Strikes Hit Wright Aeronautical Plant and Canton Roller Bearing
In Maryland and Ohio CIO UAW workers walk off jobs amid racial tensions and seniority disputes. At Lockheed’s Baltimore plant idle reactors and a center shop halt while some foundry units run. In Canton Timken Roller Bearing Co workers in grinding department strike over machine removal and seniority rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Lockee
F. L. Innise
CIO
Uaw-Cio Gon
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
United
Reds Massing to His Nazis
Moscow reports indicate Russian armies mobilizing for a major Allied push from the East to complement Eisenhower’s Western invasion and Alexander’s Italian advance. The Northwest France invasion, long sought by Stalin, is seen as the second front and a turning point after the Tehran talks on timing and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Germany
Eisenhower
Alexander
Italian
France
Eisenstruck
Stalin
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Teheran
RAF Attacks on French Coast In Major Night Bombardment
Planes launched ten heavy bombing runs between 11 30 P M and sunrise targeting German batteries along the Normandy coast and Osnabruck railway yard. A cloud cover over some coastal targets did not hinder pathfinder crews as RAF bombers hit at night in a coordinated the air ministry noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osnabruck
Normandy
RAF
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Dover
War notice and factory prayer services in Decatur area
In Decatur Alabama, prayer services were held at 9 15 am and workers returned to war related tasks. Cooper Wells Hosiery Mill closed for the day while Alabama Hosiery Mills paused five minutes from 10 00 to 10 05 am. Goodyear Mills kept full operations all day and Ingalls reports sales rise after D Day. An employee seeking bonds weekly after hearing of the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Wells
Alabama
Goodyear Mills
In- Shipbuilding Company
Ingall's
Prominent Man A. C. Summerford Dies After Heart Attack
A. C. Summerford, a 67 year old retired merchant, died at 9 am Tuesday at his Parkville home after a month of illness and a recent hospital discharge. The longtime resident had suffered a heart attack preceded by extended illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Summerford
Parkville
Mr. Summerford
Wall Street Opens With Mixed Stocks After D-Day Hope
Markets show slight early declines then a selective rebound led by motors and defense stocks. Industrials and paper entries hit yearly highs while some rails and Kodak retreat. Hogs and lambs trade steady with modest gains, futures steady near 8.00 for cattle and uneven for sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
NEW
York
Marovat
Sonyight
Europe
Telephone
Pebtkee Cherrief
Packard
Nash-Kelvinator
General Motors
du Pont
Atlantic Coast Line
Delaware & Hudson
Willys-Overland
Studebaker
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report June arrivals and prices
Nashville Tennessee cattle and calves market notes show demand weak for medium and lower grades after a recent decline. Good 1,100 lb steers price around 16.00, light weight heifers and steer lots 9.00 to 12.50, cows 9.00 to 10.75, canners 6.00 to 8.60, sausage balls 7.50 to 10.25. Vealers steady with good to choice 15.00 to 16.00 and common 10.50 to 14.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Butter-Eggs Chicago Market Summary June 6
Butter receipts reach 942 538 with market unchanged. Eggs receipts 18 716 steady. U S specials range 35 to 3612. Other markets unchanged.
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Chicago
U. S
Grain market falters then firms on invasion news
Chicago grain futures closed higher after an initial dip as traders reacted to invasion news. Wheat for July rose to 1.62 3-8 to 1-2, oats gained 5-8 to 1-4, rye up 2 to 2-1/2, and barley advanced 1-4 to 1-2 with July contracts cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cotton Market Slumps Then Recovers Some
New York June trading opened with European invasion fear driving cotton down as much as 1.15 a bale. Nervous liquidation and hedge selling pared losses with some commission house buying. By late trading values fell 55 to 65 cents a bale, with July at 20.96, Oct 20.32, Dec 20.08.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Commission
Invasion of Normandy Opens Major Allied Offensive
Allied invasion of Normandy began with mass landings from Cherbourg to Le Havre aided by 11 000 planes and multiple airborne assaults. German reports placed paratroopers inland and noted rising resistance around Arromanches and the Seine Bay as Allied forces established a beachhead and pressed toward Paris.
