Spaghetti Supper for Out-of-Town Guests at Ferry Street Home
A spaghetti supper was hosted Saturday at the Milton Dumas home on Ferry Street. Guests included Mr and Mrs William Solas from Peacemees Pa Mr and Mrs Robert Wright from Memphis Tenn and Mr and Mrs Walter Leary from Macon Ga. Ice cold watermelon was served after games and evening conviviality followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Dumas
Ferry Street
William Solas
Peacemeces Pa
Robert Wright
Memphis
Tenn
Walter Leary
Macon
Personal notices of families visiting and greetings across towns
A long list of residents and relatives from Gadsden Athens Hopkinsville Franklin and other places share weekend visits, visits to kin, travel plans to Memphis and Jacksonville, a new baby Elizabeth Diane Kersey, a stroke illness, and residents returning home from the region.
War labor disputes show many spontaneous wartime strikes
Washington dispatch reports that under the Smith Connally act 4 446 strikes occurred in a year and five days 1 089 strike election notices were filed with the NLRB but most were withdrawn before the 30 day period 232 polls produced a majority in favor of striking in all but 41 cases contrasts with few ballots leading to strikes earlier reads that many strikes were spontaneous and government takeover limits enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Smith-Connally
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Churchill Praises Fifth Army After Paris Parade
Prime Minister Churchill commended the American Fifth Army as a great Allied striking force and specifically honored U S troops of Japanese and Negro ancestry after observing a parade of the 34th Infantry Division in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Churchill
Fifth Army
U.S
34Th Infantry
Family News From Ope lika and Jacksonville Visit
Brother and sister Mr and Mrs L L McCulloch and Mrs Lahleen Kinney visit relatives in Ope lika. Lt Gilbert H Sewell recovers in an England hospital from wounds in France and has been awarded the Purple Heart. Miss Madgie Murphree stays a month with her sister in Jacksonville Fla. Mrs M W Holland and children Agnes Ann Margaret and M W Jr of Birmingham return home after a week with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball B. Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Claire Bloodworth
Miss Bloodworth
Lee Percy
Kyrock, Ky
Robert McRight
Elizabeth Davidson
Charleston
S. C
Fred K. Smith
Gilbert H. Sewell
England
France
Madgie Murphree
M. W. Holland
Agnes Ann
Margaret and
Birmingham
Ten Gallons of Whiskey Seized Near Decatur
Ten gallons of whiskey were seized Saturday afternoon at the home of Billy Mitchell twelve miles west of Decatur along the Moulton highway. ATU Investigator W S Lamon ABC Investigator P H Sandlin and Sheriff W T Willoughby reported. Mitchell was arrested Sunday morning and appeared before U S Commissioner Robert W Milner in Huntsville charged with violating the internal revenue law for liquor in containers without stamps. He was held under a $300 bond by federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Mitchell
Decatur
Moulton
ATU
W. S. Lamon
ABC
P. H. Sandlin
W. T. Willoughby
Mitchell
U. S
Robert W. Milner
Huntsville
Internal Revenue Law
Judith in a City Hotel Date and Distant Love
Judith, twenty three, wrestles with grown up love as she spends a dinner date with Matthew, faces his confident charm and her own tangled past with Dan, Irene, and a hotel life of glitter. After a night of dancing she returns to the hotel, haunted by memories and an approaching medical crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith
Irene
Matthew
Judy
Cain
Mary
Ella
Anna
Jimmy
Dan
Faith Baldwin Cuthrell
King Features Syndicate
Ing
Dorothy Dix: Man Should Shop for a Wife
Dorothy Dix advises men to assess themselves and seek a compatible wife with a steady disposition and domestic nature. She warns against marrying spendthrifts or troublesome partners and notes service men’s wives defend dancing to boost morale while husbands are deployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Anzio Hero Honored Upon Return to Spring Mount
