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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1941
Page
5
The City Mission Board will convene in regular session at 9 30 at Hotel Lyons with all representatives urged to attend due to important business on the agenda.
Mary Dell Sheppard returned today to resume duties after a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs T Sheppard. Jean Gray Hustaire Sherrod Marjorie Wilder have returned to the University of Alabama after a mid term holiday visit. Mrs A L Handley left Sunday for Arlington Texas to visit her son and daughter. Mr and Mrs Watson Carlisle arrived to visit relatives here.
The piece notes heavy Axis losses with prisoners and wreckage while Britain presses Italy-backed colonies. It cites Eritrea and Somaliland advances, Ethiopian uprisings aided by natives, and Haile Selassie’s return as a goal. It warns Hitler must act soon or risk Britain may strike via invasion or Balkan route.
Marguerite Heartsill of the Lowndes County High School graduating class has been chosen by fellow students as the school's good citizenship girl She will compete in a state wide DAR sponsored contest.
A beauty column advises professional help for hair tinting especially for gray or mixed color hair. It describes a henna rinse as a safe option for brown hair, warns against bleach influenced by home experiments, and mentions eyebrow grafts for burned patches. Readers are invited to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor.
The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept offers Pattern 2760 for a crochet square with instructions and illustrations. Send ten cents and include name and address to 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY, writing plainly PATTERN NUMBER.
The report lists governors from Colorado to New York resisting new state imposts amid higher federal taxes for defense. Illinois Governor Green has cut payrolls and pledged to remove a 3 percent sales tax on food. Oregon's Sprague vows vetoes on new levies while New Jersey's Edison sees no need for extra taxes. New York and others oppose additional levies this year.
Italy reports a method to increase wheat yields by applying a pre-planting high tension electric current to seeds. Officials say stimulation targets the seed's reproductive cells, resulting in more grains per head.
Neil Davis editor of the Lee County Bulletin is named by the Auburn Junior Chamber of Commerce as the city's young man of the year for his paper's service to the community and its fight against bigotry and intolerance.
Boston police describe an unusual raid on a dice game where an officer lit a pipe and blew smoke into the keyhole to misdirect players who fled at the call of fire. Earlier, another raid used a catlike meow to gain entry into a gambling room.
Harvard Lampoon editors publish their 1940 worst pictures and names targets such as Lelia Ernst Miriam Hopkins Jane Withers Mickey Rooney Joan Crawford George Brent and announces the Andrews Sisters would sing at a Harvard prom. Langpoon lists Howards of Virginia Swanee River The Great Victor Herbert and 1 000 000 B as top entries.
Hollywood celebrities mocked by Harvard Lampoon for the year s worst list largely unavailable. Jane Withers questions the label while Gene Tierney and Robert Preston acknowledge humor and influence behind the selections in Harvard graduate circles.
Federal expenditures for the current fiscal year reached six billion dollars with defense spending at 2.164 billion and a cumulative deficit of 2.844 billion since last July 1. After accounting for bookkeeping differences, the total exceeds the previous year by over one billion.
Funeral rites for John Robenstine of Col umbia will be at Mt Tabor at 3 PM Tuesday officiated by Rev Lannie Smallwood with burial directed by Peck of Hartselle. The body arrives by rail early Tuesday afternoon. Survived by widow and son Odis.
Classified notice suggests readers check the Decatur Daily Want Ads for shifting daily interest listings and updated opportunities.
Pattern 4361 by Anne Adams features a long-waisted side bodice with center seam to skirt, optional collar and varied sleeve lengths. Available in women sizes 16 to 46, price 15 cents, requires 4 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. Also promotes the Anne Adams Per Fit Foundation 4114 with custom pattern fitting service.
Mayor T. R. Harrison led a city hall ceremony in which 10 gallons of corn whiskey and three cases of beer were poured out to the ground. police chief W. P. Moore and officer J. W. McCall participated after months of raids.
The picture screen at the Roxy Theatre has been lowered a foot and a half, announced today by manager G. P. Banaiza. He said the adjustment was made at patrons request and will give much better vision.
Dr. W. P. Hall, aged 82 and among Alabama's oldest practicing physicians, died of a heart ailment in Albertville yesterday after a career marked by long service. His retirement came due to health reasons.
An old advertisement touts CARDUS as a tonic that stimulates appetite and gastric juice flow to aid digestion and energy. It also claims relief of premenstrual distress when taken three days before the onset, urging use as directed.
Partial obituary fragment noting survivors: widow and two sons RE Hall of Montgomery and Glenn Hall of Washington DC, and two daughters Mrs John Sparkman of Washington and Mrs Curtis Alford of Silver Spring Maryland.
Advertisement claims 666 liquid or 666 tablets with 666 salve or 666 nose drops relieve cold symptoms on the first day. promotes multiple forms as a cure.
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