Local Personal Notes Reflect Holiday Travel and Visits
Misses Sarah Leeman Carolyn Peurifoy Frances Milton West Betty Lile and Baulah Jo Hamilton leave Wednesday for Alabama College Montevallo after holiday with homefolks. Mrs S E Alverson returns Wednesday afternoon after visiting in Georgia. Several students depart for University of Alabama Tuesday. Maj Heybourn Lynne and daughter back in Atlanta after Yule with parents. Navy recruit Dan Speake training in Memphis. Lt David Hugh Hoppers home from Blumenthal Field Wilmington NC for leave. Several others visit Birmingham Camden and Montgomery relatives.
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Sarah Leeman
Carolyn Peurifoy
Frances Milton West
Betty Lile
Baulah Jo Hamilton
Alabama College
Montevallo
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad For Creomulsion
An advertisement urges prompt treatment of bronchitis with Creomulsion. It claims the product targets the cough at its source, loosens mucus, aids natural healing, and promises relief or a money back guarantee if no sleep is restored. It notes the formula contains no antibiotics and encourages consulting a druggist.
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Jimmie
Sonally
Junior Miss Frock Pattern Ad and Local News Brief
Pattern 4921 for junior miss sizes 10 through 18 features ruffles and button front. Send 20 cents for patterns to The Decatur Daily pattern department in New York and 15 cents more for the fall and winter pattern book. Chattanooga visitor Mrs. T. M. Jones Jr. is reported improved after illness. local residents Ned Shackelford and others depart Tuesday to resume studies.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
T. M. Jones, Jr
East Walnut Street
Welcome to 1945 is Gay in Mexico City
Mexicans welcomed 1945 with gaiety and embraces as night clubs drew crowds through dawn. At Ciro's and Minuit midnight suppers cost about 100 pesos, Universit Club turned away hundreds for lack of reservations, Club France charged 10 dollars for relief aid. Revelers greeted the New Year with embraces and the Feliz Ano Nuevo greeting, then many visited churches at midnight.
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Mexico City
Ciro’s
Minuit
Universit Club
France
Miss America shapes 1945 fashion and food forecast
The 1945 outlook blends diet and dress trends as AP reports on a lean meat and dairy year with rationing reminders, while fashion editors predict slimmer silhouettes, more skin, and streamlined underpinnings reflecting postwar tastes.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Lilly Dache
Milliner
Valentina
Clarepotter
Emily Wilkens
Mabel Julianelli
Claire McCardell
Fira Bennenson
Sally Victor
Norman Norell
Jo—Copeland
America
Paris
Helenie Garnell
Clifford Furst
Roy E. Tilles
Mer
WPB relaxes steel can and glass closure restrictions
Washington January 1 War Production Board lifts restrictions on steel for metal containers and glass closures none for tinned steel. Agencies say steel supply better, metal packaging saves labor and reduces need for paper substitutes, enabling more cans and closures for various products.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Sugar Bowl Opens With Crisp Football Weather
New Orleans on January 1 reported a fringe of a cold wave lowering temperatures by 30 degrees. The official 9 A M reading was 48 degrees after a Sunday high of 78, signaling crisp conditions for the Sugar Bowl.
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New Orleans
Christmas visitors travel through Tennessee region
Co. M. A. at Columbia, Tenn. after the holidays with relatives. Miss Johnnie Schrader of Memphis arrived to visit her sister Mrs. W. A. Hoppers and Lt. David Hugh Hoppers on leave from the U. S. Army Air Corps. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Chandler spent Christmastide with relatives in Morristown, Tenn.
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Johnnie Schrader
Memhis, Tenn
W. A. Hoppers
David Hugh Hoppers
U. S. Army Air Corps
T. C._ Chandler
Morristown
Tenn
Education versus money and manners in Dorothy Dix column
Dear Miss Dix argues education aids career and respect, citing bank work and polished speech. a reader contends money matters more. Another letter asks if a widowed mother's love justifies controlling a son's marriage, with the Soldier's Buddy advising the son to cut apron strings and marry now, despite threats.
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Miss DIX
Buddy
Mama
Fifty Too Old For Eighteen Dear Dorothy Dix
A 52 year old man with four children asks about divorcing his wife to marry an 18 year old. Dorothy Dix answers the plan will fail and happiness is unlikely, warning he would repeat an unhappy pattern.
