Intimate Glimpses From Decatur Community News
Weather data for Decatur shows 75 degree high and 63 degree low with a partly cloudy Alabama outlook. Births, hospital admissions, discharges, and travel notes fill this local column, naming residents and their affiliations including Madison, Hartselle, Cullman, and Decatur General Hospital. The item highlights church services at Westminster and personnel movements such as Sgt Eugene H. Pettus wounded in the Pacific.
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Decatur
Alabama
Public urged into meeting on Decatur school plan
A public meeting is called for Tuesday June 19 at eight o clock in the courthouse to discuss a 1.5 million dollar postwar school building program. City officials will outline the plan and report the city finances while options for financing including sales, payroll and ad valorem taxes are considered.
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Decatur
Decatur Daily
Decatur City Council
Decatur Board of Education
E. Alverson
Rutledge S. Thomas
Julian Harris
H. R. Summer
H. R. Speaker
A. C. Dillehay
Bruce Spencer
Barrett Shelton
Poograt
Patton Receives Warm Welcome in Boston Parade and Reception
General George S. Patton Jr arrives in Boston from Europe to a civic welcome. A downtown parade precedes a public reception at Hatch Shell and a state dinner at Copley Plaza Hotel for Patton and 46 officers and family members.
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Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
George S. Patton,Jr
Third Army
North
Africa
Europe
Patton
Bedford
Commonwealth
Gen. Patton
Copley Plaza Hotel
Fuqua Returns After 37 Months Overseas Service
Charles Fuqua of 513 Madison Street Decatur Alabama reports to the RAF Redistribution Station No 1 in Atlantic City New Jersey after 37 months of overseas service.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles Fuqua
Madison St
Decatur
Ala
RAF
Valdosta Major Guards Goering Art Loot at Berchtesgaden
Major Emmett A. McRae of Valdosta, attached to the 327th glider infantry, acts as custodian of Hermann Goering's famous art collection. He writes that treasures captured in a salt mine now rest at Berchtesgaden, Hitler's residence, and volunteers to prevent looting.
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Valdost
Emmett A. McRae
Valdosta
327Th
Hermann Goering
Goering
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Major McRae
Hitler
Chinese forces claim Mengshan capture amid WW2 northward drive
Chinese authorities announce the capture of Mengshan a highway and river junction 200 miles northwest of Canton and 80 miles east of Liuchow as part of a broader push from Kweilin toward Fukien coast securing Liuchow and surrounding areas. The report notes advancing Chinese forces near Futing and potential loss of Japanese positions in Fukien with Amoy as the last Japanese pocket.
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Chungking
Mengshan
Canton
Liuchow
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Foochow
Cheking
Fukien
Amoy
Hong Kong
University of Georgia football guard dies on Okinawa
Marine Lieutenant Winston Hodgson, guard on the Georgia Bulldogs football teams 1937 38 39, has been killed on Okinawa. His death makes him the eleventh and fifth University of Georgia football guard to die in the war. Parents were informed of his passing.
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Athens, Ga
Winston Hodgson
University of Georgia
Okinawa
Hodgson
Grandson War Debut Prompts Local Record Claim
Robert L. Martin of Mount Hope seeks the district’s top grandsons in service title. He cites 17 grandsons and grandsons-in-law in active duty, vs L. S. Sandlin’s nine with seven active. Named are Robert N. Williams, Robert E. Martin, Robert J. Stockton, Raymond D. Stockton, Herbert M. Stockton, Rayborn C. Jackson, Maurice H. Jackson, Willard K. Jackson, Millard J. Jackson, Allen Jackson, Alden L. Pickens, Morris B. Pickens, Billy B. Pickens, Gailard T. Counts, Reynold M. Counts, Robert Cleere, and Albert Thomas.
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Robert L. Martin
Mount Hope
L. S. Sandlin
Tanner
Martin
Pacific
Sandlin
Robert N. Williams
Fort McPherson
Robert E. Martin
Camp Fannin
Texas
Robert J. Stockton
Camp Gordon
Raymond D. Stockton
Herbert _M. _ Stockton
U.S. Navy
Rayborn C. Jackson
Atlantic
Navy
Aurice H. Jackson
Willard K. Jackson
Cpl
Millard J. Jackson
Gulfport Field
Miss
Allen Jackson
Hawaiian Islands
Alden L. Pickens
Morris B. Pickens
Billy. B. Pickens
Italy
Gailard T. Counts
Germany
Reynold M. Counts
Pensacola
Fla
Robert Cleere
Albert Thomas
Athens Sailor to Help Casualties in Pacific War
Jack R. Underwood, pharmacist's mate third class USNR from Athens Alabama, reported to U S Naval Hospital in Asea Heights Oahu to care for Pacific battle casualties. He previously served aboard the USS Edgecombe and attended Athens High School. Before enlisting in 1943 he worked at the Ritz Theatre. His parents Mr and Mrs John B Underwood live at 204 Southwest Street Athens. Underwood took part in the Okinawa invasion.
