War News And Public Affairs From The Nation
A mixed column reports on Kennamer’s case closure and his death in France as a paratrooper, U S refusal to dock at Argentine ports, OWI war outlook, Aimee Semple McPherson’s death, official bond drive dates, Morgan County road plans, and AL officials predicting a possible Browns Tigers playoff tie. Mentions Compulsory military training debate, women voters, and Ribbentrop remarks on no soft peace with Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Sewell
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Tigers
Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Germany
Hull
Stimson
Roosevelt Okey
Dumbarton Oaks
Britain
United Nations
France
Russia
Japan
Dumbarton
War's impact on newspapers hits Jackson County Sentinel
The Jackson County Sentinel reports wartime effects on papers, noting a $3000 loss in cancelled national advertising contracts in the first half of 1942 due to the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Sentinel
Sentinel
Alabama Education Aso appeals twelve point program
The Alabama Education Association proposes a twelve point plan for Governor and Legislature in May 1945. It calls to use unappropriated surplus in the Special Educational Trust Fund for schools, fund teacher salaries, and debt service, and to continue the income tax for education. It backs federal aid with local control and seeks constitutional and fiscal reforms to strengthen state education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Education Association
Special Educational Trust Fund
Association
State Board of Education
County Board of Education
State Superintendent of Education
Alabama
Montgomery
Dixon
Morgan County Shady Grove Weekend Guests
Local notes record weekend visits in Morgan County. G S McDougle hosted relatives in Macedonia, while Mary McMeans stayed with Doris Siviey in Decatur. Other gatherings include Melba Standridge with Imogene Jones, and Helen McDougle with Peggy Gingrich. Pvt. J C Pace Jr. departs for camp after three weeks with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. McDougle
Roy
Johnnie McDougle
Macedonia
Mary McMeans
Doris Siviey
Decatur
Melba Standridge
Imogene Jones
Hulon Tucker
J. A. Black
Ola McDougle
Georgia
Josephine Standridge
Elaine Millwood
Chapel Hill
Harmon Brady
St. Louis
Missouri
Fort Leonard Wood
Helen McDougle
Peggy Gingrich
Pvt
J. C. Pace Jr
Lawrence County Nesmith News Summary
Stan ley Waldrop is recovering from blood poisoning. Travis Jeffreys drove his mother Mrs Rosie Jeffreys of Tennessee to Moulton infirmary to see her ill brother Enoch Butler. Luther Campbell and children visited daughter Doil Parker. Providence church elected Rev Paul Lang as pastor. Rev Joe Underwood preached at Providence church Saturday. Mattie Lee Smith and granddaughter visited D Smith. Travis Jeffreys and children visited relatives near Landeraville. Garth Parker and children visited their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Waldrop
Travis Jeffreys
Rosie Jeffreys
Tennessee
Moulton
Enoch Butler
Luther Campbell
Black Ground
Doil Parker
Providence Church
Paul Lang
Woodrow Reed
Woodie Reed
Diabetes cure questions answered by Dr. Clendening
Dr. Logan Clendening explains diabetes as a pancreas insulin deficiency with sugar in blood and urine. Treatment relies on insulin or diet to reduce starches, with temporary improvement and potential partial cures through weight loss and rest for insulin cells.
Community Notes From Morgan County Near Decatur
Friends of Freman Leeth are saddened by his worsening illness after a long poor health spell. Local visitations include Harry Knighten and family from Cullman county with Marcus Briscoe and Mrs Jessie Knighten and children. Church service planned Sunday afternoon with Rev Hollis Roberson from Hartselle to preach. Residents attend Decatur shopping trip. Lawrence drilling a well for W W Day. The community stays busy with cotton picking and winter legume planting as Gordon West prepares for lip cancer surgery in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freman Leeth
Harry Knighten
Cullman County
Marcus Briscoe
Jessie Knighten
Mar
Hollis Roberson
Hartselle
Marvelene
Sallie Mitchell
Somerville
Mid Thompson
W. W. Day
Decatur
Lawrence
Gordon West
Birmingham
Winefrey Day
Seldon West
Eva 1
Josh West
Forrest Chapel Singing Event Draws Notables
Forrest Chapel hosts an evening service on Sunday October 1 with outstanding singers including the Courtland air base quartet. Local families and visitors from Lawrence County enjoy the social gathering as Wayne Osborn and others attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland Air Base
L. C. Osborn
Pat Wallace
Therril Wallace
Truman Brine
Roy Osborn, Jr
Th Curtis
Opal Morgan
Mortseile
David Weaver
James Parker
Robert Heap
Lawrence County
Henry Bolan
Office Cat Trade Maaar Humor Column Snippet
A collage of light humor and social notes from a college graduate finding work, a French English joke about a polar bear at a funeral, a quip on health being garlic, and a remark on salvage paper amid wartime demand, with brief banter about longevity.
