Weather and wartime notes fill Decatur daily page
The local weather outlook shows continued warmth with scattered afternoon and early evening thunder showers. Local reports record the Tennessee river at 21.00 feet and peak temperature near 90 with 68 at night. Cotton prices ranged from strict mid at 21.30 to low at 16.60. Military and civic notices include Austin McBee receiving a staff sergeant stripe in Alaska, Lieut. Tramar Hill hospitalized in Georgia, and several Army nurses and cadets heading to Palm Beach Florida. Public notices mention court dates, local transport, and arrests, with reports from Decatur area residents and businesses.
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Tennessee
Miners to Be Fined for June Walkout in Government Pits
United Mine Workers officials say fines for the June 15 and June 17 walkouts will be imposed under existing contracts, with penalties typically one dollar per day. Ickes warned further fines if a new walkout occurs before or after the interim truce ends.
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Fairmont
W. Va
United Mine Workers District 31
Ickes
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine
UMW
Lewis
Pennsylvania
John
Associated Press
Tulsa Jurors Free Woman In Fatal Shooting Trial
Mrs Ella B Howard, a Fort Worth divorcee, is freed by a Tulsa jury after an hour and fifty minutes deliberation in the slaying of Mrs T Karl Simmons. She plans a quiet life with her two children and her mother after recounting the March 25 struggle at the Mayorotel. Simmons testified he gave gifts totaling $20 000 and diamonds to Mrs Howard.
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Ella B. Howard
Fort Worth
Tex
Tulsa
Okla
T. Karl Simmons
Simmons
Mrs. Howard
Mrs.Simmons
Mayorotel
Cras B. Shaw
Louis Howard, Jr
Birmingham War Chest Headquarters Opened
A. Key Foster vice president of the Birmingham Trust and Savings Co opened state war chest appeal headquarters in Birmingham as director of the 1943 campaign. Foster's appointment was announced in Montgomery by Gov. Chauncey Sparks.
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Birmingham
A. Key Foster
Birmingham Trust & Savings Co
State War Chest Appeal
Foster
Montgomery
Chauncey Sparks
Two Negroes Snatch Girl in Chicago Kidnapping
Police hunted two unidentified Black males after a 16 year old girl was dragged into an old car by suspects while walking with a 14 year old boy on a far South Side street. The 18 year old suspect Tommy was to join the Army, and a bystander named Rocco Camadeca described the abduction.
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Chicago
Kensington
Rocco Camadeca
Tance
Tommy
Rocco
Rococo
Dempsey's Divorce Case Reveals Distant Ties and Denials
White Plains report details Benny Woodall denying intimate ties with Hannah Williams Dempsey while testifying in Jack Dempsey’s divorce action. Woodall, once promoter and fighter, says he was merely a friend to both Dempsey and Mrs Dempsey, differing on the married status. He recalls calling the Dempsey apartment, mostly to talk with his sister.
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White Plains
N. Y
Dempsey
Benny Woodall
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Williams Dempsey
Woodall
Arthur Driscoll
Mia
Benny
Driscoll
New York
Jackie Griffin
Steagall Denounces Poll Tax Plan in Alabama Session
Rep. Henry B. Steagall critical of a congressional proposal to abolish the poll tax as vicious and disgraceful. He warned federal voting standardization would end true representative government and questioned New York English tests for registrants. He also opposed treaty ratification changes and urged demobilization of wartime bureaucracy. Roosevelt praised Steagall and Churchill as leaders of allied nations. He noted his failed bid to raise farm prices amid inflation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry B. Steagall
D.ala
Alabama
House
Senate
South
United States
New York
Congress
Steagall
Washington
Blood Test Bill Moves Through Alabama Senate Amid Delay
The Alabama Senate passed a pre marital blood test bill after a four hour delay and a final 18 to 10 vote. The chamber also approved an emergency finance corporation measure 22 to 5 to aid post war public works and employment, delaying further action with night sessions.
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Montgomery
Alabama Senate
Senate
Alabama Emergency Finance Corporation
House
Rumors Denied About WAACS by Secretary Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson rejected rumors that the WAACS face immorality charges or that the War Department would provide contraceptives to members. He stressed such claims hurt morale and combat strength, noting WAAC strength at 65,000 and an authorized 150,000. Congresswomen Rogers and Norton condemned the rumor campaign as Nazi-inspired gossip.
