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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
2
General Eisenhower announced a broad plan to educate American occupation forces and deserters awaiting homecoming. The program includes unit schools, civilian colleges, Army university study centers, a centralized vocational school, and Army correspondence study, aiming to prepare soldiers for civilian life.
The report details intense Okinawa fighting as U S forces push two miles to the southeastern shore and secure center island gains. Japanese air attacks destroy several ships while American casualties rise to about 50,000 with hundreds killed last week. In other theaters British, Australian and Chinese forces gain ground against Japanese positions as Tsuneo Matsudaira resigns the imperial household post amid palace fire responsibility.
San Francisco reports Japanese propagandists predicted near future bomb carrying stratosphere balloons manned by no pilots. Lt Col Shozo Nakajima cited by Domei said pilotless balloons were launched against America last March 19 and hundreds released daily from Japan.
Cotton futures stayed in a narrow range in New York as traders awaited clarification of next season's government cotton program. Light hedging and liquidation were absorbed mainly by mill covering against textile awards. Prices finished the afternoon 5 cents per bale lower to 100 cents higher with July at 22.97, Oct at 22.67, Dec not fully shown.
Markets at a glance show mixed Juhe 4-P stocks and steels advancing in New York with irregular bonds and quiet cotton. In Chicago wheat ease to weak with hedging and cashing profits, corn mixed with short covering, rye mixed with profit cashing, hogs active and steady, and cattle weak to 25 cents lower with top quotes 14.75 and 17.90 respectively.
In Birmingham Alabama on June 4 the Ensley division of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co suspended five thousand workers for a work stoppage. The walkout halted iron and steel production at Ensley and Fairfield blast furnaces, causing daily losses of 7500 tons of steel and 7000 tons of iron across the two largest southern producers.
The Gen Gorgas unit in Birmingham Alabama reports a post membership record of 2350. Commander George announced the figure noting more than 900 members are World War II veterans.
Montgomery June 4. A planned meeting of the University of Alabama board of trustees here today has been canceled. State School Supt. E B Norton reported the session was to continue the May 26 Tuscaloosa meeting.
A Singapore dispatch reports Japanese balloon bombs as a unique attack method to deliver strikes on the American mainland. Nakajima argues the US hides the bombs' true damage while admitting six deaths and no property loss. The balloons reportedly travel at altitudes above 15,000 meters and take about 100 hours to reach the United States.
Word arrives of Staff Sergeant Russell Powell landing in the Philippines after 18 months in the Solomon Islands. Other soldiers return or are reported missing or wounded in action in Europe and the Pacific. local families learn of lads’ service and casualties. Police court records show fines for drunkenness speeding and license violations.
The text notes Alexander Graham Bell as inventor of the telephone and states he was born in Scotland in 1647.
In Washington on June 4 Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts claimed the title mother of senators noting that 59 of 100 senators were born in the states they serve. He cited Alabama Illinois Iowa Kansas Missouri as runners up in native-born representation with Massachusetts among the top birthplace states.
Circuit Court Judge Julian Harris addressed the Decatur Rotary Club on Aspects Of The Law That Every Citizen Should Know stressing that wills and business contracts must be written to avoid family trouble. Prize winners were Charlie Scales and W. J. Williams with birthdays celebrated for James Johnson Rev Dan O Riley and J W Williams Guests included Ed Price Frank Richards Lt Frank Troupe Rev P G Henry and Rev E N Hart from Quensburg Ky singing led by Anslie Wyle.
From Camp Blanding Florida a group of soldiers under Army special services toured Silver Springs the filming location for The Yearling. The party included Pvt James M Blackwood Pvt Gerald O Jones Pvt Hiram C McMurtrie and Pvt Charlie H Burt with their listed addresses and sponsors.
Atlanta reports Southern states paused prosecutions of the Civil War to honor Jefferson Davis. The Confederate leader’s birthday is an official holiday in many Deep South states with memorial exercises planned. Some states observe Confederate Memorial Day on April 26 or May 10 depending on location.