Broadway Confetti and Hollywood Buzz From wartime Times
A collage of entertainment gossip and political notes from wartime sources. Walter Winchell criticizes a speech while staffers seek side work at Time-Life. Cast lists, new stars, and industry whispers abound from Broadway, Hollywood, and radio circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Norway
Milton Lazarus
Chiang Kaishek
Hollywood
Dewey” Committee
Quips and Qs Snapshots From Local Scene
A series of brief humorous vignettes and witty exchanges from Decatur and area voices. A local man muses on dogs and loyalty while a Decatur shopper asks for shoes. A joke about newlyweds and domestic life appears alongside a child’s puzzled questions and a mother’s patient replies.
Just Around the Corner in a Fragmented Page
A fragmentary wartime style page notes Katydids and Jack Frost approaching, a shipyard Lot of stray dialogue includes a note to war workers about absence lengthening the war and a Decatur vignette with weather and daily life cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
The Eternal Triangle in a Brief Verse
A quirky trio of fears forms a playful triangle. A man fears a woman a woman fears a mouse and a mouse fears a man. The note mentions a five minute furlough for a man stationed overseas.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur Daily
Ala
The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Phil Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Kennemar
U. S
Argentina
United States
Uncle Sam
OWI
Pacific
Aimee Semple McPherson
Oakland
Heliday
Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Hershey
Vothan
Horace All
Pa Malton
World Coyright
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
Morgan County
Shady Grove
Alton Parker
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Osler
F. F
M. G. Peck
Jim .C. Parker
Morgan County Forrest Chapel
W. P. RO
Franklin Bolan
Amon Curtis
John Russell
Pleasant Hill
Homer Montgomery
Howard Wilburn
John Griffin
Irene Osborn
Leon Os
L. C. Ose
Leon Osborn
Baby
Irene Aes
Roy Osborn Ray
Bobby
CAT Trade Maar
Junius
Elsie
Walter Winchell
Elaine Castle
N. Brandwynne
the Waldorf
Cleveland
Brandwynne
Waldorf
Sammy Walsh
Kitty Karr
Hobby Carr
George Duryea
Tom Keane
Richard Powers
Columbia
Sgt
Mike” Flicker
H'wood
Lee Bowman
Irvin
Berlin
Metro
S. Romberg
Prince
Heidelberg
Europe
Hizzoner
Copacabana
Katina Paxinou
Joseph Calliea
Freddie Stewart
Andrews Sisters
Radio Row
Crossley-Hooper
Peggy Joyce
Hugh Johnson
Dolan Farley
Jim Farley
Jon Hall
Stork
S. Billingsley
Columbia Pictures
Rita Hayworth
Ditto
al Jolson
Frank Carroll
Hitler
Carlos Romulo
MacArthur
Air Program
Music Corp. of America
Dick Himber
Eddie LeBaron
Ginrummy
Roxanne
Kingfish" Levinsky
South
Arturo de Cordova
Mexico
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
George Petty
True Magazine
P. G. Wodehouse
Repub
Demmys
Ray Sinatra
Raymond Cord
Fdr
June Knight
J. F. C. Fuller
Rtd
Navy
Comdr. Miller
Iz Eliason
Sue
Mose
Jerry
Harry
Craig
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Charles G. Hardwick
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