Alton W. Knappenberger, the one man army of Anzio, returned home to Spring Mount Pa amid bannered streets and a warm parade with his fiancée Ruth Eichoff. Neighbors, including his Mennonite mother Mrs Harvey Seibert, celebrated a hero who planned to marry soon then resume service after the furlough. He left Naples briefly broke but with a $569 purse raised by well wishers to cover Ruth’s ring and wedding dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Mount
Pfe
Alton W. Knappenberger
Anzio
Knappenberger
Ruth Eichoff
Ruth
Harvey Seibert
Naples
New York
Nelson Hurley to Visit China for Talks with Chiang
Donald M. Nelson chairman of the War Production Board and Maj. Gen. Patrick J Hurley traveling diplomat for President Roosevelt prepared to depart Washington for China to discuss military and economic problems with Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Advice on marriage, war, and chain letters in a public column
The writer urges wives to consider their husbands’ sacrifices in war and warns against infidelity, suggesting women should reflect on their actions. A Dear Miss Dix reply questions the spread of chain letters predicting bad luck and calls for stopping such mail in the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Gospel Meetings Progress at Falkville Church
A series of gospel meetings unfolds each evening at 8 15 with Emerson Estes of North Birmingham Church of Christ delivering the messages Greer Hendon of Decatur leads the song service Everyone in the Falkville community is invited to attend and enjoy the fellowship of song and word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Emerson J. Estes
North Birmingham
Churchill Fires Big Yank Cannon on Pisa Front
Rome August 21 Prime Minister Churchill personally fired a large American cannon at two positions north of Pisa. The shell fell short but after a gunnery correction two rounds later both enemy guns were destroyed. An artillery spotter witnessed fires and explosions at the pits. This act occurred during a recent visit to the Fifth Army front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Churchill
Pisa
Fifth Army
Birmingham names ex-riff and clerk as U S commissioner
Former Birmingham County sheriff and circuit court clerk Calvin W. Young has been named a United States commissioner in federal court, announced by Clerk Charles Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eRenance
Birmingham
Ala
Calvin W. Young
Aeriff
Army libraries hold millions of books across 2000 locations
The Army operates about 2,000 libraries with access to roughly 15 million books, serving personnel and civilian staff. The collection supports training, research, and reading needs across installations worldwide.
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Morgan County
American Red Cross
Bob Foreman
Charles O’rear
Gadsden
Jimmy Moody
Jack Cothren
Peabody Hotel
Sneed Christopher
Lynne
Billy Maples
Athens
Eugene Chenault
Chenault
H. R. Davis
New Orleans
Miss Jane Davis
Brown Neeley
East Church Street
Maurice M. Kersey, Jr
Charleston, W. Va
Elizabeth Diane
Kersey
Nee Grace Heaney
James T. Stewart
Cliff
Hopkinsville, Ky
Leroy McEntire
Fay Almon Jones
Dave Almon Alexander
Helen Alexander
Truman Alexander
Franklin, Tenn
Leroy McEntire, Jr
Pearl Wilber
Rosemary
Ann
Washington, D. C
Gaines R. Stuart
Italy
James Fulmer Hart
Sunday
Baugh’s Infirmary
Betty McCulloch
Ernest McCulloch
Prospect Drive
M. H. Lindell
Oakland
Cal
R. W. Holland
Trinity Road
U. S. Navy
William G. Ward
Bill and
Almon
Montgomery
T. c. Almon
Russell Hart
Houston
Texas
Mrs. C. B. Hart
John Thomas
John Robert
Florence
R. G. McClure
Mr. Thomas
Jack
Billy
Tay Wallace
Memphis, Tenn
Kenneth McCulloch
Mrs. Wesley Holland and Son
Gadsden, Spee
Lyle McCulloch
Louisville
By James Marlow
George Zielke
James Marlow
Associated Press
Fue
Carmen
Pekoe
Goidel
Mark Twain
Mrs. L. L. McCulloch
Dillehay
Tin Highmay
Omang
Decatur Cleaners
Johnston “St
You Dwin
Chapter
Doc
Aunt Ella
Jimmy Treadway
California
Moye
Perso
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Epsi-Cola Bottling CO
Decatub
the Post, Office Department
The
Bell Syndicate
Big Yank
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Speike
Pettey’s Cleaners
Shumake
Bank Street
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