Yugoslav refugees thank Decatur Red Cross for clothing
A letter from Wilhelmene L. Haley of the American Red Cross Morgan County Chapter thanks Decatur Alabama volunteers for making clothing in December that was distributed to Yugoslav refugees in a desert Middle East camp. She notes ongoing distribution since February and expresses deep gratitude from the refugees and herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Middle East
Decatur
Red Cross
Alabama
Wilhelmine L. Haley
New York, N. Y
Roosevelt Wallace tilt dominates at Chicago convention
Report details Truman and Douglas positions on the Democratic ticket with Wallace likely to stay in the race. Byrnes signals deferential stance. Southern delegates show limited Wallace support as Georgia backs Roosevelt Wallace. Byrd boom gains, with Georgia and several Deep South states pledging or leaning toward Roosevelt and Byrd for VP.
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Wallace
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Chicago
Jake More
Iowa
Democratic
Washington
Burnet
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Harry Truman
Missouri
Markets Rally on Rails and Specialties Leadership in New York
Stocks advanced fractions led by rails and specialties as selling cooled after Monday and Tuesday. Turnover fell from recent averages with five hour volume about 1.2 million shares. In Chicago wheat steady, hogs up strongly, cattle and eggs mixed with varied receipts and prices across U.S. markets.
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New York
Rails
Specialties
Cotton market falls on liquidation and hedging amid war news
The cotton market declined due to scattered liquidation and hedging, with mill buying support limited. Southern selling, hedging against the new crop, plus unsettled price control news and favorable war reports weighed on prices. Late afternoon quotes showed declines of 2.35 to 0.55 cents per bale, with Oct at 21.48, Dec at 21.29, and May at 21.17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wallace Western Delegations Rally Aims to Solidify Support
Howard Y. Williams of St. Paul said the noon event invited delegations from states west of the Mississippi to consolidate Western state support for Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Howard Y. Williams
St. Paul
Wallace
Alabama Delegates Endorse Bankhead and Roosevelt at First Caucus
Alabama's delegation to the Democratic convention approved resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt for a fourth term and Senator John H. Bankhead for Vice President at its first caucus. The uninstructed delegates are not bound by a unit rule. two voted present, while James A. McCollum abstained on the Roosevelt resolution.
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Chicago
Alabama
Roosevelt
John H. Bankhead
W. L. Lee
Dothan
Lee
Bankhead
James A. McCollum
Tuscaloosa
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Markets Report From Nashville
Nashville market notes show cattle activity with flesh slaughter steers and heifers firm, fat cows scarce to 11.00 or higher, and bulls up to 10.00. Hogs 1,100 head active with higher light weights and steady heavies. sows up 30. Weights and prices listed for 155 to 270 plus pounds. Sheep 1,300 head fairly active with good ewe lambs 12.50 to 13.50 and lighter ranges 6.75 to 11.25.
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Nashville
Tenn
Resolution delegates named in Alabama party meeting notes
Roy Davis McCord of Gadsden was recorded present on the Bankhead resolution. Lee declared Roosevelt endorsements out of order, prompting W. W. Malone of Athens to urge voting for the Republican party if Lee would not back Roosevelt. Governor Sparks became delegation chairman with D. Hardy Riddle as vice chairman and O. C. Maner of Montgomery as secretary, Albert Boutwell of Birmingham named delegate at large replacing the late George Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Davis McCord
Gadsden
Lee
Roosevelt
W. W. Malone
Athens
Racial Issue Dominates Democratic Platform Debate
In Chicago on July 19, Democratic platform drafters faced a split over a racial declaration as they moved toward a foreign policy plank approved by Hull and possibly the President. Senate aide Tom Connally proposed a forceful international plank, while Negro groups pressed for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee, anti lynching and anti poll tax laws. The struggle pits Southern segregation against Northern minority rights, with a potential compromise to extend the 1940 pledge on anti discrimination in government and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Chicago
