Defeat at Midway hastens Allied offensive momentum
Analysis argues Midway’s crushing American victory accelerates the second phase of the Pacific War. It credits U S Navy and Marine air power with crippling Japan’s fleet, highlights the primacy of aircraft in future offensives, and notes implications for securing Australia to Alaska and striking Japanese supply lines.
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Decatur Daily
Midway
United Nations
Clark Lee Harbor
Japan
Coral Sea
Java
Philippines
United States
United
Australia
Alaska
Oral Sea
Mid- Way
Meet
Mid‘way
Gee Hoe
Inews
Fleet Air Farm
Army
Marine Corps
Macassar Strait
Sea
Shorol
Hawaiian Islands
America
Germany
Senate approves $50 monthly pay for armed forces
The Senate voted 58 to 20 to adopt La Follette's motion to accept a conference report on a military pay bill raising minimum pay to $50 and first class privates and naval ratings to $54 effective June 1. The House had tied the scale to a $46 minimum and $52 for higher ranks before the compromise.
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Washington
Senate
Sena- la Follette
Wis
Senate-House
la Follette
House
Bliette
Purloigns Planned for New Aviators Training Cadets
Cadets at the Southeast Army testing center will receive five days of training and a 10 day fare assignment to prepare for duty. eligibility follows completion of the program.
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Landi Ng
Southeast Army Tes Training Center
Thief Snatches Purse From Visitor on Grant Street
City police probe a purse snatching from Mrs. Roy Grooms of Washington DC as she walked with her mother near Cornelian Court. The culprit knocked her down, fled between Adams and Cornelian Court apartments, and escaped with change, a Schlage key 24231, and sugar rationing books in the names Grooms and Nancy Grooma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Roy Grooms
Washington, DC
J. B. Fleming
Grant Street
Cornelian Court Apartments
Grooms
Nancy Grooma
Allied War Fronts See Shifts as Midway News Cools
Reports from Washington say the Dutch Harbor bombing drew little fresh information due to bad weather. Japanese submarines attacked Sydney and Newcastle in Australia, causing one casualty. In the Pacific, Midway outcomes buoy Allied hopes while China’s fight trails on with losses at Chuhsien. Rangoon saw US daylight bombers strike, and RAF raids target Caen, Montdidier, and Leeuwarden as Sevastopol remains a key Russian stronghold amid ongoing Libya fighting and Malta air attacks.
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Priest J. King
United States
Washington
Sydney
New Castle
MacArthur
Australia
Midway
United Nations
Western Pacific
China
Chungking
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Hangjao
Chekiang-Kiangan
Shangjao
New Delhi
India
Rangoon
RAF
BBC
France
Fghter Command
Caen
Montdidier
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Coastal Command
Command
Naeting
Emden
Ere
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kerch
Russia
Libya
Knightsbridge
Bir Haphelm
Malta
Italy
Vaken
Market Wrap Reflects Victory Rally and Mixed Gains
The New York market hailed a U S victory in the Pacific while trading showed mild early strength fading by midday. Blueship leaders like Eastman Kodak Coca Cola Union Pacific Union Carbide Texas Corp American Telephone and Philip Morris rose 1 to 8 points as transfers ran about 350 000 shares. Livestock prices moved higher with hogs and lambs mixed and grain markets noted with No 1 Hard Wheat at 1 16 3 4.
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Wall Street
New York
United States
mid-Pacific
Eastman Kodak
Coca-Cola
Union Pacific
Union Carbide
Texas Co
American Telephone
Philip Morris
Market report shows mixed gains and declines across commodities
New York stocks lead a belated advance with blue chips. Roads and rail funding soft. Cotton trades mixed as buying offsets liquidation. Chicago wheat falls with rye as harvest grows. Corn stays about steady with fair shipping. Hogs steady to 10 lower with dressed prices firm at 14.25. Cattle across all classes very weak 25 to 40 lower with oversupply.
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New York
Cotton futures fall on reports of larger naval defeat
In New Orleans on June 8 the cotton market weakened as selling followed reports that Japan's naval defeat was greater than initially claimed. The close was barely steady with declines of 26 to 29 points across July October January March May contracts amid mixed open highs and lows.
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N. C
New Orleans
Creer
Nashville Livestock Market Report June Outlook
Salable cattle 700 and calves 350 were received today in Nashville Tennessee. Prices were generally higher with limited early sales and some higher bids noted against last week as buyers showed firmer demand.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Mrs Ada Sims Claimed By Death At 48
Mrs Ada Sims of Tanner Route One died at her home Sunday at 9 30 in Cornwall. She was 48 and survived by her husband L H Sims a daughter Minnie Vickers and eight grandchildren. Services were held at 11 Monday at Round Island with Rev W T Bond officiating. Interment followed at Round Island. McAfee Howell and Young directed arrangements.
