Call Women to Aid Nazis Denounced at Berlin War Effort
The Reuters sourced dispatch reports Goebbels issuing two total war orders banning vacations for women workers and ordering front line troops to perform manual labor. A Stockholm Dagens Nyheter account quotes Hans Schwarz Van Berk arguing women and children must toil as war intensifies. It cites comparisons to Leningrad and English and American wartime women contributing to arms production.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
Todt Labor Organization
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Das Reich
Goebbels
Hans Schwarz van Berk
Leningrad
East Prussia
Normandy Air War Update: Allied Bombers Press Offensive
Allied air units conducted thousands of sorties across the battlefront as German fighter opposition grows. British based American heavy bombers continued the week long offensive while Mosquito squadrons hit Stuttgart and Sylt. German robo attacks on London diminished after losses and anti aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
St. Lo
Normandy
Stuttgart
Sylt
Night air raid and riverfront fighting in Italy report
Allied forces repelled German mine planting attempts along the Arno and shelled enemy positions on the North bank. The German air force conducted a rare nighttime mission over the Fifth Army area dropping flares and bombs with limited impact. In the Eighth Army sector gains were modest while Apnelli, east of Florence, remained enemy free. Tiber valley forces captured Citerna, near Sansepolcro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arno
Fifth Army
Crawes
Eighth Army
Markets At A Glance New York and Chicago Summary
New York markets show favorable foreign developments and rising repossessions. cotton declines 55 to 60 cents a bale amid liquidation. Chicago wheat remains near steady with hedging and mill buying. rye firm and hogs slow. Cattle trend 25 cents lower. top prices reach 16.00 with varied shifts across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission House
Chicago
Butter Eggs Market Report From Chicago
Butter receipts total 370 900 with market unchanged. Egg receipts 13 139 with market unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report July 28
Cattle market notes show a nominally steady weekend cleanup trade for odds and ends. Low grade steers and heifers, cows, and bulls weakly sold with cutters to medium light slaughter stock down to 5.50 and below for yearlings. Some lighter weight cattle observed in the mix.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Wreckers of Normandy Evoke Quiet Courage in War Column
A war diary from an ordnance evacuation company details their gritty task of retrieving crippled tanks and guns in Normandy. The piece notes low casualties, a mysterious quartet of wounded drivers, and gritty humor amid harsh French roads. Corporal Grover Anderson and driver Dallas Hudgens are highlighted, with reflections on convoy delays and the odd comforts found in tents and feather beds.
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Normandy
Ordnance
Ordnance Branch
England
France
Sergeant Jones
Big Wreckers
Dallas Hudgens
Stonewill
Anderson
The Diesel Boys of M-19 Move Through Camouflage Margins
A sergeant guides the author through M-19s The Diesel Boys, a unit with a giant truck and skeleton trailer. Soldiers rest under camouflage nets in sparse fields while noting workers back home at Owen Corning Fiber Glass Co. in Newark Ohio and other hometowns. Movers linger near a crashed transport plane as memories tighten.
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Sergt
Milton Radcliff
12Th St
Newark
Owen Corning Fiberglas Co
Adcliff
Vann Jones
Princeton Ave
Birmingham
Ala
Nurse Tells Of Own Relief By Retonga
Prominent among grateful endorsements for Retonga are nurses led by Mrs Vesta Hart of Atlanta Georgia. She cites fifteen years in nursing and three years of digestive distress and nervousness relieved by Retonga claiming better health and sleep. The medicine is linked to Vitamin B-1 deficiency relief and is available at Caddell Drug.
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Vesta Hart
Delaware Ave
N. E
Atlanita
Caddell Drug
Solons See Early Peace
Washington July 28. House Democratic leader Rep McCormack from Boston warns against hopeful chatter of an early German collapse. He says political leaders should not engender peace expectations and must renew resolve to press the war to victory. He notes Senator Van denburg predicts no early peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hyndman
Washington
Germany
Congress
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
House
Boston
Vandenburg
R-Mich
Exhibition horses arrive for Decatur Lions event
Vans bring horses to Benson Field for a Decatur Lions Club Tennessee Valley Horse Show to benefit sight conservation. Spectators pour in as grooms polish entries and trunks unload. H R Sherrow says the show starts at 7 30 with box seat help from McMasters aides and entry checks by Bailey and Anderson. Dr Ray Ashwander serves as veterinarian.Sam Wheat and Sherrow urge public cooperation for a successful night.
