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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1948
Page
5
A lecture discusses imagination as a force for creation and destruction and links it to health. It argues vision guides achievement and that chiropractors locate spinal nerve pressure to restore health, enabling the imagination to function clearly.
Local Leighton event features Annie Sue Cain and Maude Fennell as contestants in a community pageant with Scales overseeing the proceedings.
Mrs. Mary Banks Terrell is ill at home with a severe sprained wrist. The piece lists numerous social visits and travels including Memphis trips by Mr. and Mrs. David Speake Warren, Birmingham visitors the Hendrix family, Ocean Side Long Island guests, and dozens of other relatives and friends visiting in Decatur and nearby cities. The notices cover travel to Memphis, Nashville, St Louis, Atlantic Iowa, and trips to Asheville, Montreal, and Canada among others.
Advice on applying perfume for women emphasizing moderation and variety. Notes rose, gardenia, jasmine and fruit bases suit different hair and skin tones. Warns against applying to hair in warm weather and suggests scent placement on the skirt hem for dances.
A Dorothy Dix advice column addresses a friend’s dismal view of life and a reader’s fear of being an old maid. The responses label the cynical attitude as a sign of stupidity, warn against marrying without knowledge, and urge sticking to family home until self sufficiency. Also notes Alabama visit, Montgomery trip, and needlecraft pattern promotion. Easter Island fact ends the snippet.
The notice advertises Simplicity pattern 4544 for maternity wear in sizes 2 14 16 20 with adjustable fit and three versions. Includes illustrated instructions and yardage for size 16 and 35 inch fabric. Send twenty five cents to Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York for pattern 4544 with name address zone size and style number. Also promotes Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book catalogs with a fifteen cent price and a free sun tan halter pattern.
The National Labor Relations Board scheduled a Sept. 7 hearing in Decatur courthouse on a complaint against radio station WMSL Decatur Ala alleging unfair labor practices. The case cites discharge of two employees active in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and failure to bargain. It also accuses WMSL of cancelling programs for union activities and names J B Roser and Louis Blizzard for discouraging activity.
Nash Motors awards McRae Motors the 10 point bronze plaque for outstanding customer service and operations for a second time. G C McRae owner received the award in a Detroit zone ceremony with N D Park district manager praising the dealership for meeting Nash’s high standards. All McRae Motors employees received Nash crest medallions.
City Clerk Joe Pettey announces two building permits in Decatur. Paul Taylor to build a $1500 duplex at 1011 Sherman with Raymond Taylor as contractor. M. H. White to construct an $800 four room garage apartment at 815 Grant Street. Both structures are frame buildings.
A report notes management urging workers to quit the union by promising a reward program for leaving. The coverage highlights employer tactics aimed at weakening union solidarity and dampening union support among staff.
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