Softball doubleheader at Delano Park features errors and hits
Delano Park hosts two softball games with Decatur Incidents defeating Southern 17 to 4 in the opener as Airways posts seven hits and five errors. Courtland defeats Goodyear 14 to 8 in the nightcap, with Goodyear tallying a dozen hits and six errors. Upcoming games include Southern Air vs Goodyear and Maintenance vs Cooper Wells starting at 7:45.
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Delano
Southern Airvi
Goodyear
Cooper
Wells
Penn and
Courtland
Germans Press In Normandy Drive Toward Paris
Allied dispatches describe German forces in Brittany and along the Loire as retreating or forming blocking positions while American and British units push through Caen toward Le Mans and Paris. Canadian troops advance toward Le Mans corridor as Allied commands report progress and tighten the encirclement around key Breton and Loire targets. Churchill toured Normandy battlefronts and conferenced with Montgomery and Eisenhower, amidst ongoing operations and river-line concerns.
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Caen
Paris
Erbcan
le Mans
Varenne-Mayenne
Supreme Headquarters
Brittany
Lawrence County News Briefs From Mt Hope Area
Lawrence County notes from Mt Hope mention residents at home with family, visits by Curtis O Neal and Peggy from Courtland, Inez Roberson of Trinity visiting, H T Mitchell improving at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mrs P W Smith of Montgomery returning home after weeks here, and several local families hosting relatives including Counts and Mitchells. The item names multiple households and travelers, reflecting community updates.
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Nance
Norman
Okla
Curtis O'Neal
Peggy
Courtland
Arthur Pickens
Inez Roberson
Trinity
T. C. McRight
H. T. Mitchell
Mayo Clinic
Roches- Eg
Counts
Wr Cleé¢re
Birmingare
H. T. Mitchell As Smith
Pensacola
Howard Smith
Markets Mixed Moves In Early Trading On Utilities And Cotton
In New York on August 9, utility stocks under ten dollars edged up amid modest gains before eroding. cotton futures rose on light volume as distant-month buying met scale liquidation. In Nashville, cattle and hogs traded with moderate activity and mixed prices, while lambs led gains among sheep with steady to higher selling in the morning sessions.
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New York
Butter Eggs Chicago Market Roundup Aug 9
Butter firm receipts reach 431679, market unchanged. Egg receipts total 10244, unsettled. U S extras range 36 to 40. Other market quotes remain steady.
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Chicago
U. S
Community Notes From Morgan County Weekender
Morgan County social column records visits and gatherings. Families from Decatur Five Points Macedonia and Blount County join relatives in Poultry and Oak Ridge events. Rev F O Parker will lead services, and Navy enlistee James Hartselle is saluted at a family dinner.
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Glenn Maples
Decatur
Edgar Melson
Billy Melson
Melson
Five Points
Author Self
Austin Self
Macedonia
Blount County
J. J. Johnson
Asbury Johnson
Pleasant Valley
Pearly Johnson
Elointe Roberts
John Depriest
John Burch
Herman
Sherman
Janis Ann
Juda
Mt. Tabor
Ruby Owens
Rosa Roberts
Sue Callahan
Berta
Rocky Ford
Surgical Dressing Help Here Urged by Junior Red Cross
Miss Frances Nungester, chair man of the Decatur Junior Red Cross, urged members to help with surgical dressings at chapter headquarters. The room opens three days and one night weekly, including Tuesday morning and evening, and Wednesday and Friday mornings and afternoons.
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Frances Nungester
Decatur Junior Red Cross
Chapter
Junior Red Cross
Peace Issues in Spotlight Across States in 1944 Primaries
The AP reports peace issues shape U S political map as Rep J W Fulbright secures Democratic Arkansas Senate nomination over Adkins while New York figures Wagner Curran align to cut into Roosevelt strength. Connecticut picks Miss Connors to face Clare Boothe Luce. Danaher Baldwin renominated. Vermont GOP nominating Mortimer Proctor.
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Associated Press
Rep
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
New York
Fulbright
United States
Homer M. Adkins
Hattie W. Caraway
Adkins
Robert F. Wagner
New Deal
Thomas J. Curran
Curran
Wagner
New York City
Thomas E .Dewey
New York State
Roosevelt
America
Margaret E. Connors
Fairfield
Wellesey College
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Luce
John A. Danaher
Raymond E. Baldwin
Mortimer R. Proctor
Vermont
W. Arthur Simpson
Allied drive in Burma stalls after heavy resistance
Allied forces in Burma face stiff resistance while advancing southeast along the Mogaung Mandalay railway after Myitkyina fell to Gen. Joseph Stilwell. British units push 50 miles south of Imphal as Japanese forces are defeated in their India invasion bid.
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Florence
Signal Corps
Burma
Mogaung- Mandalay
Myitkyina
Joseph Stilwell
Imphal
India
Funeral Thursday for Mrs. A. Darnell in Decatur
Funeral services for Mrs. A Darnell a well known Decatur resident who died after a heart attack will be held Thursday at 4 p m at the First Baptist church. The cortege leaves her East Cain Street home at 345 p m for burial in the city cemetery Brown directs the service with Dr Jesse M Rogers officiating. Surviving are two daughters a son and six sisters. Pallbearers are named. Flowers from the Sunday school class and U will be handled by the Interment follows.
