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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1944

Page

3

Cotaco F F A and F H A Banquet Highlights

Cotaco F F A and F H A held their annual banquet in the high school auditorium. F F A president Moton Johnson and F H A president Miss Mary Hamilton led tributes with program readings, quartets, solos, and groups featuring students and advisors.

Cotaco F. F. A Moton Johnson Mary Hamilton W. T. McMullan Carolyn Terrel Lurline Jennings Faye Nell Coney Gwyndolyn King Lois Brown Olene Taylor E. R. Collier A. N. Mitchell Jack Day Jack Mitchell Moron Johnson Wayne Maxwell Elson Powell Colleen Turney Jane Chunn Wanda Day Jimmie Williams Betty Jo Dunn Faye Myers Laurice Garner Dewey Day D. B. Day, Sr Arnold Morris Edwin Morris C. G Morris J. O. Garner Charles Wiggington C. L. Wiggington George Johnston A N. Mitchell Buey Lemmond J. E. Peck Billie Peck

Penetro salve promoted for cold relief by grandma

An old fashioned remedy text markets Penetro salve with mutton suet base as relief for coughs nasal congestion and muscle aches from colds. The ad targets modern mothers and offers a double supply for 35 cents and single at 25 cents.

Americans mow down Japanese force in Burma river battle

In Northern Burma Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill’s American infantry repelled three crossing attempts by Japanese forces at the Nambyu River. Chinese troops to the west and north tightened the noose as moonlight aided a fierce riverine kill zone. By dawn the river was littered with enemy dead, with reports estimating 300 to 500 Japanese killed and light American losses.

Thoburn Wiant Burma Frank Merrill Nambyu River

Hoax Blamed For Lake Michigan Search Night

Coast Guard headquarters reports an apparent hoax prompted a large search for four men adrift after a tanker foundered. Fourteen boats from six ports searched in 15 degree weather for over eight hours near the Great Lakes naval training station before the effort was called off with only two boats remaining.

Chicago Coast Guard Lake Michigan Great Lakes Naval Training Station

Community Members Named in Local Social List

A long list of residents and relations appears in the social column, including Mrs M M Morrow Miss Vera Morrow Gene Hartage Jack Day Alex Dunn Fred Dunn Hollis Garner Paul Garner Moron Johnson W G Johnson Miss Mary Hamilton Harold Brooks Mrs Harold Brooks and many others. The compilation shows frequent family ties and neighborhood connections through marriages and offspring.

Alex H. Williams Louise Fowler Wilton Fowler Elson Powell Edward Kimbrel A. Q. Weaver Samuel Weaver Virginia Kay Curtis Johnson Roman Higdon Ferrell Sharp Joe Rolfe Jr Wayne Humphrey E. P Couch R. L. Willis Edward Hamilton Wayne Maxell Wanda Day Lois Brown Helen Marion Margaret Garrison Grace Garrison Julia Bailey Virgin Bailey FE. R. Collier Wharline Jennings Carolyn Terrell

Doan’s Pills Offer Relief For Kidneys And Backaches

If backache and leg pains bother you, nature signals kidney strain. Doan’s Pills, used by millions for over 40 years, help flush poisonous waste from the blood through the kidneys. Get Doan’s Pills for relief.

Nature Cor “A Dean Doan

Mallory Baker Interlude Deepens With Ted Patrick Backstage

After a gala performance Mallory Baker confronts her manager Ted Patrick about his absence during the show. The singer and her entourage mingle with Carlos Estrada’s family and Mexico’s Manuelita Astrada while Patrick watches the crowd, uneasy yet enjoying the adulation around Mallory.

Mallory Ted Patrick Prism Armando Sandy Mallory Baker Aida Tod Tod Patrick Carlos Senora Estrada Senor Estrada Manuelita John William Smith Adam Senorita Manuelita Astrada Mexico Richard Blythe

Alabama oil well second at Gilbertown in Choctaw county

Shreveport bureau of Hunt Oil reports Alabama’s second oil well near Gilbertown, Choctaw county, in production today, located a quarter mile east of the first discovery. Completion of the second well and two additional outposts were announced.

