Prohibition Raids Net Moonshiners In Madison and Morgan Counties
Officiers report a busy weekend yielding arrests for Jessie Bolden J N Beard and Pete Ed Bradley on whiskey transport and liquor law violations. A 200 gallon still and 300 gallons beer mash were seized on Paint Rock River with Ledbetters jailed on bond. A 14 foot boat and vehicles used for illicit transport were seized as the operation continued along Limestone and Madison counties.
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ATU
Jessie F. Bolden
J. N. Beard
Pete Ed Bradley
Bolden
Limestone County
Highway Patrol
U. S
Morgan County
Decatur
W. S. Lamon
J. E. Pierce
Madison County
Kennemar and
Kemp
Paint Rock River
Pierce
John
Burley Ledbetter
Robert Millner
Huntsville
Lamon
Bombs Hit German Front as Allied Airpower Ramps Up
U S Ninth Air Force reports 74 tanks and 395 other vehicles destroyed yesterday as Allied air units pound German lines and targets across Northern France. Mosquitos tally four German planes while RAF bombers strike from Tour to Angers and Rouen.
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U. S. Ninth Air Force
France
Seine River
Tour
Angers
Paris
Arras
Doullens
Amiens
Rouen
Caumont
Villers Iary
Argentan
Chateaudin
Blois
Orleans
Chinese Troops Assault Tengchung as Ledo Road Block Clears
The article reports Chinese forces battering Tengchung near the main Japanese base in Southwest China, while Chungking eyes a quick fall and aims to reopen the Ledo Burma corridor. Hengyang holds in Hunan as 14th U.S. Air Force attacks boost Allied pressure. Premier Koiso urges a vigorous Japanese spirit amid Pacific tensions. Tokyo radio says Manila nightlife will shut down.
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Tengchung
China
Burma
Chungking
India
Hunan
Hengyang
U. S
Pacific
Koiso
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Times
Manila
Robinson Death Edict Affirmed by U S Court of Appeals
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Thomas H Robinson Jr of Nashville for using the Lindbergh act in the 1934 abduction of Alice Speed Stoll of Louisville. The case began with a Louisville trial in October 1934 and a March 10 death sentence later stayed during appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Linbergh
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Robinson
U.S. District Court
Shackelford Miller Jr
Markets Show Mixed New York Trading Amid Mixed Tones
Market activity drifted in a cautious session with air transports leading a brief uptick then retreating. Close to midday gains collapsed, with about 600000 shares traded. Cattle mostly steady with calves and vealers strong, hogs steady, and sheep steady with lambs and ewes showing varied prices.
Markets at a Glance: Commodities Mixed in New York and Chicago
New York shows selected issues with cautious gains and liquidations. Cotton weakens on easy conditions. Chicago markets move steady to lower for wheat with hedging activity. Rye soft. cash grain slow. Hogs active with 25 to 50 cent gains topping at 14.75. Cattle steady with good and choice steers reaching 17.75.
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New York
Eest
Guedy
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Cattle Receipts Rise
Nashville Tennessee July 31 market news reports 2500 cattle received with liberal receipts and improved quality. Trade active on fleshy slaughter cattle with prices steady on early sales. Low grade slaughter slow with undertone near steady. Top lot 900 pound grain on grass steers around 14.50. Early high grade weighty steers 13.50. most cutter to medium lightweight grass cattle 7.00 to 12.50. thin canners down to 5.50 and below. Odd head good fat beef cows around 200 weight with medium grades noted.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Mkt
Cotton futures ease after rally on hedge selling
New York July 31 cotton futures turned easy after an intraday rally of up to 60 cents a bale as liquidation and hedge selling met indifferent mill buying. Market strength was briefly sparked by Senator Bankhead urging farmers to hold raw cotton for full parity prices.
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New York
Senator Bankhead
Ala
Butter and Eggs Market Report from Chicago
Butter firm with receipts 822,806 in Chicago on July 3. Butter quality scores 93 AA 41 1-2, 92 A 41, 90 B 40 3-4, 90 C 40 1-4. cooking 88 39. Market unchanged. Eggs receipts 12,490 steady. U S specials 40 to 40 1-2, extras 36 1-2 to 39 1-2, standards 33 1-2 to 35 1-2. current receipts 32 to 34 26 to 29. market unchanged.
