Decatur News Briefs Cover Weather, War, and Local Notices
Alabama forecast calls for scattered thundershowers with a warm weekend ahead. Cotton prices on the Decatur market show strict middling at 21.05, middling 20.90, strict low 19.05, low 17.05. Local cinema listings include Lassie Come Home at the Princess, Men In Her Life at the Roxy, Below The Border at the Capitol.
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Decatur
Lassie
The
Princess
Border
Capitol
McKellar Defeat Sparks Valley Victory in TVA Fight
The House rejected Sen. McKellar's plan to force TVA to rely solely on annual congressional funding by a 138 to 24 vote. Supporters from Alabama and Tennessee hailed the outcome as protecting TVA independence and wartime efficiency, urging McKellar to focus on victory rather than quarrels.
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House of Representatives
Kenneth McKellar
TVA
Valey
Congress
Washington
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen. McKellar
Tenn
Senate
McKellar
McCormack
Rankin
Miss
Co-Au
Lilienthal Learns TVA Victory Far From Home
TVA chairman David E. Lilienthal, in Decatur with T. J. Cottingham E. W. McLeod and Barrett Shelton at the Port of Decatur, received news that the House defeated the McKellar amendments. The group awaited Donald Nelson of the War Production Board when word arrived.
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David E. Lilienthal
TVA
McKellar
Decatur
Lilienthal
T. J. Cottingham
E. W. McLeod
Barrett Shelton
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Hull presses postwar peace agency plan with House leaders
Secretary of State Hull outlined his push for a postwar peace agency to Congress. The hour long session at the State Department included seven lawmakers, four Democrats and three Republicans, led by Rayburn. Hull pressed a security organization and equal liberty for aspiring peoples and small nations.
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Washington
Hull
House
State Department
Rayburn
Texas
Bloom
N.Y
Foreign Affairs Committee
McCormack
Mass
Ramspeck
Martin
Eaton
N.J
Arends
Senate
Fort Amsterdam Sails From Ingalls Shipyards Today
The steamship Fort Amsterdam of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. departed Ingalls Shipbuilding Ways at eight this morning for the sea. Commanded by Capt. W. C. van der Burgt, with pilot George Reyer of Paducah, Ky., she was accompanied by the tug Sheffield from Arrow Transportation Lines.
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Fort Amsterdam
Royal Netherlands Steamship Co
Ingalls
Amsterdam
W. C. van der Burgt
George Reyer
Paducah
Arrowransportation Lines
Sheffield
Mayor Harrison First To Qualify For City Election
Mayor T. R. Harrison becomes the first to qualify for the fall city election by presenting a petition with 25 qualified voters to City Clerk Joe M. Pettey. The election is set for September 18 with a mayor and five council members to be chosen.
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Harrison
T .R. Harrison
Joe M. Pettey
Churchill Seeks Spanish Ties as War Deepens
The piece notes British Prime Minister Churchill praising Spain for resisting Nazi pressure and hints at shifting Western hopes for Spain’s influence after the war. It contrasts American unease over Spain’s wartime shipments to Germany and anticipates heated debates as D-Day looms and Allied plans intensify.
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Churchill
Spain
Hitler
United Nations
Gibraltar
Straits
Spanish
Africa
Britain
Mediterranean
America
Roosevelt
Germany
Nelson Sees South as Great War Era Opportunity
Donald Nelson chief of the War Production Board told over 200 North Alabama leaders in Decatur that the South offers the greatest growth opportunity in the country. He praised TVA and the South’s hospitality, stressed national unity after Pearl Harbor, and noted cooperation between industry, management, and government. He spoke at a luncheon with Lilienthal and Lilienthal introducing him. The visit included a boat ride on the Decatur waterfront and a trip to Fontana dam after the luncheon.
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South
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Tennesseer Valley
Alabama
Southern Airways
Nelson
David E. ‘Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Robert T. Harris
John A. Caddell
Decatur
North Alabama
TVA
Courtland
Army Air 7
WPB
Knoxville
Fontana Dam
Lilienthal
Donald Nelson
Valley
Mr. Nelson
Pearl Harbor
Russians Repel Nazi Offenses North of Iasi
Red Army repelled three Nazi thrusts and counterattacked in several sectors north of Iasi Romania during a fourth day of battle. Soviet communique reports 800 Nazi soldiers killed and 17 tanks knocked out amid heavy fighting and Soviet artillery support.
