DPA Seeks Volunteers for New A Ration Book Issuance
Urgent call from the DPA office seeks volunteer workers to issue the new A ration books. Adults including Mary-Ruth McCulloch and Mary Robertson join high school students in typing and processing coupons at the courthouse annex. Additional help needed for trucking and transportation wartime duties as city names and local clubs referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPA
Mary - Ruth McCulloch
Gene
Ann Blair Garner
Mary Davis
Mary E. Thompson
Ha Black
Martha Haynes
Evelyn
Randel
Helen
Nelda Faye Randle
C. E. Blake
Decatur Moclub
A. C. Simmons
American Legion Auxili
Mary Robertson
Sear
Ine
OPA
Black and White Skin Ointment and Soap Ad
An old advertisement touts Black and White Ointment for skin irritations including acne eczema ringworm tetter and related misery. It claims antiseptic healing and urges use of 10 25 and 50 cent sizes along with Black and White Skin Soap for daily cleansing after 25 years in business.
Talks Planned Washington Postwar Cotton Conference
Southern cotton leaders will begin a series of talks in Washington to recapture export markets lost at the war outbreak. Meetings are planned with the State Department War Food Administration Foreign Economic Administration and congressional leaders in the city. Major Burris Jackson of Hillsboro Texas says the discussions will guide postwar planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
War Food and Foreign Economic Administrations
Burris Jackson
Hillsboro
Texas
Morgan County Marriages and Deeds Across Listings
Readable list shows multiple Morgan County marriages in Somerville Decatur Hartselle and Pulaski Virginia and Kentucky. Also notes numerous property deeds and transfer records with varied sums from $1 to $5,000 plus. Additional Lawrence County marriage licenses include couples from Hartselle Danville Moulton and Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Ovie Mae Turner
Somerville
Snd
Neltie Mildred-Winten
Somaerville
Grady Guy Burden
Decatur
Julia Mae Hamilton
Fay Jordan Howard, Jr
Pulaski
Virginia
Mary Russell Burton
Danville
Kentucky
James Hoyt Bailey
Hartselle
Esther E. Tapscott
Rudolph Valentino Stevenson
Katie Mae Moore
Talmadge Wilson Ryan
Wilda Corene Muzzey
Lawrence County
Will Murphy
Ala
Annie Mae Huffstutler
Vinemont
Milliard
Calvin Reeves
Nadine Gray
Moulton
George W. Jones
Nashville
Louise Reed
Deeds S. A. Smith
W. A. Montgomery
N. E
A. R. Cain
Percy W. Cagle
Robert H. Tubb
James K. Howell
Et al
Dillard Hill
Lula Smith
Charlie and
Sallie Henderson
Elmer and
Helen Kitchens
M. B. Miller
Soldier in France Says He Likes France and Hopes to Be Home Soon
Pfc. Elmer L. Lawrence writes from somewhere in France to his mother Mrs. Stella Lawrence. He mentions enjoying France more than England, keeping ferries running for troop movement, and hoping for mail from home as letters are sparse. He asks about family back home and sends regards to siblings, noting the Red Cross provides writing paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Elmer L. Lawrence
France
Stella
Lawrence
Vinemont
States
England
Cindy
Robert Grant
Dad
Conor
Red Cross
Ernest
Elmer
War Food Admin Increases Tobacco Allocation To Cigarette Makers
The War Food Administration announced a higher tobacco allocation for cigarette manufacturers. The September 1 forecast shows a larger crop, with flu cured tobacco increasing from 578 million pounds to 624 million pounds. Florida’s Everglades cover nearly 5 000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
War Food Administration
WFA
Florida
Everglades
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tweed
Scotland
Courtland Army Air Field
Courtland
Wdd
Bree
Tex
Gunter
Morgan, Lawrence and
Limestone Counties
F. L. Aldridge
Ira Garner
ZuLee G. Malone
Dora L. Wade
Sallie M. Rogers
R. L. Pettey
Clifton Rolfe
Annie B. Robinson
Annie R. Robinson
D. B. Day
Wheeler Wright
Louise Smith
M. W. Holladay
A. J. Legg
E. I. Sheats
Neal Cagle
John J. Smith
Minnie B. Smith
Joe G. Wear
Beg
J. B. Jerni
Neil Beddh Dix
Eliz
Melvina Turner
Moore
Annie Mac Hill
Robert E. Rogers
Neil Martin Bass
L. T. Woods
Jasper N. Williams
Ace McQuade
Jenka Ogle
H. Norton, Jr
Louis C. Bell
Ernest E. Roberts
D. E. Broderick
Thos E,west
Maggie Wilson
2SAN
SS AS
Clyde Blankenship
Wilburn Blankenship
Freeman Blankenship
Camp Butler
N.C
Gtercht
Sterchi
Duncan Phyfe
Sterchi’s
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