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Wes Gallagher, veteran Associated Press war correspondent, reports from North Africa on Pantelleria air bases. Gallagher gathered data from authorities and notes he recently returned to the United States to recover from injuries from a jeep accident while covering the fall of Bizerte.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press-war Corres
Pondent
North Africa
Pantelleria
Gallaghe
Africa
Hisenhower
United States
Bizerte
Pantelleria Island Key to Mediterranean Air War
The Pantelleria airbase between Sicily and Tunisia could bridge air operations toward Italy and France. Allied long range fighters from Malta and Tunisia would use the island for refueling and air cover if the Sicily invasion proceeds, influencing the pace of the Mediterranean campaign led by Eisenhower and Spaatz.
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Wes Gallagher
New York
Hitler
America
Britain
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Malta
Pantelleria
Sicily
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Sardinia
France
Warsaw
Africa
Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
Arthur Tedder
Great Sea
Dempsey in Court Over Threats and Abuse Claims
Hannah Dempsey testifies in court about threats and violence by her husband, a former musical comedy singer. She describes a confrontation with detectives and a stabbing fear, recounting incidents of pushing, choking, and threats to kill.
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Mr. Dempsey
Jack
Peterson
Ben Peterson
Benny
Dempsey
Hannah
Pum
House Debates Liquor Bills Ahead of Calendar Action
The House cleared the path for liquor bills after committee meetings. A statewide liquor referendum was approved 8 7 for early action, while a proposal to limit sales to state stores passed 9 5. A potions bill would restrict possession in wet counties to one gallon, or two quarts under a rival plan.
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House
House Temperance Committee
Alabama
John E. Christopher
Athens
Christopher
George Stone
Mobile
W. L. Martin
Greene
J. E. McCurdy
Fromaton
Hunter Golson
Elmore
J. A. Carnley
Coffee
Carnley
St. John
Vernon L. St. John Lawrence
Senate Temperance Committee
Senate Judiciary’ S
Gerald Bradford
Clark
Labor Department
Bradford
Market drift follows war news with mixed grain outcomes
New York reports stocks mostly declined after hopeful war news while grains rose on federal crop estimates in Chicago. Wheat gained 3 8 to 1 cent, oats up 1 4 to 3 4, rye 1 1 8 to 13 8. cotton futures added 15 to 25 cents per bale. Cattle and hogs showed modest shifts with prices near steady. Sheep remained active with lambs around 14 75 to 15 75 and fat ewes 5 50 to 6 50.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Chicago
Cotton market reverses trend with light trade in New York
The cotton market turned steady after a earlier drop as New Orleans firmness and price fixing spurred covering and buying. Late day values rose 15 to 20 cents a bale with July at 20 24, Oct at 19.86 and Dec at 19.68 amid policy uncertainty on ceilings wages and subsidies.
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New York
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 11
Nashville Tennessee June 11 cattle salable 50 calves 150 hogs 700 sheep 800 reported by Federal state market news service.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Butter and eggs steady in Chicago price current
Butter receipts reach 1 326 194 pounds with prices unchanged. Eggs receipts total 27 885 dozen with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Grain futures rise as buyers push wheat to new highs
Chicago grain markets opened with bullish demand driving prices higher. Wheat climbed above a cent at times and reached July and September bids around 1.45 a bushel, while oats and rye also posted gains before market closed firm. Corn held steady as profits limited further upside.
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Chicago
De Gaulle Faces Crisis Over Dismissals in North Africa
Paris reports the French Committee for National Liberation grappled with a new crisis as Gen. Charles De Gaulle threatened resignation over demands to oust former Vichy officials still in government posts in North Africa. He opposed Gen. Giraud holding the defense post while remaining army commander.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Auguste Nogues
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Peyrouton
Algeria
Nogues
Morocco
Boisson
Dakar
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Gen. Giraud
National Defense
Coal operators dispute over wage pact with travel increase
The Central Pennsylvania Producers Association disclosed a separate $1.30 daily travel increase under a pact taken up by the War Labor Board. The APPA withdrew from the Appalachian conference. Illinois operators referenced a $1.50 rate. Edward R. Burke urged no raise, risking litigation. The WLB indicated a majority disapproved the terms without its approval.
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Lewis
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
War Labor Board
WLB
Illinois
Edward R. Burke
Racial Tensions Shape Yard War as Troops Stand
The article reports a tension filled labor dispute at a shipyard where rumors of desegregation sparked violence. Federal troops were deployed after Negro workers were driven from the yard by white workers. A settlement restricted skilled Black workers to four shipways, then both sides returned to work.
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Tisdale J. Touart
D. R. Dunlap
Reds Win Chicago in Wartime War-time Game Thriller
Cincinnati defeated the Chicago Cubs 7 to 4 in Chicago as the war-time game drew 5 307 paying fans and 3400 women and service men guests. Ray Mueller led the 14 hit attack with a home run.
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REDS
Chicago
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Ray Mueller
Argentina bans radio code messages at Axis embassies
Buenos Aires reported the provisional government banned all code messages in international radio communications. The decree suspends Axis embassies' December permission to send 100 words daily in code, cutting a channel for secret data. The order applies to all nations, with non Axis transmission still open for others. Cable services to Axis had already been denied by UN companies.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Axis
United Nations Companies
Decatur Readies Park Reopening With Flag Ceremony
Southern Aviation Training School cadets from forty eight states visit Decatur as local recreation facilities for soldiers receive praise. Lt Scherzer notes cross state friendships while Captain Cox stresses unity and fair play on the playground. Dr. Edwin Wyle reflects on a shrinking world, and Commander Thomas Brooks presents the American flag to the park, symbolizing home and liberty.
