Society engagements and gatherings across Austinville and surrounding towns
Mrs. W L Lamon of Austinville announces the engagement of her daughter Clarice Jean to James Gorman Sanders of Defeatur with a fall wedding planned. A reunion dinner and several social events are listed, honoring late Mr. and Mrs. D J Lewis with families dining on a Priceville Hartselle lawn and visits from relatives in Ohio Tennessee Alabama and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Lamon
Austinville
Clarice Jean
James Gorman Sanders
Defeatur
D. J. Lewis
Ivan
Priceville-Hartseller
Bob Bush
Elzie Bush
Toledo, Ohio
W. B. Staples
Brents Staples, Jr
W. H
R. H. Livington
Augustus Poole
Elizabeth Poole
Chris. Poole
B. L. Jolly
Robert Hutson
George Hutson
Decatur
Ala
David Hutson
Priceville
Local Personal News Highlights Many Visitors and Departures
Readers receive a string of social notes detailing travels and visits. Rosemary McKenna heads to Columbus to see relatives while Mrs. B. B. Morris tours Birmingham with her sons. Families visit Huntsville and Lacey Springs. Dolores McCluskey undergoes appendix surgery. Nearby residents travel to Evergreen, Pensacola, New Orleans, and Opelika for weekends and relief, with multiple families planning moves and gatherings.
Fire Chief rejects basements as air raid shelters in Columbia
Fire Chief A C Marsh says 164 basements in Columbia’s business district are unsuitable for protection from bombing. He explains demolition bombs target lower building sections and sides, making basements unsafe as shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
A. C. Marsh
Marsh
Defense Training Program Opens in Decatur Area
John M. Jernigan of the University of Alabama says the Defense Training Program in Decatur offers free tuition for 12 week courses in basic accounting engineering drawing elementary engineering chemistry production supervision and structural design. Classes start September 8 with resignation September 2 at the University Center and are taught by industry qualified instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Jernigan
University of Alabama Defense Training Am
Decatur
Congress
University Center
Ferry Street
Telepone
Richard T. Eastwood
Eastwood
Birmingham
Ryan Family Reunion Draws Wide Circle in Hartselle
A large gathering marked a family reunion on August 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. B. Ryan in Cedar Creek. Attendees hailed from Columbus Georgia Birmingham Birmingham Mar tin and other nearby towns, sharing an old fashioned basket dinner and family fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. EB. Ryan
Cedar Creek
Erbie Lockwell
Columbus
Ann McCutcheon
Birmingham
Billy Moore
Tullahoma
Tenn
Billy
Bobby Ryan
Marshall
Martin, Tenn
Earman Ryan
Billy Gene
Betty Jo
Arteza
New Mexico
Paul Ryan
Gadsden
Archie Carey
Lyman Hargrove
Decatur
Byron Hargrove
Marjorie Hargrove
O. M. Stewart
Mississippi
Bill Ryan
Mamie McCutcheon
Hubert Parker
Jane
Edward Thompson
Dan Ryan
Dewey Whitten
W. L. McCutcheon
Arthur Ryan
George Hartselle
O. H. Reeves
Keep Your Cards Registrants Told During Draft Registration
Brig. Gen. Ben M. Smith of the Alabama Selective Service warned registrants to carry their registration certificates at all times and display them when asked by authorized personnel. He added that those who miss a registration date must appear before a local Selective Service Board promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Selective Service
Ben M. Smith
Alabama
Smith
Selective Service Board
Farm Lands Sell North of Belle Mina at 70 Dollars Per Acre
A 4 0 acre Limestone county farm north of Belle Mina sold for 70 dollars per acre totaling 33320 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limestone County
Belle Mina
Eye Exercises Popular Yet Risky Says Specialist
A beauty reporter consults an eye specialist who warns women against self taught ocular calisthenics. He notes eyes change vision distance frequently and demand scientific understanding. Proper care includes warm then cold wash to stimulate vessels and maintain expression and health.
