Lt J B McClendon Among Surviving LST Crew From 460
Lt J B McClendon of Decatur an LST 460 gunnery officer survived the December sinking near Mindoro Philippines as American forces invaded. He and Lt Richard Insley shared efforts to save crew while Lt G W Wineinger tended the wounded. the vessel had a storied combat record and McClendon later coached at Huntsville High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McClendon
Decatur
Philippines
Polk McClendon
USNR
Hackleburg
Ala
Mindoro
Philippine Islands
LST 460
McClendon
LST
Richard W. Insley
Bastrop
Tex
Baltimore
Maryland
G. W. Wineinger
Medical Corps
Cypress Drive
Laguna Beach
Calif
Army
Navy
Birmingham Southern College
Huntsville
War woes and shifts in Japan shape grim public mood
The passage notes fear among the people over a station sit uation growing serious, politicians feel job security shakier after Okinawa, and hints at a Japanese Volks sturm with sharpened bamboo. Behind the scenes real armies and defenses strengthen, causing grim lines on commanders' faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Suzuki
First in Series of Parties Enjoyed at Morgan County Sanatorium
Patients at the Morgan county sanatorium assisted by nurses enjoyed the first in a series of parties held Friday. The men won a word-builder contest while Miss Mau Dee Hendricks led women in an advertising contest. In a game called Murder Robert Hargrove proved skilled as the D A convicting Thomas Woodruff after a set of questions. Chocolate milk and cookies were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Mau Dee Hendricks
Robert Hargrove
D. A
Thomas Woodruff
Met
Markets at a Glance Mixed Signals in New York
New York stocks mixed with a selective recovery led by aircrafts. Bonds steady with rail gains. cotton profits and mill buying noted. Wheat firm, rye sharply higher on short covering and investment buying. Corn strong with light offerings. Hogs active and steady to firm with top at 14.75. cattle steady to weak, ceiling around 18.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Butter and Eggs Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Butter receipts 701,729 and eggs receipts 23,268 hold steady in Chicago trading with market unchanged. Exact figures appear from June 13 dispatch detailing dairy and egg markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local Notes From Cullian County and Nearby Areas
May births and weddings fill the page as Mr. and Mrs. Herman Galin welcome a son at Cullian hospital. Mrs. J. D. Law returns from Boaz after visiting relatives. Thurman Mc Manus marries Cora Fay Harp on May 22. Visits and family news from Trade and Trimble are noted. Curtis Ellenberg, 18, dies at home, survived by mother and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Galin
Cullian Hospital
J. D. Law
Boaz
Pfc. Thurman McManus
Cora Fay Harp
C. R. Garner
James Ray
Cora Lee Lowery
Clel Townsend
Flora E. Allen
C. K. Garner
C. A. Law
Ollie Lowery
Lawson
Johnnie Fay
Northern Captain Sails for First Port in Supply Run
The Northern Captain, second of three coasters built for the Maritime Commission at Ingalls Shipbuilding, sails shortly after noon for its first port to support armed forces supply lines. Commanded by Captain Schmidt, allocated by the War Shipping Administration to Standard Fruit and Steamship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Commission
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Schmidt
War Shipping Administration
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
OPA Expands Gas Ration Eligibility for Farm Marketers
Wholesale buyers of farm products and workers in marketing are now eligible for full preferred or mileage gasoline rations. Farm marketing agents and cooperatives may also qualify to travel to growers’ farms to direct harvesting grading packing and shipping of fresh fruits and vegetables as needed for marketing crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Tax relief extended for overseas servicemen returns
Washington on June 13 reports the Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. ruled that U S servicemen stopping in the United States on route from Europe to the Pacific will not owe taxes during their overseas transit. The postponement continues until they return home and remain in the United States for five and a half months excluding the month of return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Pacific
Joseph D.nunan Jr
Internal Revenue
Truman dismisses Eisenhower return rumors
President Truman discounted rumors that General Dwight D. Eisenhower might not return to Europe after his reception in Washington next Monday. He replied with a smile when a reporter cited Paris sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Paris
Judge Bealle Dies in Tuscaloosa at 55
Judge John R. Bealle, 55, a widely known Tuscaloosa attorney and former inferior court judge, died last night at a local hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bealle
Tuscaloosa
Ala
John R. Bealle
Inferior Court
Falconry's Ancient Practice Among Persians Egyptians Romans
The article notes falconry was practiced by Persians, Egyptians and Romans thousands of years ago as an early form of hunting and companionship.
