Local notices and entertainment in Decatur
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunder showers in the extreme portions this afternoon and Tuesday. Movie listings include What A Woman at the Princess The More The Merrier at the Roxy and Road To Morocco at the Capitol. Harold Carter family head to Norfolk to visit relatives. Pearl Cross posts 67 pounds of fish on Tennessee River. Air Medal to Lieut John E Mathews Decatur 2 for missions over Europe announced by Maj Gen James P Hodges. Aviation Cadet Elwood Burks from Decatur begins flight training in Bennettsville SC. Second Lieut Donald E Riggle Decatur prisoner of war in Germany. W T Jordan on six week Jacksonville visit. Willow flies cause buzz in Decatur drawing comment. Kiwanis club meets at Cornelian Court, dining room closed for two weeks. Mrs Georgie Miller recovering at Johns Hopkins. John D Davis recovering at home. Sgt Robert Ray to spend furlough after Alaska tour. Several local visits to Florence Tuscumbia. Business and Professional Women picnic at Delano Park with Mrs Johnny Hodges speaking. Betty White charged with vagrancy held on 300 bond. Seldon Lynn released on 300 bond. Navy recruiting in Morgan County courthouse today. Miss Marjorie White tonsillectomy. H H Reynolds admitted to hospital. (Continued on Page Two).
Russians push rapid gains toward East Prussia
Soviet troops advance along a broad front from the Baltics to the Pripyat marshes after Grodno’s fall, moving toward East Prussia. The Niemen crossing and bridgeheads near Alytus and Kaunas mark key gains as Moscow reports 340 cities captured and heavy fighting near Sebezh and Sebezh.
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Henry P. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Baltics
Pripyat
Grodno
Stalin
East Prussia
East Prussian
London
Lwow
Berlin
Tarnopol
Luck
Niemen River
Niemen
Alytus
Wilno
Martin Hallensleben
DNB
a_ Berlin
Battic
Hallensleben
Kaunas
Lithuania
Dorsunishki
Latvia
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Radio -Zheard
Issa
Opochka
Sebezh
Red
Pravda
Morapi
Wallace Weighing Plea to FDR For Aid
Chicago July 17 Wallace strategists weigh a telephone appeal to President Roosevelt to back a personal letter urging it to keep Henry A Wallace as running mate. The letter public later today would stress a strong personal appeal yet defer to delegates at the convention opening Wednesday. Byrnes and Barkley are viewed as tough rival threats as Wallace aims to win a first ballot advantage.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Byrnes
Sorwer
South Carolina
Burnett Maybank
Samuel Jackson
Indiana
Jackson
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Jake More
Guffey
Tank Commander Kennelly Witnesses Hit In Normandy Street
In Normandy a Chicago tank commander Martin Kennelly leads a wary inspection of his damaged vehicle after a shell pierced the lower ammunition storage box. An exploded German truck sits two blocks away as an American medic rushes to a wounded man, with the crew seeking cover near a smashed pillbox.
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Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Martin Kennelly
Chicago
Kennelly
Revenue Set to Hit New Peak in Alabama Fiscal Year
Alabama state revenue likely to reach a new high despite losses in gas tax and income tax after the first three quarters show gross collections at 36.77 million dollars. Sales tax rose almost 10 percent and June gasoline receipts surpassed last year, while nine month income tax declined due to heavy federal taxes. Motor vehicle licenses held steady despite vehicle wear.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. G. Dowling
Dowling
State Department of Revenue
Dr. Dowling
Patterson to preside at Alabama ginners meeting
Cr D Patterson of Decatur, president of the Alabama Ginners Association, will open the annual meeting in Birmingham. Ginners from Northern Alabama counties are expected. Hugh M Comer will address on Cotton America's No. 1 War Crop. Afternoon session features Joe N state Agriculture Commissioner. Meeting theme is Better Production of Cotton Throughout this Area. Reports and officer election close the meeting.
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Cr. D. Patterson
Decatur
Alabama
Ginners Association
Birmingham
Hugh M. Comer
America
J. T. Belue
J. C. Oglesbee Jr
Rene V. Persons
Decatur United Charities Meet Set for Tuesday at Hotel Lyons
The regular board meeting of Decatur's United Charities is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at Hotel Lyons.
