New Books Arrive at Decatur Public Library
The Decatur Public Library announces a shipment of new fiction and non fiction titles. Highlights include Reunion At Meads by Kathleen Wallace and Cry The Beloved Country by Alan Paton, alongside Parris Mitchell of King Row and Send For Miss Cora by Charley Robertson.
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Decatur Public Library
E. A. Tillery
Meads
Kathleen Wallace
Cambridge
England
Benedict Thielen
Tion
Alan Paton
South Africa
Henry
Katherine Bellamann
Kings Row
Parris Mitchell
Parris
Cora
Charley Robertson
Kentucky
Hermitage
Alfred Leland Crabb
Andrew
Chel Jackson
Nashville
Vicki Baum
Weimar
Goethe
Mary Roberts Rinehart
DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS AND DOWN PUZZLE LISTING
A cryptogram puzzle and crossword clues are presented with across and down entries. The page includes a Cryptoquote quotation: CY UF EYBH OYDORWCRT TY HA EYBH JHERCP TIJIBOYURQ TWUJBYD and yesterday's solution CUSTOM THAT UNWRITTEN LAW BY WHICH THE PEOPLE KEEP EVEN KINGS IN AWE D AVENANT.
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Avenant
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Books in Brief : New Titles and Notable Authors
A selection notes Isella Gardner White with No Trumpet Before Him a deeply religious tale. Elizabeth Goudge’s Pilgrim's Inn praised for atmosphere and romance. Gerald Kersh's The Song Of The Flea depicts Soho writerly life among procurers. Lester Dent's Lady Afraid and William Irish's Dead Man Blues cited among others.
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Isella Gardner White
Pilgrim’s Inn
Elizabeth Goudge
Gerald Kersh
Soho
London
Lester Dent
William Irish
Earl Stanley Gardner
Mé Givern
Notable 1940s Nonfiction and Fiction Works Featured
A list of mid-20th century books across linguistics history and literature. Mencken on American language. Davidson on Tennessee history. Toynbee on civilization. Goebbels diaries edited by Lochner. Strode on Mexico. Mantle’s Best Plays of 1946. Washington Cavalcade by Hurd. Cragg Father on the Farm. Ethridge It’s Greek To Me. Pinckney Great Mischief set in Charlestown 1880s.
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H L. Mencken
Tennessee
Donald Davidson
TVA
Arnold Toynbee
Goebbels
Louis P. Gochner
Nazi Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Louis Lochner
Mexico
Hudson Strode
Burns Mantle
Washington
Charles Hurd
Kenneth C. Cragg
Josephine Pinckney
Book list features wartime fiction and high society portraits
A literary catalog reviews multiple novels and authors from Louis Stevens to Thornton Wilder and Josephine Lawrence. Highlights include Fire by George R. Stewart about a forest blaze, Lucinda Brayford spanning four generations, and Something’s Got To Give by Marion Hargrove exploring postwar disaster humor.
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Louis Stevens
Appomattox
Merle Miller
George R. Stewart
Stewart
Josephine Lawrence
Thornton Wilder
Rome
Julius
Caesar
Elizabeth Taylor
Lucinda Brayford
Martin Boyd
England
Geoffrey Household
Middle East
Marion Hargrove
Marion Engor
Hargrove
Joseph George Hitree
All of India
Vijay
Ram
Alabama Bond Campaign Sees Last Push Before Deadline
Alabama lags in securing the state’s security loan with $5,855,231 sold toward a $20 million quota. Winston County leads at over top with 234 percent, while Pike Lamar Chambers Geneva Sumter and Bibb show strong interest. State Chairman Ed Leigh McMillan urges three weeks of intensified county efforts to meet quotas before June 30.
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Alabama
Treasury Department
Winston
Pike
Lamar
Chambers
Geneva
Sumter
Bibb
Ed Leigh McMillan
McMillan
Recreation Now In Full Swing In Athens Alabama
Athens Alabama June 5 recreation for children of all ages began this week at the junior high with H L Paul and Mrs Jimmie Coward supervising. The program, funded by the city and run by a recreation board appointed by the city council, is organized by the junior chamber of commerce and PTA. Sessions are held every weekday morning and afternoon.
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Athens
Ala
H. L. Paul
Jimmie Coward
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rajput Lover’s Tale Highlighted in Fragments
A fragmentary line recalls Singhe a handsome young Rajput Hindu from a notable family who loves a girl. The terse excerpt references caste and lineage within a romantic context.
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Singhe
City to Offer Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Facilities
The plan provides day and Sunday access for children and families with no time limit. Indoor spaces include a quiet and active game room, reading room, gymnasium, three tennis tables, table croquet, bowling, and various board games with books for all ages. Outdoor areas feature baseball and softball diamonds, two volleyball courts, soccer and football fields, swings, and slides with folk games and gymnastics instruction planned. The city also runs a municipal swimming pool.
Pal Tennis Courts Added to Recreation Program
A local community expands its recreational offerings by adding pal tennis courts as a new element of the ongoing sports and leisure initiatives. The addition aims to provide residents with additional venues for informal play and youth engagement.
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Pal
Circuit Judge Crow clears Athens docket in equity session
Circuit Judge James H. Crow of Decatur presided a short non jury session in Athens Alabama and established an equity docket clearing many old cases including some pre war era matters.
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Athens
Ala
James H. Crow
Decatur
Circuit Court
Equity
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