Weather, cinema listings, and community notices in Decatur
Partly cloudy and contin ued warm. Cotton prices paid include strict mid dling 21.10 middling 20.95 strict low 19.10 low 17.10. Movie attractions Sahara at the Princess You Were Never Lovelier at the Roxy Background To Danger at the Capitol. Several notices list visits travels illnesses and church events. Waves recruitment interview and local court actions noted. Continued on Page Two.
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Princess
Capitol
Fall of Key City In China Nears A Second Time
Japanese forces threaten Changsha as Chinese communique says the city is surrounded and attacked from all directions Within six miles on the east and Liuyang river crossings checked APEX reports Changsha linked Hankow Canton railway under heavy assault in six year war peak plus Pacific fronts favor Allies as Palau Myitkyina bases and Salween offensive advance Chinese capture Lungling boosting supply lines to the Burma road and Salween army
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Liuyang
Hankow
Chungking
Canton
Claire L. Chenault
Japan
Pacific
New Dutch New Guinea
Palau
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Guam
Mariana Chain of Islands
Carolines
Marianas
Philippine Islands
China
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Lungling
Upper Burma
Six Hurt In Head On Collision On Joe Wheeler Highway
Six persons were injured in a head on crash on the Joe Wheeler Highway between Trinity and Decatur at 2 a.m. A 1939 Chevrolet owned by Glyde Maze and driven by Roscoe Perry carried Mare Perry and Miss Edith England toward Decatur. A 1938 Chevrolet driven by Nelson Ready carried Wallace Terry toward Trinity. Each car sustained over 700 dollars in damage. Officer Frank Sandlin investigated.
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Roscoe Perry
Decature
Glyde Maze
Town Creek
Edith England
Nelson Ready
Wallace Terry
Hillsboro
Maze
Perry
Ready
Joe Wheeler
Trinity
Decatur
Mare
Miss England
Frank Sandlin
Southern Democrats Lose FEPC Fight in Senate Vote
The Senate appropriations committee reversed a subsidy to Roosevelt's FEPC, restoring a 500000 dollar 1945 appropriation after a earlier subcommittee rejection. A tied vote blocked a proposal to cap FEPC salaries at 25 percent for Negro employees. An executive order by the president framed the issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Appropriations Group
Russell
D.-Ga
FEPC
Pronunciation Guide from The Associated Press
Pronunciation guide lists French and Italian place names with phonetic spellings such as Cerisy Say ree zee and Flers Flair Evérux Au vier and Grandcamp Grahn Kahn. It includes Italian names like Fiascone Fee ahs kah nay and Francavilla Frah m kah vee lah with guidance on stress and nasal vowels.
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The
Associated Press
Say-ree-zee
Flers
Flair Evérux
Au-vier’ Grandcamp
Grahn-Kahn
Nasal
Periers
Allied Forces Hold Cherbourg Front In World War II
The piece reports Montgomery declaring Allied lodgement on the French mainland after the Cherbourg battle. It notes Rommel faces a strategic squeeze, must defend the peninsula while threatening other European coasts, and emphasizes air superiority to counter enemy troop and tank concentrations as the expected counterattack looms.
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Cherbourg
Stla
Bernard Montgomery
France
Rommel
Bourg
Garis
Estern
Europe
French Fight Nazi Forces in Allied Resistance
Reports from London and Algiers describe French undergrounds tightening ties with Allied forces. Von Rundstedt threatens execution of captured resistors under armistice terms while Paris radio cites harsh German measures. De Gaulle’s London spokesman visits Bayeux to rally French in Normandy.
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London
Spain
Vichy
France
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Paris
United Nations
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Bayeux
Normandy
Tito's Army Makes Gains in Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisans liquidated enemy strongholds on the Tuzla Zvornik line about 80 miles southwest of Belgrade and shelled at Koraj and Celhi near Tuzla. Reports say Majevica mountains area captured with ammunition. fighting ongoing in Western Bosnia as Germans withdraw from Glamoc near Split.
