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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
8
The carrier Sara, aging but repaired, returned to action near Iwo Jima after sustaining heavy damage. In the February assault, Sara took multiple air strikes, with 315 casualties including 123 killed, and survived a major hull breach before resuming flight operations.
A museum bulletin notes a rare true mushroom with a cap diameter exceeding five inches. The finding highlights an unusually large specimen among recent fungal records observed by mycologists.
Gail Benton faces a town gossip storm after a medical ethics clash with Dr. McCormick. Amid pressure from colleagues and threats to her clinic, she endures isolation while Burke Gentry offers silent support and plan to retire after marriage.
Cpl. Adjure D. Powell of Hart selle wears the Purple Heart for a shell fragment wound in France. He has returned from overseas duty in Belgium France and Luxembourg and is receiving treatment at Finney General Hospital. Powell is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben Powell and entered service in 1938 at Fort Benning with training at Camp Croft Camp Blanding Camp Rucker and Camp Shelby before going overseas in 1944 with an infantry division. He is a Morgan County high school graduate.
Preventive measures have reduced malaria infection rates among American troops overseas to one quarter of the 1943 peak.
Atlanta reports on the enduring dispute over poll taxes and the white primary. The piece traces legal battles, state variations, and the potential impact of Supreme Court rulings on Georgia and other Southern states, noting literacy tests and party control as constraints. The looming constitution vote and NAACP suit are also highlighted.
Glues employed in the manufacture of cargo ship parts torpedo boats battleships and carriers rifles ammunition containers and gun cases are described as essential bonding materials in naval industrial production.
The wild turkey, native to America and once abundant in eastern U S forests, has become very rare.
A collage of humorous vignettes from a farmer and government agent debate over feeding corn to livestock and legal quips about women running things. Other bits include a Decatur man’s homecoming surprise and a station master recognizing a hometown George. A farmer quarrels with mules while a minister offers a Noah ark anecdote.
A vintage prose piece extols telling loved ones I love you and backing it with actions, urging homeowners to practice affection and tact. It contrasts home life with fault finding and stresses daily kindness, patience, and shared happiness as essential. It includes brief humorous exchanges and maxims about choice and mindset.
About 75 Alabama senators and representatives toured Camp Rucker near Ozark to preview Infantry Day activities. They watched trainees drill under a hot sun, saw a radio controlled plane, a demolition demonstration, and a hidden wire booby trap, plus a barbecue and a camp freezer with beef sides.
A reader reports quick relief from tired feet using Emerald Oil after a foot bath. The ad promises painless results within minutes and directs purchase at a local drug store, claiming the oil soothes burning and skin irritation.
J Paul Dunn of Route 3 Box 129 Birmingham Alabama reports regain of ten pounds after using Retonga. He says relief from nervous indigestion sour stomach and gas pressure improved appetite and energy. He endorses Retonga as a vitamin B-1 related stomachic and notes it is sold at Caddell Drug Co. Adv.
Naval Aviation Cadet Horace Ewing Dryden Jr. son of Mr and Mrs R C Poll of 618 Canal St Decatur has been moved to the Naval Air Training Center at Corpus Christi Texas after completing the first phase of flight training at Glenview Illinois. He will receive his wings as a naval aviator and be commissioned as an ensign or as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps.
Advertisements urge readers to buy St. Joseph Aspirin with 100 tablets for 35c and claim 3 tablets cost less than one cent. The pitch emphasizes the product as the world’s largest selling aspirin and promotes asking for St. Joseph brand.
Cadet Dryden, a Decatur senior high graduate, began naval aviation at the Navy pre flight school in St Marys California. He also studied at the University of the South Sewanee Tennessee. Glenview Naval Air Station serves as the headquarters of the naval air primary training command.
Forcum James Co completes a contract to place 110937 square yards of Asphalt Liquid Seal Type D on Section 1323 A Morgan County Alabama from Hartselle toward Lacey's Spring. Persons with labor or material claims must file in Dyersburg Tennessee office by June 15 1945.
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