Eisenhower Watches D Day Landing from Roof in France
General Dwight D. Eisenhower stands on a northern France roof observing parachute troops before the Allied assault as the Western front opens. The Supreme Headquarters report the large air armadas crossing the channel during dawn operations on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Channel
Allies Secure Beaches as German Fortifications Fall on D Day
Allied forces launched an amphibious assault along a heavily fortified coast with 640 naval guns and air bombardment. Churchill announced shore batteries largely quelled and operations proceeding as planned while German claims of destruction were dismissed.
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Mandy
Moscow
Germany
Churchill
Western Front
Ans
Dover
Liberty Bell Rings as Europe Liberation Begins
In Philadelphia on June 6 the Liberty Bell rang six times to mark the start of Europe liberation. NBC broadcast the toll nationwide with Mayor Bernard Samuel noting the inscription and calling for liberty to spread across the land and world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Europe
Nbcs
United States
Britain
Bernard Samuel
Allied Naval Fire and Paratroopers Strike Normandy Beachhead
Allied navies including British and American battleships shelled German coastal defenses four years in preparation for a Normandy assault. Germans admitted heavy bombardment that set parts of the Seine bay aflame as American Canadian and British parachute divisions landed at Caen and penetrated inland. Mine sweepers led the approach as the largest such operation in history cleared beaches for ground troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bay of the Seine
Eisenhower
Caen
Auburns research council approved by board of trustees
Alabama Polytechnic Institute plans a research interpretation council to translate and interpret ongoing technical data for practical use in Alabama. Proposals for enlarging API’s research programs in agriculture and engineering were also approved, with Dr Duncan endorsing the council’s creation and its aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Board
Council
Alabama
Invasion Tide: Allied Forces Storm Normandy Coasts
Allied forces launched mass airborne landings and seaborne assaults across Normandy. Churchill hailed successful parachute and glider drops as 4,000 ships and thousands of landing craft carried troops ashore amid rough seas. Caen and Cherbourg regions bore the main effort while German forces claimed heavy but unconfirmed losses. Eisenhower urged restraint and vowed liberation with a global crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Missed transfer listed for Austinville resident
Mrs. Marcus A. Long was removed from Decatur General Hospital to her home in Austinville Monday in a Brown's ambulance. Thomas A. Yarbrough of the War Production Board Priorities Division will speak at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning from 9 until noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus A. Long
Decatur General
H Tal
Austinvi Ie
Brown's
Thomas A. Yarbrough
War Production Board
Chamber of Commerce
Avery charges publicized on Chicago plant seizure
Sewell Avery testified before a house committee that the NLRB and the War Labor Board conspired to seize the Chicago Ward plant to enforce an order he called illegal. He alleged Roosevelt exceeded authority and said agencies acted with the president’s approval to aid the union. The plant was seized as he refused to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sewell Avery
Montgomery
Ward, and Co
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Chicago
Mein
Avery
House
Roosevelt
WLB
Wards
NLRB
Labor Board
Attorney General
Post Office
Department of Justice
Morgan County Shady Grove social notes
Miss Elaine Millwood of Chapel Hill guests of Josephine Standridge this week. Hazel Abbott of Decatur visits Helen McDougle. Rev Bud Bynum and son from Louisville expected home soon after visiting Mr and Mrs Minor Russell for two weeks. Buck Dowery of the Navy on short furlough here. Melba Standridge stays with Imogene Jones overnight. Otto Hawkins of Birmingham visits W B Lamon and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Millwood
Chapel Hill
Josephine Standridge
Hazel Abbott
Decatur
Helen McDougle
Bud Bynum and Son
Louisville
Kentucky
Minor
Russell
Herman
Buck) Dowery
U. S. Navy
Melba Standridge
Imogene Jones
Otto Hawkins
Birmingham
W.B. Lamon
French Cadets Cheer Allied Landings at Van De Graff Field
In Tuscaloosa Alabama on June 6 French air cadets near Van De Graff Field celebrate the Allied landings in France with wild cheering. The commanding officer says the bombardment sounds like a giant key turning in the door of the prison. Cadets learned of the news at 5 30 a m and many have family still in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
