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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
2
A War Production Board proposal to ease rayon yarn controls and return hosiery to pre war status met resistance from the hosiery industry. The plan would scrap the fixed output set aside for hosiery, making rayon yarn free goods and forcing hosiery makers to compete for supply.
A veteran recounts the fierce D Day landing, detailing German coastal fortifications, underwater minefields, and sapping defenses that challenged our first waves. Despite heavy losses, officers report disciplined advance inland and a surprisingly low overall casualty rate for the beachhead. The narrator notes the extraordinary effort and hints at forthcoming unit acknowledgments.
New York traders saw mixed action with gains in sugar, air transport, and gold mine shares supporting the late session while steels, rubbers, motors eased from earlier peaks. General Motors, Westinghouse, and DuPont remained firm as rails recovered after a morning dip amid a lighter 1.5 million share volume. Cotton prices fell over a dollar due to Bankhead amendment rejection, with late trading showing continued weakness. Butter and eggs markets in Chicago held firm despite 780,802 butter receipts and 14,983 egg arrivals.
New York stocks irregular with higher specialties. Bonds higher as rails rally. Cotton irregular after price amendment rejection prompting liquidation. Chicago wheat mixed amid weak buying power. Rye weak with low demand. Hogs slow with 30,000 holdovers, top 13.75. Cattle strong with choice steers and yearlings active, top 17.60.
Nashville June 14 market news notes slow activity in cattle with weak demand for half fat and low grade stock. Steers and yearlings around 13.00 to 14.00, cows 8.75 to 10.75, canners 5.50 to 8.50, vealers 15.00 to 16.00. Hogs 1,300 head largely steady with Good to choice 180 to 270 pounds at 13.50 and other weights down to 6.10. Sheep 2,000 head. spring lambs appear in limited supply.
RAF night raids hit rail yards south of Caen and Munich targets as bombers from Britain and Italy strike across Western Europe. American forces report heavy bomber losses and rail disruption while Fortress and Liberator aircraft target Brest Cherbourg corridors and St Malo.
A reader suggests using two or three tablespoons of kerosene in a boiler full of white clothes to lighten them. Rinse thoroughly afterward to remove any odor.
A House Military Committee report criticizes Col Theodore Wyman Jr. over Pearl Harbor defense delays and awarding War Department contracts to Hans Wilhelm Rohl a German alien and naturalized citizen. It cites yacht parties and social ties with German diplomats, noting potential impact on the aircraft warning system. The panel seeks further explanation from the Army and defers conclusions pending future War Department actions.
Allied forces breach toward Caen and Villers-Bocage severing German routes to Caen while Caen endures heavy naval bombardment. American armor breaks stalemate at Carentan and widens a growing beachhead as German forces retreat to safer positions.
Prayer meeting for armed forces youths at Mrs Will Dyer 1314 Third Ave East Thursday at eight led by Rev Joe A Gomes. Mrs Bob Simmons ill with pneumonia. Eugenia and Irene Little return from Chattanooga visit. Mrs George Hundt leaves for Arlington Texas to visit relatives. Mrs W A Preston staying with Johnsons in Henderson Texas. Two cases on city docket a public drunkenness fined 10 and traffic 2. BPW club to Trinity mountain for steak fry and meeting with ~30 members expected. Claude Perry held on $300 bond for violating prohibition. Johnnie May McKenney held on $300 bond for vagrancy. Mary Lou Griffin held on $300 bond for vagrancy. Susie Edgerton Red Cross North Alabama field rep visited Decatur chapter. Edwin Powers Red Cross Southeastern area Atlanta visitor.
In the Pacific theater, Mokmer airfield on Biak Island is now used by Fifth Army planes, expanding Allied reach to 880 miles from the Southern Philippines. MacArthur reports heavy air and ground actions as Biak moves toward Sorido and Boroko. Elsewhere Chinese and Allied forces push toward junctions with Stilwell in Northern Burma as Japanese involvement weakens in Imphal.
