Local Notes Highlight Weather, Prices, and Community News
Mild temperature shift today with scattered thundershowers. Tennessee River level at 21.10 feet. cotton prices posted with strict middling 21.30 and low 16.60. Local cinema listings include The Hard Way, Good Morning Judge, and Fugitive Of The Plains. Military moves involve Pvt Ralph W. Lindsay and Lieut Truman Hill. Community events cover church sermons, WAVES training, and residents’ travels and family news.
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Tennessee
The
Princess
Roxy
Capitol
Mobile publisher fined for contempt in editorial case
The Mobile Press and Register publisher Ralph B. Chandler was fined ten dollars and jailed six hours for contempt over an editorial calling a shipyard disorder case a toss up between acquittal and conviction. Judge Touart ordered no bail, and Chandler vowed to pursue habeas corpus while noting press freedom. A higher court review was planned for June 28.
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Mobile
Ala
Ralph B. Chandler
Mobile Press and Register
Register
Norvelle R. Leigh, Jr
Leigh
Tisdale J. Touart
Mobile Inferior Criminal Court
W. H. Holcombe
Thomas J. Twitty
Chandler
Twitty
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times and Mirror
The
Touart
Aded
C. T. Willingham
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co
Willingham
Hannah Dempsey Denies Affair in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Jack Dempsey testifies in New York Supreme Court denying adultery with Benny Woodall and Lew Jenkins as charged in her husband’s divorce suit. She recounted the Los Angeles raid on her Navy 22 1942 apartment and said she and relatives were present during the event.
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HIAL
Benny Woodall
Supreme Court
White Plains
N. Y
Woodall
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
White Plaine
N. J
Len. Jenkins
State Supreme Court
New York State
Jackie Griffin
Jackie
Benny
Hann
Hannah
Ben
Mr. Dempsey
New Walkout of UMW Seen as Probable
Government fines for miners' five day walkout spark new strike threats as UMW keeps pressure on operators. Ickes orders fines under old contract. Lewis blasts action as illegal. Coal fields brace for possible renewed walkout while wage talks stall over portal to portal time.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Pennsylva
Ickes
Igkes
UMW
Ezra van Horn
WLB
van Horn
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lewis
America
Appalachian Joint Wage Conference
Opening Of Park Is Impressive Affair
Frances Jordan reports the De lano Park opening drew a sizable crowd despite heat. Mayor T R Harrison welcomed attendees and praised the park program while recreation officials and park committee members were introduced by Mr. H dens.
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Frances Jordan
Delano Park
Tion Commission
T. R. Harrison
Decatur
Ddens
Acknow
Air Mastery Won by Reds Over Caucasus Front
Moscow dispatches report the Russian air force asserting dominance in the Kuban valley after two months of mass air combat over the Western Caucasus bridgehead. Izvestia says Stormovik bombers can strike at will with no losses, while observers note German reluctance without Luftwaffe support and a stronger Soviet air fleet pace.
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Moscow
Kuban
Western Caucasus
Izvestia
Novorossisk
Chinese forces win at upper Yangtze and push toward Hankow
General Chiang Kai-shek’s troops report new victories along the upper Yangtze with Wangchiachang captured after an all night battle that left about 300 Japanese dead. Chinese columns also seize Yingshan, near Hankow, as U. S. Army fliers aid the effort.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze River
Ichang
Wangchiachang
Yingshan
Hankow
Yangtze
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
Kalewa
Rathedaung
Young killer is given life in Pittsburgh case
Earl Perry, 17, was sentenced to life in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to slaying raping and burying four year old Theresa Williams in the cellar of his home. Judge G Malcolm McDonald said he could not impose death but called the crime horrific and noted he could not sleep. Perry’s defense said he enjoyed visiting morgues and cemeteries.
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Pittsburgh
Earl Perry
Western Penitentiary
Theresa Williams
G. Malcolm McDonald
Perry
Miodone
Defense Council
Wooten Infant Is Laid to Rest
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Maron Wooten were held at 10 45 this morning from their residence at 1317 Fifth Avenue South conducted by Rev John Cowell Jr The infant died yesterday and is survived by six brothers and other relatives.
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Maron Wooten
Fifth Avenue South
John ©. Cowell, Jr
In & Young
Truck Wreck Near De Caturron Highway 31
A Baggett Transportation Company trailer truck was wrecked two miles outside De Caturron Highway 31 when a car pulled out of a side road. The driver left the road to avoid a collision. No injuries were reported. the tractor was demolished and the trailer damaged.
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Baggett Transportation Company
Decatur
Baggett Company
United States Recognizes Argentina Government Amid War Talks
Washington reports United States recognizes President Pedro Ramirez in Argentina while weighing inflation policy and a possible address to Congress. President Roosevelt notes Italians may seek exit from war as Pantelleria surrender news arrives. AFL leader Green pushes cheaper living costs amid coal and food concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Argentina
Roosevelt
Panteleria
State Department
Pedro Ramirez
Congress
William Green
AFL
Green
Senate Banking Committee
House Rows Over Revenue In Alabama Legislature
Three conflicting revenue proposals divided lawmakers in Montgomery as they debated using income tax funds to cut property taxes. Beebe's plan sought reallocations while Hode pressed for a 1.5 mill cut. Sullivan added amendments to shift county ad valorem taxes from small homesteads. The house recessed without action, with Beebe’s motion to kill Hode’s main measure postponed.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Mark Hode
Jefferson
W. ©. Beebe
Baldwin
Hodo
Beebe
Joe Sulivan
Mobile
Hode
Baldwin Salon
Sullivan
Rep. C
Pantelleria Surrenders After Allied Air Sea Bombardment
Pantelleria, a volcanic fortress island blocking Allied shipping through the Mediterranean, capitulates under a combined air and sea assault. The surrender marks a strategic gain for Churchill and the Allies, easing operations toward Sicily and the Italian mainland.
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Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Sicily
The
Pantelleria Falls After Major Allied Attack
Pantelleria surrendered unconditionally at 11 40 am after a vast Allied aerial onslaught. Eisenhower ground forces landed 20 minutes later as the island fell, signaling a pivotal breach in the Mediterranean outposts surrounding Southern Europe.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Pantelleria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Europe
Surrender likely for Lampedusa after Pantelleria fall
British observers say Lampedusa is poised to surrender after Pantelleria’s fall. The island, 80 miles south of Pantelleria, was raided by a British scouting party this week and now sits isolated and likely short of provisions. Pantelleria garrison estimated around 8,000, mainly gunners and air force personnel.
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Lampedusa
London
Pantelleria
Pantelleria Surrenders to Allied Forces After Bombardment
The island Pantelleria, 32 square miles, 45 miles east of Cap Bon Tunisia and 60 miles south of Sicily, surrendered to Allied forces. A white flag appeared on hill 74 after continuous air and naval bombardments and two prior surrender attempts were ignored. Occupation steps began after the news reached the Allied commander on the African mainland.
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Cap Bon
Tunisia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Cman Ep
Roosevelt calls Pantelleria surrender good news urges Italy to exit war
President Roosevelt announced Pantelleria’s surrender as good news and urged Italy to quit the war. He told reporters the United Nations offer Italians a choice of a non Nazi, non Fascist government after Fascism ends. He emphasized Italy’s restoration to nationhood within Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pantelleria
Italy
United Nations
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