Postwar building plan eyed by Alabama lawmakers
Alabama officials propose a special commission to oversee a postwar state building program projected at over 12 million dollars. The plan covers new school and hospital facilities, a Dexter Avenue office building, and renovations, with a governor and state officials plus civilian taxpayers represented on the panel. The current capitol commission meets to approve renovations as the new body would coordinate priority construction across state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Hayse Tucker
Montgomery Capitol
Tucker
Tuscaloosa
Mt. Vernon
Boys Industrial School
Birmingham
School For Deaf and Plind
Talladega
Aroun
Dexter Avenue
New Building Commission
Alabama
Capital Build Commission
State Capitol
Sparks
L. D. Gardner
William McQueen
Sibyl Pool
Marie Bankhead Owen
Archives and History Department
Dewey Opens Campaign with Platform Speech in Springfield
Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke on a train platform in Springfield announcing that if elected he would build the best peace the world has seen. He argued America wins the war through its people and pledged to restore government to the people while criticizing Roosevelt era policies and calling for postwar jobs and a strong economy.
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Springfield
Ill
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
America
Land Bank Board Elected at Morgan County Meeting
Twenty nine shareholders of the Federal Land Bank of Morgan County met at the county courthouse to elect directors and officers. Board members chosen include George Stevenson C G Morris J C White S R Long and J T Robinson. Cline Thompson A L Cain and C G Morris will serve on the loan committee. The annual meeting reviewed the treasurer's report and routine business.
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Federal Land Bank of
Morgan County
Compsense
George Stevenson
C. G. Morris
J. C. White
S. R. Long
J. T. Robinson
Cline Thompson
A. L. Cain
Negro Teams to Meet Thursday at Decatur Ground
Tops in baseball entertainment is expected Thursday at 3 30 p m when the Decatur Monarchs play the Florence Giants at the Decatur Negro high school grounds. Unbeaten Monarchs lineup includes Lyles Payne Martin Daily Hill McLin Pry Jackson Taylor George Wheeler. Alex Sanders is manager, Henry Martin captain, Charles Johnson secretary.
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Decatur Monarchs
Florence Giants
Decatur Negro High School
Monarch
Jessie L. Lyles
Buford Payne
Henry Martin
James Daily
James Hill
Oscar McLin
Alfred Pry
J. Jackson
John Taylor
Willie George
Bennie Wheeler P
Alex Sanders
Charles Johnson
Markets drift as rails and industrials steady after correction
New York stock open shows cautious buying with rails and industrials recapturing fractions of a point amid a mild correction from recent highs. Five hour turnover around 700000 shares, among the lightest in three months. Nashville livestock report notes quiet cattle trade with assorted grades and steady to slightly higher hogs and lambs.
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New York
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Cotton market quiet as buyers await ceilings and crop news
The New York cotton market showed quiet trading as traders awaited developments on textile ceilings, crop prospects, and the foreign situation. Prices had risen earlier by 55 cents a bale but eased with light hedge selling. later quotes showed Oct 21.14, Dec 20.95, and Mar 20.77.
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New York
Morgan County Church Revival Notes and Visiting Clergy
Rev C G Aldridge and family of St Louis spent last week in the community with friends and relatives. Rev Williamson of Birmingham returned home after closing a revival. Mrs Virgil Glasgow and daughter of Mr Hope were dinner guests of the Glasgows. Rev W W Aldridge of Upton Chapel attended the revival. Rev J D Prator of Trinity and Rev Walker Bynum hold a revival at Pumpkin Center under a bush arbor. Mrs John Prater and grandson Charles visited her sister Mrs Ethel Glasgow. Mrs J T White and sons George and Hal White visited Birmingham over the weekend. J M Glasgow not improved. G W Roberts on the sick list. Farmers thankful for the rain Sunday.
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C. G. Aldridge
St. Louis
Missouri
Williamson
Birmingham
Virgil Glasgow
Hope
R. H. Glasgow
W. W. Aldridge
Upton Chapel
J. D. Prator
Trinity
Walker Bynum
John Prater
Charles
Ethel Glasgow
J.T. White
George
Hal White
J. M. Glasgow
G. W. Roberts
Progress Continues in Italian Front Battles With Counterattacks
Allied forces repelled German counterattacks near San Michele La Romola and San Andrea as eighth army units held positions west of highway two. South African patrols along the Greve river found strong defences, while British troops checked five assaults near Mount Scalari and advanced patrols toward San Martino. North of Arezzo, advances pushed toward the Arno gorge near Subbiano as artillery watched Pisa’s leaning tower area.
