Buckles Talk Pleas Club on Newspaper Week
Doyle L Buckles field representative of the Alabama Press Association spoke to Decatur Kiwanis Club Thursday in observance of National Newspaper Week He recounted the community service of newspapers and noted war time restrictions Alabama press efforts and the Daily's six month file showcasing community life National Newspaper Week runs October 1 8 across the U S and Canada
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Doyle L. Buckles
Alabama Press Assoon
Decatur Kiwanis Ub
Buckles
University of Alabama
Lloyd L. Lively
Henry Fleming
John A. Cadwell
Kiwanis International
Decatur Daily
Barrett Shelton
The
Daily
Alabama Press Association
Alabama
United States
Canada
Germans Pin Hopes on Weather for Aid on Western Front
The German news agency said the Western front is turning to mud and that the Nazis count on weather to slow the Allied advance. It claimed soldiers face cold and wet conditions, noting troops on both sides seldom know dry clothing.
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London
The Road to Berlin fronts distances report
The Associated Press lists distances to Berlin from major fronts: 302 miles north of Venlo on the Western front, 310 miles from Warsaw on the Russian front, and 564 miles from the Italian front south of Bologna.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Venlo
Warsaw
Bologna
Kilmer Swamp Root advertised as herbal kidney remedy
An ad promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root claiming fast relief for nighttime urination and bladder irritation due to acidity. It touts a 16 herb blend, no harsh ingredients, prepaid samples, and gifts with purchase, urging readers to mail for a specimen to Kilmer Box 1255 Stamford Conn.
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DR. Kilmer
Orie
de Kileer
B. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
Russian War Relief Gives Hope to Soviet Orphans
The piece spotlights Russian War Relief work in Moscow and Smolensk where American gifts of medicine warm clothing and food aid 11500 000 of the National War Fund total aiding 15 million Russian orphans and civilians. Genya a five year old survivor shows the impact of this aid on war torn children.
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Russia
Russian War Relief
National War Fund
Moscow
Smolensk
Genya
Babushkino
Hollywood Faces Possible Full Strike Over Set Decorator Jurisdiction
Hollywood industry leaders grew tense as a walkout over set decorator jurisdiction risks halting picture making. The strike began at Metro Goldwyn Mayer with 200 workers and could trigger ballots across eight studio unions if set designers and painters vote to strike.
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Hollywood
America
International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Herbert Sorrell
Brotherhood of Painters
International Association of Machinists
Sorrell
Conference of Studio Unions
National Labor Relations Board
Soviet Red Cross Aid Packages To Bolster US Friendship
Soviet Red Cross workers distribute a vast array of goods including drugs medical supplies clothing blankets textiles seeds and foodstuffs. Each item bears a label with the American flag and space for a message to foster friendship between the two nations.
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Red Cross
America
Georgia Supreme Court Rules on Georgia Ballot Fusion
The Georgia Supreme Court refused to place a Republican backed slate of presidential electors on the November ballot. The ruling leaves six Dewey-Bricker electors on a fusion ticket with six unpledged Democrats opposing the Roosevelt Truman electors. The decision upholds the Fulton County Superior Court and involves a mandamus suit by the Republican National Committee against Secretary of State John Wilson.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Republican National Committee
Dewey-Bricker
Georgia
Fulton
Republican National
John Wilson
Wilson
National Committee
Dewey Tax Plan Seen As Postwar Revenue Shift
Washington reports the Dewey tax plan as a politically driven composite of new programs. It aims for a large national income with a low permanent tax structure. Supporters say it could end the old tax-and-spend approach and fund postwar government needs.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
White House
Dewey
Committee On Economic Development
United States
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Twin Cities
CED
Meeting Life's Problems in Jesus Temptation and Nazareth
The lesson outlines Jesus fasted forty days in the wilderness and resisted Satan with scriptures about word and worship. It notes Jesus’ temptations to turn stones to bread, leap from the temple, and worship Satan for worldly rule, then teaches reliance on God's word and providence. It recounts Jesus in Nazareth reading Isaiah and facing rejection, ending with no prophet accepted in his own country.
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Jesus
Satan
Holy
Temple
God
Nazareth
Isaiah
Joseph
Charter Day idea from rural education conference
Washington reports the first White House rural education conference closed with Charly Ormond Williams of the NEA proposing October 4 be named Charter Day to honor Roosevelt's call for federal aid. Arkansas education chief Ralph B. Jones said education funding should come from wealth nationwide to educate youth wherever they live.
