Prisoner of War Thomas T Johnson Writes Home From Germany
Cpl Thomas Thurman Bud Johnson reports one year as a German prisoner. In a June 4 1944 letter to Mr and Mrs P E Johnson of Hartselle he says he is well and fed from Red Cross packages, working on a farm, and expects to be reunited soon. He notes receiving three letters from home and one from Vina, requests prayers, and signs off warmly to his family.
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Cpl
Thomas Thurman
Bud) Johnson
P. E. Johnson
Hartselle
Germany
Vina
American Red Cross
Thomas T. Johnson
Celery Combines With Peas Snap Beans Or Carrots
Celery pairs well with peas snap beans or carrots and can be served boiled or in a cream sauce as a side dish.
Beloved Brooks Couple Fetes Dual Family Milestones
Relatives gathered at the Woodall home in Eva to honor Mr Brooks on his 81st birthday and celebrate the Brooks family’s 60th wedding anniversary. A noon dinner followed by sharing old family photos, many over a century old, as Hilbert Weaver and children joined other relatives in the day.
Calves urged to enter sixth Black Belt feeder shows
The Alabama Black Belt Feeder Cattle Association invites cattle producers to enter feeder cattle for the six planned shows in Epes Demopolis Selma Montgomery and Union Springs from Sept 25 to 29. Demand is rising for calves 300 pounds and up as buyers increase, with Myles Hardy as auctioneer and A C Jenkins assisting. Sponsored by the Alabama Agricultural Extension Service Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company and the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce.
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Alabama Black Belt Feeder Cattle Association
South
Epes
Demo
Polis
Selma
Montgomery
Union Springs
Oscar E. Cobb
Uniontown
Black Belt Association
Mr. Cobb
Cobb
Demopolis
Myles Hardy
A. C. Jenkins
Alabama Agricultural Extension Service
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County Health Center Grant Seen From FWA Review
The Regional Program Review Board of the Federal Works Agency recommended a 44000 grant to Morgan County to help build a health center. Combined with 22000 county funds the project would cost about 66000, with construction non federal. Final approval awaits word from the agency. The proposed site is the former Morgan County jail.
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Morgan County
The
Federal Works Agency
Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Morgan County Health Department
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Health Department
Board of Revenue & Control
Service Club Dance Brings Cadets to Fall Night
Saturday night feature at the Decatur Service Men's club drew a large crowd of junior hostesses and service men for a formal fall dance. The event replaced Thursday nights, with color posters highlighting USO activities and seasonal flowers, following recent floor repainting and redecorating. A fall formal is planned for Saturday September 25 with further details to be announced.
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Decatur
USO
Ernest Tubb to Perform at Decatur Opry Tent Show
Country star Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours set to appear at the Grand Ole Opry tent show Unit No 4 in Decatur under the Big Tent at 1st Ave and Grant St on September 20. Also billed are Paul Howard the Poe Sisters and Rod Bradsfield. Tubb, famed songwriter of Want the Floor Over You and Soldier's Letter, draws millions of records. The one night only engagement features a slate of Grand Ole Opry stars.
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Ernest Tubb
WSM
Grand Ole Opry
Paul Howard
Poe Sisters
Rod Bradsfield
Tubb
1St Ave
Grant St
Alabama corn crop revised to 47 000 bushels this year
A revised estimate from the state reporting service puts Alabama corn production at 47 000 bushels for the year due to abundant rains in August.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Reporting Service
Alabama
Mine Work Stoppage Closes Wylam Mine in Birmingham
A work stoppage at the Wylam mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. continued into today. The mine, near Birmingham, employs about 800 men on three shifts, and the closure prompted regional concern.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wylam
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Tuskegee Institute to add facilities at Andrews Hospital
Dr. F. D. Patterson announces contracts totaling 330000 dollars for new facilities at the John A. Andrews Memorial Hospital of Tuskegee Institute. Separate items note Holland’s prewar urban population share and a Russian apricot claimed to reach 30 percent sugar when ripe.
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Tuskegee, Ala
F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
John A. Andrews Memorial Hospital
Wartime Service Updates From Alabama Families
Short notices report Pvt Curtis Standridge wounded in France on August 27 and hospitalized in England, son of Mr and Mrs John Standridge of Danville and husband of Mrs Mildred Standridge of Moulton. S Sgt Floyd L Childs missing in Italy since August 25, wife Mrs Leon Childs informed on her birthday. Cpl Lester H Higdon serving France, youngest brother of Alton Higdon of Falkville. Cpl Thurman Bud Johnson captured by Germans after two years in service, son of Mr and Mrs E Johnson of Hartselle, brother of Leatha Johnson. The boys spent their last furlough together in Hartselle with relatives.
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Pvt
Curtis Standridge
France
England
John Standridge
Danville
Mildred Standridge
Moulton 2
Floyd L. Childs
Leon Childs
Italy
Childs
Cpl
Lester H. Higdon
Alton Higdon
Falkville 1
Thurman
Bud) Johnson
E. Johnson
Hartselle 2
Leatha Johnson
Joe E. Shelton
Joe Shelton
Gracie Thrasher
Hattie McCormick
Hartselle
Edna Morris
Hillsboro
Homer Shelton
Howard Shelton
Trinity
Pfc
Shelton
Missing guest unaccounted after Alabama hotel fire
One person believed to be among the 94 room Alabama hotel guests is missing after a fatal blaze. Mayor J F King says a 17 year old wife of Pvt Nick Hemmert, from Fort Mc Clellan, is thought to have been a guest and has not been found. Her home is listed as Elberta, Alabama.
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Anniston
Ala
Alabama
J. F. King
Nick Hemmert
Fort McClellan
Elberta, Ala
Rice throwing at weddings signals fruitful union wish
The old custom of tossing rice at weddings is described as symbolic of the hope that the marriage will be fruitful and enduring.
Nine colleges founded in America before the Revolution
The item notes that nine institutions of higher learning were established in colonial America prior to the Revolutionary War, highlighting early American higher education.
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America
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