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Chicago
U. S
U.S
Navy to reduce submarine building as fleet grows
The Navy announced a cutback in submarine construction due to fewer submarines than expected and the need to shift resources to eight other ship and weapon types. The overall Navy program will still grow through early 1945, with yard adjustments and reassignments of personnel to other shipbuilding tasks.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Department
Tree marriage practiced by Bengal lower castes
The article notes a tree marriage custom in Bengal where the bridal pair is tied to trees with thread. It identifies this practice as occurring among lower caste communities and describes the ceremonial binding method.
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Bengal
Zirconium Used as Tantalum Substitute in War Goods
Zirconium, once little known, is being used as a substitute for scarce tantalum in some wartime products. The move aims to conserve critical materials amid supply pressures during the conflict.
FCC Head Says He Will Remain At Post
Chairman James L. Fly of the FCC stated he has no definite plans to resign and will stay in government service for a substantial period. He noted personal considerations favoring private law practice but plans to finish a few jobs around the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Lawrence Fly
The
Communications Commission
FCC
Delano Park Child Celia Ann Hayes Birthday Party
Mrs. Hartwell Davis hosted a Saturday party for granddaughter Celia Ann Hayes on her fifth birthday. Guests included Ann Robinson Paula King Catherine Goforth and Linda Goforth. A birthday cake with five pink candles and pink basket favors were on the table. Mrs. Davis was assisted by Ann Goforth and E. G. Kingsberry. The joint band concert with Decatur high school Courtland band and the song flute band was postponed due to bad weather.
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Hartwell Davis
Celia Ann Hayes
Ann
Paula Robinson
Ann Leroy King
Catherine
Linda Goforth
Mrs. Davis
Ann Goforth
E. G. Kingsberry
Decatur High School
Courtland Band
Park visitors and locals enjoy weekend recreation
Mrs. Max Horton and Mrs. Murray Dodd hosted a park picnic for Miss Lorraine Martin and Miss Christine Black of Birmingham. Visitors included Lt. J. C. Klotter of Louisville and Lt. W. B. Chick of Marion. AC Speller of Memphis, visiting Birmingham, and E E Cavaleri of Birmingham with son Jack toured the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Horton
Murray Dodd
Lorraine Martin
Christine Black
Birmingham
Herbert H. Hanna
Johnsonville
South Carolina
J. C. Klotter
Louisville, Ky
W. B. Chick
Marion Ky
E. E. Cavaleri
Jack
Dean Peck
Carol
Margaret
Russians claim progress in East while Berlin cites defensive phase
Moscow reported German retreat in the East with 1 144 localities captured and 15 000 Germans dead. Berlin radio said the withdrawal is the last phase before a new offensive. Fighting raged near Jelgava Latvia and Riga area as Russian columns attacked from the north trapping up to 300 000 German troops. Platofie near Jelgava lay 31 miles from Riga as advances continued.
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Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Berlin
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Platofie
Death of Birmingham Man After Drinking Fly Spray
Owen F. Lee, 63, a Birmingham tea company salesman, died today after accidentally drinking a fly spray solution. City detectives J. R. Norrell and C. L. Pierce investigated the death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Owen F. Lee
Youeesey
J. R. Norrell
C. L. Pierce Re
Rites Today for Mrs. Nettie Callahan at Decatur First Methodist
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Callahan wife of Judge W W Callahan will be held at the First Methodist church Decatur this afternoon at five oclock with Dr L D Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in City Cemetery Brown directing Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Dorothy Green two sons Travis and Frank one sister Miss Mattie Jones and one brother Frank B Jones five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Active pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named.
