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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
5
The Blind Goods for Le Club Entre Meres has arrived and is at Lyons Electric Co. shop. Members may stop by to pick up orders and view extra items for purchase.
Local society notes list Mr and Mrs Frank Stone traveling to Nashville for Vanderbilt. Families and friends visit in Decatur Birmingham and Bristol with entries for Corporal Eugene Guy and Pvt John Sherrill. Guests at the Hart residence include Bilodeau and Pfaff, with extended stays and travel plans among Hoppers Liston and Schrader families.
Fragmented report notes warning signs of kidney issues including backache leg pains and potential toxin buildup. Mentions pain around ships of kidney tubes and filters and poisonous waste buildup.
Pattern 4922 junior miss sizes 10 through 18 includes a willow-slim dress with optional jacket and tulip applique. Describes yardage for size 13 jacket and yoke and dress with applique. Request send twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept New York 11 NY, plus fifteen cents for Anne Adams Fall and Winter Pattern Book.
Lenses Wheel offers filet crochet motifs and floral designs for linens. Pattern 594 includes four motifs averaging 6 by 15 inches with crochet directions. Send fifteen cents to Needlecraft Dept for pattern 594 and order the 1945 Needlecraft Catalogue with 95 illustrations.
The Birmingham Marine Corps recruiting office under Major D A Holladay announced extra vacancies for 17 year old volunteers. Enlistees under 18 with parental consent will join inactive duty and await transfer to Parris Island for basic training. Interested youths may visit the 210 Farley building office for full details.
Rev and Mrs P A Green visit Birmingham and Bessemer relatives this week. L G McDonald family spend Christmas night with Willie McDonald in New Hope. K P Morris daughters visit Baileyton relatives. Rev B F Turrentine visits Lawrence and McKendree families. Multiple names and places including Birmingham Bessemer Lacey's Spring Falkville Cullman.
A Sunday morning sermon by Rev. Guy Petty centered on No Room For Jesus. A Junior B T U program followed with a Christmas play. Guests included Rev and Mrs Carl Green, Rev and Mrs Guy Petty, Miss Mary McMeans, Tracene Terry, and others visiting local families.
Eyebrow design moves toward natural lines with gentle removal of scattered hairs. Forehead lambrequins are slimmed for balance. avoid ultra thin lines. Use warm applications before tweezing, extend short brows with crayon, and brush lashes upward. Mineral oil and mascara in brown shade recommended. never clip lashes as growth pushes out.
Maj. Mike Cladych known as The Flying Pole serves with the 56th Thunderbolt group in England. A Polish World War II ace with RAF and Polish squadrons, he claims at least 11 confirmed kills and possibly 45 overall across four air forces. The feature notes his reluctance to tally victories while focusing on shooting enemies. Albania’s highway mileage is also listed in error.
Weekend social notes report Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Knox hosting visitors. W D Singleton of Neel spent Sunday night with the Homer Bogar family. C O Lackey of Hartselle visited the Price family. The Knoxs and Mrs. Solon Hughes visited A L Singleton and his son Edward who has served 18 months overseas.
Crossword clues list across and down with hints for thirty words plus a cryptoquote puzzle. Includes example entries like thick slice and marine mammal, and ends with yesterday’s cryptoquote and a quote attributed to Seneca.
In Los Angeles a third physician was to testify as court heard blood tests on Joan Berry and Charlie Chaplin regarding paternity. Doctors Hammack Evans and Andrews reported Berry is blood group A while her baby Carol Ann is group B, arguing only a B or AB man could be father. The trial paused for Dr Andrews illness with testimony to resume tomorrow.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Sivley and family visit Hartselle and Union relatives over the holidays. Navy man William Parker stays with his parents. Pvt Robert Hopkins is home on furlough after overseas service. Several local families including Sharp Eubanks Lemmond and Freeze host or visit kin across Decatur Union Somerville Decatur areas.
Edgar Melson and son Billy Pvt Eloitte Roberts and family visited relatives in Decatur and Mt Tabor. The Rock Springs church held a Christmas program to a good crowd. Numerous family visits occurred through the week with Jeff Johnson family hosting Christmas Day dinners and Pvt Eloitte Roberts preparing to return to Fort Lewis Washington.
Dorothy Dix laments a shift among teens toward married men as war and scarcity affect romance. She notes dangers of pursuing husbands and fathers, warning of heartbreak, reputational damage, and loss when lovers abandon their pursuits.
In this wartime analysis Dewitt Mackenzie argues for cautious optimism and a possible full scale Russian offensive on the Nazi Vistula line. He notes Nazi strengths are strained while Allied resources grow and that a European victory could hasten action against Japan with 2,000,000 Indian troops ready for possible deployment in Burma and the East Indies. The piece emphasizes coordinated pressure on multiple fronts as the war progresses.
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