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Decatur
Benson Field
Decatur Lions Club
Tennessee Valley
H. R. Sherrow
Robert A. McMasters
Gene Bailey
Bobby Anderson
Ray Ashwander
H--R.sherrow
Sam Wheat
Germans Triumph In Baltic Rail Lockdown Front Collapse
German forces inflicted a crushing setback as 1,632 towns fell to eight Soviet army groups across a 1,000 mile front from the Gulf of Finland to the Carpathians. Russians pushed toward Konigsberg and Baltiysk while Moscow reported trains destroyed in Tilsit and battles around Daugavpils Bialystok and Siedlce. Casualty tallies cited 580,000 German dead or captured this week and London warned sieges could exceed 50,000 as the German blitzkrieg failed to sustain momentum.
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East Prussia
Tilsit
Baltic
Memel
Konigsberg
Moscow
Daugavpils
Latvia
Bialystok
Warsaw
Poland
Stanislawow
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Carpathian
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czecho- Slovakia
Drohobycz- Boryslaw
Rezekne
Garwolin
Siedlce
Germany
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Carpathians
Reich
London
Beaten Germans Fleeing In Poland
Moscow reports a large push by Soviet forces near Warsaw with Cossacks and tanks crossing grain fields. The Red Army claims to rout Nazi defenses across the Baltic states and advance toward East Prussia and Hungary, claiming several enemy bastions fallen.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Red Army
Baltic
East Prussia
Germany
Carpathian
Hungary
Lwow
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Rezekne
Siauliai
Stanislawow
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Garwolin
Vistula River
Beef Rationing to Continue Through August
Washington reports there will be no ration-free beef steaks or roasts for a couple of weeks at least. The Office of Price Administration kept current ration point values on all meats and dairy products until at least August 13. Earlier orders had aimed to end beef rationing by August 1, but protests delayed the move.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
OPA
Doleful Words From German Soldier Captured in France
In New York on July 28 the phrase Blessed are those who retreat appeared in a German soldier’s notebook. The note was captured in France and heard on a British radio broadcast by OWI monitors today.
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New York
France
OWI
Local News Briefs From Decatur and Surrounding Areas
James Edward Lewis of 1335 Fourth Avenue South was admitted to Decatur General hospital for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Borden of Decatur announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital. Various residents including Grady Parker and Luther Turner will attend a singing at the Linderman home in Moulton Heights. Other notices report births at Baugh's infirmary, an operation for Mrs. Sarah McDonald, discharge of Willoughby Goodwin from Baugh's infirmary, and a Birmingham visit by Mrs. Bill Wear, Mrs. Ellis Lane, and A. B. Lane with planned operation for Mrs. Lane.
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James Edward Lewis
Fourth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Edward Borden
Decatur 3
Grady Parker
Mrs. Wallace
Luther Turner
George Blaxton
Bev Howell
Linderman
Moulton Heights
Bill Wear
Ellis Lane
Decatur
A. B. Lane
Courtland
Birmingham
Jefferson Hospital
Lane
Americans Travel At High Rate Despite War Efforts
Washington reports July travel trends show hotels packed from Pennsylvania to Minnesota as the Office of Defense Transportation pushes a don’t travel campaign. Rail mileage for June climbs toward nine billion, with officials denying Eviction or Pullman cancellations to free berths for wounded soldiers.
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Washington
American Hotel Association
Pennsylvania
New England
Minnesota
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Association of American Railroads
Association
C. H. Buford
Europe
Buford
Two Polio Cases Suspected in County
County health officer Dr. L. R. Murphree announced two suspected polio cases. A Decatur family quarantined after their five year old son showed symptoms though no definite signs yet. A Hartselle case reported Thursday was deemed unlikely polio by Dr. Murphree.
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L. R. Murphree
Decatur
Murphree
Hartselle
Khaki Named From Hindu Word Meaning Dust Colored
The term khaki derives from a Hindu word meaning dust colored. The origin traces to its use describing fabric and uniforms. This etymology highlights how language and material culture intersect in military apparel.
