Tokyo claims army readied for invasion
Japanese leaders claim a major invasion is being prepared by Allied forces within months as Suzuki rules Japan may meet the assault with 2.5 to 5 million troops. Okinawa fights tighten as U S forces push through the Naha pocket and air power escalates across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Kantaro Suzuki
Nippon
U. S. Seventh
Naha
Borneo
Brunei
Liuchow
U. S
China
Philippines
Bataan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Malaya
Western
Sumatra
Suzuki
Supreme Military Council
Community notes mix furloughs duties and local notices
Tightly packed local items cover furlough returnees, church happenings, and wartime updates. Listings include Pvt William C Moore home on 60 day leave and various service members visiting or stationed nearby, plus OPA vehicle sale cancellations and camp announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Moore
Pvt
Moore
France
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
U. S. Army
Brave Young Lady Honored by Marines for Brother’s Death
Miss Frances Newman 18 was the honor guest at a Macon birthday dance on June 13. Maj. Gen. Clifton B. Cates and Marines sent an orchid corsage in memory of her brother Sgt James R. Newman, killed on Iwo Jima. Her letter to Cates drew a reply calling her a very brave young lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Newman
Macon
Clifton B. Cates
James R. Newman
Iwo Jima
Cates
Cinderella dances on eighteenth birthday without her Marine brother
Frances Newman, in Macon Georgia, marks her eighteenth birthday with a dance and a tear for her brother Sgt James R Newman who died on Iwo Jima. She wrote to Maj Gen Clifton B Gates recounting his promise to return for her birthday and wore the gown Bob promised. Marines and coworkers helped her keep the memory alive with a ball and orchids. She vows to dance in his memory and to honor his Marine vow.
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Macon
Cinderella
Bob
Frances Newman
James R. Newman
Iwo Jima
Frances
Warnerins Field
Clifton B. Gates
Gen
Cates
Fourth Marine Division
Gen. Cates
Warner Robins
Marine
Atlanta
Sgt. Williams
Angelos
Denver
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Wickard Approved by Senate Agriculture Committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 11 for and 6 against Claude Wickard to be Rural Electrification Administrator. Senators Bankhead Bilbo Ellender Lucas Connally Downey Hoey Aiken Young Thomas Willis supported. Capper Shipstead Bushfield Wilson Butler Cordon opposed. Some members voted by proxy.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Bankhead
D-Ala
Bilbo
D-Miss
Ellender
Dla
Lucas
D-Ill
Connally
Downey
D-Calif
Hoey
D-S. C
Aiken
R-Vt
Young
R-N. D
Thomas
D-Okla
Willis
R-Ind
Capper
R-Kas
Shipstead
R-Minn
Bushfield
R-S. D
Wilson
Iowa
Urge Ladies for Meeting on School Modernization
The Decatur school board invites women to a Tuesday eight o'clock meeting at the courthouse to discuss postwar modernization plans. They seek understanding of the financial condition and the proposed $1,500,000 program to fund modernization after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily
Decatur
Sumergus
Dads Get Break at Fort Benning Dad's Day Weekend
Twelve fathers from twelve states begin a four day stay at Fort Benning Georgia. They will eat in Army mess halls sleep in barracks observe paratrooper and infantry training and fire small weapons. Each receives a box of cigars and a parade and welcoming ceremony mark the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benning
Lone Demand Final Hope Of Big 5 Foes
Associated Press reports small nations push to withdraw from a proposed world league with conditions. Big Five seek strings: restrict charter amendments to US Britain Russia France and China, plus a punishment clause expelling violators. Conference aims to finish veto plan amid weekend work sessions and regional defense provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Big Five
Conference Commission No. 3
Reward fund grows in murder case at Moulton Heights
The reward for the slayer of Mrs. Walter Mears rises as county deputies question witnesses. The total stands at 100 dollars with adds from John Raper and Walter Mears. A bloodied stick found near the body yields no fingerprints, and police report no new clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mears
John Raper
Raper
Mears
Moulton Heights
Druggist Found Dead In His Car On Moulton Street
Grover C. Allison a 57 year old druggist from Courtland was found dead in his car on Moulton Street in Malone Park after failing to return home. Coroner said death likely from natural causes possibly a heart attack. Survived by widow and three sons and two brothers. funeral arrangements pending.
