Weather and local notices mix from Decatur area
Continued warm this afternoon and tonight. Tennessee river at 21.05 feet. High 92, low 73. Cotton prices paid today: strict mid dling 21.40, middling 21.20, strict low 20.00, low 16.70. Movie attractions: Keeper Of The Flame at the Princess Power Of The Press at the Roxy Roxy Hart at the Capitol. Cub Pack 5 Decatur meets 7:30 pm at 1209 Sth Avenue East. Mrs. Herbert Payne visiting her grandmother Mrs. J. H. Hill at 817 Grant Street. Born June 1 Mickey to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jenkins at Benevolent hospital. Avery Safley takes position at Courtland Army Air Field. Ainsly Wyle due back Tuesday from Philadelphia trip. Revival at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church continues. Bonanza quartet to sing tonight. George Moye visiting Leonard Michelson in Atlanta. Local social notes from Decatur: several residents visiting, travel plans, and civic updates. Mayor R. H. Richardson Jr. and Kelby Bragg among visitors in Decatur.
National Committee of Liberation formed in Algiers
The French executive committee was proclaimed as the National Committee of Liberation with Gen. Henri Giraud and Gen. Charles De Gaulle as joint heads. Leadership changes were planned in Algeria and French Morocco with Catroux and Puaux set to replace Peyrouton and Nogues, ending a two day deadlock. Details of the Giraud De Gaulle purge compromise were disclosed by unnamed informed persons.
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National Committee of Liberation
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
French
Morocco
George Catroux
Giraud
de Gaulle
Marcel Peyrouton
Gabriel Puaux
Syria
Auguste Nogues
Joint US British Talks On De Gaulle Dictatorship Risk
Washington reports discuss a possible joint action by the United States and Britain to block General De Gaulle from establishing a sole political leadership in Algiers. Officials withheld comment while De Gaulle negotiates with General Henri Giraud and a potential executive committee.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Giraud
De Gaulle Giraud Conference Resumes Over Cabinet Picks
Reporters said De Gaulle yielded to Giraud on first choosing the committee and that individual cases would be reviewed immediately. The ouster list would be examined in order with at least one official to be dismissed, while Giraud’s troops guarded key city points amid ongoing tensions. Details from Algiers indicated the talks were resumed at 10.
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de Gaulle
Giraud
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Reuters
Algiers
Laying keel for Judah P. Baker at Ingalls Shipyard
The keel for the largest ocean going vessel on the Tennessee river will be laid Friday at 12 30 PM at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation plant. The Judah P. Baker is the first small Liberty ship built for the Maritime Commission under a multi ship contract at the local facility. Frank J. Nolan manages the plant.
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Tennessee River
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Judah P. Baker
Maritime Commission
Frank J. Nolan
Nazis After Churchill In London Airliner Tragedy
Reports from London say German planes swarmed the Bay of Biscay as the Dutch crewed airliner carrying Leslie Howard and 12 others was attacked while returning from Lisbon. Axis radio hints that Churchill’s whereabouts sparked fears he was aboard a doomed flight. Passengers included Mrs Hutcheon and her daughters, Altres Chenhalls, and Reuters’ Kenneth Stonehouse.
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Cr~xaill
Britain
Leslie Howard
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Churchill
Washington
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Africa
Howard
Rotha Hutcheon
Petra
Caroline
Elks Send Cigarettes to Alaska Service Members
The Decatur Elks lodge voted to buy 1,000 packages of a well known brand and ship them to local service members in Alaska as a lodge gift.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
Alaska
17 083 Yanks Captured in World War II
Washington reports 17 083 American soldiers captive with 11 307 held by Japan. Germany holds 3 312 prisoners and Italy 2 464, per Secretary Stimson. He notes Attu conquest raises striking distance to Japan and discusses food parcels and possible Western Aleutians operations.
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Washington
Stimson
International Red Cross
Germany
Italy
Attu
Aleutians
Kurile Islands
Japan
Two Drown In Mississippi River Flood Near Memphis
The Mississippi River claimed two lives yesterday with three others rescued as the river neared crest. The weather bureau forecast a crest at 37.6 feet on the Memphis gauge tomorrow, about 36 feet above flood stage, while reports indicated a falling river from St. Louis to Cairo and no trouble expected within Army levees.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Cairo
Chinese Army advances on Ichang in upper Yangtze drive
Chinese high command says troops have driven to the Yangtze right bank opposite Ichang and surrounded 4000 Japanese on the riverfront in an air supported counter offensive. It reports 30000 Japanese casualties around Ichang and predicts a turning point in the war.
