Five arrests as ATU agents seize two large moonshine stills
Investigators from the ATU office in Decatur report five arrests and two stills seized in the past week. One still held 2000 gallons of beer and the other 2500 gallons of beer mash. Raids spanned North Alabama from Georgia to Mississippi, with sugar use by moonshiners noted. A raid uncovered twenty 1200-pound sugar sacks indicating black market operations.
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ATU
Decatur
W. Samon
Mr. Lamon
North
Alabama
Georgia Line
Mississippi
Roosevelt Renomination Drive Dominates Democratic Convention
At the Democratic National Convention delegates rally behind FDR's fourth term with Wallace leading liberal faction. Alabama's John Bankhead rises as southern challenger while Texas, Kentucky and Illinois weigh rival choices. Roosevelt predicts lasting world peace in his radio acceptance speech as party platform debates continue.
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Truman
Wallace
New York
Rhode Island
Paul Fitzpatrick
Flynn
Tammany
Edward Laughlin
Brooklyn
Frank Kelly
John Bankhead
Alabama
South
Mississippi
Texas
Ohio
Paul V.mecnutt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Sam Rayburn
Robert S.kerr
Oklahoma
FDR
Roosevelt
Joseph Guffey
Senator Barkley
Sena Scott Lucas
Illinois
Lone Star
Pacific Coast
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Demos
Robert S. Kerr
Chicago Stadium
Kerr
Dramatic setting for FDR address as 1944 campaign opens
Chicago crowd hears Roosevelt from Pacific base via radio in a wartime setting as he seeks a fourth term. He frames the vote as choosing between experienced leadership and those who opposed lend-lease and international cooperation, stressing wartime victory and postwar plans. The speech cites UNRRA, Atlantic Charter, and wartime production as marks of his record.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
UNRRA
Churchill
High Seas
Casablanca
Cairo
Moscow
Teheran
Markets End Rough Session Amid Nervous Trade
New York stocks opened down on heavy volume with steels motors and rails under pressure. Mixed bids sparked brief recoveries but third hour liquidation eroded gains as declines of about two points spread across many issues. Transfers ran around 1.5 million shares as traders eyed potential weekend Europe developments.
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New York
Germany
Europe
Markets at a Glance July 21 New York
Stocks lower with steels and motors leading the decline. Bonds easy while rails stay in supply. Cotton heavy as New Orleans and commission houses sell. Chicago wheat mixed easing but unsure on German and Japanese developments. Rye easy amid peace talks. Hogs active and overall market higher. Cattle undertone firm with top at 16.25 and no strong offers.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Prices Hold Steady in Chicago Trade
Butter receipts total 612,960 with the market unchanged, while eggs receipts reach 13,942 with a weak tone and no price change.
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Chicago
Grain prices for Wheat and Oats in Chicago
Grain prices list cash wheat and oats from Chicago market notes dated July 21. It names No 1 red No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat with bid prices around 1.57 to 1.60 dollars per bushel and No 1 mixed oats around 80.
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Chicago
War goals for postwar economy and veterans shown
The speaker outlines three aims after the war: establish peace with allies, secure a robust national economy, and build an economy for returning veterans with jobs and decent living standards for all Americans.
Democratic Party Platform Faces Racial Dissent at Chicago Convention
In Chicago the Democratic platform backs a fourth Roosevelt term and wartime and postwar aims while stirring factional debate over a racial plank. Southern Democrats balk at a poll on race provisions, yet party leaders urge unity behind the candidate and pledge.
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Chicago
Democratic
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Congress
Missouri
Nashville Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Cattle Range
Nashville market notes slow test, steady to higher week over week for slaughter steers and cows, with best heavy steers at 14.50 and common stockers moderate. Hogs active with 180-270 lb good to choice at 13.85, sows steady. sheep and lambs mostly steady with spring lambs down 25. Proceeds reflect varied cattle, hog, and sheep classes across the market.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Mrs. Fretwell Claimed by Death at 73
Mrs. Laura Fretwell aged 73 died Thursday at her Decatur home. Funeral services are set for Sunday at eleven at Ferguson cemetery in Lawrence county with burial by Mutual Service. She leaves husband Irvin L. Fretwell five sons and five daughters, thirty grandchildren, and a sister Mrs E T Fretwell of Tallahassee.
