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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
3
The Selective Service system will sharply reduce operations starting August 13, per Colonel Ernest W Howell acting state director. Due to a large cut in the FY 1949 50 appropriation the agency will cut state HQ staff by 25 percent nine local board members and forty five local board employees.
A customer testimonial from Mrs Russell of Maryville Tennessee praises Kellogg's All-Bran for stopping laxatives and improving well being. The ad urges others to try a daily portion, drink water, and receive a double your money back offer if not satisfied after ten days.
The announcement details shift from full to part time status for Selective Service personnel with one full time employee kept in Birmingham Mobile Montgomery Gadsden Huntsville and Tuscaloosa. Anniston will keep its board open three days a week while all other Alabama boards operate one day weekly starting August 20 1949 to register those reaching voting age and handle local board business. Local boards consolidate for efficiency and to allow rapid resumption of inductions when needed.
A state convention of the Alabama Farm Home Administration in Birmingham draws about 200 FHA officials led by Alexander Nunn who say the South is witnessing a farming revolution. Washington FHA officials including Administrator Dillard B Lasseter attend and discuss the federal housing act signed by President Truman.
Announcement says the annual all day singing set for Sunday at Wren will be held at Wolf Springs instead. It also states future sings will be at Wolf Springs.
Congressman Bob Jones says the Public Works Committee should study a squad public works program ready for congressional action if needed. He cites state municipal planning site acquisition roads bridges school construction and community facility surveys to back a substantial backlog of planned projects.
A mixed collage of jokes and remarks appears, discussing father son cleverness, peace through love, a doctor’s bedside note to love a baby every three hours, death notices, optimists and business, and other lighthearted vignettes. It ends with a line about grocerymen and market keepers.
Hollywood gossip notes a Quo Vadis themed delay in Elizabeth Taylor and Bill Pawley Jr marriage as MGM epic production takes precedence. Taylor, 17, is separated from her fiancé in Europe and hints at a later wedding if filming continues. Other tidbits include Clark Gable's plans for future work and brief fan chatter about celebrities and travel.
Shirley Temple reports of a plan for a Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer film in France. She jokes about staying away from Linda Susan and notes Twentieth Century Fox plans a slow month with no shooting for about a fortnight in August. Mel Ferrer and Jose Ferrer deny relation, though Mel has a brother named Jose.
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