Decatur School Lunch Program Marks Second Year Breakthrough
The Work Projects Administration led a nutrition drive tied to national defense. In Decatur the second year saw 63,631 lunches served across five lunchrooms, averaging 485 children daily, with improved funding per free lunch and clean, well-run facilities statewide Morgan County reported 820,693 lunches serving 2,808 children daily.
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Mra
Earle Calvin
Work Place Administration
Calvin
Decatur
National Defense
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Paul V. McNutt
United Charities
Agricultural Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Public Welfare
Work Projects Administration
Morgan County
75 Percent Command of the Colonial Troops
R J Scott notes a flag with thirteen silver and blue stripes and a small upper left corner motif. The article references the flag’s symbolism and imperial allegiance, detailing its influence on colonial troops’ command structure and morale.
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AWE
Brazil Bans Ads for Medicines Claiming Cures by Laymen
The Department of Commerce reports Brazil has forbidden advertising of pharmaceutical products that claim cures and are signed by nonprofessional or lay individuals.
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Brazil
Department of Commerce
Local Happenings in Organ County Somerville
Mrs. Carter Davis and daughter Martha Joe of Decatur visit. Elliott Johnson hospitalized after surgery at Waugh’s Infirmary Decatur. Several Decatur shoppers and family visits noted. Barbara Ann Miller underwent appendicitis surgery at Benevolent Hospital Decatur. Summer plans include Novel Miller’s trip to University of Alabama. Bureau of Standards issues free circular on efficient automobile dead storage.
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Carter Davis
Martha Joe
Decatur
O. O. Waugh
B. E. Waugh
Homer Johnson
Elliott Johnson
Waugh’s Infirmary
Mesdames Fannie Abbott
W. T. Wade
Hugh Mitchell
Elizabeth
J. W. Winton
Mary Peck
A. M. Peck
Hugh .Mitchell
Charles Reid Davis
L. L. Lyle
Edward Lyle
Barbara Ann Miller
Benevolent Hospital
Tollie Johnson
Novel Miller
Hugh Miller
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Sugar Ration Board Releases Home Canning Sugar Tables
The sugar rationing board announced new guidance from the state OPSO to issue home canning certificates. A table shows quart to finished fruit conversions for strawberries blackberries gooseberries dewberries cherries unpitted and pitted. The board will register applicants on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons 1 to 4 pm through September 1. bring ration books.
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State Office of Price Administration
Love Triangle Tangled in Steena and Tibby Affairs
Steena schemes to spark jealousy between Tibby and Wayne Courtright while plotting to push Tommy Dare toward Tibby. Tibby heads to Kansas City for a flight while Steena eyes a permanent romance with Wayne.
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Steena
Tibby
Wayne
Mary
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Wayne Courtright
Tommy
Local luminaries visit and travel notes from Lawrence County
Lawrence County community notes detail visits by Mr and Mrs William Earl Pickens of California to spend time with his parents the Pickens family. Extended family gatherings include Counts Stovall Smith and Counts households with updates on travels, school courses, and a spider bite recovery.
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William Earl Pickens
California
W. A. Pickens
Reynold Counts
Marty
Montgomery
Wr-Ae Pickens
Homer Stovall
Marion Lee
Allen Boyce Counts
Decatur
Gordon Parker
Artie Jackson
Fanis Young
Bluitt Young
Air Corps
Arizona
Swearengen
The
Baptist Church
Florence
Normal School
Hal Houston
Rayburn Jackson
Bobby
Donald
Moulton
J. T. Counts
Malcolm Counts
South Alabama
Clay Counts
Sheffield
Mervyn Pickens
Monay
Floyd Sims
West Palm Beach
Fla
Matilda Sims
J. C. Johnson
Raphus Bailey
Irwin and Dyer Infirmary
Red Hill Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Lawrence County community news records a string of visits among Oakville Five Points Moulton and Meldrim residents. Families shared time with relatives amid calls for rain and routine small town updates.
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P. B. Lowery
Floyd Lowery
Oakville
John Sullivan
Emmett Callahan
Levene
Mose Owens
John A. Crow
Small Son
Pearl Crow
Kate Sullivan
Five Points
Bob McCaghren
Bob Ogles
M. A. Owens
Lewis Swindle
Stray bullet hits white woman in downtown Birmingham
A 30-year-old white woman, Miss Margaret Johnson a bakery employee, was shot in the abdomen while emerging from a downtown Birmingham bakery. Police said the bullet was fired by a Negro at another man the assailant was pursuing, and she remained in serious condition. Detectives J. T. Howell and E. B. Lewis identified her.
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Birmingham
Ala
J. T. Howell
E. B. Lewis
Margaret Johnson
Bankhead Loan Bill Introduced in Congress
Senator Bankhead of Alabama introduced a bill to provide government loans on the 1942 crop of corn wheat rice cotton and tobacco at a rate equal to parity price.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Practice air raid drill causes brief Los Angeles confusion
A civilian defense volunteers drill in Los Angeles on June 9 was described as orderly and not public. Police cars sirened on routine calls while three fire alarms rang and nine ambulances were summoned. An air horn in the downtown district was accidentally set off triggering warden confusion before the all clear ended the episode.
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Los Angeles
Revival at Grant Street Church of Christ Draws Crowds
The Grant Street Church of Christ revival began Sunday with large crowds and strong interest. Speaker M. Kurfees Pullins preached on The Authority of Christ, arguing Christ’s supreme authority over all, citing Jesus baptism and the transfiguration as proofs, and urging obedience to Him over human creeds. Services run daily at 10:00 am and 8:00 pm under Archie Waldrum’s music direction.
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Grant Street Church of Christ
M. Kurfees Pullins
Christ
Moses
Pullias
Jesus Christ
Jesus
God
K ' With
Archie Waldrum
the Gospel
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Birmingham plans to discuss Sunday closing of service stations
The Birmingham chapter of the Alabama Independent Service Station Association will discuss possible Sunday closing of service stations tonight at 8. C Spivey, chapter secretary treasurer, announced.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Independent Service Station Association
8. C. Spivey
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