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Nettie Callahan
W. W. Callahan
Montgomery
First Methodist Church
Decatur
L D. Patterson
Decatur Church
Florence
City Cemetery
Brown
Dorothy Green
Tuscaloosa
Travis
Frank
Vallejo
Calif
Mattie Jones
Frank B. Jones
Lexington
James H. Johnson
Julian Harris
Norman Harris
Maxie Lesser
Clifton Almon
Harry Nungester
James A. Nelson
W. E. Crawford
Marvin West
Ben Britnell
Sam Malone
George D. Williamson
Foster Pointer
John H.green
W. M. Bailey
Charles Eyster
Clif Nungester
Knox Walker
S. A. Lynne
Clyde Hendrix
Billy McNeill
Ralph White
Allied Drive Expands South Toward Avranches and Granville
Allied spearheads press toward Avranches cutting a Paris highway as American units 2nd and 3rd armored divisions push from Coutances across the Cotentin front. Heavy German losses mount with over 10 000 prisoners captured since Tuesday as tanks and armor are knocked out and civilians cheer along the routes.
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Vire
Villedieu
Avranches
Coutances
Granville
Gavray
Percy
Tessy Sur Vive
Paris
First Army
Torigni- Sur-Vise
Caumont Road
Torigni
Soulles
Orne
U. S
Caen
Miles C. Dempsey
St. Jean-Brecu Des Essartiers
Caumont
Les Loges
U. S. First Army
Second Armored
Hell On Wheels
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Armored
French Morocco
Sicily
Annual Sacred Harp Sing Scheduled at Courthouse
The annual Sacred Harp sing is planned for Saturday and Sunday at the courthouse. Singers are expected from Tennessee and Georgia. Otto Blankenship chairs the event with J T Akers as secretary.
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Tennessee
Georgia
Otto Blankenship
J. T. Akers
Tropical disturbance spotted near Nassau warning issued
The weather bureau reports a tropical disturbance near Nassau in the Bahama Islands. Miami station notes small diameter with squalls and winds around 50 miles per hour East of the center, located about 275 miles east of Palm Beach Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Palm Beach
Decatur notes local politics and hospital admissions
Knox McRae qualified for Place No 1 on the Decatur City Council. The City election is slated for the third Monday in September. James F. Curry and Anna Rose were admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Junior hostesses were urged to attend a Ser vice Men's club meeting to plan August buffet plans. Rufus Norwood shows improvement after illness. Cigarette dealers limit purchases to two packs. C J Cornellison returns to Ingalls Shipbuilding after illness. Rain boosts farm values. heavy rainfall over the weekend. John A. Caddel travels to Birmingham on business. Lt Edgar Self visits family briefly. Bruce W Dodd and ten Alabama grads complete quartermaster school at Camp Lee Va.
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Knox McRae
Decatur
W. F. Boswell
Service Men's Club
More Sugar for Canners Under New Ruling
Birmingham OPA announces home processors may receive enough sugar to match 1941 stock for juices and preserves. Those needing more than 250 pounds may apply to local rationing boards to equal the 1941 allotment. Also, Jefferson county sets per bottle beer ceilings effective last Saturday with three classes of prices.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Smallest commercial high voltage storage battery named
The smallest high voltage storage battery ever built commercially is a volt unit weighing six ounces.
Rotary speakers outline Gulf Refining and Decatur leather work
O R Jones, District manager for Gulf Refining, and Dennis McClendon of Decatur leather goods firm spoke at Cornelian Court hotel noon Rotary meeting. Jones described Alabama operations from the Decatur office and Gulf barge shipments with river terminals at Sheffield Decatur and Guntersville. McClendon discussed harness saddle making and upcoming horse collar products, noting 22 employees on Ferry Street.
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Rotary
O. R. Jones
Dennis McClendon
Cornelian Court Hotel
Lawson Davidson
James L. Rankin
Mac Kennemer
Athens
Charles Kortrecht
Memphis Tenn
Earl Hammett
Pascagoula
Miss
John Patterson Jr
Decatur
Ainslie Wyle
Jones
Gulf Refining Company
Alabama
Jefferson County
Sheffield
Guntersville
McClendon
Ferry Street
Missy Le Hand Dies. President Roosevelt Mourns Loss
Miss Marguerite Alice Missy Le Hand, longtime personal secretary to President Roosevelt, died in Chelsea Massachusetts of cerebral embolism. White House announced her death noting her more than two decades of devoted service and release from duty due to ill health. Roosevelt issued a statement praising her quiet efficiency and selfless devotion, recalling memories of many years of service.
