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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
5
The local W C T U met at Mrs J F Levin's home with Mrs A Z Bailey absent. Mrs N L Kelley presided, Mrs H N Peurifoy spoke on The Effect of Women In Industry On The Home, and two delegates shared reports from the Youth Temperance Conference in Montgomery. Miss Clio Levin read a poem The Builders.
Miss Dorothy and Marjorie Hester and Hal Hester of Russellville Ala visit their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs T L Baker. Miss Norma Todd leaves for Huntsville to visit friends. Various notices list births arrivals and travels of local residents including Lt. Weld and Pvt Hodges in England.
Managers of park softball league entries are called to meet Thursday at seven o'clock in the Service Men's club on Bank Street to map the schedule and other plans for the league's second half.
Canadian Press describes 500 Caen residents living in a damp 100 foot underground quarry for three weeks. Refugees from bombed areas shelter in a cathedral like grotto reached by three ladders. Abel Boulevin organized the refuge and reports no deaths among the group.
Herbert Brownell Jr national Republican chairman accused Franklin D Roosevelt of using the commander in chief title to stay in power. He said Roosevelt’s fourth term comment makes him the first of 32 presidents to claim that title for political ends. Brownell spoke at a press conference after staying with Gov Thomas Dewey.
Dr. Thomas Parran outlined a post war civilian health program proposing nearly 2 billion dollars for new hospital construction and federal aid to states for medical care of low income groups. The Surgeon General told a Senate subcommittee that peace time needs for hospital and medical care will exceed past experience.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order upgrading Army nurses to full officer rank enabling female dieticians and physical therapy staff in the Army medical department to exercise full officer authority. The move ends the prior relative rank system and strengthens their official standing. Julius Caesar is noted as arranging the twelve month calendar in the article.
A columnist critiques older women resembling younger generations with heavy rouge and drastic hair color. Advocates embracing age with natural white hair, modest makeup, dignified attire, and comfortable shoes. Encourages cheerful, useful aging and the admiration of youth as a test of beauty.
New York July 12 reports say shortages of popular cigarets are likely to continue until the European war ends. Key factors include tax free cigarettes sent overseas, thin leaf inventories in warehouses, and a shortage of cases and cartons. Crop outlook is bumper next year, but export allocations remain uncertain.
Weekly park league results show Monday night action with teams led by Elder Moody Whitehead and Trapp in a 22 16 score and Disco 5 on another matchup. Tuesday night standings list Independents beating Instructors 27 18 while Kennedy Bodner and Long Rogers split games, with Teague Fields and Elder Moody also noted.
Two more sets of games are scheduled in the park softball league this week. Wednesday Night Airways meets Ingalls and Instructors clash with Disco. Friday features Goodyear versus Disco and Instructors against Ingalls.
A reader asks if gifts from a wedding shower or a boyfriend for birthdays and Christmas should be returned after an engagement ends. The columnist cites Emily Post noting value matters: small items like handkerchiefs or stockings may be kept. valuable gifts such as nylons, a tiara, or solid silver should be treated differently.
The government press notes rail stoppages and blueprints to cope with crippled railways as Hitler strains to counter Allied advances in France Italy and the Soviet front. It argues German manpower dwindles with youths and older men pressed into service while Russia’s offensive drains three years of German production.
Allied communiques and German reports show 33 German general officers killed or captured since June 6. Two thirds were taken by the Russians in the East, with seven killed and three captured by the Allies in France. Admiral Walter Hennecke was seized at Cherbourg. Eduard Dietl was killed in a crash of unknown location.
Citations were announced by the War Department for two Alabama officers Lt. Col. William F. Coleman of 307 Park Ave Dothan and Capt. Edgar L. Payne Guntersville. The notice was issued yesterday.
Pvt Richard Sparkman writes from France to his parents in Decatur urging prayers and promising to write when possible. He mentions receiving several letters, names Edison Kirby and family members, and notes pay changes and wartime duties. A final note references Canada’s asbestos output and Denver’s large city park.
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