Weather outlook and local notices from Decatur area
Showers and thunderstorms to night with Saturday partly cloudy and scattered thundershowers in southern portions. TVA regional studies director Howard Menhinick visits. Lt. J H Jones en route from Ft. Sill to Maryland on Army school. Several church services and local visits noted along with military family news and hospital updates.
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Portions
J. H. Jones
Arthur Jones
Lt. Jones
Ft. Sill
Oklahoma
Maryland
Howard Menhinick
Department of Regional Studies
TVA
Knoxville
Valley Farm Gains Seen In Exhibits Here
Morgan county 4-H clubs farmers and business leaders gathered for the first annual Tennessee Valley Livestock Dairy and Seed Show. The event showcased farm and industry plans led by Maynard Layman with Decatur Chamber of Commerce support. Officials announced judging and cash prizes funded by local merchants as officials touted farm development. Governor Chauncey Sparks and Alabama agriculture leaders spoke on expanding farm practices and seed programs for the Valley and region.
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Morgan County
Tennessee Valley
Valey
Farm Committee
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Layman
C.M Scales
B. G. Hall
Frank Martin
John Pennell
Arthur Jones
Casto Jarvis
C. N. Garrett
Earl Glenn
E. P. Garrett
F. S. Hunt
T. M. Harvey
Charles Hardwick
C. E. Winton
Ray Ashwander
Claude Carter
Riverside High School
Decatur
Glenn P. Kingsley
Rossville
Doc” Bailey
T. C. I. Birmingham
H. L. Weir
State Department of Agriculture
Montgomery
Eric Howell
Hartselle
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Courtland Army Air Field
Henry Fleming
John A. Caddell
Farm Extension Service
Tennessee
Poole
Joe N. Poole
Alabama
Walter W. Gross
Goodyear Event Draws Large Crowds in Decatur
Crowds of Goodyear Decatur Mills workers and guests gathered on the mill grounds for a 4 PM Army-Navy E flag presentation. General Hazlett and Captain Grow led ceremonies with Goodyear officials and fabric-industry leaders from the South attending.
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Goodyear Decatur Mills
C. W. Young
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Army
Navy
Goodyear
Akron
South
Harry F. Hazlett
Army Ground Forces
Birmingham
Harold B. Grow
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
General Hazlett
E. J. Thomas
Cliff Slusser
S. A. Steere
Mr. Young
Grow
Richard Parks
U. S. Army Air Corps
Pauline L. Young
Wilburn H. Fielding
Parks
Berlin
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
703Rd Army Band
Army Air Force Pilot School
Basic
Courtland
A. C.herforth
George Blake
Motion
Blake
Roy D. Hickman
U.S. Army Ordnance District
Hazlett
Decatur
Goodyear Mills
Sam A. Steere
Charles W. Young
Alabama
Allies Take Burma Base
Myitkyina fell to Allied forces after ten weeks of siege. Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell’s troops wiped out remnants of the 18th Japanese division with bazookas flame throwers and heavy artillery. The victory clears more than 200 miles for the Ledo road linking India to China and Burma routes.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Myitkyina
Burma
Ledo
China
Southeast Asia
Joseph Stilwell
Stilwell
India
Mosquito Swarms Terrorize Normandy Hedgerows
Ernie Pyle reports in Normandy that swarms of mosquitoes form dark tall columns along hedgerows at dusk. He describes the “all-wool” mosquitoes as ferocious and resembles Alaska as the capital of mosquitoes. Troops lack protective measures.
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Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Alaska
Ernie Grows Tired Of Role As a Chef
An anecdote from wartime experiences describes Ernie’s weariness with kitchen duties. A veteran recalls mosquitos swarming while a soldier worked on rusted rifle barrels in gasoline. A gun collector, Sergt Mansfield, tended walnut rifles in a tub, highlighting unusual wartime tasks.
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Ernie
Ordnance Company
Sergt. Mansfield
Florence Nears Allied Entry With German Retreat Under Pressure
Allied advance toward Florence intensifies as New Zealand and South African troops push Germans back from the city outskirts. Bridges over the Arno damaged, Arno and Pesa crossings fortified, and Impruneta captured as Florence likely to fall to Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's forces.
