Eddens Outlines Decatur Planning Plans at Rotary
Quince E. Eddens, chairman of the Decatur Planning Commission, spoke at the Cornelia Court Hotel to Decatur Rotary officials outlining a two step approach toward decentralizing industry and guiding long range city planning with maps and support from the Alabama Planning Board and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Quince E. Eddens
Decatur Planning Commission
Decatur Rotary Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Planning Board
Decatur
Lee Damsky
Civic Welfare Committee
John Cooper
Edwin Branscomb
Hartsellé
MacKennemer
Athens
Earl Hammett
Pascagoula
Miss
L. A
Earl Warrick
Callum Walker
Eddens
Decatur Planning Board
Alabama Planning Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wallace aides cite Barkley to boost Wallace second place bid
The report notes Barkley’s anti-poll tax and anti-lynching record as a factor to win support from Northern city groups while his Kentucky residence adds appeal. Controversy between Texas and South Carolina delegations over seating could influence Southern electors and the party’s stance on the nominating rule and white supremacy. Mississippi hints at party strategy if Wallace isn’t renominated as convention sessions begin tomorrow. Roosevelt likely to send a acceptance message but not attend in person.
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Barkley
Camp
Kentucky
Texas
South Carolina
National Committee
Lone Star
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Wallace
L Roosevelt
Georgia Delegation Forecasts Roosevelt Wallace Ticket
Leaders of Georgia Democratic delegation expect Roosevelt for president and Wallace for vice president on the first ballot. Governor Ellis Arnall, delegation head, had earlier hinted Roosevelt backing Wallace renomination, as J Lon Duckworth dismissed Southern efforts for a second place vice nomination. Arnall and Mrs Arnall prepared to depart.
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Georgia
Wallace
Atlanta
Roosevelt
Ellis Arnall
J. Lon Duckworth
Chicago
Arnall
Negroes Demand Full Voting Rights At Democratic Platform
Spokesmen for Negro groups claiming 6 5 million members urged the Democratic Platform Committee to guarantee voting rights in all states without poll taxes white primaries or lily white conventions. Walter White of the NAACP presented the demand and called for continuation of the Employment Practice Committee to prevent racial discrimination in hiring.
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Chicago
Democratic Platform Committee
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Erate Beak
Edeem
Market dips as steels and motors lead broad selloff in New York
In New York on July 17 the stock market showed a technical correction with declines across most leaders led by steels and motors. Trading volume reached about 1.5 million shares with mixed results late, while a range of commodity prices and livestock figures were reported for the day including calves and hogs, and sheep steadiness amid Friday declines.
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New York
Markets at a Glance July 17 New York
Stocks fell with steels and motors leading the decline amid mixed bonds and rail reorganization. Cotton opened up on mill buying then slid on liquidation and hedge selling as war and price control concerns weighed. New York cotton futures drifted with little volume.
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New York
Chicago
N. Y
Market Receipts and Prices Reported for Commodities
Chicago reports show Butter firm with receipts 720 723 and scores across varieties from 41 1 2 to 93. Eggs receipts total 23 237 with U S specials at 37 4 to 40 and U S standards at 34 4 to 36 4. Current receipts range 32 1 2 to 33 1 2 while dirties move 26 to 30 and checks 26 to 29 1 2.
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Chicago
Buitter
U.S
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report July Load Steers Prices
Nashville July reports cattle activity with 1,200 head traded. Medium and better grade steers yearlings and heifers show firmness. cows and some bulls move slower. Loads of 840 lb top medium and low good steers at 14.50. 900-1000 lb steers around 13.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Plan to Stall Convention Fight Sparks Southern Strategy
E. B. Germany of Dallas invites Southern delegates to a loop hotel meeting to organize against a racial equality plank. The move aims to delay a floor fight and restore unity in Democratic ranks as Negro organizations’ spokesmen prep to speak.
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E. B. Germany
Dallas
Tex
Loop
Democratic platform study on world free press declaration
Kent Cooper of the Associated Press addressed the Democratic platform committee proposing a world free press as a non political guarantee against future wars. He urged universal news access and end of censorship after the war, aligning with Republican framing and input from other press leaders.
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Free Press
Chicago
Convention
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Prank Cooper
Cooper
Ralph McGill
Atlanta
Altus
Okla
Times-Democrat
Oklahoma Democratic
Platform Group
Dixie demands in party fight test seating contests
First test in Chicago as Dixie calls for greater voice in nominee selection and less federal interference. The Democratic National Committee schedules a 3:30 p.m. hearing to form subcommittees to hear seating disputes from Texas and South Carolina. Delegation leaders, each with 48 and 18 votes respectively, say their groups are ready and expect seating.
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Chicago
Dixie
Democratic National Committee
Texas
South Carolina
Lone Star
Sheriff’s Seven-Pound Bass Catch Stirs Harris Station
Sheriff W T Willoughby netted a seven pound black mouth bass described as a beauty by Fishing Expert The Burgess of the ATU. He used a Jitterbug lure and joked about the one that got away. The Willoughby family held a fish dinner at noon, the tale ending in a golden brown fry.