Dewey Opposes Fish in New York District Race
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced opposition to Rep. Hamilton Fish in the 29th New York congressional district. He accused Fish of injecting racial and religious issues into campaigning and reiterated his past opposition to Fish. Hagerty quoted Fish’s remarks about Jews and the New Deal, drawing Dewey’s condemnation of sectarian politics.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Rep
Hamilton
Fish
New York
James C. Hagerty
Dewey
GOP
Congressman Fish
Hagerty
New York City
Fallsburgh
Kish
the Post
Yanks Push Through Normandy Pocket as German Resistance Grows
American forces widened a 100 mile Normandy line while British and Canadian units repelled German counterattacks south of Caen. Bradley’s spearheads pierced toward Notre Dame De Cenilly and Coutances, with 3,000 prisoners taken in two days as the pocket narrows and more troops stream toward the Brittany region.
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London
George S. Patton Jr
Sicily
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Bradley
Notre Dame de Cenilly
St. Lo
Coutances
LeDeshayes
Marigny
Soulles Woods
Canisy
Lessay
Periers
Soulle
Sienne
Brittany
Tessy-Sur- Vire
St Lo
Avranches
le Mesnil Herman
Countances
Caumont
Supreme Headquarters
Delano Park Daily Doings Highlights Local Events
Mrs. E A Lacour will again delight Decatur audiences this afternoon at four with chalk talks. Mrs M K et and Lauren Jones lead singing. A band concert by Decatur high school, Courtland Army Air Base, and children’s song flute band is set for Sunday at six. Captain W T Stumpf and wife are new golf enthusiasts at the park.
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E. A. Lacour
Decatur
M. K.et
Lauren Jones
Decatur High School
Courtland Army Air Base
W. T. Stumpf
Illinois
Park
Captain Ee
Court
Pacific Hero Visitor Here
Lieut. John V. Hall, a decorated Pacific hero once from Decatur, visits his grandmother at 707 Third Avenue West. He plans to return to the front soon after touring, and recalls missions with the 19th bombardment group including a Rabaul bombing run where he was shot down and survived a six week jungle trek to Port Moresby. He is here with his wife, two children, and his mother Mrs. Douglas Hall, whose husband serves as an Army colonel in Atlanta.
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John V. Hall
Decatur
Tom Ralston
Third Avenue West
Hall
19Th Bombardment Group
Colin Kelley
Pacific
Rabaul
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Douglas Hall
Atlanta
Robot bomb wrecks store in London area
Flying bombs blasted Southern England and London as a robot at lunchtime wrecked a store, toppled a bus and hurled a car into a shop. Fire broke out, firemen and rescuers labored to reach buried shopgirls and customers while bystanders mistook the robot roar for aircraft noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Allied forces advance in Normandy as fighting rages
American troops push along a 13 mile front from Caumont to the sea near St Lo and Caen. British and Canadian lines on the eastern flank hold firm despite German counterattacks. Allied fighter bombers back ground troops amid bad weather.
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Vire
St. Lo
Caumont
Normandy
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Digestive illness blamed on food at Montevallo girls college
Dr A F Harman of Alabama College for Girls reported about 40 summer students suffered stomach pains and fever since last week, blamed on possible improper meals. About 200 boarding students eat in the dining room. the infirmary teams with nurses assist. Shelby county health officials ordered food examinations after the first cases. The state run college hosts roughly 300 summer students with 50 lay students in Montevallo.
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Harman
Montevallo
College
Shelby County Health Department
Monteval- O.nt
Saving of Lot Sermon Topic
Evangelist La cour continues theme of consecration using love of husband and wife to illustrate proper attitude toward Christ. He argues no genuine unity with divided allegiance and urges repentance and return from sin. Mrs Lacour to lead service at Delano Park. meetings to conclude with Sunday preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Lacour
Lot
Lacour
Funeral Services for Mrs Caro Priest
Funeral services for 66 year old Mrs Caro Priest were held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Bald Knob cemetery with Rev Walker Bynum officiating Interment followed Mutual Service directing She is survived by her daughter Mrs Leddie Burns a grandson Gilbert Burns a granddaughter Gladys Burns a brother T T Morgan and a son in law Alfred Burns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caro Priest
Decatur 3
Bald Knob
Walker Bynum
Leddie Burns
Gilbert Burns
Gladys Burns
T. T. Morgan
Alfred Burns
Mrs Callahan Claimed By Death In Montgomery
Mrs. W. W. Callahan, longtime Decatur resident, died in Montgomery after a stroke. She had lived in the capital city for years while her husband Judge Callahan served as assistant attorney general. The body will be brought home for interment with funeral plans to be announced by Brown.
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W. W. Callahan
Decatur
Montgomery
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