Postwar plans and wartime concerns loom in Alabama journalism
A Montgomery newspaper comments on political postwar planning, the value of a growing Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, and the need for backlogs in both corporations and citizens. It notes female military recruitment pressures, exchange on Admiral Halsey rumors, and reflections on wartime letters from Lieut. James W. Prior, urging duty over mourning.
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James W. Prior
Europe
New York
Dairying push urged for Southern growth in postwar era
A plan to boost dairying in the South through a pasture program demonstration at the Belle Mina-Mooresville sub station on April 7 is outlined. The piece stresses farmer and business cooperation via Farm Extension Service, Alabama State Chamber of Commerce, and local chambers to help producers compete with major dairy states and sustain postwar prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Mina-Mooresville
Farm Extension Service
Alabama _ State Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
The Churches and Kiwanis Duty in War Time
Kiwanis magazine urges renewed church support and attendance as doctors dentists and clergy shortages strain communities. Members should invite speakers visit services attend together and involve Kiwanis in church work while wartime demands heighten the need for spiritual aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Magazine
Roe Fulkerson
Kiwanis Clubs
Berlin Raid Figures Stagger Imagination and Punishment
Figures released on the latest Berlin raid shock with imagined 350000 incendiary bombs on a single city. The description frames the London blitz as minor next to the current Allied punishment faced by Germany's capital and principal city.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Offbeat Humor And Ragtime Quips From A City Page
A stream of social notes and punchlines from a 1940s paper includes satirical fashion jab about rubber girdles, courtroom quips on a license plate accident, grocery banter with a new wife, boogie woogie praise, a father’s radio irony, a story of ducks in a railcar, and rural frontier jokes about motorcycles, parades, and Eve and Adam.
Morgan County Union Grove News Notes
Mrs Wellie Thomas and Mrs Clara Hipps are recovering from operations at Baughs hospital. Huntsville visitors included Mr and Mrs R J Bonds and sister Ruby. Pvt Jim P Williams of Ft McClellan spent a seven day furlough with his parents. Several local folks attended church. Rev Lantie Smallwood delivered a message. Ola Sweat of Georgia visited her sister Mrs Margaret Dean. Ellen Prince visited her sister Mrs Wellie Thomas. Mary Lawrence visited Decatur with her sister Mrs Willie Christian. Daisye Haga of West Point visited her sister Mrs Ora Whisenant who has been ill. D W Whisenant and relatives visited New Market. W C Williams of Knoxville visitors. Delmer Bagwell and Mrs Eddins helped with Red Cross drive.
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Wellie Thomas
Clara Hipps
Bauth's Hospital
R. J. Bonds
Ruby
Huntsville
Jim P. Williams
Ft. McClellan
Clara Russell
Oliver
J. C. Edwards
Lantie Smallwood
Ola Sweat
Georgia
Margaret Dean
Ellen Prince
Baugh’s
Mary Lawrence
Decatur
Willie Christian
Daisye Haga
West Point
Ora Whisenant
D. W. Whisenant
New Market
W.C. Williams
Knoxville
Period of Danger In Whooping Cough
A discussion on whooping cough highlighting convalescence as the key period for contagion. Dr. Clendening answers general questions, noting open air advice, vaccination benefits, and dangers to infants under four. The piece traces epidemiology from 1578 France to modern spread and ends with a brief Q and A on foot sweating remedies and x-ray exposure as a treatment extreme.
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Bauer
American Medical Association
France
England
Sydenham
Germany
America
New Zealand
Australia
Gas ration plan links to license numbers in fight on black market
Washington reports 31 states issue new 1944 auto license plates requiring motorists to adjust gas ration books to keep records straight. Officials say counterfeit and stolen coupons fuel a large black market draining millions daily. If a license number appears on a counterfeit, prosecutors can trace it to the regular gas dealer and investigate, aiding enforcement.
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Washington
Luncheon and Dinner Menu Elements Described
A luncheon menu lists 1 cup cream of carrot soup made with milk, celery stalks, raw celery, soda crackers, or slice of whole wheat toast, no butter, plus 1 raw apple. Dinner offers baked, broiled or boiled fish, 2 tablespoons stewed celery, toast with no butter, and a serving of snow pudding with optional clear soup.