Lions hear Mrs Calvin on Delano Park and Tumble Inn progress
Mrs Earle P Calvin city recreation head reviewed Delano Park and Tumble Inn development for Decatur Lions club luncheon at Hotel Lyons. She urged continued funding for park and Inn use and noted a comedy skit by Tumble Inn members before a courthouse meeting on a new high school sponsored by the Board of Education and city council. A crew photo from the Lions sponsored LST was shown and added to club files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle
P.—Calvin
Delano Park and
Tumble Inn
Decatur Lions Club
Oup
Hotel Lyons
Eugene Bailey
Calvin
Decatur
Delano Park
Morgan County News and Local Family Updates
Bernice McClure of Decatur visits her father Bob McClure at the old Stroup place. Mrs. Lou Harvell of Birmingham travels for Augusta Williams’s illness and death. John Ellis not doing well at home. Miles McCaghren leaves bed to up. Melvin Lake family in Austinville with D.D. Lake. Guy Roper and son visit Wess Yancy in Limestone. Omer Morris’s wife and baby from Texas stay with Clark Morris as Sgt. Omer Morris is overseas. Donald Wallace and Hal Puckett expected from Great Lakes for home visit. J T Johnson of Oak Ridge moves to live with Herman Johnson. Church services: 1:30 p.m. at the I. E. church. Sunday School 9:45 at Baptist and M.E. churches. E L Thompson slowly improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice McClure
Decatur
Bob McClure
Stroup Place
Lou Harvell
Birmingham
Augusta Williams
John Ellis
Miles McCaghren
Melvin Lake
Austinville
D.D. Lake
Guy Roper
Wess Yancy
Limestone County
Omer Morris
Baby
Texas
Clark Morris
Donald Wallace
S 2c
Hal Puckett
Great Lakes
J. T. Johnson
Oak Ridge
Herman Johnson
H. M. Harper
the Baptist
M.E
E. L. Thompson
Community Notes From Mt Vernon And Sawage
Mrs Omer Braswell and family along with Truman Waters and children visited relatives in Sawage Tennessee last weekend. Opal Burden and Mrs James Guthrey hosted Sunday dinner with Mrs White and Dorothy. Olene Steele and Ferrel Gennings of Birmingham visited their parents Frazier and family. Ophelia Guthery Mac Rusk and Jack Carter attended singing at Speake. Jacquelyn Braswell suffers malaria. Will White and Ted White hosted a Monday night gathering at Jones Chapel. Rev Philips preached here over the weekend. Clarence Russell and wife moved to the community from Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Waters
Ollie Waters
Sawage
Tennessee
Etonl
Opal Burden
James Guthrey
White
Dorothy
Olene Steele
Ferrel Gennings
Birmingham
Frazier Gennings
Ophelia Guthery
Mac Rusk
Jack Carter
Speake
Jacquelyn Braswell
Will White
Ted White
Jones Chapel
Rev. Philips
Clarence Russell
Decatur
Nelson to Lead Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
Donald M. Nelson will become president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers on June 29. The former War Production Board chairman and China envoy disclosed his acceptance after meeting with reps from 25 smaller studios. Reported salary around 50 000 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Hollywood
Donald M. Nelson
Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers
War Production Board
China
Brave girl gets dance for fallen Marine brother
Eighteen year old Frances Newman in Macon learns her birthday will be marked with a dance and gifts funded by Warner Robins field workers after her brother Sergeant James R. Newman, a naval gunfire spotter with the Fourth Marine Division, is killed on Iwo Jima. General Clifton Gates called her letter the finest he had received in 28 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Frances Newman
James R. Newman
Lumpkin
Iwo
Fourth Marine Division
Warner Robins Field
Newman
Clifton B. Gates
Gates
Marine Corps
Truman Signals Plans For Big Three Talks And OWI Budget
