Weather, cotton prices, and local notices in Alabama
Scattered thundershowers expected this afternoon and night with little temperature change. Tennessee river at 19.55 feet, highs near 86, lows around 72. Cotton prices posted: strict middling 18.75, middling 18.50, strict low 17.75, low 17.00. Local cinema listings include Unfinished Business at Princess, Skylark at the y, Swamp Water at the potol. Numerous local notices on residents and visits, corrections on a sergeant, and upcoming trainings at Fort Belvoir. Birth announcement reports a son born June 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Hommin.
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Tennessee
Justice Murphy to Enter Army and Go to Fort Benning
Associate Justice Frank Murphy will temporarily leave the Supreme Court to become a lieutenant colonel in the Army. He will take the oath at the War Department, then proceed to Fort Benning, Georgia for four months of field training and six weeks in infantry school. He will serve in General Marshall’s office and United States history notes his prior WWI service.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Associates
High Court
War Department
Wold
Fort Benning
George Co. Marshall
Justice Murphy
Murphy
United States
Rubber Made As Startled Solons Peek
Washington June 10. Senators watch as B F Goodrich officials demonstrate liquid ameripol latex and a 20 cent per pound price for synthetic rubber. Smith says plants to produce 165000 tons annually and tests show 90 percent durability for synthetic tires. Roosevelt notes a two week scrap rubber collection to gauge reclaimable supply and rules out gas rationing for now.
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Washington
B. F. Goodrich
K. D. Smith
Akron
Ameripol
McNary
R-Cre
Smith
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Goodrich
Ong
Kentucky
Texas
Roosevelt
Taxi Fares Raised by Decatur Cab Company
The Decatur Cab Company announced a June 15 fare increase of five cents affecting all taxi trips. The change raises city trips from 20 to 25 cents and nearby zones from 15 to 20 cents, with ticket books remaining valid across zones. The firm operates under a city license and did not provide an overall cost impact to riders.
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Decatur Cab Company
Decatur
Tokyo claims troops land on Aleutians in war update
The Japanese claim troops landed on the western Aleutian islands during a three day operation after their Midway attack. Tokyo says forces attacked Dutch Harbor and surrounding areas while denying large reinforcements reaching the front. Allied reports counter with accounts of losses and carrier damage, including U S carriers damaged and battleships hit.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Imperial Pra bYpe
Midway
United States
George H. Gay, Jr
U. S. Navy
Japan
Washington
Navy
Tokyo
Aleutians
U. S. Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Dutch Harbor
Hideo Hiraide
Naval
Imperial Headquarters
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea
Admiral King
U. S
Far
Munique
U, S&s
Midway Island
Dutch 1
Perialeee
Garth Flies Home Then Digs Potatoes
Lieut. W. S. Garth Jr., an Army flyer from Athens Alabama, lost power on a routine mission eight miles from Mitchell Field. He landed the single seat pursuit plane in farmer John Filasky’s potato field and walked away unhurt. The crash uprooted several rows of potatoes and the farmer’s crop suffered minor damage.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
W. S. Garth, Jr
Army
Athens
Ala
Garth
Mitchell Field
John H. Filasky
Upper Brookville
Filasky
Decatur approves new lighting rule for downtown displays
Sam C. Alexander announces a new lighting ruling allowing electric signs and window displays in downtown Decatur to be lit at night if connected to an outside switch. stores remain open until 8 30 p m on July 3 to boost weekend shopping. violations will lead to arrest. officials cite Civilian Defense concerns but merchants push for illuminated displays to attract customers.
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Decatur
Sam C. Alexander
Retail Merchants Division
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Office of Civilian Defense
Britain's Aerial Bombing as New Western Front Strategy
War analyst De Witt Mackenzie notes Britain's unprecedented air raids on Hitler's domains in Western Europe as a potential immediate aid to Russia. He cautions the land front remains essential, while calling the heavy bombing a major development and echoing Air Chief Marshal Harris that heavy bombing could win wars once tried.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Russia
A. T. Harris
London
Bombing of RAF Marks Second Front Debate
The piece argues for a Western Front second front as vital, noting rapid wartime shifts in air power and the vulnerability of ships to air attack. It cites Midway as a demonstration of air power and warns against clinging to outdated judgments.
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RAF
Morgan county seeks 20000 war bond pledges as campaign kicks off
Morgan County War Bond Committee led by BE Gregg plans a house to house canvass with 400 workers and 125 Decatur women aiming for 20000 signatures to fund June bonds. The drive urges courtesy to volunteers while stressing pledges from all residents even if they already buy bonds. Alabama led Dixie in May bond sales and stood ninth nationally in over quota performance.
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Morgan County
BE. K. Gregg
Decatur
B. G. Hall
Ladies’ Committee
Second Avenue
Alabama
Dixie
Gregg
Allied and neutral ships torpedoed in Atlantic and Pacific
The Associated Press reports a British merchantman torpedoed in the North Atlantic with 12 American field workers aboard. 4 narrowly escaped death. A Norwegian vessel in the Western Atlantic and an American ship off the Pacific coast were also sunk. Insurance losses totaled about 46.5 million dollars in six months. Survivors from the Pacific voyage reached a West Coast port after the ship sank, with one crew member lost.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Pacific
American Institute of Marine Underwriters
West Coast
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Navy
Graduation and Civ Defense Program at Riversides High
Hayse Tucker of the Alabama Defense Council will speak at the Riverside High School graduation exercises and present diplomas to about forty volunteers who completed the Instructors course. A wartime Civilian Defense film will be shown, and M R Rankin urges Decatur and Morgan county residents to attend to learn how to respond to air raids.
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Hayse Tucker
Alabama Defense Council
Rivers Side High School
Volunteer Defense Council
Tucker
Alabama
Defense Council
London
M. R. Rankin
Local Defense Council
Decatur
Morgan County
Women Army Auxiliary Corps to recruit 65 officers
The War Department said the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps will begin recruiting a limited number of officer candidates tomorrow from aircraft warning service volunteers. The first fighter command will select 65 volunteers in East coast states based on ability and leadership.
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Washington
War Department
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Aircraft Warning Service
First Fighter Command
Department
Red defense holds Sevastopol as sixth day of siege continues
Soviet dispatches claim Red armies repelled German assaults with a single line not yielded while Sevastopol’s batteries knocked out German tanks and planes. The sixth day of fierce combat around the Black Sea base sees intensified land and air attacks as Rommel’s forces press in North Africa and RAF strikes Taranto.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Star
Great Black Sea
North African
Neil Ritchie
Imperial
Bir Hacheilm
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Tobruk
Barce
Taranto
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Harold Watkins
Dewey Hardin
Louise Watkins
Monte Sano
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R. W. Easley, Jr
A. R. Montague
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Clarence Edgil
Daught
Martha Virginia
Birmingham
Robert Layton
J. M.or Ard
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J. W. Phillips
Canal Street
Cecil Chandler
Kodiak
Chandler
Corporal Chandler
Fort Belvoir
C. H. Ikerman
Katherine
Janepencer
Charles Ikerman
Louisville
Fort Belvoir, Va
Officers Training School
Preston Turner
Moulton
Emma Turner
Floyd Turner
Hillsboro
Ross Turner
Frank Turner
Emmett Moses
Bridgeport
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George W. Roger
Dorothy Clemons
Robert Moore
Cedar Creek
Benevolent Society Hospital
James Hommin
Arustice
Libya
Germany
Western
Morgan
Petain
Laval
Axis
Wade Werner Washington
Dunkerque
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
England
Soviet
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Naval Aviation
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