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London
Red Army
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Moldavian
Berlin
Allied forces push in Burma and strike Europe coast
Allied communiques report American Chinese troops advancing around Myitkyina in North Burma with gains near 1,500 yards on the northwest and 400 yards in the town’s south. Allied air power strikes France, Hungary, Transylvania, and Denmark, with heavy bombers and fighters targeting rail yards and coast defenses.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Mogaung River
Malakawage
Kamaing
Mogaung Valley
Seton
London
Italy
Hungary
Transylvania
Mediterranean Air Force
Miskolc
Szolnok
Szeged
Cluj
Simeria
Germany
Mediterranean
Carpathian
PessDe-Calais
France
Dieppe
Boulogne
Reich
Luxembourg
Saumur
Air Ministry
Nantes
Vichy Radio
British
Seine River
Countries
Japanese mass 280000 troops to seize Hankow Canton rail line
Chungking reports a major Japanese buildup to push Chinese from the Hankow Canton railroad as Maj. Gen Tseng warns of intensified pressure in central and southern China. He notes 210000 troops near Hankow and 70000 at Canton and cites a broader Japanese concentration near the Indo China Yunnan border with a planned new airbase.
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Hankow-Canton
China
Chungking
Japan
C. C. Tseng
Central Pacific
S. Fliers
Kuriles
Wake
Gwilam
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Truk
Marshalls
Changsha
Tseng
Hankow
Canton
Ovation for Joe Starnes on floor after renomination defeat
In Washington on June 2, Rep. Joe Starnes of Alabama received an unusual bipartisan ovation as he rose to speak on the House floor for the first time since losing renomination in the Democratic primary. He thanked colleagues for the display, citing his work for clean government and preserving constitutional democracy amid opposition to TVA amendments.
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Washington
House
Rep
Starnes
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Senator McKellar
Tenn
America
Gang Overcome by Chlorine Gas on Brooklyn Pier
A 25 man crew repairing a United Nations freight within an unventilated Brooklyn pier hold were overcome by chlorine fumes. About 195 hospitalizations were recorded with 1,000 more affected yesterday. oxygen depletion caused fainting and illness. Rescue teams airlifted the crew to safety, with ten hospitalized and fifteen recovered at the scene.
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New York
United Nations
Brooklyn
Uprising Grips Guayaquil Amid Ecuador Vote Turmoil
Revolting Ecuadorian troops seized Guayaquil as fighting raged for 10 hours over elections. Exiled former President Velasco Ibarra cannot participate, raising questions about the nation’s political future.
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Velasco Ibarra
Guayaquil
Bus Traffic Halted Amid Citywide Labor Strikes
Greyhound service through Decatur halted as officials report only routes from Cullman to Athens may run briefly. In Birmingham two strikes ended while others persist affecting 1400 workers across TCI Fairfield mill, Pullman Standard Bessemer plant, and Republic Steel Sayreton coal mine, with Southeast Greyhound service disrupted to Nashville and other cities. Meanwhile AMA AFL unions push back on new schedules and USA locals vote to return to work at TCI mill idle since Tuesday.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Fairfield
Southeastern Greyhound Bus-Line
Pullman Standard
Car Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
Dan R. Houston
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
Republic Steel Corporation
Sayreton
United Mine Workers of America
James A. Terry
UMWA
Terry
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
Nashville
Tenn
Jacksonville
Fla
Chattanooga
Atlanta
J. H. Corum
AFL
White House group presents Roosevelt check for paralyis fund
The White House Correspondents Association gave President Roosevelt a $1000 check to support the infantile paralysis fund of the President's birthday committee.
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Washington
White House
Flying Fortress crew visit in London during leave
Two young lieutenants with silver wings meet Ernie Pyle in London on eight days of furlough. Lieutenant Bill White pilot and Lieutenant John D Bowser navigator, both have fought Germans since February and are relatives of Mrs. Mary White of San Francisco.
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Ernie Pyle
London
San Francisco
Mary White
Hotel Californian
Bill White
John D. Bowser
Antonio St
Johnstown
Son of Old Friend Calls To See Ernie
A World War II flight crew recounts a dangerous ditch in the North Sea after bombing Berlin. Bill White notices wing holes and engine misfires as all four motors cut out in turn. They prepare to ditch and issue a distress signal as they drift.
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Ernie
Berlin
Bill White
England
White
Fortresses fall as Allied advance hits Rome line
Allied troops seize Velletri and Valmontone cutting the German Rome defense. Fifth Army drives along the Via Casilina threatening to trap remaining German units. U S infantry enter Velletri while American and eighth army forces push toward Ferentino and Veroli. Parachute troops identified near Velletri as Germans mass to defend a 25 mile front to the sea.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Rome
Fifth Army
Velletri
Valmonetone
Fifth
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Ferentino
Veroli
Frosinone
U. S
Monte Artemisio
Lariano
United States
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
de Luce
Lanuvio
Campoleone
Eighth Army
Valmontone-Valletri
Germans Launch Large Scale Offensive Against Partisans
Tito reported a major German offensive in Western Bosnia involving more than three divisions. Airborne troops, infantry and armor are used as Partisans claim gains at several points while battles continue on a broad front.
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London
Yugoslavia
Tito
Bosnia
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