Soldier Is Given Honor at a Family Home Dinner
Pvt Robert McCleekey home on furlough from Florence South Carolina honored at a dinner and watermelon cutting Sunday. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Walter Rysn Harvie Rhodes and many relatives from Decatur Austinville and nearby towns. Tommie Hill returned from Alaska. others visiting from Oklahoma.
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Robert McCleekey
Florence
South Carolina
Walter Rysn
Ron
Harvie Rhodes
Paul Washburn
Hebron Ryan
Hubert Jane
L. W. Jones
Filbert Kitchens
Dereatur
Claburn Pike
Melvin Lake
Austinville
Anna Kitchens
Maudie McCleskey
Charles Hill
Lillie Mae Mill
Mae Hill
Lucille Hill
Cpl
Tommie Hill
Alaska
Jim Hill
Yanks Press Tinian Link as Pacific Battles Intensify
United States forces push inland on Tinian as marine units secure a long airstrip segment. Allied command reports heavy bombardment and air attacks on Caroline islands including Yap and Palau while Japanese defenses near Wewak and Shimushu face renewed pressure from MacArthur and Nimitz theaters.
Vinson to Review Tobacco Situation
Washington July 25 Vinson director of the Office of Economic Stabilization agreed to review the entire tobacco situation with regard to fuel cured tobacco price ceilings to decide if growers demand for a cent a pound increase could be granted A congressional group aiding growers and Warehousemen pressured Vinson and he arranged a conference with James F Brownlee deputy price administrator and promised a decision as soon as possible Growers and Warehousemen threatened to keep markets in five states closed unless ceilings were raised.
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Washington
A Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
Rep. Cooley
D-N. C
Vinson
James F Brownlee
Markets show tentative gains amid rails and metals rallies
New York stocks rose modestly as rails steels and models led upturn with a technical correction after a prior drop. Transfers totaled around 800000 shares, one of the smallest full-session volumes in two months amid European conflict uncertainty. Cotton futures eased on liquidation and hedging, with late prices down 20 cents a bale and broad term shifts from near to distant months.
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New York
N. Y
Butter and Eggs Market Report Chicago July 28
Butter receipts reach 651 406 with market unchanged while eggs receipts total 11 007 and unsettled as market remains steady in Chicago.
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Chicago
Grain Prices and Wheat Trading Report
Chicago July wheat prices listed with No 1 hard at 3.80 to 3.90 per bushel and No 2 hard from 1.57 to 1.66 with a 1 4 fraction. No 1 dark hard quoted at 1.59.
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Chicago
Allied Montgomery launches focused Normandy drive near Caen
Allied forces blow through hedgerows toward Caen in a renewed push from Caen to Falaise with Montgomer y claiming limited objectives. Air force supports with heavy bombers, Stirling raids hit Stuttgart and Berlin as RAF daylight and night missions continue across Western France and Germany.
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Montgomery
Vimont
Paris
Falaine
la Hogue Wood
Caen
Troarn
le Havre
Falaise
Rommel
Supreme Headquarters Wa
Caen-Walalee
Orne
Dives Vedalg
Emileville
Frenouville
Weert
Mourguebus
St. Martin du Fontenay
Northweat
Crifé-bank
Btavaux
Greatest four engined bomber fleet hits Germans in Normandy
More than 1,500 U S heavy bombers and an equal number of fighters attacked German positions in the Western Normandy sector to clear the way for Lt Gen Omar Bradley's offensive. The massive air armada aimed to support the Orne river drive and disrupt defenses ahead of the ground operation.
