Rotary hears school head on postwar Europe
Walter M. Jackson newly elected Decatur schools superintendent spoke at the Rotary noon meeting at the Cornelian hotel on Is It Over Over There He warned Nazism and Fascism may not be ended in a lifetime and urged America to meet its commitments in Europe He noted the victory but faulted the peace and called for a stabilized social order in Germany and Italy A softball program update listed a six o clock Thursday Delano park meeting for interested players and a June 3 opener vs Kiwanis with Hafford Leeman as manager Attendance prizes were won by H O Geidel and anniversaries honored for Edmund Keith and O S Hagerman Visitors included several doctors and Rotarians from nearby towns.
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Walter M. Jackson
Decatur
Rotary Club
Cornelian
Jackson
Germany
Italy
Europe
Robert McRight
Rotary
Delano Park
Kiwanis
Hafford Leeman
H. O. Geidel
Edmund Keith
O. S. Hagerman
Clay I. Hudson
Jesse M. Rogers
Henry Hanson
Allen Archer
John Chenault
Frank Chenault
James Edwards
Reneau Carrell
Pleas Manley
Arthur Jones
Ee Spencer
Gordon Sherrod
E.P. Garrett
Hartselle
W. T. Hedden
Huntsville
Recruiting Caravan to Visit Huntsville in June
An Army air force recruiting caravan will conduct a two day drive in Huntsville on June 11 and 12. The caravan includes 10 trailers and four passenger cars led by six officers, two enlisted men and two Wacs.
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Army Air Force
Huntsville
Two for a kiss and a sigh in odd verses
Fragmented verse and anecdotes present, recounting jokes about grief and joy, a hill country recluse with locked doors, feuding businessmen, a gunman quip, and traveling tales centered on the number 11 and a Leopards town coincidence.
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Dana
Gethsemane
Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Decatur Kids Start School Amid Mixed Feelings
Two Decatur youngsters begin school this year with opposite attitudes. One child is enthusiastic about the new routine while the other resents the change, preferring to skip.
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Decatur
Quit Worrying and Do It The Work Message
A column urges readers to stop worrying and begin work, insisting work brings ease after initiation. A drunken man enters a home by mistake and is ridiculed for his embarrassment. A joke notes Mussolini’s promise to Italians to march across the United States in war commentary.
Labor Drive Chiefs Of Different Types
The article profiles AFL Southern organizer George Googe and CIO leader Van Bittner as the South’s key labor strategists. It details Googe’s Georgia roots and trade as a printer’s devil turned reformer, and Bittner’s Pennsylvania coal-mining origin and rise as CIO ace organizer in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
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Atlanta
South
George Googe
Wamed van Bittner
Googe
AFL
Bittner
CIO
Dixie
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Tatnall County
Savannah
Brunswick
Pressmen’s Union
Family Says Husband’s Ideas Align With Rest of Clan
A reader notes that when a husband and father gets his way it often mirrors the family consensus. Grit adds that such alignment comes from common goals within the household.
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Grit
Thomas Edgil Elected President Of Decatur Lions Club
Thomas Edgil was elected president of the Decatur Lions Club for the coming year at the regular noon meeting held Tuesday at the Lyons hotel. James Wade is the retiring president. Robert McMasters withdrew his nomination after tying with Edgil in votes. Other officers elected include Ben Britnell first vice president Noble Russell second vice president Bill Stone third vice president Carter Dobbs secretary Claude Carter treasurer Thomas Brooks tail.
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Thomas Edgil
Decatur Lions Club
Lyons Hotel
James Wade
Robert McMasters
Edgil
Ben Britnell
Noble Russell
Bill Stone
Carter Dobbs
Claude Carter
Thomas’ Brooks
Bittner on Labor Unity Across North and South
In Washington during the war period, CIO member of the War Labor Board Bittner discusses uniform organizing lines across regions. He notes his glass eye from an auto accident and argues Southern prejudice is amplified by Northern bankers while workers hunger is no different north or south.
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Washington
CIO
War Labor Board
Bittner
South
North
TVA chief says Tennessee Valley to be major recreation area
Tennessee Valley Authority chairman David E. Lilienthal told Outdoor Writers Association that the Tennessee River region has become an overnight recreational paradise with limited development to date. He noted parks totaling 25 000 acres and leases to local agencies, while stressing public access to TVA lakes and potential for private investment to expand facilities.
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Tenn
Tennessee River
David E. Lilienthal
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pearl Harbor
Lilienthal
Outdoor Writers Association of America
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Congress
Washington
Saia
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