Atty Gen Hugh S Jenkins said he will invite representatives from 14 Northern states where the Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered a 10 percent freight rate increase. The measure also impacts Ohio.
Kay Kyser leads a troupe of entertainers in Around the World at the Roxy while touring Army camps. The cast includes Mischa Auer Joan Davis Marcy McGuire Ish Kabibble Georgia Carroll Harry Babbitt and more as they bring band comedy to Allied outposts.
In a late night action off the French coast on August 14 1944 Allied forces intercepted two German corvettes from Toulon and captured their minefield charts. The Endicott sank one corvette after a brief engagement allowing a boarding party to seize papers that revealed secret minefield layouts. By dawn minesweepers demonstrated safe passage with minimal damage and no losses among transports or ships.
The Navy declares a new Battle of Repairs to fix damaged ships and return them to action quickly in the Pacific. Recruits are needed for electricians sheet metal workers machinists and related trades at places including Charleston Navy yard to support repairs after Okinawa battles.
Mrs. Harry Malone of Morgan county urges all Gray Ladies to maintain weekly visits to Courtland Army Air Base hospital. She stresses there is no sign the hospital will close and notes the current month’s service record trails last month, urging members to resume duties.
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Postmaster General had no right to revoke Esquire magazine’s second class mailing privileges. The decision reversed a district court ruling that had sustained the Postmaster General’s cancellation of the magazine’s end class status.
The statement asserts that all sand includes a measurable ion component. It notes variation in ion concentrations by deposit type but confirms a baseline presence of ions in sand globally.
The piece notes three major Japanese naval groups in different theaters and highlights the Philippines battle, the San Bernardino strait night coup, and Leyte gulf resistance. It compares German naval efforts and forecasts air power reducing, but not ending, Japan’s fleet as Okinawa advances and carrier planes grow.
Henry Rice, a Negro, was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to six months hard labor in city court this morning on a charge of being drunk. The police report says Rice followed a white woman for several blocks on Saturday night and annoyed her until she sought help at Decatur Service Station. Mayor H R Summer, presiding judge, said the sentence was the maximum under the law.
In equity, Velma Frances Morgan is named as a non resident of Alabama with unknown address. Publication required weekly for four weeks in Decatur Daily to plead by June 21 1945 or the bill may be confessed. Clerk MARVIN WEST May 21 1945.
Probate Court grants Maggie Gray letters of administration on Harriet Brown estate on May 25 1945 by Judge T C Almon Morgan County. All persons with claims must present them within the legal period or they will be barred. May 28 June 4 11 1945 notice required.
In the cause of Ollie 10la Trussell vs Louis Edward Trussell the Register reports the complainant states the defendant is 21 and his residence is unknown. Publication is ordered in Decatur Daily for four weeks inviting a plea by July 3, 1945, or the bill may be confessed. The notice dates June 2 and June 4 11 18 25 1945.
The guide recommends defrosting the refrigerator weekly or when frost reaches about one to four inches thick to maintain efficiency and prevent ice buildup.
The 1945 term of summer school for junior and senior high students opened at nine o'clock with strong enrollment. Principal W. T. Jordan announced instructors Miss Lillian Odom Miss Frances Smith and himself. Courses include English History geometry algebra and social problems. Regular classes start Tuesday at seven. Completing two units is possible by attending all summer.
Residual bones lay on beds and floors across the penal colony 25 miles northwest of Davao, with skulls scattered on porches and walkways. A skeleton on a chapel floor and a bed with a corpse beside a photo of an American family were noted. Twenty graves nearby bore names and dates, most for officers.
Bond sales in Morgan County stayed at 1,160,211.25 dollars on Saturday as offices except post offices were closed for Jefferson Davis birthday. The drive leaves 24 days with 370,000 dollars still to raise, averaging 11,250 daily, with 452,818.75 of 821,000 reached in three weeks. School children contributed 334,600. Hartselle offices 70,053. Falkville agencies 42,991.50.
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