Society Circle Holds Evening Meeting At Memorial Drive
Multiple church groups met Monday evening across town. Circle Two hosted by Mrs. J M Philpot at Memorial Drive Methodist heard devotions from Psalm 119 and a poem The Touch of the Masters Hand. West of the Dateline lesson featured pictures from many places. Social time followed with refreshments.
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Memorial Drive
Methodist
Ree “Zettie Sheats
Fourth Avenue
J.M. Philpot
R. P. Thompson
C. H. Edwards
H. R. Davis
Circle Two
Thomas Walton
Mary Keenan
Westminster Guild
Charlie Smith
Lorene Sandlin
Harry Wyatt
Carter's Pills Unblock Digestive Tract Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Carter's Pills as a remedy to unblock the intestinal tract for relief from indigestion. It claims 80 percent of food digestion occurs there and promises thorough cleansing and normal movement of food with a 25 cent bottle. It urges purchase at any drugstore.
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Nature
Carter
Ann
Elizabeth Anderson Among Alabama Grads at Randolph-Macon
Elizabeth Anderson of Mooresville is among nine Alabama students in a 135 senior class pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Commencement is May 28. Anderson majors in economics and sociology and has been active in Alpha Omicron Pi and college drama groups.
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Lynchburg
Elizabeth Anderson
W. H. Anderson
Mooresville
Alabama
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Anderson
Decature High School
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Sock and Baskin “Dramatic Society
Gertrude Rudulph
Alice Marbury
Lucy Rountree
Birmingham
Ann McCarthy
Anniston
Jean Paxton
Florepre
Jean Spencer
Montgomery
Jamie Crawford
Mobile
Mary Jane Laughlin
Huntsville
Alabama Edwards
Randolph- Macon
Local social notes from Akron to Nashville and beyond
Mrs. R. C. Mills from Akron visits Clyde Williams family while Mrs. T. L. Baker Jr. returns from Russellville after high school graduation duties. Mrs. W. L. Dreese departs for a New York business trip. Wesley Hoskins announce birth of son John Wesley on May 22 weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. Kendrick family relocates from Baxley to Atlanta. Mrs. Kendrick to visit Nungester parents. Mrs. Lewis C. Brown remains ill. Doris Wohl to spend days in Nashville. Albert Carau and Ma Mic Ed Eddens visited Quince Eddens in Birmingham. Harris couple plan plane trip to visit Lt. and Mrs. Earl Alverson. Kimbrough and Otto Jones attend Pulaski Horse Show. Ensign Frank Troup, from U S Navy air forces, visits sister Mrs. Russell.
Dry town sought by Falkville reader in wartime note
Falkville Alabama May 19 1945 letter asks for full prohibition and denounces liquor use linking highway accidents to intoxication. writer claims church members distribute liquor and urges leaders to push wartime prohibition nationwide while praising dry standards and condemning a soldier's behavior and a reader’s comment.
Churchill Stakes War Leadership in Britain Election Battle
The piece analyzes Britain's wartime government led by Churchill with a Conservative majority in Parliament but a coalition cabinet. It notes Churchill's strong war leadership and the risk of a midstream change, while acknowledging a potential Socialist bid and shifts in national political thought during the war.
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House of Commons
Churchill
Japan
America
Russia
England
John Bull
Pvt Joe H Reid Honored At Family Dinner
Mrs Minnie Cooper hosted a Sunday dinner in honor of her grandson Pvt Joe Henry Reid. Guests included multiple Cooper relatives and friends from Mobile and nearby, as Reid recently completed basic training at Camp Fannin Texas and heads to Fort Meade Maryland.
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Minnie Cooper
Joe Henry Reid
Bud Reid
Noble--Woodall
Druke Cooper
Odis Cooper
Harold Bagly
Dixon Cooper
Mobile
Laula Cooper
Walter Cooper
Mildred Roan
Pvt
Reid
Camp Fannin
Texas
Fort Meade
Maryland
Montgomery Doctor Luther Hill Critically Ill in Hospital
Dr Luther L Hill Moccia surgeon and father of Senator Lister Hill is listed in critical condition in a Montgomery hospital. He had entered for treatment the prior Thursday after retiring from active practice several years ago.
