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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1944

Page

5

City PTA to Install New Officers at Luncheon

The City Council of Parents Teachers Association will install newly elected officers at a luncheon Thursday at 12:00 noon at the Cornelian Hotel. Mrs Harry Nelson, state field secretary, will lead the installation. Officers named include Mrs H H Higdon president Mrs Carl Allgood vice president Mrs Breck Reeves secretary and Mrs Garnett Young treasurer.

Council OF City Council of Parents Teachers Association Cornelian Hotel Harry Nelson Montgomery State Congress of P. T. Au H. H. Higdon Carl Allgood Breck Reeves Garnett Young

Local Courtesies and Travels Mentioned in Notes

Phone 1352 the T. V. A. They will be at home in the Ewing Apartments. T. C. Chandler is in Nashville today for a medical check up and will return home tonight. Mrs. J. A. McDonald leaves for Jason Mississippi. Mrs. Wilson Taylor returns to Atlanta after visiting here. Lt. Taylor serves in France. Mrs. L. R. Nash and family head to Birmingham then Knoxville for visits. Miss Martha Nash plans to study in Chambersburg Pennsylvania starting the 17th. The Ponte Vecchio at Florence stands as a famed modern bridge.

T. C. Chandler Nashville Wilson Taylor Atlanta C. C. Barfield Taylor France L. R. Nash Gaines Stuart and Son Randy Martha Nash Birmingham

Sanford couple relocate from Paris to here

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sanford, formerly of Paris Tennessee, will now make their home here as Mr. Sanford has been transferred to this location.

Mrs Ed Sanford Paris, Tenn Mr. Sanford

Double edged exercising for legs and figure

A health note explains how exercises reduce fat and shape the legs. It compares swimming tennis skating and dancing as ways to normalise the figure and improve movement, with rope jumping and massage offered as options for fat reduction and toning.

Junior Miss Dirndl Pattern 4653 by Anne Adams

Anne Adams pattern 4653 offers a junior miss dirndl with a single bodice and sleeve cut, available in sizes 11 through 18. The size 13 requires 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. patterns cost 20 cents each plus 15 more cents for the Anne Adams Fall and Winter Pattern Book.

Anne Adams Decatur Daily Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Dorothey Dix: Naggers and unhappy marriages discussed

Dear Miss Dix hears a nagging wife dilemma and a husband seeking happiness through a second relationship. Dorothy Dix counters nagging as a two way vice and cautions against leaving stable homes for polygamy and new affairs.

Dardanelles a Key Flashpoint in Postwar Power Play

The piece argues Russia seeks Dardanelles access via Turkey and a stronger position in the eastern theatre. It notes Pravda accuses Turkey of neutrality with Germany and warns that control of the strait could shape Mediterranean access, British strategy, and postwar balance.

Germany Russia Balkans Turkey Dardanelles Moscow Pravda Mediterranean Black Sea England Churchill

Complaint Filed Against Reynolds Corp Unfair Labor Practices

The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against Reynolds Corporation over unfair labor practices at its fuse plant in Milledgeville Georgia. An NLRB examiner will hear the case there on September 18.

Atlanta Reynolds Corporation Ledgeville National Labor Relations Board NLRB Milledgeville

Woll's School Outfit Pattern and Catalog Offer

Doll pattern 978 features a 15 inch doll with movable limbs and straw yarn hair wearing a sweater and skirt. Includes transfer pattern and instructions plus a needlecraft catalog offer for embroidery, knitting, crochet, and home decor designs. Thirty-five lines of text describe ordering by sending fifteen cents and providing name and address to Needlecraft Dept New York.

Dolly Decatur Daily Needlecraft Dept Eighth Avenue New York N.Y

Ganges Canal System Surpasses Thousand Miles of Main Channels

The historic Ganges canal network includes over 1,000 miles of main channels and about 3,000 miles of branch channels, reflecting its vast reach and irrigation scope vital to regional agriculture and transport.

Ganges Canal

Hawaiians Push for Statehood as Early as 1896

The record shows advocacy for making Hawaii the 49th state dating back to 1896 with Hawaiians seeking admission and self governance amid territorial debates. The note highlights early push from native populations and political actors regarding statehood status.

United States

Lost Love Harms a Father Who Sacrificed for Family

A reflective piece questions the value of forsaking children for affection and warns that happiness does not endure in a so called love nest. The Bell Syndicate release hints at a moral stance on family and relationships.

Auburn Captains Chosen for 1944 Football Team

Auburn selects Tex Warrington range center and Curtis Kuykendall halfback as captains for the 1944 squad. Warrington played 1941-42 at William and Mary College and Kuykendall, a top sprinter, will be the lone holdover from 1942. Warrington is from Delaware and Kuykendall from Sea Isle, Mississippi.

Auburn Ala Tex Warrington Curtis Ku Carl Voyles Tiger Warrington William and Mary College Kuykendall Over Del Seadlis Miss

Taken as a tonic CARDUS aids digestion and relief of pain

An old TABOO aside, the article notes CARDUS as a two way tonic that may stimulate gastric juices and appetite. Taken as directed three days before the period it should help relieve functional periodic pain. A 62 year record is cited.

Lydia Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Cardus

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