Pilot Enjoys Russian Trip With Bombers Tale
A wartime diary narrative from St Petroil Illinois reports a pilot’s experiences in Russia aboard American bombers. The piece notes prior stops in England and Italy, and mentions the narrator, a De Paul University music student, born to Czech parents.
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Italy
England
Mk Petroil
Cicero
Ill
Czechoslova
Frank J. Petris
Russia
de Paul University
Chicago
I Never Expected To Find Myself In A Russian Home
Lt Frank Petroil recounts an Allied tour of a bombed Russian village on the July front. He plays boogie woogie at Nina's cottage while Russian girls dance and a phonograph plays early 20s fox trots. They share apusta and vodka with pilots at a local club, amid grim war damage and friendly greetings.
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Frank Petroil
Associated Press
Flying Fortress
England
Tom Kemp
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nina
Game Fox
Tom
Stormovik
Stalin
Roosevelt
Jin
Typhoons Hit Carpiquet Edge as Luftwaffe Keeps Pressure
In Normandy near Caen the RAF and American fighters combined to repel shuttle raids from Italy and escort heavy bombers to Pas de Calais. While only six RAF planes were lost in the night operations, German losses were 35 with 17 Allied planes down.
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Cherbourg
Normandy
Caen
Carpiquet
Italy
Pas de Calais
Allied advances and bombings push along Italian coast
Fifth Army occupied Badia and San Sabino and took Castelfidardo. Allied troops reached the outskirts of Numana on the Adriatic coast near Ancona as RAF bombers hit Verona rail yards and U S heavy bombers attacked targets in southern France and Toulon. Losses included ten heavy bombers and one escort plane. three Liberators were shot down.
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Ancona
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Badia
San Sabino
Castelfidardo
Numana
Verona
Italy
Amer Eighth
Toulon
Battle attrition shifts with cloud cover over the front
German forces used dense troop formations to shield advances while the Luftwaffe pressed under cloudy skies to contest Allied air superiority in select sectors. They suffered 35 air losses to 17 for the Allies, with four German aircraft destroyed on the ground.
Market report rails oils and liquors steady after early selloff
Wall Street ends the day with rails oils and liquors steady after an initial downturn. Turnover reaches about 1,800,000 shares as mid day gains fade to modest positives and closing prices remain near irregular. Cotton futures rise to seasonal highs then retreat on profit taking and awaiting price control clarifications. Wheat, oats, rye, and barley show broad declines amid hedging against large grain receipts.
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Wall Street
New York
Butter and Eggs Market Update in Chicago
Butter firm in Chicago with receipts at 1,185,185 and market unchanged. Eggs receipts total 15,550 with U. S. specials at 40 to 41, other markets unchanged.
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Chicago
Buttter
U. S
Markets at a Glance New York July 6
Stocks mixed as rails rally while bonds stay steady on investment demand. Cotton uneven with trade buying and profit taking shaping prices in early trading.
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New York
Grain Chicago Report Shows Modest Support From Traders
Local traders offered limited support as Chicago markets opened on July 6 with cautious advances. Prices edged higher for corn and soybeans while wheat remained steady amid moderate activity and speculative sentiment.
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GRAIN
Chicago
Hannegan Predicts Roosevelt May Seek Fourth Term
Columbus Ohio July 6 Robert E Hannegan Democratic National Committee chairman said at a press conference that he believes Roosevelt may run for a fourth term despite personal desire to retire He listed several possible vice presidential contenders including Wallace Rayburn Truman Barkley Byrnes McNutt Kerr and Broughton He warned that a party change in president could affect wartime conduct.
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Columbus, CO
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Cance
Hannegan
Wallace
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Harry Truman
Missouri
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
James F. Byrnes
Paul V. McNutt
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
J. Melvin Broughton
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Nazis Change Commanders In German Forces West
Berlin announced that Marshal Karl Rundstedt was replaced as commander in the West by Marshal Guenther Von Kluge. The broadcast said Rundstedt left due to ill health and Hitler thanked him, with Eisenhower noting Rommel remains in direct command in Normandy.
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London
Berlin
Karl Rudolf von Rundstedt
Marshal von Kluge
Guenther von Kluge
Cologne
Germany
Rhineland
von Rundstedt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Rundstedt
DNB
Marshall Erwin- Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
von Dundstedt
Boys Back From Kodiak Invited To Hayride Picnic
A cordial invitation was extended today to the boys recently returned from Alaska to attend a hayride picnic. The event starts Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Service Men's club on Bank Street with wagons to Delano Park for fried chicken supper and an informal dance afterward. Signed by Decatur's Own group members, attendees should call 827 before Saturday noon.