Hull
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
South
Henry A. Wallace
Local Notes From Morgan County and Winton
Community updates from Morgan County and Winton include visits by Joan Sivley, Jackie Faye Allen, Bobby Kate and Louise Eubanks to Mr and Mrs M C Sharp in Hartselle, Mrs James Winton in Decatur visiting her ill husband, and a memorial service planned at Center Springs Church for Pfc Hammond Elliott who died in Italy. Also mentions Lavern and Oneal Hardy with H C Lemmonds, a baby girl born July 16, and several family visits among the Sivleys, Allens, Lemmonds, and Hardys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Sivley
Jackie Faye Allen
Bobby Kate
Louise Eubanks
M. C. Sharp
Hartselle
James Winton
Decatur
Baugh's Infirmary
Sarah Joe Allen
Johnie Allen
S. E. Allen
Center Springs
Pfc
Hammond Elliott
Italy
Lavern
Oneal Hardy
H. C. Lemmond
Everett Lemmond
H C. Lemmond
Robert Hardy
Mildred Sivley
Eloise Lemmond
Mae End
Ins
Aerate Allen
Jackie Faye
Lottie
Redstone to Meet Flyers Redstone to Meet Flyers
The Southern Airways Red Sox resume schedule at the Flyers home diamond this Sunday at 3:00 PM. After two weeks away at Redstone arsenal and Courtland Army air base, new lower class players gain experience as the Redstone arsenal nine visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Airways Red Sox
Flyers
Redstone Arsenal
Courtland Army Air Base
Southern Airways
Delano Park Hosts Visitors At Tuesday Story Hour
Little Miss Gretchen Britton of Chattanooga enjoyed the park story hour led by Miss Marjorie Russell. Many visitors from Atlanta Orlando Pittsburgh and Nashville plus local residents shared praise for the park’s facilities and a joint concert with Courtland air base band and Decatur high school band is planned for Sunday July 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Britton
Chattanooga
Story Hour
Marjorie Russell
Mildred Smathers
WAC
Courtland
Paul Urban
Atlanta
Georgia
George Mahard
Orlando
Florida
Norman E. Pascuk
Pittsburgh
Adolf O. Madsen
Ainsworth
Nebraska
Bill Gariwood
Dayton
Ohio
H. Hischorn
Frances Nora
New York
R. H. Cambell
Larry Joe
Suzanne Orr
Nashville, Tenn
Decatur
Courtland Air Base
Decatur High School
Reporter Confusion Over Dorothy Vredenburgh Dress
Chicago, July 19. A male reporter misdescribed Dorothy Vredenburgh in Democratic convention coverage. He noted a lavender one piece dress with a tan jabot. She corrected him, saying plum suit, pink blouse, no jabot.
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Chicago Stadium
Dorothy Vredenburgh
National Committee
Dorothy
Decatur United Charities Holds Regular Meeting
Decatur's United Charities board met in regular session at Hotel Lyons with chair W. B. Neher presiding. Treasures report and year pledge outlook were reviewed as the group studied possible countywide affiliation with the Morgan County Community Chest while continuing fact gathering.
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Decatur
United Charities Board
Hotel Lyons
W. B. Neher
Morgan County Community Chest
United Charities
Saneeee the Sunday Go and Mrs Annie augh
Readable fragments mention Saneeee the Sunday Go and a person named Annie, plus an ES Nell. The text is fragmentary with no clear events, dates, or locations. No coherent news item or outcome can be established from the available words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saneeee
Annie Augh
ES Nell
Local notes and service updates from Decatur area
Occluded news items report infirmary dismissals and operations in Morgan and nearby towns. Attendees at the Frohoff funeral in Hanceville and movements of military personnel include Dr. Edwin Wyle visiting Philadelphia and Pfc. Robert Green wounded in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainslie Wyle
Philadelphia
Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
War Department
Robert W. Green
Ada Green
Belle Mina
Allied Night Bombing Strikes Rail Hubs and Oil Plants in Europe
Allied air forces pound rail yards at Vaires and Revigny and bom blast German oil plants at Wesseling and Scholver Buer. RAFMosquitos raid Berlin with 4000 pound bombs while raid forces hit Cologne Helgoland and coastal convoy. American 15th Air Force claims heavy losses for German fighters over Southern Germany amid raids on Friedrichshafen and Memmingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
RAF
France
Ruhr
Berlin
Cologne
Coastal Command
Helgoland
Halifax
Vaires
Paris
Revigny
