Pettey De Jonge Wedding Solemnized in Texas
A Decatur wedding tale unfolds in Brownwood Texas with Miss Bernetta Mildred De Jonge and Technical Sergeant Cread F. Pettey exchanging vows at Grace Lutheran Church. After a reception at the groom’s home, the couple plans a brief Texas wedding trip before returning to 165 Grant Avenue Brownwood.
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Pettey DE Jonge
Texas
Decatur
Bernetta Mildred de Jonge
Cread F. Pettey
Walter Graves Pettey
Grace Lutheran Church
Brownwood
R. E. Neidner
W. Swason
Arthur Dorringer
Buffalo
N. Y
Tech
Pettey
San Angelo
Post Finance Office
Grant Avenue
Pyle Survives Bomb Blast and Relates Aftermath
The account describes a bombing near a hotel room where air vacuum caused debris and broken glass to fill boots. The narrator, aided by Sgt Bob Geake, receives first aid, visits the tent hospital, and endures concussion symptoms while units clear debris and arrange blackout measures.
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Sergt
Bob Geake
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bob
Vick Fowler
FDR Improves but Refrains from Scheduling Public Appearances
Washington reports President Roosevelt, after a head cold, shows improvement today. He continues to work in the White House residence while Presidential Secretary Stephen Early says he is better but still not arranging appointments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Plan Endorsed Montgomery
Gov Chauncey Sparks endorses victory gardens as a vital food source. He says they would secure the state against uncertainty in commercial food conditions.
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PLAN
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Victory Gardens
Ten Minute Home Facial and Wartime Worries Mixed Advice
A compact column blends beauty tips with wartime social notes. It urges ten minute nightly facial routines to combat lines and fatigue while reflecting on married soldiers wives facing temptations. A reader asks for uncrowded towns with housing and medical facilities for families, and a response questions feasibility and suggests War Department input.
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Miss DIX
U.S. O
M. W
War Department
Furlough brides cannot flirt says Dear Miss Dix
Dorothy Dix counsels a soldier husband to confront his wife about alleged flirting at USO parties. She should write to condemn her conduct as unworthy of marriage, remind her of her duties, and maintain her ring as a symbol of commitment, since marriage binds a woman to social conventions.
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Mama
Papa
Miss DIX
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Fast Rheumatic Relief
An old home remedy promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a quick cure for rheumatic arthritis or neuritis pain. The ad promises dramatic results within hours, a money-back guarantee, and sale through Goldel Drug Store and others.
Dear Miss Dix Advised on Marriage Pressure and Babies
Dear Miss Dix responds to a young woman troubled by family pressure to marry while disliking babies. She describes lifelong nausea at infants and questions whether to marry or wait for a partner who shares the aversion to childrearing, warning against drastic self-harm and urging careful consideration.
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Miss DIX
CARDUS Promises Relief and Appetite Boost for Women
A vintage health card asserts CARDUS aids with functional menstrual pain when begun three days before the expected time. It claims as a tonic it improves appetite and digestion by increasing gastric juice flow, helping build resistance for "needed days."
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Cardus
Danube as lifeline amid Balkan crisis and Hungary notes
The Danube is highlighted as Germanys vital transport route from the Black Sea to the Rhine. The Balkans remain unstable with Hungary occupied and possible Hungarian resistance. The observer recalls a Budapest parade showing nascent Nazi sympathies amid a wary police watch.
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Danube
Black Sea
Reich
Rhine
North Sea
Hitler
Ukraine
Rumania
Bulgaria
Germany
Balkan
Hungary
Balkans
Budapest
Munich
Muddled advice on babies and career choices
The text presents a debate on whether to pursue a career or raise children, with a humorous take on attitudes toward babies. It claims many men resist parenthood, while suggesting one’s view changes with ownership of offspring and hints at social expectations.
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Bob Vermillion
United Press
Truck crops in Alabama escape serious damage in week
Alabama truck crops escaped serious damage amid cool weather last week, the state crop reporting service said. Rain was excessive in central and northern areas leaving crops late and in poor condition, while South Alabama’s commercial area reported good conditions. Cabbage was fair with slow marketing and poor prices. strawberries were poor except in South Alabama where they were fair. Irish potatoes were good in Baldwin county with movement expected in early May.
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Montgomery
Alabama
South Alabama
South Alabbama
Baldwin County
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Memorial Drive
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D. S&s. Hurst
Jim Smith
Charles Edwards
J. M. Philpot
Morris Minor
Westminster Circles and Guild
Westminster Presbyterian Circle
E. S. Loyd
T. M. Harvey
J. D. Jervis
T. G. Crane
Henry van Dyke
Circle Two
James Rankin
W. 5
Hunter
Tom Walton
Westminster Guild
Raphael Sartor
Lamar Penney
Joe Wheeler
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Robert Holloman
Byars Hurst
L. R. Murphree
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J. T. Weatherly
Thomas Harvey
Elton Reeves
Short
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Ed Cane
Allgood
Elizabeth Jones
American Red Cross
Italy
Mack Livingston
Charles Williams
Friendly Sewing Club
Fred Bowen
A. B. Teague
Joe Owen
C. L. Cobb
F. H. Wells
C. L. Buck
Alice Teague
A. H. Pettey
Paul McCluskey
Maw Masterson
Mke
Lydia F. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fompouno
Moye’s
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Hone
Orer Speake
Wiley Owen
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville, Tenn
Moro
Sunshine
Second Ave
Mr. Owen
Fred Bloodworth Jr
Ann
Gadsden
Co. H. Chunn
Joe Sneed
Lawson Draper
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C. H. Chunn
Pfc
James E. Terry
Moulton Street
W. S. Paryter
Bessemer
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Washington, D. C
W. E. Sivley, Sr
Roy Tucker
Roy Epps, Jr
Birmingham
L. H. Lindsey
P. W. McJunkin
Tucker
Annie Miller McEntire
Leroy McEntire
Miss McEntire
Sullins College
Bristol
B. C. Spraker
Long Beach
Calif
U. S. Navy
W. P. Ehrman
Ehrman
Maritime Commission
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Fla
J. N. Laubenthal
Baugh Infirmary
Helen Follett
Old Man
Janet Blair
Dorothy Dix
Goidel Drug Store
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines
The
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Fannie
Douse
Goidel’s Drug Store
Laone
John D. Wyker & Son
Trentwood
Morgan County
Decatur Lions Club
Dinsmore Bros. Furniture CO
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