Local Society Gathers For Visits And Services
Community notes list visiting relatives from San Marcos to Falkville, church services at Fairview Baptist and Westside Presbyterian, a Memorial Day program, a scrap paper storage depot fund drive with $69 raised of $300, and local court fines for petty theft and receiving stolen property. Colonel Howard York, West Point 1938, returns from overseas service. Cpl. David A. McAbee arrives home. Lt. Col. George B. Thomas honored at Forest reunion.
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Carpenters Local 1274
Grant Street
First Avenue
D. L. St. John
Howard York
John Cooper
Hartselle
North Carolina
Lake Lure
Asheville
Colonel York
United States
Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Germany
Col. York
Rhine River
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
C. R. Thomas
Decatur
Forest
Mississippi
George B. Thomas
Superforts Smash Osaka in Day Strike
Allied war report details a day light raid on Osaka with over 600 B 29s and 150 Mustangs dropping 3200 tons of incendiaries. The attack hit war industries, shipyards, and the harbor as ground forces tightened the ring around Shuri on Okinawa and new Allied units formed for future operations in Southeast Asia.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Osaka
Japan
Nippon
Okinawa
China
Okanawa
Shuri
Chungking
South China
Indo- China
Philippines
New Guinea
Southeast Asia
Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Singapore Naval Base
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Imperial
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas Islands
War Department
India-Burma
U. S
Nimitz
Shuri Town
First Marine
Shuri Castle
77Th
96Th
Sixth Marine
Lindsey Honeymoon Flight From Memphis to Detroit
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Jake Lindsey and his wife Beverly Lindsey fly via Chicago and Southern Air Lines on an inaugural trip from Memphis to Detroit. Mayors of Evansville Indianapolis and Toledo will greet the pair during stopovers with receptions. they plan visits to Detroit war plants and Windsor Canada before returning to Mobile Alabama.
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Memphis
Jake Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Massachusetts
Detroit
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Chicago
Southern Airlines
Lindsey
Beverly Hargreaves
Lexington
Mass
Evansville
Indianapolis
Toledo
Windsor
Canada
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Europe
Parley Hopes For Brighter United Nations Conference
United States and other Big Five sponsors push for decisive action to shape a postwar world league. Delegates expect early high level talks with Stettinius and four delegation chiefs as mood shifts toward decisive leadership and firm positions on veto and Dumbarton Oaks terms.
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San Francisco
United States
Stettinius
Moscow
World Security Council
Eelco van Kleffens
Netherlands
Russia
Britain
Birmingham Real Estate Swap Involves Three Downtown Buildings
A large Birmingham sale involves the 16 story Watts building the Phoenix five story and the Lyric six story properties located at Third Avenue and 18th Street Second Avenue and 17th Street and Third Avenue and 20th Street The deal totals about 2 million dollars The buyers are three Birmingham headed corporations led by Ervin Jackson son of Fred M Jackson The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was the seller Molton Ian & Williams acted as agent and Sanauer served as the nearer.
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Birmingham
Watts
Toam
Phoenix
Second Avenue
17Th Street
Lyric
Third Avenue
18Th Street
20Th Street
Ervin Jackson
Jackson
Fred M. Jackson
Jackson Securities & Investment Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Eee
Molton
Ian
Pacific Army to Be Double Present Size
President Truman told Congress the U.S. Army in the Pacific will be doubled to about 7,000,000 by next year with an overseas force larger than the 3,500,000 allied troops. He urged shipyard workers to risk their lives in repairs and asked civilians to avoid travel during mass troop movements. The plan relies on MacArthur and Nimitz, with training reserves in the U.S. and a policy to redeploy ready troops abroad as soon as replacement veterans arrive.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Truman
Europe
Congress
Baees
Sur
Saeiep
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hur
Wehrmacht
Luftwaffe
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
United States
Army
TVA Facing Bid To Limit Contract Length In Six-State Region
Alabama and Tennessee groups mapped a fight against bills aimed at restricting TVA by capping contracts to one year. A Washington push is planned with six-state representation to oppose Senate Bill 469 and House Bill 2177, arguing longer contracts are vital for Valley industrial progress.
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TVA
Alabama
Tennessee
Congress
Rep. Whittingdon
Mississippi
Corn
John A. Caddell
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Ken Whittaker
Chattanooga
McKellar
Mr. Whittaker
L. J. Wilhoite
Power Board
Senate
House
Washington
Electric Power Board
T. R. Cuthbert
Fred Hixson
Chattanooga Times
Q. E. Eddens
Decatur Electric System
Decatur
Arrett C. Shelton
Decatur Daily
S. R. Finley
R. W. Bishop
Guntersville
E. H. Couch
Max C. Bartlett
Knoxville
R. B. Steverson
Board of Commerce
Sheffield
C. H. Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Florence
H. E. Lamar
Fritz
H. Thomas
Huntsville
W. R. Hudspeth
John M
Kilborn
Joseph N. Sullivan
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Ways and Means
James E. McCurdy
Mighty-Superfortresses to augment Eighth Air Force in Pacific
The B-29s will join Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s Eighth Air Force, expanding to three Superfortress formations. The 21st Bomber Command operates from the Marianas, with the 20th possibly shifting closer to Japan from India and China bases. In three months B-29s dropped 58 000 tons on Japan as eastern air command units move nearer Nippon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eighth Air Force
Japan
Jimmy Doolittle
Nippon
21St
Marianas
20Th Bomber Command
India
China
Luftwaffe
Pacific
Anglo-American Eastern Air Command
India- Burma
War Today warns of fire from European turmoil
The column argues the Franco-Syrian upheaval signals Europe and the Mediterranean are tinder for catastrophe. It notes Britain and the United States pressing for diplomacy while warning that great power actions may be needed to restore order.
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Europe
Mediterranean
Syria
Britain
United States
Pacific
Big Three Meeting Closer Says President Truman
President Truman told a news conference that a meeting of the Big Three was getting closer. He said delays at the United Nations conference would not affect plans for a meeting with Churchill and Stalin and ruled out expanding to a Big Four or Big Five. He indicated the meeting could happen in the United States but called that not a probability.
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Washington
Truman
San Francisco
Churchill
Stalin
France
China
Alabama House Passes School Funding Bills
Alabama legislators advanced administration bills to boost school financing by several million dollars annually. One measure would provide 500000 to the minimum school program, another 750000 contingent on the treasury, and a third surplus funds above a 1750000 balance. Senate adjourned without concurrence on a house amendment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pi—Administration
Alabama
House
Sparks
Senate
Treasury
J. H. Deason
Walker
Senate Constitution Committee
Richard B. Kelly
Jdr
Talladega
Capitol
Ways and Means
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
France and Britain clash over Syria crisis cease fire
Paris confirms De Gaulle sticks to its stance on Levant action while Britain and the United States seek to prevent further bloodshed. France orders a cease fire but refuses to pull troops from positions in Syria. A mediated conference with other powers is anticipated in London.
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John Bull
Churchill
de Gaulle
Paris
London
United States
Britain
France
Syria
Maine
Washington
Levant
Truman
President cites daily talks with Churchill over Syria crisis
President says he and Churchill exchange wires daily and approves sending British troops into Syria. He notes firing has ceased after Churchill’s stern message to Gen. Charles De Gaulle, and he has heard nothing from the General. No tri-partite meeting agreement was made, though such a meeting might interest the government.
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Washington
Churchill
Syria
Charles de Gaulle
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