Decatur News Roundup Highlights War, Economy and Rotary Talks
The column covers Allied war aims and German resistance, postwar cotton hopes, and economic policy calls for US job creation. It notes Decatur Rotary Club lectures by Simon Davidian on Russia as a future partner, and previews next talks with Riverside High attendance indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur
Institute of International Understanding
Simon Davidian
Russia
Russsia W
Riverside High
Iafe
Davidian
Alabama Spirit and School Pride Urged for Youth
The piece argues that Alabama should imitate Texas bragging to bolster state pride. It stresses instilling Alabama consciousness in thousands of school children to foster love for the state, encourage achievement, and deter outmigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee Senator McKellar and TVA feud noted
The Nashville Tennessean endorses TVA and chides Senator McKellar for opposing it. It cites his criticism and a Congressional Record remark about Dewey approving Roosevelt era accomplishments with TVA omitted. The paper asserts TVA’s benefits to Tennessee and neighboring states and condemns McKellar’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKellar
TVA
Nashville Tennesseean
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
Allies Press Through Siegfried Line In Winter Campaign
The American First Army breached the Siegfried line in a renewed push as winter looms. Eisenhower prepares for possible stalemate but keeps pressure along the front, determined to exploit any weakness rather than wait out the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Siegfried Line
High Command
the Daily
Eisenhower
Europe
Sant
The Language of Flowers and Office Humour
A collage of quotes and vignettes on flowers and office life. Notable lines compare flowers to people, then shift to satirical scenes of drafting, cabinet keys, professors, and farmer jokes. The piece blends whimsy with mild social observation in a dated newspaper voice.
Guess This One Brain Teaser and V Day Cue
A riddle column presents a punny family relation puzzle. The answer states that the uncle's sister is your mother, explained as a logic twist in a light column.
Funeral and visits mark Limestone County notes
A funeral and burial for Mrs Walter Hall occurred at Hall cemetery with many locals attending. The column lists visits among Limestone County residents including the Broadways, Tudors, and Rocks with meals and tea socials noted. Pvt Henry Black left for Camp Rucker after a furlough, Ophelia Rogers remains seriously ill, and an observation on Alaskan Indians erecting totem poles closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Tosh
Annie B. Chapman and
Pulaski
Dorsey Bowers
Glen Hall
Elizabeth Ann
Leslie “Wooden
Birmingham
L. ‘C. Bumpus
Buddie
Marie Black
Albert Black
Athens 1
Powers Hospital
Will Broadway
Robert Broadway
Helen
Henry Black
Camp Rucker
Ophelia
Rogers
Modern ideas simplify infant feeding by formula
Dr. Clendening notes that mother's milk remains best for early weeks yet modern feeding is scientific and simple. Cow milk serves as the practical substitute with added sugar and optional lactose or dextrose to match milk sugars, plus pasteurization. Vitamin C and D require orange juice and cod liver oil, with clean preparation.
American Army Band Delights Belgians With Swing In Spa
In Spa Belgium October 1 the American first army band performed a lively concert in the casino near Hotel Britannique to delighted crowds. Warrant Officer Elwood Shipe led a program blending martial and classical pieces with hot dance tunes. The sextet included Picciano Tenglund Jaffa Senick Mattice and Di Nicola. Encores featured Crazy and Annie's Cousin Fannie with the Belgian crowd cheering wildly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Belgium
Siegfried Line
American First Army
Ludendorff
Doorn
Holland
Elwood Shipe
Lancaster, Penn
Battlefront
Paul Picciano
Croton-on-Hudson
N. Y
Carl Tenglund
Ellicot Street
Buffalo
di Nicola
Annie
Fannie
Family Visits and Local Notices in Morgan County
The Morgan County page lists visits among Sivley and Sharp families in Decatur and Hartselle, news of Mrs. Jim Sivley as a patient at Baugh's infirmary, and social calls by Mildred Sivley, Lottie McCutcheon, and many neighbors. It notes Pvt. Robert Hopkins wounded in action and records numerous local visitors to Rose and Evan Freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Sivley
Floyd Sivley
Joan
Rudolph Sivley
Osborn Sivley
Decatur
Jim Sivley
Baugh’s Infirmary
Joan Sivley
M. C. Sharp
Hartselle
Avis Allen
Geraldine Sivley
Mildred Sivley
Lottie McCutcheon
Margie Faye Charest
Pvt
Robert Hopkins
Gloria Amn Winton
Lona Faye Lemmond
John Dolphus
Bobby
Virginia Turney
Cois
Ellowee Breeding
Nell Waugh
Wilda Faye Turney
Theo
Jack Lemmond
Morrow Garrison
Mildred Parker
Ina Dunaway
Iris
Jura Mae Winton
Local Notices From Lawrence County Honor Church and Visitors
Community announcements with names of residents and visitors include Miss Vera Asherbranner invited to next Sunday preaching by Rev. Willis Parker. Numerous relatives and friends from Lebanon Speake Decatur Chicks Alabama Moulton and Akron are listed visiting or staying with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Parker
