Roosevelt to form super committee on defense effort
President Roosevelt will create a high level advisory group including four cabinet members and possibly Harry Hopkins to coordinate US and British aid and defense production. Secretaries Hull Stimson Knox Morgenthau are named as likely members with Hopkins in a key liaison or leadership role as Congress considers the lend lease bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Office of Production Management and Sistors
William 8. Knudson
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Roosevelt
Hopkins
Hull
Stimson
Knox
Morgenthau
White House
Congress
Britain
Greece
China
United States
Squatter Evicts Beavers From Air Training Field Nearby
March 56 Selma Ald officials moved about 50 beavers hindering drainage of the U S Army Air Pilot Training Field. Trapper T J Gleeton began trapping and freeing the dam builders under Alabama closed season rules. Beavers will be relocated to a new habitat with protection until relocated.
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Selma
Ald
U. S. Army
T. J. Gleeton
Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Alabama
Alabama Court Rejects Appeal in Second Degree Murder Case
The Alabama Court of Appeals denied Carlton Jackson's appeal after his second degree murder conviction and 20 year sentence for shooting Walter Stokes. The ruling notes the trial allowed hearsay evidence and cites Mobile circuit cases involving John Arnold and John Sweeney, fined $500 for lottery charges.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Carlton Jackson
Jackson
Franklin
Walter Stokes
Mobile Circuit
John Arnold
John Sweeney
Pile Troubles Relief Ad Promises Quick Heal
An old advertisement touts Petersons Ointment for piles, claiming quick relief in minutes. It promises itching relief, lists price 35 cents for a box or 60 cents for a tube with applicator, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Soldier weds in Florida with Alabama license not legal
An Alabama licensed marriage performed in Florida is not recognized by Alabama officials. State Vital Statistics Director L. V. Phelps says a marriage must be performed in the issuing state. Officials suggest the soldier wed legally across the river in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fort Benning
Alabama
State Health Department
Florida
Icials
Vital Statistics
L. V. Phelps
Alabama Health Department
Chattahoochie
Comer to Speak at Montevallo Convocation
Dr. A F Harman president of Alabama College announced Donald Comer Birmingham industrialist will address students at a convocation March 20. Comer will discuss the view point of American business toward the national defense emergency in the new Comer lecture Hall named for his father the late Governor Braxton Bragg Comer.
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Comer
Montevallo
Ala
A. F. Harman
Alabama College
Donald Comer
Birmingham
Dr. Harman
New Comer
Braxton Bragg Comer
Charles M. Thoms Dies in Rochester Veteran Real Estate Operator
Charles M. Thoms 77 a widely known Baptist layman world traveler and veteran real estate operator died Tuesday after a long illness He served ten years on the board of managers of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in Rochester New York.
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Chas. Thoms
Rochester
N. Y
Charles M. Thoms
Thoms
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Embroider Set of Laura Wheeler Pattern 2467
Colorful cross stitch embroidery project offering six motifs for kitchen towels. Includes transfer pattern, color schemes, materials list, and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents and mail PATTERN NUMBER name and address to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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Decatur Daily
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Light Snow Falls as Community Notes Continue
Lawrence County records a light snow on Thursday night. Numerous local residents report illnesses improving, family visits, and community events including B T U gatherings, church services at Providence, and a remodeled Nesmith school lunch room.
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Juanita Beck
Floyd Copeland
Luther Copeland
Dessie Sanderson
Lassie Reed
Misses Vernice
Mavis Reed
Keafer Allen
Garth Parker
Jim Parker
Paris Copeland
D. C
Sylvia Copeland
Onie Parker
Moulton
Sarah Kidd
Hatton
Georgann Jackson
Audrey Terry
Walter Killingsworth
Russellville
Mattie Mardis
Ellis Smith
Oscar Terry
Audrey
Providence Church
Foodie Briley
Elmer Beck
Leon Beck
Fannie Scogin
Carl Mardis
Woodrow Reed
Mary Beck
Lucindia Parker
Lyndon Beck
Otis Copeland
Sheffield
Flora Maye Beck
Joeanna Nesmith
Gilbert Reed
Nesmith
William Pace
Defense area school aid totals near 76 million
Washington reports federal estimates for educational facilities in defense areas. Alabama needs include Camp McClellan and Maxwell Field projects totaling about 1.0 million dollars, while Georgia lists projects in Columbus Forest Park Conley and nearby locations totaling over 1.2 million. The plan targets 204,265 more children by next September.
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Washington
Alabama
Office of Education
House Public Buildings and Grounds
Camp McClellan
Mobile County
Fairfield
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Selma
Sheffield
Mobile
Georgia
Chamblee
Conley
Columbus
Forest Park
New Atlanta
Lowndes
Valdosta
County
Hinesville
Rossville
Camp Gordon
Fort Benning
Southeastern Army
Camp Stewart
Fort Oglethorpe
Forrest Chapel News from Morgan County
Reported illnesses include Arbrey Bullard 11 of mumps and Carolyn Jean Rodgers also ill. Families, including Mrs. Erby Thompson and Harold, spent weekend in Hartselle with the Sparkmans and Roberts families. Attendees visited Nora MacCall in Hartselle. Byron Bridges and Ben Roberts with children were Decatur and dinner guests respectively. Therril Wallace attended a funeral in Gadsden.
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Wallace Sims
Mary Lou Atkins
Benevolent Hospital
M. M. Kyle
Walter Ward
Lucille West
Austinville
Jewel
Hadith Curtis
Leon Osborn
Othello
Margaret Rodgers
Othello Rodgers
Birmingham
Decatur
J. L. West
Pervin Wallace
Wayne
Louis Sandlin
W. P. Roberts
Arbrey Bullard
Carolyn Jean
Rodgers
Erby Thompson
Harold
Hartselle
W. L. Sparkman
Doris
Willodene
Nora MacCall
Byron Bridges
Ben Roberts
Tom Speakman
Therril Wallace
Gadsden
Ramon, Betty
Dwain Wallace
George Sims
CARDUS: A proposed tonic for functional distress and nourishment
An advertisement urges women to try CARDUS as a two way aid. It claims the product helps with periodic functional distress when started three days before the event and acts as a tonic to stimulate appetite improve digestion and support overall strength for run down or undernourished individuals.
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Cardus
Wake Tonic promises health and vigor from tonics
The ad touts WAKE Tonic beta pene your strength and pep, claiming it improves health and happiness by addressing poor digestion and stomach issues. It urges readers to ask their druggist for 85.5, with a two size offer and a 20 oz bottle at a discount.
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Thal
S.S.S
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Helen Whitten
Margaret
Ervin Story Priday
Almon Story
Homer Montgomiery
Therrie Wallace
Ora Mae Speakman
Ruth Sandhin
Gene Aker
Quifle & Puffle, Inc
Ida Lapino
Humphrey Bogart
W. R Burnett
High Sierra
L. H. Weaver
Russell Speake
FHONE
Portland Cement Association
Laura Wheeler
Needlecraft Service, Inc
Lawrence County
Wooodrow Reed
Wheeler Mardis
Clyde Reed
Morgan County Forrest Chapel
Loyd’s Onus
Liccert & Mrens
Tesacco Cay
Chesterfield
Patsy
Fred Waring
Pat O'Brien
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