Pvt John McGhee Honored At Private Party
Margie Driver hosted a party for her brother Pvt John O McGhee at their parents home in Hartselle. Attendees included Sible Ragsdale, Margaret Compton, Audrey Belew, Hazel Black, and many others. McGhee finished training at Ft McClellan Alabama and will report to Camp Kilmer New Jersey for orders.
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Pvt
John McGhee
Margie Driver
John O. McGhee
Hartselle 3
Sible Ragsdale
Margaret Compton
Audrey Belew
Hazel Black
Lucile
Melvine Leeth
Gladys Lorance
Mrs.Compton
Pandora
Biven
Avera Breeding
Carmen Driver
Co. G. M
Buddy Carpenter
Wilson Lee
Millard Hall
Siman Bently
Jay Breeding
Elbert Peebles
Wayne Watson
Floyd Murphy
Ray
Max Slate
C. L. Ragsdale
Billy Lively
Arthur Clemons
William McGee
Vaughan Speakman
Richard McGhee
Polly McCutcheon
McGhee
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Camp Killman
N. J
Thief Steals 14 Chickens In Fair Exchange Case
Farmer J Wesley Tucker told police a thief invaded his hen house and took 14 chickens. The burglar dropped a purse containing 13.14 dollars, only 40 cents below the OPA ceiling price for the poultry.
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Fair Exchange Duquoin
J. Wesley Tucker
Tucker
OPA
Offbeat Bits and War Echoes From a Busy Era
A collage of humorous vignettes about birds and weather, office pranks, a doctor patient joke, a cheeky thief and a plant manager tale. It ends with a World War II era note on Senoussi lands and Montgomery’s troops driving Rommel westward.
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Montgomery
Rommel
Libya a focal point in postwar diplomacy and Middle East balance
Mackenzie's column notes Libya's Libyan question as the Paris Big Four wrestle with Palestine and Arab Jewish tensions. It argues Libyan control shapes Mediterranean power, with Tobruk harbor and Crete as key strategic links to Suez and Egypt, amid bids for trusteeship and a UN path to independence.
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Italy
Libya
Paris
Palestine
Anglo-American Committee
Mediterranean
Egypt
England
Russia
Sam
United Nations
New York State
Bng
Tobruk
Crete
Suez Canal
Local jokes mix with odd census quips and thieving pistol tale
A collage of humorous snippets include a West Virginia burglary where only a soldier’s pistol left for his wife’s protection is taken, a Decatur zoo sign gag about exits, a girl asked to marry, census banter about children and a Chinaman, and diners sharing a sea pun while the waitress asks about the fish.
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West Virginia
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John McCutcheon
Morgan County
The
Rainbow Division
Somerville
Junius
Lyla Myers
Decatur
F. J. Kernan
Ohio
Bank St
Morgan and Lawrence Counties
Friends of
Noble J. Russell
Modest Maidens
U. S
Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie
Mussolini
Mountaineer
Cracky
Tallyrand
Sweetie
James
Perdue
Moulton
Alabama Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Birmingham
James Perdue
Morgan County Friends
James Perue
Tanf'cmeir
Morgan
WMSL
E. C. Mecdaniel
E. C. McDaniel
Somerville Rt. 2
Disione
Niking
Robin Hood
Robin Hood Millers
Robin Hood G.R
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