Decatur News Briefs and Local Appointments
Weather outlook calls for a warm Sunday afternoon. Cotton prices posted in Decatur: strict middling 21.40, middling 21.25, strict low 19.40, low 17.40. Cadet major James Whitten of Marion Institute announced. Whitten is a Marion Institute graduate and junior college student. Several local health and civic items follow, including hospital transfers, births, improving patients, and planning board meetings. Coast Guard reserves to be sworn in. American Legion meeting set with talks by Jimmy Dement. New voters added to county rolls. multiple regional staff and residents featured in various notices. Continued coverage on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Arthur Whitten
Ethel Whitten
Oak Street
Decatur
Marion Institute
James B. Harper
Board of Registrars
Red Army drives into Wilno and Baranowicze gains fuel East Prussia
Russian forces captured Baranowicze a fortress on the Warsaw invasion route and fought into Wilno as they cut the Wilno Daugavpils railway, the last major German supply line to East Prussia and the Baltic states. The Soviet communique reports huge German losses and multiple German generals captured as the front tightens toward East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Yarbrough
London
Red Army
Baranowicze
Warsaw
Wilno
Wilno- Daugavpils
East Prussia
Baltic States
Moscow
Minsk
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
First Ukraine
Old Poland
Kowel
Lwow
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Carpathian
Zhukov
K. K. Rokossovsky
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Russia
Rokossovsky
Ivan D
Cherniakhovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Lithuania
Estonia
Kaunas
Hoffmeister
41St Tank Corps
Steinkele
60Th Motorized Divi
Streets of Caen Under Heavy Allied Assault
Allied forces drive toward Caen in a seven mile front amid fierce fighting. British and American troops push into northeast outskirts while German garrisons retreat to prepare for a possible withdrawal toward Falaise as Rommel retaliates with tanks and shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Paris
Transocean
Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
High Command
St. Jean de Daye
Supreme Headquarters
la Haye du Puits
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
War Bond Sales Report From Alabama Counties
Lawrence county exceeded both bond quotas and reported strong totals for series E. Limestone and Morgan counties topped or neared targets while Cullman county surpassed its goals with large E sales. Alabama overall reached 120 million in sales against a 102 million target though series E lagged by about 5 million. Lawrence county official W G Burch said the county was safely over both quotas with 347000 in total sales and 152000 in bonds backed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decature
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Morgan “County
Cullman County
Alabama
W. G. Burch
War Finance
Normandy ack ack crew from Manchester area
Ernie Pyle profiles Sergt Joseph Samuelson and six Manchester, New Hampshire natives serving in a Normandy battery. He notes Provencher, Bresnahan and others sharing a single town origin, their Army entry on the same day, and their foraging duties amid the French campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Sergt
Joseph Samuelson
Odebolt
Sam
Manchester
N. H
Armand Provencher
Jim Bresnahan
France
Provencher
Bet Sivays
Igs
Ack Ack Unit Housed Pals From Massachusetts
Ernie mentions three Massachusetts soldiers in the battery from Malden, Southbridge, and Roxbury. George Slaven, an entrepreneur, runs a home drugstore through his wife while away fighting. He receives many home packages and keeps a stocked room over there. Malatesta is another married crew member, and Covel sports a heavy two day growth with whiskers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provencher
Massachusetts—Corp
Charles Malatesta
Malden
Pfe
George Slaven
Southbridge
Pvt
Walter Covel
Roxbury
Covel
Bernie
George Slavin
Slaven
Malatesta
Aneta
Mie
Two Italian towns fall as Allies near Livorno port
Allied forces pressed toward Livorno as Rosignano and Castellina fell after a three day bombardment and fierce street fighting. French and British units advanced toward Florence while Indian troops moved near Umbertide and Carini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
U. S
Florence
Pisa
Rosignano
Volterra
Colle di Val D'Elsa
Poggibonsi
Castellina
Saipan Counterattack Driven Back With Heavy Losses
Japanese banzai assault on Saipan stalled near Tanapag as Adm. Nimitz said about 1,500 Japanese dead in the attack, bringing total Saipan Japanese dead to roughly 10,400 with many more uncounted. Allied forces suffered numerous casualties in repelling the drive. In China, Chinese forces captured Liling after a successful counterattack north of Hengyang and rumors of Japanese withdrawal grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Liling
China
India
Japan
Tanapag Town
Amer
Nimitz
Hengyang
Chungking
Machurian
Japanese assault on Saipan repelled by U S forces
Admiral Nimitz reported a massive Japanese counterattack on Saipan that pushed American lines back up to 2000 yards before being halted. The enemy left about 1500 dead on the battlefield. Japanese planes and shore batteries attacked U S positions as destroyers and artillery neutralized threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 11&McMuryry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Tanapag
Nimitz
U. S
Tinian Island
Isely Field
Nurses Home To Be Built At Baugh Infirmary
Baugh Infirmary Inc. buys the old Buchheit home on Gordon Drive to convert into a nurses home within thirty days. Nurses will move in after completion and the infirmary will add a children's department for communicable diseases. Project cost about 10 dollars and adds 12 beds to total 49. Pearl Emens Buchheit owned the property. sale handled by John Patterson agency. Some remodeling materials are already on the lawn. The children's department will be completely isolated.