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Dorothy DIX
FDR Busy on Holiday in White House at Start of Year
President Roosevelt begins the New Year at the White House with plans to finish the state of the union message and the budget. Budget Director Harold Smith works with Roosevelt on the budget message. Three new ambassadors arrive Eugenio Silva Pena of Guatemala Emilio Garcia Godoy of the Dominican Republic and Henri Bonnet of France. Roosevelt sends a letter to read at the United Nations reception for signers of the declaration. Bonnet to sign on the third anniversary of the Atlantic charter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Harold Smith
Eugenio — Silva Pena
Guatemala
Emilio Garcia Godoy
Dominican Republic
Henri Bonnet
France
Stettinius
United Nations
Bonnet
Lawrence County Elllisville Social Notes
Rev Hugh Collins of Waterloo visits the Collins family in Ellisville. John Aldridge and daughter Eula spend with Felix Aldridge family. Aldridge Collins and Livingston families share time Thursday. Opal Stephenson and son Stanton Christmas with Harris near Falkville. Lena and Odella Livingston visit Danville Ratliffs. Tressie Day now employed at Goodyear mill in Decatur. Templeton and Teague share Christmas dinner with Aaron Templeton. Lara Jean Lewell Ratliff Lowery Gurney Ralph Segars Hugh Battles call on Miss Livingston. Jim Looney remains sick. Maurice Lowery to report for Army examination January 5.
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Hugh Collins
Waterloo
John Collins
John Aldridge
Eula
Felix Aldridge
Clarence Aldridge
Elvin Collins
Prentis
Loyd Collins
J. R. Livingston
Opal Stephenson
Stanton
Harris
Falkville
Lena
Odella Livingston
Jim Ratliff
Danville
Tressie Day
Goodyear Mill
Decantur
Margaret Templeton
Dora Teague
Aaron Templeton
Lara Jean Lewell
Ratliff Lowery
Gurney
Ralph Segars
Hugh Battles
Charge accounts rise sharply in November totals
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board shows charge account indebtedness up by 148 million in November to 1.664 billion, the second consecutive monthly rise. Consumer credit grows to 5.6 billion while auto installment credit falls slightly for the first time since early 1944.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
History of Greece Told Through Ages and Peoples
A compact look at Greece from ancient myths to classical city states, highlighting key eras and influential civilizations. The narrative traces cultural developments, political shifts, and enduring legacies shaping Western history.
Two Needle Mittens for Children Pattern 579
Spiff up kids mittens knit on two needles from sport yarn in a straight piece. Use leftovers for stripes. sizes 4 6 8 10. send fifteen cents and name address for pattern 579 and then fifteen cents more for the 1945 Needlecraft Catalogue with 95 illustrations and a free doll pattern.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
N. Y
Woman of the Year Clare Boothe Luce Crowned by AP Editors
AP Newsfeatures poll names Clare Boothe Luce as Woman of the Year for 1944. The Connecticut congresswoman, author and playwright, survived a personal tragedy and led headlines on wartime tours, politics, and media influence.
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AP Newsfeatures
Clare Boothe Luce
Congress
Luce
Ann Clare Brokaw
Palo Alto
California
Connecticut
House Military Affairs Committee
la Luce
Atlantic
War Department
Clare
New York
William F. and
Ann Snyder Boothe
Fireworks light 1945 from Pike's Peak summit
Colorado Springs reports Ada manbers once again set off fireworks from Pike's Peak to greet the New Year. H. K. Standley, club president, skipped the climb, traveling part way by auto before ending his ascent.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Adaman Club
Pikes Peak
Adaman-ers
H. K. Standley
City Schools Report Normal Attendance After Holiday Break
Attendance in the city schools was normal today with about 3000 students returning after a rotation period. Superintendent S. E. Alverson said all teachers returned except one member who was visiting New York and could not get home in time for the opening day.
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S._E. Alverson
New York
Three Cheese Types Classified as Hard Soft and Processed
The material outlines three primary cheese categories: hard, soft, and processed. It notes distinct textures and processing methods defining each group without listing specific varieties or regional examples. The classification serves as a simple framework for understanding cheese varieties in food studies.
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