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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1944
Page
4
Mississippi voters renominated Representative Rankin of Tupelo by a four to one margin amid defense of the TVA. Alabama Journal notes Rankin's steadfast stance against the CIO and says his large support reflects local pride in TVA projects and Tupelo's growing prosperity.
Morgan county trails by 76000 dollars to meet the high water mark for Series E bonds. Reaching it preserves the 100 percent backing promise for the public loan. Failure invites lasting shame. A wartime editorial endorses harsh retaliation against Japanese forces and urges decisive action by American servicemen.
Time magazine fronts Ernie Pyle as a national institution and morale builder. His columns reach 12 million readers, with letters and prayers from home and recognition from GIs abroad. Time compares him to Charlie Chaplin, praising his folksy prose and intimate reporting of soldiers, fears, and daily life.
A compact wartime verse compilation contrasts frontline casualties with home front duties. It blends grim combat images with lighthearted references to strip poker and war bonds, urging readers to buy more bonds and support the invasion effort.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes builds a snapshot of social mores and slang. It includes quips about alimony and jury questions, street enticements to a blind man, a park tramp’s cigaret tale, and a race flavored quip about wealth and the afterlife, reflecting urban humor.
The Office of Price Administration plans a nationwide Aug 1 drive to boost car pooling among motorists with home to work extra gasoline rations. The program aims to conserve gasoline and tires by rotating usage so each car travels about one day in five. If no pool exists locally, drivers without cars may pair with neighbors who lack vehicles to share rides. After Aug 1, renewals for home to work rations will be limited to 30 days if the driver is not in a car.
A wartime medical column explains jeep seat as an infected pilonidal cyst caused by trauma and jeep riding. It describes how such cysts form, why they become infected, and notes thousands in the Army. surgery can cure. A Q&A on cleft palate and harelip repairs follows.
A man must join a pool within a set time or lose extra rations. If he fails, he cannot obtain further allowances and must present pool members’ signatures to prove existence of the pool to the board.
A soldier in active service or a mariner at sea may make an oral or unwritten will, known as a nuncupative will or testament.
The Associated Press notes distances to Berlin for Allied advances. Russian front about 435 miles from Grodno, Italian front about 607 miles from near Ancona, and Normandy front about 635 miles from Caen.
Sidney R. Fleisher tops the Treasury 1942 list with 645000 from Twentieth Century Fox for personal services. Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel ranks second at 537724 total. IBM head Thomas Watsoff total 425549, John Hawley Jr of Northern Ordnance 400000. Film stars Claudette Colbert 360000 and Fred MacMurray 347333.33 also appear among high earners. the list covers calendar year 1942 and excludes capital income.
A mile and a quarter long floating bridge in the Kawar tha Lakes district of Ontario is described as the longest floating bridge in the world.
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest American college Greek letter fraternity, traces its origins to William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia, where it was organized in 1775.
Collage of reflections from Walter Winchell era personalities. Notable lines from Robert Quillen, Woollcott, Woollcott and others critique war, politics, and media. Mentions Time magazine, Wallace and Lewis amid broader cultural commentary from a Daily Mirror notes page.
A Luce speech fragment discusses neutrality and Allied fate, praising American influence. The piece also reviews journalism critiques, wartime cinema from Casablanca to Take It Or Leave It, and media figures like Wallace and CBS educational dramas shaping peace.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York met Maine’s GOP delegation in Albany to discuss boosting Republican Senate representation. Leaders include Wallace H. White and Ralph P. Brewster, with Members Hale Fellows and Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith. Dewey planned no meeting with running mate Bricker this week.
Ration details list validity for meat and fats stamps A8 through Z8 unlimited, processed foods blue stamps A8 Z8 and A5 unlimited, sugar stamps 30 31 32 unlimited five pounds each with stamp 40 for five pounds home canning until Feb 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 2 in book three unlimited. Gasoline 10 A in Northeast and Southeast three gallons to Aug 8. elsewhere 12 A three gallons to Sept 21. B 3 B 4 C 3 C 4 five gallons everywhere. Fuel oil period four five coupons valid through Sept 30. new period one usable upon receipt from ration boards.
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