
Birmingham
Paty
Searcy
Huntingdon College
J. H. Hardy
Tennessee
Hardy
Service Class Meetings Set For Tuesday Night
The Clara Cortner Service Class of Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School meets Tuesday at 7 39 p m in Mrs E B Loyds Grant Street home. The Kapulian Class of First Baptist Sunday School holds its monthly social and business meeting Tuesday night at Miss Mae Sims 109 Sixth Avenue West. opening at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lara Cortner
Clara Cortner
Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School
E. 8. Loyd
Grant Street
First Baptist Sunday School
Mae Sims
Sixth Avenue West
Personal News: Shirley Ann Braswell and Florence Visit
Miss Shirley Ann Braswell returns from Savannah Tennessee where she spent the holidays with cousin Miss Betty Lanier. RE. C. Till of Florence has returned home after a weekend visit with his sister Mrs. W. M. Lanier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ann Braswell
Savannah
Tenn
A. Fef
Betty Lanier
RE. C. Till
Florence
Pineapple Design Embroidered Peacock Pattern Sale
Pineapple Design offers a transfer pattern of peacock bodies with crochet directions and materials list. This pattern promotes a peacock chair set and includes a needlework pattern for linens and garments. Fifteen cents buys the pattern, with postage for a 32 page Needlecraft Catalog available for twenty-five cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Local Club Leaders Prepare for Alabama Federation Convention
Wess F Sherrod president of Decatur Mother's Club and Berean Club will travel Tuesday to Montgomery for a two day Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs convention. John Braswell and David White are ill at home with mumps and measles respectively. Local families hosted visiting Lanier relatives including Howard Lanier and sons and Betty Patsy Lanier from Birmingham Savannah Tenn. and Chattanooga Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wess F. Sherrod
Decatur Mother's Club
Mother's Club
Berean Club
Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs
Montgomery
Howard Lanier and Son
Birmingham
C. R. Lanier
Betty
Patsy
Savannah
Tenn
J. W. Lanier
Chattanooga
W. M. Lanier
Howard Lanier
U. S. Army
David White
Mooresville
Roosevelt Seemed Fine Despite Slight Hoarseness
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said President Roosevelt appeared well though still slightly hoarse from a bronchial ailment that has troubled him for weeks. Roosevelt stayed in the White House quarters and conducted business by telephone. He had two engagements, with Secretary Hull at noon and George F Keenan later, counsellor of the American delegation to the European Advisory Commission in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
White House
Hull
George F. Keenan
European Advisory Commission
London
Back to Farw Move Praised by Negro Country Life Board
Louis Bromfield, author, elected to the executive board of the Association For The Advancement Of Negro Country Life, backs a back to the farm program as migration to industrial centers worsens a major problem. He notes the need for a solution to prevent trouble and praises the association’s work and new board members including Rabbi George Solomon and Irwin Stasburger, following Dr. Charles D. Hubert's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromfield
Lucas
Ohio
Charles D. Hubert
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Rabbi George Solomon
Mickel Israel
Naval commissions open in three specialized groups
Lt. O. H. Swayze announces Alabama officer procurement details for Naval commissions. Urgent need persists for chaplains and doctors, with openings in three groups: technical fields for chemists metallurgists engineers. specialized fields for engine specialists riggers ship builders and stevedores. and general business fields for active sea duty, men under 38.
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O. H. Swayze
Alabama
Price hikes allowed on oleomargarine brands
The Office of Price Administration said price increases for some oleomargarine brands will be allowed if manufacturers are operating at a loss. The decision was announced on April 3 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Pattern 4705 Apron Delights in Bright Print and Pockets
Imagine a smart beruffled apron from pattern 4705 in sizes Small to Large. Features heart pockets and a practical fit ideal for spring cleaning. Priced at twenty cents, send coins to Daily Pattern Dept. New York for purchase details and size selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West Lith St
New York
N.Y
Anne Adams Spritz
Dorothy Dix: Women Impractical in Love
Dear Miss Dix explains a bored husband trapped by a possessive wife and offers three angles: army escape from constant affection, wives learn practical limits of love, and children as a path to reconciliation. The column critiques excessive pining and suggests balanced affection and custody considerations.
