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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1939

Page

8

Mysterious Germs Said To Protect Newborns At Birth

Scientists Armand and Arthur Grossman report that certain bacteria may synthesize Vitamin K in a newborns gut. The drop in prothrombin after birth may be offset by germs present during first feeding, potentially reducing hemorrhage risk. Further study links Vitamin B-6 to growth of hemolytic streptococci and its role in culture research.

Howard W. Blaislee American Association For Armand J Arthur M. Grossman Cette University School of Medicine University of Iowa Marquette D. W Woodley University of Wisconsin Woodley

Marriage of Huntsville Belle Weds Local Mr. Lane

Miss Frances Williams of Huntsville marries Malcolm G. Lane of this city at the bride’s mother's home in Huntsville. Rev. Randolph Claiborne performs the ceremony attended by families and close friends. The couple plans to live here after a North Carolina trip. Local society notes list several moves, visits, and arrivals, including relocations from Decatur and Birmingham, and a Courtland Masonic lodge officers slate for the new year.

Frances Williams Huntsvile Malcolm G. Lane Huntsville Randolph Claiborne North Carolina Mrs. Lane The Alabama Power Co Louise Gilchrist Shreveport Bill Army Air Corps E. H. Pippen, Jr Birmingham George Garth George, Jr Memphis Tenn Fred L. Harris, Jr Freddie Harris Mary Bess Jones J. M. Hicks Decatur Hicks Industrial Insurance Co R. E. Coburn Florence Russell Fowler Martha Ann Russell, Jr Baltimore Charles Pippen FE. H. Pippen T. E. Norwood Tuscumbia Will Norwood Patsy William Moseley, Jr C. M. Sherrod Annie Smiley Hazel Ruby Martin Mt. Hope Lena Prosser John B. Nichols Lawson Sykes Dave Martin Annie Brown Godfrey Tom Norwood, Jr Guntersville Dam Martha Gilchrist T. C. Graves F. L. Harris F. L. Harris, Jr New York Thelma Steinberg Alexander Sam Shackelford Paul Agee Herschel Wade Morgan Sherrod Mae Garth Shackelford Courtland Masonic Lodge L. A. Ryan Hillsboro EF. D. Boles Marshall Reding L. Mc. Terry W. D. Blaxton O. P. Eggleston W. B. Gray J. K E. Brown

Four Men Pass Final Exams for Regular Army

Staff Sergeant Paul L. Dever announced that four young white men accepted last week have passed final exams and sworn into the Regular Army at Fort McClellan for assignments. Names include Leon Randolph Richeson, Leonard Lee Harris, Mahlon Tazell Jones, and L. C. Williams, with posts in Hawaii, Fort Benning, and other assignments. Williams returns to service after a prior term in the Panama Canal Zone. Dever predicts renewed enlistment activity in the region as modern minute men.

Paul L. Dever Fort McClellan Anniston Leon Randolph Richeson William T. Richeson Russellville Air Corps Hawaiian Islands Leonard Lee Harris Eva M. Bessner Dennis Miss Fort Benning L. C. Williams Ira E Williams Rogersville Young Williams Panama Canal Zone Dever Regular Army

Voice of the People on Decatur Produce Trade

A letter urges Decatur residents to buy locally grown produce despite higher curb market prices. It argues shipped goods undercut local farmers, notes farms rely on local merchants, and calls readers to support home agriculture for community prosperity.

Decatur

Beetles Real Crop Menace Emerges In Border Region

Beettles real crop menace reported in Florala Alabama as white fringed beetles emerge from the ground. Federal and state entomologists plant officials map a control campaign with major emergency anticipated July 5 to 15. Larvae devastate crops by snipping shoots. up to two million grubs found in one acre.

Florala Ala Alabama-Florida B. P. Livingston State Department of Agriculture and Industries South America

Birds Needed

Montgomery Alabama June 20 The white fringed beetle would not have grown to crop menace if the border region had its normal bird population, says Dr Walter B Jones state conservation commissioner He adds that depleted wildlife disrupts biological balance and that birds could have prevented the beetle outbreak indicating any flightless bug is easy prey.

Montgomery Ala

Patriot reserve formed for active duty under emergency

A patriotic reserve is formed for active duty only under a directed emergency by the President of the United States.

United States

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a real malaria medicine. It claims to combat malaria in the blood and relieve chills and fever, featuring tasteless quinidine and iron and appealing to both adults and children.

Grove Evenildren

Wild Woman stomach ache from bizarre Bos-oy Carmina incident

Beverly Mass June 20 William Ryan 27 is hospitalized with a severe stomach ache after appearing as a wild woman in a Bos-oy Carmina act police seek two men he accuses of forcing him to swallow razor blades light bulbs carpet tacks and other items he says were fed to him to finish the act X rays support his account doctors say nature will mend him though the outcome remains unclear.

Beverly Mass William Ryan Ryan Automobile Insurance Rates Morgan County Alabama

Glass and metal: a peril in Ryan’s mission

A fragment notes a dangerous act as a person aims to remove a hostile conglomerate of glass and metal from Ryan. The line implies a fatal or injurious consequence as part of the attempted removal.

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