President Truman said he will be accompanied by Fleet Admiral Leahy to the Big Three meeting and pledged equal press access. He urged prompt Senate action on the United Nations charter and criticized an OPA reform amendment. He named William H. Wills to the FCC and reiterated no change in the State Department secretaryship. Congress faces fights over FEPC and poll tax repeal as debates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Leahy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ross
Truman
Poland
Congress
Office of War Information
House
Mr. Truman
Fair Employment Practices Committee
House Rules Committee
Senate
Wherry
William H. Wills
Vermont
Norman S. Case
Federal Communications Commission
State Department
Stettinius
San Francisco
America
Capitol Hill
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Norton
FEPC
Travel pinch due to Tokyo Express military needs
Civilian travel will be reduced in August as half the Pullman cars and 10 to 12 percent of railroad coaches are withdrawn from civilian use until about March 1946 for military purposes. Air travel also faces a growing pinch, said J Monroe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Don’t Forget Us Says Okinawa Letter from Pvt Shelton
Pvt Alfred H Shelton of the First Division Marines writes from Okinawa May 30 1945 to his parents in Moulton Alabama. He notes Germany’s victory is over yet warns there are still Japs out here and asks home to keep plants going and to say hello to Raybon while wishing the war would end soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Shelton
Okinawa
Germany
Esley Shelton
Moulton
Mom
Dad
Raybon
State Crop Growth Fair Despite Heat and Drought
Alabama crops are progressing well due to stored soil moisture despite hot dry weather. Cotton plants are small but sturdy with strong roots, corn could use showers, sweet potatoes are rooting, peanuts and soybeans hold up, and pastures remain steady. Rain is most needed in the coastal trucking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weather Bureau
E. D. Emigh
Emigh
Death notice and social notes from Lawrence County
Friends mourn the sudden death of former mail carrier Hammonds and extend sympathy to his family. Community updates report visits among locals, military furloughs, sick list items, and courtesy calls across Mt. Hope, Union Grove, Oakville, Five Points, and Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammonds
Junior West
Mt. Hope
Onie Hughes
Birmingham
Floyd Lowery
Franklin McCaghren
Leonard C. McCaghren
Germany
Ernest Delashaw
Union Grove
Will Reeves
Emmett Owens
Erney Ferguson
Jerry
Oscar Kelsoe
Speake
Carlton Way
Oakville
Jessie McCaghren
Bob McCaghren
Ollie Mae Reed
Decatur General Hospital
Corp
Hollis
McCaghren
Arkansas
John McCaghren
Guy Keeman
Mose Owens
Major league teams spend big in teen talent search
Major league clubs reportedly spend as much as eighty thousand dollars in scouting and signing teenage athletes across the country as they seek future stars. The movement highlights the growing investment in young talent and the competitive race to secure promising players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udes
Derby weekend in Louisville and weather outlook uncertain
Miss Anne Henderson and Miss Laconi Jones spent the weekend in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby. Rufus Norwood declined to forecast if the warm spell signals summer, citing recent unpredictable weather. Birth notices report several babies born at Decatur General Hospital and related exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Henderson
Laconi Jones
Louisville
Rufus Norwood
Singing Draws Large Crowd at Penns School House
