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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
7
Red and green moving vans carry residents from Dover Kent as 41 000 inhabitants flee front lines. Residents shrug off bombing raids while shells hit Fitzpatrick’s wine store and a church. The town, once bustling, now shows heavy damage and rising fear as war advances.
Montgomery Willkie Democrat club pledges to vote for Willkie would be filed away and kept confidential. Fred H. White, club head, warned that taking a political stand in Montgomery can invite threats by phone and through business-straining cards. Attorney R Dupont Thompson spoke to the group last night.
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