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Rome
Eighth
Florence
Arno
New Zealand
Tuscan
Lynn Heinzerling
B. C. Freyberg
Crete
Greve
Eighth Army
Laramola
Giogoli
Impruneta
Sir Harold Alexander
Pesa River
Fifth Army
Ponte
Page Tre
New German purge begun amid Hitler court inquiry
The German radio reported Hitler approved a purge to cleanse the army of July 20 plotters. A court of honor will investigate traitors and oust participants. Marshal Von Rundstedt and Keitel named for the court. one field marshal and four generals expelled at its first sitting. General George Lindemann reportedly deserted to the Russians.
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London
Hitler
DNB _ dispatch
Marshal von Rundstedt
France
Wilhelm Keitel
DNB
George Lindemann
Riga
Court of Honor
Heinz Guderian
Schroth
Specht
Kriebe
Kircheim
Erwin von Witzleben
Maginot Line
Army takes over Philadelphia transit amid strike threats
Roaming strikers threaten violence as the Army seizes control of Philadelphia’s transit system. Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes reports few trains running five hours after the deadline, with police guarding all trolleys and subways while federal probes begin into possible law violations and race violence.
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Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Roosevelt
Market Street
Broad Street
Washington
Biddle
Army
New
East Prussia Under Fire as Red Army Advances on Poland
Russian forces pressed toward Krakow and Kielce from Vistula positions while the Carpathians advance neared Czecho Slovakia. Rokossovsky’s group pushed from the Warsaw front, with tanks patrolling near Riga and Liepaja as fighting extended across East Prussia.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Russia
Vistula
Ger- Silesia
East Prussia
Carpathians
Red Army
Czecho-Slovakia
Jabonkow
Uzok Pass
Hungary
Krakow
Old Poland
Warsaw
Tarnow
Kielce
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Baltic States
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Pravda
Liepaja
Latvia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Sandomierz
Polish underground army seizes key Warsaw sites in battle
Telegram from Gen Bor reports the underground forces capturing the Prudent ial Building and post office in central Warsaw. They claim control of most centers with barricaded streets and heavy enemy losses, while fearing ammunition shortages and noting volunteers’ arms insufficiency.
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Warsaw
London
Bor
Prudential
Zoliborz
Miastro
Red Army crosses Vistula with close combat push
Moscow dispatches report Red Army infantry used pontoons and rafts to cross the Vistula followed by tanks. In heavy fighting 3,000 Germans killed and 500 captured as lines broke near Staszow and Krakow region with Kielce area advancing from Staszow.
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Red Army
Vistula
Moscow
Staszow
Polandiec
Krakow
Kielce
Russia
Air Armadas Active Today in Germany Bombing Raids
London reports more than 1,200 U.S. heavy bombers attacked targets in Germany including the Peenemunde experimental station where flying bombs and rockets are developed. About 1,000 fighters accompanied the bombers, creating an armada of 2,200 aircraft.
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London
Germany
Peenemunde
Brittany Blitz Is Racing to Seize Key Ports
The war report notes fast Allied advances in Brittany with American armored columns pressing toward Brest and St Nazaire while Rennes falls. German reinforcements are drawn to Normandy and air power disrupts rail links, as Brest Lorient and St Nazaire serve as major U boat bases.
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Brittany
Normandy
Brest
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Rennes
Ennes
St. Naziare
Sky Navy
Adolf
Breton
France
Hitler
Berlin
Bg Rommel
Bradley drives toward St Nazaire in Brittany wedge
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley push through Brittany and near St. Nazaire, forming a widening 30 mile by 65 mile wedge. Reports say American units reach Rennes area, approach Nantes and Brest while German resistance tightens around Caen.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
St. Nazaire
Breton
Brittany
Rennes
U. S
Brest
Loire
Nantes
Mauron
Caen
Miles C. Dempsey
Villers-Bocage
Corse
Bain-Dé-Bretagne
Pipriac
St Nazaire
Stimson
Washington
Supreme Headquarters
War Department
St. Meen le Bretagne
Broons
St. Meen
Dinan
Rensnes
Berlin
Arisons
Spearing
Loheng
Redon
France
Vire
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Roy Frankston
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