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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
7
The Missionary Society of the Westside Presbyterian church met with Miss Millie McCarver on Monday afternoon. Officers led prayers and devotionals as ten members and three visitors attended. The group prayed for named missionaries and studied Women of the Bible before adjournment.
Mrs W T Giles and Mr Ketcher left for Baltimore Md where he will resume studies at Johns Hopkins. Several relatives and friends traveled or visited Birmingham Huntsville and Montgomery for university and family events.
The article advises on eyelash care and eyelid grooming with demountable lashes and mineral oil to enhance lashes and brows. It promotes growing natural hair, avoids heavy tweezing, and explains trimming and steaming for curly hair to shape waves and prevent masklike effects.
At the annex auditorium the group announced Monday as Loyalty Day and accepted Mrs Shaw’s invitation to meet at her home for all day bandage making for White Cross. Luncheon, Blessing boxes opened, offerings collected, and a closing prayer followed business.
The piece argues the American plan to keep a Pacific fleet and send destroyers to Britain as a response to looming threats. It stresses fresh ships as essential to defend the British Isles, protect Atlantic convoys, and support Mediterranean operations amid worsening weather and possible invasions.
Ground was broken at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft plant in Baltimore for a massive addition intended to more than double bomber production and plant space. Company president Glenn L. Martin said the expansion will add about 37 000 jobs within a year, with production rising two and a half times in 18 months as the plant now builds three bombers daily.
Mr. and Mrs. Pred Martin entertained their dinner bridge club at their College View home. The beautifully decorated rooms featured roses and cut flowers. Winners were Mrs. W. C. Chambers for the women and Mr. Chambers for the men. Several guests received prizes and gifts as honors.
Census Bureau reports East South Central states show an 89 percent gain since 1930, led by Kentucky 8.6 percent, Tennessee 11.3 percent, Alabama 7 percent, Mississippi 8.6 percent. Alabama total corrected adding about 21,000, Colbert County figures adjusted. Arkansas population up 5.1 percent to 1,958,268 with 49 of 75 counties up and county changes ranging from a 17.6 percent drop in Montgomery to 26.8 percent rise in Poinsett.
Leopoldo Arosemena secretary of government and justice urges the national assembly to pass a law making espionage by fifth columnists a treasonable offense.
Albany August 4 New York Attorney General John J Bennett Jr ruled that state employees called into federal service with the National Guard naval militia or reserve corps are entitled to full state compensation for the first 30 days of duty after which they receive the difference if any between military service pay and state officer or employee pay.
The Armor family from Moulton held its annual reunion with fifty-one members present. A noon lunch followed a day of visiting with many relatives from Benton Kentucky Talladega and Indiana among those listed by name.
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