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Grover C. Allison
Courtland
Moulton Street
Malone Park
M. E. King
Allison
Seventh Avenue West
B. T. Howell
Sgt
H. J. Allison
Sumter
South Carolina
Dennis Allison
Pineville
Louisiana
William Allison
Norfolk, Va
J. On
Emmie
Perbeo
Decatur
Brown
Ninth Army to Return Home in July amid Occupation Shifts
Allied authorities said Lt. Gen. Simpson's U S 98th Army will return to the United States in July or soon after. The U S 15th Army remains in Germany in an occupation role through December, with possible transfer to the Pacific if needed. Three American armies will continue in the occupation, altering earlier plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
William H. Simpson
U. S. 98Th Army
United States
Germany
Third
Sevoy
15Th Army
Pacific
Ninth Army
Seventh Armies
Seventh Army
Sixth
12Th Army Group
Sixth Army
Jacob L. Devers
Truman Big Three Meeting Likely Between July 5 and 15
AP analysis notes Truman schedules point to a Big Three meeting between July 5 and 15. He plans talks with De Gaulle before San Francisco and a Rome visit, while Churchill faces an election and the Senate debates the UN pact. The timing hinges on multiple overseas engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts, JR
Truman
Senate
Charles de Gaulle
San Francisco
Rome
Independence
Winston Churchill
Mr. Truman
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Urchill
Senate Revives Education and Welfare Bill In Alabama
The Alabama Senate gave new life to a two part education and welfare funding bill totaling 1.75 million dollars per year with ratification of the governor’s income tax amendment. The measure, already approved by the House, advances for concurrence and minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Senate
House
Alabama
Wilcox
Bruce Henderson
Senate Finance Committee
Education Committee
Finance Committee
Senate Elections Committee
Gerald Bradford
Clarke
Bradford
Hunter Golson
Senate Committee
Sparks
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama Public Service Commissioners
Tremor Felt in Tennessee Shakes Chattanooga Reports
A minor quake was felt in Chattanooga Tennessee with numerous calls to papers last night. Meteorologist C R Kallquist of the Weather Bureau placed the disturbance in the Blue Ridge area. No injuries or damage reported and further tremors were not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
C. R. Kallquist
United States Weather Bureau
Blue Ridge
Cleveland Tenn
Kallquist
Churchill Says Anglo American Soviet Ties Improve
Britain and the United States report improved relations with Russia after a Poland stalemate ends. Attlee will join Churchill at the next Big Three meeting before July 26. De Gaulle sends Herriot to London to mediate France Britain Syria disputes as Wavell touts India's road to self government. An international food conference opens in London with wide Allied participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ochiltree
Associated Press
Churchill
Britain
United States
Russia
Poland
Clement R. Attlee
Hée
Commons
de Gaulle
Edouard Herriot
London
France
Levant
Syria
India
Lord Wavell
Canada
Belgium
Denmark
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Moscow
Warsaw
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
National Unity
Mikolajczyk
Paris
Washington
Lebanon
Truman
Bond slump continues in Morgan County wartime bonds drive
Morgan county reports renewed lag in E bond purchases as seventh war loan sales near end. E bonds total $540,189.50, $281,000 short of goal. overall sales reach $1,309,850 or 98 percent of the $1,326,000 quota. Alabama State War Finance Chairman McMillan urged continued buys amid two weeks left to meet targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
K. Gregg
Ed Leigh McMillan
Alabama
State Capitol
Rai
United States
McMillan
Dentine Aes
Iowa
Truman to submit peace charter for Senate ratification
President Truman will send the projected international peace organization charter to the Senate for ratification after its San Francisco approval. White House aide Charles G. Ross said Truman will fly back with the charter and submit it immediately. He noted no demand for July 25 but a general desire for prompt ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Truman
Senate
San Francisco
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Olympia
Wash
Canas
Charles de Gaulle
Levant
George
D-Ga
Ear
Churchill
Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley By
Chamber
Merchant ships and crew losses cited by Maritime Commission
The Maritime Commission reports U S losses of 1 554 merchant ships and 5 579 crewmen dead or missing by V E Day. The Army records 3 604 soldiers drowned in European movements while shipbuilders produced more than seven tons of shipping for each ton lost to the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Commission
United States
U S Chamber Advocates Peacetime Draft Policy
The U S Chamber of Commerce backs a peacetime draft as a national policy initiative. The statement signals business support for maintaining military readiness during peace and suggests ongoing advocacy activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Young People's Council
Presbytery of
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Lenda M. Berryhill
St. Procetar
U. S. Naval Ang Center
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Illinois
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Wilge Beaumont General Hospital
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Italy
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Camp Hood
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Fourth Avenue East
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Navy Department Today
Joseph R. Isbell
USMCA
Navy Department
Thomas E. Isbell
New Market
Fairview Baptist Church
Bettie Crow
Otto Winton
Austinville
Franklin Loosier
USN
Attu
Tarawa
Saipan
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Antioch Church
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John Grizzard
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Phil Emmes
Courtland Army Air Base
Hondo
Vester Barnett
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