Elizabeth Chandler Barnes Marries Sergeant James Barnes
Mrs. Lottie Chandler announces the June 14 marriage of Elizabeth Chandler to Sergeant James William Barnes at Rev. Bratcher's home in Pulaski Tennessee. The couple will reside with Elizabeth's mother on Memorial Drive Decatur Alabama where Barnes will be on temporary duty at Anniston. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie TT. Chandler
Elizabeth
James William Barnes
J. R. Bratcher
U. S. Army
Decatur
Anniston
Thompson Ends Up With Frost Of Sandwiches And Melons
Thompson of North Little Rock Arkansas is associated with a frost of sandwiches and melons at Seneca Springs in Trinity Mountain on Monday night.
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Thompson
North Little Rock
Ark
Seneca Springs
Trinity Mountain
Peaches Promote Nutrition Amid Abundant Harvest
County agent B G Hall urges increased peach consumption to combat under nourishment in the U S. A cooperative campaign with the Peach Producing Industry and Food Trades Industry and the U S Department of Agriculture calls housewives to serve fresh peaches July 1 to 28 and to can and store peaches for year round use.
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Europe
America
B. G. Hall
Peach Producing Industry
Food Trades Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Keep the Waist Line Normal LINING UP the waistline is a good occupation
The article promotes waist slimming through posture and exercises. It notes variations in waist shape, cites a tummy shelf as common, and prescribes drills such as leg lifts in bed and torso twists. It emphasizes discipline, energy, and enjoyment in pursuing slenderness for all ages.
Limestone County Notes Feature Local Social Visits
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cole motored to Miss ga with Mr and Mrs Billy Moore and Diana to see Mr and Mrs Mack Towles. Sunday school course taught by Miss Green and Walker Bynum noted. The Tom Wear funeral was attended by several Balch and Vasser family members.
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Sarah Elizabeth Cole
Billy Moore
Diana
Mack Towles
Miss Green
Walker Bynum
Susie
Ilene Sanderson
Huntaville
Lydia Dement
Flossie Balch
W. G. Balch
J. N. Vasser
Walker
Bynum
Tom Wear
Davis Pike
Jimmie Sanderson
Grady Abernathy
W. C. Abernathy
Lionel Smith
W. E. Smith
Bud Bynum
Eugene Smith
Corn Outlook Positive Amid Wartime Demand
Reports from Chicago indicate a brilliant national corn outlook as the 1941 crop advances into ear forming. Despite optimism, corn prices remain high, near their 1937 peaks, with strong demand for feed grains to boost livestock output in the wartime emergency.
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Chicago
Scouts to Tour the West from Tennessee Valley
Eight scouts accompanied by Scout Executive Hubbard and Rev. W. E. Waterhouse, scoutmaster of Troop 20, depart next Wednesday for a Western tour visiting the New Mexico reservation. They will stop in San Antonio to inspect Randolph Field and proceed to Westmoreland for training before a four oclock departure. Decatur participants include Charles Scales and Rex Rankin of Troop 20.
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Tennessee Valley
Hubbard
W. E. Waterhouse
New Mexico
San Antonio
Texas
Randolph Field
Westmoreland
Decatur
Charles Scales
Rex Rankin
City Workers Strike Atlanta For Higher Wages
On July 22 175 city sanitary department laborers walked out crippling street cleaning and garbage collection. Chief H J Cates said the workers seek a pay raise from 250 to 3 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
City Sanitary Department
H J. Cates
Monsanto Q2 1941 Sales Hit Record 16 Million
Monsanto Chemical Company reports record second quarter sales of 16,075,620 dollars, up 54 percent from a year earlier. President Edgar M. Queeny credits rising activity in industries reliant on chemical materials, not defense orders, for the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Company
Edgar M. Queeny
Sailor Outfit Pattern 4765 For Young Girls By Anne Adams
Pattern 4765 offers a versatile child's sailor dress with front buttoning, square side panels, three necklines, two sleeve styles, and a sleeveless option. Back can be cut low for suntanning with collar contrast and trims. Sizes 2 4 6 8 10 priced 15 cents. book and pattern together 25 cents.
