Weather outlook and local notices from Huntville area
Generally fair North and Central portions with cloudy showers and thunderstorms in the far south Sunday and Monday. R. B. Ryan promoted to master sergeant serving with U. S. engineers in France. Arthur Alvin Jones Jr. returns to Shaw Field after visit home. Rotary program led by Lawson D. Son with Dennis McClendon and O. R. Jones to discuss vocations at Cornelius Court Hotel Monday noon. Various locals return from military, travel to see relatives, and church events noted among numerous short items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Lawson Davidson
Dennis McClendon
O. R. Jones
Cornelian Court Hotel
Russians Near Warsaw Press Forward in Baltic Drive
Soviet forces pushed close to Warsaw as the offensive along the road to Berlin continued. Baltic operations saw Jelgava and Kaunas under attack, with trains and rail junctions hit and rivers crossed as Red Army columns moved toward German positions east and south of the Polish capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Warsaw
Berlin
Baltic
East Bank
Gulf of Riga
Jelgava
Georg Lindemann
Riga
Estonia
Latvia
Ivan Bagramian
Zagare
Moscow
Kaunas
Karmelava
Vistula River
Germany
Deblin
Vistula
Konstantin K. Kossovsky
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
San River
Prezemysl
Jawornikpolski
Pezemysl
Karakow
Silesia
Rokossovsky
Zhlobin
White
Russia
Okossovsky
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Loss of Army transport plane with 26 aboard near North Atlantic
The War Department announced the loss of an Army C 54 transport en route from Scotland to Mitchell Field New York with 26 people aboard including 18 patients. The crash likely occurred Wednesday morning between Iceland and Newfoundland after its last contact at 1 00 A M. A large search by 150 plus planes and naval and coast guard ships is under way. Passengers included 15 Army and 3 Navy stretcher cases, a civilian crew of 5 and an Army flight nurse. The notice calls this the first casualty of its kind since the air evacuation program began after U S entry and notes 250 000 sick and wounded evacuated by air since then. The crew flew under contract to the War Department with names of several patients listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Scotland
Mitchell Field
New York
War Department
Iceland
Newfoundland
Department
Navy
Air Transport Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Coast Guard
Rogram
United Sates
Western Air
Edward Atwell
Wellsburgh
W. Va. Tech
Andrew V. Bahnken
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert C. Bowman
Green Street
LaFayette
Frank L. Cotropia
Hearne
Texas
William L. Diskin
Pittsburg
Malcolm W. Gray
Raymond
Miss
Camilo Gonzales
Kennedy
Edler W. Gosselin
Minneapolis
N. Mex
George Lavenson
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam victory and Superfortress raid
In Pearl Harbor Adm Chester W. Nimitz touts Guam conquest while a Western China Superfortress raid on Anshan hits Manchuria and Tangku. The war front notes include a dawn daylight attack, light losses, and Tokyo's cautious acknowledgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Orate Peninsula
Adm
Chester
W. Nimitz
Guam
John Grover
China
Anshan
Mukden
Manchuria
Japan
Greater East Asia
20Th Bomber Command
War Department
Tangku
Tientsin
Darien
Port Arthur
Penhsihu
Tokyo
Rommel May Be Wounded or Dead in Normandy Front
Captured Germans and a French Red Cross worker dispute Rommel’s status after air attacks near Lisieux and Falaise. Reports say he was wounded unconscious for hours, in critical condition, or died in a Bernay hospital. Allies monitor claims amid German morale shifts on the Normandy front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canisy
France
Erwin Rommel
Red Cross
Lisieux
Rommel
Falaise
Bernay
Vichy War Ministry
Normandy
Adolf Hitler
Sefaltar Tetses
Nazi
Entries Pour In For Tennessee Valley Dairy Exhibition
Entries arrive from Morgan Limestone Madison Lauderdale Franklin Marshall Colbert and Cullman counties for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce event. The one day August 4 at Benson Field features dairy beef cattle and seed displays with 4-H and FFA clubs involved. Governor Sparks and Joe Poole will speak at 10 am with judging at 2 pm. 4-H and Future Clubs events follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Lauderdale
