Camp Opens Six Weeks as Scout Enrollment Reaches Capacity
The camp reports excellent safety and cleanliness with Lee praising conditions and recommending to parents. For the first week, July 4–10, enrollment reached 77. remaining weeks filled to capacity as the camp extends to six weeks to accommodate more Scouts. Local carpenters in Tri-Cities installed new waterfront docks under supervisor leadership.
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Lee
Carpenters’ Union
Tri-Cities
Fred Haynie
R. B. Sttzer
E. H. Brown
F. H. Woolrych
Sheffield
Nathan Drnsdale
Milton McKelvie
Sidney Chenault
Bobby Mapes
Frank Wood Jr
A. J. Coleman
Fred Barry
Billy Kelly
Billy Moore
Bill Taylor
Jimmy Thompson
Local notes from Limestone County Pettusville highlights
Pvt. L. Robinson returns to Camp after furlough with parents. Cpl. Virgil Powers on leave. Several residents visit churches and attend funerals. Calvin Hargrove and Lela Brown wed. About 500 cargo ships used to transport American forces to North Africa. Twelve thousand Polish airmen serve with the Royal Air Force.
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Coy L. Robinson
L. E. Robinson
Cpl
Virgil Powers
Lough
W. Aaron Hargrove
Elkmont
Nichols
C. B. Braly Sr
Betty Lou Braly
C. B. Braly Jr
Baby
Athens
T. Hogan
Gilbert Holt
Route Field
Beulah Spence
Roy Holt
Almon Powers
W. AL. Brakefield
Martha Spence
Mamie Pettus
Phil Irvin
Bikmont
Joe Holt
Holt
Mt. Pleasant
Tenn
Hillis Stanford
Mary Lee Lock
Calvin Hargrove
Lela Brown
Mr. Hargrove
al Hargrove
Hargrover
Vernon Whitt
Pleasant Hill
North Africa
Royal Air Force
Pearl Harbor Recalled Through Pacific War Reflections
Clark Lee recounts his Pacific journey from Shanghai to Pearl Harbor in 1943, detailing the Coral Sea engagement, the shifting initiative to the US Navy, the island blackout life in Hawaii, and the critical misjudgments that kept battleships central despite their obsolescence. He notes Japanese espionage and the potential impact if Pearl Harbor had been hit differently, with Wake Island and Midway looming on the horizon.
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Australia
MacArthur
Coral Sea
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Fiji
Japan
Theressure
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Pearl Harbor
Acces
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Oahu
Maili Beach
Ewa
Shanghai
Red Cross
Utah
Ford Island
Oklahoma
Arizona
West Virginia
Bein
Pacific Coast
Kaneohe Naval Air Station
Kaneohe
Tey
Midway
Solomons
INCE
Wake Island
Wake
Pm A
Fifth Avenue
Arthur Gins
Pearl City
Tripler General Hospital
Ford
Tom Quinn
Aleutians
Tom
Clark Lee
The
Viking Press
Morgan County Florette and Local Guests Report
Community notes list visitors from Priceville Philadelphia and Florence as well as Brooksville Center Grove and Decatur. The text mentions a lightning strike that destroyed Jim Lynn's barn and visits by families including the Johns and Russells with several local residents. Pvt Roy Ridgeway of Camp Shelby recently visited.
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Issippi
A. H. Dunn
John Dunn
Sue
Center Grove
Pearl Wilbur
Wayne Jennings
Dolly Turney
Decatur
Evelyn Lawrence
A. N. Mitchell
Gene Wilburn
Edythe Peck
Jim Lynn
Sam Johnson
Bill Russell
Six Mile
Irvin Johnson
Roy Ridgeway
Camp Shelby
Army Service Forces Tops World in Merchandise Volumes
The U S Army Service Forces moved more goods than any other organization globally, consolidating supply lines and boosting wartime logistics with vast procurement and distribution efforts across theaters.
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U. S. Army Service Forces
Liquor price increase at state stores in Montgomery
July 1 brings a 10 percent rise for alcohol at state liquor stores after the new excise tax. District Attorney Jake Crenshaw says private shops may not raise prices until taxed stock is sold. In Jefferson County, state stores closed yesterday and will reopen July 7 after the tax adjustment.
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Jake Crenshaw
Office of Price Administration
Crenshaw
E. C. Ray
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Birmingham
Jefferson County
FDR Lacks Emergency Cash as Congress Deadlocks
President Roosevelt faces a cash squeeze with no emergency funds available as Congress stalls on a deficieny bill. Deadlocks over salaries and disputed agency budgets block passage of required funds, while a separate war supply measure moves forward.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Goodwin Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Agriculture Department
National Youth Administration
NYA
Interior Department
Courts In Recess In Alabama Supreme Court And Appeals
The Alabama supreme court and court of appeals entered summer recess today with plans to resume on the last Monday in October. Presiding Judge Charles Bricken announced a special August 10 term for the court of appeals to dispose of pending cases, as both courts issued decisions yesterday before recess.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Charles BR. Bricken
Canal Network in Netherlands Reaches 4817 Miles
A historical report notes the Netherlands has 4,817 miles of canals. The figure highlights the extent of inland waterways used for transport and irrigation across the country.
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The
Netherlands
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Loud’s Drug Store
William F. Arbogast
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Silvertowns
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