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Associated Press
Yangtze
Ichang
Great River
Chinese
High Command
Hunan
Hupeh
Kungan
Siman
Yangtze River
Chiang
Stalingrad
Chihpei
Japan
Tokyo
China
Tungting Lake
Battle Of Midway War's Turning Point
Washington reports the Battle of Midway as the turning point in the Pacific war. Japan has not launched a major offensive since, with Tokyo losing initiative to American forces. Attu reconquest and the Kiska base loss seal shifts, with Western Aleutians cleanup expected this summer.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Japan
Pacific
White House
Midway Island
North American
Tokyo
Attu Island
Kiska
Midway
Aleutians
Allied bombing campaign seen forcing Hitler to shift to defense
The Anglo American bombing effort is described as progressing well with expected wear in the German war machine. Analysts note Hitler must divert production from bombers to fighters to defend industrial centers, potentially reducing raids and accelerating Allied plans to move on Berlin.
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Nion
Fuehrer
English Channel
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
London
USAAF
Britain
President Roosevelt to decide on new tax measure today
Congress sent a sweeping pay as you go tax plan to the White House after a 62 to 19 Senate vote. The bill would require 25 percent of the lesser 1942 or 1943 tax plus a 20 percent wage withholding starting July 1 and quarterly payments for other income beginning September 15. The measure includes an abatement for small taxpayers and would shift current collections onto a pay as you go basis pending the President's decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Congress
White House
Senate
Treasury
President
Clark
Allied sinks two Axis ships off Capo Spartivento
Allied destroyers sank two Axis merchant vessels and an escort torpedo boat and drove an enemy destroyer ashore during a convoy attack off Capo Spartivento Italy. Capo Spartivento at the southern approach to Messina strait linked sea routes between Sicily and the Italian mainland.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Capo Spartivento
Italy
Pantelleria
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Capo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sardinia
Mussolini
Cap Bon
San Antioco
RAF
Aegean Sea
Middle East
Food conference ends after 16 days of talks
The United Nations food conference in Hot Springs Virginia closed after 16 days of sessions and recommended postwar planning for a world freed from want. Delegates from 44 nations participated aiming to join in global relief efforts.
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Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
Nazis Defeated in Kursk Air Battle Clash
About 500 German planes attacked the Kursk base yesterday. Soviet pilots shot down 123, with anti aircraft guns downing 30 more. Russians report 37 German planes shot down in Kuban and 3,000 Germans killed at Kalining.
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Moscow
Kursk
Kuban
Novorossisk
Kalinig
Sevsk
Mies
Kirsk
Berlin
Associated Press
Suvarsaari
Leningrad
Pravada
Russell Infant Is Laid To Rest
Funeral services for James Karl Russell infant son of Mr and Mrs J C Russell Decatur 1 were held Thursday at 2 p m from Johnsons chapel Interment was made at the chapel Brown directing He is survived by his parents three sisters Thelma Jessie May and Jean Russell a stepbrother David Leonard Russell and a stepsister Sarah Jane Russell
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James Karl Russell
J. C. Russell
Decatur
Johnson's Chapel
Brown
Thelma
Jessie May
Jean Russell
David Leonard Russell
Sarah Jane Russell
Poll results back Pinson Geiger in Montgomery race
In Montgomery on June 3 VP Senator John H. Pinson and Geiger gain support as opponents urge continued opposition amid a tight political contest.
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Montgomery
Ala
John H. Pinson
Geiger
White House Ponders End to Coal Strike Action
President Roosevelt weighs drastic steps to force John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers back to work as a White House conference with CIO and AFL leaders considers options including a broad wartime power use, selective service, and possible troop involvement to end the coal stoppage.
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Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Armed Services
CIO: Afl Labor War Board
Whit House
John L
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Whitt House
James F. Byrnes
New War Mobilzation
Stephen Early
War Labor Board
Combined Labor War Board
CIO
AFG
White House
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
Julius Emspak
CIO Electrical Union
R. J. Thomas
CIO Automotive Workers Union
Géorge Meany
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