American Subs Lost Trout Tullibee Reported Missing
The submarine Trout, famed for delivering gold and bonds from Corregidor and earning the Silver Star, is reported lost in a war patrol. The Tullibee is overdue and presumed not returned. Commander Albert H. Clark and crew are listed missing along with Brindupke and others.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Trout
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Largo
Philippine
Japguns
Albert H. Clark
Mary C. Clark
Rindo
California
Charles F. Brindupke
Annapolis
Hopewell 4-H Picnic Meeting Highlights Club Girls
Hopewell 4-H Victory club closed its annual meeting with a picnic led by Grace McDonald on July 15. Attendees included Reba Williams, Rachel Williams, Ruby McDonald, Martha Stephenson, Estelle Jones, Dorothy Jones, Billie Margaret Rogers, Emma Dell Roberson, Bobby Grayson, Doris Harris and Faye Edges. The next meeting is planned for August 19 at Reba Williams home with a canning demonstration by Mrs Bessie Smith.
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Hopewell 4-H Victory Club
Grace McDonald
Reba Williams
Rachel Williams
Ruby McDonald
Martha Stephenson
Estelle Jones
Dorothy Jones
Billie Margaret Rogers
Emma Dell Roberson
Bobby Grayson
Doris Harris
Fayedges
Warsaw's enduring fate in wars across the centuries
AP features Warsaw as a historic crossroads of conquerors. The article recounts sieges and sackings since 1550, noting Nazi bombardment in 1939 that destroyed thousands of buildings and killed tens of thousands. It frames Warsaw as a recurrent target in Eastern Europe’s conflicts.
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Warsaw
Europe
Charles Gustavus
Sweden
Charles XII
Poland
Prussia
Rotary Institute Speakers Complete Series
Decatur Rotary Club announces продолжение лекций started in 1943 with speakers including Simon Davidian on Russia's Position East and West No Yong Park on The New China in the New Pacific M P Greenwood Adams on Australia New Zealand and the Islands of the South Pacific Dr Allen D Albert on The Role of the North American Continent Dates to be announced later by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur’ Rotary Club
Simon Davidian
Russia
West
No-Yong Park
China
Pacific
M.P Greenwood-Adams
Australia
New Zealand
South Pacific
Allen D. Albert
Rotary Club
Voice of the People letter on juvenile delinquency in Decatur
A July 22 1944 letter from a Decatur reader urges more wholesome recreation for youths to curb juvenile delinquency. The writer recalls an amusement center proposal publicized previously and asks why the project was dropped and not completed.
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Muth
Decatur
Weevils Ring Across Alabama Counties Hard Hit
A Ruffin report from Alabama Polytechnic Institute shows the boll weevil infestation as the heaviest in Wilcox county at 20 percent and high in Clarke Greene and other counties. Southwest Alabama fields averaged 17.5 percent infestation, prompting calls for poison application.
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Auburn
Ala
Wilcox
Clarke
Greene
W. A. Ruffin
Alabama_ Polytechnic Institute
Green
Bibb and Lowndes
Chambers
Chilton
Crenshaw
Dallas
Butler and
Lee
Dale
Randolph
Alabama
Ruffin
Bradley Recalled by Barons After Roanoke Hit Streak
Birmingham Barons recall shortstop Gene Bradley from Roanoke in the Piedmont League. Officials expect him to report for a doubleheader tomorrow after he batted above .300 with Roanoke.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gene Bradley
Roanoke
Birmingham Barons
Typhoid cases peak in state health report
Eight typhoid fever cases were reported to the state Health Department last week, the highest weekly total since July 1943. The outbreak was centered in Dale Jefferson Bullock Henry Mobile and Montgomery counties.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Health Department
Dale
Jefferson
Bullock
Henry
Mobile
Move Toward Decatur School Dances And Youth Recreation
Local youths urge Decatur to permit school and club dances similar to Huntsville Cullman and Athens. They argue the Country Club is inconvenient and costly, calling for action by civic leaders to provide clean wholesome recreation. Signed by Jack Hughes Fred Sittason and Gerald Feild.
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Huntsville
Cullman
Athens
Decatur
Jack Hughes
Fred Sittason
Gerald Feild
Eva 4 H Club Holds July Meeting at Holmes Home
The Eva 4 H club met at Dorothy Holmes home on July 15 with refreshments. Each girl shared progress on her projects. Attendees included Doris Sue McDonald Dorothy Holmes Barbara Holmes Celene Green Corrine Hawkins Wanda Lee Holmes Levell Holmes Catherine Hawkins Marie Morgan Eunice Dobbs. Visitors were Shirley Ann McDonald and Elizabeth McDonald. The next meeting was planned for July 29 at Sue McDonald's.
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Eva 4-H
Dorothy Holmes
Doris Sue McDonald
Barbara Holmes
Célephene Green
Correne Hawkins
Wanda Lee Holmes
Levell Holmes
Catherine Hawkins
Marie Morgan
Eunice Dobbs
Shirley Ann McDonald
Elizabeth McDonald
Aece Sue McDonald's
Coal Supply Short Braces Nation For Winter
Senate fuel oil committee warns the nation will barely endure the coming winter with careful handling and mild weather plus higher coal production. It cautions there can be no rise in civilian heating oil and gasoline supplies until military needs lessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Committee On
First Allied airman lands in France after D-Day
An Allied officer recalls 2d Lt William H. Boughton as the first airman to land in Allied held France after D-Day. The letter from Flight Officer Francis E. Abt details Boughton running out of gas on a beachhead strip and describes squadron life with the Ninth Air Force.
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France
William H. Boughton
Courtland Army Air Field
Vincent J. Whibbs
CAAF
Francis E. Abt
Leonard R. Bennett
Whibbs
Courtland
Bougton
Abt
Boughton
Naw
York Sun
Ninth Air Force
South American Boa Constrictor Noted as Largest Snake
The boa constrictor of South America is described as the largest snake. It is recognized for its impressive length and mass among serpents in the region and beyond.
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South America
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Wallace Decatur
Voice OF the People
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Royal Canadian Air Force
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Lions Club
Tennessee Valley Horse Show
Benson
Decatur Lions Club Light Conservation Fund
Tennessee
Lions Club Horse Show
Morgan County National Bank
Decatur, Ala
White Way Pure Milk Co
Morgan County
Alabama Flour Mills
Arrow Provisions, Inc
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Robert T. Harris
Decatur Iron & Steel Co
Southern Airways
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