Society Notes Chronicle Area Residents Leaving Town
Miss Anne Gray sails to Louisville for high school studies while Miss Anne Johnson enters the University of Alabama as a junior. Many local families plan fall visits and relocations with students and relatives across Birmingham Tuscaloosa Chicago and Gadsden. university departures include James Nelson II and Kathleen Harrison. other residents visit relatives in Ohio Wisconsin and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Gray
Louisville
High
Martha Nash
Muriel Thomas
Anne Johnson
University of Alabama
D. P. Humphrey
Jean Humphrey
Chicago
George Bloodworth
Ae Bloodworth
Fred Bloodworth, Jr
Gadsden
Cottonseed Oil Trading Suspended Pending Clarification
New Orleans traders halted cottonseed oil activity after an order from Price Administrator Leon Henderson forbidding purely speculative trading in fats and oils. The 8:15 a.m. market opened late, with a notice stating trading would stay suspended until the OPACS rule is clarified. The ruling came from Washington last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Leon Henderson
Washington
Expenditures Pass One Billion In Defense Spending
Treasury reports defense expenditures for August through the 27th totaled 1,001,446,512, the first billion month since the end of the last war. The outlay exceeds July by about 72 million and beats August of last year by about fivefold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
The
Child Beauty Kit Promises Polished Hands for Girls
Cosmetic chemists offer junior manicure sets for eleven or twelve year olds. Kits include cuticle oil, nail shampoo, hand cream, powder, buffer, nail file, and emery boards. Guide advises applying oil at night and pushing back cuticles to prevent hangnails, with a playful nod to grown up styling and the reward of neatness.
Laura Wheeler Pup Embroidery Pattern for Towels
A lively Laura Wheeler embroidery pattern features a pup motif designed for kitchen towels. Six motifs, each about 6.5 by 7 inches, are provided with transfer outlines and varied color options for quick stitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wheeler
Pattern 2950 Inches and Needlecraft Details
Pattern 2950 features illustrations of stitches color schemes and materials needed. Send ten cents to Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY publish pattern number name and address clearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
Powder plant blast story from Basford Virginia
A Basford Virginia powder plant tale recounts a plant engineer fishing in the New River. He cleaned a catfish and placed it in a frying pan when an explosion blew the fish and hot grease across the kitchen. The experience sparked rumors of cotton impregnation causing further explosions downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blast Beckley
Basford
Four Teens Scale Plant to Swim in 125-Foot Tank
In Philadelphia on August 29 police found four 16 year old boys swimming in a reservoir tank 125 feet above the ground. They reached the tank by climbing the outside of a three story plant, crossing a narrow plank and climbing a ladder to the top after pools were closed to curb infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
All Sorts of Wheels Turn at Delano Park Parade
A community event in Delano Park featured a wheels parade with diverse entries from across the county. Prizes honored Mrs Tom Wade for the tiny car, Lilly Johnson for the oldest, John Malone for the rainbow bicycle, Lodena Harris for a wheelbarrow ride, and Betty Jean Singleton for originality. A bike race and improv reading drew cheers before a Beech Street team win in softball. Planned WPA events include a September 11 community sing and September 20 Play Day plus ongoing tennis and softball tournaments. all activities are free and open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheela
Delano Park
Mra
Tom Wade
Somerville
Lilly Johnson
Miss Singleton
Robert Parson
Malcolm Patterson
Edward Lanier
Mary Riddle Walker
Beech Street Boys
AustiniVille Blues
WPA Recreation Project
New OPM Leadership Named With Nelson As Executive Director
