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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1944

Page

5

Society News and Bridal Announcement Highlight Local Events

The Society column covers a Cornwall Hotel luncheon by the Peo SCulture Club with Mrs. B M Bloodworth noting a final club year gathering. It also reports the marriage of Claire De Corse to Lt. J D Hembree in St Augustine Florida and Lt Hembree’s transfer to Green Cove Springs with the Marine Air Corps. First Ward P T A holds May meeting with new officers installed and notes on State Congress reports and gifts to teachers.

Peo SCulture_Club Cornelian Hotel Will Emens J. Y. Robb J. W. Cunningham Earle Calvin Bers John Banks Sewell W. A. Burt Pearl Buchheit Redding Emens W. E. Curry W. P. Baugh Phil Hembree Union Armed Forces Pensacola Florida Green Cave Springs Lt. Hembree Marine Air Corps O. N Troup Fen S. E. Alverson J. E. Blair

Personal notices decorate city social circle with travels and health updates

Mrs J W Flowers returns from visit to daughter and son in Pensacola and Nashville. Tommy Yarbrough recuperates while Jimmy fights illness. Private Virginia Foster on furlough from Seymour Indiana. Bonnie Gargus and Margie Harris back from Russellville and Athens visits. UDC Mary Lou Dancy Chapter members attend state convention in Huntsville. Craft family members suffer mumps. Thomas Bailey visits from Spokane. Donahue returns from furlough to Camp McCoy. Al Jones assigned to Winthrop College. S C Craig arrives safely in England. Graham relatives visit Talladega and Huntsville. pre flight cadets in training at Texas university. Sproles and Dix welcomed by family in Atlanta. Huntsville hosts visits from H T Gill and H C Allen and daughter Katie.

Dorothy Dix column on neighbors babysitting and love life

Dorothy Dix advises a tired neighbor to set boundaries with young mothers who rely on her for child care. She also weighs divorce timing during wartime and endorses teen cosmetics if used artistically with guidance. The piece blends letters about mothers, marriage, and adolescent grooming.

Miss DIX

New Tax Plan Vote Looms In Congress

Chairman Doughton of the ways and means committee urged unanimous House approval of a tax simplification bill. The plan aims to ease returns for about 50 million taxpayers by adjusting withholding for those earning 5 000 or less. It would still require filing for about 20 million, with two days of debate ahead.

Washington Doughton N.C Ways and Means House Coughton Knutson Rminn

Hazlewood Class To Present Play

Hazlewood High School Town Creek will stage its annual senior play on Thursday evening May 4. The farce Professor How Could You runs three acts, under Mrs. V. St. John direction and begins at 8 30 p m. The cast includes Eugene Lawrence W L Duvall Martha K Jenkins Doris Teague Winifred Parker Lloyd Sanders Stella Mae Cross Brainard Johnson Geneva Reding and Zelma Moran. It is presented by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Chicago.

Hazlewood High School Town Creek Dramatic Publishing Company of Chicago Eugene Lawrence W. L. Duvall Martha K. Jenkins Doris Teague Winif

Fishermen Plea to TVA: Respect Crops and Access Rules

In a letter to the Daily, J. A. Thornhill argues TVA lands rented for crops and pasture should remain accessible to the fishing public. He cites past efforts by TVA officials to open roads while land tenants keep gates closed and no trespass signs posted. He urges adherence to designated TVA ingress and egress routes and respectful conduct toward renters and crops.

Fox Creek Lawes County TVA Somme Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority J. A. Thornhill

Indians Domesticated Plants Drive Majority of US Farm Value

The article estimates that four sevenths of the United States agricultural production by farm value derives from plants originally domesticated by Indigenous peoples.

United States

Sex Education in Schools Advocated by Health Officer

Montgomery May 3. Dr. B F Austin, state health officer, urged increasing sex education in schools stating it should not rely on parents at home. He said until a utopian social order is achieved the program should be conducted by schools at State Teachers College.

Montgomery B. F.austin Austin State Departments of Health and Education State Teachers College

Morotine Hair Tonite Large Bottle Promoted

Advertisement urges a well groomed look with lustrous hair lying flat. Claims Morotine Hair Tonite comes in a large 250 bottle and is sold everywhere.

Lunch Plan Gets Boost for Farm Security School Lunch Funding

Senate backers pushed for 177 million to fund Farm Security Administration and school lunch programs next year. They won a legislative authority hurdle but money awaits House action, with further requests of 127 million for FSA and 50 million for school lunches in the pending farm bill.

Washington Senate Farm Security Administration House Senate Appropriations Committee Rural Electrification Administration Farm Credit Administration House Appropriations Committee FSA War Food Administraaraseln Russell D Gad Senate Agricultural

Bomber Crewgrounded On Berlin Talk Incident

Two U S bomber crewmen at a British base were grounded after being overheard talking about Berlin before the last raid. Names withheld, likely facing court martial. The report notes the overheard remarks occurred near takeoff time.

U. S Britain Berlin Ara

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Society B. M. Bloodworth Progressive Culture Club J. W. Flowers City Fla C Paul B. Flowers Sabre Asch Dallee Hire Taylor Tommy Marvin Yarbrough R.A. Sparkman Nashville Tenn Jimmy Yarbrough Virginia Ann Foster Seymour, Ind Bonnie Earl Gargus Margie Lee Harris Russellville Athens J.L. McCulloch J. P.garnett Earl L Foster Lillian Vaughan J. M. Pearce Huntsville Mary Lou Dancy FE. O. Craft East Church Street Little Don Craft Mrs E. O. Craft Thomas Bailey Spokane Wash Zeno Bailey T. J. Donahue US. Army Engineers Camp McCoy Wis Billy Landers Sixth Avenue North al Jones Moody Field Winthrop College Rock Hill S. C S. C. Craig Army Air Corps England J. F. Graham Talladega, Ala Mrs. Graham E. Y. Bell J. A. McDonald Naval Aviation Horace Dryden University of Texas Ed Sproles Atlanta, Ga Paul F. Dix H. T. Gill H.C. Allen Katie Dorothy Dix John Henry Peebtes Mooresville J. T. Jones United Daughters of the Confederacy J. D. Bush Joe Wheeler Navy James B Adele Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham Moye Goidel's America Thompson Quality Corner 2Nd Ave Johnston ST Stratford Classic Max Alicia Weaver Floyd Landers Rebecca Harriet Lide Birminghamvalle Road University of Alabama Pri Gaty Clara de Jong Yeoman Clarence C. de Jong de Jong Pacific Naval Hospital Naval Air Training Center Pensacola, Fla Ramsay High School Decatur Hazlewood Class Voice OF THE People Helene Curtis Evelyn’s Beauty Shop Over Speake Mary Lou Neo Oe Henn CU Wey Belk’s Bargain Basement Wailuku Army Flyer Wichita Coca-Cola Company Vecatur Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola
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