Young star Jackie Cooper accused in juvenile case
St Joseph County prosecutors filed affidavits charging four people including Jackie Cooper 22 of Los Angeles with contributing to the delinquency of a 15 year old South Bend girl and other minors after a July 22 party at LaSalle hotel. Also charged were Pauline Frederic 19 George Bender and Olie Lowery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
Arthur F. Scherr
Jackie Cooper
Ly Hills
Calif
University of Notre Dame
Scherr
LaSalle
Pauline Frederic
George Bender
Notre Dame
Olie Lowery
Leo J. Cook
Albert L. Doyle
Cooper
Frederic
Kerr
Parners
Bender
Lowery
Levi Nulf
Navy
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Philadelphia transit strike erupts amid race tensions and Army seizure
Clashes between whites and African Americans escalate as the Army seizes the Philadelphia Transportation Company lines to restore essential war worker routes. Strikers threaten crews, windows are smashed, and hundreds walk or hitchhike to work while a security reinforcements spread across key stations.
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Hayes
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Philadelphia Transportation Company
69Th Street
Hunting Park
Broad Street
James Me
General Emergency Committee
PTC
Army
Third Service Command
Phila- Transportation Company
Cotton futures slip after gains on liquidation pressure
New York cotton futures eased after a 40 cent advance as liquidation and hedge selling hit prices. Dec, Mar and other contracts opened lower by around 15 cents per bale, leaving values near the earlier highs but retreating in late trading.
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New York
Allied Drives Converge in Normandy Breakout Pushes
Allied columns press toward Brest and Nantes as multiple spearheads converge on the Bocage front. British and American forces push from Dinan toward Brest and Mortain toward Avranches, while German armor withdraws toward the Vire region amid improving weather and heavy Allied air power.
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Aunay
Breton
Dinan
Brest
Rennes
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Loire River
Orne
Bocage
Villers- Bocage
Caen
Vire
Normandy
Cherbourg
Seventh Army
German Plot Leaders Deposed and Executed In July 20
A DNB dispatch lists ring leaders deposed and executed for the July 20 plot. Names include Olbricht Von Stauffenberg Wertz Von Haeften and Col Gen Ludwig Beck Gen Wagner Col Freytag Lorinigenhoven Lt Col Schrader among traitors who chose death. Hitler promoted Nazi leaders to tighten army control as Himmler Goebbels and Speer push a sacred war mobilization theme.
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Fellgiebel
von Hase
Wet
von Treschow
Olbricht
von Stauffenberg
Wertz
von Haeften
DNB
Ludwig Beck
Wagner
Freytag-Loringhoven
Schrader
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Albert Speer
Goebbels
Reich
Gestapo
Himmler
Home Army
Germany
Speer
Will Aday Arraigned On Revenue Violations In Huntsville
Will Aday was arraigned before U S Commissioner Robert W Millner in Huntsville on revenue law violations tied to a Monday ATU raid that seized six stills and 2000 gallons of beer mash. He was released on a five thousand dollar bond along with Ernest Bogle, while William C Aday and Nathaniel Aday received one thousand dollar bonds.
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Will Aday
U. S
Robert W. Millner
Huntsville
ATU
Aday
Ernest Bogle
Wiliam C
Nathaniel Aday
Miliner
Racial clashes flare as teen Franklin Howard shot
Disputes act carries up to five dollars fine and one year jail for strikes in government industries. In a latest clashing incident Franklin Howard, 13, was hit in the chest by a car gunfire claim, the vehicle said to carry two white men. A second shooting report spread after a policeman who detained a Negro for a minor violation fired into the air to disperse a milling crowd. Howard’s injury marked the fourteenth hospitalization in spreading disorders linked to the stoppage.
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Franklin Howard
Howard
Allied air raids target German plants and rail hubs
In a sweeping air offensive, Allied forces attacked German supply routes across France and key targets in Bremen Kiel and Friedrichshafen among others. Night operations faced weather limits but dawn strikes continued on aircraft factories oil refineries and rail yards with heavy losses on both sides and evacuations expanding for mothers and children.