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Darnell
Decatur
Horace Mathis
Sandersville
Georgia
First Baptist Church
Jesse M. Rogers
East Cain Street
Jack Coolidge
Washington, D. C
C. C. Johnson
Benjamin Darnell
T. J. Irwin
Alamo
J. Lee Joiner
J. J. Herringdine
Clara Boatwright
Rozier Brown
Jacksonville
W. B. Neher
Ben Bloodworth
Frank Chenault
S. A. Lynne
D. D. Burleson
Charles Hardwick
City
Brown
Alabama Friends Honor Medal of Honor Hero Lawley
Home town friends of Lt. William R. Lawley Jr credit his Medal of Honor for rescuing a shell shattered Flying Fortress with five wounded crewmen aboard. They question whether his father would have approved it.
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Leeds
Als
William R. Lawley Jr
Local military and community notes from Decatur area
Visitors from Miami and Mobile gather with local families in Decatur while military service updates include Lt. Leroy McEntire returning after African and Indian campaigns and Y Pte. James Allen Eaton reporting good condition after Guam. Births, hospitalizations, furloughs, and civic notices fill the week’s community column.
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Leroy McEntire
United States Army
Lt. McEntire
Leroy McEntire Sr
Minister on rural circuit rides during award hush
Interior Court Judge John W. Mc Craney noted the minister, on a circuit ride between small rural churches, likely had not learned of his son's award despite Alabama papers giving it space.
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Interior Court
John W. McCraney
Alabama
FEPC Blamed for Philadelphia Transit Strike
Senator Russell charged on the Senate floor that the Philadelphia transit strike was fomented by the Fair Employment Practices Committee. He said the FEPC pressured a company to hire eight Negroes as engineers and conductors, triggering a year of tensions and a six day tieup.
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Washington
Russell D
Senate
Philadelphia
Russell
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Tough assignment for officer at Maxwell Field
At Maxwell Field in Montgomery Alabama 112 sergeants are supervised by one first lieutenant in squadron M section Q. The air crewmen overseas wear wings campaign ribbons and DFCs with many Air Medals. Wagner notes roughly 55 percent are technical or staff sergeants and a few specialists. Most served as aerial gunners engineers or bombardiers. Half fought in the Pacific and half in Europe. Aviation cadets are paid like enlisted ranks while training but intend to return to air combat duties post training.
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Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
Robert Wagner
Wilkes-Barre
Lieut
Wagner
Pacific
Looeys
Sandlin club speaker cites parents for juvenile delinquency
Monty Sandlin probation officer with the U S Department of Justice told the Lions club that parents bear responsibility for juvenile delinquency and urged more family time. He linked his views to wartime remarks and noted WWI service in France. Guests included E Howard Florence and others. The club skips next Tuesday’s meeting due to an inter-club event.
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Monty Sandlin
U. S. Department of Justice
Lions Club
Sandlin
France
Germany
E Howard
Florence
Curtis Smi
Pulaski
Tenn
E. N. Baker
Birmingham
Roy Green
Washington, D. C
Cpl
Cecil Halbrooks
Somerville Road School
Air Power and Caen Battle Turn in Normandy War
The Caen sector battle shows the value of air power as 1,600 Allied planes bombard German lines and the Canadians push the defenders back. Lt. Gen. Brereton says the German army in Normandy is in a critical state, slowly strangling for supplies.
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Caen
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Ninth Air Force
France
Normandy
Allied advance and fighting around Pisa and Monte Lupo
Reports describe British and American forces pushing near the Arno with Monte Lupo secured by the Eighth Army and Empoli contested. American artillery engaged Nazi tanks southeast of Pisa while patrols and mine-lay operations occur across the Arno. Allied bombers attacked railways and bridges in Southern France as air forces moved between theaters.
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Britis
Empoli
Monte Lupo
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Pisa
Arno
France
Air Force
Italy
Russia
Strikes Idle 28,000 Across U S and Canada
About 28 000 idle in disputes across the United States and Canada with 9 000 more idle in 16 other disputes. Detroit confirms a UAW CIO appeal to the War Labor Board over a strike affecting seven GM gear and axle plants. Wright Aeronautical in Paterson three plants idle for about 3 000. Dodge Chicago tool makers walkout over a worker suspension. Ball Brothers glass blowers at Muncie Indiana returned to work after a jurisdictional dispute was settled.
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Associated Press
Morehan
Othor Disputtes
United States
Canadia
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
National War Labor Board
General Motors Corp
Midwest
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Paterson
N. J
Montreal
Que
Dodge /Chicago
Ball Bros. Co
Muncie
Imnd
Afl-Cio
Describing Allied Air Attacks From A Farmyard
A wartime eyewitness recalls a bombardment over a farmyard with trenches, tin-roofed dugouts, and a long flight of bombers. The sky fills with planes, explosions, smoke, and the roar of motors as men watch in awe and horror.
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Earth
Before the War Japan Ranked Major Canaries Exporter to US
Before the war Japan stood as one of the principal exporters of canaries to the United States, shaping trade patterns and market access for pet birds and related products across the era.
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Japan
United States
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