Franklin
Marshall
Colbert
Cullman
Agricultural and Livestock Committee
Decatur
FFA
Maynard H. Layman
Casto Jarvis
John Pennell
Frank Martin
Chauncey Sparks
Joe N. Poole
P. O. Davis
Extension Service
Auburn
Tennessee Valley
State Marketing Board
Alabama House
Senate
Sparks
Decatur High School
Layman Presidin
Davis
Poole
Herd
Fierce New Zealand Drive Presses On Toward Florence
July 29, Rome dispatch reports the Eighth Army pushing from Cerbaia toward Florence, with Tiger tanks countering German efforts. The Arno front narrows to 30 miles, as NZ units threaten to split Nazi forces and isolate pockets near Montelupo and the Elsa river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Arno
Cerbaia
Elsa
Montelupo
Africa
Pesa
King Escapes Fifth Army Advance Luncheon in Italy
July 28 report states King George VI and Allied leaders were dining when two German mines exploded within 300 yards. An American soldier accidentally triggered the blasts and was killed instantly. The King and senior officials were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Fifth Army
Italy
King George VI
England
Francis J. Spellman
New Yorke
Mark. W. Clark
Battle for Florence Advances as Allied Armies Maneuver
Eighth Army forces inch closer to Florence with units near Empoli and southeast of the city. South Africans cross the Greve river near Impruneta while New Zealanders launch a decisive thrust from Cerbaia. The German high command says eight divisions are in the battle, but the Allied pressure continues as Pisa and other fronts remain tense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Empoli
Florence
Arno
Greve River
Impruneta
Stab
Cerbaia
Pisa
Elswhere
Fifth Army
Continuea
Workers Back at Mobile Yard After Two Day Walkout
About 400 Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. employees returned to work after a two day walkout over an assignment dispute involving a day worker on the night shift. The CID Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America announced the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co
Cid-Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
PYLE with repair Group By ERNIE PYLE IN NORMANDY
In fading light a repair crew evacuates crippled tanks under artillery fire. A convoy reaches Purple Heart Corner near a gray stone farmhouse where five German soldiers surrender at gunpoint. An American doughboy with a tommy gun stands guard as dusk deepens and the men prepare to move on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Ontan
Purple Heart Corner
Tennessee Valley Horse Show crowns walking and five gaited champions
Two thousand spectators watched Greater Glory win the walking horse stake at Benson Field as Oaklawn's Star captured the 5 gaited stake with Max Luther aboard. Other winners included Black Cloud Mystery Man and Cherry Bea in various divisions among a large field from Alabama Tennessee and Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Glory
Oaklawn
Lions Club
Benson Field
John L. Haynes
Haynes Haven
Gilbert M. Orr
Columbia, Tenn
Col. Haynes
Black Cloud
Henderson Brothers
Miller’s Ferry
Ala
N. D. Pearce
Mystery Man
Dudley Powell
Huntsville
Robert Wagoner
Mary Star
J. G. Walker
Wartrace
Tenn
Johnny Doughboy
Earl Phillips
Opal Neal
Star
Max Luther
Cherry Bea
George Harsh
Memphis
Haney T. Elam
Solid Mahogany
W. S. Hewitt
Albertville
American Beauty
Thelma and
Nancy Ross
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Prince Peavine
C. E. Winton
Decatur
Floyd Hathcoat
Homer Murray
Woodburn
Kentucky
Henry Davis
J. T. Nolan
Jerry Wallace
Beverly Hodges
Bonnie Park
Miss Lilling
Virginia Gilliam
Frances Milton West
Cappy
Russell Simmons
Henderson
N. D. Pierce
Haven
Haynes Haven Stock Farm
Springhill
Doss Stanton
Noble Knight
Betty
Skip
Mary Gideon Thueak Peecnes
Oaklawns Star
Oaklawn Farms
Gay Pirate
Col
J. L. Haynes
J. G
Crimson Sue
W. H. Anderson
Manpower Shortage Shouts From War Maps Across Germany
