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Our Man About Town and Local Notes
Community column notes recruitment efforts at Decatur station and a three month test period with Uncle Sam. It lists social anecdotes, local mixups over names, a dry cleaning firm expansion, and a toy of short occupational satire alongside a safety essay contest for Memphis schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Craig
United States
Decatur Station
War Department
Decature
Sam
Craig
W. M. Brown
Decaturs
National
Woolen Mills
Brown
Mr. Thigpin
Mr. Brown
Alabama
Ingham
New Decatur