Decatur Named Center for North Alabama Defense Training
Decatur is chosen as the North Alabama center for a government funded college level defense training program. Registration opens September 2 at 1006 Ferry Street ahead of classes starting September 8. John M. Jernigan and Mrs. John M. Fowler lead the local office and center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
North Alabama
Center For Defense
Tennessee Valley
University of Alabama
United States Office of Education
Ferry Street
John M. Jernigan
Mead Corporation
Ohio
W North Alabama
John M. Fowler
Finglade
Jernigan
World cotton trade outlook shows dip in 1941-42 exports
Agriculture Department reports potential drop in world cotton exports for the 1941-42 season due to Far East disruptions, shipping shortages, and war losses. It notes Britain India leads with 1,670,000 bales, Brazil 1,346,000, the United States 1,141,000, and Egypt 707,000 for the prior season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Far East
Denmark
Norway
Europe
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Janan
China
United States
British India
Brazil
Egypt
New Feeder Route Planned for Eastern Airlines
Preliminary plans for an Eastern Air Lines feeder route between Muscle Shoals Alabama and Greenville South Carolina were readied for presentation at a Civil Aeronautics board hearing in Charlotte North Carolina on August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Eastern Air Lines
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Greenville
S. C
Civil Aeronautics Board
Park meeting with Carlyle unsettles Ylena and Vernon
In a park, Vernon Stone and Ylena arrange a secret plan to see Carlyle next day while masking Ylena as a mysterious silent lady. Mamie notices a candid camera moment as Carlyle clings to her doll, and the group shifts toward an intimate, tense future visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ylena
Vincent
Vernon Stone
Vernon
Yiena
Clarkson
Stone
Mamie
Carlyle
Yilena
Uncle Vernon
Senora Elguero
Spain
Hazeltine
Miss Carlyle
Rose
Morrae
East Side
Viena
Mrs. Vincent
Fred Henderson Claimed by Death in Troy Alabama
Fred Henderson a Troy capitalist and industrialist died suddenly of a heart attack in Atlanta. He was president of Fox Henderson & Sons Standard Chemical Company Farmers and Merchants National Bank Farmers and Merchants Insurance Company and Henderson Black and Green Mill Company. Survived by widow Julia Brock Henderson a son Frederick Henderson a daughter Jane Henderson a step daughter Ellen Henderson Spangler a sister Mrs Frank L. Jones a brother Jake Henderson and other relatives. Funeral arrangements were to be announced from his Troy residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Fred Henderson
Atlanta
Henderson
Fox Henderson & Sons
Standard Chemical Company
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
The
Farmers and Merchants Insurance Company
Henderson, Black and Green Mill Company
Julia Brock Henderson
Frederick Henderson
Jane Henderson
Ellen Henderson Spangler
Frank L. Jones
Jake Henderson
Athens Chamber of Commerce to host annual barbecue
The Athens Chamber of Commerce schedules the annual town and county barbecue for next Thursday at the state experimental farm south of Athens. More than five hundred Athens businessmen and farmers from the county are expected. Three new cheese plants have opened, with about three hundred farmers selling milk to them. Five purebred Jersey bulls bought by local business leaders will be on display and later auctioned to raise dairy herd quality. County Farm Agent G B Phillips and the chamber agricultural committee organized the program. W Van Gilbert will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ala
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athena
G. B. Phillips
Agricultural Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce
W. van Gilbert
Pastor Returns to Pulpit At Central Baptist Church
The pastor Dr John C Cowell resumes regular services after a vacation in the Carolinas. He urges Christians to live as they profess, stressing a life of separation, daily prayer, and selfless sacrifice to bring others to Christ. He cites scripture from I John and Philippians and recalls Billy Sunday as an example of leaving fame for gospel work. Doom 18 is mentioned as a warning in the wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
John C. Cowell
Carolinas
John
Jesus
Christ
Paul
Christ Jesus
Billy Sunday
America
Britain
Famous Circus Heads To Decatur Under Big Top
A 1941 Cole Brothers Circus with Jack Dempsey comes to the American Legion grounds in Decatur on Wednesday August 27. The feature includes Emmett Kelly among a fifty clown troupe in a vast, elaborate show billed as Americas Favorite Show. The notice also interweaves a sermon urging Christian values amid wartime patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Emmett Kelly
America
Kelly
Cole Brothers
Jack Dempsey
Decatur
American Legion
Pan Americana Opens With Grandeur At Arena
The arena director signals the start of Pan Americana a lavish show featuring a ballet of skilled dancers and soprano Florence Tennyson. The program ends with Your Land and My Land as Florence Tennyson provides the vocal highlight. Performances at 2 and 7 p.m. Gates open early for the new Big Top circus and the expanded menagerie and horse showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Tennyson
Your Land
All Day Singing at Liberty Church of God
An all day singing and dinner on the grounds will be held at Liberty Church of God in Laceys Springs. Everyone is invited to attend this Sunday event and join the community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Church of God
Laceys Springs
Demand for machinery boosts mule and horse work
Franklin Chicago reports the American Mule Association warns gas rationing and higher prices will hit horse and mule use. The group notes trucking firms replace horses for short hauls and cites population and value declines from 1920 to 1930 and 1933 estimates, with about 14.5 million horses in 1934 and only 11 million work animals, 400 thousand on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Chicago
America
Oop
Dinsmore
Firemen unload hoses as townspeople watch in Lincoln
Amazed onlookers see firemen leisurely unload hoses and spray water on the outside of a town office building. The scene follows owners, tired of waiting for rain, wanting to reseal leaky windows with a quick soak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Piper Cahaba
Tree, Frank
God
Africa
Livingston
Edgar Kennedy
Baby Sandy
William Frawley
Universal
Peris
Winter & Company
Second Ave
Dagen
Kelly the Great
Cole Bros. Circus
Clown
Wyker
Nakpth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!