Aulnoye
Rafae
Wesseling
Scholver-Buer
Reich
15Th Air Force
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Memmingen
School Board Faces Suit Over Unapproved School Supplies
A suit for 4519.82 less 937.60 was filed by S A Lynne for Birmingham Janitor's Supply against the Morgan County Board of Education in circuit court. The board contends it never authorized the purchases of disinfectants and soaps and will contest the claim. Peach and Caddell represent the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Lynne
Birmingham Janitor’s Supply Company
Board of Education
Morgan County
S. O. Maner
Esuperintendant of Education
Birmingham Janitor's Supply Company
Maner
Normandy Voices on War Time Life and Underground Resistance
A wartime observer describes life in Normandy under German occupation. He notes butter flowing to Paris, the harshness of city life, and the resilient Norman countryside. He praises Norman children, hard work, and recounts the Cherbourg peninsula underground with tightly knit cells and hidden arm bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Normandy
Italy
Mediterranean
Sergeant Moore Group Commended for Duty in Britain
Technical Sergeant Riley B. Moore Jr. serves as parachute section foreman at a sub-depot bomber repair base in England. The unit was commended by Brigadier General Donald R. Goodrich for outstanding performance during its first year in Britain. Moore is a 1937 Hazlewood High School graduate and has been in England 13 months. his wife Evelyn Locks Moore resides at Town Creek.
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Riley B. Moore, Jr
Evelyn Locks Moore
Town Creek
England
Donald R. Goodrich
Viii Air Force Service Command
Britain
Moore
Hazlewood
Army
Profits Of Liquor Stores Rise In June In Alabama
State Finance Director Hayse Tucker announced Alabama June store profits reached 631 817, up 144 663 from a year earlier. Cumulative profits since January 1 total 4 017 658 with gross sales for June at 2 271 056. Liquor stocks rose to 4 800 000, up 600 000, and rationing for rum brandy and liquors was abandoned July 1 due to greater supply.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hayse Tucker
Tucker
Alvis Bryant Dies En Route to Hospital at 61
Alvis Bryant, 61, died at 11 P M Tuesday while being transported to a Moulton hospital from his Danville 2 home. Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 P M at Aldridge Grove Church with Rev. Emmett Byers officiating. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Brown Funeral Home directing. He is survived by his wife and many nieces and nephews.
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Alvis Bryant
Moulton
Danville
Aldridge Grove
Emmett Byers
Brown
Lost nineteen dollars in Elmore's store this morning
Lost $19.00 billfold reported at Elmore's store with finder urged to contact Mrs. L. G. Manly of Austinville at telephone 1231-W. The notice calls for return of the billfold and includes a contact person for the finder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmore
L. G. Manly
Austinville
War Update on Polish Fronts and Eastern Battles
Dewitt Mackenzie outlines German positions in Poland with key rail hubs at Bialystok Brest Litovsk and Lwow. He notes expected fierce German resistance as Soviet offensives press toward East Prussia and German heartland amid cautious optimism about not yet defeat. The Izvestia report foresees vigorous battles at German approaches.
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Bug
Niemen
Poland
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Hitler
Lwow
Reich
Moscow
Izvestia
East Prussia
Allies press toward Livorno as front lines advance south and east
Allied forces push on multiple fronts in central Italy as American Fifth Army nears Livorno Leghorn amid fierce fighting near Monte Della Poggia Pontedera and Arezzo. British Eighth Army seizes Montevarchi and advances west of Arezzo while Germans defend the Gothic line still under construction.
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Best
Adriatic
Ancona
Fifth Army
Livorno
Leghorn
Monte Della Poggia
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Arno
Pontedera
Pisa
Florence
Arezzo
Montevarchi
Tiber
Eighth Army
Citta di Castello
Fauglia
Bad
Navy dock area resembles Tarawa after shelling
A war correspondent described a damaged Navy dock zone and Port Chicago in the Marshalls as a Tarawa like scene after American shelling. Few escaped injury with hundreds treated for fractures and cuts from flying glass. Relief teams restored order by daylight.