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Laura Fretwell
Decatur
Ferguson Cemetery
Lawrence County
Mutual
Irvin L. Fretwell
W. L. Fretwell
Hillsboro
G. C. Fretwell
Carly Fretwell
Maywood
California
Roy Fretwell
Rome
Georgia
Leslie Fretwell
Madison
Twelve Crewmembers Die in Liberator Crash Near Walla Walla
A Pi-A Liberator bomber from Walla Walla Army Airfield crashed near Touchet Washington killing all 12 crew members. Col. David Wade said the base commanding officer announced the loss. Witnesses reported the plane exploded in flight and wreckage spread over several miles.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Walla Walla Army Airfield
Touchet
Here
David Wade
Democrats Endorse Global Peace Plan With UN Ties
In a postwar platform appeal farmers were urged to back a broader farm program. The party backed using United Nations forces to keep peace and an international court to settle disputes. They credited the AAA crop program for saving agriculture and promised new or amended farm laws as needed.
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United Nations
International Court of Justice
New Deal
Tremane Wae Carl Gibson at Camp Westmoreland this week
Tremane Wae Carl Gibson spends the week at Camp Westmoreland, a Boy Scout Camp near Florence. Among youngsters returning from camp on Sunday are Carol Smith Jr and Barrett Shelton Jr. Mrs James Howell and Nancy Howell and Mabel Turner of Decatur visit Mrs Chester King in Austinville. Dorothy Rigle of Athens weekend guest of Fay King in Austinville. Pfc James Neil Stephenson is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida. Mrs Martha Little and daughter Cecile visit Birmingham this week.
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Camp Westmoreland
Florence
Carol Smith
Barrett Shelton, Jr
James Howell
Nancy Howell
Mabel Turner
Decatur
Chester King
Austinville
Dorothy Rigle
Athens
Fay King
James Neil Stephenson
Camp Blanding, Fla
Martha Little
Cecile
Birmingham
Hitler Life Attempt Sparks Wartime Power Struggle
Berlin reported Hitler escaped with burns and bruises from an explosion. A press photographer was fatally injured. Keitel escaped harm as twelve aides were wounded. London sources warned of growing opposition within Nazism and possible staged incidents to justify purges. The Free Germany Committee urged Germans to overthrow Hitler as rumors of a civil war and army revolt spread.
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Berlin
Hitler
Berger
Keitel
Wilhelm Keitel
Fuehrer
London
Himmler
Germany
Himmler- Hitler
Junkers
Reichsmarshal Goering
Karl Doenitz
Reich
Gestapo
Free Germany Committee
Moscow
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Reuters
Italy
Reichmarshal
Herman Goering
Goering
Doenitz
Hitler plot and German military shakeups unfold
Nazi broadcasts claimed the attempted assassination was elsewhere as Hitler and Goering blamed a former general clique for the plot. Von Stauffenberg was executed and a purge swept through senior officers including von Rundstedt Falkenhausen Brauchitsch and Leeb. Allied forces reported gains around Caen and in the American sector near Saint Lo with limited casualties.
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Hitler
Goering
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Himmler
Germany
Hiter
Count von Stauffenberg
Freiherr Schenk von Stauffenberg
Wilfingen
Wuerttemberg
Berlin
Himmiler
Gestapo
Southern Democrats Weigh Wallace and Truman on National Ballot
The Dixie group and allied Democrats drafted a principles statement for the national committee amid talk of a third party in the South. Georgia backed Wallace but Louisiana and Arkansas favored Truman on the first ballot while Alabama eyed Bankhead and Barkley as possible VP picks. Delegates from Virginia Texas and South Carolina debated their options.
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Wallace
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Robert S. Kerry
Oklahoma
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Keen Johnson
Texas
Democratic Party
National Committee
South
Georgia
Florida
Harry Truman
Virginia
South Carolina
Alabama
John Bankhead
Alben Barkley
Parole Granted to Raymond Jefferies in 20 Year Robbery Sentence
Raymond Jefferies of Morgan received parole after serving 10 years of a 20 year robbery sentence. The board approved 11 paroles while 16 were denied, amid cases including Millance Lauderdale and Roosevelt Shavers. Jefferies was convicted March 16, 1934 for feloniously taking a $1 and $5 bills, shoes, and socks from Callie Hayes.
