Hoff's Group Praised By Navy For Pacific Destroyer Record
The Navy announced July 12 that six group five crews returned home to rest and reassignment after destroying or damaging 428 Japanese aircraft and sinking or damaging 59 ships totaling 292 000 tons. Commander Charles L Crommelin of Wetumpka Alabama led a squadron on a perilous return flight and landing after being wounded. Personnel included Lt A H Hoff of Decatur Alabama and Lt G E P Townsend of Sargossa Alabama.
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New Orleans
Navy
Pacific
Operatons
Charles L. Crommelin
USN
Wetumpka
Ala
Gilberts
Crommelin
Air Group Five
A. H. Hoff
Decatur
Sargossa
Allied Push Near Lessay and St Lo Contested Front in Normandy
Allied and American forces pressed toward Lessay and St Lo in heavy fighting. German counterattacks around Caen and Colombelles were repelled as air and ground assaults damaged dozens of German tanks and vehicles. RAF and air forces struggled with weather despite 1,700 tactical sorties from French airfields.
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Marshal Rommel
St. Lo
Paris
la Haye du Puits
sLeséay
Periers
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Supreme Command
Hottot
Vimont
Troarn
Erwin Rommel
la Haye
Puits
Colombelles
Orne
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Carentan
Lessay
Angoville-Sur-Ay
France
Normandy
U. S
la Roserie
Orne River
Stong
Maine aviation disaster toll reaches fifteen dead
The July 12 tragedy near Rash South Pu wa Me reports 15 dead and seven injured as a light army plane crashed into a war workers' camp of 100 trailers. Six victims were children, nine adults among the dead, with many injured in danger of dying.
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South Pu Wa.d
Maine
Wall Street Mixed Amid Rail and Radio Stocks
Trading on July 12 centers on rails, radio issues, and specialties with fractional gains. Market summaries show mixed tones in New York and Chicago with modest shifts in cotton and livestock prices in Nashville and Chicago sides.
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Wall Street
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Commission
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Russians claim Baltic front push swamps German lines
Soviet reports say Stormoviks disrupted German communications while Red Army units advanced from Lida toward Grodno and Bialystok. More than 2,600 Germans killed, 1,500 captured, and 55,000 casualties cited in day totals with over 110,000 taken prisoner since the offensive began.
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Kaunas
Wilno
Woronow
Lida
Grodno
Bialystok
Warsaw
Baranowicze
Niemen
Byelitsa
Konstantin K. Rossovsky
Slonin
Czernitsa
Volkovsk
Ivan C. Bagramian
Daugavpils
Daugavpils-Kaunas
Minsk
Volker
Moscow
Limestone County Blackburn Social Roundup
Mrs Sallie Easter Mrs Odell Wyatt Archie Poole and daughter Eunice Sam Threat Lovice and Sarah Mrs Clifford Zehner visited Mr and Mrs Richard Grubbs Tuesday Evelyn Zehner of Birmingham visiting her parents Graden Meadows visited his sister Maude West Mrs John Barber and family of Athens visited Mr and Mrs Fred Casteel Friday Mrs Marion Butner and sons of Florida guests of Mr and Mrs John Evans and family Will Sulton and family visited Redus Baugh Morris Baugh ill Sgt Edward Blackburn of Lawson Field visiting his parents Reuben Evans Melvin Grubbs Lovice and Sarah Evans Betty Ann Grubbs Evelyn Zehner attended services at Poplar Creek Sunday night.
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Sallie Easter
Odell Wyatt
Archie Poole
Eunice
Sam Threat Lovice
Sarah
Clifford Zehner
Richard. Grubbs
Evelyn Zehner
Birmingham
Graden Meadows
Maude West
John Barber
Athens
Fred Casteel
Marion Butner
Florida
John Evans
Will Sulton
Redus Baugh
Morris Baugh
Edward Blackburn
Lawson Field
Reuben Evans
Melvin Grubbs
Lovice
Sarah Evans
Betty Ann Grubbs
Poplar Creek
Ninth Army unit keeps enemy on edge in Cherbourg campaign
War correspondent recounts how the Ninth Army division set up a mobile public relations section and provided gear, meals, and writing space for reporters. The unit pressed the attack, staying on the enemy’s neck, moving tents six times in seven days, enduring shelling and nightly plane activity.
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Ninth
Cherbourg
Ringling Brothers
Missing in action and paratroop trainee notes
The War Department reports Pvt. James R. Edwards is missing in action in the Mediterranean. Fort Benning announces Lt. H. D. Burnum Jr. has earned paratrooper wings after four weeks of jump training. Pvt. James Simms also earns wings after Fort Benning training. Also noted are local court actions, hospital admissions, births, promotions, and community notices from Decatur and surrounding areas.
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War Department
James R. Edwards
Myrtle G. Edwards
Lacey
Mediterranean
Fort Benning
H. D. Burnum, Jr
H. D Barnum
Ferry Street
Decatur
United States Army
Walter E. Johnson
Decatur 2
1St Parachute Training Regiment
Alaska
Pvt
James Simms
Sadoe Simms
Moulton
Allied and Axis Air Raids Across France and Britain
Allied air operations struck targets in the Ruhr and Chalons Vitry area, while French Toulon faced a heavy Italian based 15th U.S. air force raid causing grave damage. German bombing over Normandy dropped to three destroyed planes as London's night remained clear of raids but daylight attacks resumed.
