Learn This New Language Slang From Randolph Field cadets
Aviation editor outlines cadet slang terms used at Randolph Field including Homing device meaning furlough and Bus slang like Spin in bed and Pushbutton pilot denotes a student with easy flight training. The glossary covers terms for disciplinary actions and aircraft concepts as cadets train.
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Devon Francis
Randolph Field
Tex
Army Air Corps
Air Training Center
Dodo
H. P
Limestone County Pettusville Social Notes
Mrs L E Dunnavant and Miss Martha Spence visited Elkmont Monday. Myra Dunnavant has recovered after illness. Rev A M Jones conducts a Bethlehem meeting. The Whitfields and Miss Mary Ruth Whitfield visited relatives here Wednesday. Bud Andrews and family visited George Ward in Tennessee Sunday. Bessie Holt stayed with Fain Johnson at Limestone hospital Athens. The Spences and Thomas Spence of Decatur spent the weekend here. Many farmers worked crops after rain delays. The community enjoyed Church of Christ services in Prospect Sunday night. John Robert Spence was ill recently. Various local residents visited and hosted relatives over the weekend.
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L. E. Dunnavant
Martha Spence
Elkmont
Myra Dunnavant
Aaron Harlow
Tennessee
A. M. Jones
Bethlehem
Noel Whitfield
Mary Ruth Whitfield
Veto
George Leslie
Bud) Andrews
Andrews
L. E. Robinson
Martin Smith
Decatur
Beulah Spence
Lola Pettus
J. D. Harlow
Benton Pettus
Church of Christ In
Prospect
John Robert
Carl Spence
Elmer Martin
Kirk Dunnavant
Noah Robinson
James Felix
Harold Dean
Field Adams
Ft. Hampton Road
Alva Wright
Near Cornersville
Tenn
Courtland
Notice of Tax Sale of Decatur Land Parcels
City of Decatur announces sale of delinquent public improvement parcels under Section 2217 of Alabama Code. On August 2, 1940 at noon, front of City Hall, highest bidder to pay amounts due with interest and costs for numerous lots and blocks described by ordinance numbers, owners, and amounts due.
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Alabama
A. Co. Aes
Decatur
City of
Railroad Street
Cain Addition Banks Survey
Vine Street
Oaks Street
Oak Street
John L. Buchanan
Walnut Street
Canal Street
W. H
T. B. Mitchell
T. D. Mitchell
Zoe Pointer
Admx
Cherry Street
Lot 336
IV. Timberlake
Exix
Eston I. V
Ten year old stumbles on skunk misidentification tragedy
In Wichita Falls Texas on July 30 a 10 year old girl Virginia Gregory heard her brother James cry and found a cat like animal under the kitchen table. She believed it was an opossum and choked it to death. The creature proved to be a skunk.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Virginia Gregory
Brother James
Mina Nevins
Caroline
Mina
Terry
Mina Nevinsa
Idaho
Linda
Ronnie
Sarah
Rob
Without Music 5 Helen Elshimer Chapter Twelve
Linda, Ronnie, and Caroline carry on in a rain soaked dormitory entry as Linda weighs love, privacy, and future fame while Ronnie pursues stardom. A late call from Terry about Mina Nevins adds tension as Linda reflects on past loves and looming decisions. The section ends with a vague scent clue and a cliffhanger.
Public notices list property payments and nets plan
Decatur Alabama edition reports multiple property payments including J W Brown Jr nine dollar entries and an Ananias McCray New Morgan County partnership with a twelve hundred thirty seven cent payment. The Defense Commission announces navy plans to lay submarine nets in major American harbors as of July 30 1940.
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G. W. Hodes
Lt & F. Company
A. C. Mann
LI. & F Company
F. B. Bonnette
Viola B. Winton
L. It, & F. Company
L. I, & F. Company
T. W. Mitchell
M. A. Masterson
Pond Street
Alabama Street
Jane Baugh
Martha B. Wilds
New Town
Decatur
Wells Street
Laura and
William Wise
Lula Garth-Willis Wise
Laura Wise Morgan
Lula Wise Garth
LI & F Company
C. E. Sandlin
A. B. Lampkin
Delia Gill
Mack Saxton
Lampkin & Thomason
Richmond Pitts
Annie Crump
Della Thrasher
J. W. Brown, Jr
L. L & F. Company
E. H. Allison
L. I. & F. Company
B. H. Allison
D. L. I. & FP. Company
H. Allison
Kings Estate
Courtland Road
Fink Street
Ananias McCray
New
Morgan County Building and Loan Association
Washington
The
Defense Commission
Navy
Road Death Toll Rises in Mid Year 1940 War Impact
The National Safety Council reports an eight percent rise in traffic deaths for the first half of 1940, with 14,740 fatalities, due to increased travel and wartime jitters. June saw 2,820 deaths, up 18 percent from 1939, the largest monthly total since 1937, with rural crashes driving the jump and 279 cities reporting no deaths in June.
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Chicago
The
Safety Council
France
Aviator Simpson Warns of Fire From Swoop Over House
In Brunswick Maine on July 30 aviator Simpson spotted a house on fire on a country road. He swooped low over a neighbor’s house shouted the warning to call the fire department and the crew arrived to extinguish the blaze.
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Brunswick
Pnter
Simpson
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Limestone County
Pettysville
Banks Survey
J. L. Buchanan
L. IL & F Company
George E. Price
Celia B. Betts
Morgan County Building & Loan Association
Decatur Mineral & Land Company
South Range
J. O. Camp
Kings Memorial Church
Ala
Lafayette Street
Washington Street
First Avenue
Church Street
Magmie L. Irwin
James Harris
Ethel Williams
Blanche Wilkins
Jimmie and
Ferry Street
J. Knox Walker
Nan Moran
Leslie Luckett
O. W Luckett
D. L. I. & F. Company
W M. Johnson
L. 1 & F. Company
Mamie Benson
L. LC & F. Company
James & Addie Burnett
LIL & F. Company
A. G. Murphey
Sallie Murphey
J. R
Pern Royer
F. Company
OD. Ive & FP. Company
A Murphey
Sallie Sieeshes
D. L. L. & F. Company
Carrie Gee
Jes Robinson
Jesse Robinson
DL1
FP Company
Noah Bankston
D. L. I. & F Company
Harriett Brown
Frank Owen
New Morgan County Building & Loan Association
G. Murphey
Pern Roger
L. N
U. G. Draper
Mra T S Lampkin
T. S, Lampkin
T. S. Lampkin
T. & Lampkin
Mra
T. S. Lamp
1St Avenue
Mattie Jackson
Walter Bankston
Will Steele
Celeste Bantum
Annanias McCrary
Effie McCrary
Lot 12
Rufus Robinson, Jr
Bessie Strong
Ida Scales
D. L. I. C Impany
BH. Allison— . W. Brown, Jr
D. L. I & F. Company
BE. H. Allison
BE. H Allison
Mae Clarke
Wendy Barrie
Elsie Janis
Sweetheart of
New Republic
Princess Theatre
Loyd’s
Gen Aker
Rony
Snoff
Ove Without Music
Helen Elshimer
Alec
Lin
Ronald
Cricket
Virginia
Markley
Markley Brat
H. O. Troup
E¢ the Cacy
Anderson Business College
Davidson Coal & Feed CO
Decaturr
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