Weather and community notes from Decatur and vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered late afternoon and evening thunder showers forecast. High 92 and low 70. Local events include film showings at the Princess Roxy and Capitol, and community notices cover military service school and church activities plus local police reports and upcoming concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. White
Hartselle
Continental
United States
Miami Beach Air Forces
Pvt. White
J. W. White
Hartselle 2
Army
British Armor Breaks Into Tank Country Near Caen Front
British armor advances in multiple directions five miles southeast of Caen pressuring German lines on the third day of the offensive. fighting centers around Emieville Frenouville and Troarn with tanks led by a former Rommel prisoner. Belgian underground activity and Maquis violence are noted alongside American patrols crossing the Ay river and clashes near Lessay.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Emieville-Frenouville
Troarn
Erwin Rommel
Bourguebus
Belgium
France
Vimont
Richard Nugent O’connor
St. Lo
Periers
Supreme Command
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Ay River
Lessay
Bernard L. Montgoméry
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Ifs
Carmelles
Orne
Odon
Villers-Bocade
Noyers
Villers-Bocage
Trearn
Shortage cut on bond drive in Morgan county
Morgan county nears the Series E goal of 551000 in the fifth war loan drive. Thanks to a $23681 rise on Wednesday totals reach $521831.25 with a $29167.75 deficit and campaign aims to finish by July 22. War finance chairman Ewell K. Gregg credits small investors and urges continued effort to recruit higher pledges.
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Morgan County
Alabama
Ewell K. Gregg
War Finance
Eight new polio cases reported in Alabama health update
Eight new polio cases were reported to the Alabama Health Department last week, described as about normal for midsummer. Three occurred in Etowah, two in Jefferson, and one each in Dallas, Elmore, and Mobile counties. state health officer Dr. B F Austin noted no indication of rising totals, though watch is kept due to outbreaks in other states.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
B. F. Austin
Etowah County
Jefferson
Dallas
Elmore
Mobile
Tojo Fall Reshapes Japanese War Cabinet
Premier General Hideki Tojo and his entire cabinet were ousted as Emperor Hirohito ordered a new government formed by General Kuniaki Koiso and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. Tokyo broadcasts indicated a continuation of military rule as Japan faced mounting defeats and near-defeat.
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Japan
America
Britain
Tokyo
Hirohito
Kuniaki Koiso
Korea
Mitsumasa Yonai
Koiso
Yonai
United States
Tojo
Air Attacks Across Germany and Allied Bombing Campaigns
British based American planes bombed Leipzig oil and aircraft plants while Italian forces struck Friedrichshafen and Memmingen airfields. RAF bombed northern France targets near Paris. Soviet air forces dominated the Lwow area and Warsaw front as German lines faced multiple assaults.
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RAF
France
Thiverny
Paris
Chaulnes
Amiens
Normandy
Leipzig
Berlin
Junkers
Dessau
Focke-Wulf
Eisenach
Eisenach-Stockausen
Leip
Messerschmitt
Mackau
Gotha
Russelsheim
Mainz
Frankfort
Merseburg
Lutzkendorf
Britain
England
Bruz
Horleans
Seine
Loire
Bremen
Carpi
Trieste
Fiume
Adriatic
Greece
Lwow
Old Poland
Warsaw
Moscow
Daugavpila
Lithuania
Man Charged With Family Mistreatment Near De
Arthur William Reed a 39-year-old white tenant farmer from three miles west of De was jailed in Morgan county after his daughter, 15, reported him to Sheriff W T Willoughby. Investigators led by Ben L Britnell arrested Reed at his home around 11 this morning. bond not set this afternoon.
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Arthur William Reed
Morgan County
Reed
Decatur
W. T. Willoughby
Ben L. Britnell
Damages Claimed In Auto Crash Suit Here
James E. Blankenship seeks 500 in a circuit court suit against Harvey Brown doing business as Browns Transfer. The May 31 1944 collision on the Huntsville Guntersville highway near Madison Marshall line allegedly caused damage to the trunk left rear fender body tail lights stop light and tool box. He claims loss of use of his automobile in his business for a long period.
