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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1944
Page
5
The Euresian Class of the Central Baptist Sunday school will hold its monthly business and social cov ered dish supper at the church Tuesday at 7 30 in the evening. All members are urged to attend.
Peacock feathers inspired crochet doilies offered in two sizes a centerpiece and plate doily pattern number 990 with No 30 cotton directions included Send fifteen cents to The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept 42 Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY Print name and address pattern number for the two doily designs and a 32 page Needlecraft Catalog with illustrations of embroidery knitting crochet quilts and home decor tools
Local items list movements and visits of residents and relatives. Kyle Ponsom returns to Birmingham after a vacation with family. Lt John D Grimes transferred to Los Angeles. Sallye Burnum home for weekend. Reneau Carrell family to Greybull Wyoming for winter. Mrs Niles Conrad visiting sister Reneau Carrell then to St Peters burg Florida. Thomas Adams returns to Birmingham. Cadet Thomas Parks heads to Monroe Louisiana for Army Air Corps training. Dr H M Stevenson attends West End Methodist church dedication. Raymond Parks to Samson Naval Base New York after two weeks with family. W P Baugh visits Baugh Tennessee. Mrs Albert Alexander to visit Birmingham. T Z Bailey departs to Spokane Washington. Frank W Nelson arrives from Camp Crowder Missouri for a few days with family. Mattie Jones at Decatur General Hospital for treatment.
Navy evacuation of some 760 Micronesians from Erikub to safety near Wotje atoll, Marshall Islands, under Lt Eugene F. Bogan. Families fled huts in outrigger canoes and tiny sails, then were ferried to warships and later to a secure atoll, amid heavy bombing. A liberation celebration followed with dances depicting subjugation, liberation, and the American arrival.
Dorothy Dix argues fathers should counsel sons on becoming good husbands, not just mothers guiding daughters. The column urges respectful, attentive behavior, praise for wives, and avoiding controlling or critical acts to foster harmony in marriage.
An article argues women dress to please themselves and men, but primarily for self expression. It urges women to study sartorial lines, colors, and fit, while noting husbands influence peace at home with approving comments.
Today's pattern by Anne Adams promotes a slimming jumper in many sizes with yardage details and a price of twenty cents. It instructs sending twenty cents to The Decatur Daily Pattern Dept and lists size, name, address, and style number. An additional fifteen cents buys the Anne Adams Fall and Winter Pattern Book including a free hat and muff-bag pattern.
A historical note recalls Spain asserting sole navigation rights in the northern Pacific and issuing a prohibition against other nations trading in those waters.
Navy officer Mason Pearce Jr arrived in Benvoraia after two years in the South Pacific and is expected to visit his wife and parents within days before returning home.
London reports a fresh attack by Stanislaw Miklajczyk’s government in exile as Osutcka Morawski of the National Committee of Liberation accuses London and Washington of supporting a controversial plan. The clash threatens an early settlement of the dispute and deepens wartime diplomacy.
Mt Mitchell in North Carolina at 6 684 feet is described as the highest point east of the Mississippi. The Great Pyramid of Cheops once stood 482 feet tall, more than 50 feet taller than St Peter's Cathedral.
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