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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
3
Herman Cagle reports a small party’s dusk visit near camp to observe an Indian village. They approached cautiously, exchanged cigarettes, listened to a drum performance in a circle, and were guided out by four tribal members. He praises the tribe’s intelligence and potential with education.
About 40 women students at Alabama College in Montevallo were stricken with nausea last week. Dr. J. I. Reid said the illness stemmed from tainted food and the first case appeared last Wednesday. The last affected student has been dismissed from medical care.
Judith Lambert visits Manhattan in a sweltering summer, meets Mary Norman and recalls a past crush on Matthew, her childhood neighbor now tied to the Norman household. The scene shifts between a taxi ride, elegant East Side digs, and memories of family loss as Judith plans travel to California, Maine, and the Cape before returning.
AEF in France July 20 reports Captain Gaddis Wittjen in charge of a graves registration unit verifying whether the former boxing champion Max Schmeling was killed in action. Despite rumors and paybooks with Schmeling’s picture, 160 paratrooper corpses lie unidentified, as Wittjen and Maj. Roy Craft inspect the graves row by row, rejecting the rumor.
Bloodhounds tracking an escaped prisoner from Speigner prison led to the capture of two Georgia fugitives, Lewis Alday and Bale Philippines. Fleeing upon seeing the hounds, they were apprehended by suspicious guards and later identified through FBI files. authorities plan to return them to Georgia.
Washington August 1 leaders from both parties pressed the Senate military committee to act without delay on demobilization reconversion and surplus property as war end uncertainties loom. Barkley warned against recess until urgent legislation passes and Kilgore Murray and George proposals clash over uniform federal unemployment standards versus state control. A joint House meeting on postwar economic planning likely Thursday.
Local social updates list visits and guests across Lawrence County and Caddo Miss. families include Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cole Aldridge Grove Mrs Noble Jenkins returning to Michigan and several gatherings with the Fuller Lamon Bowling and Hames families. A baby boy Marl Alden is born to Raymond and wife. Rev Compton delivered a message at Jones Chapel amid bad weather. Ollie Bowling from Camp Shelby visits.
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The reporter recalls two years in the China India Burma theater stating Americans expect a two year fight to defeat Japan after Germany. He notes China’s grave situation, abandoned air bases at eastern China, and possible need to withdraw to Kunming if Kweilin falls. He argues the war in China hinges on eastern port access and massive American manpower and equipment.
AP reports composer Irving Berlin spent weeks with combat troops in Italy and premiered a new infantry tribute in a GI show in Rome on June 15. The song There Are No Wings on a Foxhole honors foot soldiers with stark imagery and frontline sacrifice.
Mrs. Dale Holt improves after two weeks illness at home. Pfc. Benton N. Whitfield leaves for camp after a week’s furlough. Families from Decatur and Lewisburg visit Pettusville and Elkmont. A horse show and fish fry draw residents. rain boosts gardens. Local visits include Atkins Vaughn and Pettus families near Huntsville and Pulaski trips.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Vincent of Birmingham are visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Vincent while Mr. Vincent recovers from a broken ankle. Harold Waugh spent the weekend in Decatur with his mother and sister. Mrs. Harold Waugh is visiting Sheffield with her grandmother. Fayne Peck returned home after illness at Baughs Infirmary. Mrs. Paul Bowling visited her parents in Union. Mrs. Tom Crawford of Birmingham came for Fayne Peck’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dunn traveled to Talladega last week.
James Stanford Sunday reports Elsie Harlow of Florida visits along with Mrs. Aaron Harlow. Mr and Mrs Homer Flowers and children from Tennessee visit Mr and Mrs Geo Rochell and Walter Rochell from Fort Hampton visit Mr and Mrs R E Scoggin. Mr and Mrs B S Whitfield and family visit in Athens Sunday.
A petition was filed with the Alabama Public Service Commission by the Federal Water Gas Corporation of New York to approve the purchase of the Alabama Water Service Company. Commissioner Gordon Persons stated the Alabama water service operates water and electric systems in many Alabama municipalities.
Ancient texts note bay leaves used to crown kings and heroes, later adopted in modern cooking for pot roasts and pickles, reflecting a long standing link between royalty symbolism and culinary use.
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