G1 Bill Sent To White House After Senate Action
The House passed the compromise G1 Bill of Rights for veterans, with the Senate approving a conference committee version. Provisions include unemployment benefits of 20 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks, education assistance up to 500 dollars tuition and 50 to 75 dollars monthly subsistence, and government guarantees of 50 percent of private loans up to 4000 dollars with 4 percent interest. The bill costs are estimated between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Senate
United States Employment Service
Roosevelt Declares Allied War Effort Near Final Victory
President Roosevelt outlines Allied gains across Europe including German forces squeezed on multiple fronts and Soviet advances in the east. He notes 3,000,000 tons of materiel and tens of thousands of troops in England and urges all citizens to fund the war effort to secure final victory.
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Germany
the -Wal
Italy
France
England
Europe
Roosevelt
Anniversary and Leave Celebrated at Hartselle Home
A June 11 party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O J Howard in Hartselle honored Mr. Howard on his 57th birthday and Pvt. Bennett L Howard on furlough from New Jersey. Attending were the Howards, Noah Lee family, Clyde Howard family, James Howard family, Bertha Mae Reagin, and Pvt. Bennett Howard, with afternoon visitors listed. A noon basket lunch and later cream were served.
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O. J. Howard
Hartselle 2
Mr. Howard
Bennett L. Howard
New Jersey
Noah Lee
Tommy
Hartseller
Clyde Howard
Trinity
Half Brother of Pastor Edwards Killed in War
Rev Noble R Edwards former pastor of Decatur First Christian learns his half brother Thomas Jefferson Edwards Ridgeway Virginia was killed in action in the Italian theater He served in the artillery about 18 months and the sister at Bessemer First Christian church relayed the message Friends will regret the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble R. Edwards
First Christian Church
Decatur
Thomas Jefferson
Edwards
Ridgeway
Bessemer First Christian Church
Bradley Saluted as Town Tops War Bond Goal
Moberly Missouri saluted Lt General Omar N Bradley and his troops with a bond drive on the first day of the fifth war loan campaign. In six hours the town of about 13 000 reported sales of 644000 dollars, beating the 620000 dollar target.
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Bradley
Moberly
Omar N.bradley
Cherbourg
Markets at New Highs Since 1939 on Heavy Volume
The New York stock market rose with a two million share session and broad gains pushing averages to their highest since late 1939. Turnover neared 650000 shares in the first hour, with five hour total around 2,200,000 shares as rails and aircrafts led the advance. Cotton futures moved higher with July contracts steady to up, while hogs, cattle, and sheep prices showed varied activity and splits from day to day.
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Wall Street
New York
Iing
N. Y
Jly
Butter and eggs steady in Chicago market
Butter receipts 1,027,241 and eggs receipts 21,292 hold firm as market remains unchanged in Chicago trading on June 13.
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Chicago
Cattle Slaughter Offerings Steady with Holdovers Noted
Nashville June 13 cattle market notes show 250 head with slaughter offerings, many holdovers, mostly low grade cows. Trading dull and steady with a recent decline, few meaty grass animals in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Gunner Jessie Simmons Reports All Okay From Ship
Jessie Simmons, gunner aboard a Navy vessel, writes to his mother that he is okay and likes the ship and crew. He notes hot conditions, ongoing hard work, and that they may move soon to an unknown destination. He asks family not to expect frequent wires and to tell others hello.
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Jessie Simmons
W. O. Simmons
Hartseller
Jessie
Mama
W.O
States
Gerry
Bennett
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Top Grain Hogs Cattle
Markets at a Glance reports New York stocks higher with a broad advance and steady bonds while rails extend gains. In Chicago Wheat rises up to two cents on rust reports. rye up with short covering. Hogs show a narrow outlet with 30 000 holdovers top 13 75. cattle across all killing classes gain 10 to 15 with steer tops at 17 50.
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New York
Chicago
Seaman Writes Home From San Diego War Message
Cecil Blackwood, USN seaman second class in training at San Diego, writes to his parents about why American servicemen fight. He says they fight for country and families, face European guns, and plead for prayers from mothers as Hitler and Tojo are hoped to be defeated.
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Cecil Blackwood
USN
San Diego
Cal
A. G. Goins
Decature
Wall Street
Hitler
Tojo
Jones Chapel News From Ulmman County
Mrs. B Fowler of West Point visits son Loon ey Fowler. Local gatherings include a fish fry on a creek with Hulsey family and others. Army Pvt Cleo and Leo Skinner report from camp in Arkansas. Death note Aubrey Hudson of U S Army killed in action overseas. Concert by Happy Hitters planned and Baptist communion next Saturday. Local visitors include Luie Rusk of Birne.