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Ada Sims
Cornwall
Plane Crash Cuts Power Across South Alabama
Alabama Power officials reported a large south Alabama area without power after an army training plane struck a transmission line near the Tallassee dam. The plane from Tuskegee Institute was said to have carried a negro cadet killed, another cadet survived. Power crews expected repairs by 3 or 4 o clock.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
South Alabama
Tallassee Dam
Tuskegee Institute
Power Company
Prisoner Kinney Not Sought for Return in Alabama Case
Alabama authorities will not seek Kinney return after his 1921 Montgomery prison escape. The Maritime Commission may reinstate him to his merchant marine position. Kinney, an ex-convict now in Baltimore, was fingerprinted and found wanted in Alabama but deemed to deserve restoration. He has a family and a career progression to marine engineer.
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Baltimore
Alabama
William Kinney
Montgomery
Ala
U. S. Maritime Commission
Alabama Director of Correction
John A. Cooney
Mathe
United States Shipping Board
Herbert R. O’'Conor
Maryland
Herman M. Moser
Kinney
Department of Justice
Maritime Commission
Gas Rationing Details: Coupons Adjusted for Vehicle Types
The local board will tear out coupons to fit the C book to driver needs. Commercial vehicles including trucks taxis buses and government cars get S books tailored to fit. CO books reviewed and reissued every three months. S books reviewed and reissued every four months.
New Decatur Movers List From Hospitality Committee
The Decatur Hospitality Committee releases a citywide notice of new residents and their addresses. Included are Lt. and Mrs. R. H. Lake at LaVene Terrace and multiple families linked to Aviation Training School, Iron & Steel, and other local employers. The list spans Johnston Street to 9th Avenue and notes affiliations with Bell Tel Co and Southern Railway Co.
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R. H. Lake
LaVene Terrace
H. T. Watts
EB. S. Wood
Johnston Street
C. M. Birk
E. Moulton Street
Ray Korty
12Th Avenue
Herman Lockwell
Memorial Drive
Bell Tel. Co
Novell Dykes
E. Church St
Decatur Iron & Steel Co
Andrew Zerbe
Oak St
G. T. Carter
5Th Avenue
Adrian Miller
Bank St
Kenneth Wood
J. L. Henderson
7Th Ave
State Highway Dept
L. B. Connally
8Th Ave
Southern Railway Co
BE. M. White
Fifth Avenue
West
R. L. Champion
West Wilson
Lane
7Th Avenue
Cleveland Couch
W. Gordon
Satie
M. ©. Keith
Ey-Vine Street
State Highway Patrol
E. M. Caillouet
Taylor Apts
Navy
Dkr
Iron & Steel
D. A. Denton
E. Moulton
James L. Wade
Johnston St
Clifton Pierce
Jackson St
J. W. Wood
B. Lafayette St
Garlton Davis
J. P Heatherington
B. Vine St
Dkr. Iron & Steel Co
Reeves Rites Held Monday
Panera services were held at New Center for Dan Reeves age 30 formerly of Hartselle who was killed in a truck crash Sunday afternoon May 31 in Escalon California Rev Lef Toon officiated and interment followed in New Center cemetery Pallbearers were Clifford Williams Ennis Poole James Richardson Almon Eubanks and others Relation: Reeves survived by widow a son James Edward a daughter Joyce his mother and seven brothers and four sisters including Clifford Williams Ennis Poole James Richardson Ennis Poole and T B Maples.
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Panera
New Center
Dan Reeves
Hartselle
Escalon
Calif
Reeves
California
Lef. Toon
Drinkard
Decatur
T. B. Maples
Somerville
Clifford Williams
Ennis Poole
James Richardson
Almon Eubanks
Alvis Eubanks
Roy Armstrong
Ann Mullin
Pay Mullin
Ruth Mullin
Helen Burch
Eulavey Burch
Imogene Burch
Scout Awards Highlight Tenenssee Valley Council Event
Scouts from Troops 11, 20, 30 in Decatur and Hartselle receive Life Bronze Palm and star merit badges at the public Court of Awards during the third annual Tennessee Valley Council Camperes. Directors list includes W R Riley and others from Decatur and Hartselle.
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Darren Peebles
Decatur
Delano Park
Tenenssee Valley Council
W. R. Riley
Scout Peebles
John Patterson III
Roop
Jim Roberts
Richard Yaney
Henry Still
Ray Howell
John Montgomery
Hartselle
Claud McBride
James Johns
Gene Ratliff
Donald Watterson
Ben Summer
Milton Morgan
Maurice Meadows
Thomas Hurst
John Hamilton
Fred Sittason
Hugh Patillo
Harold McClanahan
Dick Still
Bob Sittason
Robert Allen
Fred Mittwede
Seldon Williams
Judson Hawthorne
James Wilson
A. J. Coleman
David Byars
W. E. Waterhouse
Harold Mason
Bluntt &Sanders
Joe Hall
Edrward Davis Terry
Ray Howeller
Decatur Court of Honor
D. L. Mixson
Bruce Spencer
Frank Yaney
A. S. Pitts
L. L. Lively
T. H. Fitzpatrick
D. L. Allen
Ben Martin, Jr
W. J. Terry
M. H. Broom
Black Barons to Meet Decatur Tigers at Lakeside Park
The Birmingham Black Barons will play the Decatur Tigers at Lakeside Park Tuesday after noon at four o’clock. Manager Dave Strauter announced the game and noted the Tigers’ strong lineup with pitcher Rus sell or Strau ter on the mound. A special section is reserved for white patrons.
