Allied bombers attack German targets across the channel
Two Allied bomber formations one British one American bombed German rocket lance installations in Northern France before dusk. The American group of under 250 liberators plus escorts claimed eight German fighters shot down and destroyed barges locomotives railway cars and vehicles with machine gun fire. Allied losses were one bomber from each force and two American fighters. RAF units conducted 300 sorties over Normandy with Spitfires and Typhoons targeting transport and gun positions near Caen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Jameson
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel
France
Britain
RAF
Normandy
Conde
Harcourt
Argentia
Falaise
Capiquet
Caen
Pyle Recalls Normandy Battery Crew and Their Courage
The account follows a U S Army crew led by Lieutenant Wallace Gibbs and gun crew members from New Orleans Brooklyn and Charlotte as they disable a German 88 with a half track and 23 rounds. The piece explains their gun Slip and the roles of ack ack weapons from 50 caliber to 90 mm and promises an inside look at life with these crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flatbush
Bill Hendrix
Shreveport
Gibbs
Wallace Gibbs
RFD 2
Providence Road
Charlotte
N. C
Corp
John Jourdain
N. Claiborne
New Orleans
Frank Bartolomeo
Alevi
Joseph Sharpe
Clover
Normandy
Noted prep coach dies in Scottsboro
Scottsboro Ala July 1 WG Guy O Brien football and basketball coach at Scottsboro high school and one of Alabama s most bgaitators of prep cage died here yesterday and was gday following funeral ser cottsboro First Methodist Church here idine rae Cat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsboro
Als
Guy) O’brien
Scottsboro High School
Alabama
Cage
Market Summary Mixed as Stocks Gain on War News
Wall Street ends a light week with utilities, packers, oils and specialties advancing while other leaders stall. War news boosts demand for many peace rated stocks and political developments at the Republican national convention influence share trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
New York
Power and Light Company
Associated Press
Chicago
Burns Prove Fatal Here
Mrs. Arleana Rose, 25, died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after burns at home in Courtland while trying to light a fire with fuel oil. Funeral services set for Sunday at eleven at Caddo church. interment in adjoining cemetery. She is survived by husband William E. Rose, daughter Margie Gail, four brothers, three sisters, and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arleana Rose
Decatur General Hospital
Courtland
Eleen
Caddo Church
Brown
William E. Rose
Margie Gail
Bertha Porterford
Yanks Capture Large German Forces in Cherbourg Breakthrough
American forces reported over 20 000 prisoners from the Cherbourg campaign including 566 officers and 414 NCOs after a breakthrough along the Beaumont Hauge Greville line. German units, numerous artillery pieces, and rapidly shifting positions marked the fight as French civilians celebrated with victory signs and roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
Maj
J. D. Bradley Jr
Glennville
Robb
Beaumont-Hauge-Greville
Mueller
Kiehl
Lindsey Nelson
Columbia
Tenn
Cape de la Hague
Normandy
Soviet Forces Break Toward Minsk Across Berezina Front
Reports say Chern yakhosky’s Third White Russian army crossed the Berezina aided by guerrillas holding a bridge. Stalin ordered a 70 mile Berezina front as Rokossovsky and Zakharov’s armies move toward Minsk. Polotsk faced 15 counter attacks while German resistance tightened elsewhere. Bagramian’s Baltic army captured Dzisnau on the Dvina as Red Army advances continue.
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Minsk
Berezina
Ivan —P. Chernyakhosky
Stalin
Red Army
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Georg Zakharov
Cherniakhovsky
Ivan C. Bagramian
Dzisnau
Old Poland
Dvina
Polotsk
Baranowieze
Pinsk
Red Star
Sluch River
Pripet
Furloughs and medical news sweep Decatur area
Pfc Everett Wells stationed at Fort Knox visits parents. Mrs Maddox learns her husband Ernest Maddox was wounded in France on June 14. Seaman Jesse McCoy arrives in Hawaii studying Army postings. Local births include a son for Mr and Mrs Gerstman and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Ellis. Hospital updates note patients at Hamil clinic improving. Public safety logs report multiple small fires and a shooting incident. arrests for fighting follow. Community events include Legion Auxiliary convention planning and educational board approvals for the 44-45 Morgan County term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E Maddox
War Department
Pfc
Ernest Maddox
France
E. H. Maddox
Neel
Marriages and property transfers noted in Morgan County records
The Morgan County listing records marriages including George R Dickey with Geraldine Jones and Pruitt Sparkman with Annie Pepper, plus several other couples. It also notes numerous property transactions with varied sums from $111.67 to $5,500 involving Decatur and surrounding towns, and multiple transfers to individuals and organizations.
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Oma Christian Irwin
Nashville
Tenn
Raymon Harvey Thomas
Lacon
Sarah Erma Hill
Vinemont
Joe Marcus Dean
Hartselle
Ella Mae Chappell
Hartselte
Henry Simpson Garrett Jr
Morton
Margaret Bernice Waits
Decatur
John Thomas Holden
Belle Mina
Bettie Lee Johnson
William Dell Johnson
Delhi
Louisiana
Dorothy Miladean Holmes
Falkville
Ralph Wheeler Lewis
Medford
Mass
Ruby Lee Braswell
Earnest David Woodall
Mary Magalene Morrison
Decay
E John Watkins
Dora Sue Lile
Harold Lee Mercer
Paris
Helen Marie Waller
TH. Millard McEntire
Margaret Ee Perry
Lois Greenhill
Ethel N
Ghost Hill feud fuels wild claims and ghostly jokes
Experts describe a dispute over a so called haunted hill where cars allegedly roll uphill. Sheriff and deputies report mockery and lost friendships as locals debate the illusion and mock the idea, while Ghosty champions insist on the legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Ghost Hill
Isaac Newton
Allied push near Caen as Cherbourg mop-up ends
British and American forces reported heavy fighting along a 15 mile front between Caen and Villers-Bocage with German counter blows and a big RAF raid on the Odon river area. U S troops neared St Lo while the Cherbourg cleanup concluded amid field reports of German disarray and Allied air superiority. Polish commander Sosnowski warned the war could extend but resistance was collapsing in many sectors.
