New Books at Local Library
A Decatur public library service listing introduces new fiction titles with brief descriptions. Notable works include The Moon Is Mine by Artheme Goertz with Pat Eagan themes, City Boy by Herman Wouk and Southern Cross by Brigid Knight, alongside many other novels set in varied eras and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthemise Goertz
Pat Eagan
Pop
Miss Goertz
Big City
America
Herman Wouk
Brigid Knight
Elizabeth
Shaw
Petrus
Florence Howard
California
John Klempner
New York
East Side
Prairie Avenue
Arthur Meeker
Lydia
Stack
Chicago
Robert Francis
Massachusetts
Miss Abbie
Jan Fortune
Sylvia Warner
Priory of Oby
England
Chrysantha
Margaret Drake
Chrysantha Tuffet
LeGette Blythe
Palestine
Christ
Hill to Speak at TB Group Annual Meeting in Birmingham
Senator Lister Hill will address the Alabama Tuberculosis Association annual meeting in Birmingham on June 24. He will urge expansion of hospital beds for TB patients, calling it the gravest health issue in the state. Dr. Festus M. Cook, association president, urged concerted public effort toward eradication of TB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Lister Hill
Alabama Tuberculosis Association
Birmingham
Festus M. Cook
Association
Senator Hill
Congress
Cook
John B. Barnwell
Veterans <Administration
Washington
Selma
Barnwell
University of Pennsylvannia
Dr. Barnwell
Alabama Trudeau Society
State Tuberculosis Association
Harriet McSwean
Father
Huntsville
North Alabama ‘Tuberculosis Association
Hunter © Phillips
Butler
Choctaw County Tuberculosis
K. W. Grimley
Maggie Ellen
King
Phenix City
Russell County Association
Hartselle Sailor Visits Naples on Med cruise
Robert L. Tolleson aviation chief ordnanceman USN son of Mr and Mrs J R Tolleson of 66 West Pearl Avenue has a ten day liberty in Naples Italy aboard USS Coral Sea after intensive Mediterranean training with the Sixth Task Fleet. He visited Rome Pompeii and Capri during the liberty schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Tolleson
USN
J. R. Tolleson
West Pearl Avenue
Hartselle
Naples
Italy
Coral Sea
Mediterranean
Rome
Pompeii
Isle of Capri
Yen Hsi-Shan Named Premier in Nationalist China
Dewitt Mackenais notes Marshal Yen Hsi-Shan of Shansi becomes premier as nationalist government strains under a Northern Red advance. Chiang Kai-Shek remains real power if the regime endures. Reds appear favored to win a prolonged civil war, while Yen vows to lead a fight to the end for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Canton
Uts
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Marshal Yen
Great Britain
Yen
Opius
Elliott Pushes Federal Pension Plan For Needy60 Plus
Rep Carl Elliott of Alabama introduces a federal old age pension bill to provide $50 monthly for needy citizens aged 60 and over, replacing state funded schemes. The measure aims for simple administration via the Treasury, with post offices distributing forms and safeguards against duplicate benefits. It would not bar waged work and allows waiving other pensions if eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Jennings
Washington Service
Washington
Carl Elliott
Alabama
Elliott
House
Congress
Manny
Essaw
Mississippi
Secretary of the Treasury
South Leads In Crop Gains Across Southeast
The Department of Commerce reports the Southeast led the nation in cash farm income gains in the first four months of this year. Total income rose to $784.95 million from $753.46 million year earlier, with Georgia showing a 13 percent rise in livestock income offsetting a 4 percent crops decline. April receipts edged up from $23.62 million to $23.72 million with livestock outperforming crops again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southeast
Department of Commerce
Department
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Registration Period Feature With Reporter Interview
A feature during the registration window from 9 45 to 10 45 am includes a newspaper reporter and a radio personality interviewing county representatives upon arrival. The coverage emphasizes early turnout and local voices in the process.
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Decatur Public Library
Public Library Service Division
Jordan
Adelaide Rowell
Sam Davis
West
Mrs. Ingram
Harlan Ware
Angela Thirkell
Barsetshire
Bridie Steen
Anne Crone
Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
Helen Topping Miller
Catherine Christian
Hilarion
Clyte
Fred Gipson
Texas
Blackie
Foster Fitz- Simons
Brant Boyle
Martha Cheavens
Mexico
Goshen
Black Hawk
Hill
TB Group
Hartselle Sailor
Creati-Ormondex
Pacific Northwest
William Weekley
New Zealand
MacKinlay Kantor
Dorothy Hughes
Emilie Loring
Maine Hills
Somerset Maucham
O. Henry Memorial Award
Dorothy Gardiner
Colorado
Sandy Creek
James Street
James Childers
Dabneys
Oh Promised Land
Cooper Green
W. M. Pickard, Jr
Centerville
Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie
Dewitt Mackenais
Marshall
Chungking
India
Frigidaire
Baldwin Pianos
RCA Radios
Bank St
Lions’ Club
Decatur
Decatur Club
L-A
Charlie Blackwell
Flip Timberlake
Buddy Rogers
Leo Wright
Claude Carter
Russell Humphrey
Hobbs
Catur
Prac
W. E
Blanche Farmer
North
DR. Feil Kirk
W. E. and
Great St
AP News
Bob Wilkinson
San Francisco
Bob
B. Frank Chenault
Youngstown
Orkin
Grant St
Belk
Belk’s
Belk Hudon Co
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