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Southern Aviation Training School
Decatur
James Curnutt
Union
Scherzer
John G. Co
C. P. West
Aafbfs
Courtland
Recreation Commission
Cox
Dr. Wyle
Edwin Wyle
Thomas Brooks
American Legion Post No. 15
Commander Brooks
American Legion Post “No. 15
H. H. Higdon
American Legion Post 15
Brooks
Mr. Eddens
Lauderdale Court Ruling Voided Over Alcoholic Capacity
Alabama Supreme Court voided Lauderdale County annulment ruling on grounds that intoxication at ceremony failed to prove incapacity. Only witness was mother not at ceremony. panel cited insufficient evidence to annul the marriage. Case reviewed by a guard from the AAFBFL at Courtland as audiences heard the Star Spangled Banner.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Lauderdale Law and Equity
Sgt
Chesser
Pvt
Soloff
Monahan
Aafbfl
Courtland
Too Late to Turn Back in Italy War Outlook
The piece notes military patience as Allied operations proceed toward Italy while Mussolini’s regime falters. Cordell Hull hints at the end for Mussolini, and Camillo Pellizzi warns of a world war’s expansion with Italy’s morale collapsing under pressure from the Rome peninsula toward safety for the Allies.
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Italy
Cordell Hull
Mussolini
Hitler
United Nations
Mediterranean
Camillo Pellizzi
Europe
America
France
Pellizzi
Simon Peter's journey from fisherman to Christian exemplar
The article reflects on Simon Peter as a transformed authority in the early church, tracing his growth from a boastful fisherman to a curator of divine virtues. It urges readers to cultivate faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, and godliness to attain spiritual abundance and be worthy followers of Christ.
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Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Peter
Sea of Galilee
Paul
Christ
World Relief Plan To Create United Nations Rehabilitation Agency
Washington outlines a draft for a central United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration to feed clothe shelter and rehabilitate civilians in liberated areas. The plan envisions a director general and staff chosen from relief experts with a council representing member nations and a central committee guiding operations.
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United Nations
State Department
United Nations Relef
United
United States
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
New York
Council
Great Britain
Russia
China
Comttee of National Liberation
Giers
Runaway Car Crashes Through Decatur Ice Cream Office
An empty car owned by Russell Roberts of Town Creek rolled down Bank Street on a downgrade and struck the front door of the Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Company. The impact shattered glass and damaged two screen doors while a office worker narrowly escaped injury. No injuries or other damage were reported.
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Russell Roberts
Town Creek
State National Bank
Bank Street
Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Company
J. W. Clopton
Mr. Clopton
Pantelleria Falls as Allied Air Power Forces Surrender
Allied air forces knocked out Pantelleria with 37 enemy planes downed and two destroyed at sea north of Sicily. Six Allied aircraft failed to return. The surrender follows seven months after Allied landings in French Morocco and Algeria and signals imminent major amphibious operations. Churchill warned such large scale operations are approaching. Italian high command gave no reply to surrender requests amid heavy bombing.
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Sicily
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
AEF
French
Morocco
Algeria
Continent
Churchill
House of Commons
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Pregs
Gar
Argentina Seeks Peace and Tightening Food Outlook
Argentina aims for peace as concerns over food supply rise. Administrator Chester Davis notes adverse weather reducing 1942 crop prospects, with 7 percent production increases urged for farmers. Senator Wheeler hints at 1944 primaries. FSA gains new life as amendments to a 820 million dollar farm bill grant 160 million, despite prior House funding cuts.
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Chester Davis
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Senate
House Action
Mussolini’s Acts Seen as Duce Personal Policy
Roosevelt argued Mussolini acted as a racist regime rather than the Italian people. He said most Italians favor peace, while Mussolini’s policy showed war against France and Britain. He recalled three years ago calling Italy’s action a stab in the back and said Allies need Italy to pursue victory.
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Mussolini
Duce
Roosevelt
France
Britain
Italy
Celebrations and childbirth mark Decatur church and community
In Decatur events include Dr Edwin Wyle speaking at First Christian on Celebrating The Birthday Of The Church. Local births announced at Benevolent hospital and Hamil clinic relocations noted. Police, ambulance movements and visits anchor a busy community update.
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Edwin Wyle
First Christian Church
Youth Rally Planned After Evanglist Piper Message
Evangelist Bill Piper preached at the gospel tent in Austinville on Highways Of Destiny from Matthew 7 14 and urged choosing the narrow way through Jesus Christ A youth rally is scheduled for Saturday at 8 00 pm with Piper Barrows and the Austinville Ladies Trio among performers and music.
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Bill Piper
Austinville
Piper
Jesus Christ
Cliff Barrows
Suit Against Star Settled in Paternity Case
Charles Chaplin agrees to pay Joan Berry 15800 for medical legal and related expenses while blood tests are set to determine paternity. The case is suspended indefinitely with tests to be completed within four months after birth. If tests show Chaplin not father, suit ends and further payments stop. Chaplin already paid 2500 and will cover ongoing costs plus lawyers fees and court costs.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charles Chaplin
Miss Berry
Chaplin
Berry
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