Mrs Virginia Prince Calvin to Attend New York Visit Luncheon
Mrs Earle Calvin Sr will host a luncheon on Wednesday with Miss Virginia Prince Calvin of New York City as guest. Miss Martha Nash and Miss Bettie Burroughs of Bridgeport Conn will share honors at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Calvin Sr
Virginia Prince Calvin
New York City
Martha Nash
Bettie Burroughs
Bridgeport
L.R. Nash
Conn
Birmingham
Gaines Stuart
Pum
C. B. Stuart Sr
Knoxville
Tenn
Personal arrivals and departures fill local social news
Miss Virginia Prince Calvin of New York arrives for a visit with the Earle Calvins. Flight Officer William G. Barker ends leave with his parents before further training. Many residents travel to Nashville, Florence, Pulaski, and Birmingham for visits, treatments, or studies, with several serving in the Army Air Corps and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Barker
Mrs
E. C. Barker
Buckgham Field
Fort Myers, Fla
Army Air Corps
England
Cardu i 2 way help for functional period pain
A wartime style promotion describes Cardui as relief for functional period pain started three days before the time and taken as directed. It claims Cardui can ease discomfort and, as a tonic, improve appetite and digestion by increasing gastric juice flow, helping build resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardui
Birmingham transit up 78 percent in 1941 stays strong
Birmingham Electric Company reports its transit department carried about 232000 passengers daily, totaling 84536584 for the year ending July 31, up from 47633630 in 1940. Also notes a fact about radium concentration in ancient minerals and a remark on the invention of agriculture among Aztecs Incas and Mayans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Eléctric Company
Anne Adams Boy's Suit Pattern 4563 for 1 10 sizes
Pattern 4563 offers a quick snappy suit with overalls for boys in sizes 1 through 10. Requires small fabric amounts and features a blouse and pants options with specific yardage for 54 and 35 inch fabrics. Send 20 cents for patterns to The Decatur Pattern Dept at 243 West 17th St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Decatur Ora 45
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Many Benefits Gained From Brisk Walking
An old era reflection touts brisk walking as a cure for waistline spread and nerves. It urges two miles daily for women worn by domestic duties and recommends brisk, rhythmic steps to improve posture breathing and overall health.
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Marriage and Honesty
A collection of Dear Dorothy Dix exchanges on nagging wives, daydreams versus reality, and the toll of deception in marriage. It includes guidance urging honesty with parents and husbands, and a distinct note on a friend's disruptive child tested against friendship and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Ivory Tower
Pearl Harbor
Miss DIX
Wage Freeze Break Looms in Roosevelt Action
A six member tripartite panel of the National War Labor Board will submit a fact finding report within days on appeasement from the Little Steel wage formula. The New York Times quotes informed circles saying Roosevelt will consider alternatives. the President has final say in political matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
New York Times
Washington
Louis Stark
National War Labor Board
NWLB
National ‘War Labor Board
Stark
Allied Push Toward Cologne Route Clears Channel Ports
Canadian forces seize Wissant and Zeebrugge as British Second Army drives across the Albert Canal toward Aachen and Cologne. American First Army advances on a broad front, reporting the liberation of a major city as Allied units converge to break the Siegfried Line and access Germany’s war industries.
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Channel
Wissant
Calais
Zeebrugge
Second
Albert Canal
Belgium
Cleve
First Army
Aachen
Cologne
Germany
Bern
American First Army
One Yard Apron Embroidery Pattern Sale
Colorful embroidery improves a one yard apron pattern 972 with transfer and pieces. The ad promotes easy to embroider motifs for linens and garments. Pattern and catalog details priced at fifteen cents and mailed to Needlecraft Dept. 42 Daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Needlecraft
Patton's Third Army Faces Heavy Fighting Near Metz
The two gun Patton's American third army fights hard in the Metz sector, driving bridgeheads across the Moselle as Metz guards an ancient gateway into Germany. Patch and the Seventh Army push north from Southern France toward the Belfort gap near the Swiss border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
Patton
Metz
Moselle
Germany
Patch
Seventh Army
France
Belfort
The
Reich
Chateau honors 1000 citizens in crest of valor
In a French town the coat of arms features the Cross of the Legion of Honor to commemorate the valor of 1,000 citizens who faced a German force during the Franco Prussian War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateaudun
Legion of Honor
Virgin Islands Purchase Transfer from Denmark
The United States acquired the Virgin Islands by purchase from Denmark in a historic territorial transfer. The deal established US control over the archipelago and shaped future Caribbean policy and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin Islands
United States
Denmark
German advance stalls at Marne near Paris in 1914
The German invasion of Belgium and France in August 1914 faced little resistance until they struck the banks of the Marne near Paris, marking a pivotal moment in the early stages of World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Marne
Paris
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Hot Springs
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S. C. Craig Jr
Elizabeth and
Frances Woods
Macon, Ga
Muriel Thomas
J. W. Darrah
Nashville
Vanderbilt Hospital
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Randolph Macon College
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William Conner
Fred Knight
Fanny Wallace
H. A. Anniston
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Myrtle Riley
Thomas Hospital
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J. W. Pipkin
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Tampa, Fla
T. E. Williams
Athens
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Jack Coolidge
Washington, D. C
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Judy Coolidge
Mary Augusta Bibb
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W. H. Anderson
Mooresville
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Charles Repay Jr
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L. L. Frazier
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U. S. Navy
Pulaski, Tenn
L. L-Fr Lasteek
Hawai
Martha Ann Gregg
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
E. K. Gregg
Nashville, Inn
William Cook
Lelia Grubbs Hall
J A. Cullom
Shelbyville
Hall
Oaktreet
Nichols
Courtland Army Air Base
Chanute Field
Champagne
Ill
C. J. Cornellison
Thomas Terrace
Hat Springspark
J. D. Richard
Huntsville
Robin Thomas
Mattie Jones
Decatur General Hospital
Jerome Tiefer
Ohio
Tiejer
W. E. Green
De-R--Thomas
Orange
PEKOE
Pekoe A
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Hunter Furniture Company
PSI
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Decatur
Helen Follett
B. J. Graham
Nancy
Bell Syndicate
Dorothy OL
Dewitt MacKenzie
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Goidel
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Decatur City Council
Carl T. Jones
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