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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1946
Page
11
Stores will close for the day though many drug stores plan to stay open. Post offices will close tomorrow but parcel post and special delivery mail will be delivered. Banks and several public offices including Hartsville AAA and Morgan price control board will close. All barber shops shut for Labor Day. Hawaii population listed as 502000.
Thomas H. Fitzpatrick of McGough bakeries and vice president of Associated Industries of Alabama will host a dinner for AIA members and guests at the Lyons hotel in Decatur on Tuesday September 10 at 6 30 pm. Attending will be William Neal D Tro tter Jones executive vice president and other Birmingham officials. The Decatur gathering is part of a statewide series to strengthen ties between Associated Industries officers and local business leaders.
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hollaway of Austinville were conducted by Rev Shaw of the First Baptist church at 10 oclock Saturday morning at Rose Lawn cemetery. The infant died Friday morning at Baughs infirmary with services directed by Mutual Service.
The article notes the Smithsonian Institution in Washington celebrated its centennial with the milestone of 50 million visitors since its founding. It highlights remarks by AFL organizer George L. Googe on the Southern labor drive and its reach, with about 120,000 new members joined in the period.
Georgia lawmakers poised to consider restoring a white primary to exclude Black voters. The move follows Eu gene Talmadge's campaign pledge, with discussions of repealing laws affecting primaries, adopting county unit systems, and aligning state law with party machinery to sidestep Supreme Court rulings.
Weather observers reported a cool August day in the South with Nashville reaching 49 degrees, the lowest August reading there. Birmingham set its all time August low at 51, Mobile tied or broke a 31 year record at 64 as a cool wave moved in from the North.
The Hartselle Rotary club held an annual picnic at Sherrill's park Thursday evening with about one hundred guests. L. E. Roberts welcomed attendees as president, praising the entertainment committee including Cooper McClanahan, Marlin Bradley and Lee Palmer. The event replaced the regular luncheon. next meeting is September 4 at noon in the Methodist church basement.
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