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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1946

Page

3

Army Arctic Test Underway In Aleutians Drills

Washington Nov 30 The Army launches its first major Arctic tactics test with a hand picked task force in the Aleutians. The operation includes three ten day maneuvers beginning Dec 9 Jan 6 and Feb 6 with artillery self propelled guns tanks and rations tested while air forces train with Superfortress bombers and P 51 fighters in the strategic Arctic region.

Washington Arctic Aleutians California Willislow Adak Fairbanks Alaska Camp McCoy W Is War Department Army Navy

Prohibited Mailing Items Highlighted By Post Office

Postmaster R T Sheppard warned Saturday that several items are barred from mailing including intoxicants inflammable goods firearms obscene material poisons and narcotics Extortion letters and lottery fraud are also illegal to mail Postal penalties are severe for violations A note adds that the United States averages 303 400 bales of cotton used yearly to make toweling.

R. T. Sheppard Sheppard United States

Alabama farmers urged to meet 1947 production goals

Alabama USDA Council outlines crop and livestock targets for 1947 to sustain diversified farming. Goals include wheat 20 000 acres up 11 per cent corn 3 000 000 acres up 2 per cent oats 400 000 acres up 47 per cent and cotton 1 865 000 acres up 24 per cent with 1 365 000 000 pounds milk goal.

Alabama Usda Council Dean M. F. Funchess P. O. Davis O. C. Medlock Soil Conservation Service A. L. Morrison Farm Credit Administration New Orleans W. B. Crawley PMA M. H. Pierson Farmer's Home Administration J. Frank Cooke A. W. Jones J C. Garrett Paul A. Swarthout Forest Service

Army Hostess Mrs Lane to Meet Daughter in New York

Mrs Hector D Lane Mrs E S Ballentine and Mrs R H Tweedy of Courtland leave Sunday for New York to meet Mrs Lane Martins daughter Anne Lane Martin who is returning to the States after serving as an Army Hostess in Germany for the past year She served at Bremenhaven and toured England Scotland Ireland France Switzerland and Denmark

Hector D. Lane E. S. Ballentine R. H. Tweedy, Sr Courtland New York Martin States Germany Bremenhaven England Scotland Ireland France Switzerland Denmark

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