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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1943
Page
8
A Decatur Daily reader reprints a Captain’s wartime letter urging home front action to back a Hill Hatch Ball Burton peace plan. The letter calls for an international police force to prevent future wars and protect servicemen, arguing for firm postwar commitments.
A captain in an Africa war zone urges a reader to organize a public peace effort. He advocates using Fortune Life and Culbertson texts to mobilize citizens to pressure Congress and press, creating a home-front victory through organized action and public advocacy.
Spokane editors announce June 30 as Mother-In-Law Day. The Spokane Athletic Round Table, with about 2,500 members nationwide, urges goodwill toward mothers in law, urging gifts or humor and noting many are home-front workers supporting the war effort.
Marianne and Peggy Joan Moylan, ages 12 and 11, radio on Fridays to spot planes near Sag Harbor Long Island. They correspond with 34 servicemen and study Morse code while dreaming of aviation and Hollywood fame. Their aunt accompanies them as they report planes and seek crew autographs.
The National Labor Relations Board directed Dwight Manufacturing Co to withdraw recognition from Dwight Employees Associations as bargaining agent and to refrain from unfair labor practices. The action was announced from Washington with June 14 noted.
Cullman County residents face a 76200 dollar June war bond target with R W Holland urging tripled effort. Rotary Club to sponsor a blood plasma drive as Dr M B Whiteside says a Cullman hospital blood bank will open soon. Daily Vacation Bible School begins June 14 at First Methodist with free care and refreshments.
Dr John C. Cowell Jr of Central Baptist Church urged Christians to maintain bright testimonies by avoiding unholy alliances and ungodly speech. He warned that mingling with enemies dulls the light and cited Jehoshaphat, New Testament exhortations, and the harm of gossip and anger. He noted Central Baptist ranks among Alabama’s top per capita mission givers per a Sunday evening reading.
This weekend many residents plan visits and trips. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Geisen in Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Kinney in Hot Springs, Mrs. Boschung visiting Somerville, Mrs. Clark in Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Waid in Columbus, and Miss McClanahan at Alabama summer school. Others head to Camp Walton, Birmingham, Hot Springs, Huntsville, and nearby towns for short stays and family time.
OWI report traces Nazi agent Bernard Kuehn who aided Japanese signals for Pearl Harbor surveillance. Convicted in Honolulu 1942, later commuted to 50 years hard labor. Family interned. Kuehn admitted aiding Tokyo via Japanese consul Okuda. Signals included a dormer window beacon used to track the U.S. fleet.
The passage notes Baptist churches in Birmingham Montgomery and Mobile. It commends the churches for their evangelistic and missionary spirit reflecting a long standing commitment to outreach and religious work across the state.
The first joint Flag Day observance shows banners of 32 United Nations with the Stars and Stripes. President Roosevelt proclaims June 14 as tribute to universal liberty, with the new Flag of the Four Freedoms flown publicly in Washington and across the nation.
The record details two signaling systems for warning Japan of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. It notes the Japanese vice consul found the first plan too complex, while Kuehn presented a simplified system on December 2 with a tally of ships in Hawaiian waters. It also reports that on October 25, 1941, F B I documented Tadaji Morimura delivering 14000 dollars to Kuehn with no prior explanation of the payment.
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