Personal Notices and Visits Across Florence and Nearby Towns
Coast Guard colonel Frank Gilchrist transferred to Fort Leavenworth Kansas as instructor after Panama duty. His family joined relatives in Florence en route to his new post. Several locals, including the Weatherfords and Duncan family, host and visit relatives while awaiting arrivals and upcoming weddings. A baby named Chester Lee joins Mr. and Mrs. Balister on June 21 at Benevolent Society Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gilchrist
United States Coast Guard
Panama Canal Zone
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Gilchrist
Sara Gilchrist
Nell Gilchrist
Florence
Phillip P. Gilchrist
Lee Balister
Benevolent Society Hospital
Chester Lee
Local Couple Wed as Daughter Becomes Mrs. Seamons
The wedding of Laverne Smith to Arthur E. Seamons of the United States Navy occurred in June with Clovis Babler officiating. Mrs. Smith will stay with her parents briefly before joining her husband in San Diego California.
Mrs Gray to Visit Jeffersonville With Guests From Here
Mrs Gray will leave Wednesday for Jeffersonville Indiana to be the guest of Mr and Mrs Roland Gray, accompanied by Miss Ann Gray who has been a guest here for several weeks. The note adds that Mr and Mrs Ben Johnston and Mr Gray have joined the U S Navy and mentions straw hats first worn by Romans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Johnston
Gray
U. S. Navy
Jeffersonville
Ind
Roland Gray
Miss Ann Gray
Alabama Industry Chief Warns of Federal Coal Policy Threat
Warren Whitney president of the Associated Industries of Alabama urges Alabama congressmen to stop the federal handling of the coal mine crisis. He says bypassing mine operators and the War Labor Board to deal directly with the government threatens free enterprise and could hamper wartime efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Warren Whitney
Associated Industries of Alabama
Alabama
Whitney
Alabama Industry
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Mr. Lewis
Coffee Rations Expanded as OPA Reports Normal Supplies
Washington notes the next two coffee rations increase to one pound every three weeks. Stamp No 21 becomes valid July 1 to July 21, Stamp No 22 July 22 to August 11, with Stamp No 24 expiring at month end. OPA cites large green coffee stocks and regular imports enabling the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Girl's State report to be given at Legion Auxiliary meeting
Miss Lillian Houser will report on her Girl's State trip to Montgomery sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary. The meeting, at 8 o'clock Friday, will be held in the Legion Hall with President Mrs. Shephard urging all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Houser
Montgomery
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Shepherd
Cardinals hammer Reds 5–1 as Gumbert blanks them
June 24 Cincinnati game saw Harry Gumbert hold the Reds to seven hits while Whitey Kurowski belted a sixth inning homer. The St. Louis Cardinals roughed Bucky Walters and two relievers for a 5 to 1 morning victory before a swing shift crowd of 5,892.
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Cincinnati
Harry Gumbert
Reds
St. Louis Cardinal
Bucky Walters
Whitey Kurowski
WAAC Recruiters at Post Office Three Day Visit
Lt Elizabeth Ryland Aux Edith Taylor and Aux Paula Johnson will be in Decatur Thursday Friday and Saturday to accept WAAC women’s division applications. Open to single women 21 to 44 with two years high school. hours 9 a.m. Thursday Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAAC
Elizabeth, Ryland
Aux
Edith Taylor
Paula Johnson
Decatur
The
Army
Ford reports 1500 foremen return to Rouge plant
Detroit June 24. Ford Motor Company says about 1500 foremen in four Rouge plant units who walked out yesterday are returning to work at once. A Ford spokesman declined to elaborate. The union leader said the walkout was over the company refusal to rehire certain strikers from the prior weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Ford
Cadets Identified After Training Plane Crash
Two Gunter field fliers killed in a training plane crash near Columbiana Alabama were identified by the public relations office as second Lieut. William F. Cadle and another officer. The report notes the incident occurred yesterday during a routine flight and authorities continue investigations into the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Gunter Field
Columbiana
Aqla
William F. Cadle
Smyrna Student Officer Aviation Cadet Donad A
Smyrna Georgia reports student officer status for Aviation Cadet Donad A from Cranston Rhode Island.
New Vitamin Tonics Promote Pep and Vim at Drug Stores
Advertisers claim vitamins Tonica and Vim boost energy for husbands and wives. The campaign urges readers to visit Lord's Drug and other drug stores for the new tonic products promising renewed vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desiree
Lord's Drug
State Employees Get $4 Daily Travel Allowance
June 4. Gov Chauncey Sparks signed a bill allowing a daily travel allowance for state employees from $3 to $5, with current orders fixing at $4 per day. Employees using their own cars may receive five cents per mile for official business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
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Miss Vineyard
Molly Sutton Vineyard
William Joseph Duncan III
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Learing Clark
Carl de Banque Vineyard
New Southern Hotel
Archie
Carlin
Maryleen Duncan
John Wyker
George Payne
James Chester
Hewitt Tomlin Jr
Addison Johnston
Nick
Flood E
Athens
Hortense Hearn
Will Russell
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Memphis
Robert Harris
Country Club
Lindsey Road
Hewitt Tomlin
John Burton Tigrett
Jackson
Tenn
Seamons-Smith
W. R. Smith
Moulton Street
Wed
Jessie Thombs
Claudia Thombs
J. Foster Barnwell, Jr
Emmett Weatherford
Bill Brown
Donald Jones
Marguerite A. Weatherford
H. B. Overton
Huntsville
Earl Ellis
William J. Duncan III
Fort Sill
Okla
Joe Duncan
Priends
Molly Vineyard
William J Duncan III
Grady Stanley
Houston
Texas
Sam
Myers Aldridge
Gertie Perry
Don Garner
Russell Patterson
Tom Stewart Jr
Apalachicola, Fla
Pfc
William Thomas Stewart Jr
Camp Gordon
Johnston, Fla
Maurice Jervis Jones
Camp White
Oregon
Stanford University
Palo Alto
California
James H. Crow Jr
Jimmy III
Graceville, Fla
H. P
Pat) Worrell
Columbia, S. C
Williams Field
Candler
Arizona
Joel Duncan
Ann Gray
Earle Joyce Lee
Mrs. J. Cranston Gray
South Carolina
Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
West 17Th St
New York
American Institute of Laundering
Werner
Goidel’s Drug Store
Over Speake, Warren
Syncrest
Lovlee Mesh
Queen -of-the-Garden
Denier
Huaraches
Lyncrest
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Roxy Theatre
St. Joseph
Belk’s
Cretonnes
Belk’s Big Boys
Moye
Belk
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