Decatur News Brings War Notes And Local Social Updates
Weather for Alabama shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers Tuesday. Cotton prices on the Decatur market quoted strict middling 21.05, middling 20.90, strict low 19.05, low 17.05. Local social items include Mrs. Earl Williams returning from vacation and various visits across Carrollton Atlanta and Knoxville. wartime notices name Lt. Carl F. Conley missing in action in Europe. Community events include church meetings, missionary circles, and band uniforms cleanup.
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Supreme Court Rules Insurance Is Interstate Commerce
The Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision written by Justice Black, overturned 75 years of precedent and held that insurance is business in interstate commerce and subject to the Sherman Act. The case involved 196 stock fire insurers and 27 individuals linked to the Southeastern Underwriters Association across several states.
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Supreme Court
Justice Black
Justice Stone
Frankfurter
Justice Jackson
Roberts
Reed
Southeastern Underwriters Association
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Alabama
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Atlanta
Congress
Police Radio Helps Recover Stolen Cars in May
Montgomery Alabama June 5 The statewide police radio network aided in recovering 45 cars valued at 49855 in May The network links patrol cars with central headquarters and local police The May report includes only vehicles recovered by state officials or with local cooperation not by city police alone Reports of 66 stolen cars were aired in May
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Alabama
van Buren Gilbert
Gilbert
Gripsholm To Bring Wounded Americans Home From Europe
The Swedish liner Gripsholm with 51 wounded American soldiers, exchanged for German wounded, is due in Jersey City tomorrow. The ship carries 131 passengers including 37 wounded Canadian soldiers and 43 civilians, eight of whom are U S citizens. Among civilians is Larry Allen AP war correspondent and Pulitzer prize winner.
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Gripsholm
Jersey City
United States
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Spiritual gift freedom urged by First Church leaders
The Christian Science board of directors told the annual meeting of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston that freedom is essentially a spiritual gift to be realized only through spiritual understanding and attainment.
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Christian Science Board of Directors Today
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Nazis Smash at Russians Near Iasi Front
Moscow reported heavy fighting north and northwest of Iasi Romania as German assaults met strong Soviet resistance. The Soviet communique said 1,100 Nazis were killed and 30 tanks destroyed in a single sector, with 44 German planes downed. The rest of the front was described as quiet.
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Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Decatur Rotary Club Holds Open Session
Decatur Rotary Club met in an open session at Cornelian Court Hotel with Wallace Meadows presiding. Guests included Dr Redding Emens of Decatur Dr Francis of Crowley Lt Dennis McClendon and Lt Jack Harvey. James L Rankin president elect outlined plans for the new club year including boys work in Decatur support for girl scouts and sponsorship of the International Forum as well as Vocational and Community Service initiatives.
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International Forum
Ickes Warns Coal Supply Faces Shortfall Before Winter
Secretary Ickes reports soft coal in storage at 50,519,000 tons by May 10 or April stock drawdown of 1,316,000 tons. He says this reserves only 32 summer days of supply, far less for winter use, with production about 30 million tons short of requirements.
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Ickes
Senate Extends Pearl Harbor Trials Delay One Year
The Senate approved by voice vote a one year extension for bringing Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short to trial over the Pearl Harbor disaster. Senator Clark denounced the statements as hokum while Senator Hatch warned against forcing public trials during the war.
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Allied air assault pounds Pas de Calais coast in massive raid
About 1 250 American heavy bombers and fighters led a four day run against Boulogne Calais and surrounding ports dropping 2 200 tons of bombs. RAF and US Eighth Air Force backed by British planes struck targets along the coast and toward Dieppe Dunkerque Paris and Cologne as invasion preparations continued.
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Britain
Trinity Sergeant Wins Flying Cross in Europe
S Sgt Ollie C Bowling of Trinity recently returned from overseas service and is at the Ary Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach awaiting his next assignment. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters for completing 25 missions over 20 months in the European theater. The 24-year-old B 24 gunner is son of Route 1 Trinity residents and a graduate of Lawrence County High School.
