Truman Says Big Three Talks Set Despite Polish Issue
President Truman announced near agreement on a Moscow summit with Stalin and Churchill. He praised Hopkins and Davies for progress toward a Polish settlement and said the meeting aims to form a broad Warsaw government within 40 days, with details to be announced later.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Poland
Moscow
Warsaw
Harry Hopkins
San Francisco
Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
London
Davies
Russia
Leon
Dee
Decatur News Briefs and War Updates
Partly cloudy weather with scattered thundershowers expected in the north this afternoon and Thursday. Local reports show a high of 91 and a low of 69. Edwin L. Horton visited his Arab family on furlough and Tim Sharp, a Somerville chef, was mentioned with Horton. Several Decatur residents, including Miss Nathalia Douthitt and Miss Merle Douth, were in Birmingham. The Birmingham postwar plan was to be discussed by Cooper Green at a Kiwanis meeting at Hotel Lyons. Decatur civic leaders prepared for a school financing discussion at courthouse meeting next Tuesday night. Widespread notices included a death in Athens and military furloughs of Lt. Cpl. Strother in Decatur and Laredo. A series of penalties were handed out in city court for assault with a pistol, prohibition violation, vagrancy, and drunkenness. Officials noted a shipyard labor shortage of 15,000 workers needed to repair damaged ships. Sgt. Guinnie Puckett Jr. returned from Fort Myers, with reassignment to Lincoln, Nebraska. The Women’s club planned a picnic supper at Delano Park on November 21. Pvt. Leonard O. Summerford, a former POW, arrived home for a 60-day furlough. Mrs. Douglas Fudge was admitted to Decatur General Hospital.
Pevler Yarn Confirmed Loan Settlement Details
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co general counsel says Brig Gen Elliott Roosevelt settled a $200000 loan from John Hartford for $4000. Hartford confirms most of Pegler column is substantially correct and says the debt was resolved in 1942 through Jesse Jones with note and stock collateral.
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New York
Garuthers Ewing
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
Hartford
Westbrook Pegler
Kings Features
Roosevelt
Pegler
Ewing
Danville
Ill
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Texas
Jones
Morgan county urged to buy more E bonds for drive
Every man, woman and child in Morgan county must invest about 40 cents daily for the remaining 15 days of the seventh war loan drive to reach its $821000 quota. Ewell K Gregg, chairman, said sales reached noon today showing $538948.25 in E bonds, 65 percent of the goal, with overall sales near the top of the division and expected to top $1326000 this week.
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Morgan County
Ewell K. Gregg
91 000 American POWs Brought Out Of Germany
Supreme headquarters announced that 91,000 American prisoners of war had been freed from Germany and that nearly all U S and British captives had been recovered. It reported 167,844 British prisoners and 2,413,000 displaced nationals repatriated, with 2,068,000 still to return.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
U. S
SHAEF
United Nations
Italy
Fr.hien
Stick Found in Mossed Area in Ada Mears Slayer Case
The bloodstained stick found near the body of Ada Mears is the sole new development in the murder probe. Relatives say hair and blood on the stick match the victim, and authorities plan further searches and witness verifications as police continue investigations.
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Ada Mears
Moulton Heights
Annie Vinson
Bibb Humphrey
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
W. Edgeman
Humphrey
J. B. Whitmire
I Dont Smile Patton Angers Photographers at Airport
General George S. Patton arrived at National Airport after an overnight flight from Los Angeles. He declared I am no politician I dont smile when asked to pose for a photo. He was invited to the White House to see President Truman that afternoon with Mrs Patton and their two daughters and four grandchildren present.
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Washington
George S. Patton
National Airport
Los Angeles
Patton
Truman
White House
Third Army
Shirley Temple Graduates From Coron School for Girls
Shirley Temple completes high school at Coron School for Girls in Los Angeles at age 17. The ceremony marks the end of her formal schooling as she pursues future acting projects.
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Shirley
Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
Oe Coron School For Girls
E’s
Talks Friday May Glear Up Warsaw Row
Big Three diplomats and Polish leaders meet in Moscow on Friday to discuss reorganizing the Soviet backed Polish provisional government on a broad democratic basis. Britain and the United States voice cautious optimism while London warns against overstatement and Churchill and Attlee trade sharp exchanges over Britain’s election timing.
