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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
3
First Methodist church will administer Holy Communion next Sunday morning by the pastor. It will be the first Lord's Supper since the auditorium was redecorated. The pastor urges a large turnout of members.
The Swedish liner Gripsholm returns to American waters with 663 repatriates from Germany and Nazi occupied France, docking near Ambrose light. On board are 35 sick and wounded POWs, one seaman, and a party including S Pinckney Tuck and Douglas C MacArthur. The official group totals 149, with 375 other U S citizens and 103 Latin Americans.
An all day singing at Shoal Creek church is planned for next Sunday March 19 to honor boys leaving for the Army. A large crowd is expected. The column also lists local visits and social news from Morgan County including residents from Cullman Decatur Falkville Town Creek Arab and Decatur. In closing a historical note states that in 4000 years only 268 years have been entirely free of war.
In a New York City night scene Argus Steele and Ellen Curtis trace the murder of luxe model Syria Verne who was answering a telephone in her penthouse after a dispute with photographer Pierre Sturgis. Argus and Ellen were at Penguin Club. Syria reappears as a former Lucy Callahan with a diamond ring and Hollywood contract.
Navy dispatches describe Commander Robert Decoursey Baker born on a train between Mexico and Colorado Springs. His wife lives in Portland Maine. A shipboard letter writing rush shows 2000 sailors sending 1000 letters daily while censors scramble. Fuel trains refuel destroyers at sea as escort tactics unfold.
Robert Strother received pilot wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He completed the Army Air Forces training command program after cadet beginnings in Nashville and pre flight drills, finishing at Marianna Florida. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C W Strother of Decatur and attended Riverside High School.
The first watches powered by coiled springs emerged during the 17th century, marking a key advance in portable timekeeping. This innovation improved accuracy and usability, shaping subsequent watchmaking developments worldwide.
Within a month after leaving Annapolis Lieutenant A D Sullivan of 1866 Hudson Boulevard Jersey City survived the sinking of the Lexington and fought off Bougainville yet his brother, also an academy graduate, has long been in the Navy without action. Sully is now a division officer in the Atlantic
Washington seeks a standard definition for American Indians as Congress orders the House Indian Affairs Committee to study their status and conditions. Discrepancies between Census Bureau and Indian Affairs definitions are highlighted, with debates on blood quantum and eligibility for benefits. The piece notes shifts from minimal blood quantum to higher thresholds.
Announcement of Charles H. Eyster Jr. promotion from second to first lieutenant at Gulfport Field. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Eyster of Decatur and a Decatur High School and University of Alabama graduate. Commissioned March 1943 after Army Air Forces OCS in Miami Beach.
The U S Marines establish a bagpipe band in Londonderry Ireland featuring pipes bugles and drums as part of their liaison and cultural outreach efforts with local forces and communities.
David E. Lilienthal chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority announces Harper and Brothers will publish TVA Democracy on the March on March 23. The book argues for grass roots democracy as an American middle way, citing the TVA decade of regional development as context. Lilienthal will not receive royalties and dedicates the book to Tennessee Valley residents.
J D Winton of Jackson Mississippi was guest of honor at a supper hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs P G Winton of Somerville. Attendees included T C Dunaway and family Rudolph Silvey Warren McGee Aaron Maize J T Mason London Breeding Harry Jones Buna Winton W T Lemmond E N Winton Laura Hipps Herman Freeze E N Winton family members and others in attendance.
Sharp and Breeding families along with Mr. Howard Allen Preston Sharp Jura Mae Winton and Tris Winton departed after a gathering to wish the honoree good luck and success in upcoming endeavors.
An advertisement explains that natural digestion relies on liver bile and that Carter's Little Liver Pills boost bile flow to improve digestion. It claims effects can appear within thirty minutes and promotes purchase at drugstores for 25 cents.
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