van de Graff Field
France
Negro Employee Hit With Hammer at Shipyard
Roy Brown, a Negro worker at Ingalls Shipbuilding, was struck on the head with a hammer by an unidentified white man at 11 am Monday. He received first aid, was taken to Chenault clinic, and returned home by Monday afternoon with condition reported as very good on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brown
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Brown
Ingalls
Chenault Clinic
Wilson Avenue
Miller in Critical Condition After Stroke
Selma Alabama June 6 George O. Miller 53 speaker of the Alabama House and four terms in the legislature from Sumter county was seriously ill in a Selma hospital after a stroke in his Livingston office yesterday. Miller was brought to Selma by his nephew Ira Baker and other family members were at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
George O. Miller
Alabama House
Sumter County
Livingston
Miller
Ira Baker
Mom
Jefferson County to buy land for medical school site in Birmingham
Jefferson County Commissioner Henry Sweet announced approval to acquire three blocks adjacent to Jefferson and Hillman hospitals for the new University of Alabama Medical School. One block to be purchased with county funds, the other two financed by the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson and Hillman Hospitals
University of Alabama Medical School
Jefferson County
Henry Sweet
Univer
Governor Sparks hails Auburns shift on football relations
Governor Sparks praises Auburn trustees for adopting a resolution endorsing resumed athletic relations between the University of Alabama and Auburn. He says the football issue is minor but the current attitude is unacceptable and urges friendly cooperation and voluntary action to foster a sportsmanlike tie between the two schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Sparks
Auburn
University of Alabama
Alabama
Local News Roundup From Morgan County Lebanon
Church services were well attended as families in Morgan County Lebanon gathered. Many names appear in a sequence of visits and illness updates including Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCaig Falkville Mrs. George Eaton family Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bramlett called to Cullman for the death of Leonard Carter in a plane crash. Notable visits include Ghose Jule ill at J. A. Brown’s home and various trips among Goff Knox Summers Fortenberry and Shaneyfelt families.
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Earl McCaig
Falkville
George. Eaton
Glen. Bramlett
Cullman
Leonard Carter
Clayton Hicks
Raney
B. Smith
A. Brown
Ghose Jule
J.F. Brown
Less Parker
Leesdale
W. T. Knox
Felix Thomason
Frances Shaney
Elgie Smith
Decatur
S. T. Price
W. P. Wright
Bruce Fortenberry
B. M. Goff
C.F. Lake
Grady Godfrey
Herman Collins
Annie Shaneyfelt
Bryaneen
L. V. Godfrey
Louise ‘Bucklew
Cullman County
Lutie Goff
Toledo
Ohio
Ruby Winsett
Mabel
B. Fortenberry
Virginia
Eva
Ruby Winseth
Stella Lawrence
Bernard Goff
Virgal McCroskey
Ruth Summerford
Pvt
O. Summerford
New Orleans
Hilda Wallace
Salem
Limestone County Capshew Highlights Local Socials
Mrs J B Cole and family along with several neighbors visited Mr and Mrs J N Vasser. Hester Smiths family and W E Smith joined at Coleman Smiths. Rowe Sandersons group visited S L Sandersons. Bessie Pike Rosetta spent weekend with Stanford Craft Belle Mina. Oscar Wagnons family visited Mrs Pike. Howard Ray Jacbos and families visited R E Whitt. R E Whitt weekended with Carl Whitt and his Chattanooga relatives. An all day singing is planned at Lax Baptist church on June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Cole
Tiny Cole Young
W. H. Blair
William Johnston
Oscar Vasser
Oscar Pitts
J. N. Vasser
Bessie Pike
Rosetta
Stanford Craft
Belle Mina
Oscar Wagnon
Pike
Howard Ray
Pat Jacobs
R. E. Whitt
Pontifical Mass for Monsignor Johnson at Trinity College
A solemn pontifical mass will be celebrated Friday for Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Johnson 55 who collapsed and died yesterday while delivering a commencement address at Trinity College Catholic University. He was an associate professor of education at the university.
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Washington
Msgr
George Johnson
Trinity College
Catholic University
Monsignor Johnson
Michael J Curley
Baltimore
Old Town Thrills as Ida Eisenhower News Spreads
Abilene Kansas residents react with excitement to reports about Mrs Ida Eisenhower and the invasion news. The hometown of General Dwight D Eisenhower salutes the potential developments and public interest grows.