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Decatur’s
United Charities
Hotel Lyons
Allied push deep toward Livorno and Arno in Italian front
Allied forces crossed the Arno as American troops surged toward Livorno after seizing Monte Maggiore and advancing along the West coast. In the Era valley the Fifth Army closed within five and a half miles of the Arno, while Arezzo fell to British troops and German counterattacks intensified along the front.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Monte Maggiore
Montenero
Era
Arno
Pisa
Fifth
Fifth Army
Poggibonsi
Bastille
Campannoli
Lerenzana
Crispina
Asigliano
Arezzo
Clearing Sky Brings Allied Bombers Out
Allied daylight and night air raids strike river bridges and rail yards in France and Belgium near Paris and Reims. Bombers target Belfort Rheims Nantes Paris rail facilities and oil refineries while Russian air actions reach East Prussia. Losses include 20 planes in Italy and 44 in the Mediterranean. Barbara-Jeanne McCarthy named official sweetheart of the McCarthy Platoon.
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Gladwin Hill
London
U. S
Normandy
Belfort
France
Rheims
Reich
Radio
Berlin
Switzerland
Paris
Calais
East Prussia
Germany
Italy
Vienna
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
RAF
Homberg
Rhine
Nantes
Rennes
Loire
The
Ailett
Amiens
Somme
Billy la- Montaigne
Reims
Stockholm
Munich
Ruhr
Smederevo
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Saarbrucken
St. Lo
McCarthy
Miami
Fla
Barbara
Jeanne McCarthy
Japan Upsets Navy Minister Shimada in Tokyo Shakeup
Admiral Shigetaro Shimada resigns as Japan's navy minister after serving since 1941. He is replaced by Adm. Naokuni Nomura as war pressures intensify with U.S. bombing of Guam Saipan and Iwo Jima operations. Tokyo cites a strained war situation as Curtin warns Britain will surge forces in the Pacific.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Shigetaro Shimada
Japan
Tokyo
Saipan
Shimada
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Naokuni Nomura
Tojo
U. S
Guam
China
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Island
Rota Island
John Curtin
Australia
Germany
Nimitz
Iwo Jima Island
British and American Forces Press Siege of St Lo in Normandy
Allied dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley’s American units breaking into St Lo amid heavy German resistance. British Second Army advances near Evrecy Noyers and Vendes while seizing towns along the Caen road. Over 42 German tanks destroyed in 24 hours. 530 French towns liberated in six days.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo
Normandy
Miles C. Dempsey
Caen
Lessay
Bradley
Periers
Les Milleries
St. Lo« Periers
Charlemagne
Evrecy
Odon
Orne
Noyers
Vendes
Haut Des Forges
Villers- Bocage
Esquay
No Man's-Land
Dempsey
Supreme Command
Indian Head
Walter Robertson
Erwin Rom
Dem
Pearhead
Refuse N. Statey
Warriors Point
Eriers
Remilly-Sur-Lozon
Lozon
Ed Ward
Allied drive in Caen signals major Normandy offensive
The piece argues that with three months of prime fighting weather left Allied forces, led by Montgomery in the Caen area, are gearing for a decisive Norman–Berlin campaign. It stresses the battle’s importance, timing, and Rommel’s possible preemption as the stakes rise for a quick breakthrough.
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Germany
Montgomery
Caen
Paris
Berli
United Nations
Normandy
Rommel
Hitler
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Elwood Burks
B. B. Burks
Bennettsville, South Carolina
War Department
Donald E. Riggle
Ruth W. Riggle
Twelfth St., Decatur
W. T. Jordan
Jacksonville
W. T. Jordan Jr
Howard College
Howard Briscoe
Little Son
Tom Slone
R. J. Myrick
Velma Hendon
San Diegéd
Calif
J. H. Hendon
W. M. Reithmaier
Hot Springs
Ark
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Georgie Miller
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Charles Tweedy
Charles Eyster
John D. Davis
Decatur General Hospital
Grant Street
Robert Ray
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ray
Alaska
Company B
W. M. Rodgers
Mrs. Earl Brock
Florence and Tuscumbia
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Delano Park
Johnny Hodges
Betty White
Eloise White
Morgan County
Seldon Lynn
Yeoman
O. N. Hammett
U. S. Navy
Doris Campbell
WAVES
Marjorie White
Decatur Clinic
H. H. Reynolds
Tony
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Elmer
FDR
Marianas
Coast Guard
Yanks
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Arno River
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Yingtak
Hankow-Canton
Tengchung
Burma Road
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Burma
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