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Anne Adams
Ethc
the Daily
West 17Th
New York
Mess Sergeant Has Kick Coming
Camp Robinson Ark July 22 Mess Sgt Dick Allen reports an alarming bottleneck in the army mechanization program He handed four K P s in 8 kitchen at headquarters battery 161st field artillery new fangled potatoe and pointed meaningly at bushels of spuds and had to do the job himself due to left handed peelers nursing an aching right arm
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Dick Allen
Army
161St Field Artillery
Captain Hunt Heads Home From Camp Claiborne
Captain Fred Hunt Jr and family depart Camp Claiborne Louisiana after a ten day furlough. He leads Company B 151st Engineers promoted by Captain Woolsey Finnell Jr. Officers Murray House Dick Watkins and Joe Ashworth remain in command. The Decatur unit reports weight gains and high morale while awaiting maneuvers with possible moves toward Monroe or the Gulf of Mexico depending on outcomes.
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Fred & Hunt, Jr
Camp Claiborne
Decatur Company
Hunt
151At Engineers
Woolsey Finnell, Jr
Uncle Sam
Captain Hunt
Murray House
Dick Watkins
Joe Ashworth
Decatur
Monroe
Gulf of Mexico
War in Russia Reaches Grim Stage as German Onslaught Grows
The piece argues Nazi tank deployment and air raids threaten to encircle and crush Soviet troops. It predicts possible Soviet withdrawal east of Moscow along the Volga, while praising Soviet defense and resilience and suggesting continued war into years if mobilization holds.
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Red Army
Russia
Volga
Bolshevists
Moscow
Red
Polshevists
Napoleon
Crimea
Eyes Fail Him He Awaits Death in California
Marysville California July 22 Ah Jim a 115 year old immigrant from China has lived a life of labor on railroads and in mining. After a 1934 flood destroyed his cabin he survived by living in a tree and later became a county charge. His eyes fail and he waits to join his ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Calif
Ah Jim
Ah Jimb
China
Liveoak
Society Selects Officers for Team
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Center Springs church and organized a society beginning with nine members. Officers elected include President Miss Lou Lemmond, Vice-President Mrs. Avis Allen, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Onnie Waugh, Recording Secretary Mrs. Laster Whitten, Mission Study Mrs. J. P. Hamby, Local Work Mary Whitten, and Superintendent of Social Relations Mrs. Lorene Turner.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Center Springs Church
Lou Lemmond
Avis Allen
Onnie Waugh
Laster Whitten
Mra
J. P. Hamby
Mary Whitten
Lorene Turney
Moderate Southeastern temperatures with scattered rain linger
The Rassochhied Press reports moderate summer temperatures across the southeast with light showers in north and central Florida and Alabama. Daytime highs: 90s in most eastern areas, 100s in the west. rainfall totals vary, and tropical moisture delays in the south Georgia truck crop region signal extensive weather damage and a reduced watermelon harvest.
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Prorida
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Daytona Beach
Fila
Macon
Acksonville Beach
Fla
Nashville
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Elking
W. Va
Portland
Jacksonville
Meridian
Miss
Memphis
S. Waynoka
Oklo
Concordia
Kan
Redding
Calif
Sacramento
Fresno
Bakersfield
Blythe
South Georgia
Everett Minor Returned to Morgan County Jail on Bond
Everett Minor is back in Morgan County Jail with bond set at 25000. He faces burglary and grand larceny charges after failing to appear at the June term and forfeiting a 1000 bond. Officers tracked him down Sunday in Birmingham and Sheriff Willoughby returned him to the county yesterday.
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Everett Minor
Morgan County
Minor
Birmingham
Willoughby
Magic City
Revival effort under way for Newfoundland whale fisheries
The Department of Commerce reports ongoing efforts to revive the Newfoundland whale fisheries seeking to restore activity and employment in the region.