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Old Town
Abilene
Kans
Gen. D._Eisenhower
Ida Eisenhower
Teral
France’s wartime collapse and resistance under Petain era
The piece recounts France’s defeat in 1940, Petain’s dictatorship, Laval’s collaboration, and Churchill’s critique. It notes the British evacuation at Dunkirk, the Tirailleurs and French resistance, the Toulon fleet destruction, and De Gaulle’s rise leading a future liberated France. It mentions Vichy, Madagascar, Dakar, and Allied landings in North Africa.
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France
Petain
Frans
Britain
Gaby
Dunkerque
Vichy
América
Churchill
House of Commons
Bordeaux
Oran
Mers-El-Kebir
Algeria
Indoe- China
Southeast Asia
Madagascar
Dakar
Algiers
Pierre Laval
Hitler
St. Nazaire
Toulon
Eisenhower
Frent@h
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
de Gaulle
de Gaullists
Marshal Petain
Russia
Navy Sailors in Army Garb Aid Normandy Beachhead
Navy sailors in Army clothing performed preliminary demolition of underwater obstacles, cleared channels for landing craft, treated the wounded and prisoners, directed landings, buried the dead, repaired or destroyed disabled craft, established beachhead communications, and set up emergency dressing stations in the sand.
Renew Pledges On War Effort Amid European Invasion
Governor Sparks urges renewed loyalty and determination to support the war from home. He calls for total effort to ensure the success of the valiant arms in Europe and invokes a blessing for the troops and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Sparks
Europe
Loan groups charged with anti trust violations in 23 states
Thirteen small loan chains comprising 40 corporations and 75 individuals with over 400 offices were indicted for conspiring to violate the Sherman act. Federal grand jury in San Antonio charged rates from 60 to 1000 percent yearly on loans of 5 to 60 dollars, with most at 120 to 240 percent. Leaders Rufus Dewitt King and John M. Ogden are Miami residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Biddle
San Anttonio
Texas
Carolinas
Pacific Coast
United Operating Company
Atlanta
Triangle Securities Trust
Nashville
Fla
Invasion Thunder From a Plane Over England
A pilot describes dawn scenes from a Marauder base in England on June 6. Allied paratroopers and gliders landed along the French coast while ships shelled targets. Channel traffic included warships and forces moving to exploit breaches as aircraft bore the invasion zebra markings.
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French Channel
Channel
Sunday School Attendance and Pulpit Change in Morgan County
Mrs Rosa Roberts returns to work after illness as Morgan County news notes 52 in Sunday school. Rev Tingly of Athens will fill Rev Parker’s pulpit at 11 am Sunday. Several local families visit kin and attend gatherings including Knighton and Roberts clans across Decatur Basham Forest Chapel Oak Ridge Neel and Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Roberts
Tingly
Athens
Parker
A. Q
Robert Louis Knighton
Decatur
C. J. Roberts
C. J
Claude Roberts
James Pea
Hi Mother
Effie King
Neel
Edgar Melson
Byrum Bullard
Hartselle
Morgans County Corinth Farming Notes and Visits
Most farmers here have finished thinning cotton. Crops suffer for rain. Mr. Whitt Evans of Andrews Chapel visited Sunday. Dee Bonds of the Army air corps Courtland base visited relatives last week. Marcus Terry Bonds is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Partain called at Somerville Saturday. Mrs. Laag visited Mrs. Ira Holland last Thursday. Grady Morgan reports health and a good time while J. H. Rigby visits Indiana and Illinois. Bruce Bonds called in Hogansville Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitt Evans
Andrews Chapel
Dee Bonds
Army Air Corps
Courtland Base
Marcus Terry Bonds
Louie Partain
Somerville
Laag
Ira Holland
Grady Morgan
J. H. Rigby
Indiana
Illinois
Bruce Bonds
Hogansville
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le Havre
English Channel
Jersey
Guernsey
Eration
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Erwin Rommel
Sweden
Arromanches
Barfleur
Orne
Vire
Seine Bay
Seine
Paris
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Italy
Morgan County
Shady Grove
Negro Employe
Lebanon
Ruth Shaneyfelt
Limestone County Capshaw
Miss Balch
NAVY
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Combined
American Press
England
Cocke
Rock Springs
Luke Roberts
Morgan County Corinth
J. D. Bonds
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