Families Of Small Craftsmen Feel War Strain At Home
A profile of Frau B a Berliner wife of a carpenter showing how the war tightens daily life. She works at a chemical factory returns home via rationed shopping and school, while her husband is drafted. The piece details their fifth floor apartment and preparations for air raids as food cards are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thuermer
Stern
Germany
Frau B
Frau
Berlin
Frank
Nazi Welfare Organization
Hitler
Frauz
Ingrid
East Prussia
Chemical Factory
Fran B
War era daily life and illness recovery advice in wartime
The piece discusses recovering from a cold, emphasizes building strength quickly, and promotes SSS Tonic as a trusted remedy. It describes wartime hardship, rationing, and a family's routine with clothing cards, coal limits, and a worker wife supporting a soldier husband while managing a chemical plant job and home duties.
Murder Makes a Hero If By Elliott Fillion
Nancy Deane enters Cary Essex II’s household and becomes entangled in family feuds over Cary’s genealogy notes. Aunt Althea and Horace Rand plot to hide papers while Proctor Rand threatens Kaye to marry him, fueling a tense mystery around Cary’s book. The narrator uncovers overheard plots in the library reflecting ongoing danger and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Deane
Cary Essex II
Essex IV
Cary
Althea
Horace Rand
Nancy
Young Cary
Kaye Gould
Proctor
Kaye
Dave
Proctor Rand
Dave Otis
Miss Althea
Wetuxet
Janet
Irene
Irene Rand
Horac Rand
Jabez
Draft evader killed in farm confrontation near Rook's Creek
Eisele, 22, was killed today during a clash at the family farm when resisting arrest for draft evasion. His father Martin Eisele is hospitalized in critical condition after a gun and knife fight with Deputy U S Marshal Eugene Ahrends and Officer Robert Jones, both injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisele
Martin Eisele
Rook's Creek
Eugene Ahrends
Lawrence County Speake Report and Local Notes
Lawrence Kelsoe returns from veterans hospital treatment. Clifford and Marvin Speake traveled to Macon Georgia last week for work. Pruitt Henson and family have all been ill with flu at home. Mrs Dennis Hampton recovering from measles. Sevurn Hampton visited Hartselle Saturday. Mrs Austell of Decatur, a former Speaker high school teacher, was ill on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kelsoe
Veterans Hospital
Clifford
Marvin Speake
Macon
Pruitt Henson
Dennis Hampton
Sevurn Hampton
Hartselle
Austell
Decatur
Speaker
Foley principal W. R. Bennett dies after brief illness
Services were set for 2:30 p m today for W R Bennett Foley Public Schools principal who died yesterday after a brief illness He had long served as superintendent of Conecuh County schools providing wide influence in local education.
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Foley
Ala
Panera
W. R. Bennett
Foley Public Schools
Conecuh County
Pine Timber Bids for Choctaw County Schools Opened
State Conservation Director Albert Gill announced bids will be opened February 3 for 1,000,000 board feet of pine timber on Choctaw County school lands. Estimated sale amount is about $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Choctaw County
Ands
Albert Gill
German Woman’s Diligence Amid War Ration Realities
The passage details a German woman living on about 30 marks a week for family costs with a 4.30 mark per child allowance. Frank contributes monthly, sends a 10-mark note to her husband, and pays fire insurance. She aims to start a postal savings account while adhering to duties praised by the Das Reich newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
Frank
Frau B
Das Reich
P & H Super Market Opens on First Avenue
The remodeled store at First avenue 6 opens Friday and Saturday as a serve yourself grocery with Theo Putnam and Bob Harrison as owners. The new P and H will offer complete lines of groceries meat produce and frozen foods and parking is available nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
P & H Super Market
Theo Putnam
Bob Harrison
Oods
Sullivan
Community Notes From Decatur and Nearby
Local notices recount numerous movements and ailments among residents. Helen Marion of Decatur underwent surgery and is recovering well while friends welcome new homes for Garrison in Lacey's Spring and the Grants in Louville Kentucky.
Community Notes From Morgan County and Mt Tabor
Rural news from Morgan County and Mt Tabor details visits family gatherings and church matters. Rosa Oden and kin visit A Y Smith family while Glynn Ernest and Verna Oden reunite with relatives. The Baptist church assigns Rev Smallwood as pastor with monthly services. Several residents suffer colds influenza and measles recovery noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Oden
Glynn
Ernest
Verna
Teonard Smith
A. Y. Smith
Louis Bramlett
Hartselle Occ
Lester Garrison
Evie Mae
Harold Whisenant
Union Grove
Nannie Johnson
Minnie Vann
Parens Cove
George Bramsett
Miss Roysdene Black
Local Notes on Visits and Illness in Morgan County
Mrs. Ozelle Pittman of Danville spent the weekend with her brother Mr and Mrs Dewey Hogan and family. Miss Estelle Hunter is ill with flu. Miss Elnora Kirkpatrick of Fayetteville Tennessee visits her parents Mr and Mrs W C Kirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozelle Pittman
Danville
Dewey Hogan
Estelle Hunter
Elnora ‘Kirkpatrick
Payetteville
Tennessee
W. C. Kirk
War nerves claim life of teen aboard Troja freighter
A 16 year old British messboy on the freighter Troja at a Brooklyn dock leapt overboard in a panic over war nerves. Captain William Gut toromsen identified the youth as Wilfred Wilkerson of Sowerby Bridge England after police recovered the body.
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New York
Troja
William Guttoromsen
Wilfred Wilkerson
Atnes A
Brooklyn
Sowerby Bridge
Hull
England
Wilfred
Frank Hunt
Guttoromsen
Mission Plan Bared in Atlanta On China Missions
Bishop Arthur J. Moore said native bishops may be elected to lead Methodist missions in China as foreign missionary bishops withdraw. In Atlanta he announced plans to return to China to lay the groundwork for the permanence of Christian missions despite the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
China
Arthur J. Moore
Orient
Moore
Methodist Church Board of Missions
FALSE TEETH STAY IN PLACE WITH NEW POWDER
A denture powder named FASTERTH improves denture stability by sprinkling on upper or lower plates to prevent rocking slipping or odor. It claims to keep false teeth secure and odor-free and is available at drug stores.
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Union Hill
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Marguerite Bonds
Cora Day
Helen Marrion
James Brooks
Faye Oldham
Irene Clemons
Lorene Garret
Edna Earl Edwards
Lacey's
Marguerit Bonds
Annie Lara Sanders
Cora Smith
M. D. Bonds, Jr
Edgar Smith
Dewey Day
Dewey, Jr
Mrs. Day
Patrick
Clyde Holladay
Ccle Kirkpatrick
Mary Sue
Birmingham
W. C. Kirkpatrick
Evie Jarrnett
Irene Pope
Earle Angle
Opal
Wilma
Ottis Dutton
Mary
Emmitt Holladay
Dana Crowe
Edna Looney
D. D. Holley
Walker Steel
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Will @mith
Decatur Dally
Ada
MT. Tabor
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