Robots Again Over Britain
London July 27 P After a 12 hour lull German flying bombs hit Britain again causing new damage and casualties. Several people were killed and injured when a bomb struck a residential district wrecking houses. An area of empty houses was destroyed. Britons wonder if new terror weapons will be used. Goebbels warned in a veiled speech. V-1 is the only weapon in action.
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London
Kern
England
Paul Joseph Goebbels
LACEYS SPRING NEWS HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE MEDAL RECIPIENTS AND VISITS
Augusta Winfrey hosts visitors as Methodist meeting shifts to Thursday. Sgt Vernon McCutcheon earns three combat medals. S Sgt Cliff Grantland returns from Italy with an arm fracture and Purple Heart. Local visits span Birmingham Tenn Falkville Lincoln Hobbs Island and Crane Hill with family news and a new baby named Stanley Anderson.
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Arr
Huntsville
R. H. Smith
Etta Hamilton
Birmingham
Augusta Winfrey
Mediterranean Air Force
Vernon McCutcheon
Mc-Cutcheon
Roy Mc-Cutcheon
Zera Lipscomb
Cliff Grantland
Italy
Memphis Hospital
Purple Heart
Salerno
J. P. Lipscomb
Johnnie Lou Hough
J. W. Maples
R. L. Moore
Hartselle
Rt. 1
Bill
Buddie Pesnell
Crane Hill
Johnie Homer
Stanley Anderson
NeSmith Area Summer Reopens and Local News Briefs
NeSmith and nearby schools have reopened for the summer session. Gordon Franklin Parker is welcomed by I and Mrs Garth Parker. Hill Carpenter returns to Knoxville after visiting family here. Allen Parker of Paris and son Ruel of St Louis visited the Parker family. Mrs J T Lemay is home while husband serves overseas. A Woll Springs Church of Christ revival drew attendees last week. A community group picnic included Lyndon Jeffreys and many local families. Mrs Myrtle Randolph injured her hand Saturday. Cooledge Jeffreys of St Joseph Tennessee visits his brother My and Mrs Travis Jesus.
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Woll Springs Church of Christ
Group
Young Follier
Lyndon Jeffreys
Woodie Reed
Travis Jeffreys
Sarah Kidd
Neline Carpenter
Berta Masterson
Wheeler
J. D. Kidd
Carl Mardis
Glenn
Mabel Campbell
Doil Parker
Myrtle Randolph
Cooledge Jeffreys
St. Joseph
Tennessee
Travis Jesus
Local Family Visits and Military News From Caddo
Mr and Mrs Otto Carroll and daughter Jean of Decatur visited Mr and Mrs Ellis Standridge and family Sunday. Mrs Opal Speagle of Huntsville spent the weekend here with Pais Faia Lee Standridge. Miss Audrey Jenkins and Vernon Jenkins spent Friday night with Mr and Mrs O R Lancaster. Rev and Mrs Jake Clardy and son J W of near Courtland visited his daughter. Pfe William Lancaster left Friday for Fort Leonard Wood after furlough with his parents. Several are attending singing school at Bethlehem this week.
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Otto Carroll
Jean
Decatur
Ellis Standridge
Opal Speagle
Huntsville
Pais Faia
Lee Standrid
Ridge Spen
Fannie Mae Hames
Clifford Sims
Birmingham
B. D. Sparks
Pte
Delmer Sparks
France
Audrey Jenkins
Vernon-Jenkins
O. R. Lancaster
Jake Clardy
J. W
Near Courtland
Willie Hitt
Ross Lancaster
Jim Jenkins
Harold B. Jenkins
Rome
Bethlehem
Pfe
William Lancaster
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
R. Lancaster
Rev B F Turrentine Honored On 69th Birthday Dinner
At the home of Mr and Mrs A J Legg of McKendrey Chapel a birthday dinner honored Rev B F Turrentine on his 69th birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs A J Legg Rev B F Turrentine Mr and Mrs Brooks Lindler Eva Mr and Mrs J L Bell and family Lawrence County Mr and Mrs S R Long and son Falkville Mr and Mrs R A Walker near Hartselle Mr and Mrs Travis Legg and family McKendrey Chapel Grady Legg and daughter Marle and Mrs Melvin Legg Danville Afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Luke Reeder and Mr and Mrs Jessie Botley.
