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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1944
Page
5
The Intermediate Department of The First Methodist church held an indoor picnic at the church basement due to weather with Mrs Paul Roberson organizing games and a lunch served. An important Cotillion club meeting was set for Friday at 7 30 pm at the Carnegie Library.
Pattern 97 provides complete directions for mittens in 4 6 8 and 10 year sizes. Sent with fifteen cents for the pattern and a new 32 page Needlecraft Catalog of embroidery knitting crochet quilts and home decor designs. The Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept New York address required.
Mr and Mrs H H May of Fackler Alabama are in Decatur visiting. Lt Noel Carpenter arrives for a ten day furlough with his mother on Line Street then reports to Love Field Dallas. Mrs A T Hanson returns from Fairfax Alabama. S Sgt Ray Edwards is in France with the Engineering section of the First Army. Er E Hargrove Paul Gene Mrs S E Patterson and Patsy visit Birmingham Thursday. Atlee Hoff to spend Labor Day in Sewanee Tennessee. Mrs Maggie Griffis and Mrs Bet
Ty Burgess of Cornersville Tenn guests of Mrs J M Pearcer Mrs Louis Hinkle and Mrs AtLee Hoff spend Thursday in Birmingham Darrah returned Thursday from Nashville Mrs Darrah will remain longer Frances Milton West leaves Monday for Woman’s College Montevallo to be student next year Mr and Mrs Howard Wilson Johnson of Danville Road
The piece notes United Nations resolve to outlaw war and insistence on unconditional surrender. It cites wartime grief in American families and calls for severe punishment of aggressors. General Eisenhower’s pledge to push the battle into Germany is welcomed as a step toward destroying German military power and rebuilding a peaceable future.
Good progress shown on Cedar Street paving with grading nearly finished. County crews will apply blacktop to an 18 foot wide pavement spanning about two and a half miles from Danville road to Decatur Austinville road.
The birth of a son named John Raymond was reported for Monday August 28 at Decatur General Hospital. Various society notes list visitors and travelers including Mrs. Vera Austell returning from Monteagle, Mrs. John Hambrick in Birmingham, and multiple people visiting relatives in Birmingham, Nashville, Louisville, and other cities.
An advice piece for fat women on weight loss through posture and exercise. It urges strengthening muscles, avoiding fats, sweets, and starches, and describes exercises like leg raises, torso twists, and daily routines to trim waist, hips, and thighs.
Second Lieutenant William R. Smith of Hartselle receives a second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for meritorious achievement as co pilot of an eighth air force B 17 during bombing raids on German targets. He is the son of Rev and Mrs Frank L Smith of Hartselle and prior to Army service worked for Cooper Wells in Decatur. He earned his wings at Pierie Arkansas in December.
An Anne Adams pattern feature presents a back to college outfit idea with a slim waist jumper and coordinating blouse. Patterns 4553 and fall/winter book details, sizes 11 through 18, fabric yardage, and ordering instructions are included.
The report notes 3000 tons of food for Parisians, about two pounds per person, with eggs and meat available in small towns near Paris. Civilians describe mixed German occupancy, initial calm then arrogance, and medie val acts against resistance leaders, while Parisians endure under a harsh rule. A Paris hotel scene shows a German soldier cap discarded by a landlady and a maid kicking it in disdain.
Decatur merchants vote to close businesses on victory news and plan a citywide prayer service at Delano Park. If notices arrive overnight shops will stay closed. morning notices trigger noon or 3 pm services. afternoon notices set 7 30 pm. Police protection and ad solicitors’ approval urged.
P G Wodehouse 63 says in Paris interview he made a terrible mistake by broadcasting over German radio while interned. He insists he meant no harm and that broadcasts were to answer letters from camp life.
Back at work in Birmingham area steel plants as labor disputes ease. Fairfield sheet mill had 50 percent production cut yesterday, while the rolling mill in Bessemer, employing 500 men, reported near normal operations today.
Dorothy Dix counsels single women to resist social pressure to wed, warns against unhappy marriages, and endorses women holding jobs only when necessary. She urges a working mother to stay in her profession and stresses truthful adoption disclosure to a child.
A 52 year old wife with two schoolchildren seeks guidance as her husband, eight years younger, pushes her to work in a defense plant while earning $85 weekly and discussing their marriage each night. The letter reflects midcentury gender roles and employment pressures.
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