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Munich
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Ruhr
Chalonsvitry
Paris
Normandy
Switzerland
Hitler
Germany
Radio
15Th U. S. Air Force
London
England
War correspondence recalls Navy radioman Murph on D-Day
A journalist finds John Norbert Murphy in France, recounting his D-Day death in a Normandy beach battle. Murphy, a radioman second class, helped establish ship to shore communications and was killed in a foxhole by an 83 shell, with fellow sailors Meredith and two others.
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ST. Laurent-Sur-Mer
France
John Norbert Murphy
John
Monica
Kansas City
Navy
Sicily
General Patton
England
Murph
Lawrence Meredit
Oklahoma City
Meredith
George Clyburn
Conroe
Tex
George Lythgoe
Loogootee
Ind
Redioman
James Fanto
Lowellville
Lythgoe
Navy Beach
Fanto
Murphy
Spy Executed in London After Belgian Arrival
A former Antwerp waiter named Joseph Jan Van Hove, who came to London from Belgium, was executed after arriving on February 11 posing as a spy. The incident follows a period of espionage activity involving individuals with Belgian origins.
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London
Joseph Jan van Hove
Antwerp
Belgium
Allied Air Superiority Across Italian Front and Yugoslav Skies
Allied airmen flew over 800 sorties and conducted bomber and fighter operations. They targeted German positions north of the Musone river, attacked communications behind the Italian battlefront, and carried out offensive sweeps over Yugoslavia and Albania. Four planes were reported missing.
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Musone
Pettovaliance
Traviggiano
Avenale
Toulon
Yugoslavia
Albania
German Spy Executed at Pentonville Prison
A German refugee was executed at Pentonville Prison today, the 16th person to be hanged in Britain for espionage since the war began.
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Pentonville
Britain
Delano Park Hosts Guests and Activities Abound
Delano Park welcomes visitors from Southern Airways and other towns as park activities continue. Lt. General George Kinney’s nephew joins as a guest. families and children enjoy the pool, slides, and picnics, with Scout groups and church friends assisting. Historical notes mention trap shooting since 1825 and Australia gold discovery in 1851.
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Delano Park
Southern Airways
James T. Kinney
George Kinney
Allied Air Forces
South Pacific Area
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Signal Corps
Limestone County
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PYLE
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Knoxville
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Wiley A. Wise
King Street
Charleston
South Carolina
Decatur General Hospital
Wilodeane Summers
Sixth Avenue South
Tuesay
Lowell D. Carr
Trinity 1
J. B. Whitmire
Clyde P. Bradshaw
Camp Swift
Texas
Joe Puckett
J. O. McGuire
Fifth Avenue South
Sadie Edwards
Betty Joe
Rube Puckett, Jr
Grant Morgan
Eva
Sadie Harris
Bertha Morgan
W. G. Ralph
Union Grove
J. W. Nighton
Butler
Hine
Bank Street
P. O. Davis
Farm Extension Service
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Falkville
The
Kiwanis Club
Charles W.W. Young
T. R. Harrison
Alabama State Guard
Mory
Harrison
Daleville
Ozark
Austinville Cottage
Bennie Stovall
Courtland Army Air Base
Bryan
Army Air Forces
Hugh Burkett
Memphis, Tenn
Henry A. Skeggs
East Walnut Street
James L. Riley
Dayton, Tenn
Howard Thrasher
Johnnie Edmonson
Joan
Columbus, Ga
Edgar Williams
Farley
Lovin Riley
Sam Thrasher
Hartselle
Cameron Riley
Jas. H. Tolley
Red Boiling Springs
Lavinia Chardavoyne
Courtland
G. A. Evers
Belle Meade
Nashville, Tenn
Belle Smith
Nina Marie Owens
A. Brown
John Slatton
Jean Smith
A. E. Seamon
City Hall
Baugh’s Infirmary
Biloxi
Miss Smith
Cartere
Valognes
Montebourg
Ste Mere Eglise
Roserie
F Coutances
Pont Heber
Sienne
Seine
Caumont
Bayeux
St Aubin
AEN
Thury Harcourt
Falaise
Fred
Paulette Goddard
Roxy Theatre
Paulette
Hal Boyle
Sato
Amanda Jane
Fred S. Hunt
Morgan County
Wells
Daughtrer Susie
Delano Park Recreation Center
A. D. Barfield
Larry
Lynne
Teasley Courtner
A. A. Hardage
William Plunkett Martin
Melvin Ozier
C. M. Ozier
Mississippi
Central Baptist Church
E. L. Malone
Park
T-Sgt
Eddie Gray Sandlin
Africa
Italy
Emily Kay McClory
J. E. McClary
Emily Kay
Southside Baptist Church
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Harold Wright
Richard Smith
Billy Joe Sherill
Joe Motherway
Kenneth Strother
Dean Jones
Charles Powers
Ralph Halbrooks
Carl Boley
Jerry Price
Ronnie Lee
Charles Hines
Burl Oliver
Bean Lee
United States
Australia
Nature
Carter
Ang
Sdillehay
Beline
Grant
Loyd’s
Rising Sun Lodge No
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