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Newfoundland
Department of Commerce
Flying Cadets Entertained In Birmingham Visit
About 100 Royal Air Force cadets training at Tugscaloola municipal airport will travel to Birmingham by bus or special train Saturday afternoon. They will tour the district, attend a Rotary hosted dance, stay as guests, and Sunday include church services, recreation, and a picnic.
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Tugscalooba
Ala
Royal Air Force
Birmingham
U. S. Air Corps
National Park Service expands soldier rest camps nationwide
The War Department and CCC announce 16 new rest camps raising the total to 32 in states and the District of Columbia. Camps at Huntsville Alabama Yorktown Beach Washington Anacostia Park and others provide 800 to 1200 capacity with water sanitary latrines tents and recreation facilities. Soldiers use regular leave, pay transport, and receive meals from contract concessionaires. Sleeping quarters and facilities are free. Camps are located away from towns and cities and soldiers on leave are not under military discipline.
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Washington
National Park
War Department
CCC
Huntsville
Ala
Tenn
Yorktown Beach
Anacostia Parke
Wdc
District of Bla
Advertising Pays Wall Street Firm Merrill Lynch Adverts
New York based Merrill Lynch A. Pierce announced in July that in the first full year of nationwide advertising it gained 10 87 new customers. Many of the new clients had not previously done business with any investment house after launching the campaign in June 1940.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
A. Pierce & Nsatt
Said
Atart
Apace
Ing
Stoeffel Forgets Drive In Shattls Round
At SHATTLS on July 22 a foursome teed off and scattered into the rough. Paul Stoeffel paused to inspect his ball on the tee and admitted he forgot to drive.
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Paul Stoeffel
Birmingham housing program aids 2706 families
The Birmingham Housing Authority reported to the city commission that low cost housing has provided for 2,706 families at a cost of about 13 million dollars. The program is largely complete except for demolition work.
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LOW Coat
Birmingham
Ala
Low Coat Up
Inghens Housing Authority
City Commission
Ing
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Presbyterian Survey
William E. Crane
J. H. Calvin
Joseph Woods
Piedmont
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F. Ss. Hunt
J. F. Graham
Ben Bloodworth
D. C. Shaw
Calvin
Circle Two
E. W. McLeod
Claudie Shumake
T. G Merrow
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J. W. Clapton
Estelle Baker
Clifford Vaughn
Garrett
Central Baptist W. M. 8
Dent Green
C. E. Malone
Harry Higdon
Bryan Abbott
W. M. S. Meeting
First Baptist W. M. S
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E. D. Bailey
Paul Dix
Ben Martin
Edward Lafayette
Ashford
Thurmond Carlisle Ashford
Reed Wilson
James Norton
Aubrey Wayne
Malcolm Link
Jean
North
Little Jimmy Vaughn
Mrs
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Billy Kirby
Camp Claiborne, la
Frank Kirby
Mary Bonner Tindall
Winifred Tindall
J. H. McMath
T. B. Rogers
Melvin True
Tennessee
Jack Draper
Boyd Draper
Dans
Alyene Draper
Mrs. Draper
J. W. Woodson
Jackson, Tenn
Albert Clopton
Majorie Fogg
J. W. Clopton
Clopton
Miss Fogg
South
Louisiana
W. M. Rice
Line Street
M. A. Dinsmore
St. Paul, Minn
8. D. Brock
A. C. Stott
Aaleen Ta ‘Tenn
J. O. Camp
Fifth Avenue West
ISS
Barbara Wilson
Maywood
Venice
Atlantic City
Capitol
Lane Withers
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Helen Follett
Virginia Dale
Limestone County
Capshaw
Ave
Capt. Hunt
Society
Armstrong and Nairn
Dinsmore Bros. Furniture Co
Td Ave
City Park
Berond Avenue
Wall Street
Goidel’s Drug
Eugene Wi
Allen’s
As Shank Morgan
Ann Rutherford
Kent Tava
Dan Dailey, Jr
Lee Bowman
Fay Holden
Virginia Grey
Anne Gwynne
Sara Haden
Davy
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