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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1944

Page

5

Dr Duane M Carr honored after Guatemala and El Salvador lectures

Friends in Memphis note Dr Duane M Carr received honors following a two week lecture tour at San Salvador Hospital and El Salvador University. Social and professional courtesies were extended during the trip. Dr and Mrs Carr plan a brief visit with Dr and Mrs Louis A Neill. W S C 8S. SOCIAL MEETING The Ninth Street Methodist W C S met at Mrs E S Hartselle's home on Prospect Drive with flowers and a brief devotional led by Mrs Sam McDowra.

Duane M. Carr Memphis Tennessee Carr Guatemala EF Salvador San Salvador Hospital el Salvador University Louis A. Neill Ninth Street Methodist C. S E. S. Hartselle Prospect Drive Sam McDowra Jim Smith

Pensacola visitors and Florida guests in town

Mrs. J. C. Gray and daughter Juanita of Pensacola visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thompson. Mrs. Kimball Jones of Jacksonville returns from a two week visit with F. A. Bloodworth Jr. and friends in Gadsden. Jeanette and Bobby Golden depart for two weeks in Low and Cartersville. Mrs. Leon Huthnance and Mrs. Harry Reitmeyer head to Tuscaloosa for a visit.

J. C. Gray Juanita Pensacola, Fla E. L. Thompson Kimball Jones Jacksonville Fla Claire Bloodworth F. A. Bloodworth Jr Gadsden Jeanette Bobby Golden Low Ala Cartersville Leon Huthnance Harry Reitmeyer Tuscaloosa J. W. Hughes Joe Hughes Chicago, Il R. B. Bagley Birmingham C. H. Hayes Washington, D. C Ben Martin Ben III Peggy Comner Ezell Points Florida

Patterns for crocheted purses and needlecraft catalog offer

Readers are invited to send fifteen cents for patterns and a new thirty two page Needlecraft Catalog featuring embroidery knitting crochet quilts and home decor designs. The notice also lists dozens of local residents traveling visiting relatives and serving in the armed forces across Alabama Tennessee and beyond with several name entities and locations.

Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N. Y

Hill Praises School Plank In 1944 Platform

In Montgomery Alabama Senator Lister Hill Democratic whip lauds the party's 1944 campaign platform calling the school plank decisive and stateside on education funding, praising federal money for schools and supporting Hill-Thomas bill. He also endorses Truman as vice president nominee for steady administration support.

Montgomery Ala Lister Hill Senate Alabama Hill Truman Missouri

Girl's Dirnol Pattern 4561 by Anne Adams

Simple to make aurndl pattern 4561 for girls sizes 6 to 14. Includes yoke and belt with print or contrast colors. Requires 218 yards 35-inch fabric for size 10. Send 20 cents to Pattern Dept New York. 15 cents more for larger pattern book with free sample.

Anne Adam Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y Anne Adams

Harmony in appearance a guide to cosmetics and fitness

A guide urges choosing one fragrance line for cosmetics and perfumes to avoid clashes, advising cool summer scents and coordinated makeup. It promotes harmony between hair, face, and figure with grooming tips and self viewing in mirrors to avoid misperceptions.

Dorothy Dix on Going Steady and Dating Elsewhere

Dorothy Dix argues that long term “going steady” harms personal freedom and warns that being labeled as someone’s partner can trap a person. She urges dating broadly to find compatible partners and avoid being left stuck if a steady breaks off. The column also previews a domestic dispute involving neighbors and their ill behaved children.

Miss DIX

Forrest Chapel News From Morgan County Courtyard Events

The W S C S met at Mrs Newt Bailey s home with a program by Mrs M G Whitten and readings from Romans chapter eight. Visitors and local families are noted with social visits at home, dinners, fish fries and farm demonstrations in the Morgan County area.

Morgan County Forrest Chapel W. P. Rob Newt Bailey M. G. Whitten Whitten Howard Speakman Turney Meers Bobby Hartselle Therril Wallace Speakman Wallace Cullman Little Jerusalem W. D. Bullard W.P. Roberts Belle Mina Cpl Reuben Sims George Sims Texas Roy Osborne L. C. Osborne S. J. Curtis Leon Osborne Hazel Wilma Bolan Weaver Lawrence Raymond Smith Ft. McClellan Jim Galey Lawrence County Robert Bolan Bolan Jim Curtis Jim Cox Mt. Zion W. E. Ward Charles Mattox Guin Ala Ervin Story Margaret Faye Charles Edward Moss Chapel J. W. Story

Gospel Meetings at Dancys Chapel July 30 Begin

A series of gospel meetings starts at Dancy's Chapel Church of Christ on Sunday July 30 with two sermons and a dinner on the grounds. Alfred Thompson will deliver the preaching.

Dancy’s Chapel Church of Christ Alfred Thompson

Two Paths From Troubled Home to Safer Surroundings

A reader asks how to protect children from a disruptive neighbor. Advice suggests either moving to a better area to avoid exposure to obscene talk or trying to civilize the neighbor's children by correcting manners and reading aloud. In a separate column a 16 year old girl seeks marriage to escape nagging. the response warns marriage does not free one from control and may bind her to further constraints.

Ordnance Company Life In A Normandy Field

In a Normandy pasture a mobile ordnance company camps under hedgerows with trenchlike foxholes, pup tents, and camouflage nets. Mechanics and shop crews work from trucks while officers and men share meals on the grass as Mosquitoes swarm hedgerows and distant guns rumble.

Tex Ordnance Normandy Ohio

Prussian militarist and Hitler stance amid Nazi power

The text suggests a Prussian militarist group may target all opposition to Hitler with widespread support for purges. It notes divisions within the regime and hints that Hitler could be challenged by rivals, though no clear signs of a leadership change emerge.

Hitler Hiiler Reich Ing Hiler Fuehrer

Bremen Soldier Awarded Combat Infantryman Badge

A Department of War release notes a Georgia and four Alabama soldiers receiving the Combat Infantryman Badge in the Southwest Pacific for meritorious actions against Japanese forces on Bougainville. Recipients include Pvt. John Anthony of High Gap Georgia and Pvt. Arnold L. Yarbrough of Center Point Alabama along with Pvt. Chester Freeman of Alabama Pvt. Albert B. Duncan of Ta Alabama and Pvt. Tom F. Hardman of Goodwater Alabama.

Southwest Pacific Bougain War Department John Anthony High Ga O Seas Arnold L. Yarbrough George Trough Center Point Ala Chester Freeman Browning Automatic Pfe Overseas Tom F. Hardman Goodwatlll Rifleman

Air parks planned for Southeast states by ATS proposal

The Aeronautical Training Society proposed 1,292 private airparks in eleven Southeastern states at a cost of 322 million dollars. The plan includes many small plane landing facilities to boost aviation. The article also notes palm nut yields oil suitable for soap and lard in Colombia.

Atlanta Aeronautical Training Society ATS Colombia

Quiet Field Lets War Machine Hide Its Power

Horses graze on ankle-high grass in a peaceful field that belies its role in a broader war mechanism, threatening the recent gains of their masters as the conflict looms.

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