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State Pardons Paroles Board
Tthosé
Millance
Lauderdale
Roosevelt Shavers
Chilton
Raymond Jefferies
Morgan
Jefferies
United States of America
Callie Hayes
Flying Fortresses Collide. Eight Dead in Florida Air Collision
Two Flying Fortresses from Drew Field collided north of Brooksville, Florida. Eight airmen were killed, ten slightly injured, and two still missing. Mentioned dead include 2nd Lt. Ernest B. Rockwell, 22, son of Mrs Anna Mae Rockwell of Selma Alabama.
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Tampa
Fla
Drew Field
Brooksville
Ernest B. Rockwell
Anna Mae S. Rockwell
Lauderdale Street
Selma
Ala
Allied Bombers Fire On German Targets In Massive Air War
About 2,500 American planes and 800 fighters attacked Germany from the West and South with raids on Regensburg Schweinfurt and targets near Berlin. Italy based planes struck Brux in Sudetenland while RAF night raids hit rail yards and oil plants, with 31 bombers lost.
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London
Germany
Regensberg
Schweinfurt
Italy
Berlin
Britain
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Brux
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Prague
Czech
France
Belgium
Courtrai
Normandy
Homberg
Bottrop-Welheim
Ruhr
Hamburg
Paris
River
Yugoslavia
Regensburg
Munich
Reich
Premierial race in Japan centers on Koiso Yonai cabinet
The Domei dispatch indicates Emperor Hirohito ordered Koiso and Yonai to form a new cabinet with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association pledging support. It is implied only one will be the No 1 post as they prepare a joint government lineup to be submitted to the Emperor.
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Associated Press
Guam
Domei
Hirohito
Demiers
Gen
Hideki Tojo
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japan's Fascist Party
Kuniaki Koiso
Adiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Soviet Offensives Push Deep Into Poland and East Prussia
Soviet forces advanced 60 miles along the Bug river from Captured Opalin to Sokal and neared Lublin. Red Army gains threatened Brest Litovsk and Lublin rail hubs, with Korbee Kobryn and other towns reportedly cleared. Moscow communique claims nearly 900 towns and villages captured as Stalin’s drive west of Kowel presses Warsaw front.
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Rawa Ruska
Lwow
Bug
Opalin
Sokal
Red Army
Brest Litovsk
Lublin
Warsaw
Korbee Kobryn
East Prussia
Stalin
Kowel
Niemen
Moscow
Carrier Task Force Rains Aerial Bombardment Across Marianas
Nimitz reported Guam sustained heavy damage from coordinated air and sea bombardment as carrier planes dropped over 800 tons of explosives on Guam and Rota. Saipan burials reached 19 793 enemy. Truk was bombed without loss while MacArthur’s British New Guinea forces push back a 45 000 strong Japanese breakout attempt west of Wewak.
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Gilberts
Marshalls
Saipan
Marc A. Mitscher
Truk
Marianas
Nimitz
Guam
Rota
Oracah
Tinian
Carolines
Southwest
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
British New Guinea
Wewak
Germans Hold Small Positions Along Antifasseto Canal Near Livorno
Allied engineers report German machinegun positions on the north side of the Antifasseto canal, two and a half miles north of Livorno and six miles south of Pisa. They found 16 ships sunk at Livorno harbor approaches, with quays demolished, cranes wrecked, warehouses destroyed, and bridge approaches knocked out.
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Empoli
Antifasseto Canal
Livorno
Pisa
Allied Air War Intensifies Over Europe and France
Nazi flying bombs pounded Southern England as regular planes joined the attack. Night Mosquito raids hit highway convoys north of Paris and a Seine crossing south of the capital. Germans claimed heavy air battles over Germany Belgium and Holland and said 37 Allied bombers were shot down. Nine Allied planes were lost on the Courtrai mission. American long range bombers and fighters flew over 2 200 sorties while the expeditionary air force logged 3 200 larger portions on defensive patrols.
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England
Normandy
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Tremane
Carl Hubert Gibson
Richard Arlen
Mary Beth Hughes
June Havoc
Princess Theatre
Sheldon Leonard
Dick Purcell
George E. Stone
Caen
Vimont
Ernieville
Frenouville
Verrierres
St. Andre-Sur- Orne
Verrieres
Evrecy
Nevers
Monts
Noyers
Villers-Bocage
Montgomery
Rommel
Orne
St. Lo- Bayeux Road
St. Lo
Omar N. Bradley
Dixie
Nomberg
Hamberg
RAF
Air Ministry
NIPS
Stary
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