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Stimson
War Department
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAACS
Army
Capitol Hill
Congress
Edith Nourse Rogers
R.mass
House
Hitler
Rogers
Youth dies after truck overturns near Collier’s Gin
Vernon Stinson 15 of Laceys Spring was fatally injured when a rolling store truck overturned in a ditch on Cave Springs road seven miles from Decatur. Driver Edward Maxwell and Melvin Helms escaped injury. Survived by parents two sisters and a brother. Services scheduled at Powell's Chapel at 4 p.m. with Rev. Frank T. Smith.
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Vernon Stinson
Lacey's Spring
Decatur
Cave Springs
Collier’s Gin
E. A. Skidmore
Somerville
Edward Maxwell
Melvin Helms
Kelley Morgan
Highway Patrol
Young Stinson
R. D. Stinson
Alton Dobbs
Hartgelle
Bernice Stinson
Lacey's Springs
Junior Stinson
Powell’s Chapel
Frank T. Smith
Invasion Preparations Mark Allied Plan for Europe
The war report notes Allied invasion preparations underway for Pantelleria and potential landings on Sicily Sardinia and Lammedusa with heavy bombardment precedents. It cautions about amphibious risks and stresses methodical planning under Churchill remarks on complex operations.
Zoot Suit Ban Suggested Across Los Angeles Region
Nearly a dozen communities around Los Angeles closed to U S seamen and guardsmen as Navy expands out of bounds area to prevent clashes with zoot-suiters. About 500 zooters and service men jailed, 150 injured, 50 disrobed in earlier street confrontations. Governor Warren and Mayor Bowron urge calm and enforcement.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Navy
State Department
Fletcher Bowron
Earl Warren
Sacramento
Robert W.kenny
Citizens’ Committee
Bowron
Washington
New Tax Plan Shaping Up As War Economy Debate Rages
A Treasury revenue plan to raise 16 billion dollars and Baruch says Office of War Mobilization will end internal bickering dominate Washington coverage. Congress pressures with anti strike and subsidy debates as housing surpluses and price controls loom.
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Treasury
Bernard M. Baruch
Office of War Mobilization
Nazis' Home Front In Need Of Repair
June 10 report says Himmler tightens grip as morale sags. Gestapo shifts from cracking dozens to thousands, signaling broader discontent. Erich Koch oversees Ukraine as sources warn of growing organized opposition in Austria.
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Edwin Shanke
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Erich Koch
Ukraine
Himler
Gestapo
Austria
American Air Fleet Poised to Hit Europe
American heavy bombers, now stronger since March, will spearhead summer raids on Germany alongside British and RAF air power. Gen. Eaker said U S and medium bombers will support an Allied invasion, with May totals: 1,600 bombers, 5,600,000 pounds dropped on 19 targets, 62 bombers lost, 359 enemy aircraft shot down, 93 likely destroyed. Plans include Pantelleria assaults and Lampedusa commando raid as invasion hopes rise.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
Germany
Reich
London
Ira C. Faker
U. S
8Th Air Force
RAF
Eaker
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gibraltar
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Lord Beaverbrook
Little Island
Third Anniversary For Italy Is Dark
London reports mark Italy's third anniversary in the war with heavy assaults on Mediterranean outposts. Pantelleria resistance and expected Allied landings spur talk of storming the rock between Tunisia and Sicily. An Allied communique says surrender was demanded to avoid civilian suffering. no reply leads to bombing and blockade.
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London
Italy
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Tunisia
Sicily
Daily Express
Allied Air Assaults on Pantelleria and Sicily
Allied air forces carried out new assaults on Pantelleria and Sicily as part of ongoing operations to reduce Axis defenses in the Mediterranean. A British commando raid against Lampédusa followed, with nighttime strikes launched from the sea and light surface forces noted by a Malta naval communique.
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Pantelleria
London
Europe
Lampedusa
Sicily
Sardinia
Churchill
North Africa
Mediterranean
Lampédusa
Italien Prostie
Malta
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