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Eighth Army
San Michele
Eighth
la Romola
San Andrea
Greve
Mount Scalari
San Martino
Arezzo
Arezzo Bibena
Arno
Subbiano
Fifth Army
Pisa
Oak Ridge Social Notes from Morgan County
A Sunday rain lingered through Morgan County as families visit and guests travel. Lyle Roberts and children Nancy and Joe from Hartsville visited Earl Legg and family. Shirley Ann Legg born to Arlow and wife, mother and baby report healthy. Earl Legg and kids spent time with Alfred White and family. Alma Chesteen from Selma visited with Mrs Albert Est and family. Susie Arbon from Athens and Dell Ward from Decatur stayed with Mrs Earl Legg. Lois Harvard visited Dorothy Ha.
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Sarah Jones
Arlow Legg
Shirley-Ann
Earl Legg
Alfred White
Monkton Highway
Alma Chesteen
Selma Mt
Albe Est
Susie Arbon
Athens
Dell Ward
Decatur
Lois Harvard
Dorothy Ha
Forrest Chapel News and Local Happenings
Next Sunday night August 6 features a monthly singing at Forrest Chapel with all invited. Mrs. Ermon Story and daughter Dorothy of Birmingham visited relatives here last week. Various area residents including the Bullards Sparkmans and Roberts households hosted friends and family over the weekend. Navy seaman Leon Osborn leaves for Camp Peary Virginia after reporting for service.
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Ermon Story
Dorothy
Birmingham
Wallace Sims
Baugh's Infirmary
Gilman Bullard
Cuba
W.D. Bullard
Connie West
Beauarhvag Lived Eons in an Insane Asylum
An elderly man named Beauarhvag spent the remainder of his life in a state asylum. After years of confinement, he passed away there, leaving behind a quiet, solitary existence within the facility walls.
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Beauarhvag Rr
Missing Decatur Man Sought By Wife
Mrs Lucille Cowan reports her husband James A Cowan missing since Saturday morning after he left for Coldwater Tennessee to visit relatives. relatives in Coldwater say they have not seen or heard from him. He is an employee of Alabama Flour Mills and the Cowans are longtime Decatur residents.
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Lucille Cowan
4Th Avenue South
Decatur
James A. Cowan
Revival Holds Two Week Meeting In Lebanon
Sunday service opens a revival led by Rev. Guy Petty and Rev. Carl Green with an ordination of Johnson Lee to deacon. Morning and evening services are planned daily for two weeks. Nearby residents are noted visiting, with a wreck near Fairview and various community greetings and visits.
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Guy Petty
Carl Green
Johnson Lee
Olene Lee
J. T. Blair
Vinemont
Sgt
Alford Garnett
U. S&s. Army
J.C. Bogar
Johnson Chapel
Hewlett Bogar
Bryan Hardin
Charles Talley
A. L. Shaneyfelt
Maurice Knox
Homer Bogar
Herman Collins
Salem
Grady Godfrey
Decatur
Lebanon
Junior Moore
Fairview
Solon Ane
Mack Parnell
Inez Hardin
Ells. Shaneyfelt
Nashville
Tenn
Local Notes and Births from Decatur Area News
Community items from Marianna to Decatur include Lt. Robert Strother expected home on leave, births at Decatur General Hospital for the Stewarts and Lamons, visits to sick kin in Birmingham, courthouse mourning for Mrs. Nettie Callahan, Mrs. Edmundson returning from Hot Springs, a wartime seizure of stills near Hillsboro, and a Service Men club meeting for junior hostesses. Military notices report Pfc. William A. Bell and Pfc. Clifford O. Smith as POW and held statuses.
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Robert Strother
RAF Advanced Air
Marianna
Florida
Nettie Callahan
W. W. Callahan
Montgomery
City Cemetery
Decatur
Two Promotions Announced By The Post Commander
Captain Charles D. Cross, commanding officer of the 2156th AAF Base Unit in Decatur, announced the promotions to first lieutenant of David D. Scherzer and Marvin Starke. Scherzer, intelligence officer, has served since April 1943 at the Decatur air base after postings at Maxwell Field and Miami Beach. he is a New York University graduate and former War Department U S Engineers employee. Starke, supply officer, came to Decatur in February 1944 from Turner Field and Lubbock. an Army Air Forces Officers Candidate School graduate, he is a Milwaukee native and former textile engineer. Both officers reside in Decatur.
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Charles D. Cross
Southern Airways
Decatur
David D. Scherzer
Marvin Starke
Post
Decatur Air Base
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Miami Beach
Florida
Army Air Forces Officers Candidate School
Scherzer
New York University
War Department
U. S. Engineers
New Yorker
Turner Field
Georgia
Lubbock
Texas
Starke
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Memorial service honors Gandy’s Cove armed forces members
A Thursday dedication at Gandy's Cove honored community youths serving in the armed forces. Names were read by Clarence Light. pastor Hurst led the program. Ernest Hubbard was reported killed. a memorial service is planned for August at 11 o'clock at the Gandy's Cove Methodist Church.