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W. T. Willoughby
Harris Station
ATU
Willoughby
Allied forces press toward Myitkyina and New Guinea fronts
The report notes Japanese defenses at Myitkyina weakened by continued rain and fatigue. Allied troops on New Guinea's North coast hold Driniumor river positions after fending off two Japanese breakout attempts. MacArthur says advance enemy units pierced Allied lines and crossed a river but were halted by reinforcements as ships shelled supply dumps and air units damaged communications.
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Burma
Stilwell
Myitkyina
New Guinea
Driniumor River
Douglas MacArthur
Allied hold Driniumor river line in New Guinea clash
Allied forces report firm positions along the West bank of the Driniumor river after repulsing two Japanese attacks. Reinforcements cut off the initial assailants as American and Australian units advance, with heavy air and sea pressure and multiple enemy divisions identified.
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New Guinea
Driniumor
British New Guinea
U. S
Aitape
Drinimour
Wewak
Sorong
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Timor
Mrs. Willie Givens Laid to Rest in Courtland
Funeral services for 54 year old Mrs. Willie Givens were held at Courtland Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmie Coggins and Rev. Billy Stephenson officiating. Interment followed in Courtland cemetery. Survived by husband J. R. Givens, three daughters, four sons, a brother, and a sister. Pallbearers included Kyle Price, Terry Grady, Carl Reding, Fred Crowe, and Arne Terry.
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Willie Givens
Town Creek
Courtland Baptist Church
Jimmie Coggins
Billy Stephenson
Courtland Cemetery
Brown
J. R. Givens
Claudie Reding
Courtland
Minnie
Earline Givens
George Givens
England
Freeman Garth Givens
South Caroline
Lyndon
Charles Givens
Paul Key
Huntsville
J. W. Biz
Kyle T . Price Terry
Grady Terry
Carl Reding
Fred Crowe
Arne Terry
Laneer Rites Set for Miss Collie Laneer
Funeral services for Miss Collie Marie Laneer 23 who died Sunday at Decature General Hospital will be held Tuesday at 3 pm at Friendship church with Rev G W Durham and Rev L E Toon officiating. Interment in Friendship cemetery Brown directing. Parents Mr and Mrs Walter C Bates two sisters Miss Dora May and Novella Lancer three half sisters Miss Mary Jane Thelma and Dorothy Bates grandparents and many nieces and nephews. Uncles will act as pallbearers.
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Collie Marie Laneer
Decature General Hospital
Friendship Church
G. W. Durham
L. E. Toon
Friendship Cemetery
Brown
Walter C. Bates
Dora May
Novella Lancer
Mary Jane
Thelma
Mount Vernon Maintained by Mount Vernon Ladies Association
Mount Vernon is maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union serving as the steward organization responsible for preservation and upkeep.
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Mount Vernon
The
the Union
Decatur News Highlights Local Notes And Court Actions
Navy petty officer Joe D Curry to leave after furlough in Decatur. Hospital reports at Decatur General. Fire calls on East Wilson Avenue and Grant Street with no losses. Local crops improve but labor remains tight. Oil well drilling near Falkville reaches 2000 feet. Docket lists multiple fines for traffic and public drunkenness. Local visits and church events noted along with hospital admissions and transfers. Community meetings and club notices outline schedules and locations.
Ellery Queen faces a courtroom stalemate in Calamity Town
In a tense family gathering Nora and Judge Eli Martin debate Jim Haight’s fate as Ellery Queen probes for hidden motives. Roberta Roberts defends Jim while Lola Wright hints at a secret, and subpoenas force Ellery into a Monday court appearance amid a pivotal check endorsement.
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Nora
Roberta Roberts
Eli Martin
Sudie
Mr. Smith
Eli
Hermy
John F
Lola Wright
Pat
Patricia Darling
Lola
Ellery Queen
Patricia Wright
Ellery
Jim
Miss Roberts
Mr. Queen
Cain
Wrights
Scotland Yard
Martin
Smith
Bradford
J.C
J. C. Pettigrew
Newbold
Carter
Carmel
Mr. Pettigrew
J.C. Pettigrew
Allied drive in Normandy presses toward Caen and St Lo
British forces push along the Odon and Orne fronts near Caen as Rommel fields air support and new Cromwell tanks enter service. American units advance toward St Lo amid heavy fighting while Esquay and Gavrus remain contested. WACS land on Cherbourg peninsula with 55 women forming the first detachment.