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Washington
Marguerite Alice
Missy) le Hand
Roosevelt
Chelsea
Mass
White House
Navy Opens Enlistment To 17 Year Olds In Decatur
Navy removes restrictions on enlistment for 17 year olds and sets unlimited quotas. R. V. Smith, petty officer in charge at Decatur, urges immediate application as earlier limits may return. The Decatur recruiting station, in Morgan County Courthouse, operates Mondays 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
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Navy
R. V. Smith
Decatur
Morgan County
Guard Back From Camp at Ozark Air Field
Members of the Decatur Alabama State Guard returned home after a week at Ozark air field Daleville with Sgt Joe Pettey in command due to illness of Captain T R Harrison. The unit, about 30 members from North Alabama, kept strict military routine with drills gas attacks machine gun practice and rifle range training.
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Decatur
Alabama State Guard
Ozark Airfield
Daleville
Alabama
Joe Pettey
T. R. Harrison
State Guard
North Alabama
Marianas Advances and Casualties Roll Up in Major Campaigns
Allied offensives push through Guam and Saipan with heavy fighting on Tinian. air bases at Ushi field become operational as operations widen to Aitape Wewak. Nimitz reports Guam losses 958 killed 4,739 wounded 290 missing, Saipan 3,049 dead 13,049 wounded 159 killed on Tinian, Japanese dead numbered in the tens of thousands across campaigns.
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Marianas Islands
Far Eastern Air Force
George C. Kenney
New Guinea
Halmahera Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Port Apra
U. S. Naval Base
Marianas
Orote Peninsula
Tinian
Tinian Town
Ushi
Green
MacArthur
Aitape-Wewak
British New Guinea
Aitape
Allied forces seal off German outpost near San Lucia
Allied troops eliminated a German outpost two and a half miles south of Impruneta and captured Nazi paratroopers. British forces pressed along the upper Arno, reaching Castelfranco nineteen miles northwest of Arezzo, and British tanks attacked a Nazi position near Lapia, with forces in the hills killing ten men in a nearby ambush.
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San Lucia
Impruneta
Arno
Castelfranco
Arezzo
Lapia
Summons Served in Fish Campaign Controversy
New York July 31 A summons charging conduct and language offensive to others was served on Representative Hamilton Fish after Gov. Dewey accused him of injecting a racial issue into his renomination campaign. Magistrate Goldstein attempted to deliver the summons at Fish's Manhattan office. returnable August 4.
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New York
Joseph Goldstein
Hamilton Fish
Comte
Thomas E. Dewey
Fish
Goldstein
Manhattan
Raphael R. Koenig
Bowery Court
Newcaret
Olstein
Hill urges quick meeting on postwar property reconversion
Senator Lister Hill said he asked Senator Robert Reynolds to convene the Senate military affairs committee at the earliest possible date to consider postwar property and reconversion. Hill added that more war property will be released on the market, making an early meeting important.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lister Hill
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Hill
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Marine Corps
Wall Street
N. Y. Cotton
Delano Park
H. L. Speller
Memphis
Kay Dement
Supreme Headquarters
Keitel
Kay Cochran
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Francis Gabreski
Oil City
U. S. Air Forces
Germany
Gabreski
Decaturs Ae
Grdkimale
Frage Ue
James F. Curry
Fourth Avenue South
Decatur General Hospital
Anna Rose
Hillsboro 1
Rufus Norwood
C. J. Cornellison
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
B. G. Hall
G. B. Phillips
John A. Caddel
Edgar Self
Mrs
W. C. Self
Fourth Avenue East
Bruce W. Dodd
Moulton
Quartermaster School
Camp Lee, Va
Missy
Summons
Rep
Ham Fish
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