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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
1
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Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in extreme north tonight and Saturday. Temperatures reach 86 and fall to 67. War Department reports the liberation of German POWs including Pfc Truman J Brown. Local people and churches announce services revivals and Bible schools. Stand ard Oil Company pledges $7 500 to the Morgan County Mighty Seventh War Loan Drive.
In Montgomery on June 8, the Alabama Senate rejected three earmarking plans for income tax proceeds and tabled a Walton substitute to direct funds for education, welfare, and health. The body also declined to double homestead exemptions and discussed county representation, salaries for state officials, a reapportionment measure, and a retirement plan for state workers amid ongoing income tax deliberations.
A hot night in Australia led to a roll of dice that yielded $38,000 for an unnamed Negro corporal. He returned the funds to Harlem, where the Treasury took $18,000 in income tax, leaving him about $20,000.
New York reporters detail a widening inquiry into textile executive Albert Langford's killing on Park Avenue. The district attorney notes the widow spent about 100000 dollars on singer Reed Lawton, who says he repaid most funds, while investigators examine four memo books with 500 names.
Morgan county trails statewide in the seventh war loan drive with 51 percent of its $821000 quota sold, totaling 474555.75 dollars. Alabama seeks 18.8 million in E bonds remaining to match wartime obligations, while Franklin county surpasses its goal and McMillan urges renewed effort to outrun neighboring states.
June 8 Paris reports Heinrich Bernard Oelerich a leading German aircraft inventor is in Allied hands. Supreme Headquarters says he offered jet plane designs to the American army after surrendering to U S military government authorities. He produced the ME jet fighter and improved ME 109 110 and FW 100 for the Luftwaffe.
The Arab League council backed Syria and Lebanon in demanding the immediate evacuation of French troops, pledging to meet force with force to resist French aggression. Syria seeks to liquidate ties with France, while Western occupation plans in Germany unfold with Berlin Moscow mapped zones. Tito says Croatian Catholic church should be more independent yet not defy Rome.
Army and Navy combat deaths and injuries rise to 1,012,049 as of today with the Army at 895,834 and the Navy at 116,215. Week changes show increases in prisoners and missing, while 317,626 wounded have returned to duty.
Mayor H R Summer announced a public gathering at the courthouse on June 19 to discuss postwar school plans. The Decatur Board of Education will present proposals and the city’s financial condition as plans for a 1.5 million dollar program are outlined to gauge public will.
Two men died in a head-on collision six miles north of Cullman on Wednesday afternoon. Paul M. Quimbly, 23, of Tuscaloosa, drove a Bama Freight Co truck loaded with bomb craters and was killed instantly. Van B Martin, 24, son of W. E. Martin of Athens, driven a Baggett Transportation Co truck loaded with explosives, lived twelve hours at Cullman hospital before succumbing. Both were married with no children. bodies shipped Thursday afternoon for burial.
Senate finance committee stripped a tariff cut from the reciprocal trade extension bill by a 10 to 9 vote. Administrations leaders will seek to restore the provision on the senate floor likely next Tuesday. The panel also sent the bill forward with the President granted no extra tariff-cutting authority for now.
President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill described the Atlantic battle as costly for both sides. They said Nazi submarines cost 700 U-boat losses and inflicted heavy Allied casualties and material losses, while U-boats sank 17 merchant ships and damaged 15 of 17,707 convoyed by the US Atlantic fleet between 1941 and 1945, with seven American warships sunk and six damaged.
In San Francisco on June 8 a breakthrough over the Big Five veto looms as Russia accepts that any case before the security council must be discussed. Stalin reverses stance to urge unanimity with Hopkins Stettinius and Truman backing. Final drafting by the Big Five sets out how they must concur for enforcement decisions and addresses 22 questions from small nations.
General George S. Patton Jr arrives in Boston on a triumphant tour from Europe, hoping to fight the Japanese as he plans a Pacific theater aim. He is greeted by crowds estimated at over a million, accompanied by Mrs. Patton, and speaks briefly from the Hatch Shell before a state dinner.
Earl Finch of Hattiesburg a Mississippi rancher hosts a reunion in Chicago for 22 decorated 442nd Japanese American veterans on furloughs from Vaughn General Percy Jones and Bushnell Hospitals. Finch has provided homelike hospitality since 1943 traveling 48 000 miles to host troops and promote understanding. The 442nd unit earned 3007 Purple Hearts 218 Bronze Stars 183 Silver Stars 64 divisional citations 31 Service Crosses and two Presidential citations.
President Truman nominated Col. Paul W. Thompson for promotion to brigadier general and for heading the education program for troops in Europe, as disclosed by the War Department.
AP report says Tokyo radio warned of intensified American air raids on the sacred isles as Okinawa falls nears. Grenade-carrying women fight beside Japanese defenders. 66,324 Nipponese troops buried at Okinawa. Government controls may tighten to seize profits and manage war industry.
Homer Bigart reports from the Pacific on Okinawa showing fuel use far above prior ops with 600 million gallons. 16 666 trucks. 1 500 freight cars of ammunition. 2 600 tons of food. medical stocks for 60 days. 1 200 pints of blood. War Bonds funding the operation.
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