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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1946
Page
8
The Young Matron's Study Club will meet Wednesday with Mesdames B T Gardner and Mack as hostesses. The meeting is set to start at 3 p.m.
Carl Gallagher and William Stewart of Birmingham arrived Saturday to visit sister and mother Mrs Pearl Stewart. They travel home today with Mrs William Stewart and their son. Mrs Pearl Stewart Miss Nina Hodges and J W Pipkin visited Birmingham last week and were joined home by Mrs William Stewart and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson. Mrs F S Hunt Sr went to Newnan Ga to visit daughter Mrs Walter D Sanders and family. Mr and Mrs J F Graham and son Mack returned home after two months with Billy Graham in Talladega. Mr and Mrs E L Hargrove Paul Hargrove and W S Grice left yesterday for a visit to Atlanta and Carrollton Ga.
The Chamber of Commerce to start a weekly luncheon program on August 7 with talks from across the state and events to help new members know the chamber. Social notes mention departures, travels, weddings, anniversaries, and visits among Cullman residents and friends, with many names and places across Alabama and beyond.
The Interstate Commerce Commission finished a ten day regional hearing on railroad freight rate increase requests. Additional hearings will occur in Buffalo on Aug 5 Atlanta Aug 8 Houston Aug 12 Salt Lake City Aug 12 and Washington Sept 4. Final arguments set for Sept 12 in Washington. The article also notes historical tidbits about Roman rings and turkey relations.
Cut from one piece pattern 4565 features wrap and tie blouses for skirts and suits in sizes 12 to 20 with keyhole neck and reverse neck options. Also announces Anne Adams summer pattern book priced fifteen cents more with free printed flower directions.
Cullman will place attractive welcome signs at highway entrances to inform tourists about the city. The signs are ordered by the Champex organization and will be placed along major entry routes into Cullman.
Roy R. Cox of Montgomery was named state director of the National Home and Property Owners Foundation and the Alabama Home and Farm Owners Association. He served as a public relations representative.
A tentative ten year plan shaping state railroad industry appears to be under discussion. Officials indicate gradual reform across infrastructure funding safety improvements and freight operations. The plan targets modernization while balancing cost and local impact.
A Rainey’s beauty shop will open August 8 at 110 East Vine Street. The business already operates a shop at 703 Second Avenue, offering services at two locations.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace warned Washington that the nation faces a boom and bust cycle. He said current full employment is temporary, achieved by inflationary pressure, and lacks the stability he called for in his postwar program.
Circulation for adult fiction fell from 10,225,813 to 9,120,208 and adult non fiction from 3,997,336 to 3,726,994. Children's books rose from 5,707,948 to 6,227,433.
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