President names William Knudsen as director general Sidney Hillman co director of War Bumson Knox Henderson and Hopkins join new office of price administration and civilian supply Donald Nelson chosen executive director of the board as the largely day to day head of the agency The seven officials will set material allocations for military needs defense aid and the economy under presidential policy guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 8. Knudsen
OPM
Sidney Hillman
Bumson
Navy
Knox
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Donald M. Nelson
Sears Roebuck & Company
Nelson
Anne Adams Pattern 4877 for slim-line two piece outfit
Advertisement for pattern 4877 by Anne Adams describing a slim two piece with a bodice that extends past the line and a centered flare skirt. Features a V neck, long or three-quarter sleeves, and options for cuff length. Pattern available in men’s sizes 36 to 50 with fabric estimates. Includes offer for Anne Alma 1941-1942 Pattern Book with fashion content and home sewing plan. Send 15 cents or 20 cents for the book or pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Anne Adams P
Anne Alma
Daily, Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Changes in wartime civilian supply and OPM leadership
The article outlines reorganization of the Office of Production Management with Nelson succeeding Stettinius as head of the priorities division and Bigers reassigned to London. PACS splits to civilian supply and price administration, with Hopkins maintaining overall aid supervision and Harriman collaborating on Britain aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
Office of Production Management
Nelson
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Superboard
Stettinius
U. S. Steel Corporation
Hopkins
John D. Bigers
London
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Agency For Price Administration
PACS
Division of
Woolen Prices Expected To Rise In New York Markets
The wool exchange indicated higher prices for both men’s and women’s woolen goods in New York. A chain distributor plans to announce a 10 cent increase, and another will introduce a higher-priced class clothing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wool Exchange
Ihe
All Day Picnic Planned at Pleasant Hill
An all day picnic will be held Monday at Pleasant Hill. The entertainment program includes two ball games one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
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James Johnson
Jacqueline
Birming
Tuscaloosa
Mrs. Rual Brothers
Christine
Painesville, Ohio
EB. W. Schrader
Johnny Pogue
Wisconsin and
St. Louis
C. C. Johnson
Pelatives
Points
Pennsylvania
Bob Cain
Madison
T. V. Harrison
Kathleen Harrison
Cotaco High School
Morgan County
Will Wyker
J. W. Wyker, Jr
Greenville, Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Lena Cain
East Gordon Drive
J. W. Cunningham
Line Street
Ralph W. Cowart
Cathleen Waddell
Rogersville
Waddell
Miss Harrison
Alabama College
Mableann Hanson
Huntsville
Mrs. Hill
Ruth
Talladega
Mrs. T. R. Harrison
T. R. Harrison
Margie Ellen
Moulton and
Lawrence County
Charlotte Cook
Columbia, Tenn
Jacqueline Johnson
Dot McCluskey
M. K. McCluskey
West End Baptist Hospital
Gaden
Jack Smallwood
Jackie
Rome
Mary Ford Tillery
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
James A. Nelson II
Jack Hughes
Bernard High School
Cullman
Anne Hughes
Sacred Heart Academy
S. B. Burr
Florence Adams
Marion Vickrey
Tom Stewart
Hartselle
Winona Lake
Indiana
Marguerite Tyler
Athens College
Huron College
Huron, South Dakota
A. T. Hanson
R. T. Sheppard
Mary Hughes
Mt. At Scholastica
Atchinson
Kansas
J. W. Hughes
Joe Hughes
Ill
Loyola Medical College
T. C. Chandler
Louisa Barnett
T. M. Jones, Jr
Shropshire
Nashville
Tenn
T. M. Jones III
Marion
Ala
Mor Diigore
Goidel’s Drug Store
Youl . L. Moye
Move Beauty Shop
Fred Allen
Rochester
Tcoma
Buck Jones
the Little Mole
Patty Cake Beauty
Gloria Jean
Helen Follett
Mama
COPA
Needlecraft Service, Inc
Sally
Morrell
Ibs
City Park
Recond Avenue
OPACS
Office of
G. C. Cunningham
Barber
Clem & Scott Shop
Loggin’s Barber Shop
Bank Street
Star Market
West Vine St
Princess
Hollywood
Wena van Douglas
Psa
Gabby
Hoppy
Russell Haydon
Andy Clyde
Evelyn Brent
Victor Jory
SKY Raiders
Clarence
Mulford
Dera
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