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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1946

Page

5

Wanted: Experienced stenographer for Gulf Refining Co

Help wanted for Gulf Refining Co seeking an experienced stenographer. Apply by phone at 1650 for details.

Gulf Refining Co

Eating a Habit Beauty a Joy

Correct eating habits influence appearance and health. A balanced diet centers on protein, carbohydrates, and fats with roughly one part protein to four parts carbs and one part fat. Start the day with fruit or juice and a hearty breakfast. prepare meals that are balanced, nourishing, and appetizing to encourage children to eat.

Hygeia Culinary Department Home

Big Jim Plans Carried Forward in Alabama Labor Day Talk

James E. Folsom, gubernatorial spokesman, pledges to implement campaign promises at a Labor Day AFL United Workers event in Jasper. Gould Beech cites key goals including roads, higher teacher pay, and 1800 annual pensions, plus political reform like ending the poll tax, reapportionment, and a constitutional convention.

Jasper Ala James E. Folsom Folsom AFL United Workers Gould Beech Montgomery Big Jim Beech Southern Farmer Alabama William Mitch UNW William Dalrymple UMW Railroad

Fitzpatrick Daughter Named in Society Note

A sophomore this year is noted as Miss Fitzpatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Fitzpatrick of 608 East Gordon Drive.

Betty King John White Attalla Baptist Church Betty Ruth King John Thomas King King Attalla John Felix White John Clark White Mr. White Decatur Ala First Baptist Church Charles J. Granade Ann Litz Dorothy Hopper Paul Killian L. McCormick O'Hardelot Cadman Saint Saens Liszt Massenet J. Fred King Atlanta Melba Quattlebaum Hanceville Marian Harris Tommy Hinton Gadsden Naval Air Corps J. T. Cahoon Claude Quattlebaum Jay Virgil Gunn Guntersville Jessie Smith Annie Evelyn Winn Lois King Cullman S. B. Hinton Jr Birmingham Ernest. White Memorial Drive D. S. Hurst F. E. Napps Zettie Sheats L. L. McCulloch G. A. Rice Fred C. Mann Linda Diane Miss Fitzpatrick T. H. Fitzpatrick East Gordon Drive

Neighborhood humor and strange ads from small-town papers

A collage of pint-sized items and quips from local papers. A diner avoids payment humor turns into a wall ledger joke about future diners. Notices include a widowed woman with six heifers seeking a home and a goat scare report.

Brushville Bugle Pea Ridge Sun Possum Hollow Carl Cash Daily News Holstein-Friesian Association Sharptown Star Lon Moore Batesville Skunk Valley Herald

Correction notice of misidentified detective in town paper

A North Carolina town paper printed a correction stating that John Doe is a detective in the police force, correcting a typographical error that had previously identified him as such. The piece mentions a visitor's quip about the new owner’s farm animals and egg production.

North Carolina John Doe Doe

The Great Lawmaker and Local Banter

A humorous page features a Decatur Woman quipping about her husband lifting strength from spinach and the contrast between a statesman’s home life and Washington, with chatter about fashion and mink coats. Other snippets include Mrs Bragg returning from the beauty parlor and Mrs Gnasty’s jab about service.

Correct this sentence dialogue excerpt

The governor says not to worry about him because he promised to behave if pardoned. Miss Cityite asks about country summers. Mr Cityman replies he stays in the city not the country.

Miss Cityite Mr. Cityman

Definitions Retrieved From A Humorous Glossary

A satirical list defines terms such as Alcohol Adolescence Bachelor Realtor and Bobbed Hair. The witty items describe social clichés and everyday objects with playful, tongue in cheek explanations.

Cable network to expand with 8000 miles of coaxial lines

More than 8,000 miles of coaxial cable, termed the modern speaking tube, will be added to the nationwide telephone network in the coming years, signaling a major expansion of communications infrastructure.

Dorothy Dix Warns Youth Faces Harsh Consequences

Dorothy Dix laments youths embrace the slogan it cant happen to me and warns that reckless health choices, dangerous driving, hasty marriages, and school truancy lead to lifelong harm. She notes many end as starved, debt-ridden, or aimless adults, with divorce and poverty common outcomes.

Jorothy DIX Sally T. B

Refugee ship Four Freedoms intercepted by British near Haifa

The 400 ton vessel with about 1000 Jews seeking illegal entry to Palestine arrived in Haifa in tow of a British destroyer after a night clash with a naval boarding party off Tel Aviv. British authorities planned deportation to Cyprus while barbed wire runways were installed at the Haifa docks for processing.

Jerusalem Four Freedoms Palestine Haifa Tel -Aviv Cyprus

Food delivery halted by New York strike

A 25 000 strong driver strike halted food and commodity deliveries in New York City. Arthur G. McKeever, president of the Motor Carrier Association of New York, called the stoppage nearly complete, caused by Local 807 of the AFL Teamsters.

New York New York City Arthur G. McKeever Motor Carrier Association of New York AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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