Proposal To Arm Warships With Planes In Senate Carrier Bill
A Senate naval committee advanced a House backed naval expansion bill to make all warships carry aircraft. The plan aims to add carriers and aircraft to destroyers and cruisers, with support from Sen. Gillette for integrated offense and defense air units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Naval Committee
Trick
Azillette
United States
Stewart
D.-Tenn
House
Engagement Bluff in Corner Drug Store Scheme
Steena plans to announce an engagement to Tommy to force Tibby and Wayne to back off. Tommy worries about being trapped as Steena rushes to call the papers for a morning notice. The convoluted scheme hinges on public perception and the looming consequence of a forced marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steena
Tommy
Mary
Tibby
Doctor Dare
Wayne Courtright
Pommy
Wayne
Eibby
Tom
Steena Winters
Thomas Dare
Vacations War Style Go Places And Do Things At Home
Dorothy Roe urges homestyle vacations focusing on outdoor activity. She promotes hiking, picnics, and bicycle trips in local woods, arguing two weeks with pay can revive childhood joys and offer real exercise without travel. A future note teases more ideas on finding fun at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Morgan County Lawrence Cove News and Army Draft Notes
Fairs Reynolds of Greasy Cove will enter the U S Army on June 24. Leon Baker also leaves June 24 for military service. Frankie Ozbolt of Lawrence Cove recently enlisted in the U S Navy. Owen Smith returns from CCC to spend the summer with his parents. A large crowd attended the Harmony meeting Sunday. Shelvy Jean Stinson is ill at home. Various local visits and social events are noted, including guests from Cullman and Oden Ridge. An upcoming singing is announced for Pine Burr on the fourth Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairs Reynolds
Greasy Cove
U. S. Army
Owen Smith
Nevada
Tom Smith
CCC
Leon Baker
Frankie Ozbolt
Lawrence Cove
U. S. Navy
Harmony
Marie Stinson
Jeloise
Marie Ford
Cecil Bogle
Decatur
Alvin Stinson
Tony Ponter
Carrie Ponter
Pine Burr
Millard Holmes
Cullman
Oliver Childers
Al‘in
Bruce Ward
Odenl
Mary Edith
Reynolds
Hartselle
Sally Lou a Child’s War Aid Ballad for Rubber Drive
Marion Nell Clift five year old writes a patriotic verse urging defense effort to save rubber for Uncle Sam. Her poem features Sally Lou the rubber ball and pledges to part with it to help whip the Japs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion ‘Nell Clift
Finley Clift
Sam
Marion Nell
Sally Lou
Uncle Sam
Doctor's Wife Takes Lead In War Time Health Effort
In Arkansas, where draft rejections due to malnutrition are rising, Mrs. L. G. Fincher president of the American Medical Association Auxiliary plans a state program to raise nutritional standards. She urges doctors wives to serve communities by teaching basic health principles and promoting wellness as civilian medical staff dwindles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
L. G. Fincher
American Medical Association
Civilian Defense School To Open In Decatur East
A civilian defense training school in Decatur's east section will begin Monday at 7 45 pm. The meeting is set for the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church. Men in the area who have not enrolled or seek information should contact Earl Harden at 1317.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Earl Harden
Nutrition for Defense Plea by Dr Murphree
Dr Murphree argues Americans waste meals and underuse milk fruits vegetables and lean proteins. He urges balanced planning using affordable foods and suggests milk daily for children and a pint for adults, with whole grains leafy greens and diverse fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. BR. Murphree
America
Pettusville notices show guests and community events
A Pettusville shower for Mrs. Mason Daly, visits by many locals from Bethel New Beulah and Decatur, weekly movements to Mt Pleasant and West Palm Beach. Residents join W H D club Dress Revue in Athens and Elkmont business trips noted along with Florence summer school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Daly
Geo. Bolton
Latch
A. E. Holt
Flemon Smith
Decatur
T. W. Pettus
Veto
Dave Wallace
J. V. Wallace
Whit
Birmingham
Milard Sentell
Ardmore
Lola M. Pettus
Will A. Gilbert
Otis Gilbert
Raymond
Prospect
Tenn
Cliff Williams
Billy
Eddie Jane
Pettusville
Anna Dew Pettus
Lola Pettus
W. H. D. Club
Athens
Beulah -Spence
L. L. Scoggin
J. D. Harlow
C. A. Yarbrough
Joe Gates
Jess Hobbs
Roy Hatchett
T. C. Davis
Martha Spence
Mamie Pettus
Thomas M. Robinson
U. S
West Palm Beach
Fla
L. E. Robinson
Jane Yarbrough
Florence
Alabama
Selvin
Virginia Allen
Wayne Allen
Elkmont
Victory Garden Proves Successful At Mrs Parker’s Plot
Mrs. C. G. Parker of 703 Third Avenue West began a Victory Garden turning Bermuda grass into cultivated beds. She has harvested tomatoes and beans including a ten ounce first tomato, plus radish, carrots, and mustard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. G. Parker
Third Avenue West
John Cook and Sherman Street on Nineteenth Avenue
Readable fragments mention John Cook and Sherman Street, located along Nineteenth Avenue East or in connection to G02 Sherman Street, suggesting a local property or address reference. No further context or events are provided in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineteenth Avenue
John Cook
Sherman Street
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Gene Aker
Shee
Ollie
Central Press Association
Dorothy Roe
Wide World Features
Morgan County
Lawrence Cc Cove
Mrs
Civilian Defense School
Nutrition For Defense
Limestone County
Victory Garden
Cannes
Loyd’s
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