Coca Cola Supply to Be Affected by Sugar Curtailment
The Decatur Coca Cola Bottling Company announces sugar allotments to industrial users will be cut to 50 percent in the third quarter of 1941 starting July 1. Manager H K Tankersley says no sugar substitutes will be used, pledges fair distribution, and notes ongoing wartime constraints while maintaining product quality. If a dealer lacks Coca Cola on a given day, customers should return later as distribution remains steady within the reduced supply.
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Coca-Cola
Tankersley
Cari
Pouter Pigeon
Katie
Dr. Benton
Gail
Stephen McCormick
Burke
Steve
River Basin
WAACS
Reyna Thayer
Washington Faces Record War Housing Demand
The war housing center in Washington handles about 275 applications daily and places roughly 190. With many workers needed for gov agencies the city attracts new staff from outside, including 4200 farm census clerks and 700 FBI finger print classifiers. Housing cannot be guaranteed. many veterans families and mothers seek to relocate near hospitals and loved ones.
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Washington
Europe
War Housing Center
Census Bureau
FBI
Navy
War Department
Never Hang Fur Coats in Strong Sunlight
A brief advisory notes that fur coats exposed to strong sunlight will fade over time, advising care to avoid prolonged direct sun exposure and recommending shaded storage.
Replacements planned for 442nd Nisei soldiers returning home
U S 442nd Infantry officers form a three man committee to aid Nisei soldiers heading home. They arrange in advance employers and references with letters from company battalion and regimental commanders. Sagie Nishioka Hood River Ore a recipient of 15 blood transfusions and five operations reflects the human cost of wartime discrimination.
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Sid Feder
Hal Boyle
Lake Garda
Italy
U. S
442Nd Infantry
France
America
William Wolf
Evanston
Ill
Edward R. Williams
Chicago
California
Cable) Ushiro
Heart Mountain War Relocation Center
Wyoming
Pacific Coast
Sagie Nishioka
Hood River
Ore
Sagie
Legion
Nishioka
442Nd
Pearl Harbor
Five Die From Poisoned Drink At Party
Gadsden Alabama coroner reports five Black people died from alcoholic poisoning after drinking a beverage called squeeze. He said the mix contained denatured alcohol and beauty lotion. Victims attended a party last Friday night. first death Friday, fifth yesterday.
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Gadsden
Ala
Jess R. Cox
Cox
Jokes and Tiny Tales From A Daily Page
A mixed assortment of light humor and brief vignettes featuring a dry witted president, newborns trading greetings, avian derision under sheltering trees, playful exchanges among Gladys Agnes and Decatur Junior. Fragments reflect old time newspaper humor and family quips.
Parental Ambition Echoes Through Modern Warnings
A Quebec Chronicle Telegraph column argues that the greatest parental ambition is to get children to follow instructions. It notes some men welcome rain as an excuse to avoid gardening while some wives react with similar evasions.
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Quebec
Decatur Woman Column Mixed With Humorous Exchange
A humorous exchange from a Decatur Woman readers column features a joke about a husband who writes for a living and a punchline about his pigs and fanciful pigmy birds. The fragment hints at light domestic banter and rural imagery surrounding a waning moon.
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Decatur
Gazing From a Railroad Car at a Sunset Scene
A thin sentimental man and a robust partner observe a sunset from a railroad car. The exchange frames nature as art, with the old man extolling dawns, clouds, and arched skies as examples of nature’s wonders.
Morgan County Union Hill News Briefs
Rev Itson announced Pfc Henry Fields a former German prisoner will be at Union Hill July 1. Dewey Steadham improved after a short illness. Audie L Almon made a business trip to Decatur Monday. Rain fell softly over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Rube Puckett visited Inez Puckett and family and Mrs J C Edwards. Rev Itson filled his regular appointment at Union Hill Sunday.
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Ilson
Pfc
Henry Fields
Union Hill
Audie L. Almon
Decatur
Rube Puckett
Inez Puckett
J. C. Edwards
Itson
Enchanted glimpses and a confession of sobriety
Fragmented narration contrasts nature's intoxication with a fat matter of fact man not drinking. The speaker recalls abandoning liquor as another person shifts seats, hinting at an intimate moment in a social setting and a renewed stance toward alcohol.
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Lquor
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Miss Benton
Stephen
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Father
Louisiana
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Devatub
Gowan
Lawrenceburg, Tenn
Equipm
2Nd Ave
Remington Rand Agency
Texcel
Lyon
Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Lyla Myers
Gladys
Agnes
Decatur Junior
Grandpa
Gene Ahern
Niagara Falls
Ont
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines
Ine
Ist Ave
Morgan County
Dovie Steadham
Dewey Steadham
Central Baptist Church
Morton Gould
CBS
Edge
de Soto
Plymouth
DODGE
Chrysler
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