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Local SocialSidebar Notes From Town Creek
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lansdell and children from Knoxville visited here. O Neal Bain has returned home after surgery in Sheffield hospital. Ernest Blankenship and family moved here from Leighton. Bill Berryman and children visit relatives. return to Knoxville Wednesday. Robert Odell of Town Creek guest of Mrs. Howard Odell and Tom Parker family. Pauline Lansdell visited Glenn and Mabel Campbell. Mae Bell Parker and Mrs J P Bowles visited Campbells. Lyndon Jefferys business caller in Town Creek. Claude Copeland back to Reynolds metal plant after illness. Grady Waldrop attending court at Moulton this week. Lyndon Jeffreys hosted Tuesday dinner with Mrs Howard Odell and Mae Bell Parker.
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Henry Lansdell
Knoxville
Tennessee
Sam Lansdale
O'Neal Bain
Sheffield Hospital
Ernest Blankenship
Leighton
Bill Berryman
Berryman
Robert Odell
Town Creek
Howard Odell
Tom Parker
Pauline Lansdell
Glenn
Mabel Campbell
Mae Bell Parker
J. P Bowles
Mabel Camp
Lyndon Jefferys
Ervin Odell
Claude Copeland
Reynolds Metal Plant
Grady Waldrop
Moulton
Lyndon Jeffreys
OPA guidance on rationing and new 1944 license plates
The article explains updating ration folders with the new 1944 license numbers, including crossing out the 1943 number and writing the new one above it. It warns against writing 1944 numbers on coupons to prevent coupon manipulation, notes plates will be steel or fiber-board, and that 5,000 tons of steel were allocated for 1944 plates with 8,000 tons for 1945 plates, far more than prewar usage.
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OPA
Walter Winchell Praises Canada War Effort And Growth
Walter Winchell extols Canada's wartime mobilization and industrial scale. He notes Canada as top ally supplier of aluminum nickel asbestos and newsprint, major armor and armaments producer, vast shipbuilding, radar and signaling gear output, and soaring military logistics with Alaska and Canada as air crossroads and Canada Pacific Railway as a global transport backbone.
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Canada
Americas
United States
United Nations
Alaska
Europe
Asia
Africa
British Empire
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian volunteers power wartime forces in Canada’s navy and air corps
The piece highlights Canada’s wartime mobilization noting volunteers form a vast portion of the army, the navy expands from 15 ships to over 700, with large manpower growth. It credits Canadian invention in detec tion gear, sea sickness pills, and ground and air detection tech. It states 200,000 RCAF personnel, 36 squadrons overseas, and major influence on RAF and air training plans. It claims much training of bomber crews and navigation courses occurred in Canada, shaping Allied air power.
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United Nations
Canada
British Empire
Hitler
Poland
Signal Corps
Canadian Army
Canadian Navy
Luftwaffe
Einstein
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Berlin
Canada mobilizes fighting people in war effort
Canada has mobilized the finest resources with forty thousand women in the armed forces and thousands more in the navy services and RCA. The piece highlights women’s key roles in munitions and technical signaling, stressing their contribution to national defense.
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Canada
RCA
Mighty Munitions Assembly Line
Canada’s postwar rise and power potentials
The piece argues price ceilings and living costs rising slowly in Canada, while the US and Australia surged. It notes heavy taxation, government wartime spending, and doubling of production and income since the war. It touts Shipshaw hydro capacity as vast, claiming Canada’s undeveloped water power positions it near the world’s top hydro totals.
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Canada
United States
Australia
MacKenzie King
Hitler
Shipshaw
Niagara Falls
Great Boulder Dam
Canada declares war on Japan amid Pearl Harbor aftermath
The Canadian Foreign Office proclaims war on Japan while Pearl Harbor burns, described as an independent diplomatic service hailed by U S diplomats and military men as the world’s finest. The note notes closer Canadian American ties and Canada as a key ally and protector.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Washington
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Decatur Daily
Ala
Tennessee Valley Printing Co.,, Inc
W. R. Shelton
Lhe
Alabama
Associated Press
Niews
Michelangelo
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Tokyo
Halsey
The
Alabama Journal
Montgomery
Department of Industrial Relations
Junius
Grocer
Eve
Adam
Freddy
Morgan County Union Grove
W. B. Lemley
Delmer Bagwell
Mrs. Eddins
Red Cross Drive
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Dr. Clendening
Johnny
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Clendening
Lawrence County Blackground
Walter Winchell
Penge Mart
Gov't
U. S
Loyd’s
Decatur Discount Co
Lester Rice
2Nd Ave
Feer
Alabama Drug CO
Goidel’s Drug Store
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