J N Wright of Somerville died suddenly at home June 9 at age 81 after a long Morgan county life. He joined Mount Zion Baptist church as a young man and remained faithful 61 years. Rev Dewitt Prince led the service Peck of Hartselle directed. Surviving are four daughters, three sons, twenty two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
The evening communique reports over 10 000 prisoners taken in the first week of campaigning. Montebourg near Cherbourg is contested with conflicting reports of its capture and recapture. The American fourth division extends its assault from Quineville toward Le Ham and presses toward Valognes near Cherbourg.
British 6th Airborne Division reports a sharp engagement at Ranville and Breville where paratroopers halted a German assault. About 400 Germans were killed and nearly 2,000 taken prisoner as British losses totaled around 50. The action left a scene of war debris among gliders and orchards with camouflaged troops holding the line.
Churchill avoids detailing franc notes for invading troops after Roosevelt statement. Bevan challenges government’s war diplomacy, while four France neighbors Poland Belgium Czechoslovakia Luxembourg recognize De Gaulle's National Liberation Committee as provisional government. In Algiers the French committee assigns regional civil and military administrators for liberated Normandy.
Rep Walcott leads GOP bloc backing price ceilings while Brown argues the amendment raises parity for cotton and expands civilian goods. President warned veto possible if tied to extending the price control act beyond June 30 as administration fights to sway a reluctant House.
Seven student nurses of the class of 1944 at Decatur General Hospital will receive diplomas and pins Sunday evening at 8 p.m. in Southside Baptist Church with Rev. W. W. Glass as speaker. A banquet at Southern Airways Friday at 7 p.m. precedes the graduation, followed by a dance at Valley Country Club. Names: Betty Florence Dodson Delphia Cash Christine Bolling Dorothy Murphy Virginia Pepper May Foster and Mrs. Ethel Reard.
Citizens in Dothan and counties from Tuscaloosa to Walker rally for fifth war loan. Parades, canvasses, and auctions raise premiums with Huntsville merchants funding prizes. Florence begins bond premium badges while Jasper hosts industry leaders and dignitaries. Hamilton and Hackleburg report strong sales toward county quotas.
Lawmakers argue over how to curb rising prices with targeted measures and broader fiscal actions. The discussion centers on how inflation affects households, interest rates, and economic growth, with emphasis on practical policy effects and timelines.
Sam H. Wheat, prominent Decatur businessman, will lead American Legion Post No. 15 as commander for the coming year. R. B. Freeaman is first vice commander, C. B. Smith second vice commander, A. B. Markham adjutant, W. L. Grimes finance officer, J. M. Stockton sergeant at arms. Junior baseball team plans for ages 12 to 17 named with T. D. Brooks as manager and Jack Smallwood assisting.
The piece analyzes German use of troops as cannon fodder and possible early reserves on the peninsula. It weighs Rommel and Montgomery, suggesting Montgomery anticipated quick action and outmaneuvered Rommel, avoiding a major early counterattack to deepen Allied beachheads.
The Decatur high school band will give a concert Sunday at five p.m. in the Delano park recreation center under director Carl Schwachow. A large crowd is expected. The recreation commission thanks Murray- Lee Hardware Co for cans used on the miniature golf course and for games donated. Valley Coal and Lumber Co is thanked for lumber to build additional swings.
Army Captain Morrison J. Wilkinson was convicted by a general court martial of statutory rape and related morals offenses, plus bigamy and larceny, and sentenced to 30 years at hard labor. He was dismissed from the service after acquittals on four other counts. he maintained he used no force. Names of two complainants were withheld.
James Oliver Jones, seventy, Morgan county farmer, died Tuesday at his niece’s home in Corinth. Funeral services were held at 2 PM in Union Cemetery Corinth with Mutual Service directing. He is survived by three sons Giles Jones of California Jonie Jones of Decatur and Rufus Jones of Corinth.
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