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Anklam
Stettin
Rostock
Baltic
Berlin
Kiel
Bremen
Pennemunde
Italy
Britain
France
Friedrichshafen
Ober Raderach Chemical Works
Dreux
le Mans
Seine River
Portes Les Valence
Normandy
Germany
Belgium
Adon
RAF
Mediterranean Airforce
Europe
U. S
Nice
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Mantell Dornier
Immenstadt
RAAF
Sermon Focus and Local Hospital Admissions
Foy E. Short will preach Can We All See The Bible Alike at Memorial Drive Church of Christ Sunday morning. Public invited. Infirmary admissions include F T Adams and Mrs E E Martin at Baughs. Mrs H T Little also admitted. Mrs Cliffie M Miller of Hart selle is a patient at Decatur General Hospital.
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Foy E. Short
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
E. E. Martin
Baugh's Infirmary
Cliffie M. Miller
Hartselle
Decatur -General Hospital
South to pivot from cotton to industrial power says Solons
Senators Walter F. George of Georgia and Representative William Colmer of Mississippi urge a Southern conversion to manufacturing. They foresee a postwar boom and argue rail freight rates must be equalized to unlock Southern industrial growth. Colmer envisions a self sufficient South feeding Gulf ports to South American markets.
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Virginia van der Veer
Washington
South
House
Senate
Walter F. George
Dga
William Colmer
D-Miss
House Committee
George
Colmer
Georgia
Gulf Coast
Galveston
New Orleans
Pascagoula
Gulfport
Mobile
Pensacola
Tampa
South America
Gore and Turner Fight in Tennessee Primaries
Nine Tennessee incumbents won renomination in yesterday’s primaries. In the fourth district Albert Gore defeated W H Turner by more than two to one. John Jennings Jr won the second district Republican nomination over E E Patton. Percy Priest led in the sixth district Democratic renomination race against John Lechleiter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Jim McCord
McCord
Rex Manning
John R. Neal
Knoxville
John Wesley Kilgo
Greenville
Kilgo
W. O. Lowe
H. C. Lowry
Washington
Albert Gore
Congress
Roosevelt
W. H. Turner
Gore
Turner
John Jennings Jr
E. E. Patton
Percy Priest
John Lechleiter
Group Leaves Fort Mccon For Physical Exams
A board one group departed this morning for Fort Mccon for pre induction medical exams. Members include George Burt Munsey George Ellis Gibson Arnold Wayne Lyle Mit ford Leon Vinson Ollie Widner Jr Oscar Monroe Miller Marion Biddie Howell Malcolm Ferrille Smith Virgil Wilburn Jones James Collins Teague Sanford Henderson William Herman Vaughan Albert Leon Earp James Monroe Hamilton John Earl Gamble Norman Franklin Jones Hollis Earl Roberts Clarence Paul Jones James Travis Odom Jr Oran Ben Hunter Loyd Elton Martin Junior Charles Johnson James William Journey William Paul Kilgore Leon Collins Theron Lamar Breeding.
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Board One
Fort Mccon
George Burt Munsey
George Ellis Gibson
Arnold Wayne Lyle
Mitford
Leon Vinson
Ollie Widner, Jr
Oscar Monroe Miller
Marion Biddie Howell
Malcolm Ferrille- Smith
Virgil Wilburn Jones
James Collins Teague
Sanford Henderson
William Herman Vaughan
Albert Leon Earp
James Monroe Hamilton
John Earl Gamble
Norman Franklin Jones
Hollis Earl Roberts
Clarence Paul Jones
James Travis Odom, Jr
Oran
Ben Hunter
Loyd Elton Martin
Junior Charles Johnson
James William Journey
William Paul Kilgore
Leon Collins
Theron Lamar
Injuries After Bank Street Altercation Reported
Willard Powell suffered serious cuts on the shoulder and arm in an 11 p.m. Thursday altercation with James Woodruff on Bank Street. Powell was hospitalized. no arrests had been made. Police later reported a gunfight between A. J. Jones and James L. Hill at 11:30 p.m. with shots fired but no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Powell
James Woodruff
Bank Street
Kilgore
Carter
Powell
A. J. Jones
James L. Hill
Jones
Hill
GOP Governors Outline Unified Postwar Program
Twenty six Republican governors meeting with Thomas Dewey call for unity in policy, postwar tax cuts, streamlined federal state cooperation, and coordinated social welfare. They urge end to double taxation, reduced federal overreach, and better water resource control while coordinating wage and hours rules and welfare administration. Dewey plans Pawling weekend after St Louis talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
ST. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Governors’ Conference
New Deal
United States
Pawling
N. Y
Federal Administration of Welfare Agencies
Renue Wepees
Soviet and German fronts in Eastern Europe clash as drives seek break
Soviet forces advance on Viltraki and Griskabuchs near the East Prussian border while Red Army shells reach German soil in Western Lithuania. Cherniakhovsky's White Russian army command threatens East Prussia as the Warsaw and Krakow fronts endure heavy fighting with German police and partisan actions reported by Transocean. The Red Army moves toward the Gulf of Riga after cutting Nazi escape routes on the Baltic coast.