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Normandy
RAF
Stuttgart
Berlin
NAF
Frankfurt
Aachen
France
English Channel
First Army
Easinat
Leasay-Periers-St. Loune
la Hogue Wood
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne River
Reich
Donges
St. Nazaire
Kiel
Rhone
MAAF
Ity
Yugoslavia
London
U. S&s
Normandy Front
Omar N. Bradley
Ans
Caeh
Orne
Sup
Nashville Livestock Market Report July 25 Trade Mixed
Nashville cattle and hog market opened moderately active with steady to higher prices for beef cattle and calves, while stockers and feeders were slow. Hogs gained 50 cents to 1.75 dollars per hundredweight with demand for various weights. sheep and lamb offerings remained steady with Cull ewes and slaughter ewes decreasing.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Tide completes grid schedule at Alabama
Tuscaloosa July 25 4 coach Frank Thomas announces an eight game Tide schedule for the season. Six SEC foes are listed along with two renewals of old rivalries LSU in Baton Rouge and Mississippi in 1933 style matchups. Mississippi State in Tuscaloosa and a Homecoming are noted with dates and cities.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Frank Thomas
University of Alabama
Tide
LSU
Baton Rouge
University of Migsiaaio
Howard College
Birmingham
Millenpe College
Tuscaloose
Tennessee
Knoxville
Kentucky
Montgomery
Georgia
Navy
University of Mississippi
Mobile
Minsissippi State
Robert H York Promoted to Full Colonel in France
Robert M. York of Martaelle has been made a full colonel in France, per advices received by Postmaster and Mrs. John Cooper, with whom he resides. He is a Morgan County high school and West Point class of 1938 graduate.
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Robert MW. York
Martaelle
France
John Cooper
Morgan County High School
West Point
Roosevelt Nominated Again by Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Chairman Robert K. Pannegan said Roosevelt would be notified of his nomination for a fourth time by the Democratic National Convention upon his return to the White House.
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Chicago
Robert K. Pannegan
Roosevelt
White House
Officials to Hold Parley in Memphis South on Labor and Voting
Florida Attorney General J. Tom Watron heads the Southern region meeting of 13 state AGs in Memphis on Sept. Topics include the Negro voting question labor relations between states and unions federal lands taxes on lands held by agencies interstate rail rates in the South and the regulation of insurance companies by states. Also noted is the Supreme Court ruling on insurance company regulation and the regional group comprising Florida Virginia Oklahoma North Carolina South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama Arkansas Kentucky Louisiana and Tennessee.
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J. Tom Watron
Fiorida
Whotman
National Association of Attorneys General
Atstes
South
United States Supreme Court
Association
Florida
Virginia
Oklahoma
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
George
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Russians Press West as Poland Liberates Towns and Forces Yield
Soviet forces push toward the Wisla as Red Army groups advance 90 miles of corridor between Lake Peipus and the Baltic. The fall of Lublin is announced, with German losses tallying 539,890 killed or captured since June. Poland’s National Committee forms in liberated towns while Polish army units fight alongside Soviets near War saw.
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Reda
Narva
Lake Peipus
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Tallinn
Russia
Hitler
Wisla
Stalin
Baltic
Carpathian Mountains
Brody
Lwow
Marshal Konev
Rokosnovaky
Five Negroes Denied Vote in South Carolina Primary
Five Negroes were barred from voting in the South Carolina white Democratic party primary for U S senate and state offices. Officials said their names were not on the books after a county purge. NAACP leaders planned a federal court test case to challenge the restriction.
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Columbaia
8. C
United States Senate
EB. A. Adama
Neproes
Ward Seven
Mra
Fate Of Hungarian Jews In Doubt Yet
London reports on 25 July that the fate of about 500000 Jews in Hungary rests on Regent Horthy actions. Interventions by Vatican and international bodies were noted to halt handing Jews to German control amid warnings of intensified anti semitism.
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A. L Goldberg
London
Hungary
Nicholas
Murthy
Vatican
Horthy
Archbishop of Canterbury
Anthony Eden
Commona
Moonshiner Hits Huntaville Arsenal 50 Gallon Still Found
Investigators Lamon and Merce of the ATU chase a moonshiner at the Huntaville arsenal after a 50 gallon still was discovered near the Fant boundary line. Army intelligence and WAC photographer Conégham assist as officials wrestle with internal revenue law to determine seizure and sale of distilling equipment.
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W. 8S. Lamon
J.B. Merce
ATU
Huntaville
Army Intelligence
United States Army
Fant
Lamon
Pierce
Tives
Olice
Jacqueline Conégham
WAC
Rte
Ordnance keeps the war machine moving at the front
A national army correspondent explains the ordnance branch, its tough working conditions, and the crucial role of repair and supply units. He notes high casualty rates only for bomb disposal and recovery teams, while general ordnance units back at the rear rebuild, salvage, and return equipment to support frontline troops. He previews future columns touring repair depots and companies.