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Washington
White House
Charly Ormond Williams
National Education Association
Miss Williams
Roosevelt
Ralph B. Jones
Arkansas
Adults Invited to Sunday Meeting at First Baptist Church
Dr John Maguire evangelist and Dr Jesse M Rogers pastor invite all adults to a community meeting at 3:00 Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church. No children present. the event aims to share a vital message with area adults.
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John Maguire
Jesse M. Rogers
First Baptist Church
Mcguire
Dr. Rogers
Library of Congress Fires and Losses Through History
The Library of Congress, established in 1800, burned in 1814 destroying federal collections. A later 1851 blaze wiped out about 35 000 volumes, marking major losses in its early history.
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Library of Congress
Library of Congress Holds Vast American History Collection
The Library of Congress houses the largest collection of material on American history in the world. Its holdings span centuries and cover documents, prints, maps, and rare books that illuminate the nation’s past.
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Library of Congress
Japanese Army Doctors Ordered to Kill Patients
Brig. Gen. R. W. Bliss reports from the Pacific that Japanese army doctors are under orders to kill their own patients if capture seems imminent and that they have bombed their own hospitals with patients inside.
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Washington
R. W. Bliss
Army
Bliss
Pacific
Retonga Beyond Price Says Taylor in Georgetown Tenn
Stock farmer W. J. Taylor of Georgetown Tennessee reports indigestion sluggish elimination and weakness relieved by Retonga. He says he gained ten pounds and now enjoys meals with less laxative use and better strength. Retonga is a herbal gastric tonic with Vitamin B-1 sold at Caddell Drug.
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Stockman
W. J. Taylor
Route 1
Georgetown
Tenn
Caddell Drug
Have a Chew Warns Agriculture Dept on Tobacco Use
Washington reports that snuff and chewing tobacco consumption is at a record peak while cigar and cigarette use stays lower. The Agriculture Department cites wartime "no smoking" rules in plants as a contributing factor.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Snakes in United States Sparsely Documented
About 205 snake species and varieties exist in the United States, with less than 15 percent documented as dangerous to humans. The British dirigible R-34 landed in New York on July 6, 1919, becoming the first airship of its kind to cross the Atlantic.
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United States
New York
OWL FORECAST DARKER NOW
OWL Director Elmer Davis says Arnhem failure makes German collapse more remote and end-of-1944 forecast outdated. OWI notes 5,000,000 workers may change jobs after V-E Day with civilian dislocations. rationing trends include prolonged butter sugar and tires, gradual easing in gasoline and fuel oil, and continued clothing shortages.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Arnhem
OWL
Elmer Davis
Europe
Davis
Office of War Information
Germany
Rhine
Holland
OWI
British Take Greek Port Rion in Peloponnesus
Allied communique reports British invasion forces in Greece overwhelmed the fortified port of Rion at the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth after capturing Patras. Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken at Patras, with coastal guns used to command fleeing German craft.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Greece
Peloponnesus
Patras
Rion
Gulf of Corinth
Sherrow Hosts Barbecue for Employees and Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sherrow and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sherrow hosted a barbec ue dinner at Woodall's on Thursday night for their employees and guests. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hargrove, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hill, Mr. and Mrs. H E Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Young, and several others.
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Jack Sherrow
Ray Sherrow
Woodall’s
Cecil-Smith
Charles Hargrove
Roy Hill
H. E. Davis
Garnett Young
Irene Hannigan
Allan Murphree
Eddie Lou McAllister
Ruth Black
Dorothy McLemore
Ruth McCullouch
Herbert Farish
Herby Sherrow
Jane Marie Murphree
German Guns Silent Opposite Rion After Shelling
Shelling reported near Andirrion opposite Rion on the gulf entrance with German guns remaining silent yesterday along the north shore.
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Andirrion
Rion
Gulf
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Buckles Talk Pleases Club
Decatur, Alabama
Bank St
Kimg Feature Syndicate
Ime
Gene Ahern
By Newman Campbell
Solomon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
International Harvester CO
W. G. Peebles
Mooresville
Decatur Truck & Tractor Co
Retonga
Price
Taylor
MR. W. J. Taylor
Sherrows
Herbert
Norton
Moulton Street
Moulton St. Market
Tom Woodruff
Weiners
HEINZ
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Sunmaid
Palmolive
OKRA
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