De Gaulle Says Capital Move to Free French Territory Soon
General Charles de Gaulle told reporters in Washington that talks with President Roosevelt achieved the principal aim of clearer understanding. He plans to move the French capital from Algiers to liberated French territory as soon as possible and to participate with Allies in war and peace.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Algiers
de Gaulle
United States
France
New York
Hull
Europe
Rhineland
Britain
French National Committee
Paris
French Committee of National Liberation
de Gaullists
Asis
Russian offensive nears East Prussia as Saipan victory boosts war reach
The Red advance pushes into Lithuania threatening German positions in the Baltic and East Prussia while U S forces claim Saipan as a major victory. The island serves as a key airbase and potential naval supply hub from which bombers could strike Tokyo and the Philippines 1500 miles away. The Saipan battle lasts twenty five days with heavy Japanese losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic States
East Prussia
Lithuania
Saipan
Central Pacific
Tokyo
Philippines
Associated Press
Rembert
Emes
Nippon
Markets Open Wide as War Optimism Guides Trading
New York buyers and sellers clashed in a volatile session with some gains in select issues while expectations remained buoyant due to war prospects. Eisenhower’s forecast of prolonged combat tempered gains. cattle prices moved unevenly with calves steady and pork and grain markets showing mixed activity.
Market roundup on New York and Chicago commodities and futures
New York stocks steady with selective issues at new highs while bonds rise and rails see demand. Cotton remains quiet as mills and traders buy. Chicago wheat steady amid reduced hedge pressure and solid local demand. Rye strengthens with higher Winnipeg cash prices and stronger demand. Hogs active with 15 to 50 cent gains, top price around 14 dollars. Cattle show moderate activity with top steer pricing about 17.40.
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New York
Chicago
Winnipeg
Nashville Livestock Market Report July 10 Cattle steady to weak
Cattle receipts 1200 with generally steady to weak prices for fed steers and yearlings. grassers slow. Strong demand for heavy dry fed steers over 1000 pounds at 15 25 with carload light weights around 14 00 and best yearlings near 14 00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Cotton market steadies as mills buy distant months
New York July 10 after early weakness the cotton market steadied as New Orleans and commission houses bought in distant months. Mill buying and covering lifted near month prices. Late session values held firm to 30 cents higher. July 22.18, Oct. 21.67 and Dec. 21.51.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago Market Receipts and Standards Report
Chicago notes Butter firm receipts at 784 427 with AA and A grades and several price ranges for eggs and carrots. U S standards and current receipts listed with varying quality grades and price points across specials and extras.
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Chicago
U. S
Morgan County Singing Convention Minutes Released
The Morgan County Singing Convention held July 8 and 9 at the Hartselle campground issued minutes detailing officer elections, leadership rosters, and program lineups for the two day gathering. Vice-president B T Howell presided with Charlie Woodard absent, and the session adjourned to October at Round Top.
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Morgan County Singing Convention
Hartséllé
Hartselle
B. T. Howell
Charlie Woodard
Howell
Fred Schlosser
T. S. Sparkman
Roy Orsborne
Leonard Wallace
C. A. Chambers
Gradie Parker
Homer Shoemaker
Orsborne Quarette
R. L. McDonald
Mr. Howell
Grady Parker
Clyde Marshall
Greer Hendon
Gradig Parker
J. F. Turney
Milford Roan
Orsborne Quartette
Claud Chambers
Hendon Quartette
Bo Orsborne
Irene Parker
T. Sparkman
F. Turney
Edger Young
J. D. Andrews
Jake Haynes
John H. Rogers
Bingon Wex Wit
E. Hogan
W. Toy
J. F. Herron
Hershel Thom
Richard Wallace
Ae Cerne
Canon Pitman
Freeman “Parker
Mrs. Easterwood
Luther Twins
Fred Morgan
John Henry Rogers
Round Top
Falkville
Saipan Airfield Prospects Highlight Pacific Campaign
The article notes Saipan as a prime site for airfield development in the central Pacific. Vice Admiral John H. Hoover praises Saipan’s main airstrip and size for wide dispersal. Strategic value includes bases for Superfortresses toward Tokyo, with distances to the Philippines and Guam outlined.