American Airmen Pulverize Japanese Supply Lines in Hunan
American airmen continued heavy attacks on Japanese supply lines across Hunan province while Chinese forces recaptured Liling in a counter offensive. Reports from Chungking cited a potential withdrawal from Hengyang after a 12 day siege, with observers noting Japan’s strained supply lines and possible regrouping for a new assault on the Cantong Hankow railway axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hunan
Liling
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Liang River
Siang
Hitler Holds Urgent Talks With Military Leaders
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler in urgent consultation with top generals since early week. Moscow claims Hitler took direct command in the West with Von Kluge as front man, amid talk of possible peace through prolonged fighting and pressure to revise defense plans including possible withdrawals from Norway and the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caen
Bayeux
Ruthie
Falaise
Carpiquet
Adolf Hitler
Norway
Balkans
Moscow
Hitler
Normandy
von Kluge
Froma
Richard Kasischke
London
Karl Rudolph Gerd von Rundstedt
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Guenther von Kluge
von Rundstedt
Viktorov
Germany
Truck Tire Ban Imposed by OPA
The local tire panel received a wire from OPA headquarters ordering that no new truck tires 8.25 or larger in size will be available during July.
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OPA
Allied air assault hits robot bomb sites in Normandy offensive
Allied aircraft from Lancasters to American heavy bombers attacked robot bomb storage caves and launch ramps in the Caen area and along the Oise river. Air ministry reports caves collapsed and entrances cratered as Allied forces supported Montgomery’s troops pushing toward Caen amid German defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cowan
London
Montgomery
Caen
Normandy
England
St. Leo-D'Esserent
Paris
Oise
Air Ministry
Distomo and Aurado Sur Glanes Slaughter Reported
The Associated Press accounts describe mass killings in Distomo Greece where about 1 000 people died and Aurado Sur Glanes France where about 1 100 of 1 200 residents were slain. The massacres were tied to reprisals for guerrilla deaths and the killing of Heydrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Distomo
Aurado-Sur- Glanes
New York
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Limoges
France
British Broadcasting Corporation
Izmir
Smyrna
Turkey
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Billy Collier
Rockfield, Ky
Decatur General Hospital
H. C. Kitchens
Fifth Avenue
Peggy Joe Dockery
Hamil Clinic
Mary Mill
Fred Bump
Ralph Daugherty
Douglas’ Mitchell
Highway Patrol
Victor Hyde
Alabama State Planning Board
Q. E. Eddens
U. S. Coast Guard
Morgan County
J. G. C. E. Binkert
Sheffield
Coast
American Legion
Jimmy Dement
Athens
Orga
Pte
Lewis C. Spiegel
New Guinea
Modie Lyle
Baby
Wilbur Smallwood
Hartselle
Nashville
Carey L. Cockrell
Isaac D. Cockrell
12Th Avenue West
Independence Army Field
Kansas
George Davis
Birmingham
Lee Bridges
Otis Waller
Iin
Acific
Ellis L. Cobb
Marines
Frank Cobb
East Gordon Drive
F. B. Sparkman
Oak Grove
By Ken Reynolds
Southern Airways
Lawrences
Valley Counties
Pyle
Ernie
By Noland Norgaard
By Spencer Moosa
Fuehrer
Reinhard Heydrich
Boherma-Moravia
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