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Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered thunder showers. Max 90 min 71. Movies Sahara Princess Paris After Dark Roxy Background To Danger Capitol. Mrs George T Simms critically ill at Decatur General. War Dept reports Staff Sgt Euet T Drake killed in action in European theater. Several local residents noted: Bertis E Green killed in action in the Mediterranean. family visits and military details follow. Public drunk, traffic, and gas theft fines recorded. Local notes on visits, church plans, and military promotions.
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Sahara
The
Paris
Roxy
Capitol
Planes Based in Italy Join in Nazi Blows
U S bombers from Italy struck targets in the Munich area and Innsbruck as Allied forces push toward Cherbourg. British and Italian daylight raids hit rail yards and oil plants while RAF bombers attacked Gelsenkirchen synthetic oil facilities.
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Gladwin Hill
London
U. S S
Italy
Germany
Cherbourg
Normandy
Munich
Innsbruck
Austria
England
France
Allied Expeditionary Force
15Th Air Force
Oberpfaffenhofen
Milpertshofen
Allach Motor Works
Porto Marghera
Venice
Britain
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
RAF
Evreux-Fauville
Dreux-Illieres-L'Eveque
Berlin
Alps
Bavaria
Franconia
Desert Fox May Be Out
Unconfirmed reports say Marshal Erwin Rommel was removed from command of the German seventh and 15th mobile armies. Rommel and Von Rundstedt clashed over defense plans as Rommel urged aggressive action to break the Allied beachhead.
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Wes Gallagher
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
France
Low Countries
North
Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
Probate Judges Determine Overseas Ballot Access
Alabama's plan for overseas service personnel to vote hinges on probate judges cooperation. Most judges pledged aid, with Henry County Judge J P Mitchell urging a legal ruling. Ballots must be sent 30 days before the election, otherwise the judge bears responsibility for delays.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John Rish
State of Ballot Commission
Tony
Rish
Revenue Department
J. P. Mitchell
Henry County
Attorney General
Supreme Court
State War Ballot Commission
United States
Armed Services
Allied Leaders Visit Front In Normandy Tour
Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower lead a high level inspection of Normandy battlefronts with U S and Allied officers. They tour Isigny and Cherbourg area, watch air combat, and observe landings as ships blast German positions. Churchill travels aboard HMS Kelvin.
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Associated Press
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Churchill
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
U. S
Ernest King
Henry H. Arnold
Omar N. Bradley
France
Alan G. Kirk
John Leslie Hall
H. M. S. Kelvin
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Alan Brooke
Supreme General Staff
Bernard L. Montgomery
Isigny
Britain
Bay of Seine
Cherbourg
De Gaulle Plans Visit to France to Seek Recognition
Gen Charles De Gaulle expected to visit France to rally public support for his Committee of National Liberation. He sought stronger backing before heading to Washington to press for provisional government recognition. Reports say underground resistance grows as French recruits join guerrillas amid German threats.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
France
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Washington
Spain
Allied Fourth Line Breaks German Push Near Rome
Allied forces press along Lake Bolsena and the Tyrrhenian coast as Fifth Army breaches defenses north of Rome. Valentano falls while 142 German prisoners are taken near Orbetello and operations push toward Latera and Pescara with rapid advances along multiple fronts.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Latera
Orvieto
Bagno Regio
162Nd Turcoman
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Clark praises Fifth Army after capture of Rome
Lt Gen Mark W. Clark told Fifth Army troops in Rome they had broken the German armies in Italy and were in full flight. He welcomed British French and American forces to a new rest center on Rome’s outskirts and urged men to visit historic sites while cautioning them to watch their steps and not raise too much dust.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Clark
Allied Forces Press South West of Carsoli
In the Tiber valley the eighth army moved south west of Carsoli gaining high ground along highway No. 5 and capturing several villages. A port party formed at Civitavecchia on June 9 to restore damaged facilities. Mines were swept along the coast from Anzio northward. RAF bombers hit the Alma su tzito refineries near Komarom northwest of Budapest starting large fires.
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Terni
Eighth Army
Tiber Valley
Carsoli
Civitavechh
Anzio
Hungary
Almassuzito
Komarom
Budapest
First totals reveal drive in fast start in Morgan county
Reports from the first day of the fifth war loan drive show Morgan county selling 69543.75 dollars in E-bonds and 62000 in other bonds toward a 1 379 000 dollar quota with 551000 in E-bonds. Sales data covered Decatur residential districts only. business districts not yet reported.
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Morgan
Morgan County
War Bond Committee
Decatur
Lennard Thomas
Montgomery
Alabama War Finance Committee
Thomas
National Democratic
Birmingham
Alabama
Barons
Camp Sibert
Ala
Selma
Chattanooga
Craig Field
Chauncey Sparks
Red Bay
Texarkana Sparks Fifth War Loan Drive Kickoff
President Roosevelt urged rapid victory as the fifth war loan drive opened from Texarkana with a $316 million bond goal. Henry Morgenthau Jr warned the cost would reach $295 billion by year end and pledged more borrowing from the public to cover the gap. The President said the two front strategy could hasten victory worldwide.
