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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
5
Miss Mary Ethel Norman and Mr. Herbert Raymond Owens both of Louisville Kentucky were married here Monday morning March 13 in the First Presbyterian manse with Rev. W W Glass officiating.
Mrs Ponsonby Kyle visited Huntsville parents Mr and Mrs Phillip Humphrey. Mr Humphrey, six weeks at Vanderbilt Hospital, has moved home and rests better. Miss Peggy Wilds to return from Agnes Scott for spring break. Miss Caroline Stickney and two UA classmates plan to spend week with her mother. Several students and relatives send greetings and illness notes, including mumps cases among Winton and Moore families. Private Joe Dement begins seventeen weeks basic training at Camp Blanding.
An old advertisement discusses CARDAT and CARDUS as remedies for menstrual pain and general health. It notes some use as a tonic to stimulate appetite and aid digestion, claiming benefits like increased gastric juices and strength for demanding days. A 62 year record is cited.
Todays pattern by Anne Adams presents a princess jumper frock with a hip length box jacket. Available in girls sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 with embroidery transfer included. Pattern 4651 requires different yardage per size and costs twenty cents with optional 1944 pattern book for ten more cents.
Slip covers for bed ends chairs and sofas and other practical slip cover ideas are offered. Instructions 796 provide step by step directions to make these slip covers. Send fifteen cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept for pattern number name and address. A further fifteen cents buys the 32 page Needlecraft Catalog with 133 illustrations of embroidery knitting crochet quilts and home decor designs.
Col Francis T. Evans made aviation history in 1917 as the first person to loop a sea plane and the first to recover from a spin, marking a milestone in early naval flight.
Yeoman First Class O M Hammett announced a Navy slogan Join the Navy and get a college education. Navy V 12 exams will be held Wednesday at Deesar High for high school seniors aged 17 and up. Under 18 may join with parental consent and receive six to eight months of college credit. Regular enlistments continue with 16 weeks of trade school training.
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander of the Eighth Air Force in England, was nominated by Roosevelt to be a lieutenant general. The 47-year-old leader rose from lieutenant colonel during the Tokyo raid to brigadier general, earned the Medal of Honor, led in North Africa, and returned to command the Eighth Air Force in England.
Virginia A. Brewer 87 died Sunday at her Decatur 2 home. Prayer service Tuesday at 2 P M at the residence with Rufus Underwood. burial at Florence cemetery after funeral at Poplar Street Church of Christ in Florence with G C Brewer officiating. Survived by two daughters, three sons, twenty one grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren. Brown directing.
Five people perished when a blaze destroyed a Rollingsford, New Hampshire residence. John Servetas, 27, his son John Jr., 4, Barbara Downs, 10, Virginia Downs, 2, and Lawrence Downs, 16, died. Mrs. Servetas and sister Mrs. Emily Downs escaped from the second floor after being trapped.
Wartime shortages hit American families with scarce children’s clothing. The War Production Board authorizes over two million dozen garments in early 1944, reserving 18 million yards of cotton for durable low priced items. Gowns shirts sleepers crib blankets and more will be manufactured under ceilings to aid mothers.
Paducah Ky March 13 Illness of Mrs Irvin S Cobb widow of the late author and humorist will delay a memorial service in his hometown Fred G Neuman Cobb biographer said Mrs Cobb told her New York physician forbade travel for six to eight weeks before Cobb ashes would be brought to Paducah for burial Cremation occurred in New York yesterday and private services were held there at 430 this afternoon
Julius Katz hosted a party after learning his brother Corp Werner Katz initially reported killed in Burma. A War Department message later corrected to slightly wounded, prompting another celebration.
Secretary Harold L. Ickes says the coming peace hinges on actions by statesmen regarding international cartels. In Liberty magazine he defines a cartel as a restraint of international trade, opposing free enterprise.
Dorothy Dix advises the wife to consider adopting her husband’s illegitimate child only if she can overcome jealousy and show noble love. She argues the child’s well being matters and suggests the baby may be better with the mother’s kin, while noting strong commentary on character and temperament, including a humorous aside about weight.
A reader argues makeup should begin with a clean face and criticizes applying a full mask as a public eyesore. It urges minimal, practical steps including light rouge and lipstick, plus a seven minute routine, cleansing with soap, and a nightly emollient followed by a cold rinse.
Dorothy Clark of troop 119 Washington Margery Black of troop 44 Baltimore and Neva Newton of troop 1 Alexandria presented President Roosevelt with a check for 15,430,000 hours of war work in tribute to the Girl Scout movement anniversary.
Five Presbyterian missionaries delayed for months in Buenos Aires have arrived safely in Africa. Rev. and Mrs. William T. Murray of Nashville Tennessee, Lena Reynolds of Franklin Tennessee, Charlotte McMurray of Hedgesville Virginia, and Allen Craig of Charlotte North Carolina are now stationed in the Belgian Congo.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky calls at the White House for the first time since his attack on President Roosevelt's veto of the new tax bill. He resigns as Senate majority leader and is promptly reelected as leader, joining other Democratic congressional leaders at the Monday morning legislative conference.
P H Gooch 62 founder of the Alabama Typewriter Co died yesterday at his home after a heart attack. He organized the firm in 1919 after coming from Decatur Alabama to Birmingham.
The column advises a woman not to judge a future husband by body type but by character. It urges examining his intelligence, ambition, generosity, temperament, and leadership to determine if he will provide and sustain a life together.
A widow with three young children asks Dear Miss Dix whether to return to a stenographic course or continue housework to support her family. She explains her children are cared for by relatives and she visits them weekly, seeking guidance on the best path to improve her prospects while caring for her babies.
London reports the United States strategic air force has shifted to an extermination campaign against the German air force. When skies are clear, targets are ground resources like factories. in bad weather, raids force German fighters to rise, aiding fortress assaults. If perfect weather persisted, some speculate the German air force could be wiped out in weeks.
A response urges a woman to stick to housework rather than pursuing stenography, noting nimble fingers and brain are needed and that wages are unlikely to support children. It suggests becoming an excellent cook and boarding house manager to keep her children with her and earn a livelihood.
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