Navy recruiting interview at Morgan County Courthouse
WAVES Yeoman Second Class Doris J Campbell will interview women ages 20 to 36 at the Morgan county courthouse Monday morning about Navy enlistment. War Department reports Pfc George E Mann wounded in action in Europe and Pfc Max E Livingston prisoner of war in Germany. Civil Air Patrol cadets honored with a talk by Lt Jes Savoini at weekly meeting.
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Doris J. Campbell
The
WAVES
Naval
Morgan County
Navy
War Department
George E. Mann
Bessie V. Mann
Grant Street
Decatur
Pfc
Max E. Livingston
George E. Livingston
Cullman 8
Germany
Ae Civil Air Patrol
Jes Savoini
Savoini
Allied air raids pound Pas de Calais and Caen fronts
Bombers from the United States and Britain carried out a major assault on Pas de Calais ramps and Caen sector targets. American heavy bombers hit several railroad and highway routes while Ninth Air Force Marauders harassed German positions. Nazi oil stores near Vienna were also struck by U S 15th Air Force bombers. The day featured heavy anti aircraft fire and limited German fighter opposition, with several aircraft brought down.
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Pas de Calais
France
England
Montgomery
Caen
U. S
15Th Air Force
Vienna
Ninth Air Force
Paris
Rai
Saipan and Bonin Island Battles Signal U S Advance
American forces press a methodical advance on Saipan and push toward Marpi air field as Noemfoor and Bonin raids hit Tokyo. About 10 500 Japanese killed, with 8 914 buried and civilians fleeing along refugee roads amid fierce cave fighting.
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Saipan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Markets rise on week long advance led by rails and industry
New York stocks finished a generally rising week with a late bulge that lifted favorites to multi year highs. The 60 stock average gained 0.4 to 56.4, transfers totaled 855,360 shares, grains rose on CCC payments then cooled, and cotton prices swung with liquidation and distant position trends.
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New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Grain futures slip after War Food wheat loan rise
Chicago July 8 traders absorbed bullish news as War Food Administration raised the wheat loan rate to 90 percent parity. Wheat futures fell 1 1 4 to 2 1 4 from yesterday, July at 1.58 three quarters. Oats, rye and barley moved differently with mixed gains and losses.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Germans trapped as Allied advance traps nine divisions
Dispatches from Moscow say remnants of at least nine German divisions were trapped in the area. Major General Hertz heads the 383rd infantry division as the fight pushes on. A small group of Germans attempted to surrender to American and English correspondents, and was joined by a long column of prisoners headed to the rear.
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Sion
Hertz
Moscow
Browns Defeat Senators 5 to 4 in July Baseball Game
Sig Jakucki pitched six hits allowed as the St. Louis Browns won 5 to 4 over the Senators in Washington. A crowd of 14,693 witnessed the tilt.
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Browns
Senators
Washington
Sig Jakucki
St. Louis Browns
Nenpeneema
Night in a French gunpit with Pyle and crew
In Normandy a gun pit crew led by Pvt Bill Mallen of Shelton Connecticut endures a cold dawn watch. They share letters home, sing softly during lulls, and a barrage balloon drifts down signaling front line tension as night yields to a new day of guarding the beaches.
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Bill Mallen
Shelton, Conn
Shelton Afer
Bill
Mallen
Corp
Henry Omen
Depew
N. Y
Harold Dunlap
Poplar Bluffs
Norman Kimmey
Hanover
Clyde Libbey
Lincoln
Jerry Fullington
Fremont
Neb
Bill Nelson
Scotts Bluff
Libbey
Maine
Normandy
Tipperary
France
Cote
Germans Reinforce Normandy Front as Dietl Dies in Plane Crash
Intelligence notes suggest Germany weighs heavier reserves for Normandy while von Rundstedt exits the invasion scene amid Western stalemate. Eastward holds strain as Dietl’s death sparks rumors of a crucial German document vanishing from a crash in Austria.
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Germany
Normandy
France
von Rundstedt
Wista
Vistula
Poland
East Prussia
Italy
Balkans
Eduard Dietl
Finland
Reich High Command
Dietl
Hitler
Austria
Major WWII air and ground actions in the Pacific theater report
Allied forces report heavy air strikes on Sasebo Yawata Omura and other targets on Kyushu and China coast. Japanese dead found in India. Nimitz and MacArthur announce destruction of hundreds of planes ships and barges. Noemfoor operation yields 410 Japanese killed and 144 prisoners freed. American losses remain light. Night bombers sink a freighter between Noemfoor and the Philippines.
