Army Group Organized in Decatur for Public Relations
James Rankin heads a newly formed Armad ory committee in Decatur to relay Army information to citizens and civilian info to the Army. The first meeting in Morgan County Courthouse featured Col. Paul L. Singer and Maj Holme Roberson guiding a round table discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rankim
Decatur
Armadory Committee
Morgan County
Paul L. Singer
Alabamary District
Holme Roberson
Alabama Military District
Rankin
Ben L Briwnell
Alvis Briscoe
William Sims
John A. Troxler
Dan O'Reilly
B. C. Shelton
Charles Harvey
Walter Jackson
Walker Darrah
R. B. Freeman
Rutledge S. Thomas
Sim L. Howell
Charles Parker
Third Army
Army Advisory Committees
Func
Alabama Army units vie for congressional district aid
Col. Singer, on duty in Birmingham, has served over 31 years in the Army with World War I and II duty. Major Roberson is a former principal of Huntsville High School as 14 groups operate nationwide in Alabama.
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Alabama
Col
Singer
Birmingham
Roberson
Huntsville High School
Shannon Ship Shifts Berthing From Norfolk to Charleston
Albert D. Sharpton a fireman second class son of Cullman residents serves aboard the destroyer minelayer USS Shannon which has shifted berthing from Norfolk Virginia to Charleston South Carolina The Shannon converted from a destroyer to a destroyer minelayer in 1944 and recently visited Brazil and French West Africa It displayed on Navy Day October 27 in Savannah Georgia and took part in 2nd Task Fleet exercises along the Middle Atlantic seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Sharpton
C. A. Sharpton
Cullman
Shannon
Norfolk
Charleston
Brazil
Tiberia
French West Africa
Savannah
Middle Atlantic
Box Supper At Mountview Church Aims To Welcome Public
The Mountview church will host a box supper on December 6 at 7:30. The event invites the public to attend and enjoy the fellowship and refreshments.
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Mountview Church
Mountview
Powell's Chapel Concert Planned by Decatur Stamps
A concert is scheduled at Powell's Chapel on December 19 by the Decatur Stamps quartette, sponsored by the Young People's League. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell's Chapel
Decatur Stamps Quartette
Young People’s League
Office Humor and Rural Anecdotes in a 1910s Column
A collage of jokes and vignettes from a Decatur column includes rural flirtations, employer jokes, a laundry call, a boy’s boast about firing on applicants, a misattributed murder alibi, a sailor’s quip on marriage as a life expectancy aid, a 16 year old theft case, and aphorisms on generosity and poverty.
Meat Club Opens In Mobile With Cost-Based Purchases
Mrs. Leo Dawsey operates a Mobile grocery and meat market that launches a meat at cost club. Each family pays 1.25 dollars weekly and may buy meat at cost, with an estimated 25 percent savings. Limit set on quantity per family.
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Meat Club
Mobile
Ala
Philadelphia
Leo Dawsey
Hollywood Fires Dalton Trumbo and Lester Cole
Two writers Dalton Trumbo and Lester Cole were fired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios amid union talks on the communist issue. They are among ten cited for contempt of Congress after refusing to say if they are or were communists to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Hollywood
Dalton Trumbo
Lester Cole
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios
Congress
House
American Activities Committee
Recent Bride Honored at Limestone High Shower
The home economics department at Limestone High in Elkmont held a bridal shower Friday afternoon for Mrs. Burton Marsh now Dorothy Hia. The event featured fall decorations, contests won by Mrs. H. T. Horton and Mrs. Aubie Locke, and gifts arranged in a white basket. Out of town guests included Mrs. J. S. Marsh and several others from Alabama and Mississippi.
