Weather, cotton prices, and local notices in Decatur
Considerable cloud tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers. Local report shows a high of 97 and low of 73. Cotton prices today: strict middling 22.40 middling 22.25 strict low 20.40 low 18.40. Movie lineups: The Heavenly Body Princess Destination Tokyo Roxy Mission To Moscow Capitol. notices of visits, appointments, births, and military news follow with local ambulance transfers and hospital notes.
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Tokyo
Moscow
Capitol
Russians Cut New Holes in German Lines
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army breakthroughs driving westward from near East Prussia with Cherniakhovsky leading a 20 mile spearhead toward East Prussia. Berlin says central front advances across 350 miles caused heavy German losses and tactical losses near Kaunas Grodno and Bialystok.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Alytus
Lithuania
East Prussia
Kaunas
East Prussia-Riga
Baltic
Berlin
Wilno
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Swalki Triangle
Grodno
Latvia
Pripyat
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Bialkstok
Pinsk
Afton Tidningen
East Prussian
Germany
Morgan County Lags in Fifth War Loan Series E
Morgan county is $92,000 short in Series E bonds for the fifth war loan with a July 31 deadline to make up the gap. National totals show $458,971.50 raised against a $551,000 quota, with Morgan among the few counties unlikely to meet its target. State bond leaders noted only two other Alabama counties share the doubt.
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Morgan County
Alabama
Soldier Reads Mail From Foxhole In Hot Normandy Action
A U S forces dispatch from MOBeCo describes dauntless soldiers in Normandy reading letters as battle heats. Pfc Freeman Norwood of Moulton Alabama humorously notes it is hot there too while a German officer is captured and held in a cage.
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Moulton
Normandy
Edward D. Ball
U. S
Mobeco
Pfc
Freeman Norwood
Ala
Norwood
Norwood Turner
Florence
S. C
Pfe
Alfred Robozzi
Solvay
N. Y
Fifth Army Near Leghorn After Castiglioncello Breakthrough
American light armor pushed two miles along the Italian west coast and seized Castiglioncello, bringing the Fifth Army within eight miles of Livorno. Inland, infantry clashed near Pastina as German resistance slowed progress. strong patrols and counterattacks continued across the Tiber valley with supporting British units. Further east Allied forces advanced near Ancona while Adriatic coast actions near the Musone river showed minor gains.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Castiglioncello
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Casale
Pastina
Poggibonsi
U. S
Tiber
Lajatico
Eighth Army
Meone Morra
Mucignano
Civitella
Nestore
Pietralunga
Adriatic
Musone River
Ancona
Woman to preside at Alabama insurance board
Miss Nell Beach Dix, newly elected president of the Decatur Insurance Exchange, will chair her first meeting Friday at four in the Thornhill Real Estate and Insurance Agency offices. She is the first woman to head a local board in Alabama, with notable publicity in state and national insurance magazines. L. Bert Wright serves as vice president and Miss Mary Thornhill as secretary treasurer.
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Nell Beach Dix
Decatur Insurance Exchange
Thornhill Real Estate & Insurance Agency
Dix
Alabama
L. Bert Wright
Mary Thornhill
Allied Press Warns War Length Still Uncertain
General Eisenhower warns against optimism as Allied advances press Hitler’s regime. A Foreign Economic Administration report predicts defeat for Germany in 1944 or 1945, due to scarce war materiel and strained transport, despite heavy Allied bombing and resistance sabotage.
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Eisenhower
Hitler
Battl
Germany
Foreign Economic Administration
Washington
Reich
FEA
Rornes
Allied Pacific Drive Gathers Steam After Saipan Victory
Nimitz and MacArthur offered cautious notes as the campaign expands beyond Saipan. Allied air and sea strikes target Guam Pagan Paramu shiro Shumushu Ceram Halmahera and New Guinea as Tokyo reports intensified raids and civilians flee Tokyo. Chinese and Allied forces push on Hengyang Liling Tengchung and other Burma front sites amid ongoing border clashes.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Pacific
Nimitz
MacArthur
Saipan
Ceram
Kuriles
Noemfoor
Tokyo
Tinian
U. S
Guam
Marianas
Marianas Islands
Adm
Pagan Island
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Japan
Truk
Gen. MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
East Indies
Sorong
Maffin Bay
Aitape
Wewak
New Guinea
Palau
Yap
Woleai
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Hengyang
Yungfeng
Liling
Clinton Vincent
China
Yunnan
Tengchung
Lungling
Mangshih
Burma Road
India
Chepu
Howell Now Lions Elect Howell as Club President
Eugene Bailey completed his year as Decatur Lions president at the regular meeting. Charles Ed Howell was installed as the new president and announced a 1950s horse show plan with James Wade Ed Rogers R. B. Freeman Ben Britnell and others serving in officer and director roles.
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Eugene Bailey
Decatur Lions Club
Hotel
Lyons
Bailey
Charles Ed Howell
Howell
James Wade
Ed Rogers
R. B. Freeman
Ben Britnell
Lion Tamer
Robert A. McMasters
Tale Twister
Homer Tanksley
Tom Gil
Bill Stone
Sam Wheat
Judge Lea Dies in Birmingham After Short Illness
Judge Thomas R. Lea 64 longtime Birmingham Municipal Court jurist died after brief illness in hospital. A Selma native, Howard College graduate, he served 29 years on the bench. He was a Mason and Sixty-Sixth Street Baptist Church member. Survived by wife, one son and three daughters.
