Morgan County News Briefs Selections From Local Events
Weather outlook lists partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers and temperatures from 73 to 92. Local cinema schedules Shine On Harvest Moon at the Princess The Lodger at the Roxy and The Chance Of A Lifetime at the Capitol. News from service members includes Crutchfield family reports son’s safe landing in San Francisco and upcoming transfer to Alabama. Kiwanis and Fairview Baptist Church activities noted along with Bible readings. Local students and officials cited, including aviation student Al Jones at Shaw Field and Congressman Sparkman speaking at the Decatur Kiwanis. Community notices cover mail and hospital postings, certificates, and local law updates.
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The
Princess
Roxy
Capitol
Mobilization Of All Europe Aim of Nazis
Adolf Hitler plans a general mobilization of all manpower in Europe under German control to defend Nazism. Goebbels to address the nation on total mobilization. Himmler leads a purge of rebellious officers. reports speak of SS clashes and widespread German military plans across occupied territories.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Madrid
Foreign Office
Germany
Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministerial Council For Defense of
Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Barcelona
Spain
Brussels
Paris
Vichy
Milan
United Nations
Soldier John M Sparks Killed in Action in France
The War Department reports Pfc. John M. Sparks, previously missing in action, is now confirmed killed in action on June 12 in France. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L A Sparks of Hillsboro.
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John M. Sparks
War Department
Pfc
France
Pfc. Sparks
L. A. Sparks
Hillsboro 3
Yanks Tighten Grip on Guam Amid Coastal Advance
U S Pacific Fleet reports Marines and Army at Port Apra junction on Guam with heavy bombardment and sea fires as Nipponese forces retreat or fall back. AP correspondent notes smoke over Agat and a looming push from the Orote peninsula toward the harbor defenses.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Port Apra
al Cocking
Associated Press
Orote
Sumay Naval Base
Hitler moves to total war mobilization across Reich and occupied lands
The column reports Hitler declaring total mobilization to crush Allied resistance. He consolidates power in Goering Goebbels and Himmler to direct all life toward war.
Rain Needed in the Valley Lifts North Alabama Drought
North Alabama faces worsening drought with increasingly severe conditions in many districts. Cotton could benefit from showers while corn sweet potatoes cane pastures and gardens suffer for moisture. Overall state crops show favorable conditions except the drought front in northern counties. peaches and fruits remain abundant despite heat.
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Montgomery
Ala
North
Alabama
E. D. Emigh
Emigh
Gadsden
Huntsville
Prisoner of War Shot by Guard Kills Italian Soldier
War Department reports an Italian prisoner of war named Casto Carloni was killed by a guard at a POW camp near Roll and Wellton Arizona after prisoners refused to work. Two inmates charged a guard. after warnings failed, a shot was fired killing Carloni Casto, while the other escaped back into the enclosure amid an investigation.
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Washington
War Department
Carloni Casto
Roll
Wellton
Ariz
Darloni Casto
Ship Damaged New York Fire Injures 14 at Pier
A 10,000-ton Liberty ship and a Hudson River pier were damaged by a fire that left at least 14 people slightly injured. Fire crews fought for two hours to control the blaze, which investigators suspect may have been sparked by welding torches.
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New York
Hudson River
Contro
Reds Reach Visla River As Lwow Encircled By Cossacks
Russian forces punched to the east bank of the Wisla near Pulawy as U S planes support the effort. German garrison at Lwow is surrounded while other Russians push toward Warsaw and Przemysl with Baltic and Ukrainian army groups.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Visla
Vistula
U. S
Lwow
Wisla
Pulawy
Warsaw
Berlin
German Silesia
15Th Air Force
Russia
Kiev
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Stanislawow
Carpathians
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Ivan Bagramian
Daugavpils
Dwinsk
Latvia
Riga
Baltic
George Lindemann
East Prussia
Lipsk
Suwalki
Poland
Junkers
Radom
Krakow
Europe
Maud
Bug River
Ivan Dnev
Przemysl
Silesia
Carpathian Range
Two management changes at Decatur shipyards
Two changes were made in Decatur shipyards. Victor DeBree was named manager of the Decatur Iron and Steel Company shipbuilding division, replacing Robert T. Harris who resigned to focus on his Jeffersonville welding and shipfitting business. Arthur S. Anderson of Chicago became business manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding yards, while Robert C. Palmer acts in the position yet to be filled.