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Texarkana
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Texas
Arkansas
War Today Lifts Allied Invasion as Weather Clears
The Allied invasion near Cherbourg gains momentum with improved weather and a strong air campaign. About 10 000 sorties blasted bridges and supply lines while German air power appeared weak by comparison, underscoring Allied air and sea superiority in the push into Western Europe.
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Normandy
Europe
Cherbourg
Western Europe
Hitler
Allies Hack Nip Defenses In Global Drive To Philippines
Allied air sea and ground forces push on Japanese fortifications as Nimitz MacArthur command renewed attacks across the Pacific. Carrier task forces hit Guam Saipan Tinian and other Marianas while MacArthur's air crews target Palau and Truk from New Guinea bases. Japanese losses mount in Dutch New Guinea as Kohima battle ends in Allied victory and Myitkyina advances near. In China forces contend with a three pronged Japanese push toward Changsha while defending the Hankow Canton railway.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Philippines
China
Nimitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Truk
MacArthur
Biak
Bougainville
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
India
Burma
Kohima
Myitkyina
Salween River
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Allen says German trains run on time despite Allied bombs
Larry Allen, released after 20 months in prison camps, reports trains still run on schedule in Germany, cites Nazi slogan Freiheit Und Brot, and notes the invasion marks the war’s start with a long, costly struggle ahead to defeat Germany.
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New York
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Grand Central Station
Statue of Liberty
Allen
Germany
End of Finns Efforts Seen as Soviet Drive Grows
London dispatch reports Soviet troops advancing on Viipuri and Helsinki with Finnish defense collapsing. Observers foresee Finland exiting the war by month’s end as Moscow aims to neutralize the northern flank and sever German supply lines through the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Russell Landstrom
London
Viipuri
Helsinki
Finland
Stockholm
CBS
Viinuri
Karelian Isthmus
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Red
Moscow
Baltic States
Gulf of Finland
Germany
Norway
Gulf of Bothnia
Berlin
Red Army
Red Army advances on Karelian isthmus amid heavy fire
Russian front reports Col. Gen. Govorov artillery support as Soviet units push along roads into the Karelian isthmus reaching beyond Raivola thirty six miles from Vyborg. Finnish retreat, fierce fighting, and claims of Soviet tank losses accompany the advance.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Red Army
Karelian
Raivola
Viipuri
Izvestia
Terijoki
Berlin
Helsinki
Stockholm
Allied U S Troops Break Cherbourg Defenses In Bold Push
Allied forces across the Normandy front surge forward with major gains near Cherbourg Caen Bayeux and Montebourg. American units seize Troarn Balle Roy Le Ham and push toward the port while Ste Mere Eglise Pont L Abbe and Carentan area patrols close the western approach. Supreme HQ calls the day very very satisfactory.
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Wes Gallagher
ALLIE
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
U. S. Fourth Infantry Division
Montebourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Pont L’abbe
Carentan
le Ham
Supréme Headquarters
Dover Strait Weather Update During Invasion Day
The Dover strait area reported overcast skies with a heavy morning shower and light wind. Sea conditions were calm and visibility was excellent coast to coast. temperature at 8 a.m. registered 57 degrees.
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London
Dover Strait
Fall of Troarn Marks First Big Normandy Gain for British
British forces push seven miles in a key advance and take a village on the outskirts of Caen as new airborne troops arrive in France. Berlin and Paris radio reports claim Allied landings and rapid progress along the Cherbourg peninsula with six American divisions identified in action near St Lo and Carentan.
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Troarn
Caen
France
Cherbourg
Cape
Normandy
U. S
Carentan
Berlin
Paris
Montebourg
St. Lo
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War Department
Euet T. Drake
William A. Drake
Lacon 1
Charles Merritt
Mary and Martha Ezekill
Inez Stacks
Houston
Cyrus Merritt
Byrd Springs
Horace C. Sheats
Ft. McClellan
Hudson M. Sheats
Navy Ordnance Station
Pensacola
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Tech
Bertis E. Green
Jess J. Green
Cullman 2
Mediterranean
Mrtylie King
Flint
Clyde Cartee
Dayton, Tenn
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Central Methodist Church
Louise Robinson
Leo H. Henry
Somerville
Camp Carson
Colorado
Army
Alabama National Guard
Alaska
Henry
Mary Sherman
Charles Sherman
Ninth Avenue
Women's Army Corps
Ft. Oglethorpe
WAC
Ft. Des Moines
Lenear Royer Jr
Lenear Royer Sr
United States Navy
Royer
Lenear
Roger
Martha Whittum
Jackson Street
Miss Robinson
Mason Pearce
Navy
Seebees
City Electric Department
New Zealand
Pearce
Barrett Shelton
Alabama State Planning Board
Dothan
Camp Rucker
Ozark
E. W. Kennedy
Thomas Frazier
Milledgeville, Ga
Frazier
Tillman Okley Norris
Fifth Avenue West
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Desert
By Sid Feder
Popoli
Sulmona
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Atlantic Wall
English Channel
Ics
Archie Dickson
Arlington Street
Jackson
Miss
Peter J. Carroll
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