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Birmingham Black Barons
Decatur’ Tigers
Lakeside Park
Dave Strauter
Tigers
Russell
Strauter
Alabama Tops Southern Bond Sales in War Quotas
Treasury figures show Alabama led the South and ranked ninth among 48 states in percent of actual sales toward May war bond quotas.
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Birmingham
Ala
Treasury Department
Alabama
South
City court handles ten cases amid local health and social notes
Ten cases were tried in Morgan county city court this morning with five charged with drunkenness two with disorderly conduct one trespassing on railroad property one assault and one driving while intoxicated. Emmett Eubanks Jr of Mobile visits his aunt Mrs Altice Dobba. Rhodene McCarley dismissed from Baugh infirmary returns home. Velma Owen state health department inspector visits Morgan county health department. H C Pite dismissed from Baugh infirmary returns to daughter Mrs William Atkinson on Madison route three. Mr and Mrs W E Brown and baby of Franklin La visit relatives here. Mr and Mrs James Hall of Houston Texas visit relatives here and in Moulton. Masonic building on Johnson street gets a face lifting. Lola McKnight ill. Kathleen McElroy of Hartsville route two ton sillectomy at Baugh infirmary. Mrs Robert Layton of Leighton visits with Mrs Rayburn Neville in Trinity. Regular June circuit court term opens at Morgan county courthouse for two weeks with Judge A A Griffith presiding.
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H. C. Pite
Baugh Infirmary
William Atkinson
Madison
Greatest Central Pacific victory may be near end
Nimitz reports Japanese retreat as the three day Central Pacific battle nears its finish with possible aircraft carrier losses and multiple enemy ships damaged. MacArthur congratulates the American triumph from Australia while Ha waiian area remains quiet aside from submarine activity.
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Nimitz
Central Pacific
MacArthur
Midway
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Hawaiian
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Kod iak Soldiers Honored by Decatur Hosts at Canal Street Party
Mr and Mrs Pred S Hunt hosted a Sunday gathering at their Canal Street home honoring eight members of Company B 151 Engineers arriving in Decatur Alaska on furlough Sergeant William Kirby Charles Sherman Cecil Chandler Tommy Woodard John V Sims Homer Draper Eldridge Cockrill James K Polk along with the parents and wives of Decatur friends About 75 guests from Decatur Athens and Lawrence County attended and refreshments were served in the side lawn and back yard tea area.
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Pred S. Hunt
Canal Street
Company B
151 Engineers
Decatur
Kodiiak
Alaska
William Kirby
Charles Sherman
Cecil Chandler
Tommy Woodard
John V. Sims
Homer Draper
Eldridge Cockrill
James K. Polk
Mrs. Hunt
F. H Kirby
J. W. Clapton
Louisa Barnett
Louise Watkins
Athens
Lawrence County
Hunt
Beloved Man James T Masterson Dies at 88 in Moulton
James T Masterson aged 88 died at his home in Moulton Sunday afternoon. He lived most of his life in Lawrence county and served as sheriff and deputy. Funeral at 3 pm at Moulton Baptist Church with Rev. Luther Gaines and Rev. Jesse Sandlin. interment in Moulton cemetery. He is survived by four daughters, one son, a granddaughter, a sister, two brothers, and many relatives.
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James T. Masterson
Moulton
Haning
Lawrence County
Masterson
Moulton Baptist Church
Luther Gaines
Jesse Sandlin
Brown
Addie Meterson
R.G. Clark
Roy Graham
Courtland
Lucille Smith
Nashville
E. E. Sherrill
Anne
Decatur
A. H. Masterson
Hartselle
W. R. Jackson
A. W. Wade
S. B. Osteen
Ike Johnson
Allen Farley
Jesse MceCarty
G. M. Carraway
Robert Henderson
The
Baptist Church
Fidelis
Flowers
Court upholds flexible regular rate in wage hour case
Justice Byrnes rules that a Baltimore transportation firm may base overtime on a negotiated regular hourly rate rather than a fixed weekly division. He cautions against rigid interpretation that would undermine steady income for workers with irregular hours and notes lack of a formal definition of regular rate in the act.
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Byrnes
Congress
Judge Hawkins to resign as probate judge in Alabama
Probate Judge Eugene Hawkins said he had been notified of his Army captain appointment and plans to resign to Governor Dixon. Hawkins was first appointed to the bench in 19 and had been reelected twice.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Hawkins
Dixon
Hawkins
Nce
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Hud
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Alabama Flour Mill
Decatur Box & Basket Co
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Black Barons
STATE
DIXIE
Emmett Eubanks, Jr
Mobile
Mrs
Altice Dobba
Rhodene McCarley
Velma Owen
Bureau of Hygiene and Nursing
State Health Department
Morgan County Health Department
James Hall
Houston, Texas
Masonic
Johnson Street
Lola McKnight
Kathleen McElroy
Route Two
Robert Layton
Leighton
Rayburn Neville
Trinity
Morgan County
A A. Griffith
Kodiak Boys
Town Creek
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