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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1944
Page
5
The Civinette Club will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 p m in the home of Mrs Louis Bell on Trinity Mountain.
Local readers report visits and travels of friends and relatives. Families from Florida Alabama Tennessee and Texas are listed with weekend visits and upcoming trips. Many attendees join camp meetings in Hartselle and nearby towns.
Alabama last year produced 300000 to 400000 tons of coal by strip mining. State mine inspection and major producers say output could exceed one million tons this year with new operations in Jefferson Blount St Clair counties added to Jasper and Carbon Hill areas. Strip mining removes overburden to access coal deposits.
Hoyt S. Grizzard sues Decatur Ice and Coal Company for 2000 dollars in county court alleging damages from a June 5 collision on Bee Line highway when a defendant truck headed east on Wilson Avenue collided with his car. Attorney A. Lynne represents the plaintiff.
An advertisement for pattern 4793 a button front frock in gingham with bias trim in sizes 34 through 48. It lists fabric needs for size 36 and offers a combined needlework motif pattern for twenty cents. Also promotes a larger Anne Adams 32 page pattern book with a free pattern.
Washington reports Senate action this week to end the political propaganda ban on 15 titles for troops. The list includes The Official Guide To The Army Air Forces and works by Clapper Stettinius Welles Johnston Mead Bowne Grew Beard Dos Passos and others. The episode over Wilson and Heavens Day s prompted clarifications from the War Department.
Comedian Bob Hope, singer Frances Langford, and other members of a U S O party escaped injury when their plane was forced down at Northern Newcastle Australia during a tour of southwest Pacific battle stations. Details of the incident were unavailable.
A feature urges proper head carriage and upright posture as essential to beauty. It warns against slouching and the air of haughtiness, notes the benefits of a lifted chest and flat abdomen, and suggests simple drills like walking with a book on the head to improve gait and presence.
Velvalee Dickinson, 50, proprietor of a doll shop, was sentenced to 10 years and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to violating the federal censorship law. Judge Shackelford Miller Jr. described her as a woman who sold her country to the Japs for money, confirming involvement with Japanese agents and an alleged agreement with her husband to send information about West coast naval activities to Japan via Argentina.
Mary Norman a widow runs a decorating shop while her son Dr Matthew Norman launches his medical practice. Irene Murray his nurse wife clashes with Mary as Judith Lambert stirs longing. Matthew builds a busy practice with Nellie aiding home life as Irene grows wary.
The narrator recalls near misses in a front line march through shelling and artillery. He describes slipping down slopes into ditches, helmets detaching, and a series of sudden moves between farmhouses as shells destroy nearby buildings and injure comrades. The tone notes luck and fear, and the grim randomness of who survives.
A wireless correspondent explains that hedgerow fighting varies by location. Each hedge enclosed field or woods presents distinct fortifications with German troops dug in small clusters. The pattern shifts from open fields to wooded strongpoints, often requiring different tactics.
A Le Heeler pattern titled Pattern 947 provides directions and charts for scarfs and mats, with stitch illustrations and a materials list. The 15 cent packet includes this pattern and a broader 32 page Needlecraft Catalog with 133 embroidery knitting crochet quilt designs and home decor ideas.
A firsthand account of a breakthrough at the beachhead reveals the chaos of frontline warfare. Infantry units rely on attached tanks to breach German positions as tanks and infantry cooperate to punch holes for armored divisions. The narrative notes equipment losses, bystander damage, and brutal endurance during long drives with minimal rest.
Washington August 14 The War Production Board relaxes restrictions on selling house trailers to allow non migratory workers on essential jobs to buy them where other housing is inadequate. Previously only migratory workers on war jobs or in services to community health welfare and safety were eligible.
A new Alabama State Guard training officer urged as many Guardsmen as possible to attend a series of peace officers meetings statewide this month to improve readiness and cooperation.
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