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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
7
Montgomery Alabama Supt E B Norton announced the State Department of Education is conducting a county and city wide study of present school facilities and postwar needs. The 1939 survey showed 7883 added classrooms were required and current building has lagged, affecting lighting heating sanitation and health facilities.
Rev Fred Halbrooks Jr and brother Truman join Mr and Mrs Ellis Mears for Sunday dinner. Revival at Limstone Presbyterian Church begins Sunday at 8 00 pm with Rev L K Foster preaching. Public invited. Families visit and illness news noted among locals.
The Office of Price Administration authorized a $2 per thousand rise in the maximum price of common and unglazed face building bricks produced in Alabama and seven other Southern states. Jobbers and dealers may pass the increase to consumers, effective August 26.
Antiquated medical ad promotes Doan's Pills as a cure for backaches caused by poisonous matter in the blood. The piece urges readers to trust Doan's for energy and kidney-related symptoms, promising quick relief.
A social note urges women to test and improve their voices highlighting how tone shapes perception. It contrasts friendly welcomes with shrill expressions, warns that shouting tires listeners, and links voice quality to character, mood, and self control.
Dorothy Dix argues mothers treat grown daughters like infants, reading letters and dictating choices. She notes daughters leave home to escape babying and pursue independence, while mothers feel threatened by career ambitions and marriage shifts.
The revival at First Christian church in Hartselle led by Rev. O. P. Spiegel of Cloverdale Christian church Montgomery runs through Sunday night August 27 with an 8 00 p m final service. Worshipers from nearby churches attended and Ernest McCulloch delivered a listened to song message.
Forty persons united with the Cave Springs Baptist Church during a revival at the church last Friday night. Spiritual refreshment followed with several individuals coming forward to express faith in the Lord and be baptized. Those to be baptized were to meet Sunday at 4 p.m. for transportation to the baptizing site near Back Waters on Somerville road, between Decatur and Priceville, near Matthews store.
New York fashion figures anticipate returning to Paris salons after France's liberation. Designers and buyers on Seventh Avenue and Fifth Avenue look forward to resuming shows, with Hattie Carnegie affirming plans to go back while keeping New York's own style.
A short AP column note indicates editors on the home front due to James Marlow’s vacation with the Washington staff taking over writing duties.
The proposed international food and agriculture organization offers no magic solution for global hunger and poverty. The interim commission of the United Nations food conference, meeting at Hot Springs last year, was directed to draft postwar World.
A speaker explains that returning to Paris is essential for a vacation since nothing compares to the city. The remark frames Paris as a uniquely enjoyable destination and a longtime favorite.
The commission announced a plan for a global food agency to help nations eliminate hunger and improve farmer conditions. Reactions split between supporters who see it as beating hunger and critics who fault it for lacking power to protect farm prices. The agency would advise on applying science and technology to raise production while consumer and producer viewpoints clash.
Pfc Alton M Benepenetes Medal of Honor recipient wed his sweetheart Ruth Eickhoff at St Pauls church in Norristown after a panic moment caused by a missing marriage license. The ceremony lasted ten minutes as the hero calmed and then joined the reception plans postponed by his return to service.
The text argues that abundant goods require consumer purchasing power and employment. Money enables buying, which sustains a well-fed world and a well-employed world. It links ending hunger to both boosting food production and creating millions of jobs through productive receipts.
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