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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1944
Page
2
Eighteen month old Sandra Speegle, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Speegle of 1214 Sixth Avenue East, fell about twenty feet from a second story window at 9 30 PM. The table tipped as she climbed it to watch her father shave. She was knocked unconscious but suffered only bruises with no broken bones.
New York stock market extends technical correction with steels and motors driving declines while losses fade late. Volume reaches about 1.4 million shares as bids reappear. cotton futures slip on liquidation and war news, with Oct 21.51, Dec 21.32, and Mch 21.22. Beef and hog markets show varied movements amid supply shifts. cattle, calves, and sheep quote ranges reflect mixed demand.
Chicago reports butter receipts 899,590 with market unchanged. Egg receipts 10,738 with weak tone. U S specials range 41 to 411-2 as other markets hold steady.
Nashville Tennessee July 18 cattle market notes 400 early arrivals light demand with slow steady trade. Bulls and cows mostly steady to weak, small lots at 13.00 for medium grain on grass steers and heifers 12.50 to 10.50, common cattle down to 9.00, cutters and yearlings 7.00 to 8.50, light canners to 5.50.
Byrnes and Barkley back Wallace foes as convention battles unfold for the 1948 renomination. Roosevelt slated to speak by radio asSouthern delegates press for two thirds rule change and for a platform excluding racial equality plank while Wallace supporters seek to blunt the bid for his renomination.
Marine Corps Southern Headquarters lists 500 Marines from the South and Southwest among 2 744 from the First Marine Division returning to San Diego for their first furlough in 26 months. The roster includes Pfc Edward Felix Nelson Jr son of Edward Felix Nelson Sr of Decatur. Local notes report a grass fire near Beeline Highway with no loss and several hospital admissions and births at Decatur General Hospital.
The 3rd District, including Lamar Marion Fayette and Walker counties, is the first in Alabama to report all counties meeting both total and E bond fifth war loan quotas. Walker County shows E bonds 464 220 and total 1 627 000 against quotas 458 000 and 1 039 000. Marion and Lamar Fayette counties also report substantial sales with local chairmen named.
Allied troops clash along the Caen front with dawn advances and heavy artillery fire as summer dust swirls around tanks. West of St Lo, U S forces push 1000 yards along the Vire river while engineers seal river locks to trap German defenders and limit escape roads.
The American Legion urged a postwar US role in an association of free nations with force if needed to secure world peace. The Farm Bureau pressed for postwar farm programs to boost production and consumption. Truman and other leaders debated the platform including race questions amid regional opposition.
Decatur police booked a sequence of minor traffic collisions for investigation. No serious injuries occurred though several vehicles sustained damage. Incidents include a Chevrolet driven by Emmerson McCay and a DeSoto driven by Jack Sherrow on Sixth Avenue, a J A Daniel Co truck driven by Z Z Byars and a car driven by John Turnley at Walnut and Washington Streets, an Oldsmobile driven by K E McCorkle and a Decatur cab driven by Dennis Moore on Lee Street, with McCorkle stating the cab struck his car rearward.
Allied air fleets from Britain and Italy attacked Peenemunde and Zinnowitz on the Baltic, Friedrichshafen and Memmingen in southwest Germany, and supported ground troops in Normandy. The daylight armada targeted airfields and factories as heavy bombers and fighters hammered objectives amid improved weather enabling sustained operations.
Reports say Japanese forces manning gun emplacements tested showers of fire while cruisers and destroyers added their strikes. Carrier aircraft pressed anti aircraft sites as Sunday raids aimed near Guam. The sinking moves set up later operations toward the Philippines via Nimitz.
Funeral services for Robert Sobotka 85 of Hartselle were held Wednesday at 5 p.m. from his home with Rev J R Havner and Rev Thomas Hatchett officiating. Interment followed in Hartselle City Cemetery. Sobotka, who died Monday at Saint Vincent's in Birmingham, moved to Morgan County in 1864 from Wisconsin and helped survey Hartselle. He founded the Morgan County Farmers Mutual Insurance and served as its president, directed the Hartselle band, and was active in the Christian church and local civic groups. He is survived by his wife, one son Max Sobotka, three daughters Grace Sobotka, Mrs Leonard Heflin, and Mrs Floyd Dobbs, and five grandchildren. Active pallbearers included E D Ray and others. honorary pallbearers were the Hartselle Masonic Lodge.
A massive explosion at Port Chicago shatters barracks housing 1,500 sailors and ignites ammunition. Floyd L. Scott of Baltimore describes walls collapsing while 150 to 200 homes are knocked off foundations. Civilian casualties rise as emergency centers treat wounded.
A cryptogram and crossword clue list from a daily crossword page with numbered across and down items, plus a cryptoquote quotation. Includes hint lines for several words such as den scorch coin it wished cuckoo kingly antlered animal openings the the grab snare jumbled type and more, with a cryptogram at the end.
In Normandy near Cherbourg the trio stealthily swapped U S rations for a local dinner in Les Pieux. Pvt Lawrence Wedley Cogan, 128 E Walnut St Alexandria Va, drove the mission. Photographer Bob Capa and the pair chatted with locals as Cogan practiced French and reflected on wartime life.
The narrative recalls Cherbourg advance with an infantry company of the ninth division. Cogan volunteers to accompany the patrol, arms loaded and ready, sticking with photographer Capa as they push ahead to photograph surrendering Germans. Capa praises Cogan as one of the finest soldiers.
Funeral services for Pfc John F McKelvey 20 killed July 11 in an automobile crash in Portland Oregon will be held Wednesday at 4 30 pm at the Wren church in Lawrence County with interment at Montgomery Cemetery Brown directing The body arrived in Decatur on L and N train and was taken to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs L A McKelvey of Moulton He is survived by his parents two sisters and four brothers including Sgt Herman McKelvey in England Pvt Oweh McKelvey in China and Edward and Billy McKelvey of Moulton.
U S troops barred from entering Bristol after a clash between about 200 Negro and white soldiers at midnight Saturday. One Negro soldier fatally wounded, three Negroes and four whites hospitalized. Army says police restored order and four men were arrested. Daily Mail notes no British troops involved. Editor’s Note mentions racial angle was deleted then restored.
Wet Food Administrator Marvin Jones ordered OPA to return hams and pork loins to ration points while cheaper beef cuts like roasts and steaks become point free. The effective date is likely August 1 with publication delayed until July 27.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey denounces a well funded group for politicizing service members voting rights. He praises New York soldier vote law as simple and urges families to inform servicemen, noting the federal supplementary ballot is not authorized and he will not approve it. Dewey had a deadline to certify federal ballot use but took no action.
A listed group of men identified as a draft board 1 preinduction group left Morgan county this morning for Fort Benning Georgia. The names include Henry Atkins Otis Wiggin Charles Gray Alfred Pry Edward Jones Jr Thomas Swoope Cleo McDaniel Tom Worley and others.
Company B from Kodiak Alaska on furlough enjoyed a chicken barbecue at Delmicnic grounds with the Courtland Army Air Base band and Decatur high school band. Guests included American Legion members Southern Airways reps and Lt Mildred Smathers WAC.
Red army forces moved within 17 miles of the Bug river and 16 miles north of Brest Litovsk after capturing Vydomlya. Izvestia warned of intensified battles as German resistance stiffened, while reports of a broad Soviet advance suggested gains around Daugavpils Sebezh Riga Memel Kaunas and the drive toward Brest Litovsk continues. More than 410 towns and villages were claimed captured Monday, with about 200 in the Brest Litovsk push.
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