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James E. Blankenship
Harvey Brown
Brown
Powell
Huntsville-Guntersville
Madison County
Marshall County
Sam Rucker
Blankenship
State begins floating river bridge span at Mobile Bay
The Mobile river bridge span is floated today by the state highway department to restore ship passage through Mobile Bay. Assistant Director E N Rodgers announced the start of operations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile River
Mobile Bay
State Highway Department
E. N. Rodgers
Nazi front cracks as Soviet drive widens to Poland area
Russian forces push from the Western Bug toward Bialystok and Brest Litovsk while the Red Army drives toward Warsaw. The Moscow News notes the offensive surpasses Kursk in scale as German morale frays and surrender flows from around Lwow Brody.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Nieman River
East Prussia
Augustow
Suwalki Triangle
Lwow
Litovsk
Bialystok
Kaunas
Daugavpils
Poland
O — Litovsk
Poan
Bug River
Russia
Latvian Republic
Ivan
Maslennikov
Velikaya
Ostrov
Latvia
Bug
Brest Litovsk
Warsaw
Brody
Red Army
Hitler
Moscow News
Kursk Bulge
Lnow
War Today assesses Japan’s cabinet shift amid looming defeat
The piece argues the Japanese cabinet crisis signals the empire’s peril and potential for intensified war effort if militarists rise again. It compares Japan’s fate to Germany and notes Tokyo may seek to soften allied demands if a moderate govt forms. Continued on Page Two.
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Central
Europe
Pacific
Tojo
Nippon
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Wallace Comeback Seen As Kansas Gives Him Sixteen Ballots
Wallace nears renomination as Kansas moves to 16 votes and Truman supporters hold firm. The rules committee backed restoring the two thirds nominating rule while urging study of delegate reapportionment over two years. Truman neither camps nor cites Roosevelt talks as Wallace gains ground on the floor at Chicago Stadium.
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Wallace
Kansas
Tion
National Committee
Jack Bell
Chicago Stadium
Henry A. Wallace
Towan
Harry Truman
Missouri
Truman
Planes Crash Into Street in Jacksonville Killing Two Army Flyers
Two Army pursuit pilots and one civilian were killed when two Army planes crashed into a residential Riverside block in Jacksonville Florida. Debris damaged three apartment buildings and 12 homes while at least a dozen civilians were injured.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Post Street
Riverside
Millard FE. McGhee
Army
Yankees chase fleeing Nazis along Arno front
American troops on a 25 mile front reach the south bank of the Arno and capture Colle Salvetti seven miles northeast of Livorno as they press toward the Gothic line. Pol ish and Italian units advance from Ancona coast while a bridgehead is secured over the Esino river west of Ancona.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Arno
Colle Salvetti
Livorno
Pisa
United States
Ancona
Adriatic
Esino River
Chiaravalle
Floor Fight Looms Over Democratic Platform
Chicago July 20 A draft platform language would declare racial minorities including Negroes have the right to vote as equal citizens. Southerners may balk at a floor fight over the plank while the 12 member drafting group, and a 100 member platform committee, weigh possible revisions before presenting the platform to the convention.
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Chicago
Congress
Wallace Truman clash colors convention near Roosevelt renomination
Senate war inquiry chairman on first ballot debate looms as Wallace grapples with bolting support. Byrd stands for nomination while Jone s wins Mississippi vice votes. Ickes backs Wallace, Roosevelt’s line splits over liberal sentiment as Wallace stays in race with late convention speeches.
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Roosevelt
Robert E. Hannegan
Wallace
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Fred T. Nooney
Jacksonville
Fla
Jones
Mississippi
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Harold Ickes
Truman
Ickes
Iowa
Attempt on Hitler Injures Generals in Berlin
Berlin reports a bomb attack on Hitler left him uninjured but three of his senior military leaders seriously hurt and Jodl and several others slightly injured. Goering rushed to Hitler, and Mussolini met with the Fuehrer after the incident.
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Domei
Tojo
Associated Press
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Colt
Alfred Jod
Ilin
Stockholm
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Schmundt
Brandt
Borgmann
Berger
Generals Jodl
Karl Bodenschatz
Guenther Korten
Buhle
Heusinger
W Scherff
Goering
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
DNB
Fuehrer
Brandy
Borg
Edmund Hoemeister
Muneich
Brenner Pass
Benito
Mussolini
Italy
Munich
Breda
Holland
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Guenther von Kluge
Normandy
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Tuscaloosa
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Falkville
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By Ken Reynolds
Federal Communications Commission
Saipan
Friedrichshafen
Saarbrucken
Schweinfurtin
Maybach
Zeppelin
Lowenthal
Memmingen
Bachworishofen
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Dorothy Vredenburgh
Vredenburgh
Democratic National Committee
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West
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Alexander von Falkenhausen
Eduard Dietl
Finland
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