War analysis notes critical Nazi manpower shortages evident on maps this weekend. Hitler reportedly ceded real authority to Goering Himmler and Goebbels as front lines falter from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Allied pressure grows in Normandy Italy and the Balkans with Rome and Ploesti in focus as Turkey looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Germany
Hitler
Messrs Goering
Himmler
Goebbels
Baltic
Carpathian
Berlin
Normandy
Averanches
Brittany
Italy
Florence
Adriatic
Pisa
Rimini
Ploesti
Bulgaria
Eight year old Shadrick killed in wagon accident
Charles Sidney Shadrick, eight, was fatally injured when a runaway wagon overturned near Lacey's Springs. His younger brother Robert Earl, two, escaped unharmed. Funeral services planned at Valhermosa Church with pallbearers named. Survived by parents Lonzo and Mrs Shadrick and siblings Doris Jean Lonnie George and Robert Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sidney Shadrick
Robert Earl
Lacey's Springs
Shadrick
Valhermosa
J. F. Turney
Peck
Hartselle
Dreeting
R. C. Thomas
James Gullion
Robert Wright
James Gooden
Lonzo Shadrick
Doris Jean
Lonnie George
Shadricks
Charles
Funeral Held for Gilbert Matt Dyer 84
Funeral services for Gilbert Matt Dyer 84 were conducted Thursday at Rock Creek church with Rev. Lanice Smallwood officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Pruitt of Arab directing. He is survived by his wife Mrs. G. M. Dyer six sisters Ida Kinney Eva Lula Cochran Ethridge remnant of Joppa and thirty two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Matt Dyer
Rock Creek Church
Lanice Smallwood
Pruitt
Seman
G. M. Dyer
Ida Kinney
Eva
Lula Cochran
Ethridge
Remeant
Joppa
Pfc. Blevins Killed in Action Telegram to Widow
Mrs. James Howard Blevins of Decatur receives a Navy Department telegram confirming the death of her husband, Private First Class Blevins, in action. The notice notes the family’s address at 136 Sixth Avenue West and details are provided by the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hendon
Decatur
Seaman
Carlisle Hen
Norfolk
Clyde Roberts
Neel
U. S. Navy
James Howard Blevins
Sixth Avenue West
Navy Department
Americans Break Through German Lines In Normandy Drive
Allied forces drive 11 miles past St Lo and 13 beyond Coutances in a major offensive that has pushed 21 miles since Tuesday. American spearheads threaten Brehal and Percy while destroying hundreds of German tanks and caging pockets as air support pounds targets near Morlaix and other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bealmear
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Coutances
St. Lo
Normandy
Brehal
Brehal Road Junction
Tessy- Sur-Vire
Caen
Omar Bradley
Seventh Army
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Hitler
Wehrmacht
France
Tessy-Brehal
Percy
Morlaiz
Cerisy la Salle
Montpichon
Villebaudon
St. Denis le Gast
Tessy
Notre Dame-De Cenilly
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. C. Ryan
R. B. Ryan
Sgt. Ryan
U. S. Engineers
Arthur Alvin Jones, Jr
Shaw Field, S. C
Mrs. A. A. Jones
R. D. Underwood
Grant Street
Church of Christ
Alfred Snowden
Detroit
W. J. Williams
A. H. Hoff
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Carl McDonald
Pensacolaa
Earl Cole
Erline
Dover, Tenn
Lee Luker
Bobbie
Martha McKinney
Jean Wade
William G. Barker
Turner Field
Albany, Ga
Thelma Ham Hanks
Peggy Joyce
Grady Butler, Jr
Knoxville
Lake City
Sevierville
Courland Army Air Field
Austinville Methodist Church
Ralph Murphy
Burl Oliver
Barney Burks
Camp Westmoreland
J. A. Gann
Mary Louise Otte
Birmingham
Carl
Robert Slatten
Morgan County
Johnny Hunter
Los Angeles
California
San Diego
U. S. Marine Corps
Sir James Edward Johnson Jr
Virginia Beach
Bie
U. S. Naval Training Center
Virginia
Walter Todd
Norma
Points
Florida
Ruby Daniel
Evansville
Ohio
J. H. Kelsoe
Decatur General Hospital
Seventh Avenue East
Brown's
Contin
Reds
By Ken Reynolds
Showa
Yawata
U. S. 20Th Air Force
Chenghsien
Pieping-Hankow
Honan
U. S
San Francisco
Manchukuo
Baout
By Wes Gallagher
New Zealanders
PYLE
By Cheri Chandler
Shadrick Lad
Gilbert Dyer
Pfc. Blevins
Lengrenne
Peninsula
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