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Montgomery
Luther—L. Hill
Lister Hill
Ala
Moore-Schloetzer nuptials guest notes and visits
The piece lists guests and travelers visiting Nashville for the Moore-Schloetzer wedding. It mentions Mrs. Peter J. Hinds of Atlanta and Mrs. Irma Chase of Miami, Fla returning home after the ceremony. It also notes Mr. and Mrs. H L Peterson of Birmingham visiting their mother Mrs. J. Draper and siblings in Athens.
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Peter J. Hinds
Atlanta, Ga
Irma Chase
Miami, Fla
H.L. Peterson
Birmingham
Mrs. Lawson Draper
Athens
Dear Miss Dix Love Advice Column Excerpt Chronicle
Dorothy Dix answers three readers on love and marriage. A twenty three year old woman must end her affair with her boss to regain happiness and move on, while a thirty four year old divorcee with six children faces the risks of marrying a man with blended families. A suitor urged to override a fiancé’s overseas partner faces rejection of bold tactics and is advised to pursue a subtler approach.
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Miss DIX
Andy
MISS_DIX
Dorothy DIX
Mandates and Trusts in a Post League World
In a May 23 column the writer explains how World War I mandates under the League of Nations might transition to United Nations trusteeships. It notes Britain France and the United States held joint titles to territories like Syria Palestine and Iraq, with France and Britain administering. Japan and Italy as defeated powers would lose titles. The piece explores whether mandates survive or are scrapped once the old league ceases to exist and who holds title to Palestine and other lands.
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San Francisco
League of Nations
New World Organization
League
Germany
Turkey
Syria
Iraq
Palestine
Africa
Pacific
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
United Nations
Tion
United Nation
Beun
Old League
Yanks Describe VE Day Celebrations in London Letter
James Holliman recalls a May 1945 London VE Day mood with crowds, bells, and dancing in Hyde Park and Piccadilly. He notes joyous crowds, speeches, and a postwar urge to return to normal life while honoring fallen heroes and imagining home in the United States.
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James Holliman
London
England
United States of America
Roosevelt
Marble Arch
Hyde Park
Picadilly Circus
Piccadilly
Picadilly
Internee's Wife Margaret Byroade Seals Dies in Washington
Mrs Margaret Byroade Seals wife of Brig Gen Carl H Seals died at Walter Reed hospital in Washington yesterday, a week after returning from Japanese internment in the Philippines. Birmingham relatives of the General were notified of her death last night.
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Birmingham
Margaret Byroade -Seals
Carl H. Seals
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Philippines
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Tennis Tidwell
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E.J. Polhill
E. D. Bailey Sr
J. T. Nelson
Paul F. Dix
W. B., Neher
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Betty Burleson
Mary Lou Dancy
E. S
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C. H Winston
Mary Banks Terrell
J. F. Graham
Russell Lynne
Wilburn M. Royer
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Louie
Judy Kelley
Harry Higdon
Louie Glenn
Paul Glenn
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Poole-Buick Co
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Deer’ Springs
Decatur
Just
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Moulton St
Rand-Macon
R. C. Mills
Akron, Ohio
Clyde Williams
T.L. Baker Jr
Russellville
Miss Dotcester
W. L. Dreese
New York
Judd Kendrick
Baxley
Kendrick
H. A. Nungester
Lewis
C. ‘Brown
Ferry Street
Doris Wohl
Nashville
Tenn
Albert Carau
Ma Mic Ed Eddens
Mrs
Quince Eddens
Robert T. Harris
Earl Alverson
W. EF. Kimbrough
Otto Jones
Pulaski
Ensign Frank Troup
U. SN
Odoni
Dillehay’s
Eee Elie le
Voice OF
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Falkville, Ala
Crcatur
Falkville
Andrew J, Jones
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Joe H. Reid
DR. Hill
Brothers
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J. A. Cullom
Shelbyville, Tenn
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New York City
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Anna Francis
Miami
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Y. M
Heaven
Ronald
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Everett Aday
Eva
T. W. Aday
Emma Oden
Norothy DIx
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Yank
Westminister Abbey
Love
James
Moulton Street
Albany Broom Works
CTY Park Flower Shop
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Pettey’s Cleaners
Brown Oxfords
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