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Paris
Rommel
Fréderick Dollmann
Odon River
Caen
Villers-Bocage
RAF
DNB
Orne Estuary
Federal Communications Commission
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
U. S
St. Lo
la Forge
M. C. Dempsey
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Kazimierz Sosnowski
London
Normandy
Danish harbor closed as protests surge in Copenhagen
Reports say German authorities shut Copenhagen harbor and ferries to Sweden after demonstrators smashed over 100 shops that did not join the strike. Refugees reach Sweden as Denmark nears isolation and blackout conditions hinder clear information.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Malmo
War Department says production goals unmet urges stronger push
Washington reports that monthly war goods deliveries lag despite warning from chiefs of staff. Army output for May hit 1.88 billion dollars with June deficits and shortages in trucks tires and steel affecting fronts and air bases. The War Production Board is urged to maintain strict controls and boost 1944 production to 2.27 billion dollars per month.
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Washington
War Department
War Production Board
Chiefs of Staff
Faor
Europe
Department
Japanese setback widens Allied advance in Pacific theater
Allied forces report Japanese fighters burned from caves as warships bombard Tinian and Rota in the Marianas. Carrier planes strike both islands while heavy bombers sink a freighter near Palau. Unconfirmed dispatches claim Japan aims to seize Foochow and Pakhoi on China coast to strengthen coastal defenses.
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Tinian Island
Tinian
Rota Island
Marianas Chain
Southwest Pacific
Saipan
Palau Islands
China
Foochow
Pakhoi
Formosa
Hainan
Staging Base Hit by Americans at Takao Formosa
The Allied raid on Takao Formosa hit a critical Japanese staging base on the island's southwestern tip. Takao served as a main supply hub for campaigns in Southwestern waters and a communication line center with potential use for reinforcements to the Marianas. The harbor showed heavy fortifications, fighter aerial defenses, antiaircraft guns, and vast storage and dry docks facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Brines
Associated Press
Liberators
Japan
Takao
Formosa
Philippines
Marianas
Shanghai
Manila
Strikes Hit War Effort Across Nation
Approximately 20 000 workers idle as coal miners at Susquehanna No 7 leave due to vacation dispute and union opposition. Other plants including Jones and Laughlin Steel Vesta 4 California Pay and Timken Rollers report stoppages amid wage and rotation disputes. Detroit meat packers and Forests sawmill report labor actions over pay and shifts as war needs press on.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Collieries Company
Wilkes Barre
Harold L. Ickes
Solid Fuels
Jones and Laughlin Stee Corp
Vesta
Detroit Independed Meat Packing Association
Detroit
Berlin reports death of Col. Gen Friedrich Dollmann in France
Berlin confirms Col. Gen. Friedrich Dollmann commander of the Seventh Army was killed in action in France. The report lists other German generals killed or captured since D-Day and notes Russian accounts of German general captures and losses.
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Berlin
Friedrich Dollmann
Seventh Army
Atlantic Wall
France
Ral Dollmann
Hellmich
Tillery
Marcks
Jay
Stegma
U. S
Bourg
Sehbieben
Stattler
Hennecke
Hitter
Heine
Aj. N. Hamman
Bobruisk
Town and harbor tucked along Formosan mountains
The passage describes a town and its harbor nestled behind abrupt mountains forming a North-South range on Formosa. The western slope fades to coconut-fringed flats as Japanese fighters sortie from concealed hangars, camouflaged in the mountains, with Takao noted as one port among Formosa defenses since 1895 facing the China coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takao
Formosa
China
Dixie revolt plan shapes Texas delegation at Roosevelt era
Former Texas Democratic chairman P. E. Germany says Southern delegates may back James A. Farley for president if seating is allowed at the convention. If barred, Byrd supporters may run. A Southern caucus at the Palmer House, Ohio, is planned for July 17 to shape platform planks and consider candidates. A July 18 meeting may select a preferred ticket if the convention fails to adopt their program. The plan seeks to restore the two thirds rule and resist desegregation standards in schools and federal rulings on primaries and election laws.
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Dallas
Tex
P—E
Germany
Texas Democra Committee
Texas
Roosey
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Harry F. Byrd
Ohio
Palmer House
Cal News
Mississippi
Supreme Court
of Congress
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H. D. McCoy
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Arthur Widener
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George Wilburn Biggerstaff
Charles Frazier
Willie Aday
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W. H. McKinnon
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J. E. Penney
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J. W. Clapton
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Alabama Bar Convention
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Hardwick Kay
Lacey’s Spring
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DeWitt Crawford
George Huddleston
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Evelyn Robinson
Bonnie Kate White
Athens College
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Chattanooga
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New York City
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Highland Baptist Hospital
Grant Street
Brown's Ambulance
Josephine Wilson
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Gladys S. Woodruff
C. C. McWhorter
W. B. Lamon
Lee Sparks
Madis S. Lyle
W. T. Crabtree
Edward P. Atkins
Rae Osborne
E. A. Carter
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J. A. Holmes
J. E. Sanford
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W.R. Groover
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Oran Holmes
Vernon Norton
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Elton Orr Rice
Clyde T. Stewart
F. L. Aldridge
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