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B. Fowler
West Point
Looney Fowler
Claud Kelsoe
Velma Spencer
Lenard Eddy
Danville
Raymon White
Marcus
Ted White
Clint Caples
Arkansas
Allen James
Cullman
Alenar James
Jack Key
Joyce Thompson
Orvis Key
Junior Rowell
W. A. White
Dorothy White
Henry Thompson
Happy Hitters
Baptist Church
Luie Rusk
Birne
Revocation of Slim's Lunch Room License by Decatur Council
Decatur city council revoked the license to operate Slim's Lunch Room on U S 31 at Vine Street East after a Monday night hearing at city hall. Police were ordered to close the business by Thursday if it remains open. James Thomas operates the restaurant with attorney Russell Lynne representing him. John H. Peach represented the city.
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Slim
U.S. 31
Vine Street
Decatur
City Hall
James Thomas
Russell Lynne
John H. Peach
Thomas
Harrison
City of
Civilian Defense Report Covers April and May Activities
Vera Hughes Austelle announces April and May Civilian Defense figures. April counts include 608 gas and fuel oil applications plus 36 for Ingalls Shipbuilding employment, 43 warrant book, 14 stove purchases, 29 boots and shoes, 146 canning sugar, 356 T gas books for trucks, 14 volunteers with T books, 8212 hours, 16 blood donors, and 10 hours for food ration work. May shows 789 fuel oil and 51 Ingalls employment applications, 61 warrant books, 156 canning sugar, 11 stove purchases, 5 boots and shoes, 15 volunteer assignments, 57 hours, 10 blood donors with 8 for four special cases, and 16 volunteers aiding clothes for Russia with 54 hours.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
OPA
Russia
Local notices from Limestone County and Athens
Mrs Robert Broadway and Paul Griffin welcome a 9 pound baby boy Joseph Wayne Griffin at Limestone hospital. Evelyn Cooper remembered as former Athens resident. Mr and Mrs L C Bumpus visit relatives at Good Springs. Earl Bumpus to Athens Fire Department. O D Smith resigns from Athens Fire Department for Sheffield. Marvis Barksdale and family visit in Huntsville. Several soldiers send updates from city, state, and overseas posts. Mrs Howard Bumpus and friends in Nashville. Norton family hosts visitors Jennings Chapel. Martha Ruf seriously ill in Huntsville.
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Paul Griffin
Limestone Hospital
Joseph Wayne Griffin
O. D. Smith
Athens Fire Department
Sheffield Fire Department
Marvis Barksdale
U. S. Navy
Buddy Barksdale
Thersia Barksdale
W. G. Barksdale
Bro
Floyd Parker
Huntsville
W. H. Black
Atlanta
Carlos Black
Italy
Clarion L. Carroll
Southwest Pacific
Alfred B.carroll
Camp Parks
Calif
Lawson Carroll
Athens 1
William Burton Belcher
North Carolina
Johnnie Gates
Aleutian Islands
Howard Bumpus
Nashville
A. P. Norton
Clarence Norton
Jennings Chapel
Martha Ruf
Morgan County Church News Highlights Local Visits
A large Sunday school attendance is noted at Johnson Chapel. Guests include Miss Aline White of Florence College and Ovilee Pitman of Decatur. Local calls and family visits involve the Glasgows, Maples, Roberts, Yanceys, and Walden’s Chapel attendees.
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Aline White
Florence College
V. A. White
C. V. Yancey
Athens
G. C. Yancey
Tanner
Mary Lois
Charles Maples
Matha
Calvin Roberts
J. O. McLaughlin
Huntsville
J. M. Glasgow
G. W. Roberts
Upton Chapel
D. G. Roberts
Pfc Sterling Duke Killed in Action in Italy
Relatives of Pfc Sterling Barnett Duke were notified by the War Department that he was killed in action in Italy. He leaves a wife and an 18 month old child. Duke, employed by Aiea Hosiery Mill since 1939, entered the armed service in February 1943.
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War Department
Pfc
Sterling Barnett Duke
Italy
Robert F. Duke
Decature
Pfc. Duke
Aiea Hosier Mill
Armed Service
Memorial singing day observed in Lawrence County
The fourth Sunday is the annual memorial singing day in Lawrence County with everyone invited to attend. Local residents and visitors discuss family visits and several relatives travel from Birmingham Huntsville Florence State Teachers College Danville and Speake to share time with kin and attend community events.