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Lea
Birmingham
Thomas R. Lea
Selma
Howard College
Sixty-Sixth Street Baptist Church
Great Aerial Armada Raids Munich Today
Nearly 2,000 American planes attacked Munich with heavy bombers and long range fighters while a separate Italian force hit four rail targets in southern France. Allied raids on Normandy dumps and German rail hubs continued as Mosquito missions struck Ruhr industries. 28 German tanks were damaged in Normandy.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Munich
Italy
France
Germany
Alps
Normandy
Caen
Cinelais Forest
Ecovres Forest
Anseine
Ont
Erwin Rommel
St. Lo
Eure
Paris
Berlin
Reich
Ruhr Valley
Britain
Bandit Slays Cafe Owner in Birmingham West End
Birmingham police seek a 20 year old gunman after he shot and killed George N. Goatley 35 during a cafe holdup. Counterman Robert Spray said the bandit paid for two sandwiches then demanded cash and fled after firing. Goatley died en route to hospital from a back-of-head wound.
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Birmingham
Ala
West End
George N. Goatley
C. L. Pierce
Robert Spray
Goatley
Spray
Pierce
Alaskan Veterans Entertained by Kiwanis in Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis hosts a barbecue at Delano Park for every veteran from the Alas ka furloughing in the area. The event starts at seven with plenty to eat and singing and minimal speeches according to the organizing committee.
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Decatur
Alaska
Kiwanis Club
Delano Park
Kiwanis Committee
Turkey May Enter War Talks Opened With Allies
Ankara reports talks among Turkey Russia and Britain may lead to Turkish participation in the war before summer's end. Premier Suka Shéracoglu heads Turkish discussions with Soviet and British ambassadors, seeking postwar guarantees and clear arms commitments before joining the conflict.
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Frank O'Brien
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Suku Shéracoglu
Cairo
United Nations
United States
Moscow
London
Washington
Alps
Compromise Looms at Bretton Woods Talks
A silver compromise at the United Nations monetary conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire appeared headed for acceptance. Seen as an appeasement to some Latin American nations the move also aims to win silver state congressional backing for Bretton Woods legislation.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
Alligator Office Pet Delights Camp Claiborne Troops
Tech Sergeant Fred A Lee of the 84th Infantry leads a yard long alligator on a string at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. The gift from a Lecompte neighbor was briefly numbed and later kept near a drain pipe. The hungry reptile returns for lunch and divides the company as men vie to buy him as a souvenir. Sergeant Lee is from Decatur Alabama.
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GI Joe
Fred A. Lee
Decatur
Lecompte
Camp Claiborne
Fred A Lee
84Th Infantry Division
Lee
Sergeant Lee
Roy M.lee
Wilson Ave
Rites Set Thursday for Mrs Jackson
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie Lee Whitman Jackson who died Wednesday at her home 1205 Third Avenue South will be held Thursday at 1 30 PM at Central Baptist Church Interment will be in Town Creek cemetery Mutual Service directing She is survived by husband John J Jackson two sons Edward and Malcolm of Decatur three daughters Margie Sullivan Mildred and Lillian Jackson a grandson John Walter Sullivan two brothers Dr C R Whitman of Tuscaloosa and Dr L N Whitman of Hartselle a sister Mrs Ollie Anthony of Florence A former resident of Lawrence County she lived in Decatur many years and was a member of Mount Hope Baptist Church
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Fannie Lee Whitman Jackson
Thirh Avenue South
Central Baptist Church
Town Creek
John J. Jackson
Edward
Malcolm
Decatur
Margie Sullivan
Mildred
Lillian Jackson
John Walter Sullivan
C. R. Whitman
Tuscaloosa
L. N. Whitman
Hartselle
Ollie Antthony
Florence
Lawrence County
Jackson
Mount Hope
Ninth Infantry Division's Normandy Campaign Reflections
A wireless dispatch recounts the Ninth Infantry Division’s long war path from Africa through Tunisia and Sicily to England and the invasion of France. The unit faced censorship delays, felt slighted at home, and learned to secure recognition to boost morale, planning to ensure future campaigns publicize division identities.
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Normandy
Cherbourg
Ninth
Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
England
France
Mediterranean
Doughfoot
Allies Smash Nazi Attacks in Normandy Drive
Allied forces report destroying more than 20 German tanks as they repulse heavy counterblows and press along a 48 mile front toward Lessay and St Lo. American units reach near St Lo from the east and west while British Canadian lines hold with Rommel's divisions pressing hard in the Caen area. Air strikes cripple German oil installations, hindering mobile forces.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Lessay
St. O
France
St Lo
Normandy
St. Lo
le Desert
U. S
St. Jean de Daye
No Man’s Land
Bernard L. Montgomery
Angeville Sur-Ay
la Bourdonnerie
Omar N. Bradley
Bayeux
Odon
Orne
Louvigny
Caen
Trans-Odon River
Esquay
Marshal Rommel
Strategic Air Force
St. Lo- By
St. Andre de L'Epine
Gis
Isigny
Omar Bradley
la Haye du Puits
Mt. Castro
Farmers Selective Cutting for War Needs
Farmers are urged to practice selective timber cutting during July and August to supply wood for wartime needs. State and federal foresters offer help to improve woodlands while leaving high quality trees for productivity. The piece frames forestry as patriotic duty amid manpower and material shortages.
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Decatur
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