Juvenile Music Study Club Holds December Meeting
The Juvenile Music Study Club met at Mrs. Rollo's home with Mary Caudill presiding in the president's absence. Members discussed the Decatur festival and planned a Christmas gift exchange. A program featured piano solos and duets by club members.
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Mas
Oon
Genevieve Lake
Marian Bloodworth
Helen H. Brodda
Eleanor Chenault
Martha Hubbard
Albert Ellmrnxuth
Margaret Anfi Emens
Cheerio
Sarah C. Bradon
Nancy Williams
di Willi Jardams
Valcik
Makress
Mary Anne Bagley
Personal News From Local Citizens
T L Baker Sr likely to move from Baughs infirmary to his Sixth Avenue West home this week after an appendectomy. Mrs J D Verrier rests well at home after leaving Norwood hospital Birmingham. Mrs W E Hefner recovering at home on East Walnut Street. Miss Mary Augusta Bibb spent weekend in Nashville visiting friends. Mrs T L Baker Jr returned from Nashville and is improving at home. Mrs William Sears improving at her mother’s home on Ferry Street. St and Mrs Charles Darrah left Nashville Saturday night for San.
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T. L. Baker Sr
Sixth Avenue West
Baugh's Infirmary
J. D. Verrier
Norwood Hospital
Birmingham
Mary Augusta Bibb
Nashville, Tenn
T. L. Baker Jr
William Sears
John W Jones
Ferry Street
Charles Darrah
Nashville
San
Gifts Suggested for Legion Christmas Campaign to Soldiers
A proposed list outlines items donated via American Legion and Auxiliary to Alabama soldiers in hospitals on Christmas Day. It covers Gi Joe and Jane gift categories, stationeries, games, toiletries, wearables, smokers items, miscellaneous goods, and donor discretion on gift quantity.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Alabama
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Atle
G. I. Joe
USA
G. I. Jane
Sugar shortage worsening delays risk curtailing refineries
Washington report: sugar situation growing worse as Caribbean raw sugar shipments fall short of expectations. The Commerce Department cautioned the shortage could prolong and may force curtailment of refinery operations.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Caribbean
Department
Local Notes Highlight Community Visitors and Health Updates
Diego of Cal after leave in Ohio and with Darrah parents. Mrs. L L Frazier and Ned Frazier return from Birmingham where their husband and father W F Frazier lies at bedside. Mrs Hoff of Texas City is reported doing well. Helen Bynum goes to Birmingham for a few days visit. Mrs Jackson Edwards returns to Atlanta after visiting her father J N Gibson. Automotive industry producing war goods at ten billion dollars yearly.
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Louis Hoff
Texas City
Texas
Jackson Edwards
Atlanta, Ga
J. N. Gibson
Toning Down the Sharp Voice by Helen Follett
An article discusses how wartime stress sharpens women voices and cites Alexander Kipnis urging women to train a softer lower voice. It outlines breathing and speaking exercises to modulate pitch, use a forward tone, and practice a controlled breath for a gradual soft to loud crescendo.
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Helen Follett
Alexander Kipnis
Metropolitan Opera Association
Kipnis
War Marriage Troubles and Mixed Nation Bonds
A Dororthy Dix column discusses war marriages born from pity rather than love, urging reflection on divorces while soldiers fight. It also answers letters on Italian-English pairing and breaking engagement promises, ending with a note on pests and ammunition copper use.
Roosevelt son and actress wed on snow swept Grand Canyon
Col Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson wed at Yavapai Point in a brief ceremony watched by a few friends. A blizzard blocked many guests as the couple began their marriage in a snow covered Grand Canyon setting. Emerson plans to resume film work after the trip and Roosevelt may visit the White House during their Eastern tour.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Col
Elliott
Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Yavapai Point
Roger Sawyer
Williams, Ariz
White House
Air Forces
Warner Brothers Studios
Col. Roosevelt
Air Medal Awarded to Cpl Herbert A. Palmer
Cpl Herbert A. Palmer of Huntsville receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement. Since Sept 20, 1943, he has served as an aerial engineer on transport planes delivering cargo to Allied forces in China and over the perilous Assam China air routes, flying both day and night with numerous operational hours.
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Cpl
Herbert A. Palmer
Redstone Park
Huntsville
Cpl. Palmer
China
Burma
Himalayas
Assam-China
Palmer son of Decatur residents earns distinction
Passable mountainous terrain and extreme weather demanded brave and superior performance as Cpl. Palmer carried out his mission with distinction. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Palmer, former residents of Decatur.
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Cpl. Palmer
N. A. Palmer
Decatur
Horvath Named Heisman Trophy Winner Amid Tight Balloting
Ohio State back Les Horvath won the Heisman in a close vote of national writers and broadcasters. Dane Whitmire and Army standout back Glenn Davis trailed as the contest tightened, with Horvath securing 412 votes and Davis 287.
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John Heisman Memorial
Navy lineman tops national ballot in Downtown A club vote
Doc Blandhs of the Army finished second with 115 votes, more than any other lineman. Bobby Tom Jenkins of Navy received 60 votes. The balloting is conducted annually by the Downtown A club of New York.
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Doc Blandhs
Army
Bobby Tom Jenkins
Navy
Downtown A Club
New York
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Zetomen Club
C. D. Patterson
Mizpah
G. E.S
Masonic Temple
Blue Network
WSGN
APU
Alto
Thase
Breakfast Club
My True Story
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Glamour Manor
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Crooner
Star Time
Children’s Hour
Appoi
Office Supply CO
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UN Moye
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Mary Dunhill
Dorothy Gray Weil
Elizabeth Arden
Helena Rubinstein Lentheric
Lucien Lelong
Roger & Gallet
Colognes
Alabama Drug Co
Bank Street
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Ted French
Sally Bliss
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Miss DIX
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Beauty Shop
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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