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Sasebo
Japan
Yawata
Omura
Kyushu
Laoyao
China
Hankow
Tengchung
Ukhrul
India
Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Truk
Yap
Carolines
Saipan
Bonin
Kazan Islands
MacArthur
Sixth Army
Noemfoor Island
Dutch New Guinea
Noemfoor
Philippines
Halmahera
Lack Of Defenses For Forts Surprises Japan
Air observers noting the latest US B-29 raid say Japan showed weak homeland defenses, with limited night fighters and anti aircraft fire. The mission struck Sasebo Yawata Omura on Kyushu and hit Laoyao and Hankow in China, while suggesting surprise due to light air defense and possible detection gaps.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Asia
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
China
Communiqtie
Sasebo
Japan
Yawata
Omura
Laoyao
North China
Hankow
Yangtze River
Claire €Hennault
14Th Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Eugene Burns
Associated Press
Paving the Way to Paris Funds Drive Reports Surge
At Courtland Army Air Base a unique plan raised $150,000 in the campaign and by Saturday $125,000 had been subscribed with $45,000 more pledged before July's end. Limestone County reported $865,963.25 in sales on a $864,000 quota, while Limestone’s Series E goal stands at $313,000 with $281,956.25 raised. W W A Owens says Limestone will keep going until quotas are met, aiming for one of Alabama’s best records. In Cullman County, W H Drinkard reports $63,000 in Series E bonds today and $145,000 since July 4, continuing a strong race against time.
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Courtland Army Air Base
Paris
W.W. A. Owens
War Finance
Limestone County
Limestone
Owens
Alabama
W. H. Drinkard
Cullman County
Cullman
Drinkard
Bond subscriptions exceed fifth war loan goal
Washington reports that fifth war loan subscriptions total $16.65 billion, surpassing the $16 billion target. Morgenthau announced mid afternoon that corporate buyers provided about $12.4 billion and individuals $4.25 billion, with the drive ending today.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Leaders Rise in Morgan County Alabama as War Bond Drive Shines
Morgan county reports total sales of 1 774 246 on a 1 379 000 quota with a shortfall in E bonds of 110 000. Falkville Massey Eva Danville Lawrence Cove Flint Neel Oak Ridge and Valdermosa hit or neared quotas. Camp Sibert show at Benson Field drew 2 000 buyers and featured a chemical warfare demonstration for Morgan countians.
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Decatur
Camp Libert Chemical Warfare Unit
Morgan County
Falkville
Massey
Eva
Danville
Lawrence Cove
Flint
Hartselle
Camp Sibert
Benson Field
John Sparkman
American Drive Across Cherbourg Perimeter Advances In Normandy
Allied columns push through St. Jean De Daye and Goucherie as U S troops breach canal defenses and head toward St. Lo. American units reach Mont Castre and Gervilla while Montomery's push toward Caen and Falaise tightens pressure on Rommel's forces in a widening Normandy front.
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St. Jean de Daye
Goucherie
Das Reich
17Th SS
Vire
St. Lo
U. S
Carentan
Periers
Mont Castre
la Haye du Puits
Gervilla
Laaye
Lessay
St. Loon
Cherbourg
Montgomery
Caen
Falaise
Rommel
Paris
Village Burned After Hostage Crisis Near Delphi
A Greek village 65 miles northwest of Athens and 10 miles southeast of Delphi was destroyed after patriots killed four German soldiers and failed to surrender. British CBS radio reports say Germans burned the village, locked people in the church and killed many hostages. only about 100 of 1200 survived.
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Red Cross
Athens
Delphi
Greece
New York
CBS
Guerrilla Island Behind German Lines in White Russia
An Army Red Star dispatch details a vast guerrilla region in White Russia near Borisov Lepel and Minsk that resisted German advances for three years. The area, rich with villages, mined roads, and wire barriers, maintained regular Soviet contact and inspired other resistance. The White Russian leader cited for operations like breaking enemy communications and blowing bridges.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
White Russia
Red Army
Red Star
Nikolai Prokofiev
Yakov Litesky
Borisov, Lepel
Minsk
Stalin
Sashuni
Tenelevo
Chinese Defend Hengyang Area and Strike at Japanese Forces
American dispatch reports Chinese units repelling repeated attacks on Hengyang suburbs and tightening the ring around the city. Japanese forces were routed west of the junction, with 1000 plus Chinese casualties in Leiyang area and ongoing fighting near Yungfeng 45 miles northwest of Hengyang. Maj. Gen. Chennault's 14th air force operated from Yangtze to Canton as rumors swirled about Japanese defense works and Russian troop movements on the Manchurian border.
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Hengyang
Leiyang
Yungfeng
Kwangtung Province
Canton
Tsingyun
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Yangtze River
Yongyang
Chungking
Manchurian
Ingalls Delivers Another Coaster Vessel
The SS Edward Nickels, part of a series of cargo coasters, was delivered late Friday by Ingalls Shipbuilding to the Maritime Commission. Earlier deliveries included the Kutno to Poland, the Watson to the Army, and the Fort Amsterdam to the Netherlands government.
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Edward Nickels
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Maritime Commission
Kutno
Watson
Army
Fort Amsterdam
Netherlands
Funeral Monday for Dr. Truett
Funeral services for Dr. George W. Truett longtime pastor of First Baptist Dallas and former president of the Baptist World Alliance will be held Monday at the church. Burial will follow at Grove Hill cemetery in Dallas with Rev. Louie D Newton of Atlanta delivering the sermon. Dr. Truett died last night at age 77.
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Dallas
Tex
George W. Truett
The
Baptist World Alliance
First Baptist Church
Gove Hill Cemetery
Louie D. Newton
Atlanta
Truett
French Massacre Funeral Held for Victims
Funeral services were conducted for massacre victims in Limoges Cathedral as the French inquiry noted the discovery of several bombs likely planned by the Vichy militia. Specific dates were not given, but the funeral reportedly occurred on June 22.
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Limoges
Re ci
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