Make This Pattern 4881 Button Front Frock by Adams
Anne Adams presents pattern 4881 a simple misses and women's frock with a sweetheart neck optional round neck curved shoulder yokes four darts front pockets and gathered pocket details. Pattern size range 12 through 40 with yardage for size 16 and price fifteen cents for pattern or twenty five cents for book plus pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Hatch Act Cases Set for Hearings Next Month
Cincinnati dispatch reports Thomas Q. Cannon of the U S Civil Service Commission says prosecutions for Hatch Act violations are scheduled next month in Illinois Georgia and Hawaii. He is observing the trial of 11 Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation employees charged with pernicious political activity. The Georgia cases involve unemployment compensation staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Thomas Q. Cannon
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Illinois
Georgia
Tawaii
Cannon
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Carnation to Build Evaporated Milk Plant in Dadeville
The Carnation Co of Milwaukee will construct an evaporated milk plant in Dadeville Alabama. W C Cross vice president announced a daily capacity of 250000 pounds and said completion by January 1 is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dadeville
Ala
Carnation Co
Milwaukee
Wis
W._C. Cross
Loans by FSA Prepared for Next Year Plans
FSA is rapidly writing loans for borrowers so crops may start early next spring. Borrowers must fix leases and notify the FSA office with definite plans for the coming year. By January 1, 1942, plans for borrowers on the program for one year or more must be in the Montgomery office. new borrowers will be served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSA
Montgomery
Spying Mission Fails Near Camp Polar
A private on a spying mission during the third armed maneuvers near Camp Pole, Louisiana, infiltrates enemy lines and mingles with a nearby regiment but is detected at blackout light. The spy, the sole white man within a mile, is captured as the mission ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pole
Cotton curb not planned for textiles prices says official
Atlanta reports a federal official James P. Davis says no price ceilings for textiles yet despite watchful waiting for textiles and hides. He notes 7 percent of the textile industry will face ceilings soon and that compliance is broad though enforcement remains limited. Prices allow higher margins than most of the past two decades except during peak periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James P. Davis
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Davis
Southern Garments Industry
Defense and global balance in wartime strategy
The piece argues Britain should avoid an invasion of Western Europe while Nazi power remains strong and predicts possible raids rather than full invasion. It notes the odd British Soviet alliance, the Bolshevik role in Hitler’s rise, and Britain’s businesslike stance as winter nears. It highlights British and Allied forces in the Near East and the potential defense of the Caucasus with Wavell as commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Europe
English Channel
Hitler
Reds
John Bull
Russia
Greece
Olympus
Caucasus
Herr Hitler
Black Sea
Near East
Wavell
Crochet Afghan Pattern With Color Strips
Pattern describes a two color or multicolor crochet afghan built from shell edged strips. Includes waffle texture after shell bordered strips. Pattern 2957 lists materials and stiches with illustrations. Send ten cents and name and address to Decatur Needlecraft Dept. 82 Avenue New York NY for the pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Needlecraft Dept
82 Avenue
New York
N. Y
Trans-Caucasia veteran values Allies over a knock
A remark highlights a veteran with two years in trans-Caucasia with Anglo Russian forces during World War I and asserts that his experience is more valuable to the Allies than a minor injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Middle East
trans-Caucasia
Weather coolers end hot spell across regions
The Associated Press reports a broad cool spell over New England and the Great Lakes with thunderstorms and showers ending a heat wave. Temperatures were notably lower in the Southeast and Northern states, while Gulf States enjoyed clear weather though interior cloudiness persisted. Record lows included 35 at Sault Ste Marie and 41 at Albino, with highs of 99 in Savannah and Jacksonville and 97 in Montgomery and San Antonio as storms fanned across Arkansas Tennessee Northern Alabama and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New England
Great Lakes
Central Atlantic
Gulf States
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Kylertown
Albino
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Meridian
Mias
Montgomery
Ala
San Antonio
Texas
Arkansas
Tenessee
Alabama
Georgia
Attack Tallahassee August 28 report opens with Captain Hugh Maya
A fragment from a Tallahassee dated dispatch mentions Captain Hugh Maya as part of an attack report. Details are incomplete, but the item indicates a military action or incident in Florida with Maya as a named figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee, Fla
Hugh Maya Waa
Dismissal After Home Guard Unit Breaks Ranks
A company of home guards in new uniforms broke ranks and dispersed shouting in pain. Captain Maya dismissed the unit upon learning the reason, stopping them on a large ant bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayed
Home Guards
Maya
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Gene
Dot Young
Jean Young
New York City
H. D. Greer
John C. Bragg
Ben F. Martin, Sr
Comer Ezell
Roger Grimm
Ohio
Evell
Jean Wise
John OC. Bragg
Rosemary McKenna
Charlie McArthur
B. B. Morris
Don
Bob
Mary
Jennie Lovelady
Rufus Warren
David Speake
Points
Florida
W. E. Hyde
Dolores McCluskey
J. A. Godsey
J. D. Skillington
McRee Edens
J. F. Graham
Evergreen
Roy Pace
Louise Stinson
Marjorie Irwin
Pensacola
New Orleans
Dock Francis
Hartselle
J. B. Wiley
Cecil Timberlake
Malcolm Austelle
Robert Nabors
Douglass
J. J. Humphrey
Rob Bush
George
Toledo
W. P. Dozier
Opelika
A. Wooten
Helena, Ark
Mrs. Wilson Orr
Wilson Orr
Eighth Avenue
Orr
Marcus Byers
Huntsville
Elbert Weaver
Charles and
Ralph Lindsey
Claude Stipe
Camp Lee
Virginia
B Company
Second Medical Training Batalion
Cincinnati, Ohio
William Elkins
Louisville, Ky
Mary Emens
Hillman Hospital
S. Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
G. C. Cunningham
Barber
Clem & Scott Shop
Loggin’s Barber Shop
Bank Street
Ideal Beauty Shop
Grant St
Jack
Benny Allen
Love Thy Neighbor
Mey Fae Leh
Ryan
Goidel’s Drug Store
Priscilla Lane
Geta
Pere Westmore
Helen Follett
Polio
Kate Goree
Suel Goree
Or. L. R. Murphree
W. C. Bailey
E. Redding Emens
Pleeze
Alice Church
Jiffy Crochet
Laura
Wheeler
COPR
Merclecraft Service, Inc
Star Market
West Vine St
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