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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1944

Page

5

Society notes mark Mrs Parr’s visit with parties and club events

Mrs Richard Parr visiting her father B P Wallace has been honored with several parties marking her first home visit since marriage to Lt Parr. A week of social events follows including a spend the day fete by Mrs Skeggs Crawford and dinners and luncheons at Jackson Street homes. Thursday Nine bridge and club prizes are noted with guests from Boston and Florida, plus teawarm refreshments. Nurses and clubs section reports A N A District meeting and visiting nurse talks, with a later afternoon courtesy for Mrs Hundley of Lynchburg. APTA and Joe Wheeler school to host Mrs Apple’s Corps troupe Friday night March 24 with music by a quartet.

Richard Parr B. P. Wallace Lt. Parr Parr California Skeggs Crawford John C. Bragg Jackson Street W. F. Boswell, Jr F. S. Hunt, Jr Alex Marks Florida Russell Lynne Frank Stone Hunt John A. Caddell Charles Malone, Jr T. M Jones, Jr East Walnut Street Paul Wolfer Boston Mass T. C. Chandler

Personal notices

Mrs. Frank Hulse travels to Birmingham to be with her father Henry Hammond Cobb after a stroke. Mrs. Skeggs Crawford departs El Paso after visiting her Lynne parents. Mrs. W. P. Dozier visits relatives in Opelika. Dr. and Mrs. Mundley visit their son Major W. O. Riley in Lunchburg. Cadet Sohn continues training at Seymour after Bedford visit. Mrs. Kennedy makes a Birmingham trip. Mrs. Jack Smallwood brief Memphis stay. Mrs. Zeno Bailey visiting Grenada for Brad Bibb Bailey in training. Mrs. Guy Moore to visit Mrs. J. R. Daniels in Columbus. Herman and Mrs. Stanley visit relatives in Vicksburg on bridal tour. Mrs. Pearl Stewart in Birmingham visiting her son and daughter.

Frank Hulse Birmingham Henry Hammond Cobb J. T. T. Mundley Lunchburg College Lunchburg, Va Major W. O. Riley Zeno Bailey Grenada Miss Brad Bibb Bailey

Dorothy Dix Sends Advice On Weight And Marital Strain

A reader asks why her husband acts distant. Dorothy Dix jokes that societal weight bias fuels the issue and notes the odd cult of living skeletons. Another letter asks about divorcing a soldier husband. Dix urges considering divorce and delaying remarriage, while advising the wife to reflect on marriage and perhaps send her daughter to school. The column ends with a brief note on a moth, and a misdated esliper compass line.

Miss DIX Florence Jane

Hungary urged to resist Nazis by U S Secretary

Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged Hungary to offer firm resistance to German occupation promising that such stand could help Hungary regain respect and friendship from free nations. Hull described Hungary’s Nazi occupation as a desperate move and said Hungary is the first Axis satellite to feel the Nazi whip, implying Romania and Bulgaria may also be targeted.

Washington Cordell Hull Hungary Rumania Bulgaria Berlin

Order of Publication in Deckard v Deckard in Morgan County

Morgan County Court in equity orders publication for France F Deckard non resident of Alabama and unknown address to plead by April 17 1944 or be taken as confessed. The March 17 1944 order by Register Marvin West requires four weekly notices in the Decatur Daily Mor gan county Alabama.

Turner Deckard Frances K. Deckard Morgan County Alabama Register France F. Deckard Decatur Daily Marvin West

Prisoner of War Letter From Howard Dutton

Mrs. Emma Dutton of Falkville receives a letter from her son Pvt. Howard Dutton held as a prisoner in Germany since September 19, 1943. The note says he is well and sends regards to his mother sharing hopes and news.

Emma Dutton Falkville 1 Pvt Howard Dutton Germany

Letter from Howard Reads Warm Hello and Well Wishes

A brief note dated November 13 from Howard says hello to all and that he is well. He signs off with love and mentions he will close the letter from the Kriegsgefangenenlager camp.

Howard Kriegsgefangenenlager

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