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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
5
Mrs Arthur Holder hosted a six o clock dinner at her Hartselle home Sunday evening for Staff Sgt John J Smith of Camp Gordon Ga on furlough. Guests included his wife and baby and his mother all of Decatur.
Pvt. Ben Holmes visits on a ten day furlough at Fort Benning with Mrs. Holmes and their infant son. Mrs. H. R. Davis returns home after illness. Miss Clarice Lee spends the day in Nashville. Davis Lewis Daniel of Oklahoma City visits his niece Mrs. Will David Lee. Mrs. Fred Leslie and Carlin Ann of Birmingham stay with the Bagleys. Mrs. Joseph A. Woods arrives from San Francisco to visit her mother Mrs. J. H. Calvin. Pic. Henry Kelley, Roy Collier’s brother, is wounded in France and hospitalized in England. Mrs. J. T. Weatherly is ill. Miss Wallacia Morrison visits from Russellville and returns home with Marian Watson. Mrs. John Wardlow returns from Priceville and is ill at home. Mrs. L. H. Lindsey and daughter from Birmingham visit. Mr. and Mrs. Noy Tucker present. Mrs. Rufus Vernon leaves Courtland Army Air Field hospital for Johnston Street. Miss Virginia Cullom visits Annie Sue Cain in Chattanooga. Lt. Wilson Taylor and Lt. John Taylor serve in France with field artillery. twins of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Taylor. Miss Mickey Green, Annie Laurie, Evelyn Sivley attend Ben Lipper Bible Company in North Carolina. Aileen Martin returns from Washington and New York. Mrs. James L. Reading and son Jimmy plan to return to Detroit after six weeks with Dent F. Green family. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Anderson and others visit in Tuscaloosa. Tommy Todd has been with
An ad promotes crocheted doilies to match decor and a needlework pattern 883 with stitches and materials. It offers PATTERN NUMBER and buyer name and address for fifteen cents, plus a 32 page Needlecraft Catalog for an extra fee.
Secretary of Labor Perkins announced a 0.2 percent rise in living costs for city families from mid May to mid June, driven by higher prices for food furnishings clothing and other essentials excluding rent fuel and utilities. Food costs up 0.1 percent with eggs fruits vegetables up, while overall levels remain 0.5 percent above last year and 27.2 percent higher than August 1939.
The Agricultural Department projects civilian meat supplies in fall and early winter may drop 8 to 10 percent from the first half of the year due to lower livestock production. Overall food stocks will be ample with gains in fruits vegetables and cereals offsetting reduced meats and dairy. Meat output likely to reach a record 25 billion pounds with beef and veal rising while pork production falls about 15 percent.
The field artillery unit at Fort Sill Oklahoma will arrive this week to spend furlough with mother Mrs. W. H. Todd before transfer to another camp. Staff Sgt John J Smith leaves today for Camp Gordon Georgia after furlough with relatives here. Miss Dorothy Green of Atlanta Georgia is visiting cousin Miss Kathryn Sherman this week. Pvt Norman Lovelady of the Cushing General Hospital Boston Massachusetts is here for furlough with Mrs Lovelady joining her parents Mr and Mrs R R Rowe.
After a tense night a tank stuck in a ditch is freed by mechanics who discover two bent levers jammed in gear. Amid distant shelling a small group blocks fears with calm talk while awaiting a crowbar and hacksaw to finish the salvage.
A guide for shy girls on overcoming self consciousness and social nerves. It advises family support, cultivating friendliness, public speaking courses, healthy vanity, sleep, and choosing smart clothes to gain poise and release from social panic.
A unit hauls a fallen German tank back through hedgerows in Normandy after a tense journey. The crew debates breech safety as they move in blackout night toward a field camp and a awaiting mess tent.
Ad copy for pattern 4545 offering a one yard sundress with matching bonnet and panties in child sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Mentions sunfrock size 6 uses 1 yard 35 inch material bonnet 5 8 yard. Price twenty cents plus order details and address in New York.
Lt. Col. Robert T. Jones a former Atlanta golfer and intelligence officer with the Ninth Air Force has returned to Britain from France and is believed to be planning a return to the United States after a promotion from major.
The War Production Board warned of further curtailment of paper supplies for newspapers magazines books and printers unless the pulp and paper industry increases output of military and essential civilian papers. WPB director W Hovey said either full priority controls or mandatory directives could be imposed if no prompt improvement is seen. The issue has been presented to three industry committees by Hovey and WPB forest products chief Harold Boeschenstein.
The article portrays Hitler determined to fight to the finish, hoping for a peace compromise while delaying surrender. It notes stiff German resistance in Italy and Normandy, rapid Allied advances, and Hitler’s plan to form a new defensive line against the Soviets, despite retreats and disorder.
The Associated Press lists ration details for meats fats and processed foods with four stamp books A8 Z8 and AS valid indefinitely. Sugar four stamps 30 31 32 five pounds each indefinitely. Stamp 40 five pounds home canning through Feb 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 2 indefinite. Gasoline 10 A coupons three gallons through Aug 8 in Northeast and Southeast. 12 A coupons three gallons through Sept 21 elsewhere. B3 B4 C3 C4 five gallons everywhere. Fuel oil period four five through Sept 30. New period one coupons usable immediately after receipt.
A batch of Dorothy Dix columns discusses women unhappy with possessive husbands, excessive affection, and temptation at home. An unhappy wife and a high school senior grappling with her brother in law’s advances are advised to seek flight from danger or abandon lingering mementos of past marriages. The note adds a stray statistic: the United States uses about 9,000 tons of cigarette paper annually.
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