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Tarawa Island
Marshalls
Port Chicago
News Promised by Dome Agency for Tomorrow
Tokyo's Domei agency pledged important news for tomorrow after reporting Premier Hideki Tojo was relieved as army chief of staff. Monitors noted Domei urged the press to receive the news at 9 30 a.m. Eastern War Time but later postponed it to the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo
Dome
U. S
Domei
Hideki Tojo
Army
Purebreds to Be Given Out in Alabama Lamb Project
A truckload of purebred Hamp shire rams from Pulaski Tennessee arrived to be distributed in 14 North Alabama counties. The Farm Extension Service and Sears Roebuck Co coordinate the plan to improve sheep flocks. Rams cost 50 dollars each and will be placed with farm boys selected by county farm agents with repayment from lamb and wool proceeds.
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Hampshire
Pulaski, Tenn
North Alabama
Alabama
Farm Extension Service
Sears, Roebuck Co
de Lacey Abernathy
Pulaski
Sears
Allied Armor Breaks German Lines in Caen Corridor Offensive
Allied forces launched a major air land assault in Europe, forcing a corridor through the Orne defenses near Caen. Over 2,200 bombers supported, with British and Canadian troops pouring through as German resistance buckled. Casualty and hospital figures cited include 2,000 French killed and 13,000 hospitalized from earlier Caen fighting.
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Orne
Europe
Caeh
Gais
Maritius
Enterprise
Roberts
Montgomery
Rommel
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Caen
Saipan battle yields 1620 Japanese prisoners and 19000 enemy dead
Reports state 1620 Japanese soldiers were captured the largest such block, 19000 enemy troops died in the Saipan engagement, and 13,800 Saipan civilians were interned.
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Saipan
Russians Overrun 600 Localities Between Lwow and Lublin Frontier
Six hundred localities were overrun between Lwow and Kowell during the first three days. Russian forces captured Kamionka and severed the main railway trunk between Lwow and Kowel, disrupting communications in the advance.
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Lwow
Kowell
Kamionka
Kowel
French Cadet Finds a Hint of Home in Rochelle Visit
A French air cadet training at Craig Field Alabama became homesick for La Rochelle France after locating Rochelle Georgia on a map. He wrote to Mayor H C Maddox and was treated to a five day city sponsored stay in Rochelle Georgia this week, finding a touch of France in South Georgia.
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Rochelle
Craig Field
Ala
la Rochelle
France
H. C. Maddox
South Georgia
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Truman
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Big City
New England
Robert E. Hannegan
Sidney Hillman
Max Hall
Harry Byrd
Boomlet
Theirginia
Byrd
Louisiana
John Bankhead
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Alben Barkley
Virginia
North Carolina
Melville Broughton
Arkansas
Dillehay
Pia
Pau Soba
Wall Street
Nashville. Livestock
Winton
Floyd Livley
Limestone County
Mat
Owens
Limestone Co
Slough
Negro
Redstone
Delano Park
M. C. Thomas
Sarasota, Florida
Novena
Gardner
Dotsy Wilson
F. A. Thompson
Sandra Anné
Birmingham
H. G. Faulkner
Catherine Mahard
T-Sgt
George B. Mahard
Recreation Department of
Mahard
Courtney
Scatur
Goliinalle
Sadie Hicks
Ore
Lois Johnson
Hartselle 2
Baugh’s Infirmary
Clovis Babler
Marvin Wells
Charles J. Kullman
Daniel O'Reilly
O. J. Frohoff
Hanceville
Cpl. Tech
George M. “Red” Wells
James Rankin
Oscar Napps
Decatur Rotary Club
Wallace Long
Mary Walker
Ceiling Price
Morgan New Opa
R. E. Grantland
Trinity
Littleville
Colbert County
ATA
ABC
Marjorie White
Priceville
Decatur Clinic
Mary Berryhill
Falkville
J. F
Pete) Graham
Talladega
Marine Corps
First Marine Division
United States
Southwest Pacific
Clifford Baily Reed
John W. Reed
J. A. Nuby
Ninth Street South
Tech Sgt
Artis L. Nuby
Frances Sherrow
Jackson, Miss
Mrs
Jack Sherrow
East Gordon Drive
Clarence. Turner
Grove Street
Goodfellow Field
San Antonio
John C. Pace
Minnie W.pace, Decature
Pyle
Cherbourg
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