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Saipan
Central Pacific
John H. Hoover
Tokyo
Philippines
Guam
U. S
Japan
Noemfoor
Mindanao
Schoutenigtente
Biak
Owl
New Gainea
Officers for Navy Sought
The United States Navy Women's Reserve seeks officers for specialized duties aligned with civilian training. College graduates and seniors are invited. experience helps but is not essential for aerology chemistry communications crypt analysis physics supply occupational therapy. Applicants must be American citizens aged 20 to 49, unmarried to a commissioned officer and without children under 18, with two months general indoctrination at Smith College. Enlisted personnel are also needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy Women’s Reserve
Navy
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Germans face pressure as Caen front tightens in Normandy
Allied advances on the Cherbourg peninsula and Caen push German lines toward the Orne. British and Canadian forces capture Carpiquet airfield and threaten a caen bridgehead as Rommel deploys reserves and fights a growing rear-guard retreat.
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Supreme Command
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Orne
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. Jean de Caye
Cavigny
St. Jean
le Desert
St. Lo
Caumont
Carpiquet
River Odon
Fauborg’ de Vaucelles
Rommel
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Odon River
River Orne
Soviet Second White Army Push Enters Baltic Front
Soviet forces report 700 towns captured northeast of Wilno in a Baltic front offensive. Gen Georg Zakharov's White Russian army crossed the Lida Barnowiczie line advancing toward Daugavpils and Novogrudok, taking Dyartsovo and other towns as Hitler reportedly moves headquarters westward due to mounting eastern front pressure.
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Kaunas
Georg Zakharov
Lida- Barnowiczie
Dyartsovo
Lida
Novogrudok
OWI
New York
Stockholm
Afton-Tidningen
Adolf Hitler
Lotzen
East Prussia
Rastenburg
Luftwaffe
Rominten
Wilno
Navy Bay Promises Elaborate Development Amid War Reports
Weekend communiques from Gen Douglas MacArthur’s HQ report brutal mopping up on Noemfoor with 410 Japanese killed and light American losses, and on Biak with 213 enemy casualties. Col Albert L Warner estimates 60,000 Japanese killed in Central and Southwest Pacific in seven months, plus 40,000 in Burma and India and thousands in China.
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Pink Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Noemfoor
Biak
Albert L. Warner
Army
Bureau of Public Relations
Central
Southwest Pacific
Burma
India
China
Births and hospital notices roll into Decatur daily
Continued from Decatur daily records: births at Decatur General Hospital for Emmett McGhren and Wiley Free, Betty Carolyn Green admitted for treatment, Ralph Terry’s baby son Kendall, Walter Blackwell’s newborn son. Local fire at McGough Bakeries caused minor loss. Relatives report Master Sergeant Bob Hunter arrival in New Guinea.
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Emmett Howard McGhren
Decatur 1
Decatur General Hospital
Betty Carolyn Green
Clifton Green
Courtland
Baby Kendall
Ralph Terry
Floyd Terry
Wheeler
Wiley Free
Apoe
Walter G. Blackwell
Twelfth Avenue West
Robert T
Bob) Hunter
New Guinea
Rumor Says Nazis Will Shorten Line
London reports, based on a contact with German underground, that Germany plans a swift withdrawal from the Pskov Narva front and evacuation of Estonia and much of Latvia to reinforce East Prussia. Berlin says Wilno garrison pulled back to central rail hub. border measures tighten as German forces retreat toward safer zones.
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London
East Prussia
Pskov-Narva
Estonia
Latvia
Junkers
Berlin
Wilno
Erich Kock
Koenigsberg
Baltic
Narva
Tallinn
Pskov
Riga
Returned Soldier Honored At Party
Mrs Beamon Frost honored her husband Pvt Frost back from service in Alaska with a birthday dinner Sunday July 9 at the home of her parents in Hartselle. Attendees included Chester Frost and son Raymond of Huntsville M M McAbee family Sarah McAbee Faynell McAbee Wayne Erlis Bryant J L Standridge family Jane Elnora Kenneth and Billy. Pvt Hoyt Frost of Fort McClellan and others were listed with Beamon Frost. Miss Lucille Ro of Hartselle and Miss Corene Long of Five Points noted.
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Beamon Frost
Pvt. Frost
Decatur
Alaska
W. A. McAbee
Hartseller
Chester Frost
Raymond
Huntsville
M. M. McAbee
Dorothy
Wilma
Sarah McAbee
Faynell McAbee
Wayne
Erlis Bryant
Saipan Looms Large In Pacific War Victory Tale
American forces secured Saipan after 25 days of heavy fighting pushing Japanese defenses to collapse. The final assault ended with mass surrenders of Japanese troops and civilians, leaving thousands interned on the island amid a strategic shift toward homeward reach of long range air power and bases at Truk.
