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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1941
Page
5
The City Mission Board changes the meeting to Carnegie Library and sets the regular March session for Wednesday at 9 30 in the morning. The Berean Club meets Wednesday afternoon at 3 in Mrs. Eugene R. Guy's home with Mrs. Exiwin Wyle co hosting.
Birmingham guests Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Bonner stayed with the Eubanks. Mrs. I M Pubanks improves after illness. Memphis visitors Mr. Carl Goodman and Mrs. Lois McLaurine, with Mrs. J H Branum and others, attended a brother’s funeral in Birmingham and a recital at Athens College. Several families report illness and attendance at the Alabama Music Festival in Tuscaloosa.
The past two weeks, Mrs. Lancaster and Mrs. Tellette Clem led a Love Friend contest with fifty participants. On Friday night gifts were exchanged, distributing these tokens among attendees for a night of fun. Zetomen Club to meet at 2:30 PM Tuesday with Mrs. F. L. Carswell and co-hostess Mrs. N. L. Kelley on Sherman Street.
A writer questions beauty class members about facial tactics and grimaces. She warns that repeated distortions cause lines and wrinkles, urging a beautifying routine with creams, cold water, and careful cleansing. Alcohol and toilet water are recommended for scalp and skin care.
Anne Adams promotes Pattern 4715 a children's dress and cape set for Easter parade. The panelled dress features squared neckline yokes puffed sleeves and bias side panels with option contrasts. Cape is four pieces no side seams. Send 15 cents for pattern book and pattern, address details required.
Miss Mary Augusta Bibb is among those traveling to Birmingham this weekend to attend A. E. A. proceedings. The note confirms a recent transfer affecting attendance and travel plans involving Bibb and other participants.
Dr EB R Naylor announces the addition of Miss Bernice Jones of Goshen Indiana to the faculty of the business administration department at Athens College. Miss Jones has arrived in Athens and will begin teaching at once.
The Department of Commerce reports 26 214 bales of cotton ginned in Morgan County for the 1940 crop prior to March 1 1941, down from 28 169 bales in 1939.
Advertisement promoting BLACK-DRAUGHT laxative as a four generation favorite in the South. It touts its gentle thorough action and a tonic-laxative ingredient to tone sluggish intestinal muscles.
Dr. J. Rehling of the State Toxicologist laboratory investigated illness among about 30 people in Starlington Butler County linked to cotton used in a mattress making project. He will test cotton specimens and data to determine the cause. sickness showed throat and chest inflammation among workers. Lint came from outside points as indicated by labels.
Final rites for 69 year old Mrs Ella Williams were held at Friendship church New Center with Rev S E Berry officiating. Burial followed under direction of Peck of Hartselle. Mrs Williams died Friday night at her Somerville home. She is survived by three sons A D Williams H W Williams and Joe W Bowers four daughters Mrs Annie Cook Mrs Bettie Atkins and Mrs Emmatt a sister Mrs Lillie Rice and a host of relatives Pallbearers were H W Williams A D Williams M I Cook R E Atkins S O Sharp and Joe W Bowers.
London reports an aerial attack by British forces on German troops parading outside barracks near Cherbourg after daylight raids on the German coast. A Blenheim bomber strafed light guns and the main street at Barfleur from 100 feet, while Berlin endured a heavy night raid described as medium to heavy.
Carl D. Patterson of Decaturgin testified before the Senate agricultural committee in Washington about a wartime cotton program proposed by the National Cotton Council. The plan mirrors 1935 provisions with a loan at not less than 52 percent of parity and parity payments of at least 8 percent, financed by the Federal treasury with no interruption of sale, loan, or conservation payments.
The largest Limestone County draftee group to date assembled in Athens for a night at a local hotel before an early departure for Fort McClellan in Anniston. Twenty two white youths were in the Sunday delegation, split between draft boards one and two. The first all black group is set to leave March 28 for a year’s training, with fifteen draftees from both boards combined.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce will hold its second general membership meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the Hotel Lyons Assembly room. All are urged to attend to discuss community issues while the membership campaign sits about $7000 of the $8000 goal as the committee plans immediate outreach.
The Decatur Garden Club began its yearly membership drive led by committee chair Mrs. Comer Ezell. Volunteers will call residents to solicit memberships and funds will support shrubs and plants for city parks.
The Decatur school band will perform in concert on April 4 at Riverside High School auditorium. The program features music from the University of Alabama festival.
Tokyo seeks a peace with Russia while Matsuoka arrives in Moscow amid rumors of Soviet aid to Turkey if Germany advances. The envoy, a confident speaker, faces a wary reception and eyes a broader Tokyo stance toward Britain and America as he navigates wartime diplomacy.
The column notes that Japan is unlikely to enter a conflict unless Tokyo believes Hitler has secured decisive power. It argues the situation could escalate if a stronger country forces a broader war, but signs point to Japan holding back unless its leadership feels Germany dominates Europe.
Tuscaloosa March 24 Funeral services were held today for Dr Merriam 68 a prominent physician who practiced more than 20 years in Kellerman community Walker county. He died late Saturday night in Birmingham after a brief illness. For the past ten years he had practiced his Empire in Walker county.
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