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Decatur
Ictor DeBree
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur Iron & Steel Company
Robert T. Harris
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Harris
Arthur S. Anderson
Chicago
Ingalls Shipbuilding Yards
Mr. Anderson
Robert C. Palmer
Allied Armor Breaks German Lines Near St Lo in France
U S tanks led a major breakthrough four miles deep into the first German defense west of St Lo with infantry aboard, advancing toward Marigny and La Chapelle En Juger as British Canadian forces push below Caen. German armor and flames clashed in Marigny and Verrieres while Rommel hurled forces at Allied positions.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
France
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Lo-Periers
Coutances
la Chapelle-En-Juger
Caen
May-Sur-Orne
Tilly- La-Campagne
Verrieres
Lance
St. Gilles
St. Loon
Gereman
Omar N. Bradley
Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Tilly-La-Campagne
Attac
Two Men Face Day Charges in Prohibition Case
Hugo Wright was released on a 300 dollar bond after arrest Tuesday afternoon for violating the prohibition law. The charges stem from a habeas corpus hearing in State of Alabama versus Madison Outlaw, where a check for 25 dollars with insufficient funds prompted suspicion it funded whiskey rather than gasoline. A second warrant charged both men with violation of the prohibition law. Outlaw remained jailed on a 300 dollar bond.
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Hugo Wright
Morgan County
Wright
State of Alabama
Madison
Outlaw
James Crowe
Ben Britnell
Tobacco plea refused by Vinson in leaf ceiling dispute
Washington reported that Fred M. Vinson, Director of Economic Stabilization, told flue cured tobacco growers and warehousemen he could not grant their request for a two cent increase in leaf tobacco ceiling prices announced last week.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Air collision kills Lt. Gerald Fierstein in training mishap
Montgomery reports the first fatal plane accident at Gunter Field since last November. Lt. Gerald M. Fierstein of New York City, 24, died when two training planes collided. Cadet Judson C. Follett, 20, of Los Angeles, parachuted to safety.
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Montgomery
Gunter Field
Gerald M. Fierstein
New York City
Judson C. Follett
Los Angeles
Pisa Front Shaken as Allies Press on Southern Arno
Allied forces extended their gains along a 30 mile front toward Florence as eighth army reached near La Casine and fifth army solidified land south of the Arno. Patrols near San Miniato and San Romano eliminated last enemy snipers while Caprona faced heavy American artillery.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Pisa
Arno River
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
la Cascine
San Miniato
San Romano
Caprona
Hermann Goering
Linz
Austria
Ordnance mobile maintenance company in Normandy pasture
From Normandy, Ernie Pyle describes a mobile maintenance company that repairs jeeps and light arms stationed along hedgerows. The unit landed on D-Day plus 2, faced shelling, but kept a disciplined, camouflaged workshop with 200 men, six mechanic teams, and daily bustle in a hedge-lined pasture.
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Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Ordnance Branch
Poriage
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Joe Crutchfield
Belle Mina
San Francisco
Kiwanis Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
al Jones
Arthur Jones
Shaw Field
S. C
C. A. Doyle
Blountsville
Pvt
Don C. Doyle
England
Edgar Asherbranner
Julia
Luke Roberts
Nina
Betty
Maryville
Tenn
Homer Boger
Hartselle
Fairview Baptist Church
David
Allen Gibson
D. D. Gibson
Decatur Kiwanis Club
John Sparkman
Sparkman
William F. Hoover
Barracks 2
Usmsts
Sheepheads Bay
Brooklyn
N. C
Earl D. Sims
Ozelle Alexander
Tech
Earl . Sims
Quantico, Va
Fredericksburg
Paul H. Summers
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Euel Thompson
J. F. Kalasek
Lonnie McDaniel
J. W. McDaniel
East Moulton Street
Keesler Field
Miss
Marjorie White
George M. Wells
Cpl
George M
Red” Wells
Orange
S. O. Maner
Mr. Maner
Emma Houston
Myrtle Blackwell
Myrtle Taylor
Melvin Williams
Leon Chunn
Vivian Hardageé
Valdermosa
J. W. Cunningham
OPA
J. E. Holmes
Birmingham
Rent Division
Raymond Lindley
Elmer Storey
A A Ae
Elree Pierce
Quicxie
By Ken Reynolds
Johnny
Daily Want
Decatur Daily
Stephen Decatur
ASSOC
I. S
SI Viets
Spokane
Wash
John R. Henry
Agat
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Reich Marshall
Himmler
Bea
Neas
All Who
Lnow
Trepres
Falaise
Caen-Falaise
Tilly
Maltot
Troarn
Iica
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