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London
Tito
Tuzla-Zvornik
Belgrade
Koraj
Celhi
Tuzla
Majevica
Zvirnik-Tobut
Bosnia
Glamoc
Split
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area at Dawn
A distinct quake lasting about one second rattled Los Angeles at 4 17 AM Pacific War Time. A half hour later a sharp shock was felt in Laguna Beach Pasadena and many LA County areas but not in Santa Barbara or Montrose Officials north of the city said deputies at the Malibu sub station noted a landslide blocked the coast highway about 37 miles north possibly caused by the quake.
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Los Angeles
Laguna Beach
Pasadena
Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara
Montrose
Malibu
Soviet masses push into Karelia front near Leningrad
Soviet forces opened a major offensive along a 25 mile front on the Karelian isthmus above Leningrad aimed at Finland and the isolation of about 100000 Nazi troops. The operation moved forward 12 to 25 miles and involved coordinated Allied action with France. The push, led by Col. Gen. Leonid Govorov, followed the fall of Sevastopol and claimed capture of 82 towns including Teijoiki and Yappilya, near Terijoki on the Leningrad Helsinki railway.
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Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
France
Teheran
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopol
Teijoiki
Furniture Store Chain Chief Dies in Knoxville
Charles C Rutherford 59 longtime Knoxville business leader and president of a Southeastern furniture store chain died after a long illness. He also served as vice president of the National Retail Furniture Association and belonged to Masonic bodies. Sterchi Store in Decatur will close all day Tuesday for services.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles C Rutherford
Rutherford
Bank and Trust Company
National Retail Furniture Association
Sterchi
Decatur
A.L. Burns
Chattanooga
Fifth Army advances as Germans retreat to Florence
Allied reports say Fifth Army seized Montefiascone near Lake Bolsena and expanded drives along the West coast toward Orbetello, with 15 miles gained and German forces in chaos. Eighth Army moved near Bagno Regio and Rieti, while Avezzano and Lake Fucino fell under Allied control as German units withdrew to Florence.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Fifth Army
Montefiascone
Lake Bolsena
Orbetello
Eighth Army
Tiber
Bagno Reggo
Rieti
Avezzano
Rommel Reception Line A World War II Defense Plan Description
Larry Allen reports from a German prison camp about a proposed "Rommel Reception Line" viewed as a vast underground fortification system spanning Ghent to Rennes. He notes 30 to 60 mile inland defenses bristling with heavy guns as the Allies prepare a major assault.
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Larry Allen
Europe
Germany
High Command
Nazi Germany
Ghent
Belgium
Rennes
Cherbourg
Atlantic
Ghént
Arras
Beauvais
Paris
Seine River
Argenton
Bond Buyers Hit the Beach on Fifth War Loan Drive
Alabamians from the Valley of the Tennessee to the Gulf coast joined the fifth war loan effort under the slogan Hit The Beach. Morgan county targets 1 379 000 with 551 000 in E Bonds as parades and door to door drives begin statewide.
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War Finance Committee
B. G Hall
Hartselle
Decatur
Falkville
First Fed Savings & Loan Association
Princess Theatre
Decatur Iron & Steel Company
Cubans Invest Af oe 12 War Purchase Reported
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a Cuban investment related to a $1 war purchase but details and context are unavailable in the readable text.
Allied forces demand surrender of Carentan after rapid Normandy advance
American troops push 18 miles inland within the Normandy beachhead and close on Cherbourg. Allied HQ reports Carentan stronghold fallen to U S forces, with Caen threatened and St Lo nearing, as German positions around Montebourg and Cherbourg feel the pressure. Seaborne landings reported near St Vaast La Hogue.
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James M. Long
Allied. Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cerisy
Carentan
U. S
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Cape
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Montebourg
Cherbourg Peninsula
Berlin
St. Vaast la Hogue
Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Tilly Sur Seulles
Bayeux
Bombs Rain On Invasion Defenders In Allied Air Blitz
Allied air forces blaze through France and German lines in the largest aerial strike yet. American heavy bombers and fleets of light craft pound targets as RAF bombers hit rail centers and Berlin. Fighters operate from new French air bases, aiding approaching ground forces.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Marshal Erwin
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