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Trinity
Continental
United States
Ary Air Forces
No. 2
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Route 1
Lawrence County High School
Retailers Decide On 4th Schedule
Merchants Division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to meet in the Lyons Hotel Assembly Hall Wednesday at 10 AM to discuss plans for the July Fourth holiday. Charles Ed Howell urges managers and owners of every retail establishment in the city to attend.
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Japanese Planes In Pacific Sky War Shift On Biak
Allied reports from New Guinea describe Japan risking 70 planes and losing 30 in air battles over Biak and surrounding areas. General MacArthur shifts tactics after May 27 landings, with Allied air units opposing Japanese dives and ground assaults as Liberators battle over Truk and Babo.
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Southwest Pacific
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Truk
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Admiralty
Japanese push toward Changsha alarms Changsha defense
Japanese vanguards probed within 25 miles of Changsha with 17 mile advance from Sinshih as U S 14th Air Force harassed the attackers. A second column ten miles from Sinshih was driven back while landings north of Lake Tungting threatened Yiyang and a west bank crossing near Sangtze river was repelled.
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Forces gain ground in Myitkyina siege clash
Chinese and American forces push 200 more yards in the southeast sector of Myitkyina as heavy fighting continues around the beleaguered Japanese base in North Burma. The update comes from Southeast Asia Command Headquarters.
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Myitkyina
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Allies enter Rome as invasion speeds toward D-Day
Allied forces fight into Rome while pursuing German columns northward from the city. The air force pounds enemy highways as Kesselring's troops retreat, signaling a strong moral and strategic impact ahead of the planned invasion.
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Liberation of Rome as American Forces Enter City
Reporter Daniel De Luce recounts Roman crowds welcoming Allied troops as Mussolini’s regime collapses. Partisans in red armbands wave flags while Germans retreat from near the Colosseum, and civilians line streets to kiss doughboys amid shattered water mains and dying soldiers. The battle for Rome unfolds as heavy tanks and armor move through Centocelle and Porta Maggiore, with Italians aiding the advance and expressing fierce resolve for liberation.
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Forum
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Colosseum
Sherman
Centocelle
Senta
Porta Maggiore
Yanks Volunteer for First Shuttle Flight to Russia
A United States air base in the Soviet Union reports that all American crew members volunteered for the historic mission. The commander, a Chicago colonel, says the flight targeted Debreczen in Hungary before entering Soviet airspace and encountering no flak or enemy planes. A former Detroit Lions center, Sgt. Leroy Massey, shares a joking remark about a damaged ear from football.
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Associated Press
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Subs Sink 16 More Japanese Ships in Pacific
United States submarines report sinking 16 more Japanese ships, bringing total enemy losses to 589. The action included a large transport and a large cargo vessel, with seven medium cargo ships, two small cargo ships, and additional vessels. Navy communique No 522 documents the results.
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United States
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Pacific
Far East
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Allied forces press toward Rome as Germans retreat from the north
Five hundred American heavy bombers and fighter planes strike enemy communications north of Rome as the Fifth Army advances along the Tib er toward Northern Italian horizons pursuing the 10th and 14th German armies. Rome experiences fierce street clashes as partisans and locals celebrate liberators amid sporadic German resistance.
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Rome Welcomes Fifth Army Troops Amid Preserved City
Near Rome the city shines in sunlight as Fifth Army units arrive. Germans largely destroyed nothing of artistic value, leaving St. Peter's Dome and Vatican facade intact. Vatican guards note neutrality respected by German troops. Americans visit but do not enter Vatican City.
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Vatican Quiet as Berlin Moves Diplomats to Vatican City
Police report calm at the Vatican as the Pope remains effectively imprisoned by German bayonets since last September. A German ambassador says Baron Von Weizsaecker left Rome to relocate to Vatican City along with missions of Japan Hungary Slovakia Romaa and Finland. British correspondents say Sunday prayers and sessions with papal officials occurred amid violence in Madrid.
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Roosevelt and Washington Speak in Wartime Broadcast
President Roosevelt addresses the nation at 8 30 PM in a wartime broadcast to be carried by the four major networks. The remarks focus on national resolve and victory, linking the fall of Rome to the broader war effort.
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