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Alaska
Service Men's Club
Bank Street
Delano Park
Flip Timberlake
Earl Jones
Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Report July 6
Cattle 300 arriving late. trade slow but about steady. Calves 300 steady. veal 13.50-14.50, common 8.50-13.50, culls 6.00. Hogs 1,100 moderately active. good to choice 180-270 lb 13.50, 270-300 lb 12.50. Sheep 2,000 fairly active. lambs to 25 higher, ewes and wethers 13.25-14.25 for 60 lb, rams steady.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Friar Fitzgerald confined by sun stroke in Falkville week
Five city docket items listed this morning include two public drunkenness charges fined ten dollars each, a five dollar defection rights fee, and two two dollar traffic law fines. Local residents travel and military news fill the day as families visit, move, or serve abroad.
Casualties Report Note Europe Theater Heavy Losses
The War Department summary shows the Mediterranean theater suffered 80,886 Army casualties through May 31, the heaviest to date in any theater. Overall casualties through June 13 total 179,923, with 173,572 in all theaters from Pearl Harbor through May 31.
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Washington
Mediterranean
War Department
Pearl Harbor
German Dummies Pop Up as Decoy Tanks in France
Refugees report German occupiers in France use decoy wooden tanks to mislead Allied air forces. Lightly armed troops are kept in place as window dressing to project strength, with each company ordered to build at least one dummy tank weekly to divert strafing and bombing from real armor.
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Madrid
France
Spain
Plan Honor for Soldiers in Decatur Alabama
Decatur unit of the Alabama State Guard plans a movie party and fish fry for the men of Company B who just returned from Alaska. The event starts Thursday at 10 30 am at Princess Theatre with short features, then a parade to the park led by the Decatur high school band. Public invited to the day’s festivities but not to the fish fry. plans to be announced by Mayor T R Harrison and Butler P A Hine.
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Decatur
Alabama State Guard
Alaska
Decatur Company of State Guard
Company B
Princess Theatre
Second Avenue
Decatur High School
T. R. Harrison
Butler P.A. Hine
Night Battle with Ack Ack Fire and Flares
The narrator describes nocturnal anti aircraft duty as shells trace the sky and red tracers streak by. Flares light the sea and fear grows even as guns fire, with crews eager to end the brightness and return to darkness while awaiting the next alert.
Yanks Close In as Last Airfield Targeted in New Guinea
U S air power aids Chinese defense around Menzyang with three tons of supplies and bombardment of Canton. Fierce fighting near Hengyang leaves thousands of Japanese dead and China regains Lungmoon while South China rail lines draw Japanese focus. In Burma British forces seize a village near Mogeuns as Stilwell advances on the Ledo road.
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West New Guinea
Menzyang
U. S
Canton
Hengyang
China
Lungmoon
South China
Hankow-Canton
Burma
Mogeuns
Stilwell
Ledo Road
Ina
Secretary Hull vows support for China on anniversary
Washington July 6 Secretary of State Hull pledged unfailing support to China. Roosevelt messaged Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, stating the entire American people honor the spirit of the Chinese nation on the seventh anniversary of Japan's attack.
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Washington
Hull
China
Japan
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai Shek
Desperate Effort to Reach 64 Miners Trapped in Ohio Mine
In Bellaire Ohio engineers bore drills toward a shaft to contact 64 miners trapped after a fire at Powhatan mine. Officials said most likely all are dead as the mine was sealed to halt the blaze. State inspectors note escape is impossible. workers had been 350 feet below the surface when the fire started.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
John Owens
United Mine Workers of America
George Mitchell
Adolf Pacifico
UMW
Richard McGee
Tmp
Ohio
Powhatan Mining Company
Hitler's Likely Path to Endure Defence Postures
War analysis argues Hitler hopes for a Western Allied setback rather than renewed Eastern front resistance. Observers believe Germany will surrender rather than fight to the death on the European soil, aiming to seek mercy from the Western Allies over the Russians after wartime atrocities.
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Fuehrer
Canute
Europe
Rommel
Paris
Hitler
Germany
Two Soldiers Honored At De cature Barbecue Party
Pfc. Herman L. Brady and Technical Sergeant Hoyt Holt were honored Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Brady in De cature with a barbecue and picnic. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends such as Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hammond and families, Mr. and Mrs. James Hammond and sons, and others.