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A. J. Legg
McKendrey Chapel
B. F. Turrentine
Brooks Lindler
Eva
J. L. Bell
Lawrence County
S. R. Long
Falkville
R. A. Walker
Near
Hartselle
Travis Legg
Grady Legg
Marle
Melvin Legg
Danville
Luke Reeder
Jessie Botley
Revival at Round Island Baptist Church Opens Sunday
The meeting at Round Island Baptist Church began Sunday July 23 with Rev David Homan preaching. The public is invited. Family visits and local gatherings accompany the event as community members attend dinners and socialize with neighbors across Limestone County.
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Round Island Baptist Church
David
Homan
Wilburn Evans
Marion Butner
Mulbery
Fla
Walter Vaughn
Evelyn Zehner
Jefferson Hospital
Clifford Zehner
Charlie Jones
Aaron Jones
Richard W. Evans
Richard Grubbs
John Evans
Fred Halbrooks
James Glaze
Cal McClung
Oakdale
Frank McClung
Winton 4-H Club Meets in July
The Winton 4-H club met July 22 with seven members present. Members work on poultry corn peanuts cotton and sweet potatoes. The next meeting will be at Edith Nails home on August 12 led by Mrs. Fannie Bennett and Edith Nails with Miss Erien Rowe as home agent.
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Winton 4-H Club
Edit. Nails
Fannie Bennett
Edith Nails
Erien Rowe
Ome
Boy seeks half fare ticket at Hutchinson bus station
A boy aged eleven asked for a half fare ticket to Wichita. The clerk refused, saying half fares require an adult and the boy might get lost in Wichita, noting he has lived in the area for 13 years. The report then shifts to a unrelated line about metal mining in many counties.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Wichita
Harry Glenn Hunter Enlists in Maritime Service
Harry Glenn Hunter son of Mrs. Mayme Hunter of 614 Peconda is enrolled at the States Maritime Service Penis Station in St. Petersburg Florida. He was a shipfitter before enlistment.
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Harry Glenn Hunter
Mayme Hunter
The
States Maritime Service
St. Petersburg
Fla
Maritime Service
Polish Unity Drive Aims at Moscow Talks
The Polish government in exile approved paying Premier Mikolajczyk to travel to Moscow for talks with Stalin as Britain seeks a compromise between Polish factions. London Poles and the Polish Committee of Liberation may be nearing a settlement on governing Polish territories held by the Red Army. The Daily Worker urged Polish democrats to help rebuild a strong Poland if Mikolajczyk and his followers sever ties with the reactionary group around him. Some unity is emerging in the Polish armed forces.
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London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Stalin
Red Army
London Daily Worker
Poland
Mikolajczyk
Vinegar Fails Against Poultry Coccidiosis, Officials Warn
Auburn reports the Agricultural Research Administration found vinegar solution ineffective against coccidiosis in poultry. The official announcement states the method is valueless and may be harmful.
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Auburn
Ala
Agricultural Research Administration
City center bars Dewey photo from Roosevelt display
The Chicago Service Men's Center will not hang a 6 by 8 photograph of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey during the campaign. Mayor Edward J. Kelly and center officials say they do not permit political images in the centers. Roosevelt’s portrait remains on display, with the center’s director noting it will hang a Dewey portrait only if he becomes president.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Service Men’s Center
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Daniel L. Flaherty
George W. Fisher
Cook County
Dewey
Kelly
Body of Army Pvt Marion Smith recovered in Cahaba River
The body of Army Private Marion Smith erman twenty from Marvel Alabama was recovered in the Cahaba river near the spot where his seventeen year old wife Berldine had been taken from the water the day before. Sgt Joe Smelley of the state highway patrol said the couple had left the area earlier.
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Birmingham
Army
Marion Smitherman
Marvel
Ala
Cahaba River
Berldine
Joe Smelley
State Highway Patrol
Shelby County men drown at Kirby's Junction swim
A man reported two individuals went fishing and swam at Kirby's Junction in Shelby County and apparently drowned that afternoon. He said there were no witnesses to the incident.
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Kirby's Junction
Shelby County
Rising bus costs worry Alabama school boards
Dr. A. R. Meadows, director of administration and finance for the Department of Education, says the increase in school bus costs troubles Alabama school boards. The report notes growing expenses impacting local districts across the state.
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Montgomery
A. R. Meadows
Department of Education
Alabama
Prices near 1941 levels in latest survey
Dr. reports that prices are cent above the 1941 level with only one manufacturer continuing chassis production. Body costs, however, have risen by a cent.
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Rev. Turrentine
Aubrey Lee Elkins
E. E. Elkins
New Guinea
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Lovice Evans
Winton 4-H
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