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Devision
Germany reshapes command as Nazi salute replaces regular salute
A Reich frontier report says only Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck from a high opposition committee was captured and executed. An order substituted the Nazi Heil Hitler salute for the regular salute signaling army subordination to the Nazi party. Reports also note replacement of eastern front commanders with SS men and hints of political generals for Russia and the Baltic fronts. No civilian mass uprisings were seen, suggesting military driven opposition.
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Presa
Reich
Ludwig Beck
Germany
Hitler
Absie
London
Berchtesgaden
NBC
Eastern
Burch
Lindemann
Baltic States
London Daily Mail
Fall of Lublin Amid German Terror Strikes Jewish Community
Report describes the fall of Lublin after a street battle near Warsaw and Moscow aligned forces, noting German anti-Semitic terror. It recalls the city’s prewar population of 115000 with 30 percent Jewish residents and mentions the Soviet and Polish national anthems.
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Lublin
Warsaw
Moscow
SY “Silvoe
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND A CRYPTOQUOTE QUOTE
The page lists across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial word hints and ends with a cryptoquote quotation, Yesterday's puzzle answer and Montesquieu quote attributed to King Features Syndicate.
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Montesquieu
Dy King Features Syndicate
Chairman of GOP Attacks Roosevelt Over Chicago Conference
Herbert Brownell Jr, GOP national chairman, accuses President Roosevelt of wartime secrecy about a Chicago conference with a high Democratic leader. He does not name the leader. The dispute follows Roosevelt's nominating speech from a Pacific coast naval base as Robert E. Hannegan, Democratic chairman, rode the President's special train five days earlier.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Roosevelt
Chicago
West
Brownell
Pacific Coast
Robert E. Hannegan
Barons Make Changes In Front Office Moves
The Birmingham Barons announce transactions including selling outfielder John Stowe to the Mobile Bears. They sign catcher William Munt a free agent who played with Concord in the North Carolina State League in 104.
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Barons
Birmingham
Birmingham Barons
John Stowe
Mobile Bears
Forrest William Munt
Concord
Admirals King and Halsey Comment on Japan War
Admiral King said Japan will continue to wage war with full power despite cabinet changes and may shift to a more defensive or aggressive stance. Admiral Halsey described Japanese fighters as relentless, stating the U S will exterminate them if they choose to die for the emperor.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
Japan
King
William F. Halsey Jr
Third Fleet
Pacific
Forrental
Halsey
South Pacific
Russians Press East Front as Germans Retreat Toward Visla Line
The war report notes German forces pulling back before Red armies, aiming for a new defensive line along the Visla near Warsaw. Russians rely on motor transport and large cavalry contingents to drive the advance while extended supply lines risk bottlenecks.
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Pellmell
Visla
Vistula
Warsaw
Wisla
Pacific and Asian Fronts See Heavy Combat Across Islands
U S Marines push inland on Tintinin Mae rians island near Saipan to seize a third of the airfield while fighting on Guam near Agana saps airstrip approaches. Casualties reach 348 killed 110 missing 1 500 wounded. Gen MacArthur reports new Japanese presses near Attape and Hengyeng as Chinese forces push along the Burma road and Liangjiang hinges key rail lines in Yunnan and central front.
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Carolines
Nimitz
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Caroline Islands
Yap
Palau
Wales
Ponape
Shimushu
Kuriles
British New Guinea
Wewak
Aitape
MacArthur
Janese
Jong Tinian
Guam
Saipan
Nimity
First Provisional Marine Brigade
77Th Infantry Division
Ohe Peninsula
Port Apra
Tintin
Maerianas
Saiepan
U. S
Arry
Tiniin
Agana
Ita
Orote
Attape
Arcve Kent
Hengyeng
Canton-Hankow
Hongyang
Liangjiang
Yunnan
Burma
Taxi Driver Drowns In Alabama River
Police identified 41 year old taxi driver Jack Freeman as the drowning victim in Montgomery Alabama. Freeman slipped while wading in the river and did not come up as crews dragged the Alabama river for his body.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jack Freeman
Alabama
Here
T. H. Goins
Freeman
Secret meeting dubbed misuse of wartime regulation
Brownell at a press conference condemned a secret gathering as a partisan abuse of wartime regulation. He said it obscured public view and misuses authority during the period.
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Chicago
Brownell
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