A large crowd attended the singing at Penns school house Saturday night. Pvt Travice Looney enjoys furlough with his parents. Miss Mildred Miller visited Mrs Dona Crow and Christine. Mrs Marie Crow and Sammy left to visit Pvt Zemon Crow at Camp Gordon Ga. Harvest season keeps locals busy as grain harvests proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penns School House
Mildred Miller
Dona Crow
Christine
Eral
Travice Looney
Floyd Looney
Freda Hall
Ymmer
Hartselle
Javice Looney
Marie Crow
Sammy
Buddies Reunited After War Separation at Roxy Theater
Staff Sgt. Douglas Maner, wounded in Cherbourg on July 3 1944, reunited with buddy Staff Sgt. Pete Turner of North Carolina outside the Roxy theater. Turner surprised Maner and his wife by arriving in the city to visit, recounting how Turner pulled Maner to safety in the foxhole. Maner, treated in Atlanta, is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
Douglas Maner
Pete Turner
North Carolina
Turner
Maner
Pete
Doug
79Th Infantry Division
Roxy Theater
Sgt. Turner
W. T. Willoughby
Sgt
Mrs. Maner
Sgt. Maner
Army Hospital
Atlanta
UN Security Council to Act Only After Consensus Reached
Conference Commission No 3 holds a public night session to review plans for a regional defense system within the world framework while urging unanimous agreement. The commission backs UN Charter provisions allowing force to maintain peace, as George Allen works with leaders on the final charter session. Big Five resume talks.Polish crisis discussions resume between US Britain and Russia amid concerns over 16 arrested Polish leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Council of the World Organization
Conference Commission No. 3
United Nations
Council
George Allen
Washington Insurance
Truman
United States
Britain
Russia
Rain prayer answered ends drought in Metter Georgia
In Metter Georgia on June 18 a town of 2,500 rejoiced as a one day community prayer service preceded a refreshing rain. Elder W F Agan led hundreds at Primitive Baptist church as a 30 minute downpour revived parched crops and fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metter
Georgia
Primitive Baptist Church
W. F. Agan
Agan
Memorial Singing Draws Singers With Sam Speer Family
The 4th Sunday in June hosts an annual memorial singing with the Sam Speer family of Doubl Springs and visitors from Cullin Decatur and neighboring counties. Attendance urged and all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Speer
Doubl Springs
Cullin Decatur
Travis Asherbranner
Jim Asherbranner
Pvt
Travis Looney
Floyd Looney
Marie Neathery
Bonnie Lindsey
Howard Anders
Shelby Eddy
Lenard Eddy
Jones Chals
Ilva Dutton
Huntsville
Grace Poole
Decatur
Emma Stephenson
Harrison Poole
Mary Long
Bevie West
Robert Childers
George Talley
Ruth Morris
Laura Dutton
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LT. McClendon
Gees
Loyd’s
Culliaan County
Willingham
Quéenan
Apper
Church of God
Hugh Cothren
Decatur ‘Civitan Club
Cothren
Gunter’s
Civitan
CLUB
Mrs. Calvin
Cullman County
MT. Vernon
Omer Braswell
American Federation of Labor
Claude.j. Lawrence
May Bell Lawrence
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Dasa Guess Ant
Frank M. Spear
Frances Neville
Pratt Avenue
Frank Neville
J. M. Streeter
Town Creek
Elsie Kooken
Seventh Avenue West
Isa
Katherine Haney
Tanner
W. P. Briscoe
Baugh’s Infirmary
Velma Dell Gary
Ninth Avenue West
R. F. Morris
Decatur 3
Baugh's Infirmary
Mrs. Bluett Terry
Second Avenue
J. K. Poole
Trinity
Decatur General
L. A. Ferguson
East Moulton Street
Elsie Cooley
R. R. Fancy
Madison
Brown's
G. W. Rodgers
West Vine Street
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Glass
the Lord
First Baptist Church
PENN
Christine Crowe
Lynn M. Lumsden
Gracie M. Lumsden
Line Street
Biggs Field
el Paso
Temai
Vera Asherbranner
James L.rankin
Olcatur
City Park
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