Howard Anders
Lebanon
Ferr
Shelby-Eddy
Janny
Lorene Looney
Olene Hogan
Taylor Black
Speake
William Ottis Turney
Phelton Legg
John Paul
Cpl
Howell Morris
Lonnie Morris
Ruby Burgess
Chickasaw
Ala
Jim Burgess
Truman Lindsey
Chldren
Hartselle
William Henry
Oscar Penn
Opal Hogan
Decatur
Johnie Hogan
Olene
Jim Asherbranner
Moulton
Zehman Crowe
Little Son
Coy Crowe
Waldermose
Springs
Cleo Woods
Akron
Ohio
Walter Winchell Trade Mark Registered in 1944
Daily Mirror notes Joan Fontaine intimates fear a second marriage to producer D Lewis. Edgar Bergen wedding postponement cited as off for good. Deanna Durbin and Life’s Robert Landry back. radio lark beaten in East 52nd Street brawl. Hollywood gossip on Lippmann Gallup Dewey Fala and other figures unfolds with social events and FCC hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Fontaine
D. Lewis
Edgar Bergen
Deanna Durbin
Robert Landry
East 52Nd Street
Alexis
Lawrence Fry
FDR
Paul Porter
Demmy Press Exec
Limestone County Capshaw Social Roundup
Mrs. J. B. Spence and Mrs. Cecil Bradford of Madison visited Mrs. W. E. Smith and Mrs. J. N. Vasser Sunday afternoon. Numerous families, including the Balchs, Sandersons, Smiths, Thomases, and Littles, spent Sunday with relatives in Limestone County and Decatur and Memphis visitors joined local gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Spence
Cecil Bradford
Madison
W. E. Smith
J. N. Vasser
Rowe Sanderson
Homer Pike
S. L. Sanderson
P. E. Balch
Harold Balch
Rowe Louis Thomas
Lena Thomas
John Lindsay Thomas
Carl Balch
Earl Smith
Decatur
Leamon Smith
Memphis Tenn
Melissa Worthey
Bessie Pike
Rosetta
Stanford Craft
Oscar Wagnon
Dan Worthy
Martina
Roy Wales
Mary Smith
Claud Cole
J. B. Cole
Robert Vasser
Comer Cole
Kaunas City in Southern Lithuania
Kaunas is a city in the southern part of Lithuania. Pronunciation varies as KAHV-nahs or KOW-nahs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaunas
Lithuania
Photographer Gus Gale Takes Revenge on Hauser Crowd
Gus Gale a Movie and Radio Guide photographer was hurt in a feud over Greta Garbo photos. He bought a cheap camera loaded with garlic juice and Hau ser’s juice and waited outside LaRue's. When Garbo and Hauser emerged he aimed a closeup spray at Hauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Gale
Radio Guide
Gaylord Hauser
Gaylord
Greta
Gus
Hauser
LaRue’s
Garbo
Hollywood Gossip and War Era Celebrity Tidbits
Fred Allen notes an associate movie producer is the one fired after a flop. Esther Williams, Metro swimmer, has a new heart. A 3 striper. A birth to the Gilberts. Col Hal Roach is ill and may receive a medical discharge soon. Newsreels polled campaign buttons. FDR led 8 to 5. Dorothy Jeffers learned her brother was killed in action. Gertie Niesen saved chew cherines from firing. Vera Milerton, ex Follies, works at a war plant. Barbara Lee wed attorney M J Harris of Cleveland. Una Merkel readies a front pager for Three’s a Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Allen
Esther, Williams
Metro
Gilbert Taylors
Hal Roach
Washington
Wew
Dorothy Jeffers
Charmer
Tion
Gertie Niesen
F Cherines
Vera Mileton
Dolly
West 47Th Street
Barbara Lee
Victor Herbert
M. J. Harris
Cleveland
Una Merkel
Muscle Shoals Named for Glistening Rock Formations
Musscle Shoals Alabama sits along a 37 mile stretch of the Tennessee River named after rock formations that glisten like muscles capturing the river’s unique scenery and natural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musscle Shoals
Alabama
Tennessee River
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Decatur Daily
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Associated Press
Poland
Cardinals
Browns
Committee For Economic Development
United States
John Q
Hitler
America
Japan
Trade Maar Apa
Junius
Sel
State College
Study Club
Limestone County
Oak Grove
France
Z. S. Kish
Bridgeport
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Ec Hel Boy
Morgan County
Winton
Lawrence County
Vera Asherbranner
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
National Press Club
George Gallup
Jonathan Wainwright
Waldorf
Barbara Bennett
Addison Randall
Bennet
Hoope
Bob Hope
Jergens
Kay Lorraine
Lee Meyers
Lucy Hayes
Hugh Prince
Joe E. Lewis
Vera Niva
Joan Loder
Hedy Lamarr
Tommy Warner
Ginger Lane
H’wood
Marion Cooper
Coasters
FCC
Upton Close
Channing Pollock
Merwin K. Hart
NBC
Walter Lippman
Ciggie
OPA
Permish
Jack Benny
Variety
Kate Smith Maw
Benny
Quest Stars
State Daily
Blue Network
Henry Youngman
Fur Execs
Geo. Palmer
Cairo
Siricka
Zanzibar
Hillman
Sally Rand
Beverly Hills
Beverly-Wilshire
L. B. Mayer
Col. Batista
Hena Massey
Bruce Cabot
Charlie Barnet
Frank J. Parker
Harold Kennedy
B’klyn
Italy
Elena
Chas. Meehan
al Smith
Royal Arch Gunnison
MacArthur
Limestone
County Capshaw
Miss Balch
Johnie Allen
Daughter Sunday
Pettey’s Cleaners
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
United States Savings
United States Treasury Department
Treasury Department
U. S
Morean
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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