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Phelton Looney
Birmingham
Floyd Looney
Pvt
Freeman Blankenship
Todie Blankenship
Libbie Turney
Valermosa Springs
Phelton Legg
Rachel Hereford
Moulton
H. A. Alexander
Speake
Jim Asherbranner
Ilva Dutton
Huntsville
Lorene Dutton
State Teachers College
Florence
Dan Dutton
Wilbur Blankenship S
Jodie Blankenship
Speake Smooire
Zeamon Crowe
Little Son
Freeman Wallace
Danville
Azelee Gray
Chester Owens
Tennessee
Paul Wallace
Georgia
Sire
Dan Dan Walker
Soviet forces advance toward Viipuri amid heavy fire
Izvestia reports Russians moving down both roads toward Viipuri from Raivola and Terijoki as they push through fortified lines. Soviet guns bombard sectors along the Gulf of Finland with German Ferdinand guns dug in, signaling strong progress on the approach.
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Viiipuri
Raivola
Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Terijoki
Izvestia
German POW escapes near Clanton Alabama
Prisoner of war Joseph Hasler, 33, fled from a field where German POWs were cutting timber about 15 miles southeast of Clanton, Alabama. FBI official R J Abbatichie Jr announced the escape and noted recapture efforts for two other German POWs, Herbert Kiel and Eduard Gielen, who had escaped from a camp at West Monroe, Louisiana.
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Birmingham
Joseph Hasler
Clanton
Ala
R. J. Abbatichhie Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hasler
Herbert Kiel
Eduard Gielen
West Monroe
Morgan county meeting on prisoners of war support
Morgan county residents are reminded of Wednesday meetings for friends and families of prisoners of war at 2 PM in the county courthouse courtroom. Red Cross official Mrs. Howard V. Hopkins will attend. Several local residents are listed as hospitalized or moving between facilities, and military personnel are noted with furloughs transfers and arrivals.
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Morgan County
Friends and Families
Howard V. Hopkins
American Red Cross
Washington
House Stands Firm On TVA Action in Congress
Washington June 23 Final congressional action nears on Sen McKellar plan to require TVA operating funds come from annual appropriations. Rep Woodrum says TVA issue may be ironed out with Senate group and House will stay opposed to TVA funding change.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Congress
Rep. Woodrum
House
Independent Offices
Senate
Woodrum
McKellar
Pontiac Dealers and Mechanics Train at Cornelian Court
Twenty five Pontiac dealers and mechanics from across North Alabama attend a two day factory training program at the Cornelian Court hotel. The course, led by E W Kennedy with two factory representatives, will meet monthly. Attendees include Messrs Carter and Bellar.
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Pontiac
North
Alabama
Cornelian Court Hotel
E. W. Kennedy
Decatur
Messrs
Cartér and
Bellar
Residence Burns On McCartney Street
Firefighters responded at 1 10 A M Tuesday to a house at 912 McCartney Street occupied by Rice and Kelley. A fire of unknown origin caused heavy damage on one side while the other side was saved. Most furniture was preserved.
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Rice and Kelley
McCartney Street
Sedition case drags on with band exhibits and names
Washington June 13. A court and jury resume testimony in the mass sedition trial after the prosecution offers several band related exhibits. A 14 volume list of names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Congress members was entered, showing foreign propaganda addressed to various individuals. The roster was prepared by the Los Angeles customs office and aimed to prove co conspirator contact with defendants into 1941.
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Washington
Peter Gissibs
Chicago
Eleanor Roosevelt
Congress
Customs Office
Los Angeles
Post Office Department
Joseph W. Burns
Germany
Normandy battles surge as Allied push drives toward Caen
Allied forces push through Cerisy forest and approach St Lo amid heavy fighting on the Cherbourg peninsula. German reinforcements rush to Caen sector while Rommel concentrates troops around St Lo and Carentan falls under Allied naval and ground fire. Berlin admits air delays slow reinforcements as E-boat activity continues in the Channel.
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Normandy
Marcks
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Caen
Berlin
Orre River
Cerisy Forest
Woodlands
Erwin Rommel
St. Lo
Doughboys
Carentan
Montebourg
Endemy
English Channel
Atlantic Wall
Ima
Anks
U. S
Texas
Nevada
Apa
Peace after the war rests on the sin in man's heart
Louise E Johnson argues true and lasting peace requires removing sin from the heart through Christ. She cites Jeremiah 17 9 First Thessalonians 5 3 Matthew 24 21 22 and asserts only the saved enter the coming new heaven and new earth, warning false peace promises lead to destruction.