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Clarence Light
Bro. Hurst
Almas Winkle
War Department
Ernest
Gandy’s Cove Methodist Church
Frances Morris
Arlene Russell
Lorene Eubanks
Clifton Hill
Shelby June
A. G. Livingston
Lional Key
Gene
Church of God
Pfe
Robert
Bob) Bryant
Virginia Hill
Alabama
James M. Harmon
Ft. McClellan
William. McNutt
Hartselle
W. M. Morris
Rocky Ford Community Gossip Notes
Mrs. John Edwards entertained their son Willie Fred at a birthday dinner at Wheeler Datfn with Evelyn and Raythorn Edwards Andrew Edwards and Ray Marcus Wallace among the attendees. Families from Georgia and nearby towns visited, and residents and relatives were listed across multiple households.
Rentet Labor Plan Rapped by House Military Committee
Washington August 1 The House Military Committee blasted what it called a vicious practice of labor trafficking by groups posing as providers of engineering services for war contractors. It condemned the practice as still existing though less widespread and noted bona fide firms rendering true engineering services are not the target. It cited inflated wage charges and transport subsistence costs passed to government contracts. Higgins Aircraft Inc was said to have paid rival firms 2 112 583 dollars for labor valued at 728 974 dollars under local wage rates in under a year.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Higgins Aircraft, Inc
Americans Break Through Near Avranches Front Advancing Toward Paris
American forces push beyond Avranches as Lt Gen Bradley’s tank thrust aims across the Brittany base or toward Paris. Prisoners flood in from both sides while Germans defend around Percy Tessy sur Vire and the Eveque forest. British forces capture Fumechon and advance near Caumont as the Avranches Caen axis tightens.
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Ward
Eveque Forest
Torigni-Sur-Vire
Omar N. Bradley
Avranches
Brittany Peninsula
France
Paris
Sartilly
Percy
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Miles G. Dempsey
Fumechon
Bois du Homme
Galet
Marshal von Kluge
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Avranches-Caen
Calmont
Launay and
Canteloup
Cross Roads
St. Pierre du Presne
St. Germain D’ectot
Caumont
Orbois
Vaast-Sur-Seulles
Hengyang Siege in China and Stilwell Battles
In South China Hengyang endures a five week siege as Chinese defenders fight fiercely to repel invaders. Hankow Canton railroad hub control hinges on Hengyang. In Burma Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s campaign around Myitkyina stalls under heavy rain. He aims to reopen the India China land route via the Burma road.
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Hengyang
China
Asia
Pacific
Hankow-Canton
Yitkyina
Burma
India
Soviets claim Kaunas capture amid Baltic advance
Stalin announces capture of Kaunas and reports over 2,144 localities seized in a single day as Cherniakhovsky drives toward East Prussia. Soviet forces press from Suwalki and Koenigsberg corridors toward Riga and Jelgava, while German retreats pile into War saw and Praga.
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London
Stalin
Kaunas
Lithuania
Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Kopiéc
Grodno
Lyck
Suwalki
Hitler
Pilinskiai
Koenigsberg
Germany
Riga
Baltic
Ivan C. Bagramian
Latvia
Jelgava
Liempe
Estonia
Vistula
Warsaw
Praga
Rokossovsky
Capital
Prudential Life Assurance
Cathedral of St. John
Carpathians
Beskiden Pass
Early war end necessity seen by diplomats and leaders
German radio claimed Churchill and U S Secretary of War Stimson agreed Europe must end by October to preempt Nazi weapon upgrades. Diplomats and generals awaited a progress report from the Prime Minister tomorrow seeking clues on timing and cost to force Germany to surrender.
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London
Churchill
U. S
Stimson
Europe
Germany
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Flushing
N. Y
Allan G. Smith
Carey
Ohio
Wall Street
Laverne Maples
Oak Ridge
Zola Mae Legg
Lyle Roberts
Nancy
Joe
Mary Sparkman
Clarence Spark
Morgan County Forrest Chapel
W. P. Roberts
Mary Frances McCall
Leon Osborn
U. S. Navy
Camp Peary
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R. C. Miller
Decatur General Hospital
John F. Stewart
Jackson Street
Lola McKnight
The
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Wtta
J. P. Lamon
West Moulton Street
T O. Prosser
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Cleve Collier
Jefferson Hospital
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
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ATU
Service Men's Club
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Franie S. Bell
Pfc
Clifford O. Smith
Ruth M. Smith
Miss Ozell MC Nutt
John Edwards
Willie Fred
Wheeler
Evelyn and
Raythorn Edwards
Andrew Edwards
Ray
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Etheridge Bates
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Sonny
Larry Joe
Andrew Taylor
Vera Mae Roberts
Seldon Roberts
Norman Sparkman
Arlen
Hazel Self
Viola Manns
Edd Wallace
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Addie Wallace
Forest Chapel
Raymon Cooper
Danville
Auston Blankenship
Evelyn
Veola Manns
Bertha Garrison
Irvin Garrison
Gaines McNutt
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Etta Wallace
Pervin Wallace
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Mary Higdon
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