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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
10
Army bands number 700 as two piece units with eleven extra instruments to convert into orchestras. Instruments were issued to Cochrane and later reorganized into separate units. Cochrane’s department also provides drums bugles organs and hymnals for drums corps and chapels and guides peacetime national guard instrumentation.
Gene Ahern reports from RO TO that the Army's latest repair depot action centers on a bell lyre style instrument derived from a German glockenspiel, repurposed for unit use as a marching band bell instrument.
Dr. Clendening surveys 1941 medical advances amid global conflict. He cites limited progress outside the Western Hemisphere, notes Houssay's work in Argentina on gland influence in disease, and highlights cyclotron research at UC Berkeley for physiology and cancer treatment. He also notes sulfonamide use in infections and anticipates safer germ killers.
The Central Baptist church schedules a 7 30 pm Wednesday Bible study led by Covell Keenum from Moody Bible Institute and a midnight watch service. Young people run both services and a large audience is expected. The church will remain open New Year’s Day for private prayer as urged by the pastor. The lower auditorium will host events while carpet is laid.
Capital city officials say no air raid signal will be used to mark the New Year and no can of air raid whistle has been selected. Defense Council Chairman William Nicrosi stated there will be no whistle tests or alerts as part of the celebrations.
Rural steel mills will run at full production for some time due to sharp growth in new air bases along the Pacific Coast and needed repairs in the Far East, Iron Age reports. Real property values in Hawaii rose about 500 percent in forty years per the Department of Commerce.
Sirens and horns are described as traditional sounds that accompany New Year celebrations, signaling festive mood and communal welcome to the new calendar.
Alabama officials push a horse breeding program to cut imports and boost local work stock. Governor Dixon and prison director Col. Persons note raising saddle horses on state farms, with 75 to 100 currently used and plans to expand. The effort faces high costs for blooded stallions and jacks but aims to prove profitability of home raising.
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