Wartime exhortation and local morale about North Alabama
A wartime column urges faith in victory and collective effort, praising service members and workers, condemning defeatist talk, and stressing the importance of production and recreation for troops. It notes North Alabama wartime conditions, employment, and community support to bolster the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Farrell
World Telly
H. Taubman
The
Times
Sudden Thawt
U. S
Harold Ross
New Yorker
Harlem
Bronx
Noted Nazi crime vengeance promised by Heydrich comments
The text asserts a vow to repay Nazi crimes in blood and references Reinhard Heydrich. It hints at imminent actions and suggests that future historians will view the period as marking a harsh resolve, with implied contempt for orders to spare imperial Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Rubber salvage drive urged amid disappointing results
Washington reports show salvage rubber results in the East and South lagging quotas. The nation must intensify efforts, with citizens urged to donate old overshoes gloves raincoats tires tubes and more to fill filling stations and support the war. A Minnesota 12 year old wrote the President a pledge to help with rubber drives. The piece notes ongoing public participation and calls for stronger collective action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Anniston Star
Decatur
the Star
Star
Dothan
Hagle
Minnesota
Iceland
U. S
North Woods
Minn
Lawrence County Black Ground Notes of Local Obituaries and Social News
The community extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs J H Crisler on the death of their infant son James Terrel Crisler who lived twelve hours and was buried at Black Ground church. Rev Robert Sanderson officiated the service. Mrs Armon Smith remains ill at home. Mr and Mrs Gradie Waldrep and son Carl visited Mr and Mrs Claude Copeland and daughter Mary Francis for Sunday dinner. Miss Mattie Sue Frost was guest of Misses on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Crisler
James Terrel Crisler
Black Ground Church
Robert Sanderson
Armon Smith
Gradie Waldrep
Carl
Claude Copeland
Mary Francis
Hidden Hunger debate stirs opinions on vitamins dangers
Dr Wil liam T Salter challenges the hidden hunger alarm while Dr Logan Clendening defends cautious inquiry. The column cites vitamin def iciency debates, diet adequacy, and government film propaganda, noting readers may question the existence of widespread vitamin lack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Salter
Pharmacology
Yale University
Community Guests and Church Sermon Highlight Weekend
Sunday visits featured Helen and Pauline Lansdell and families in NeSmith and Town Creek plus Dennis Waldrep staying with Gradie Waldrep. Rev George Bonds preached at Black Ground church as Rev Joe Henderson could not. Jessie Waldrop to preach Sunday night for boys leaving July 8 for the Army. Norene Parker stayed with her grandparents Will Parker family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Pauline Lansdell
Miller Conner
Maxine
Claraice
Newel Conner
NeSmith
Woodie Copeland
Dempsey
Curtis Copeland
Denis Waldrep
Gradie Waldrep
John Crisler
Lynn Conner
U. S. Army
Norene Parker
Will Parker
Pilonidal sinus overview and prevention tips
Pilonidal sinus is described as a congenital defect at the end of the spine. It generally causes trouble only if infected. Surgical removal is discussed as an effective treatment. Prevention methods are not clearly stated. The condition most often presents in young adults.
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Tobruk
Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Federal Reserve
Eccles
Congress
Treasury
Frederick Smith
Ohio
Mr. Eccles
Mr. Smith
Mr. Ec
Russia
Germany
Europe
Morgent
Mr. Morgenthau
Leon Henderson
Mischa Elman
Tate
The
Times
John Mason Brown
Roosevelt Hospital
Miss Mason
Newburgh
N. Y
Joe
Park
John Sims Kelly
Brenda Frazier
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Dewey
D. A
Dr Clendening pamphlets offered for ten cents each
The editor notes seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets are available for readers. Each pamphlet costs 10 cents. send the coin plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Logan Clendening care of this paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet Indigestion and Constipation Reducing and Gaining Infant Feeding Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes Feminine Hygiene and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Red Cross Relapse and Oscar the Bullock in Town Tale
A dated verse warns against futile medical intervention with a dying person urging calm, a physician, and an ambulance. The piece shifts to a comic scene as Oscar the bullock staggers through a blizzard and ends with a chance meeting as a girl crosses the street in the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Oscar
Bullcock
Broadway gossip and film notes from Walter Winchell column
Walter Winchell on Broadway highlights rumors about Saboteur edits, Hoagy Carmichael album, Maurice Evans Macbeth salaries, George White bankruptcy, Vaughn Monroe success, Linda Darnell and Linda Lee gossip, Robert Taylor roles for Mack Grey, nightclub talk, and Hollywood chatter on Veronica Lake and Hedy Lamarr among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Vaughn Monroe
Paramount
Boston
Linda Darnell
Starom
Mack Grey
George Raft
Robert Taylor
Linda Lee
Hattie Richardson
Nick
Chas
Kenny
Peggy Fears
Mexico
Pittsburgh
Diosa Costello
Veronica Lake
Chums
David Rose
Spivy
Prisco
Overheard World War II Era Celebrity Scraps and Rumors
A mosaic of wartime gossip and showbiz notes from Int'l News style chatter. Mentions Jack Singer's dispatches, shifts in Hawaiian hospitality language, Betty Whalen identified with lookalikes, Deana Durbin's makeup free role, Phil Barr tribute correction, a Coast accident claim, Angels Inc. syndicate idea, Larry Clinton in the Army Air Corps, lip cancer rumors about James, Paul Whiteman Gersh influence, Guy Lombardo birthday cake radio gag, Peggy Hart turning trophies to war ammo, Saks 5th Avenue auto signal replacement, and Seaman’s Institute green-blue beacon note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Singer
Int'l] News
Betty Grable
Lana Turner
Veronica Lake
Leon & Eddie’s
Phil Barr
Pass
Patsy Kelly
Wall
Army Air Corps
Harry James
James
Paul Whiteman
Guy Lombardo
Guy
Peggy Hart
Saks 5Th Avenue
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
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Jone
Seles
Gan
System
Dover
Berchtesgaden
Japan
North
Atry
Reinhard Heydrich
King Vfeatere Syndicate
Rena . ‘Co
Lawrence County
Clezell Parker
Rommel
By Logan Clendening, M. D
W. J. R. Camp
University of Illinois
Casimir Funk
Belinda
United States
Arthur
Brown
Jerry
Harry
Rastus
City Park
Walter Winchell
Mark Rattered
Ceara
Bally
Hoagy Carmichael
Decca
Equity
Maurice Evans
Bruce Smith
Columbia
Bruce
Loyd’s
Pearl Harbor
America
Army of America
Army of Savers
State National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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