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Limestone Way High
Elkmont
Ira D. Warren
J. H. Renegar
Will L. Horton
Burton Marsh
Dorothy Hi
Lacie Higgins
Ruth Davis
Sarah Morris
H. T. Horton
Aubie Locke
Mary Phillips
Freda Compton
Velva Taylor
Athens
Alabama
Ruth Morris
Bernice Taylor
Vivian Huber
J. S. Marsh
J. O. Marsh
Joe Marsh
Grady Smith
Frank Swanner
Mooresville
Earl Legg
Tanner, Alabama
J. H. Zachery
Montgomery
Joe] Haney
Pascagoula
Mississippi
Girl Disappointed as Visitor Turns Out to Be Harry S Truman
Sharon Meenehan a three year old patient at Georgetown University Hospital was thrilled thinking the visiting dignitary would be the president. Instead President Truman arrived bearing a big gift book inscribed with Get well in a hurry Best wishes to you Harry S Truman. He visited Sharon after ceremonies dedicating the hospital’s children’s wing to aid an accident victim.
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Washington
Sharon Meenehan
Georgetown University
Sharon
Harry S. Truman
Mr. Truman
New Hospital
Concert Planned at Oak Ridge Methodist Church
The Homeland Harmoneers quartet will appear in concert at Oak Ridge Methodist Church on Friday December 5 1947 at 7 00 PM. Sponsored by the PTA the event invites all residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homeland Harmoneers
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
PTA
Cyanamid Wins 10 Year Tax Exemption in Mobile Plant Expansion
Circuit Judge Claude A. Grayson ruled that American Cyanamid is entitled to a ten year tax exemption on a $250000 extension construction at its Mobile main plant completed last year.
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Mobile
Ala
Claude A. Grayson
France in winter crisis as strikes cripple society
Mackenzies Column warns that nerve strain and privation in distressed Europe will shape political upheavals between communism and democracy. In chaotic France shortages of food coal and fuel bite. industry and rail transport stall while Paris utilities falter and daily life staggers under widespread strikes.
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Europe
France
Glove Of Love In Cold Paris Theatres Stir Morale
The piece notes two handed mittens for couples to hold hands in unheated theatres of Paris and recalls the Franch winter hardships. It warns morale will be strained and politics may blame someone as General Charles De Gaulle is seen as a potential future leader.
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Paris
Folies Bergeres
Ally Blue
France
Charles de Gaulle
Rally
Communist Party
Avhilé
Bert
de Gaulle
Revival at Baptist church closes with large crowd
The revival at the Baptist church ended Saturday night after strong attendance and several ministers. Bro A B Tucker preached a sermon at 11 o'clock Sunday from the text Who Is A Christian. John Haga of West Point visited with Mr and Mrs W R Lemley and family. Various community updates follow, including local visits and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe Baptist Church
A. B. Tucker
John ‘Haga
West Point
Lewis Johnson
W R. Lemley
Ec Ralphte
Bree Aler Lawrence
Semi Couch
Orlander
Helen Lemley Kaiser
Plymouth
Mass
W. B. Lemley
Otela McKinney
Morgan City
Bens
Luther Pritchets
Joe Boyd
Pine Ridge
Johnny J
Tong
Elmer Jackson
Huntsville
James Couch
Arab Hospital
James W. Tyler
Nashville
Ralph Cobb
Gordon Gullion
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Riverside Auditorium
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Mase Daily
Sharpton’s
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Carney Trailer Sales
South Court Street
Florence
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
Pryor Field
Highway 31
Belk
Belk’s
Belk Hudson Co
Junius
Farmer Boy
Mr. Jones
Mabel
Johnny
Ethel
Mummy
Sam
North Carolina
Dinsley
Truman
Oak Ridge
Lucile Gobster
Barbara
Los Angeles
Mackenzie
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Morgan County Union ‘ Grove
LI “Aley
Neal Cagle
Meats Hardware
West Moulton St
Milam’s Market
Sixth Ave
Izzard
Buick
SAR
Silent Zone
Stepon Parking Brake
Carl
Sait Eola
Tenry
Taylor
Mutual Network
Poole Buick CO
Lee Street
Decatur, Ala
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