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Warsaw Row
Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press
Warsaw
Moscow
London
Washington
Crimea
Poland
Russia
Britain
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Labor
Japan
Weems Moves to Carson Hospital for Convalescence
PFC Lesley O. Weems of Town Creek is at the Army convalescent hospital in Camp Carson Colorado. He fought in Normandy St Lo the Siegfried Line the Battle of the Bulge and Africa. He wears the Good Conduct ribbon ETO ribbon and unit citation. He has five brothers in service. Sightseeing trips and pre occupational training are offered for convalescents returning to civilian life.
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Pfe
Lesley O. Weems
E. F. Weems
Town Creek
Kathrine Weems
Army Service Forces Convalescent Hospital
Camp Carson
Col
Normandy
St. Lo
Siegfried Line
Battle of the Bulge
Africa
U. S. Army General and Convalescent Hospital
Colorado Springs
Veterans’ Administration
War Today analysis on Japanese threats and Allied plans
AP analyst J. M. Roberts Jr. notes Japanese propaganda aims to frighten and mobilize civilians while delaying any climactic action. He weighs monsoon season, Southeast Asia campaigns, and the timing of Allied operations from Burma to Java and Malaya, stressing rain to impede major moves before September.
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J. M. Roberts JR
Germany
Southeast Asia
Alabama House Passes Double Beer Tax Increase
The Alabama House approved a bill to raise the beer tax from a half to a full cent per bottle, to be shared equally among 67 counties, with no regard to population or wet-dry status. Amendments to limit revenue or favor net counties were defeated.
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Montgomery
Alabama House
Senate
House
Congress
Chauncey Sparks
Education Committee
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Educational Survey Commission
Institutions of Higher Learning
Commission Arrives in Washington for Army Navy Liquidation Work
The Army Navy liquidation commission announced the arrival of a field staff in Be groundwork for aponak uy work and Navy surplus mopehy.
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Washington
Army-Navy Liquidation Commission
Way Cleared for Approval of Veto Change at UN
June 13 report from San Francisco notes Australian amendment against total veto control for world security machinery was defeated 2 to 10 with 15 abstentions and five missing. Big Five oppose future charter amendments. small nations seek a future amendable veto in about ten years, a plan blocked for now by the five powers.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Tom Connally
United States
Herbert V. Evatt
Austria
Harold Stassen
Evatt
Russia
France
China
Britain
Workers End 13-Day Walkout At Tennessee Iron Plants
In Birmingham Alabama June 13 striking blast furnace workers of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co voted to end the 13 day walkout that halted operations at the Souths two largest steel plants. United Steelworkers field representative R M Poarch said the vote was almost unanimous and workers would return to the 11 PM shift tonight following CIO president Philip Murray telegram urging return to work. The message warned continued walkout could jeopardize union position nationally and violate Labor Board deadlines.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
South
R. M. Poarch
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
Philip Murray
CIO
Poarch
Murray
Ar Labor Board
Fiery battles blaze across Borneo and Okinawa fronts
Allied forces press through Seria oil fields in Borneo as Australian troops close on Japanese positions near Bougainville and Luzon. American tank crews lift 500 foot hoses to flame out of caves on Okinawa while U S Seventh Division pushes Kunishi ridge.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Pacific
Borneo
Okinawa
Seria
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Philippines
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Draft rule cautions Alabama registrants on selective service
The Selective Service headquarters told Alabama registrants to comply with orders. Col James T Johnson Jr said a recent decision keeps the ban on inducting men aged 30 to 37 who are regularly employed in war related work.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selective Service
Alabama
James T. Johnson, Jr
Community Santa Clause Poll Highlights Local Figures
To the People of this Community reporting on Christmas and Fathers Day. Newspapers polled all the Santa Clauses in town to determine which figures entertain local children.
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Army Air Force
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U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
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Leonard O. Summerford
Mattie Lou Summerford
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Douglas Fudge
Columbia Circle
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Stick
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Geneva
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Baldwin
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