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U.S. Naval Hospital
Asea Heights
Oahu
T. H
Jack R. Underwood
USNR
Athens
Ala
Naval Hospital
Pacific
Edgecombe
Athens High School
Ritz
John B. Underwood
Southwest St
Underwood
Okinawa
World Bank Approvals Move In House Toward Bretton Woods
The House approved legislation ratifying participation in a world bank for reconstruction and a monetary fund for currency stability by 45 to 18. It goes to the Senate where a battle is anticipated. Justice Jackson urged harsh punishment for Axis war criminals and warned against delaying trials. The Rules Committee planned a vote on a permanent fair employment practices committee for next Tuesday, despite Rep. Slaughter’s absence blocking action. Presidential urgency and public opposition to peacetime draft were noted. FBI seized six people in New York and Washington for wartime secrets breaches.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Monetary Fund For International
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Rep. Slaughter
Truman
Capitol Hill
Rep
Tarver
Chamber
Navy
State Department
FBI
New York
Nine Children Will Continue Live Together
Oklahoma City June 7 nine children of Mrs Zena Luce aged 14 to 11 months will remain together in a new home after physicians diagnosed the mother with cancer and told she has only months to live Her husband was killed 18 months ago by a stray rifle blast on the farm An orphanage in Sand Springs Okla agreed to take all nine children preserving the close knit family bond
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Oklahoma City
Zena Luce
Sand Springs
Okla
Joell
Reds Charge West Allies In Berlin Control Council
June 7 report from London describes Allied control council talks stalled over French zone allocation. Moscow criticizes Western Allies for muddle hindering administrative setup as Russian map claims large German occupation area. British and American officials seek defined zones before troop movements while Moscow demands de facto Soviet control.
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London
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Moscow
Western Alllies
Foreign Office
United States
Control’ Council
Council
Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Main
Elbe
London Times
Berlin
Izvestia
Prohibition Issues Sealed Off in Alabama Debates
In Montgomery on June 7 the Senate adjourned after hours of debate on the administration's income tax amendment without a vote. The House passed 50 to 36 a measure to abolish absentee voting in Alabama primaries, limiting it to primaries. The Senate opened with amendments to boost homestead exemptions and earmark revenue for education and welfare, sparking further debate over tax funds and related bills.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
House
Alabama
Hunter Golson
Elmore
Committee On
Constitution and Legislative Procedure
Norman Harris
Morgan
Golson
Baldwin
W. C. Beebe
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Chambers
Will O. Walton
Gordon Madison
Tuscaloosa
Henderson
House Health Committee
New Officers Take Pledge At Decatur Civitan Install
Hugh Cothren became president of the Decatur Civitan Club succeeding Dr. A M Roan during an installation of new officers. Other officers installed were Marvin Dougherty first vice president L C Buchanan second vice president Elmer Ange secretary and Alvis Briscoe treasurer.
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Hugh Cothren
A. M. Roan
Decatur Civitan Club
Marvin Dougherty
L. C. Buchanan
Elmer Ange
Alvis Briscoe
Gene Chenault
Dr. Roan
Cothren
Decatur
Wilfred Self
Self
Pacific
Inge
O Jarvis
Hugh Cotnren
Roan
Meridi
Okinawa Campaign Wind-Down Teased as Bombing Presses On
Maj Gen Roy Geiger forecasts swift finish to Okinawa campaign amid heavy air attacks on Osaka. Naha Harbor and airfield readied for next invasion. Chinese forces push toward Foochow area while Burma mop up continues. Philippines legislature weighs bases for US-Pacific force.
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Leonard Miliman
Associated Press
Okinawa
Roy Geiger
Third Marine Amphibious’ Corps
Osaka
Japan
Naha
China
Manila
China Coast
Futing
Foochow
Burma
Philippines
Mindanao
Pacific
U. S
Insular
Japan Calls for Silent Defiance in Imperial Crisis
In a 20 page resistance handbook the Army urges the 100000000 home front to become special attackers to defend the empire to the last if American landings occur. A Domei summary notes Admiral Barbey warned Japan would commit national hara kiri if the Pacific war persists.
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San Francisco
Empire
Radio Tokyo
Domei
Daniel E. Barbey
Seventh U. S
Seventh Fleet
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Japan
Osaka Arsenal Targeted in Third Raid This Month
A three hour raid on Osaka marked the tenth major strike on Japanese industrial cities this month and the second on Osaka. Explosives hit the Osaka arsenal near Osaka castle, with 11 square miles previously blackened and daylight blazes being controlled as overcast hindered observation by American bombers.
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Osaka
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Diane
Robert A. Haney
Madison
Decatur General Hospital
Grady Bishop
Barclay Street
Hartselle
Lorraine Winton
Hamil Clinic
Jewel Parris
Madison 3
Ernest Taft
Sixth Avenue West
Martha King
Cullman
Baugh’s Infirmary
Harvey H. Hightower
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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E B. Towers
Seventh Avenue South
General Hospital Wednesay
C. C. Arbuckle, Jr
Birmingham
Evelyn Peete
Sixth Avenue South
General Hospital
Guy Matthews
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Columbia Circle
Brown's
Lou Jean Johnston
Alabama College
Montevallo
Elmos Johnston
W. T. Willoughby
W. S. Lamon
Alcohol Tax Unit
Hot Springs
Arkansas
EK. T. Hamilton
Ninth Avenue East
Ralph H. Fenn
Moulton Street
Charlotte Anita Kalb
Samuel Kalb
Sixth Avenue East
Ethel Williams
Waldermose Springs
Carl Coffey
Courtland
H. C. Halbrooks
Falkville
Wednesay
Westminster Presbyterian Church
E. N. Hart
R. E.cox
Billy
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Tacoma
R. E. Cox
Fort Lewis
War Department
Eugene H. Pettus
Georgia D. Pettus
Killen
Pettus
Ken Reynolds
Allied Control Commission
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
France
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Great Britain
Gregory Zhukov
Russia
Dwight Eisenhower
Georgia
World Bank
America
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
National Congress of
William A. Hastings
Wis
Federal Council of Churches of America
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Rabbinical Assembly of America
Thomas R
N.H
United Nations Relief
Thomas
House Committee On unAmerican
OPA
Demler
Joseph Demler
Fredonia
Kennedy General Hospital
Memphis
Pvt
Wara
Anc
Ascans
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