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Herman L. Brady
Hoyit Holt
H. Brady
Decature
J. D. Hammond
James M. Hammond
Bunyan Wallace
A. G. Livingston
Jeanne Jackson
Herman Sylver
William Moses
Robert Moore
Fred James
E. M. Hammonds
Pascal Ratliff
J. Crace
C. J. Nelson
Douglas Smith
Nelson James
Clarence Tane
Claude Brady
A. J. Moses
T. H. Tucker
James Royer
Hell It Is Awful War Letter From Corporal Harmer Garrison
Corporal Harmer L. Garrison writes from Italy describing brutal war conditions and the need to value the gift of America. He recalls Rome, laments horrors of battle, and urges readers to stop petty complaints while praying for safety and return to loved ones.
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Harmer L. Garrison
Italy
Dillard Garrison
Somerville 1
Tests for Instructors at Southern Airways Complete
Tests have been completed for instructors at Southern Airways. Lt. David Scherzer announced the routine screening to determine the fitness of instructors for armed service branches if flight training at civilian contract schools ends. The board finished duties here this past week.
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Southern Airways
David Scherzer
Armed Service
Scherzer
Churchill cites flying bomb casualties and evacuees in London
Prime Minister Winston Churchill disclosed that about 8 000 Britons were seriously injured and confined to hospitals by flying bombs, with most casualties in London. He noted more Britons were killed in Southern England than in the early Normandy days and described ongoing evacuee removal from London to protect business and war aims.
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Churchill
England
Normandy
France
London
Germany
Onl
Efiance
Sparks Takes Rushton Post in Alabama Delegation
Col. Marion Rushton named Gov. Chauncey Sparks to act as proxy at the Democratic national convention in Chicago and on a special sub committee to study apportionment of delegates. Rushton, on active duty in Washington, will not participate in committee activities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marion Rushton
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Chicago
Rushton
Sparks
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Both
Col
War Department
Washington
Reduction in Rates Bespeaks Wartime Fuel Saving
The new rate schedule allows use of about 1900 kilowatt hours per month without rising bills but no rate cuts now to conserve fuel and manpower. After the war, when conservation ends, lower rates should spur greater use of electrical devices in Decatur homes and businesses. Decatur households already use twice the national average of electricity with costs per kilowatt hour well below the national average.
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Decatur
Churchill Urges London Resolve Amid Bombing Threats
Prime Minister Churchill praised London’s resilience during the blitz and vowed that the city would endure. He noted daily bombing runs of up to 150 flying bombs, many failing to reach their target, while praising casualty services for handling strain under pressure. The flying bomb was described as indiscriminate in nature and purpose.
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London
Churchill
Channel
Greater London
Baltic states poised to revert to Soviet control
John Colburn reports from Stockholm that Estonia Latvia and Lithuania are about to change hands for the third time in four years as German and anti Russian forces evacuate. Allied diplomats doubt independ ence will return, while Russia insists 1940 votes made them Soviet. Peasants form the core of populations and some refugees say farmers care little who governs.
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John Colbur
New York
Baltic States
Estonia
Latvia
Aera
Soviet Union
Sweden
London
Washington
Stockholm
Russia
Baltics
Delano Park Daily Doings and Loyal Readers Worldwide
Letters arrive from Brownsville Texas Courtland Seattle Virginia New York Idaho Mobile Florence and other places as soldiers request copies of The Daily Delano Park to share with friends and loved ones. Local visitors include families from Hartselle Cullman Decatur Illinois and Camp Stewart Georgia with park boosters and personnel enjoying the Fourth.
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Delano Park
Texas
Brownsville
Courtland
Seattle
Washington
Virginia
New York
Idaho
Mobile
Florence
Services Held for Mrs. Chessie A. Burch
Funeral services for 71 year old Mrs. Chessie A. Burch were held at Landersville Church of Christ with Rufus Underwood and Rev. Will Wear officiating. Interment followed at Landersville Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, three sons, and two brothers. Pallbearers were named Arthur Young, Arthur Roberts, Bluntt Montgomery, Buddy Latham, Wilbur Murphee, and E Q. Burch.
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Chessie A. Burch
Seventh Avenue East
Landersville Church of Christ
Rufus Underwood
Will
Landersville
Highsmith
Spencer Latham
Decatur
Lela Montgomery
C. G. Burch
Moulton
Drexel Burch
Ed Burch
Steve Montgomery
Charlie Montgomery
Riverton
Arthur Young
Arthur Roberts
Bluntt Montgomery
Buddy Latham
Wilbur Murphee
E. Q. Burch
Two Atlanta Men Apprehended in Texas on Kidnaping Robbery Charges
Two men from Atlanta Walter C. Hugg 21 and James Melvin Kitchens 30 wanted on state indictment for kidnaping and robbery and sought by the FBI were captured in Texas. FBI Special Agent F C Holloman announced they would be surrendered to Fulton county officers for trial in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Georgia
Texas
F. C. Holloman
FBI
Walter C. Hugg
James Melvin Kitchens
Fulton County
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