07 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1942
Page
1
Weather outlook shows little temperature change with a chance of local thundershowers. Cotton prices paid Saturday at the local market include strict middling 18.65 and middling 18.40. Community notices mention cinema listings, family visits, church events, medical updates, and residents traveling or staying in nearby towns.
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports U S forces sunk or damaged 18 to 15 Japanese warships and transports at Midway. Admiral Nimitz cites losses including two to three carriers and several battleships as the battle continues and victory nears.
Classified notice for a six room house built two years ago with tile bath and shower and a large breakfast nook. Located at 1206 8th Ave offers lower payments and asks contact by phone 865 J after work hours. Ordered to run three times. sold after first insertion.
Allied headquarters in Australia reports another Japanese submarine was destroyed by an Allied plane. General MacArthur's command confirmed the sinking on Sunday, June 7.
Miss Mattie Aycock of Hartselle bedfast for 25 years after infantile paralysis shells peanuts to help the war effort. She began when war started, believing every citizen can contribute. D L Marshall notes her quiet service inspires others to support victory and return to normal life.
Rosie Lee Chapman, 17, a Negro girl, was slightly injured when struck by a car in the 600 block of Church Street. Officers said the accident was unavoidable as she crossed from behind a parked bus. The driver Thomas W. Holland of Hillsboro Route 1 stopped and the girl was treated at Baugh infirmary and released.
War analyst Kirke L. Simpson notes a drastic shift in German statements in early June as Nazi bulletins increasingly exaggerate successes and downplay reverses. The pattern appears to have begun last winter, with officials turning to hyperbole to influence morale and perception abroad.
American observers in Berlin before the war noted Hitler’s army command purge and the replacement of top German officers. The shift signals tension between Hitler and his generals as Nazi propaganda could no longer claim flawless victories in every engagement. Old accuracy appears abandoned as reports come from Scandinavia.
Morgan county will seek signatures on pledge cards to buy war bonds from every home on Tuesday June 9 as part of a nationwide campaign. A county meeting at the courthouse will brief campaign workers, with women volunteers delivering cards in Decatur and the Agricultural War Board visiting every farm home. The June county quota is $80,700 after $47,868 in April and $55,000 in May.
The Morgan County salvage committee announces a temporary halt to waste paper collection due to strong public response and storage issues. Citizens are urged to continue scrap drives for rubber metal and rags and to drop scrap at the MacArthur Bin in the parkway near Second Avenue.
Funeral services for Joseph A Bates aged about 73 of Anderson were held Friday at Mitchell cemetery near Anderson. The service was led by Rufus Underwood minister of the Grant Street Church of Christ. Interment followed with McAfee Howell and Young directing. Survived by four daughters Effie Brown J W Dupree Mrs Powell of Decatur and Mrs J E Tucker of Burnsville alongside 14 grandchildren and two brothers two sisters.
British radio reported that loudspeakers on the Russian front blared news of RAF bombing of the German homeland to Nazi troops. The BBC cited a military journal describing German reactions to the broadcasts amid ongoing hostilities.
Gregg Coleman, a Decatur youth and Arkansas Riverside senior class president, arrived safely in Jonesboro after a roughly 300 mile bicycle journey begun Wednesday. He planned a slow pace with rests and will join his family in Arkansas City for the summer before entering Arkansas State College.
Sergeant William Kirby of Company B 151 Engineers report from Kodiak Alaska that Decatur boys stationed there are getting along well and in good spirits. He notes no enemy trouble near Dutch Harbor, about 600 miles away, and that spring leave to Decatur went smoothly after a May 27 voyage from Alaska to Seattle. The group recalls winter conditions were manageable with only minor ailments. hunting details and the Hugh Strickland bear episode are not disclosed.
The Georgia Democratic Executive Committee praised Governor Eugene Talmadge for opposing interracial co education in schools and said racial questions would be a campaign focus. The group also commended his fiscal leadership and resolved to support him as he prepares for the Sept 9 primary.
The RAF pressed a massive assault on the German coast from Boulogne to Cap Gris Nez with 6 000 to 7 000 planes in a weekend offensive. German reprisals hit Britain’s Southeast coast as stormy weather blended with flashes of bomb bursts. RAF raids razed a large portion of the Rhineland city of Cologne and continued heavy bombing in the Ruhr amid ongoing air battles.
Admiral Nimitz reports 13 to 15 Japanese ships sunk or damaged off Midway for a six month war anniversary. Britain’s RAF pounds Hitler’s territory as 6 000 to 7 000 planes strike. Russian front shows retreat of German forces while Kharkov offensive stalls. Allied momentum across Pacific Europe and Africa fuels public morale.
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