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Joint Expeditionary Force
Saipan
U.S
Navy
Saian Island
Japan
Marshall Islands
Marianas-Saipan
Tokyo
Truk
Caroline Islands
Marpi Point
Tanapag Har
Pacific Ocean
Marianas
Invasion Plan Outlined for U S by Hitler, Ward Testifies
Senate hearing hears Fairchild president J Carlton Ward Jr describe a 1940 Nazi invasion plan of the United States through Mexico. Ward testified he saw the plan in France while leading a mission on aircraft construction. Industry witnesses urge rapid civilian air production and postwar use of military factories.
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Washington
Congress
J. Carlton Ward, Jr
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Hitler
United States
Senate
Ward
France
Murray
D-Mont
England
Chamber
E. E. Wilson
Alabama Delegation Discusses Convention Naming
Wallace Toomey urges Sparks before the convention while Sparks rejects candidacy. Rep. Frank Boykin backs Sen. John Bankhead, with Hill supporters backing Hill as running mate for Roosevelt. Marion Rushton to Chicago July 15 for pre convention talks as Alabama's delegation travels July 1 17 to caucus and elect a chairman.
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Toomey
Mobile
Spark
Sparks
Frank Boykin
John Bankhead
Lister Hill
Roosevelt
Parks
Marion Rushton
Chicago
Alabama
J 17
Eisenhower Assess Flying Bomb As Ineffective For Now
Allied commander General Eisenhower said Germany's flying bomb is not a very effective weapon at its current stage, mainly targeting sprawling cities like London. He noted little chance of rapid improvement and stressed the need for quieter military assessment while acknowledging civilian suffering.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Germany
London
Landis End
Dover
Hayride and Picnic Delights Local Servicemen Crowd
More than 150 Junior Hostesses and servicemen dressed as Daisey Junes and country rakes enjoyed a hayride from the Service Men's Club on Bank Street to Delano Park. They returned for a fried chicken picnic and informal barn dance, with hay decorations and hillbilly songs.
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Delano Park
Service Men's Club
Bank Street
Park
Second Avenue
Decatur
Fasting Claims Cure for Snoring By Chester Lake
Chester Lake, ex-RE A official, says fasting since June 28 in protest of political domination of the RE A has stopped his snoring. He had long been described as an inveterate snorer and asserts the fast achieved that change.
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ST. Louis
Chester Lake
REA
Lake
Hunt speaks before CLU about Decatur engineers in Alaska
Lt Colonel Frederick S. Hunt Jr spoke at the Decatur Rotary at Cornelian Court Hotel detailing three years with Decatur's Own Company B in Alaska. He praised the unit's heavy construction, workers, and outcomes, noting weather, health, and postwar industrial prospects.
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Frederick S. Hunt Jr
Decatur Rotary Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Alaskan Command
Decatur
Company B
Denson Barnum
Sgt
Meredith Woodall
Paul Warrick
Far
Athens
Olen Robinson
Hunt
Rutledge S. Thomas
International Service Committee
Alaska
D. C
Decatur Company
Soviet offensive looms as Baltic front advances near Wilno
Soviet troops on the Baltic front swept through more than 700 towns and captured Druja near the Latvian border while pressing toward Kaunas and Daugavpils. The assault around Wilno intensified as house-to-house fighting raged and German reports noted impending withdrawals from East Prussia and strategic rear-area planning.
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Wilno
Baltic Front
Druja
Braslov
Daugavpils
Moscow
Lithuania
Berlin
Walter Plato
Kaunas-Daugavpils
Otina
East Prussia
Kaunas
Re. Tilsit
Riga
Baltic
Pskov-Narva
Estonia
Baltics
Germany
Lida
Saipan Vision Figures and Pacific War Mop-Up
Saipan was seen by hundreds as a stockade of troops with unwounded Japanese soldiers displayed. The report notes remaining mop-up duties and the nearby islands Guam Rota Tinian and Pagan to be taken or neutralized. Allied tallies estimate Japanese casualties this year in Burma India about 90000 and around 60000 in the southwest and central Pacific in the last seven months.
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Saipan
Guam
Rota
Tinian
Pagan
Burma
India
Southwest
Central Pacific
Warned on oleomargarine from waste fuels destroying dairy
Jamestown report notes Charles W. Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation warns that postwar production of oleomargarine from coal and petroleum waste could devastate dairy farming. He cites German advances in commercial production praised as the world’s best imitation butter.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Cae Rotary Club
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
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