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Kielce
Warsaw
Krakow
Vistula
Ivan S. Konev
Konev
Tarnow
Transocean
London
Carpathians
Carpathian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Sitions
Lithuania
East Prussian
Viltraki
Schirwindt
Tilsit
Insterburg
Griskabuchs
Luksiai
Sutkai
Rezekne
Latvia
Gulf of Riga
Gulf
Florence Front Advances Near Pisa and Florence
U S guns exploded behind enemy lines near Florence as American forces attacked 88 millimeter gun positions and mortars. The Eighth Army captured Montebuoni between Giogoli and Impruneta, leaving Impruneta rubble as German parachutists were driven from the sector. British troops seized additional mountain heights southeast as patrols report enemy withdrawal along highway 69 near the Arno and advance units within five miles of Pontassieve.
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Upper
Arno
India
Pontassieve
City Employees to Get Bigger Checks
Decatur city council voted to raise wages ten percent for all city employees including police fire and street department effective August 1. The meeting approved purchasing a new trash truck and authorizing payment of city bills. No visitors attended.
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Decatur
Halbrooks Honored At Deer Springs Picnic
A group of friends and relatives hosted Mr. and Mrs. John A. Halbrooks of Hartselle at a picnic dinner at Deer Springs on Thursday evening. Attendees included Alton Butler and two sons Joe and Hal, Leonard Wallace and two daughters Rita Faye and Illa Joe, Milton Kyle, L. W. Griffith, J. K. Haynes, and M. G. West with spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Halbrooks
Hartselle
Deer Springs
Alton Butler
Joe
Hal
Leonard Wallace
Rita Faye
Illa Joe
Milton Kyle
L. W. Griffith
J. K. Haynes
M. G. West
Matron Held For Slaying In Carmel Valley
Monterey county grand jury indicts Frances Andrews a 38 year old matron wife of an Army corporal for the murder of 19 year old Jay Lovett. Witnesses place Lovett at Andrews ranch after dinner and a gun linked to Andrews is found near the body. Andrews denies guilt while her husband claims her innocence.
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Salinas
Calif
Carmel Valley Society
Frances Andrews
Monterey County
Carmel
Jay Lovett
Nancy Linde
San Francisco
Jay
Frances
Andrews
L. W. Lovett
California
Allies cap Kamaung Mogaung and Myitkyina in Burma drive
Allied forces in six months swept down the Hunkwang valley capturing Kam aung Mogaung and Myitkyina. Myitkyina fell as airfields and rail hubs fell under Stilwell, enabling routes from India to China and bypassing the Himalayas.
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Hunkwang
Kamaung
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Burma
Stilwell
India
China
Himalayas
Yunnan
Tengchung
Goodyear Decatur Mills Receives E Award Again
Crowds gathered as the ceremony neared with Mr. Young and W S Hunter praising Decatur businessmen and officials for cooperation. The Army Navy E award, to be received today, marks the eighth Good year plant honored since Pearl Harbor for production totals and quality of cotton duck nylon and rayon fabrics for civilian and military uses. Another award is planned for completion within 90 days.
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Young
W. S. Hunter
Goodear Decatur Mills
Decatur
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Pearl Harbor
Decatur Mills
Governor Sparks Attends Morgan County 4-H Rally
The Governor met with 37 AAA community chairmen from Morgan County and 3 from each North Alabama county at Benson Field for the 4-H rally. Miss Ebien Rowe and Mr. Garrett directed the event featuring live stock show prizes and dress review. An hour of games and athletic contests followed.
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AAA
Morgan County
North
Alabama
Benson Field
Ebien Rowe
Garrett
Sparks
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Stockholm
Nashville Livestock
Federal State Market News Service
Canadian Northlands
New Hampshire
Arnold Earnest
Birmingham
Gulimale
F. T. Adams
H. T. Little
Baugh’'s Infirmary
New South IS
Solons’ View
Negro
Pal
Gene
Ahern
GOP
Republican Organization
Florence
Halbrooks
Guam
Agana
Chester Nimitz
Tinian
New Guinea
Hengyang
Canton
Hankow
Hunan
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