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Miss DIX
Troop 208 Camp at Ball Knob Mountain Diary Report
Journal notes by J. W. Hayes recount a three day troop camping trip to Ball Knob Mountain. Twenty two boys pitched camp, cooked meals, played games and fished. Sunday began with reveille and breakfast before breaking camp. Brother Price, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, visited and Assistant Scoutmaster Hancock supplied five gallons of ice cream. Taps closed each night.
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Troop 208
Ball Knob Mountain
J. W. Hayes
Kenneth Welles
Ward
Reveille
Brother Price
Fairview
Dear Miss Dix Jealous ex wife seeks husband’s return
A reader asks how to win back a doctor ex husband after a divorce caused by jealous behavior. She notes four children and ongoing love, asking for advice on rekindling happiness and family unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Dear Miss Dix Advice on stopping phone and paper pesterers
A reader asks how to rid neighbors of constant calls and borrowed newspapers. The answer suggests installing a paid instrument to replace the free phone and tells the neighbors to get their own paper, ending the intrusion.
CARDUI two way help for functional periodic pain
A wartime style advertisement explains Cardui as relief for functional periodic pain started three days before the time and taken as directed. It claims Cardui acts as a tonic, increases appetite, aids digestion by boosting gastric juices, and helps build resistance for times most needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Comrouno
Boys Gang Plans to Take Over Rule in Jackson
Police in Jackson Michigan investigate a boys secret society calling itself the state. A 16 year old claimed leadership and said members aim to control government in 15 to 20 years. They circulated pamphlets attacking Negroes Jews capitalism religion and England. The group kept weapons and symbols and had a Chicago member involved in theater seat cutting and railroad sabtage as part of sabotage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
Fred Foster
Foster
Harold Mulbar
Yugoslav Partisans Drive Deep Into Serbia Front
London reports large Yugoslav partisan forces moving rapidly into Serbia interior. Marshal Tito Broz says communiques indicate partisans clash with Axis troops, with heavy casualties as fighters press in Montenegro, Slovenia, and Moslavina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Serbia
Tito Ghosip Broz
Montenegro
Slovenia
Moslavina
Tito
Roadside wait and a communal church welcome
A narrative notes transporting equipment to the road and waiting for a truck, followed by a return home and a church gathering. The entry ends with a reflective statement that a good time was had by all, attributed to Scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribe
Aerial Hero Dies in Crash in Atlanta
Lt. H. C. Carby Jr Navy flier once afloat 27 days in a rubber boat after a Pacific rescue and who returned from a bombing mission with 207 holes in his plane has been killed in an air crash. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Carby of LA. The navigator disappeared Christmas Day in the Southwest Pacific and was missing for weeks before being found on a small island. He wore the Purple Heart and had chronicled his luck in retreat from the raid in a last letter to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
H. C. Carby Jr
Navy
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Emory University
Zones Changed for Sugar Distribution Across Cities
The Office of Price Administration announced zone changes to balance refinery points. Savannah Georgia New York and Philadelphia areas expand. New Orleans area reduced due to insufficient prospective receipts. Present stocks and forecasts are sufficient to cover the expanded region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasington
Office of Price Administration
Savannah
New York
Philadelphia
OPA
New Orleans
Fierce fighting tightens grip on rail links in recent clashes
Amid ongoing combat in multiple sectors, forces reported heavy gaps in enemy rail communications and intensified pressure on frontline units. Tactical units claimed significant strikes disrupted supply lines and weakened the opponent’s coordinated efforts.
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Sot
Unt
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B. M. Bloodworth
Tladies’ Bible Class Monthly Meeting
Louis Bell
le Club Entre Meres
Bionde
Housekeeping
Goidel’s Drug Store
Wella Kolestral
Wallace
Beauty Shop
By. Lau
Johnny Steenis
John Steen
Canal Street
Beulah Kilgore
East Walnut Street
John Braswell
Charles Harvey
U. S. Navy
Dawson Ransome
Babs
H. R. Davis
Mr. Ransome
Evelyn's Beauty Shop
Beauty
Ee el
Dorothy Morris
Mary Elliott
Simone Simon
Suzanne Kaaren
Price
Snowy
Belk’s Bargain Basement
Parcain
Dorothy Dix
BOY Scouts OF America
The
Bell Syndicate
Carmen
Ayda Mian
I Hoover
Sre
Moye’s
Goldeis Drug Store
Af Seaice Law
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
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