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Caen
Odon
Orne
Noyers
Rommel
St. Lo
Green Valley
Esquay
Gavrus
Bougy
Brettevillette
No Man's Land
First Pony
Les- Say
Dempsey
Tommies
Evrecy
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Gavrus Bridge
Favrus
Normandy
Barbara Wace
Cherbourg
Clinic Notes and Local News From Hamil Clinic
Masters Kenneth and Jimmy Jinks underwent tonsilectomies at the Hamil clinic Monday. Milton Burks of Anderson was dismissed Sunday. Mrs. Frank Namie was dismissed Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Holmes announce the birth of a son at the Hamil clinic Sunday. Harris Newson is improving after an operation at the Hamil clinic. Mrs. Frank Hillis was dismissed Monday. J. E. Smith informed The Daily of the death of Sr. Smith at Florence Alabama this morning at one o'clock.
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Kenneth
Jimmy Jinks
Hamil Clinic
Milton Burks
Anderson
Frank Namie
T. C. Holmes
Harris Newson
Frank Hillis
J. E. Smith
Florence
Ala
Prisoner Evidence of Frontline Refit Amid Army Front Tensions
An official spokesman described the fifth army front situation and noted growing enemy manpower shortages. A captured prisoner from the ninth panzer grenadier regiment revealed a badly deformed right arm and that many soldiers were reclassified last February for front duty.
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Fifth Army
Ninth Panzer Grenadier
Therisoner
Soviets Display Captives as Red Army Advances
Soviet troops captured 57 600 enemies during the summer offensive and paraded the prisoners through Moscow toward eastern prison cages. This marked the capital's first mass viewing of enemy captives in the city.
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Red Army
Moscow
Allied Air Strikes Hit Rennes Nantes Paris Areas
Night bombing by American medium bombers and Thunderbolts hit targets south and east of Rennes Nantes and Paris. Bridges rail facilities and an oil depot were struck as RAF Typhoons damaged German convoys near Caen. Flying bombs struck London and southern England with robot attacks cited from Sweden amid skepticism.
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Normandy
Rennes
Nantes
Argentan
Thunderbolts
Boue
Paris
Marles
Chatieu-Thierry
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Army Air Force
Britain
Guerche Forest
Montereau
Caen
St. Hilaire du Harcourt
Laigle
Champaigne
London
Sweden
Stockholms Tidingen
Denmark
New York
Hitler’s gamble on a Western victory faltering on the East
The analysis says Hitler shifts resources from the Russian front to gain a Western edge but Red armies crack the Eastern front, with Grodno fallen and Soviet forces advancing toward East Prussia as German soil nears. The situation is described as fluid with no clear front remaining on the Eastern line.
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Fuehrer
Frarce
Hitler
Grodno
East Prussia
Street fighting in the city during a tank assault
The narrator recalls French street fighting where tanks blast pillboxes and infantry clear side streets. A Red Cross flag bearing German officer leads wounded soldiers to a hospital. Photog Bob Capa enters danger to photograph the surrender and guide the team back. The piece ends reflecting on the toll and confusion of urban combat.
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Red Cross
Bob Capa
Funeral today for Sidney J Holbert
Funeral services for Sidney J. Holbert age 70 were held at 2 30 this afternoon at the Grange Hall Cemetery Rev J E Johnson officiating Interment followed Peck directing He is survived by six daughters Mrs T H Woods of Buechel Ky Mrs Allen Story of Hartselle 4 Mrs Ernest Miller of Madison 2 Mrs C Rippit of Shelby North Carolina Mrs Fred Johnson of Hartselle 2 and Mrs John H Oden of Cordova plus three sons Ernest and Arthur Holbert both of Decatur 1 and Oscar Holbert of Decatur 3 Pallbearers were Hubert P Sivley R L Phillips Earl Sherril Allen Adcock Fred Woods and L B Phillips
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Sidney J. Holbert
Hartselle
Grange Hall
J. E. Johnson
Peck
T. H. Woods
Buechel
Allen Story
Ernest Miller
Madison
C. Rippit
Shelby
North Carolina
Fred Johnson
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Vuhuhle Lom
Joe D. Curry
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Decatur General Hospital
B. T. Howell
Archie West
Roberta Lee
Mrs. Howell
Cullman
East Wilson Avenue
Joe Taylor Robinson
J. P. Rowe
Falkville
Bob Burch Company
Ft. Worth
K. E. McCorkle
I. A. McCorkle
Dyersburg
Tenn
Clyde Marshall
Richard Wallace
Salem
Grant Street
Charles A. Patrick
Fort Smith, Ark
John E. Poole
Vinemont
John A. Caddell
State
Democratic Executive Committee
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
A. L. Johnson
Grand , Island
Neb
Henry Glade
Alabama Flour Mills
Mr. Glade
Omaha
Nebraska Consolidated Mills
John M. Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Nelson
Big
Coast Guard
Delano Park
Ruth Jones
Morgan County
David John Smith
L. D. Cart
Trinity
Brown's Ambulance
Walter G. Blackwell
Dereatur General Hospital
Sixth Avenue West
Brown's
Jule Brown
James Haight
Roberta
High Village
Miss Wright
Little, Brown & Co
King Features Syndicats
Charles U- Patrick
Endlam Boulevard
Roy’ Shaw
Valdosta, Ga
Earle Williams
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Soviets
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