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Vinemont
Alabama
Christ
Thessalonians
Louise E, Johnson
War Today: Mackenzie Praises Allied Air and Sea Superiority
In a analysis of the invasion, Dewitt Mackenzie argues the Allies' air and naval strength sealed the greatest amphibious assault, noting Rommel and the Luftwaffe are hampered by weather and shortages. The piece concludes Nazi forces cannot halt a second front despite local gains.
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Hitler
Rommel
Europe
Cherbourg
Allied forces report large Japanese prisoner captives
An official headquarters announcement said Allied troops have taken more than 10,000 prisoners. General Bernard Montgomery noted that some captives were regular Japanese soldiers, though no immediate reason was given for their presence in European theaters.
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Bernard Montgomery
Cotton Exports Postwar Talks Advance Policy Role
A committee of American cotton shippers led by W. L. Walker of Houston met with Leo T. Crowley to discuss postwar cotton exports. The talks, part of a series, debated whether shipments should be private or government controlled and urged a cotton industry representative join the Foreign Economic Administration export advisory committee. Other members include W. B. Davis of Newnan and Burris Jackson of Hillsboro.
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Washington
W. L. Walker
Houston
Tex
Leo T. Crowley
W. L. Clayton
Burris Jackson
Hillsboro
Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration Export Advisory Committee
Walker
Jackson
W. B. Davis
Newnan
RAF and US bombers strike Caen and Cologne rail hubs
Overnight RAF and US air forces targeted rail centers at Arras Amiens Cambrai and Caen plus Caudebec and Mezidon while hitting Caen bridges and a panzer marshalling yard. Mosquitoes disrupted transport as rocket-armed Typhoons destroyed an ammo truck and caused a building explosion.
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Germany
RAF
Caen
Cologne
London
Theluftwaffe
Normandy
England
Arras
Amiens
Cambrai
Flanders
Poitiers
France
Forest de Grimboso
Mezidon
Seine
Caudebec
Dunkerque
Ala
Gelsenkirchen
Britain
Scaef
Allied air forces pound targets in battle area and north
Allied aircraft attacked the battle area hammering transport and other targets and moved north to hinder German withdrawal. Mediterranean air forces flew about 1,100 sorties overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Mooresville Man Dies in Memphis Veterans Hospital
Edwin L. Coptoc known as Uncle Billy, longtime Mooresville resident, died early Monday at the Veterans hospital in Memphis Tennessee after a six week stay. He was 76. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brown Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Coptoc
Mooresville
Uncle Billy
Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Aged minister Dr Thomas Brown Nation dies in Oneonta
Funeral services for 94 year old Dr Thomas Brown Nation a longtime Cumberland Presbyterian minister in the Oneonta area are held today after his death yesterday He entered the ministry 70 years ago and remained active until last October Surviving are three daughters Mrs Vida Vaughn Mrs Maggie Stevens and Miss Carnelia Nation and two sons W E Nation andchalner Nation
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Oneonta
Ala
Thomas Brown Nation
Nation
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Vida Vaughn
Maggie Stevens
Carnelia Nation
W. E. and
Chalners Nation
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Eron White
Vera Hughes Austelle
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
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Robert Broadway
Johnson Chapel
Laverne Maples
Sterling Duke
Lawrence County
Vera Asherbranner
John J. Jackson
Third Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
O. K. Holt
Eighth Avenue West
Minnie Fowler
Somerville 2
Thomas E. Bramlett
Hartselle
Quinton Blevins
Maggie Blevins
Lacon
Benge
Wallace Haynes
Trinity 1
Fannie May Jackson
Third Avenue South
Thelma J. Pearce
Brown's
Robert A. Goforth
Seattle
Pvt. P. C. Goforth
Scott Field
Ilinois
Madison
Wisconsin
Marie Wiley
A. D. Wiley
Hazard Ky
J. A. Taylor
Hamil
Cain Street
Earl E. Williams
Tennessee Valley Hotel
Seldon Terry
Johnston Street
Ottice Weaver
Charles
Inez Abbott
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Burns
Mccartney ST
Yank
Voice OF
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Dewitt MacKenzie
2Nd Avenue
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Mnyour
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