Shreveport Alabama Gilbertown Choctaw County Hunt Oil Company

Hopewell Home Demonstration Club Meets for Soap Making

The Hopewell Demonstration club held its February 16 meeting at Mrs. Claude Stephenson’s home. Members brought two soaps each, discussed soap grading and recycling, viewed a made-over exhibit, and shared refreshments. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Jim Garner in March.

Hopewell Demonstration Club Claude Stephenson Jim Garner

Settlement made in divorce case in Fulton County

In a major Fulton county divorce, Winship Nunnally and Mrs. Isabel A. Nunnally agreed to a settlement totaling about 436000 in property and Coca Cola stock. Mrs. Nunnally received a 590 acre Albemarle Virginia farm and furnishings while Nunnally must pay a 60000 mortgage and transfer 1000 Coca Cola shares and 225 Coca Cola international shares. The couple married in 1934. no children. Nunnally, an Atlanta businessman, formerly led the Nunnally Candy Co.

Atlanta Fulton County Winship Nunnally Isabel A. Nunnally Coca Cola Coca Cola International Nunnally Nunnally Candy Co

Alabama Prison System Report Shows Multi‑Million Output

Alabama prisons produced goods and services valued at four million dollars in the last fiscal year. Corrections Director E. P. Russell filed the annual report with Gov. Sparks noting prison shops produced over 15 000 yards of cotton cloth and 14 000 acres of farm lands under cultivation supplying staple items for prison personnel.

Montgomery Ala Alabama

Bulgaria calls troops after armament cache discovery

Bulgaria has called up more troops following a visit by German Balkan commanders to Sofia and the discovery of a large store of armaments cached by partisans, the Basler Nachrichten reported in a Budapest dispatch.

Bulgaria Bern Sofia Basler Nachrichten Budapest

All-Day Singing Scheduled at Shoal Creek Church

An all-day singing at Shoal Creek church is set for Sunday March 19 to honor boys leaving for the Army. The public is invited with a special invitation to singers and attendees are asked to bring a box lunch.

Shoal Creek Church

Sturgis to Edit The Crimson-White for Spring Quarter

Pi Eldina Sturgis of Roanoke will succeed Lorraine Nelson of Fairhope as editor of The Crimson-White, the University of Alabama student newspaper, for the spring quarter. A senior in the college of arts and sciences, she has served as news editor this year.

Tuscaloosa Ala Eldina Sturgis Roanoke Lorraine Nelson Fairhope Crimson-White University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Miss Sturgis Crimson- White

Knox backs lend lease to aid Allied offensives

Navy Secretary Knox urged Congress to extend the lend lease act beyond June 30 as allies prepare decisive offensives against the Axis. He cited 1,400 ships and 4,000 naval aircraft transferred under lend lease and praised teamwork that enabled major amphibious operations.

Washington Navy Knox Congress United States House Foreign Committee Lend-Lease United Nations U. S U S Britain

Work on Church Nears Completion in North Alabama

The First Methodist church auditorium redecorating ends soon. Pastor Dr. R M Howell says the interior will be the most beautiful in North Alabama. Those who missed the two months of work will be delighted by the completed interior decorations.

First Methodist Church R. M. Howell North Alabama

Children enlist in anti black market drive in Alabama schools

Alabama schools enlist children in a drive against black market dealings in gasoline and other commodities. Dr. E B Norton state superintendent of education said today his department was launching an anti black market campaign in the school at the direct request of authorities.

Montgomery Alabama E. B. Norton

Secretary Discusses Lend Lease Act Scope

The secretary stated that the extent and purpose of the lend-lease act will not be reduced or restricted, signaling commitment to broad wartime aid without curtailment.

Iveness

Versailles Gardens Spend Exceeds Forty Million Dollars

Louis XIV reportedly spent more than 40,000,000 dollars on the royal gardens at Versailles, a record of royal expenditure illustrating the era's grand palace beautification.

Louis XIV Royal Gardens Versailles

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